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Semiconductors, Metamaterials, Photonic Materials, III-V, Silicon, Germanium, SiGeSn, Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Epitaxy, MBE, GaAs, Photovoltaic, Thermophotovoltaic, Selective Emitter, Photodetector, Infrared, Photonic Crystal, High speed transistor, RF Devices
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Employment (3)

Tufts University: Medford, Massachusetts, US

2021-09-01 to present | Professor and Chair (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Thomas Vandervelde

Tufts University: Medford, MA, US

2014-09-01 to 2021-08-31 | Associate Professor (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Thomas Vandervelde

Tufts University: Medford, MA, US

2008-07-01 to 2014-08-31 | Assistant Professor (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
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Thomas Vandervelde

Education and qualifications (4)

University of Virginia: Charlottesville, VA, US

1999-09-01 to 2005-05-22 | Ph.D. (Physics Department)
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Thomas Vandervelde

University of Virginia: Charlottesville, VA, US

1999-09-01 to 2001-05-15 | Masters of Science (Physics Department)
Education
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Thomas Vandervelde

University of Massachusetts Amherst: Amherst, MA, US

1996-09-01 to 1999-05-22 | Bachelors of Science (Physics Department)
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Thomas Vandervelde

University of Massachusetts Amherst: Amherst, MA, US

1996-09-01 to 1999-05-22 | Bachelors of Science (Astronomy Department)
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Thomas Vandervelde

Works (50 of 133)

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Temperature-Dependent Dielectric Response, Index of Refraction, and Absorption Coefficient of GeSn Films up to 8.4% Sn

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Amanda N. Lemire; Kevin A. Grossklaus; Thomas E. Vandervelde
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Determination of the Complex Refractive Index of GaSb1−xBix by Variable‐Angle Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

physica status solidi (a)
2024-08 | Journal article
Contributors: John McElearney; Kevin Grossklaus; T. Pan Menasuta; Thomas Vandervelde
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Bismuth surfactant enhancement of surface morphology and film quality of MBE-grown GaSb(100) thin films over a wide range of growth temperatures

Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A
2024-05-01 | Journal article
Contributors: T. Pan Menasuta; Kevin A. Grossklaus; John H. McElearney; Thomas E. Vandervelde
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Variation in thermal stability of Ge1−xSnx films for infrared device applications

Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A
2023-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Amanda N. Lemire; Kevin A. Grossklaus; Thomas E. Vandervelde
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High-temperature electrical and optical properties of sputtered iridium at wavelengths of 300 nm to 15 µm

Optical Materials Express
2023-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Minsu Oh; John McElearney; Thomas E. Vandervelde
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Large-area 1D selective emitter for thermophotovoltaic applications in the mid-infrared

Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B
2023-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Minsu Oh; Kevin Grossklaus; Thomas E. Vandervelde
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Material candidates for thermally robust applications of selective thermophotovoltaic emitters

Physical Review Materials
2022-11-07 | Journal article
Contributors: Minsu Oh; John McElearney; Amanda Lemire; Thomas E. Vandervelde
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Wafer-area selective emitters based on optical interference

MRS Advances
2021-06-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Minsu Oh; Thomas E. Vandervelde
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Density functional theory analysis of the effect of structural configurations on the stability of GaAsBi compounds

Computational Materials Science
2020 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Self-assembly of tensile-strained Ge quantum dots on InAlAs (111) A

Journal of Crystal Growth
2020 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Characterization of tellurium and silicon as n-type dopants for GaAsBi

Semiconductor Science and Technology
2020-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Margaret A Stevens; Samuel Lenney; John McElearney; Kevin A Grossklaus; Thomas E Vandervelde
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Photovoltaic operation in the lower atmosphere and at the surface of Venus

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
2020-06 | Journal article
Contributors: Jonathan Grandidier; Alexander P. Kirk; Phillip Jahelka; Margaret A. Stevens; Pawan K. Gogna; David Crisp; Mark L. Osowski; Thomas E. Vandervelde; Harry A. Atwater; James A. Cutts
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Design of an All-Semiconductor Selective Metamaterial Emitter in the Mid-IR Regime with Larger Feature Sizes for Thermophotovoltaic Energy Conversion Applications

Journal of Electronic Materials
2020-06-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Minsu Oh; Emily Carlson; Thomas E. Vandervelde
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A Review of Advances in Thermophotovoltaics for Power Generation and Waste Heat Harvesting

MRS Advances
2019 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Anomalous Stranski-Krastanov growth of (111)-oriented quantum dots with tunable wetting layer thickness

