Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Research Projects
Below is periodically updated list of completed undergraduate projects in our group.Funding for undergraduate research has been provided by the NSF REU site and supplement programs, Mary Gates Research Scholarships, Washington NASA Space Grant Consortium, Washington Research Foundation, and RCSA's Cottrell Scholars program.
Research Project Title
Names
Research Description
A Visual Demonstration of Optically Detected Magnetic Resonance
Nick Brunelle (2018)
Designed and built outreach demo to observe optically detected magnetic resonance in diamond. (Mary Gates Poster)
Longitudinal study of NV formation and dissociation due to high temperature annealing
Chris Moore, April Opsvig, Emma Hunt (2018)
Longitudinal study of individual NV centers as a function of annealing conditions. (REU report)
Automation for large-scale study of NV formation and dissociation due to high temperature annealing
Phoenix Youngman, Kelsey Bates, Chris Moore (2017)
Instrument automation and software development for large scale tracking (thousands of single defects) of NV centers. (Mary Gates Presentation)
Observation of NV formation and disappearance during high temperature annealing
Brianna Birkel, Ian Christen (2016)
Longitudinal tracking of subset of NV defect centers before and after annealing. (Report)
ZnO optical and spin spectroscopy
Cameron Johnson Q4 2015-Q3 2016
Build UV microscope, perform and analyze magneto-PL measurements of ZnO donor bound excitions in a wide array of samples, build time-resolved pulse system for spin property measurements, perform spin measurements (preprint)
High temperature annealing
Ian Christen, 2016
Build and test high temperature vacuum and forming gas annealing oven. PLE characterization of defects after high-temperature annealing.
MIcrowave resonantor for diamond magnetometry
Kelsey Bates Q1-Q2 2016
Simulate, fabricate, and test microwave resonantors for wide-field magnetic imaging. MaryGates Poster
Characterization of spin ensembles in isotope purified diamond
Jannel Banks, Matthew Stanfield Q2-Q4 2016
Design and build a magneto-optical microsope. Investigate the spin properties in nitrogen-doped isotope purified diamond. (Published in Applied Physics Letters)
Build a single pass frequency doubling system
Cameron Johnson Q2-Q3 2015
Build and test second harmonic generation single pass system to obtain 369 nm excitation. Additional Details
Design SHG crystal
Feng Xiong Q1-Q2 2015
Choose material and design cut of SHG crystal for obtaining 369 nm light.
A low cost automatic waveplate rotator
Cameron Johnson, Q1 2015
Build and test a low-cost alternative to commercial automated wave plate rotators (AWPR).AWPR Final Report.pdf
Design, build, test, and use confocal scanning system
Sarah Harvey, physics Q1-Q3 2014
Design and build an confocal microscope optical system, capable of sub-micron resolution at 7T and 1.5 K, utilizing a scanning mirror outside the cryostat. System enabled identification of stacking fault excitons (Published in Physical Review B) Additional details
Build and test extended cavity diode laser
John Raihala, 2014
Kevin Jamison, Ian Christen 2014-2015
Build and test an extended cavity diode laser to be used for photoluminescence excitation spectroscopy of diamond NV centers.
Dipole field simulation
Matthew Stanfield, physics, Q2-Q3 2015
Simulation program of the diamond magneto-optic image for a dipole field. Mary Gates Poster
Excitonic magnetic cooling
Patrick Wilhelm, physics (Master's, Geissen), Q4 2013-Q2-2014
Investigate the source of anomalous exciton brightening in ultra-pure samples at high magnetic field. Final Report.pdf
Liquid He level meter
Kevin Jamison, Q1-Q2 2014
Design, build and test a liquid helium level meter. Mary Gates Poster
FDTD simulations of GaP/diamond on Amazon EC2
Chuting Wang (physics, Keio), Q1-2 2013
Implement MEEP on Amazon EC2. Write user manual for implementation. Simulate hybrid GaP on diamond grating couplers. Mary Gates Poster.pdf
Development of GaP wet etch
Edward Roberts (MSE), Q4 2012-Q1 2013
Investigate etch chemistries for efficiently etching GaP. Additional Details
Magnetometry simulation program
Chris Chen (EE), Q1-Q3 2013
Write program to simulate expected signal from super-paramagnetic particles on diamond magnetic sensing surface Mary Gates Poster
High voltage amplifier
Chris Chen (EE), Q4 2012
Chuting Wang (physics, Keio) , Q4 2012
Build a high-voltage amplifier using OEM parts that takes 0-5 V to 0-150V. Measure the noise on the final device to determine the suitability for electric tuning the optical transitions of diamond defects. Final project report Chuting.pdf Final Project Report Chris.pdf
Optical pump-probe measurement of electrons spins at 0 magnetic field
Emma Lorenzan, REU (Knox), Q2, 2012
Pasqual Rivera, Physics, Q1-Q4 2012
Design and perform and experiment to determine feasibility of spin-relaxation measurement at 0-field in InP. NWAPS Poster
Design and fabrication of sample mount
Benjamin Ebinger, physics (Master's, Giessen) Q4, 2011-Q2 2012
Design and machine a sample mount for positioning multiple samples using the Attocube nano-positioning system. Perform bulk spin-pumping experiments.
ODMR measurement
Zhiting Zhu, Q3 2012
Develop and write instrument control and data acquisition program for optical detected magnetic resonance.
Confocal Scanning
Zhiting Zhu, Q4 Q4 2011-Q2 2012
Develop and write instrument control and data acquisition program for confocal scanning microscope.
Measurement of laser power stability
Alyssa Trinh (pre-engineering). Q4 2011-Q1 2012
Write a program to monitor the long-term stability of a DPSS laser. Analyze the stability.