Han Htoon is a Staff Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratry. Han's research focuses on elucidating fundamental and quantum optical properties of quantum dots, single-wall carbon nanotubes, solid-state defects and 2D materials, development of novel, single nanostructure, optical spectroscopy/imaging techniques, and device integration of optical nanomaterials.
Expertise
- Fundamental and quantum optical properties of individual semiconductor nanostructures
- Deterministic creation and photonic/plasmonic integration of quantum light emitters
- High spatial, spectral and temporal resolution optical spectroscopies
- Low temperature single nanostructure optical spectroscopies (Photoluminescence (PL), PL excitation, Raman spectroscopies)
- Time tagged, time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC) and photon-number resolving measurements covering from 400nm to 1700 nm.
- Hanbury Brown Twiss and Hong-Ou-Mandel quantum optical experiments
- Correlated structural(Hi-Res TEM, AFM), optical (PL, TCSPC) measurement of individual nanostructures
- Low Temperature (1.6 K), high magnetic field (4/1/1 T) optical spectroscopy.
Capabilities
Education
PhD, Physics, University of Texas at Austin
MS, Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago
BS, Physics, Yankton College
Awards
- Fellows Prize for Outstanding Research in Science or Engineering, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2019
- Fellow, American Physical Society, 2017
- Postdoctoral Distinguished Performance Award (PDPA), Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2004
