Philippe M. Fauchet Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Professor of Physics, Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Material Science Senior Scientist at LLE Experimental Condensed Matter Physics office: phone: Computer Studies 514 (585) 275-1487 phone: (585) 275-3539 fax: email: 585-275-7151 fauchet@ece.rochester.edu home page: http://www.ece.rochester.edu/people/faculty/PFauchet.php

Biographical Sketch

Philippe M. Fauchet received a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Stanford University in 1984, an M.S. in Engineering from Brown University in 1980, and his Electrical Engineer's degree from Faculté Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium, in 1978. He joined the Electrical Engineering faculty at the University of Rochester as an Associate Professor in 1990 and was promoted to the rank of Professor in 1993. Previously, he was on the faculty of Princeton and Stanford Universities. Dr. Fauchet has published in the fields of silicon photonics, photonic crystals, optical biosensors, optical interconnects, ultrafast laser phyiscs and spectroscopy of semiconductors, optical diagnostics of semiconductor materials and devices, and laser-materials interactions. Fauchet was a Sloan Foundation Fellow (1988-1990). He was elected Fellow of the Optical Society of America (OSA, 1998), Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS, 1998), and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, 1999).

Research

Fauchet's research in Condensed Matter Physics is in the intersection of semiconductor materials and device physics, materials sciences, biomedical engineering, and optics.

Fauchet's group engineers nanoscale silicon structures for a wide variety of applications including optoelectronics (light-emitting diodes, waveguides), photovoltaics, electronics (single electron devices, non-volatile memories), and photonic bandgap structures. Also, manufacturing of various types of nanoscale Si objects, including quantum dots and electrochemically etched structures, optical interconnects, silicon quantum dot lasers, photonic bandgap structures, silicon-liquid crystal nanocomposites, and use of porous silicon in photovoltaics.

Research in biological and chemical sensors conducted in the Center for Future Health aims at inventing novel and inexpensive sensors that can be used by consumers worldwide. Research in the detection of the presence of specific pathogens or pollution agents; using porous silicon microcavity light emitters to recognize DNA, bacteria, and other biological objects as part of a smart bandage project; and work on electrical biosensors using porous silicon.

Other research includes ultrafast laser spectroscopy of semiconductors and the design of the smart home environment of the future.

Recent Publications

1. Two-dimensional silicon photonic crystal based biosensing platform for protein detection
   Mindy R. Lee and Philippe M. Fauchet
   Optics Express 15, 4530-4535 (2007)
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2. Label-Free quantitative detection of protein using macroporous silicon photonic bandgap biosensors
   Huimin Ouyang, Lisa A. DeLouise, Benjamin L. Miller, and Philippe M. Fauchet
   Anal. Chem 79, 1502-1506 (2007)
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3. Charge- and size-based separation of macromolecules using ultrathin silicon membranes
   Christopher C. Striemer, Thomas R. Gaborski, James L. McGrath and Philippe M. Fauchet
   Nature 445, 749-753 (2007)
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4. Tunable silicon-based light sources using erbium doped liquid crystals
   S. M. Weiss, J. Zhang, P. M. Fauchet, V. V. Seregin, and J. L. Coffer
   Applied Physics Letters 90, 031112 (2007)
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5. Ultrabroadband parametric generation and wavelength conversion in silicon waveguides
   Qiang Lin, Jidong Zhang, Philippe M. Fauchet, and Govind P. Agrawal
   Optics Express 14, 4786-4799 (2006)
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