Milestones, new hardware, conference trips, and the occasional group outing. What the APD Lab has actually been up to!
Welcome Stuart and Dalton
Kicking off the semester with a group dinner!
Goodbye Timmy!
Goodbye Timmy, and good luck at Columbia!
Biridiana presents at ICMBE 2026
Biridiana gives a presentation on her PbSe-on-InP work.
Mark and Biridiana present at EMC 2026
Mark and Biridiana present at EMC 2026 on their work. Mark discussed his efforts on nanostructured PbSe for enhanced luminescence. Biridiana discussed her work focused on nPbSe/NGaAs photodetectors.
Goodbye Vivien!
Goodbye hotpot for Vivien. Good luck at UW Madison — we are very happy you are staying with MBE…
Honing AlN growth
In-situ image of AlN during an Al polishing step.
Growth of PbSe on InP
In-situ image of PbSe growing on an InP substrate. Manuscript coming soon!
First PL from PbSe on GaAs!
First photoluminescence from PbSe on GaAs in a mixed III-V/IV-VI MBE system.
Junk growth
Tangelo’s first cell outgassing (i.e. junk growth) was performed. We are ready to grow!
UCF Reach for the Stars
Leland won a 2025 UCF Reach for the Stars Award
Sources installed on the Gen II
Effusion cells and sources installed on the Gen II system.
Rewiring some large cables…
The group got to learn how fun it is trying to fit multiple large diameter wires in a small conduit.