2024-2025 BLOCK-GIFT PROGRAMS

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    • Optics, Lasers and Photonics University of Buffalo, Professor Jonathan Bird, Plasmonic Transistors for Terahertz-Band Communication University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne, Professor John Dallesasse, Long-Wavelength 1550nm VCSELs for Optical Communication University of Rochester, Professor Jannick Rolland and Professor Nick Vamivakas, Establishing and Verifying the Fundamental Optical and Material Capabilities and Limitations of Metasurfaces Quantum University of...

    Dr. Alan Hedges, Block-Gift Program Manager

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    • The Coherent/II-VI Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Alan Hedges as Manager of the Block-Gift Program beginning January 1, 2024. Dr. Hedges has served as Associate Block-Gift Manager for the last year. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from Southampton University, UK and his PhD from Imperial College, London,...

    2023-2024 Block-Gift Projects

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    • Optics, Lasers and Photonics University of Arizona, Professor Mahmoud Fallahi, High-Order Laguerre-Gaussian Beam Mode Locked VECSELs for Secure Free Space and Fiber Communications University of Buffalo, Professor Jonathan Bird, Plasmonic Transistors for Terahertz-Band Communication University of Delaware, Professor Matthew Doty and Professor Stephanie Law, Wafer-scale Growth of Site-Determined Wavelength-Turntable Quantum Emitters in Atomically-Thin (2D) Semiconductors...

    October 2022 — Advancements in Quantum Photonics and Electronics Structures for Communication, Computation and Sensing Systems

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    • We returned to an in-person mini-conference on October 12, 2022 held in Pittsburgh, PA. The title for this conference was “Advancements in Quantum Photonics and Electronics Structures for Communication, Computation and Sensing Systems” and included presentations by: The keynote address was by Professor Robert Devaty from the University of Pittsburgh.

    2022-2023 Block-Gift Projects

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    • Professors Lisa Porter and Robert Davis, Carnegie Mellon UniversityFundamental Research on Gallium-Oxide Epitaxial Films; Investigation of Polymorphs for High Efficiency Power Electronics Professor Christopher Saldaña, Georgia Institute of TechnologyControlling Stress and Defects in Optical Surfaces by Hybrid Additive Manufacturing Professor Tsunenobu Kimoto, Kyoto UniversityFundamental Study on Carrier Transport in n- and p-Channel SiC MOSFETs Professor...