Title: New Photo-galvanic effects, Abstract: The conventional device to convert light to electrical current uses two different kinds of doped silicon merged together known as pn junction or heterostructures. The current only flows one way in the pn junction due to a built-in electric field. Fabricating such heterostructures requires sophisticated thin film deposition methods. In […]

TITLE: Precision measurement in tabletop experiments, Abstract:  Many theories of physics beyond the Standard Model predict small deviations from Standard Model behavior at low energy scales.  We can search for such deviations by performing precision measurements in "tabletop" experiments.  In this talk, I will describe some of the frontiers of research in this field.  I […]