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PhD Candidate
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Georgia State University
29 Peachtree Center Avenue, 400 Science Annex Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (404)4136042, Fax: (404)4136025,
email: yaytac1@student.gsu.edu
Professional Preparation:
Ph.D (in Physics) Georgia State University
Atlanta, USA (2009 ).
B.S. (1st Class Honors) Marmara University
Istanbul, Turkey (20042008).
Appointments:
• Research Assistant Georgia State University, Atlanta, US (August 2009 ).
• Teaching Assistant Georgia State University, Atlanta, US (August 2009 ).
• Teaching Assistant – Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, (20062008).
Research Interest:
My research focuses on design and testing wavelength selectable multiband
infrared detectors to be used in developing new probes and methods for
diagnostics and therapeutics research, aerospace and defense applications,
chemical and environmental radiation sensing.
Research Experience:
• Experience in Infrared spectroscopy (Absorption , Transmission and Reflection
Spectroscopy).
• Study experiences in electronic properties of novel semiconductors and
semiconductor devices (InGaAs/GaAs, AlGaAs/GaAs, InAs/Ga, structures).
• Semiconductor design with various theoretical/computational methods such as
Transfer Matrix Method (TMM), Density of States (DOS) Method, EightBand
k.p Method.
• Quantum device characterization, IV, CV measurements and spectral
measurements (FTIR measurements, UVVisible linear absorption and
Photoluminescence).
• Design and testing QDIPs and QWIPs for aerospace and defense applications.
Awards/Honors:
• Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society (2009).
• Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey 1st Class Honors Prize for Science
(2008).
• Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey University Scholarship (20042008).
• Prime Ministry Scholarship, Turkey (20042008).
Publications:
1. " Five Band BiasSelectable Integrated Quantum Well Detector in an npn
Architecture ", G. Ariyawansa, Y. Aytac, A. G. U. Perera, S. G. Matsik, M.
Buchanan, Z. R. Wasilewski, and H. C. Liu, Appl. Phys. Lett.97, 231102
(2010).