Ultrafast Studies of Nonequilibrium Electronic Carrier Dynamics and Thermal Transport in Wide and Ultra-wide Bandgap Semiconductors

This research opportunity is available at the U.S. DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (ARL), located in Adelphi, MD. The researcher will have a unique opportunity to employ ultrafast spectroscopy to study various aspects of advancing foundational knowledge of electronic carrier dynamics and thermal transport in Wide and Ultra-wide Bandgap Semiconductors, including the underlying mechanisms of carrier thermalization, radiative and nonradiative recombination, and nonequilibrium transport, as well as the thermal transport properties associated with the generation and propagation of heat in heterostructures. Prior experience with ultrafast laser sources and pump-probe metrology techniques is desired. The Army Research Laboratory Research Associateship Program (ARL-RAP) is designed to significantly increase the involvement of creative and highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas of interest and relevance to the Army. This opportunity is part of the Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences research area, focusing on novel approaches to sensing and operating across the entire electromagnetic environment.