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.Research Scientists
Graduate Students
Andrew Howe
Optics Ph.D.
Undergraduate Research Assistants
There are currently no people listed for this position.
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
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
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
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
Alumni
PhD
Ross Osborne, PhD, Spring 2025
Hayat Soufiani, PhD, Spring 2025
Xuan Chen, PhD, Fall 2018
Sudeep Jung Pandey, PhD, Summer 2017
Taylor Shoulders, PhD, Fall 2016
MS
Peter Bleier, MS, Spring 2025
William "Matt" Bowman, MS, Spring 2025
Alexandros Kostogiannes, MS, Spring 2024
Adrian Cintron, MS, Spring 2023
Shannon Stahl, MS, Fall 2019
Daniel McGill, MS, Spring 2019
Ali Kazemi Jahromi, MS, Spring 2014
Taylor Shoulders, MS, Summer 2013
Jocelain Trela, MS, Summer 2012