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Professor Ben Murdin

Professor of Physics

Qualifications: Qualifications: BA, MA (Cambridge), MSc, PhD (Heriot Watt), FInstP

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Phone: Work: 01483 68 9328
Room no: 15 ATI 01

Further information

Biography

1966 born Rochester NY, USA (British/US dual national)

1989 BA in Physics from Cambridge University, UK (upgraded to a free MA after a couple of years!)

1990 MSc in Optoelectronics from Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK

1993 PhD in Semiconductor spectroscopy from Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh, UK

1993 - 1996 European Union Marie Curie fellow at FOM-Rijnhuizen, Utrecht, NL

1996 - 2002, Lecturer at University of Surrey.

2002 - 2004, Reader

2004 - present, Professor of Physics

2005 - 2007 School Director of Research

2007 - 2011 Associate Dean (Research and Enterprise)

2009 - present, COMPASSS grant PI

Research Interests

I am an experimentalist interested in the study of electronic and optical properties of semiconductors and semiconductor nanostructures using high-pressures, magnetic-fields, and linear, nonlinear and time resolved infrared spectroscopy. I am a regular user of the Free-Electron Laser, FELIX, in Holland, and I am the coordinator and spokesperson for UK Condensed Matter Physics users there. I am also a Programme Advisory Committee member for the Dresden laser, FELBE.  I like "applicable physics" rather than really pure or really applied physics, for example I study how quickly and why electron spins lose their memory (applicable to spintronic devices). I chaired the International Conference on Narrow Gap Semiconductors, here in Guildford in 2007.

Research Collaborations

I have strong research links with the groups of Prof. Carl Pidgeon (my best friend and mentor) at Heriot-Watt University, Prof Gabriel Aeppli at UCL, Prof. Wolfgang Heiss at Uni. Linz, Dr Lesley Cohen at Imperial College London, Dr Tony Krier at Lancaster, Dr Tim Ashley at QinetiQ Ltd and Dr Lex van der Meer at the Free Electron Laser in Utrecht.

 

Further details can be found on my personal web page.

A full list of publications, conference presentations, and patents can be found here.

Publications

Highlights

  • Greenland PT, Lynch SA, van der Meer AFG, Murdin BN, Pidgeon CR, Redlich B, Vinh NQ, Aeppli G. (2010) 'Coherent control of Rydberg states in silicon'. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP NATURE, 465 (7301), pp. 1057-U116.
    doi: 10.1038/nature09112
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7175/
  • Litvinenko KL, Leontiadou MA, Li J, Clowes SK, Emeny MT, Ashley T, Pidgeon CR, Cohen LF, Murdin BN. (2010) 'Strong dependence of spin dynamics on the orientation of an external magnetic field for InSb and InAs'. AMER INST PHYSICS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 96 (11) Article number ARTN 111107
    doi: 10.1063/1.3337111
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7724/
  • Rauter P, Fromherz T, Vinh NQ, Murdin BN, Mussler G, Gruetzmacher D, Bauer G. (2009) 'Continuous Voltage Tunability of Intersubband Relaxation Times in Coupled SiGe Quantum Well Structures Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 102 (14) Article number ARTN 147401
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.147401
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7721/
  • Vinh NQ, Greenland PT, Litvinenko K, Redlich B, van der Meer AFG, Lynch SA, Warner M, Stoneham AM, Aeppli G, Paul DJ, Pidgeon CR, Murdin BN. (2008) 'Silicon as a model ion trap: Time domain measurements of donor Rydberg states'. NATL ACAD SCIENCES PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 105 (31), pp. 10649-10653.
    doi: 10.1073/pnas.0802721105
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7767/
  • Litvinenko KL, Nikzad L, Pidgeon CR, Allam J, Cohen LF, Ashley T, Emeny M, Zawadzki W, Murdin BN. (2008) 'Temperature dependence of the electron Lande g factor in InSb and GaAs'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 77 (3) Article number ARTN 033204
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.033204
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/217915/