Scientific Reports
2019 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Effect of titanium adhesion layer on iridium thin film optical properties

APS Meeting Abstracts
2019 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Examination of the high-temperature optical properties of HfO2 thin films for metamaterial selective-emitter applications

APS Meeting Abstracts
2019 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Examination of the Shape and Structure of (111)-oriented GaAs Tensile-Strained Quantum Dots using Transmission Electron Microscopy, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, and Atom Probe Tomography

Microscopy and Microanalysis
2019 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Examining the effect of Tl content on the optical, electrical, and structural properties of TlGaAs films

APS Meeting Abstracts
2019 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Examining the effects of changing film composition and temperature on the optical properties of GaAsBi epitaxial films

APS Meeting Abstracts
2019 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

GaTlAs Quantum Well Solar Cells for Sub-band Gap Absorption

MRS Advances
2019 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Impact of rotation rate on bismuth saturation in GaAsBi grown by molecular beam epitaxy

Journal of Electronic Materials
2019 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Modeling and Simulation of GaTlAs Quantum Well Solar Cells

APS Meeting Abstracts
2019 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Optical property comparison of GaAsBi and TlGaAs measured by variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry

Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications XII
2019 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Overcoming bismuth saturation in GaAsBi by manipulating film strain

APS Meeting Abstracts
2019 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Photovoltaic operation in the lower atmosphere and at the surface of Venus

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications
2019 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Strain stabilization of far from equilibrium GaAsBi films

Journal of Crystal Growth
2019 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Subwavelength antimonide infrared detector coupled with dielectric resonator antenna

Infrared Technology and Applications XLV
2019 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Strain stabilization of far from equilibrium GaAsBi films

Journal of Crystal Growth
2019-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Margaret A. Stevens; Kevin A. Grossklaus; Thomas E. Vandervelde
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Intlp compounds for underwater solar energy harvesting

MRS Advances
2018 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Multiple Metamaterial Pattern Integration for Polarization Selective Photodetector Applications

MRS Advances
2018 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Strain-induced formation of self-assembled nanostructures grown under kinetically limited conditions in the SiGe/Si epitaxial system

Microscopy of Semiconducting Materials 2003
2018 | Book chapter
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Thomas Vandervelde

Study of the effect of 2D metallic photonic crystals on GaSb TPV diode performance

Photonic and Phononic Properties of Engineered Nanostructures VIII
2018 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

A drift-diffusion solver using a finite-element method to analyze carrier dynamics at ultra-high solar concentrations

2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)
2017 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Broad area, selective-emitters for high temperature operation

2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)
2017 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

GaAsBi Devices for Thermal Energy Conversion

2017 IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
2017 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Optimization of GaSb thermophotovoltaic diodes with metallic photonic crystal front-surface filters

2017 IEEE 60th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)
2017 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Selective emitters for thermophotovoltaic applications

Physica status solidi (a)
2017 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Surface diffusion measurements of In on InGaAs enabled by droplet epitaxy

Journal of Applied Physics
2017 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

GaAsBi alloys for photovoltaic and thermophotovoltaic applications

2016 IEEE 43rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)
2016 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Predicting Voc at Ultra-High Solar Concentration Using Computational Numerical Analysis

31st European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition
2015 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Studying anomalous open-circuit voltage drop-out in concentrated photovoltaics using computational numerical analysis

2015 IEEE 42nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
2015 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Cutoff wavelength optimization for high-efficiency split spectrum photovoltaics

Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III
2014 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Decreasing dark current in long wavelength InAs/GaSb thermophotovoltaics via bandgap engineering

2014 IEEE 40th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference (PVSC)
2014 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Extending the operational wavelength of thermophotovoltaic devices via superlattice and barrier engineering

Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices III
2014 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

GaSb thermophotovoltaic cells grown on GaAs substrate using the interfacial misfit array method

Journal of electronic materials
2014 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Heterogeneous metal-oxide nanowire micro-sensor array for gas sensing

Materials Research Express
2014 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde

Metamaterial selective emitters for photodiodes

Optical Components and Materials XI
2014 | Conference paper
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Thomas Vandervelde

Phenomena and Performance of High-Efficiency Split Spectrum Photovoltaics

2014 | Dissertation or Thesis
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Thomas Vandervelde

Stable high temperature metamaterial emitters for thermophotovoltaic applications

Applied Physics Letters
2014 | Journal article
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Thomas Vandervelde
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