B.G. Potter, Jr.,

Associate Professor
Ph.D Materials Science and Engineering 1991, University of Florida
The University of Arizona
Materials Science and Engineering
Arizona Materials Laboratory
4715 E. Fort Lowell Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85712
Phone: (520) 322-2303
Fax: (520) 322-2993
Email: bgpotter@mse.arizona.edu

Teaching Interests

Introduction to Materials Science (MSE 222)
Optical Spectroscopy of Materials (MSE 404/504)
Physics and Chemistry of Ceramic Materials (MSE 424)

Research Interests

Photosensitive phenomena in inorganic, organic, and molecular hybrid materials.

Research focuses on molecular-level engineering to manipulate light-matter interactions impacting photowriting wavelengths, fluences and refractive index change for rapid realization of integrated photonics. Both in-plane and out-of-plane diffractive device structures have been demonstrated for applications in integrated microphotonics, optically configurable waveguides and binary optics.

Nanoassembly

New photo-mediated, directed assembly strategies offer the potential for enhanced control over the evolution of inorganic and hybrid materials over multiple length scales for the formation of multifunctional, hierarchical structures.

Other interests include: optically based bio-sensing, rare-earth-doped matrices, quantum confinement effects in semiconductors, computational materials science, optical phenomena in complex ferroelectric oxides.

Publications

Journal Aricles:

• "Vacuum-ultraviolet spectroscopy of poly(methyphenylsilylene)," C.C. Phifer, W.J. Thomes, Jr., K. Simmons-Potter, and B.G. Potter, Jr., J.Chem. Phys. 120,1613 (2004).
• "Polysilane-based Thin Films with High Photosensitivity," K. Simmons-Potter, G.M. Jamison, B.G. Potter, Jr., W.J. thomes, Jr., and C.C. Phifer, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 726, 401 (2002).
• "Optically Defined Multifunctional Patterning of Photosensitive Thin-Film Silica Mesophases," D. Dhoshi, N.K. Huesing, M. Lu, H. Fan, K. Simmons-Potter, B.G. Potter, Jr., A.J. Hurd, C.J. Brinker, Science 290, 107 (2000).
• “Monte Carlo Simulation of Ferroelectric Domains in Two-Dimensions,” B.G. Potter, Jr., V. Tikare, and B.A. Tuttle, J. Appl. Phys. 87, 4415 (2000).
• “Photosensitive Point Defects in Optical Glasses : Science and Applications,” B.G. Potter, Jr. and K. Simmons-Potter, invited paper, Nuc. Inst. Met. in Phys. Res. (NIM B) 166-167, 771 (2000).
• “Thermal Stability of Photosensitive Bragg Gratings in Sputter Deposited Germanosilicate Glass,” B.G. Potter, Jr., K. Simmons-Potter, and T.D. Dunbar, J. Non-cryst. Solids 277, 114 (2000).
• “Physics of Photosensitivity in Novel Thin Films,” K. Simmons-Potter and B. G. Potter, Jr., Physical and Chemical Sciences Center Research Briefs 1-96, 44 (1999).
• “Photosensitive and Rare-Earth Doped Ceramics for Optical Sensing: A Review,” B.G. Potter, Jr. and M.B. Sinclair, invited paper, J. Electrocerams. 2, 295 (1998).
• “Unusual Structural Relaxation For Rare-Earth Impurities in Sapphire: An ab initio Study of Lanthanum,” C. Verdozzi, D.R. Jennison, P.A. Schultz, M.P. Sears, J.C. Barbour, and B.G. Potter, Jr., Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 5615 (1998).
• “Photosensitive Thin Films: Manipulation of Defects Through Synthesis Control,” K. Simmons-Potter, B.G. Potter, Jr., and M.B. Sinclair, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 37-1, 8 (1998).
• “Optically Imprinted Refractive Index Modulations in Photosensitive Glass Thin Films,” K. Simmons-Potter and B. G. Potter, Jr., Physical and Chemical Sciences Center Research Briefs 1-96, 10 (1996).
• “Photosensitive Thin Film Materials and Devices,” K. Simmons-Potter, B.G. Potter, Jr., D.C. Meister, and M.B. Sinclair, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 239, 96 (1998).