Journal articles

  • Leontiadou MA, Litvinenko KL, Gilbertson AM, Pidgeon CR, Branford WR, Cohen LF, Fearn M, Ashley T, Emeny MT, Murdin BN, Clowes SK. (2011) 'Experimental determination of the Rashba coefficient in InSb/InAlSb quantum wells at zero magnetic field and elevated temperatures'. IOP PUBLISHING LTD JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER, 23 (3) Article number ARTN 035801
    doi: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/3/035801
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7763/
  • Greenland PT, Lynch SA, van der Meer AFG, Murdin BN, Pidgeon CR, Redlich B, Vinh NQ, Aeppli G. (2010) 'Coherent control of Rydberg states in silicon'. NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP NATURE, 465 (7301), pp. 1057-U116.
    doi: 10.1038/nature09112
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7175/
  • Litvinenko KL, Leontiadou MA, Li J, Clowes SK, Emeny MT, Ashley T, Pidgeon CR, Cohen LF, Murdin BN. (2010) 'Strong dependence of spin dynamics on the orientation of an external magnetic field for InSb and InAs'. AMER INST PHYSICS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 96 (11) Article number ARTN 111107
    doi: 10.1063/1.3337111
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7724/
  • Wittmann B, Danilov SN, Bel'kov VV, Tarasenko SA, Novik EG, Buhmann H, Bruene C, Molenkamp LW, Kvon ZD, Mikhailov NN, Dvoretsky SA, Vinh NQ, van der Meer AFG, Murdin B, Ganichev SD. (2010) 'Circular photogalvanic effect in HgTe/CdHgTe quantum well structures'. IOP PUBLISHING LTD SEMICONDUCTOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 25 (9) Article number ARTN 095005
    doi: 10.1088/0268-1242/25/9/095005
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7720/
  • Green RP, Tredicucci A, Vinh NQ, Murdin B, Pidgeon C, Beere HE, Ritchie DA. (2009) 'Gain recovery dynamics of a terahertz quantum cascade laser'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 80 (7) Article number ARTN 075303
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.075303
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7689/
  • Rauter P, Fromherz T, Vinh NQ, Murdin BN, Mussler G, Gruetzmacher D, Bauer G. (2009) 'Continuous Voltage Tunability of Intersubband Relaxation Times in Coupled SiGe Quantum Well Structures Using Ultrafast Spectroscopy'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 102 (14) Article number ARTN 147401
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.147401
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7721/
  • Danilov SN, Wittmann B, Olbrich P, Eder W, Prettl W, Golub LE, Beregulin EV, Kvon ZD, Mikhailov NN, Dvoretsky SA, Shalygin VA, Vinh NQ, van der Meer AFG, Murdin B, Ganichev SD. (2009) 'Fast detector of the ellipticity of infrared and terahertz radiation based on HgTe quantum well structures'. AMER INST PHYSICS JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 105 (1) Article number ARTN 013106
    doi: 10.1063/1.3056393
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7765/
  • Murdin BN. (2009) 'Far-infrared free-electron lasers and their applications'. TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS, 50 (2) Article number PII 910353824 , pp. 391-406.
    doi: 10.1080/00107510902733856
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7764/
  • Zawadzki W, Pfeffer P, Bratschitsch R, Chen Z, Cundiff ST, Murdin BN, Pidgeon CR. (2008) 'Temperature dependence of the electron spin g factor in GaAs'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 78 (24) Article number ARTN 245203
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.245203
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7766/
  • Wittmann B, Golub LE, Danilov SN, Karch J, Reitmaier C, Kvon ZD, Vinh NQ, van der Meer AFG, Murdin B, Ganichev SD. (2008) 'Resonant circular photogalvanic effect in GaN/AlGaN heterojunctions'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 78 (20) Article number ARTN 205435
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.205435
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7885/
  • Vinh NQ, Greenland PT, Litvinenko K, Redlich B, van der Meer AFG, Lynch SA, Warner M, Stoneham AM, Aeppli G, Paul DJ, Pidgeon CR, Murdin BN. (2008) 'Silicon as a model ion trap: Time domain measurements of donor Rydberg states'. NATL ACAD SCIENCES PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 105 (31), pp. 10649-10653.
    doi: 10.1073/pnas.0802721105
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7767/
  • Gilbertson AM, Fearn M, Jefferson JH, Murdin BN, Buckle PD, Cohen LF. (2008) 'Zero-field spin splitting and spin lifetime in n-InSb/In(1-x)A1(x)Sb asymmetric quantum well heterostructures (vol 77, art no 165335, 2008)'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 78 (7) Article number ARTN 079901
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.079901
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7768/
  • Weber W, Golub LE, Danilov SN, Karch J, Reitmaier C, Wittmann B, Bel'kov VV, Ivchenko EL, Kvon ZD, Vinh NQ, van der Meer AFG, Murdin B, Ganichev SD. (2008) 'Quantum ratchet effects induced by terahertz radiation in GaN-based two-dimensional structures'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 77 (24) Article number ARTN 245304
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.245304
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7769/
