School of Physical Sciences

Quality Review 2001/2002

Part 4: Research Indicators


Part 4: Research indicators


NAME(S):……………………………………………………………………………

RESEARCH GROUP (e.g. PRL, CLPR…):………………………………………..

(if applicable)

1) Please list all publications for the period 2000 - 2002 inclusive.

2) List the three most important publications in the past five years (1997-2002) for yourself / group. Fewer than three may be listed.

Publication / Brief statement of significance / Citations
1.
2.
3.

3) List fundng awards for schemes OTHER than Enterprise Ireland, European Union and PRTLI

Funding Agency / Activity / Period / Amount
HEA Large Scale Equipment
HEA Educational Technology
Training Fund
EU Large Scale Facility Fundng
Programme Innovation Fund
Training for Trainers
Other (specify)

4) Update the following tables of international collaborations. Please indicate if the collaboration is funded (F) or informal (I) and give period of collaboration. Collaborations for the years 1997 to 2001 only should be included (delete any that ceased before 1997). Those listed below have been extracted from an earlier document – please enter your name in the first column for those that relate to you, and add any new ones.

International Research Collaborations

Name /
Partner Organisation/
Institution
/ Project Area /
Principal Contact Person Abroad
/
Funded/ Informal
[F/I]
/ Period
Centre for Biomolecular Science & Engineering, Naval Research Lab, Washington DC / Development of Optical Waveguide Configurations for Biosensor Applications / Dr FS Ligler
Technical University, Berlin / Investigation of Substrates and Sensing Configurations for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy / Prof. H.D Kronfeldt
University of Vermont,USA / Development of Fibre Optic Chloride Sensors for Corrosion Monitoring in Structures. / Prof. P. Fuhr
Cranfield University, UK / Development of technique for writing Bragg gratings in sol-gel films for waveguide in/coupling. / Dr. R Tatam
Centre for Measurement Instrumentation & Applied Physics, City University, London / (i)  Ellipsometric characterisation of thin sol- gel films
(ii)  Development of fibre optic sensors / Prof KTV Grattan
Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular electronics; Coventry University, UK / Development of advanced materials for optical gas sensing / Prof D.J. Walton
Technical University, Vienna / Development of Evanescent Wave Sensors based on IR-transmitting optical fibres / Dr B. Mizaikoff
Name /
Partner Organisation/
Institution
/ Project Area /
Principal Contact Person Abroad
/
Funded/ Informal
[F/I]
/ Period
Max Planck Institute, Bremen, Germany / Phase Fluorometric Optical Sensors / Dr G Holst
Texas Instruments, Dallas, USA / Development of advanced configurations for fluorescence-based sensors / Dr J. Melendez
Le Verre Fluore, Rennes, Brittany / IR Optical fibres for lasers and sensing
Slovak Technical University, Bratislova / Advanced dyes for ammonia sensing / Dr P Simon
LURE, Orsay, France / Atoms & Ions / Drs F. Wuilleumier,
J. M Bizau &
D. Cubaynes
Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA / Atoms, Ions & Plasma Diagnostics / Prof. T. Morgan
University of Hamburg / Atoms, Ions, Free Electron Laser / Prof. Dr. B. Sonntag Dr J. Feldhaus
University of Berlin / Atoms & Ions / Prof. Dr. P. Zimmermann
Rutherford Lab, UK / Plasma Light Sources / Dr. R. Allott
University of California at Berkeley, USA / Computation Physics / Prof. C. Birdsall & Prof. M. Liberman
University of Adelaide, USA / E-H Transitions / Prof. I R Jones
Australian National University / Plasma Simulations / Prof. R. Boswell
University of Florence / Surface Structures / Dr. A. Atrei
University of Surrey / Thin Films / Dr. C. Jeynes
CERN / Semiconductors / Dr. G. Bollen
KFUPM, Saudi Arabia / Plasma Nirtiding/Laser Treatment / Prof. B. Yibas
Tampera University of Technology, Finland / Surface Reaction Dynamics / Prof. M. Passa
Siemens / Plasma Diagnostics/Sensors / F. Bell
University of Aveiro, Portugal / Semiconductors / Prof. M.C. de Carmo
Name /
Partner Organisation/
Institution
/ Project Area /
Principal Contact Person Abroad
/
Funded/ Informal
[F/I]
/ Period
SGS Thompson, France / Plasma Diagnostics/Sensors / M. Francou
EURATOM / Fusion Research / M. Nightingale, R Hemsworth, R. Trainman
University of London, UK / Thin Films / Prof. N. Brown
University of Reading, UK / Surface Reactions / Prof. M. Bowker
Centro-Laser Bari, Italy / Laser Surface Treatment / Dr. P. Sforza
Politecnico di Bari, Italy / Thick Films / Prof. C. Papalettere
University of Konstanz, Germany / Defects in semiconductors / Dr. M. Deicher
University of Wales, College of Cardiff. / Band structure calculations of Sb and Bi on III-V semiconductor surfaces / Dr.Clarence Matthai
University of Nottingham / STM and Photoemission studies of GaAs surfaces / Dr. Philip Moriarty
Surface Science IRC, University of Liverpool / Reflectance Anisotropy Studies of Metal Semiconductor Interfaces / Prof. PeterWeightman
Technical University, Berlin. / Optical studies of sulphur passivated semiconductor surfaces. / Prof. Wolfgang. Richter
ADD IN BELOW ANY NEW COLLABORATIONS NOT LISTED ABOVE
Name /
Partner Organisation/
Institution
/ Project Area /

