Congratulations to Ryan Kowalski for the NASA fellowship!

Posted by Guanyu Lu on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in News.

The Caldwell lab’s proposal “Nano-Optic Probing of Vibrational Modes of Defects and Color Centers in Semiconductors”, authored by graduate student Ryan Kowalski, was selected by the NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity (NSTGRO) to research single-photon emitting point defects in hexagonal boron nitride and silicon carbide. The NSTGRO is part of NASA’s initiative to support graduate students who are studying low technology-readiness level (TRL) space research. The proposal will investigate the optical and vibrational characteristics of the point defects using photoluminescence confocal microscopy, second-order autocorrelation, and nanoscale IR spectroscopy. This research will help to understand the defects’ potential for solid-state quantum information science platforms. The award will support Ryan for the duration of his PhD.