office RLM 2.212, tel: 512-471-9411 lab RLM 2.408, tel: 512-471-7251

Current Doctoral Students

Name	Research and Contact Information
Rafal Zgadzaj	Guiding of terawatt pulses through plasma channels, email: rafal@physics.utexas.edu
Franklin Grigsby	Pulse Shaping for Laser Wakefield Optimization, email: fgrigsby@mail.utexas.edu
Peng Dong	Frequency domain holography of laser plasma acceleration structures, email: gear@physics.utexas.edu
Robert Ehlert	Optical second harmonic generation and reflectance anisotropy spectroscopy of molecular adsorption at Si(001) step edges, email: rehlert@ph.utexas.edu
Junwei Wei	Second harmonic spectroscopy of silicon nanocrystals, email: webb@physics.utexas.edu
Ming Lei	“Nonlinear optical studies of ultrathin silicon and carbon films”leiming@physics.utexas.edu
Xiaohui Gao	Enhanced high harmonic generation from expanding nanoparticle clusters, email: gaoxh@physics.utexas.edu
JC Sanders	“Two-color high-intensity laser-plasma interactions” jc_sanders@mail.utexas.edu

Current Masters Students

Name	Research and Contact Information

Current Postdocs

Name	Research and Contact Information
Yong An	Nonlinear optics of semiconductor interfaces (Ph. D. 2003 U. Colorado) anyq@physics.utexas.edu
Steven A. Reed	Laser wakefield acceleration. (Ph.D. 2007 U. Michigan.) reedsa@umich.edu
Xiaoming Wang	High-intensity nonlinear optics of clusters and plasmas (Ph.D. 2007 U. Florida-Gainesville)

Former Ph.D. Students

* winner of 1991 UT Outstanding Dissertation Award.
Name	Thesis Title and Current Position
Benjamin Bowes	Ph.D. 2007: Energy transport in hot, solid density microplasmas. Currently Member of the Technical Staff, Electro-Optical Systems Department, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, California. email: Benjamin.T.Bowes@aero.org
Peter Figliozzi	Ph.D. 2007: Nonlinear spectroscopy of silicon nanocrystals, email: peterfig@physics.utexas.edu
Liangfeng Sun	Ph.D. 2006: Nonlinear spectroscopy of silicon nanocrystals, email: sunlf@physics.utexas.edu, Currently postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University
Jinhee Kwon	Ph.D. 2006: Second Harmonic Generation and Reflectance Difference Spectroscopy of Si(001) Vicinal Surfaces, email: jinhee@physics.utexas.edu, Currently postdoctoral research associate at Rutgers University
Ramón Carriles-Jaimes	Ph.D. 2006:SFG spectroscopy of ultrathin oxides., email: ramon@physics.utexas.edu, Currently postdoctoral research associate at Colorado School of Mines
Nicholas Hill Matlis	Ph.D. 2006:Generation and characterization of laser Wakefields, optical phase diagnosis using Frequency Domain Holography and SPIDER., email: matlis@physics.utexas.edu, Currently postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence-Berkley National Labs
Bonggu Shim	Ph.D. 2006:Harmonic generation from nanoparticle clusters., email: bgshim@physics.utexas.edu, Currently postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University
Kui Wu	Ph.D. 2004: Second harmonic generation imaging of electric fields., email: kwu@physics.utexas.edu Currently with Wuhan Telecommunication Devices Co., Ltd., Wuhan, China.
Yingying Jiang	Ph.D. 2002: Linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of silicon germanium and silicon nanocrystals Currently postdoctoral research associate at Vanderbilt University, email: yingying.jiang@vanderbilt.edu
Daeyoung Lim	Ph.D. 2001: Nonlinear optical spectroscopy of silicon-boron and other silicon-adsorbate systems Currently postdoctoral fellow at Los Alamos National Lab, email: dlim@lanl.gov
Philip Wilson	Ph.D. 2000: Second-harmonic generation spectroscopy using broad bandwidth femtosecond pulses Postdoc at NIST-Gaithersburg (2000-2002) Currently at Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg, SC email: philtwilson@yahoo.com
Erhard Gaul	Ph.D. 2000: Fully ionized helium waveguides for laser wakefield acceleration Currently research scientist at GSI, Darmstadt tel: +49-6159-712028 email: E.Gaul@gsi.de
William Chism	Ph.D. 2000: Nonlinear classical dynamics in intense laser-atom physics (The University of Texas at Austin, supervisor: L.E. Reichl). Current work: Ultrafast coherent dynamics in semiconductors Currently at Sematech, email: william.chism@sematech.org
Mikal Grimes	Ph.D. 1998: Vacuum heating absorption and expansion of solid surfaces induced by intense femtosecond laser irradiation Currently at Matrix NetSystems, Austin, TX email: grimes@alumni.princeton.edu
Yun-shik Lee	Ph.D. 1997: Optical fourth harmonic generation at crystalline surfaces Currently Assistant Professor of Physics, Oregon State University 301 Weniger Hall Corvallis, OR 97331-6507 tel: 541-737-5057 email: leeys@physics.orst.edu
Xiaofeng Hu	Ph.D. 1997: Femtosecond linear and nonlinear spectroscopy of silicon, germanium and silicon-germanium alloys Currently Member of Technical Staff, KLA-Tencor email: Xiaofeng.Hu@kla-tencor.com
Craig Siders	Ph.D. 1996: An experimental demonstration of the laser wakefield "photon accelerator": longitudinal interferometric diagnostics for plasma based accelerators. Currently Professor at the University of Central Florida, csiders@creol.ucf.edu
Jerry Dadap	Ph.D. 1995: Optical second harmonic electro- and thermo-reflectance spectroscopy of Si(001)/SiO₂, H-Si(001), and Si(001)-(2x1) interfaces by femtosecond laser pulses. currently postdoctoral fellow, Physics & Chemistry Depts., Columbia University.
Hyeyoung Ahn	Ph.D. 1994: Femtosecond dynamics of condensed matter under planetary interior conditions; Currently member of Technical Staff, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI).
Xiaoyi Wang	Ph.D. 1993: Hydro- and electro-dynamics of solid targets under intense femtosecond laser excitation; currently senior scientist, Electrical Engineering Dept., Columbia University.
Heung Ro Choo	Ph.D. 1992: Rapid scan femtosecond ellipsometry and its application to optical surface diagnostics and ultrafast carrier dynamics in semiconductors; currently Senior Researcher, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), Daejon, Korea.
Gary W. Burdick	Ph.D. 1991: Third order contributions to spin-forbidden rare earth optical transition intensities; currently Asst. Prof. of Physics, La Sierra University, Riverside, California.
William M. Wood	Ph.D. 1991: Femtosecond study of plasma generation and dynamics by blueshifting of high intensity laser pulses; currently Member of Technical Staff, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
David H. Reitze*	Ph.D. 1990: Femtosecond dynamics of phase transitions in carbon and silicon; currently Asst. Prof. of Physics, U. of Florida (Gainesville).
Glenn B. Focht	Ph.D. 1990: Frequency shifting of femtosecond laser pulses; currently private investor