Principal Contact Person Abroad

/

Funded/ Informal

[F/I]

/ Period

Research Collaborations within DCU/Ireland. Collaborations for the years 1997 to 2001 only should be included (delete any that ceased before 1997). Those listed below have been extracted from an earlier document – please enter your name in the first column for those that relate to you, and add any new ones.

Name

/

Partner Organisation/

Institution

/ Project Area /

Principal Contact Person

/

Funded/ Informal

[F/I]

/

Period

School of Chemical Sciences, DCU / Development of Optical Chemical Sensors for a range of applications / Dr D. Diamond
School of Chemical Sciences, DCU / Development of optical chemical sensors based on Ruthenium complexes / Prof J.G.Vos
School of Chemical Sciences, DCU / Biosensors based on sol-gel materials / Prof M.R. Smyth
School of Biological Sciences, DCU / Biosensors based on evanescent-wave excitation of fluorescence and surface plasma resonance. / Prof R. O’Kennedy
School of Electronic Engineering / Defects in wide bandgap semiconductors / Dr. P. McNally
Power Electronics PAT Centre, School of Electronic Engineering, DCU / Development of optoelectronic circuitry and signal processing; Engineering design and fabrication of sensor heads / Kevin Davis
Physics Dept, Trinity College Dublin / Development and Characterisation of sol-gel derived materials for sensor applications. / Prof J. F McGilp
Physics Dept, Trinity College Dublin / Development of Optical Fibre Laser for Hydrocarbon Sensing / Prof J. Hegarty Optronics Ireland Lab
BEST Centre, University of Ulster, Jordanstown. / Thin Films for Surface Plasma Resonance & Evanescent Waves Sensors / Dr J McLaughlin
Queen’s University Belfast / Atomic Physics / Prof A. Hibbert
Queen’s University Belfast / Plasma Light Sources / Prof. C. L. Lewis

Name

/

Partner Organisation/

Institution

/ Project Area /

Principal Contact Person

/

Funded/ Informal

[F/I]

/

Period

NUI – Cork / Ions & Plasma Diagnostics Fusion Research / Prof. M. Mansfield, Drs. P McCarthy & S. Prunty
NUI – Dublin / Ions & Plasma Diagnostics / Prof G. O’Sullivan
Trinity College Dublin / Plasmas/Thin Films / Prof. J. Lunney & Dr. D. John
Dublin Institute Of Adv. Studies / Fusion Research / Prof. L. Drury
Scientific Systems / Plasma Diagnostics/Sensors / Dr. M. Hopkins
Intel Ireland. / Electrical characterisation of ultra-thin oxides / Mr F. Turpin
ADD IN BELOW ANY NEW COLLABORATIONS WITHIN IRELAND NOT LISTED ABOVE


Centre for Laser Plasma Research (CLPR)

Prof. E. T. Kennedy, Dr. J-P. Mosnier and Dr. J. T. Costello

1999:

"VUV & XUV Photoabsorption of laser-produced uranium in the 15 – 150 eV photon energy range"

P. van Kampen, J. Hirsch, E. T. Kennedy, O. Meighan, J-P. Mosnier, M. Martins, Ch. Gerth, P. Zimmermann and J. T. Costello, EGAS 31, Marseille, France, 6-9 July, 1999

“First Measurements of the 3s2 1S Doubly-Excited State of Li+” F. J. Wuilleumier, S. Diehl, D. Cubaynes, J.-M. Bizau, T. J. Morgan, E. T. Kennedy, and J.-P. Mosnier 30th DAMOP, Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, Georgia, USA , 20-26 March 1999.