  • Gilbertson AM, Fearn M, Jefferson JH, Murdin BN, Buckle PD, Cohen LF. (2008) 'Zero-field spin splitting and spin lifetime in n-InSb/In1-xAlxSb asymmetric quantum well heterostructures'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 77 (16) Article number ARTN 165335
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.165335
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7770/
  • Litvinenko KL, Nikzad L, Pidgeon CR, Allam J, Cohen LF, Ashley T, Emeny M, Zawadzki W, Murdin BN. (2008) 'Temperature dependence of the electron Lande g factor in InSb and GaAs'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 77 (3) Article number ARTN 033204
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.033204
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/217915/
  • Merrick M, Cripps SA, Murdin BN, Hosea TJC, Veal TD, McConville CF, Hopkinson M. (2007) 'Photoluminescence of InNAs alloys: S-shaped temperature dependence and conduction-band nonparabolicity'. AMER PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 76 (7) Article number ARTN 075209
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.075209
  • Rauter P, Fromherz T, Vinh NQ, Murdin BN, Phillips JP, Pidgeon CR, Diehl L, Dehlinger G, Gruetzmacher D, Zhao M, Ni W-X, Bauer G. (2007) 'Direct determination of ultrafast intersubband hole relaxation times in voltage biased SiGe quantum wells by a density matrix interpretation of femtosecond resolved photocurrent experiments'. IOP PUBLISHING LTD NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 9 Article number ARTN 128
    doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/5/128
  • Califano M, Vinh NQ, Phillips PJ, Ikonic Z, Kelsall RW, Harrison P, Pidgeon CR, Murdin BN, Paul DJ, Townsend P, Zhang J, Ross IM, Cullis AG. (2007) 'Interwell relaxation times in p-Si/SiGe asymmetric quantum well structures: Role of interface roughness'. AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 75 (4) Article number ARTN 045338
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.045338
  • Jin SR, Ahmad CN, Sweeney SJ, Adams AR, Murdin BN, Page H, Marcadet X, Sirtori C, Tomic S. (2006) 'Spectroscopy of GaAs/AlGaAs quantum-cascade lasers using hydrostatic pressure'. AMER INST PHYSICS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 89 (22) Article number ARTN 221105
    doi: 10.1063/1.2364159
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/733502/
  • Rauter P, Fromherz T, Bauer G, Vinh NQ, Murdin BN, Phillips JP, Pidgeon CR, Diehl L, Dehlinger G, Gruetzmacher D. (2006) 'Direct monitoring of the excited state population in biased SiGe valence band quantum wells by femtosecond resolved photocurrent experiments'. AMER INST PHYSICS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 89 (21) Article number ARTN 211111
    doi: 10.1063/1.2397004
  • Lynch SA, Paul DJ, Townsend P, Matmon G, Suet Z, Kelsall RW, Ikonic Z, Harrison P, Zhang J, Norris DJ, Cullis AG, Pidgeon CR, Murzyn P, Murdin B, Bain M, Gamble HS, Zhao M, Ni W-X. (2006) 'Toward silicon-based lasers for terahertz sources'. IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 12 (6), pp. 1570-1578.
    doi: 10.1109/JSTQE.2006.884069
  • Roither J, Pichler S, Kovalenko MV, Heiss W, Feychuk P, Panchuk O, Allam J, Murdin BN. (2006) 'Two- and one-dimensional light propagations and gain in layer-by-layer-deposited colloidal nanocrystal waveguides'. AMER INST PHYSICS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 89 (11) Article number ARTN 111120
    doi: 10.1063/1.2354433
  • Jefferson PH, Veal TD, Piper LFJ, Bennett BR, McConville CF, Murdin BN, Buckle L, Smith GW, Ashley T. (2006) 'Band anticrossing in GaNxSb1-x'. AMER INST PHYSICS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 89 (11) Article number ARTN 111921
    doi: 10.1063/1.2349832
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/7913/
  • Litvinenko KL, Murdin BN, Allam J, Pidgeon CR, Zhang T, Harris JJ, Cohen LF, Eustace DA, McComb DW. (2006) 'Spin lifetime in InAs epitaxial layers grown on GaAs'. AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 74 (7) Article number ARTN 075331
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.075331
  • O'Brien K, Sweeney SJ, Adams AR, Murdin BN, Salhi A, Rouillard Y, Joullie A. (2006) 'Recombination processes in midinfrared InGaAsSb diode lasers emitting at 2.37 mu m'. AMER INST PHYSICS APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 89 (5) Article number ARTN 051104
    doi: 10.1063/1.2243973
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/733501/
  • Litvinenko KL, Murdin BN, Allam J, Pidgeon CR, Bird M, Morris K, Branford W, Clowes SK, Cohen LF, Ashley T, Buckle L. (2006) 'Spin relaxation in n-InSb/AlInSb quantum wells'. IOP PUBLISHING LTD NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 8 Article number PII S1367-2630(06)15617-7
    doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/8/4/049
  • Murdin BN, Litvinenko K, Clarke DG, Pidgeon CR, Murzyn P, Phillips PJ, Carder D, Berden G, Redlich B, van der Meer AF, Clowes S, Harris JJ, Cohen LF, Ashley T, Buckle L. (2006) 'Spin relaxation by transient monopolar and bipolar optical orientation.'. Phys Rev Lett, United States: 96 (9)
  • Ganichev SD, Schneider P, Bel'kov VV, Ivchenko EL, Tarasenko SA, Wegscheider W, Weiss D, Schuh D, Murdin BN, Phillips PJ, Pidgeon CR, Clarke DG, Merrick M, Murzyn P, Beregulin EV, Prettl W. (2003) 'Spin-galvanic effect due to optical spin orientation'. American Physical Society Physical Review B, 68 (8) Article number 081302 , pp. ---.
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.081302
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/712002/

