George B. Loutts

Director, Center for Materials Research
Professor of Physics

Center for Materials Research   Room: WSB-326D Phone: 823-2031 Fax: 823-9054 E-mail: gloutts@nsu.edu
Field of expertise	Crystal growth and materials science of photonic materials.
Research Experience	Development of inorganic multicomponent crystalline materials for solid state lasers, medical imaging, holography and optical storage (co-inventor of several laser hosts with the garnet and apatite crystal structures Czochralski crystal growth and characterization of oxide and fluoride materials
Industrial Experience	Establishment and management of a pilot crystal growth facility, crystal production, and quality control Development of new crystal products and crystal growth technology Selection, development, and leadership of technical staff
Teaching Involvements	Graduate courses in Materials Science, Electronic and Photonic Materials, Solid State Physics Undergraduate courses in General Physics Supervision of student research in Materials Science
Education	BS, MS Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia, 1983 Ph.D. General Physics Institute, Moscow, Russia, 1991

Publications:

more than 100 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings, 3 patents pending.  9 papers were published in “Selected Papers in Laser Crystal Growth”, SPIE Milestone Series, vol. MS164, 2000.
Selected publications:

1.       G.B. Loutts, A.I. Zagumennyi, S.V. Lavrishchev, Yu.D. Zavartsev, and P.A. Studenikin. Czochralski growth and characterization of (Lu_1-XGd_X)₂SiO₅ single crystals for scintillators.  J. Crystal Growth, 174, 1997, 331-336.

2.       G.B. Loutts, C. Bonner, C. Meegoda H. Ries, M.A. Noginov, N. Noginova, M. Curley, P. Venkateswarlu, A. Rapaport, M. Bass. Crystal growth, spectroscopic characterization, and laser performance of a new efficient laser material Nd:Ba₅(PO₄)₃F,  Appl. Phys. Lett., 71, 1997, 303-305.

3.       G.B. Loutts, M. Warren, L. Taylor, R.R. Rakhimov, H.R. Ries, G. Miller III, M.A. Noginov, M. Curley, N. Noginova, N. Kukhtarev, H.J. Caulfield, and P. Venkateswarlu. Manganese doped yttrium orthoaluminate: a potential material for holographic recording and data storage. Physical Review B, 57, 1998, 3706-3709.

4.      M. A. Noginov, G. B. Loutts, B. Lucas, D. Fider, P. T. Higgins, A. Truong, N. Noginova, N. P. Barnes, S. Kück, Development of Nd doped solid-state laser materials for 944 nm operation, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 37, 2001, 469-481.

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Recently funded proposals:

“Manganese Doped YAlO₃ as a Multi-Use Material for Holographic Recording, HolographicSensing, Optical Storage, and Lasers”, P.I., AFOSR/BMDO, November 1997 – October 1999, $299,000.

“Development of Nd doped solid-state laser materials for 944 nm operation”, Co-P.I. March 1998 - February 2002, $150,000.

“A study of photoinduced color centers in manganese doped aluminates”, P.I. October 1998-September 2003, (research component in the NSF CREST proposal, total funding of $4,500,000).