Robert C. Word, Ph.D.

 

Research Assistant Professor

Department of Physics

Surface Plasmons and Photonics

 

T. Stenmark, R. C. Word, and R. Könenkamp, “Determination of the Goos-Hänchen shift in dielectric waveguides via photo emission electron microscopy in the visible spectrum,” Opt. Express 24, 3839-3848 (2016).

 

RC Word, JPS Fitzgerald, and R Könenkamp, “Light propagation and interaction observed with electrons,” Ultramicroscopy, 160, 84-89 (2016). 

 

RC Word, JPS Fitzgerald, and R Könenkamp, “Positional control of plasmonic fields and electron emission,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 111114 (2014). 

 

JPS Fitzgerald, RC Word, and R Könenkamp, “Subwavelength visualization of light in thin film waveguides with photoelectrons,” Phys. Rev. B 89, 195129 (2014).

 

RC Word, JPS Fitzgerald and R Könenkamp, “Direct coupling of photonic modes and surface plasmon polaritons observed in 2-photon PEEM,” Opt. Express 21, (2013), 30507-30520 . 

 

RC Word, JPS Fitzgerald, and R. Könenkamp “Direct Imaging of Optical Diffraction in Photoemission Electron Microscopy.” Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, (2013), 021118-13. 

 

RC Word, JPS Fitzgerald, and R. Könenkamp “Electron emission in the near field of surface plasmons,” Surf. Sci. 607, (2013), pp. 148-152. 

 

JPS Fitzgerald, RC Word, and R. Könenkamp “Photonic near-field imaging in multiphoton photoemission electron microscopy,” Phys. Rev. B 87, (2013), 205419. 

 

RC Word, J Fitzgerald, and R Könenkamp, “Photoelectron emission control with polarized light in plasmonic metal random structures,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, (2011), 041106. 

 

RC Word, T Dornan, & R Könenkamp, “Photoemission from localized surface plasmons in fractal metal nanostructures,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 251110, (2010).

Nanotechnology and Device Fabrication

 

R Könenkamp, A Nadarajah, & RC Word, “Nanostructured semiconductor heterojunctions from quantum dot layers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 053103, (2009). 

 

R Meier, RC Word, A Nadarajah, & R Könenkamp, “Unipolar transport and interface charge transfer in nanostructured CdTe/polymer hybrid films,” Phys. Rev. B 77, 195314, (2008). 

 

A Nadarajah, RC Word, J Meiss, & R Könenkamp, “Flexible inorganic nanowire light-emitting diode,” Nano Lett. 8, 534-537, (2008). 

 

A Nadarajah, RC Word, K VanSant, & R Könenkamp, “Nanowire-quantum-dot-polymer solar cell,” Phys. Status Solidi B 245, 1834-1837, (2008). 

 

R Könenkamp, A Nadarajah, RC Word, J Meiss, & R Engelhardt, “ZnO nanowires for LED and field-emission displays,” Inf. Display-J. Soc. I. 16, 609-613, (2008). 

 

R Könenkamp, RC Word, M Dosmailov, J Meiss, & A Nadarajah, “Selective growth of single-crystalline ZnO nanowires on doped silicon,” J. Appl. Phys. 102, 056103, (2007). 

 

R Könenkamp, RC Word, M Dosmailov, & A Nadarajah, “Pentagonal ZnO nanorods,” Phys. Status Solidi Rapid Res. Lett. 1, 101-103, (2007). 

 

R Könenkamp, RC Word, & M Godinez, “Electroluminescence in nanoporous TiO2 solid-state heterojunctions,” Nanotechnology 17, 1858-1861, (2006). 

 

R Könenkamp, RC Word, & M Godinez, “Ultraviolet electroluminescence from ZnO/ polymer heterojunction light emitting diodes,” Nano Lett. 5, 2005-2008, (2005). 

 

R Könenkamp, RC Word, & C Schlegel, “Vertical nanowire light emitting diode,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 6004-6006, (2004).

Physics Education 

 

RC Word, E Bodegom, & I Honohan, “Using the Vernier LabPro as an ohmmeter and multimeter,” Phys. Teach. 42, 435-437, (2004).