1998:

"High resolution electron spectroscopy of 2p63dn -> 2p53dn+1 resonantly excited Ca, Cr and Mn", B Obst, W Benten, J T Costello, L Dardis, Ch. Gerth, P Glatzel, A Gray, J E Hansen, O Meighan, E Kennedy, C. McGuinness, B Sonntag, Ph Wernet and P Zimmerman, VUV XII, San Francisco, USA (Aug. 1998)

"Dual laser plasma investigations of inner shell excitations in selected isoelectronic and isonuclear sequences", E T Kennedy, J T Costello, A Gray, C McGuinness, J-P Mosnier and P vanKampen, VUV XII, San Francisco, USA (Aug. 1998)

“Extreme-UV photoabsorption spectroscopy of laser generated ions and neutrals using the dual laser plasma (DLP) technique” E.T. Kennedy, J.T. Costello, J.-P. Mosnier, C. McGuinness, P. Van Kampen, , L. Dardis, A. Gray O. Meighan, C. Moloney, W. Whitty and T.J. Morgan, ESCAMPIG, Dublin, August 1998.

“Measurement and analysis of XUV absorption spectra of laser produced silicon plasmas” P van Kampen, E. T. Kennedy, J-P. Mosnier, M. H. Sayyad and J. T. Costello, NDTCS-98, St. Petersburg, Russia (June 1998)

“Autoionising 3s3p6np resonances in Ar-like sequence photoabsorption” P van Kampen, G. O'Sullivan, V.K. Ivanov, A.N. Ipatov, J.T. Costello and E.T. Kennedy, Conference on New Directions in Atomic Physics, Cambridge, UK, July 1-4, 1998

“The 3p photoabsorption spectrum of Cr2+ in laser produced plasmas in the energy region 30 - 70 eV” C.McGuinness, P. van Kampen E. Kennedy, J-P. Mosnier, and J. T. Costello, ECAMP, Sienna, Italy, July 14-17, 1998

“First Angle-Resolved Studies of Photoexcitation and Autoionization of Hollow Lithium States” F. J. Wuilleumier, S. Diehl, D. Cubaynes, J.-M. Bizau, C. Blancard, N. Berrah, T. J. Morgan, E. T. Kennedy, J. Bozek, A. S. Schlachter 29th DAMOP, Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Santa Fé, New Mexico, USA , 27-30 May 1998

“Characteristics of an extreme-UV continuum light source based on a laser plasma driven by a 7psec. 248 nm pulse” O Meighan, L Dardis, C Moloney, CMcGuinness, J T Costello, C L S Lewis, R O’Rourke and A MacPhee, I C E Turcu, C Danson, S Huntingdon, N Takeyasu and W Shaikh, CLEO/Europe-EQEC’98, Glasgow 14-18 September 1998

“Observation of New Hollow States in Li+ in High-Resolution Electron-Spectroscopy Experiments” S. Diehl, D. Cubaynes, J.-M. Bizau, F. J. Wuilleumier, E. T. Kennedy, J.-P. Mosnier 29th DAMOP, Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Santa Fé, New Mexico, USA , 27-30 May 1998

“Table top picosecond dual laser plasma photoabsorption experiment” O Meighan, L Dardis, C Moloney, CMcGuinness, J T Costello, C L S Lewis, R O’Rourke and A MacPhee, I C E Turcu, C Danson, S Huntingdon, N Takeyasu and W Shaikh, CLEO/Europe-EQEC’98, Glasgow 14-18 September 1998.

“Experimental and Theoretical Determination of Partial Cross Sections for Inner-Shell Photoionization in Laser-Excited Lithium Atoms” S. Diehl, D. Cubaynes, F. J. Wuilleumier, N. Berrah, L. VoKy, J- M. Bizau, C. Blancard, T. J. Morgan, E. T. Kennedy, A. Hibbert, P. Faucher, J. Bozek, A. S. Schlachter. VUV 12, XIIth International Conference on the Physics of Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation, San-Francisco, USA , 3-7 August , 1998, p. M02.

