Meet Christian Laurio, materials scientist1) What do you do?I am a doctoral student in Materials Sci
Meet Christian Laurio, materials scientist1) What do you do?I am a doctoral student in Materials Science with research focusing on the strong coupling of an optical mode called Bloch surface waves (BSW) and exciton in photonic multilayer platforms. The strong coupling of light (photons) and matter (surface plasmons, phonons, excitons) leads to hybrid light-matter quasiparticles called polaritons. In my research, I perform numerical and experimental work to determine the influence of multilayer structural parameters (thickness, materials, etc) on the Rabi splitting, which is a measure of the strength of interaction, and polariton mode visibility. I simulate, fabricate, and characterize photonic multilayer structures and use spectroscopy to study the system.2) Where do you work?I belong to the Quantum Materials Science Laboratory at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Nara, Japan. I perform all my research activities within the Division of Materials Science.3) Tell us about the photos![Left:] This is me and my cleanroom buddy– I often use it to fabricate my samples, an RF magnetron sputtering system.[Right:] From my research visit at the University of Eastern Finland as part of my doctorate program. I spent two months in the beautiful city of Joensuu, where temperatures drop to as low as -30°C. It was a winter wonderland!4) Tell us about your academic career path so far.I graduated from the Valenzuela City Science High School (now Valenzuela City School of Mathematics and Science) and proceeded with my bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Physics at the Ateneo de Manila University. I am actually expecting to graduate this September and will move to the University of Bonn in Germany for a postdoc position.5) Anything else you’d like to share?Studying and living in Japan is a great experience. Although language barrier can be a problem (especially for me who didn’t have enough motivation to really learn Japanese), luckily there are many Filipinos and other international students at my university. -- source link
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