Janice Hudgings

Associate Professor of Physics

Office: 209 Kendade Hall
Phone: 413-538-2206
Email: Janice Hudgings
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• Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley 1999 (EE)
• Ph.D. Thesis: Optoelectronics for High Speed Optical Communications Networks

Prof. Hudgings arrived at Mount Holyoke in 1999.

Current Research

 The optoelectronics group at Mount Holyoke College studies the device physics of a range of semiconductor devices, including semiconductor lasers, amplifiers, and solar cells. We use spatially resolved thermal mapping on the micron scale to probe the internal physics of working optoelectronic devices, quantifying gain and absorption parameters as well as identifying effects such as gain saturation and facet heating in lasers, absorbers, and semiconductor optical amplifiers. A second project examines the effect of optical feedback on the stability and polarization behavior of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.

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