Faculty

Matthew Escarra, Ph.D.
ASSISTANT Professor (STARTING JULY 2013)

Email: escarra@tulane.edu
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Department of Physics
2001 Percival Stern Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118

Research Interests

Photonic Materials & Devices »

Recent Courses

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Education

• B.S.E.E., Rice University (2006)
• M.A., Princeton University (2008)
• Ph.D., Princeton University (2011)

Recent Publications

M.D. Escarra, S. Thongrattanasiri, W.O. Charles, A.J. Hoffman, V.A. Podolskiy, and C. Gmachl, “Enhanced bandwidth and reduced dispersion through stacking multiple optical metamaterials,” Optics Express, Vol. 19, No. 16, 14990-14998 (2011).

M.D. Escarra, A. Benz, A.M. Bhatt, A.J. Hoffman, X. Wang, J.Y. Fan, and C. Gmachl, “Thermoelectric effect in quantum cascade lasers,” IEEE Photonics Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, 500-509 (2010).

B.E. Brumfield, J.T. Stewart, S.L.W. Weaver, M.D. Escarra, S.S. Howard, C.F. Gmachl, and B.J. McCall, “A quantum cascade laser CW cavity ringdown spectrometer coupled to a supersonic expansion source,” Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol. 81, 063102 (2010).

P.Q. Liu, A.J. Hoffman, M.D. Escarra, K.J. Franz, J.B. Khurgin, Y. Dikmelik, X. Wang, J.Y. Fan, and C.F. Gmachl, “Highly power-efficient quantum cascade lasers,” Nature Photonics, Vol. 4, 95-98 (2010).

M.D. Escarra, A.J. Hoffman, K.J. Franz, S.S. Howard, R. Cendejas, X. Wang, J.Y. Fan, and C. Gmachl, “Quantum cascade lasers with voltage defect of less than one longitudinal optical phonon energy,” Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 94, 251114 (2009).