Dr. Ana Akrap
Physical sciencesExperimental condensed matter physics
Engineering and engineering trades , Physical sciences
Micro technology and nano science
Semiconductor-based lasers in GaAs and III-nitrides
Nominated as the top candidate from Chalmers to the Hasselblad foundation, 2011
Assistant Professor grant from VR, Dec. 2010 (8% were granted)
Supervisor of best student poster award (2nd place, P. Westbergh) at the INOW in Stockholm and Berlin, 2009
VIMM1 grant from Innovationsbron Väst, 2006
VIMM2 grant from Innovationsbron Väst, 2006
Guest researcher scholarship from Ulm University 2004
English, Swedish
Å. Haglund, J.S. Gustavsson, J. Vukusic, P. Modh, and A. Larsson, "Single fundamental mode output power exceeding 6 mW from VCSELs with a shallow surface relief", IEEE Photon. Techn. Lett. 16, 368, 2004. (number of citations: 120)
P. Westbergh, J.S. Gustavsson, B. Kögel, Å. Haglund, A. Larsson, A. Mutig, A. Nadtochiy, D. Bimberg and A. Joel, "40 Gbit/s error-free operation of oxide confined 850 nm VCSEL", Electron. Lett. 14, 1014, 2010. (number of citations: 56)
P. Westbergh, J.S. Gustavsson, Å. Haglund, M. Sköld, A. Larsson and A. Joel, "High speed, low current density 850 nm VCSELs", IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 15, 694, 2009 (invited paper). (number of citations: 45)
P. Westbergh, J.S. Gustavsson, Å. Haglund, A. Larsson, F. Hopfer, D. Bimberg and A. Joel, "32 Gbit/s multimode fibre transmission using a high speed, low current density 850 nm VCSEL", Electron. Lett. 45, 366, 2009. (number of citations: 40)
S.B. Healy, E.P. O ́Reilly, J.S. Gustavsson, P. Westbergh, Å. Haglund, A. Larsson, and A. Joel, "Active region design for high speed 850 nm VCSELs", IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 46, 506, 2010. (number of citations: 27)
GaN-based microcavity lasers
High-speed GaAs-based VCSELs for datacom applications
Graphene for optoelectronic applications
Member of the NT-L panel at VR 2012 and the NT-13 panel 2013 (evaluating research proposals)
Member of the review committee for PhD degree:
Naveed ul Hassan Alvi, "Luminescence properties of ZnO nanostructures and their implementation as white light emitting diodes (LEDs)", Linköping University, 2011
Kamran ul Hasan, "Graphene and ZnO nanostructures for nano-optoelectronic and biosensing applications", Linköping University, 2012
Omid Habibpour, "Graphene in FETs in microwave applications", Chalmers University of Technology 2012
Reviewer for scientific journals such as Journal of Applied Physics, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Applied Physics B, and Transaction on parallel and distributed systems
Member of the executive group at the Photonics Laboratory, since 2006
Representing the Photonics Laboratory at the Lab User Group meetings at MC2, Chalmers University of Technology, since 2006
The research results have been high-lighted in features articles and newsrooms, such as:
SPIE Newsroom, 2012
SPIE Newsroom, 2010
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Physical sciencesExperimental condensed matter physics
Physical sciencesNanoscience and nanotechnology, Coordination Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Molecular Magnetism
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Physical sciencesInorganic solid state and materials chemistry