Faculty Staff

Aaron Wade
Assistant Professor


Post-Doctoral, University of Cincinnati, with Prof. Howard E. Jackson & Prof. Leigh M. Smith (2008-2010);
Ph.D. Physics, Dissertation: “Quantum Cascade Lasers in High Magnetic Fields”, Florida State University/National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (2003-2008)
B.S. Physics, University of West Florida (1999-2003)

Phone: (850) 857-6140
Office Location: Bldg 4, Room 141
Website: http://uwf.edu/awade1/
Email: awade1@uwf.edu

Research Interests

My interests are two-fold: (1) the optical and electronic properties of semiconductor and organic devices, and (2) how students best learn physics at the university level.

Laboratory Research: Students utilize photo-luminescence, flourescence, and electroluminescence to devices.

Publications

  1. Montezeri, M; Wade, A; , L.M.; Jackson, H.E.; Yarrison-Rice, J.M. PHotomodulated Rayleigh Scattering of Single Semiconductor Nanowires: Probing Electronic Band Structure. Nano Lett., 11, 4329-4336 (2011).
  2. Kumar, P.; Wade, A.; Smith, L.M.; Jackson, H.E.; Yarrison-Rice, J.M.; Choi, Y.J.; Park, J.G., Photocurrent spectroscopy of single CdS nanosheets: Valence band structure and two photon absorption. App. Phys. Lett., 98, 143102 (2011).
  3. Maharjan, A.; Pemasiri, K.; Kumar, P.; Wade, A.; Smith, L.M.; Jackson, H.E.; Yarrison-Rice, J.M.; Kogan, A.; Paiman, S.; Gao, Q.; Tan, H.H.; Jagadish, C., Room temperature photocurrent spectroscopy of single zincblende and wurtzite InP nanowires, Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 193115 (2009).
  4. Wade, A; Fedorov, G; Smirnov, D; Kumar, S; Hu, Q and Williams, B.S., Magnetic-field-assisted terahertz quantum cascade laser operating up to 225 K, Nature Photonics, vol. 3, pp. 41-45 (2009).
  5. Faugeras, C.; Leuliet, A.; Vasanelli, A.; Sirtori, C.; Wade, A.; Fedorov, G.; Smirnov, D.; Teissier, R.; Baranov, A.N.; Barate, D. and Devenson, J., Quantum efficiency of a 2-level InAs/AlSb quantum cascade structure, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B, 21 (8&9), 1471 (2007).
  6. Leuliet, A.; Wade, A.; Vasanelli, A.; Fedorov, G.; Smirnov, D.; Giovannini, M.; Faist, J.; Bastard, G.; Vinter, B. and Sirtori, C., Electron scattering spectroscopy by high magnetic field in mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers, AIP Conf. Proc., 893, 497 (2007).
  7. Faugeras, C.; Wade, A.; Leuliet, A.; Vasanelli, A.; Sirtori, C.; Fedorov, G.; Smirnov, D.; Teissier, R.; Baranov, A. N.; Barate, D. and Devenson, J., Radiative quantum efficiency in an InAs/AlSb intersubband transition, Phys. Rev. B, 74 (11), 113303 (2006).
  8. Leuliet, A.; Vasanelli, A.; Wade, A.; Fedorov, G.; Smirnov, D.; Bastard, G. and Sirtori, C., Electron scattering spectroscopy by a high magnetic field in quantum cascade lasers, Phys. Rev. B, 73 (8), 085311 (2006).
  9. Vasanelli, A.; Leuliet, A.; Sirtori, C.; Wade, A.; Fedorov, G.; Smirnov, D.; Bastard, G.; Vinter, B.; Giovannini, M. and Faist, J., Role of elastic scattering mechanisms in GaInAs/AlInAs quantum cascade lasers, Appl. Phys. Lett., 89, 172120 (2006).
  10. Choi, E.S.; Jobiliong, E.; Wade, A.; Goetz, E.; Brooks, J.S.; Yamada, J.; Mizutani, T.; Kinoshita, T. and Tokumoto, M., Fermiology and superconductivity studies on the non-tetrachalcogenafulvalene structured organic superconductor b-(BDA-TTP)2SbF6, Phys. Rev. B, 67, 174511 (2003).

Presentations

  1. Wade, A; Montezeri, M; Jackson, H.E.; Smith, L.M., Photomodulated Reflectance Spectroscopy of GaAs and GaP Nanowires, American Physical Society March Meeting, Dallas, Texan, March 21-25 (2011).
  2. Smirnov, D.; Kim, Y.; Wade, A.; Williams, B.S.; Kumar, S.; Hu, Q.; Reno, J.L., Sub-THz emission from quantum cascade lasers. 30th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Seoul, Korea, July 25-30 (2010).
  3. Wade, A.; Kumar, P.; Jackson, H.E.; Smith, L.M.; Choi, Y.J.; Park, J.G., Spatially-resolved photoluminescence and photocurrent spectroscopy of CdS nanosheet devices, American Physical Society March Meeting, Portland, Oregon, March 15-19 (2010).
  4. Wade, A; Fedorov, G; Smirnov, D; Kumar, S; Hu, Q and Williams, B.S.; Reno, J., Magnetic field assisted sub-THz Quantum Cascade Lasers, American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 16-20 (2009).
  5. Wade, A; Fedorov, G; Smirnov, D; Kumar, S; Hu, Q and Williams, B.S., Magnetic field controlled sub-THz Quantum Cascade Laser, 29th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 27-August 1 (2008).
  6. Wade, A; Fedorov, G; Smirnov, D; Kumar, S; Hu, Q and Williams, B.S., Magnetic field controlled sub-THz emission in Quantum Cascade Lasers, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 10-14 (2008).
    6. Wade, A.; Fedorov, G.; Smirnov, D.; Williams, B.S.; Kumar, S.; Hu, Q., Strong, magnetic field controlled sub-THz multi-wavelength emission in a Quantum Cascade Laser, 9th Int. Conf. on Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells, Ambleside, Cumbria, U.K., September 9-14 (2007).
  7. Wade, A.; Fedorov, G.; Smirnov, D.; Leuliet, A.; Vasanelli, A. and Sirtori, C., Effects of high magnetic fields on the scattering rates of GaAs/AlGaAs and GaInAs/AlInAs quantum cascade lasers, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 13-17 (2006).
  8. Wade, A.; Fedorov, G.; Smirnov, D.; Leuliet, A.; Vasanelli, A.; Marcadet, X. and Sirtori, C., Magneto-spectroscopy of MIR quantum cascade lasers, 12th Int. Conf. on Narrow Gap Semiconductors, Toulouse, France, July 3-7 (2005); Published in Institute of Physics Conference Series (187).
  9. Wade, A. and Smirnov, D., Characterization of Quantum Cascade Lasers at High Magnetic Fields, 16th Int. Conf. on High Magnetic Fields in Semiconductor Physics, Tallahassee, FL, August (2004)