Resume

• 1991

  PhD

  Concentration on experimental solid state physics\nDissertation: ‘Dynamics of Dipolar Defects in Rare Earth Doped Alkaline-Earth Fluoride Crystals’

  Physics

  Society of Physics Students\nSigma Pi Sigma

• 1987

  BS

  Physics

  Sigma Pi Sigma\nSociety of Physics Students

• Experimentation

  Experimental Physics

  Quantum Optics

  Physics Education

  Solid State Physics

  GPIB

  Theory

  Laser Physics

  Instrumentation

  Astronomy

  Physics

  Magnetics

  physics education

  Optics

  Observation of optically stimulated reorientation of dipolar defects in Pr3+ doped strontium fluoride

  R. T. Williams

  Brian Pieslak

  G. Eric Matthews

  Observation of optically stimulated reorientation of dipolar defects in Pr3+ doped strontium fluoride

  T. A. Kennedy

  Nan Yao

  D. J. Norris

  High-Quality Manganese-Doped ZnSe Nanocrystals

  T. A. Kennedy

  Coherent Operations on the Spin of the Nitrogen-Vacancy Center in Diamond

  G. Eric Matthews

  Jr.

  H. Shields

  Alan Tackett

  Relaxation modes of Fluoride interstitials in gadolinium-doped SrF2

  T. A. Kennedy

  A combined optical and microwave approach for performing quantum spin operations on the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond

  T. J. Silva

  R. Lopusnik

  Pump-probe Faraday rotation magnetometer using two diode lasers

  P. J. Doering

  R. C. Linares

  J. E. Butler

  J. S. Colton

  T. A. Kennedy

  Single-qubit operations with the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond

  Forrest T.

  NIST

  Naval Research Laboratory

  Elon University

  Guilford Technical Community College

  Wake Forest University

  Wake Forest University

  Vanderbilt University

  Jamestown

  North Carolina

  Taught introductory and conceptual physics.

  Instructor of Physics

  Guilford Technical Community College

  Taught introductory and conceptual physics.

  Elon University

  Graduate Student

  Investigated the dynamics of interstitial F- in SrF2:Gd3+ using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR).\nInvestigated the dynamics of interstitial F- in SrF2:Pr3+ using both thermally stimulated depolarization current (TSDC) measurements and fluorescence polarization measurements.\nConceived and developed a method for optically annealing samples before performing TSDC measurements. This permitted observation of optically driven defect motion.\nDeveloped the theory and partially developed the process for dielectric and electron paramagnetic double resonance. This process would permit the derivation of dielectric relaxation parameters from EPR resonance signals.\n\nResearch Advisor: G. E. Matthews <matthews@wfu.edu>

  Wake Forest University

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  Measurement of the electronic spin dephasing time of optically injected electrons in n-doped GaAs as a function of pump energy using continuous wave Faraday rotation (CWFR).\nDevelopment of a time resolved Faraday rotation (TRFR) magnetometer using externally triggered diode lasers. Measuring the dynamic properties of optically injected electronic spins in GaAs with TRFR.\nMeasuring the dynamic properties of optically polarized nuclei in n-type GaAs with CWFR and TRFR.\n\n\nSupervisor: Dr. T. J. Silva <silva@boulder.nist.gov>

  NIST

  NRC Postdoctoral Associate

  Development and application of a coherent

  35 GHz

  optically detected electron spin echo spectrometer.\nInvestigation of the spin coherence properties of the nitrogen-vacancy center in diamond. \nObservation of the electron spin echo envelope modulation (ESEEM) due to 13C and 14N nuclei.\nInvestigation of the optical and magnetic properties of ZnSe nanocrystals doped with Mn2+ impurities.\n\nSupervisor: Dr. T. A. Kennedy (currently retired) <tavdkennedy@comcast.net>

  Naval Research Laboratory

  Vanderbilt University

  Nashville

  TN

  Managing the undergraduate physics teaching laboratories.\nSupervising teaching assistants.\nDeveloping new laboratory exercises.

  Director of Undergraduate Physics Laboratories

  Taught the following courses:\nBoth semesters of a calculus-based introductory physics course (PHY113 & PHY114)\nConceptual physics for non-science majors (PHY110)\nIntroductory Astronomy for non-science majors (PHY109)\nSophomore level intermediate labs: Modern (PHY265) and Mechanics (PHY266)\n\nDept. Chairman: Dr. Keith Bonin <bonin@wfu.edu>\n\nA few short video lectures I have recorded are available at www.wfu.edu/academics/physics/video/lecture.html

  Wake Forest University