Former Postdoctoral Fellows

Andy Rundquist	1998-2000	Currently Assistant Professor of Physics, Hamline University MC198, 1536 Hewitt Ave. St. Paul, MN 55104 tel: 651-523-2513 email: arundqui@piper.hamline.edu
Lucymarie Mantese	1998-2000	Currently Member of Technical Staff, Agilent Technologies San Jose, CA email: lucymarie_mantese@agilent.com
Paul Le Blanc	1995-1999	Currently Member of Technical Staff, 3M Research Site Building A003-1N-05 11705 Research Blvd. Austin, TX 78759 tel: 512-984-2272 email: pleblanc@mmm.com
Zhiwei Xu	1993-1995	Currently Member of Technical Staff, Applied Materials, Inc. 3100 Bowers Ave. M/S 0225 Santa Clara, CA 95054 tel: 408-235-4530 email: Zhiwei_Xu@amat.com
D. Mark Riffe	1991-1993	Currently Associate Professor of Physics, Utah State University Logan, UT 84322-4415 tel: 801-797-3896 fax: 801-797-2492
W. C. Banyai	1989-1991	Currently staff scientist, Stanford University, CA
J. I. Trisnadi	1989-1991	Currently staff scientist, Tamarack Storage Devices, Inc., Austin, TX
T. R. Zhang	1986-1988	Currently staff scientist, Compact Software, Inc., Paterson, NJ

Former Master's Students

Name	Thesis Title and Current Position
Adrian Wirth	M.A. 2007:Second harmonic spectroscopy of silicon nanocrystals Currently at Max Planck Insitute of Quantum Optics, email: adrian.wirth@mpq.mpg.de
P. J. Smith	M.A. 2007: Optical WMD, email: peej@physics.utexas.edu
Sebastian Jung	M.A. 2005: Laser Wakefield Frequency Domain Interferometry , email: crazystudent@gmx.net
Alexander Debus	M.A. 2004: Guiding a high-energy laser beam through a plasma channel Currently at Friedrich-Schiller-University at the Institute for Optics and Quantum Electronics in Jena, email: AlexanderDebus@gmx.de
Carsten Winterfeldt	M.A. 2002: Optical Parametric Amplifier for Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy Currently at University of Würzburg, email: winterfeldt@physik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Jesse Canterbury	M.S. 2000: Imaging of electric fields at metal-semiconductor junctions using electric-field-induced second harmonic generation (EFISH). Currently working at University of Washington, email: canter@phys.washington.edu
Thomas Pfeifer	M.A. 2000: Phase matched generation of soft X-rays in hollow core capillaries. Currently working at University of Würzburg, email: tpfeifer@cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de
Claudia Maria Treml	Frequency resolved optical gating (FROG). (email: catreml@cip.physik.uni-wuerzburg.de)
Mark Anderson	Nonlinear spectroscopy of silicon interfaces (CPE 4.438, tel: 512-471-5734; email: anderson@physics.utexas.edu)
Nelson Turner III	M. S. 1994: Dual beam detection of frequency shifted ultrafast laser pulses; currently staff scientist, Research Electro-Optics, Inc., Boulder, CO
Alexander Frey	M.S. 1994: Repetition rate synchronization of a colliding-pulse mode-locked laser with an external oscillator; currently Ph.D. candidate, U. Wurzburg, Germany
Erhard W. Gaul	M.S. 1993: The Table-Top-Terawatt laser: generation, stabilization, and amplification of ultrashort pulses; currently Ph.D. candidate, U. of Texas at Austin.
Mercel ter Beek	Nonlinear spectroscopy of Si-oxynitride interfaces Novellus Systems, Inc., 1701 Directors Blvd Suite 900, Austin, TX 78744, tel: 512-326-1122 (jointly supervised with J. M. White, Department of Chemistry)