    Abstract

    Under oblique incidence of circularly polarized infrared radiation the spin-galvanic effect has been unambiguously observed in (001)-grown $n$-type GaAs quantum well (QW) structures in the absence of any external magnetic field. Resonant inter-subband transitions have been obtained making use of the tunability of the free-electron laser FELIX. It is shown that a helicity dependent photocurrent along one of the $<110>$ axes is predominantly contributed by the spin-galvanic effect while that along the perpendicular in-plane axis is mainly due to the circular photogalvanic effect. This strong non-equivalence of the [110] and [1$\bar{1}$0] directions is determined by the interplay between bulk and structural inversion asymmetries. A microscopic theory of the spin-galvanic effect for direct inter-subband optical transitions has been developed being in good agreement with experimental findings.

Conference papers

  • Leontiadou MA, Litvinenko KL, Clowes SK, Murdin BN, Springholz G, Schwarzl T, Eibelhuber M, Heiss W, Pidgeon CR. (2011) 'Substantial temperature dependence of transverse electron g*-factor in lead chalcogenide multi-quantum wells'. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1416, pp. 178-180.
    doi: 10.1063/1.3671728
  • Litvinenko K, Leontiadou M, Li J, Bowyer E, Clowes S, Pidgeon CR, Murdin B. (2011) 'Manipulation of spin dynamics in semiconductor structures by orientation of small external magnetic field'. American Institute of Physics AIP Conference Proceedings, Seoul, South Korea: ICPS2010, 30th International Conference on the Physics of Semiconductors 1399, pp. 657-658.
    doi: 10.1063/1.3666548
  • Lynch SA, Greenland PT, van der Meer AFG, Murdin BN, Pidgeon CR, Redlich B, Nguyen QV, Aeppli G. (2010) 'First Observation of a THz Photon Echo'. IEEE 35TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFRARED, MILLIMETER, AND TERAHERTZ WAVES (IRMMW-THZ 2010), Rome, ITALY: 35th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves
  • Danilov SN, Wittmann B, Olbrich P, Prettl W, Golub LE, Beregulin EV, Kvon Z-D, Mikhailov NN, Dvoretsky SA, Shalygin VA, Vinh NQ, van der Meer AFG, Murdin B, Ganichev SD. (2009) 'All Electrical Detection of the Stokes Parameters of IR/THz Radiation'. IEEE 2009 34TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFRARED, MILLIMETER, AND TERAHERTZ WAVES, VOLS 1 AND 2, Busan, SOUTH KOREA: 34th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2009), pp. 298-299.
  • Pidgeon CR, Litvinenko KL, Nikzad L, Allam J, Cohen LF, Ashley T, Emeny M, Murdin BN. (2008) 'Temperature dependence of the electron Lande g-factor in InSb'. SPRINGER NARROW GAP SEMICONDUCTORS 2007, Guildford, ENGLAND: 13th International Conference on Narrow Gap Semiconductors 119, pp. 27-29.
  • Litvinenko KL, Murdin BN, Clowes SK, Nikzad L, Allam J, Pidgeon CR, Branford W, Cohen LF, Ashley T, Buckle L. (2008) 'Density and well-width dependence of the spin relaxation in n-InSb/AlInSb quantum wells'. SPRINGER NARROW GAP SEMICONDUCTORS 2007, Guildford, ENGLAND: 13th International Conference on Narrow Gap Semiconductors 119, pp. 19-21.
  • Lynch SA, Greenland PT, Vinh NQ, Litvinenko K, Redlich B, van der Meer L, Warner M, Stoneham AM, Aeppli G, Pidgeon CR, Murdin BN. (2008) 'Lifetime Measurements of Group V Donor Rydberg States in Silicon at THz Frequencies'. IEEE 2008 5TH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GROUP IV PHOTONICS, Sorrento, ITALY: 5th IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics, pp. 24-26.
    doi: 10.1109/GROUP4.2008.4638084
