The 25th Mini-Conference Sponsored by the Coherent/II-VI Foundation

Modeling and Process Advancements for Enhanced Performance of Power MOSFETs, VCSEL and THz Communication Transistors

Hosted Virtually by The Ohio State University

May 19, 2025

Conference Moderators – Al Burk and Tim Murray, Coherent/II-VI Foundation

  7:45 am      Welcome and Introduction:

Thomas Anderson, Executive Director Coherent/II-VI Foundation

                    Opening Remarks:  Carl Johnson, Chairman Emeritus Coherent/II-VI Foundation

  8:00 am      Fundamental Study on Carrier Transport in n- and p-Channel SiC MOSFETs

Kyoto University, PI Tsunenobu Kimoto

  8:05 am      Kyota Mikami

  8:40 am      Xilun Chi

  9:15 am      Personal Break

  9:25 am      SiC Power MOSFET Reliability with Device Design Insight

The Ohio State University, PI Anant Agarwal

  9:30 am      Monikuntala Bhattacharya

10:30 am      Personal Break

10:40 am      Plasmonic Transistors for Terahertz-Band Communication

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, PI Jonathan Bird

10:45 am      Aarbaj Mundaganur

11:20 am      Shahabaj Mundaganur

11:55 am      Personal Break

12:05 pm      “Long-Wavelength 1550nm VCSELs for Optical Communication and FMCW LiDAR Applications”

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, PI John Dallesasse

12:10 pm      Kevin Pikul

12:45 pm      Leah Espenhahn

  1:20 pm      Concluding Remarks: Alan Hedges, Carl Johnson

Conference Close and Evaluation Instructions

PLEASE COMPLETE AND RETURN THE CONFERENCE EVALUATION INCLUDED IN YOUR

REGISTRATION PACKET AND AVAILABLE ONLINE BY JUNE 2, 2025

Conference times are Eastern Time Zone.