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    Gerald Angelo Catindig, PhD

    Assistant Professor

    grcatindig@msep.upd.edu.ph

    cmpl - Gerald Angelo Catindig

    Our lab, the Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, works on the growth, fabrication, and characterization of various semiconductor materials such as gallium arsenide (GaAs), zinc oxide (ZnO), and aluminum nitride (AlN) for semiconductor devices. We study the properties of bulk materials as well as the device characteristics of solar cells, high-electron-mobility transistors, and terahertz photoconductive antennas.

    Featured Publications:

    • Catindig, G. A. R., Bardolaza, H. R., Vasquez, J. D. E., Jagus, R. J., Patrocenio, K. L. M., Gonzales, K. C. P., … & Salvador, A. A. (2022). Compressive and tensile strain effects on the ultrafast carrier dynamics and transport of gallium arsenide thin films on silicon and magnesium oxide substrates. Optical Materials Express, 12(12), 4702-4711.
    • Afalla, J., De Los Reyes, A., Cabello, N. I., Vistro, V. D. A., Faustino, M. A., Ferrolino, J. P., … & Estacio, E. S. (2020). A modulation-doped heterostructure-based terahertz photoconductive antenna emitter with recessed metal contacts. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 19926.
    • Cabello, N. I., Tingzon, P. M., Husay, H. A., Vasquez, J. D., Jagus, R., Patrocenio, K. L., … & Estacio, E. (2019, May). Growth and fabrication of 850 nm AlGaAs/GaAs vertical cavity surface emitting laser structure. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1217, No. 1, p. 012003). IOP Publishing.

    Gerald Angelo Catindig’s research work focuses on the growth of GaAs-based semiconductor heterostructures via molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Gerald’s research interests include the creation of terahertz photoconductive antennas (THz PCAs) suitable for telecom wavelength (1550 nm) excitation, thin film solar cells, and infrared semiconductor lasers. Gerald earned his BS Physics degree at UP Baguio, and he earned his MS and PhD Physics degrees at UP Diliman.

    Educational Background:

    • BS Physics –UP Baguio
    • MS Physics –UP Diliman
    • PhD in Physics –UP Diliman
    • MSE 201 – Fundamentals of MSE
    • MSE 251 – Mechanical Properties of Solids
    • MSE 268 – Degradation of Materials
    • MSE 281 – Dislocation Theory
    • MSE 253 – Heat Treatment of Ferrous and Special Alloys