  • Litvinenko KL, Nikzad L, Allam J, Murdin BN, Pidgeon CR, Harris JJ, Cohen LF. (2007) 'Spin dynamics in narrow-gap semiconductor epitaxial layers'. SPRINGER JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND NOVEL MAGNETISM, Maui, HI: 4th International School and Conference on Spintronics and Quantum Information Technology (Spintech IV) 20 (6), pp. 461-465.
    doi: 10.1007/s10948-007-0237-4
  • Litvinenko KL, Nikzad L, Allam J, Murdin BN, Pidgeon CR, Harris JJ, Zhang T, Cohen LF. (2007) 'Spin lifetime in high quality InSb epitaxial layers grown on GaAs'. AMER INST PHYSICS JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 101 (8)
    doi: 10.1063/1.2719017
  • O'Brien K, Sweeney SJ, Adams AR, Jin SR, Ahmad CN, Murdin BN, Salhi A, Rouillard Y, Joullie A. (2007) 'Carrier recombination mechanisms in mid-infrared GaInAsSb quantum well lasers'. WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Barcelona, SPAIN: 12th International Conference on High Pressure Semiconductor Physics (HPSP-12) 244 (1), pp. 203-207.
    doi: 10.1002/pssb.200672573
  • O'Brien K, Adams AR, Sweeney SJ, Jin SR, Ahmad CN, Murdin BN, Canedy CL, Vurgaftman I, Meyer JR. (2007) 'High pressure studies of mid-infrared type-II "W" diode lasers at cryogenic temperatures'. WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH PHYSICA STATUS SOLIDI B-BASIC SOLID STATE PHYSICS, Barcelona, SPAIN: 12th International Conference on High Pressure Semiconductor Physics (HPSP-12) 244 (1), pp. 224-228.
    doi: 10.1002/pssb.200672591
  • Zhao M, Karim A, Ni W-X, Pidgeon CR, Phillips PJ, Carder D, Murdin BN, Fromherz T, Paul DJ. (2006) 'Strain-symmetrized Si/SiGe multi-quantum well structures grown by molecular beam epitaxy for intersubband engineering'. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV JOURNAL OF LUMINESCENCE, Nice, FRANCE: Symposium on Si-based Photonics held at the EMRS 2006 Conference 121 (2), pp. 403-408.
    doi: 10.1016/j.jlumin.2006.08.080
  • Ashley T, Buckle L, Smith GW, Murdin BN, Jefferson PH, Piper LFJ, Veal TD, McConville CF. (2006) 'Dilute antimonide nitrides for very long wavelength infrared applications - art. no. 62060L'. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING Infrared Technology and Applications XXXII, Pts 1and 2, Kissimmee, FL: 32nd Conference on Infrared Technology and Applications 6206, pp. L2060-L2060.
    doi: 10.1117/12.667232
  • Lynch SA, Paul DJ, Townsend P, Matmon G, Kelsall RW, Ikonic Z, Harrison P, Zhang J, Norris DJ, Cullis AG, Pidgeon CR, Murzyn P, Murdin B, Bain M, Gamble HS. (2005) 'Silicon quantum cascade lasers for THz sources'. IEEE 2005 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings (LEOS), Sydney, AUSTRALIA: 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE-Lasers-and-Electro-Optical-Society, pp. 727-728.
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1763/
  • Townsend P, Paul DJ, Lynch SA, Kelsall RW, Ikonic Z, Harrison P, Norris DJ, Cullis AG, Zhang J, Li X, Pidgeon CR, Murdin BN, Murzyn P. (2005) 'LO phonon scattering as a depopulation mechanism in Si/SiGe quantum cascades'. IEEE 2005 2nd IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics, Antwerp, BELGIUM: 2nd IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics, pp. 7-9.
    Full text is available at: http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/1787/

Teaching

In the Physics Department I teach level one Data Handling (aka probability and statistics), level two physics laboratory, level three Physics of Stars. On the MSc in Medical Physics I teach Medical Statistics. For EE I teach a component of the MSc module Nanoelectronics and Devices on spintronics.

Departmental Duties

I manage the department's final year projects, and I am the course coordinator for the Physics with Satellite Technology degree pathway.  I am an External Examiner for the Physics Department at Heriot-Watt University.