Erik Helgren
- Assistant Professor
- California State University, East Bay
- Science S 251
- erik.helgren@csueastbay.edu
About me
Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from UCLA Dept. of Physics in 2002
Thesis "Electrodynamics of Coulomb Glasses"
Advisor Dr. George Gruner
Post-doctoral Research Associate UCSD Dept. of Physics 2003 - 2005
Advisor: Dr. Frances Hellman
Staff Scientist at UC Berkleley/LBL 2005-2008
Materials Science and Condensed Matter Physics
Assistant Prof. of Physics CSUEB 2008 - present
Research interests:
Renewable Energy Materials Research - we are studying ways to improve the efficiency of polymer solar cells in my research lab at CSUEB
Metal-Insulator transition Physics - I am intersted in testing theories on univeral Physics fond near so-called metal insulator Quantum Phase transitions in conducting polymers and doped semiconductors
THz Spectroscopy - I was awarded an NSF MRI grant in 2010 for a THz time-domain spectrometer. We use this system to study the low-energy i.e. THz spectral range, electrodynamics of solids and thin films
Recent publications (2 of 2 publications)
Helgren, E. 2011. Magnetoelectronic Properties of Gd-implanted Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon. Physical Review B.
Helgren, E. 2010. Effect of magnetic Gd adatoms on the transport properties of ultrathin gold films. Physical Review B.
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Publications
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Helgren, E. 2011. Magnetoelectronic Properties of Gd-implanted Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon. Physical Review B.
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Helgren, E. 2010. Effect of magnetic Gd adatoms on the transport properties of ultrathin gold films. Physical Review B.
Grants
Acquisition of a Femtosecond Optical Frequency Comb andTHz Spectrometer for Atomic, Molecular, and Condensed Matter Spectroscopy
