Research Group
The Optical Ceramics group conducts research on transparent polycrystalline materials for high-power lasers, nuclear and radiological scintillator detectors, and applications in nonlinear optics.Publications
E. Bissell, A. Kostogiannes, S. Lass, A. Zachariou, T McNealy-James, A. Mora, B. Mauri-Newell, N.G. Rudawski, R. Gaume, P. Banerjee "Effect of atomic layer deposited Al2O3 on sintering behavior of ZnO nanopowders" ACS Applied Nano Mater., submitted on 5/2/2025 under review (2025)
A. Kostogiannes, N.G. Rudawski, B. Ellsworth, A. Howe, B. Butkus, A. Cooper, K.A. Richardson, R. Gaume, P. Banerjee "High-temperature annealing of calcium lanthanum sulfide " Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Volume: 45, Issue: 4, Year: 2025 (2025)
R Osborne, N Cherepy, R Gaume, J Boro, S Payne, “” "Ink-sprayed transparent ceramic multilayer planar waveguides for ribbon lasers" Opt. Lett. 50 (6), 2029-2032 (2025) (2025)
H. Soufiani, M. Klimov, R. Gaume "Secondary ion mass spectrometry relative sensitivity factor of 69Ga in ZnS" Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, Volume: 43 Issue: 2 Article Number 023201 (2025)
Andrew Howe, Mark Martino, Kathleen A. Richardson, and Romain Gaume "The Total Uncertainty of a Prism Coupling Refractometry Instrument Modified for the Infrared" Optical Engineering, Volume: 64 Issue: 2 Article Number: 024108 (2025)
H. Soufiani, A. Kostogiannes, C. Rivero-Baleine, K.A. Richardson, R. Gaume "On the Surface Hardening of Zinc Sulfide Windows by Gallium Sulfide " Materials, Volume: 17, Issue: 22, Year: 2024 (2024)
A. Howe, K. Moutzouris, K.A. Richardson, R. Gaume "A Fresnel-Based Fitting Approach to Improve the Standard Deviation of a Prism Coupling Refractometry Instrument Modified for the Infrared" Optical Engineering, (2024) 63 (10), 104101, (2024) (2024)
R. A. Osborne, N. J. Cherepy, P. Bleier, R. Gaume and S. A. Payne, Advanced Optical Materials, "Phosphor Ceramic Composite for Tunable Warm White Light" under review (2024)
B. Butkus, A. Kostogiannes, A. Howe, M. Kang, R. Gaume, K. A. Richardson, P. Banerjee, "Zinc Sulfide CVD Optical Ceramic Analyzed by XPS"" Surface Science Spectra, 30(2) (2023) (2023)
B. Butkus, M. Havel, A. Kostogiannes, A. Howe, M. Kang, R. Gaume, K. A. Richardson, P. Banerjee "Calcium sulfide powder analyzed by XPS" Surface Science Spectra 30(1) (2023) PDF
Brian Butkus, Matthew Havel, Alexandros Kostogiannes, Andrew Howe, Myungkoo Kang, Romain Gaume, Kathleen A. Richardson, Parag Banerjee "Lanthanum sulfide powder analyzed by XPS" Surface Science Spectra 30(1) (2023) PDF
R. A. Osborne, T. J. Wineger, T.D. Yee, N. J. Cherepy, Z. M. Seeley, R. Gaume, M. Dubinskii, and S. A. Payne "Fabrication of engineered dopant profiles in Er/Lu:YAG transparent laser ceramics via additive manufacturing" Optical Materials Express 13(2), 526-537 (2023) (2023)
M. Havel, A. Kostogiannes, W. T. Shoulders, V. Blair, D. McGill, C. Rivero-Baleine, R. Bunijevac, J. Eichler, M. R. Kincer, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, and R. Gaume, "Monitoring sulfur loss in polycrystalline solid solutions of CaS-La2S3 by Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction" Opt. Mater. Express 13, 504-513 (2023) (2023)
G.M. Tao, S. Chen, S.J. Pandey, F.L.A. Tan, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, M. Molinari, A.F. Abouraddy, and R.M. Gaume "A carbon-nanofiber glass composite with high electrical conductivity" International Journal of Applied Glass Science (2020)
D. McGill, J. Ben Ghozi-Bouvrande, M. Kang, M. Dolhen, G. Delaizir, S. Chenu, L. Roumiguier, J.-R. Duclère, K.A. Richardson, R.M. Gaume "Hot-Pressing of Tellurite Glass with a Sacrificial Pressure-Transmitting Medium" Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 528, 119713 (2020) PDF
M. Martinez, C. Bayne, D. Aiello, M. Julian, R.M. Gaume, and M. Baudelet "Multi-elemental matrix-matched calcium hydroxyapatite reference materials for laser ablation: Evaluation on teeth by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy" Spectrochimica ACTA Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy (2019)
J. Hostaša, A. Piancastelli, V. Biasini, S.J. Pandey, M. Martinez, M. Baudelet, and R.M. Gaume "Advances in the monitoring of the SiO2 evaporation loss in transparent YAG ceramics by LIBS" Ceramics International, 45(9), pp. 12274-12278 (2019)
X. Chen and R.M. Gaume "Non-stoichiometric grain-growth in ZnSe ceramics for X(2) interaction" Optical Materials Express 9(2), pp. 400-409 (2019) PDF
S.J. Pandey, R. Locke, R.M. Gaume, and M. Baudelet "Effect of powder compact density on the LIBS analysis of Ni impurities in alumina powders" Spectrochimica Acta Part B-Atomic Spectroscopy, 148, pp. 99-104 (2018)
X.Chen, S.Chen, A.Bruner, and R.M. Gaume "Effects of dopants on the microstructure and phase-purity control in PMN-PT ceramics" Ceramics International 44(15), pp. 17909-17913 (2018) PDF
Alumni
PhD
Xuan Chen, Materials Science Ph.D., Fall 2018Sudeep Jung Pandey, Physics Ph.D., Summer 2017
Taylor Shoulders, Materials Science Ph.D., Fall 2016