“Controlled collapse of the 5f wavefunction of Thorium along its isonuclear sequence: first observation dual laser plasma photoabsorption experiments” O Meighan, L Dardis, C Moloney, CMcGuinness, J T Costello, C L S Lewis, R O’Rourke and A MacPhee, I C E Turcu, C Danson, S Huntingdon, N Takeyasu and W Shaikh, ECAMP, Sienna, Italy, July 14 - 17, 1998

“A table top dual laser plasma based XUV photoabsorption experiment with 150 psec. time resolution; performance characteristics and results” O Meighan, L Dardis, C Moloney, CMcGuinness, J T Costello, C L S Lewis, R O’Rourke and A MacPhee, I C E Turcu, C Danson, S Huntingdon, N Takeyasu and W Shaikh, ECAMP, Sienna, Italy, July 14-17, 1998

“First Angle-Resolved Electron-Spectrometry Results on Hollow Lithium Atoms” S. Diehl, D. Cubaynes, J.-M. Bizau, F. J. Wuilleumier, L. VoKy, C. Blancard, T. J. Morgan, N. Berrah, E. T. Kennedy, A. Hibbert, P. Faucher, J. Bozek, A. S. Schlachter. VUV 12, XIIth International Conference on the Physics of Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation, San-Francisco, USA , 3-7 August , 1998, p. M02.

“High Resolution Electron Spectrometry Studies of the Doubly Excited Li+ Ions” S. Diehl, D. Cubaynes, J.-M. Bizau, F. J. Wuilleumier, J.-P. Mosnier, E. T. Kennedy, VUV 12, XIIth International Conference on the Physics of Vacuum Ultraviolet Radiation, San-Francisco, USA , 3-7 August , 1998, p. M02.

1997:

“VUV Photoabsorption of Ca, Ca* and Ca+ in a Laser Plasma: Improved data compared with Theory and Previous Experiments” A. Gray, E.T. Kennedy, J-P. Mosnier and J.T. Costello, 29th EGAS Conference, Berlin, July 1997

“Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoabsorption of Cr+ in a Laser Produced Cr+ Plasma: Evidence for a Significant 3d44s Metastable Popuation” C.McGuinness, E.T.Kennedy, J-P. Mosnier, B.F. Sonntag, Ph. Wernet and J.T. Costello, 29th EGAS Conference, Berlin, July 1997

“Inner Shell Photoabsorption by Metastable Si+ Ions Formed in a Laser Produced Plasma: Comparison with Ground State Si+” J.T. Costello, E.T. Kennedy, J-P. Mosnier, M.H. Sayyad and C. McGuinness, 29th EGAS Conference, Berlin, July 1997

“Experimental Evidence of Rydbergs Series within the Hollow States of Lithium” F. J. Wuilleumier, S. Diehl, D. Cubaynes, J.-M. Bizau, L. Journel, E. T. Kennedy, N. Berrah, T. J. Morgan, C. Blancard, J. Bozek, et A. S. Schlachter. 29h DAMOP, Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C., USA , 18-21April 1997

“First Observation of a Hollow Lithium States with Two Empty Inner-Shells” S. Diehl, D. Cubaynes, F. J. Wuilleumier, J.-M. Bizau, L. Journel, K. T. Chung, L. Voky, P.Faucher, A. Hibbert, N. Berrah, T. J. Morgan, E. T. Kennedy, C. Blancard, J. Bozek, A. S. Schlachter 29th DAMOP, Annual Meeting of the Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, Washington, D.C., USA, 18-21 April 1997

“Autoionization of a Hollow Lithium State with Empty - and L-Shells D. Cubaynes, S. Diehl, F. J. Wuilleumier, E. T. Kennedy, C. Blancard, K. T. Chung, L. VoKy, J.-M. Bizau, T. J. Morgan, N. Berrah, J. Bozek, A. S. Schlachter, A. Hibbert, et P. Faucher XXIth International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Vienna, Austria, 22-29 July 1997 Abstracts of Contributed Papers, ed. F. Aumayr, G. Betz, and H. P. Winter, p. MO74.