Anna Swan

Honors, Awards, and Editorships

• Senior Member, IEEE

Classes Taught

• EK131/132 Introduction to Engineering
• EC471 Physics of Semiconductor Devices
• EC575 Semiconductor Devices
• EC764 Optical Measurement
• EC892 Seminar: Eectro-Physics

Research Interests

• optical studies using Raman spectroscopy
• rayleigh scattering and time-resolved pump-probe experiments to study electronic and vibrational properties and energy dissipation mechanisms and exciton dynamics of low dimensional systems- graphene and  carbon nanotubes
• studies performed on single, individual nanotubes and quantum dots
• spectral self-interference spectroscopy for high resolution imaging and biosensing

Selected Publications

• G. Walsh, W. Bacsa, A. N. Vamivakas, and A. K. Swan, “Spectroscopic Properties Unique to Nano-Emitters,” Nano Letters, Vol. 8, 29 October 2008, pp. 4330-4334
• A. G. Walsh, A. N. Vamivakas, Y. Yin, S. B. Cronin, M. S. Ünlü, B. B. Goldberg, and A. K. Swan, “Scaling of exciton binding energy with external dielectric function in carbon nanotubes,” Physica E, Vol. 40, May 2008, pp. 2375-2379
• A. N. Vamivakas, M. Atature, J. Dreiser, S. T. Yilmaz, A. Badolato, A. K. Swan, B. B. Goldberg, A. Imamoglu, and M. S. Ünlü, “Strong Extinction of a Far-Field Laser Beam by a Single Quantum Dot ,” Nano Letters, Vol. 7, No. 9, September 2007, pp. 2892-2896
• A. G. Walsh, A. N. Vamivakas, Y. Yin, S. B. Cronin, M. S. Ünlü, B. B. Goldberg, and A. K. Swan, “Screening of Excitons in Single, Suspended Carbon Nanotubes,” Nano Letters, Vol. 7, No. 6, 9 May 2007, pp. 1485-1488
• Y. Yin, A. N. Vamivakas, A. G. Walsh, S. B. Cronin, M. S. Ünlü, B. B. Goldberg, and A. K. Swan, “Optical Determination of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Carbon Nanotubes,” Physical Review Letters, Vol. 98, No. 3, 19 January 2007, pp. 037404