Nathan Ray profile

Nathan Ray

Staff Scientist

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Biography

Research interests

  • Metasurfaces
  • Thin film deposition and dewetting
  • Optical fabrication, grinding, and polishing
  • Mitigation of damage precursors in optical materials
  • Charge transport across barrier layer nanocomposite structures

Current position(s)

Staff scientist

Career path

  • 2021-present: Staff Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
  • 2018-2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Highlights

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/big-advance-reported-in-metasurfaces-for-antireflective-optics-coatings

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/researchers-develop-novel-antireflective-metasurface-for-laser-optics

https://lasers.llnl.gov/news/metasurface-laser-printing-could-improve-nif-optics

Subject Matter Expertise

metasurfaces, thin film deposition & dewetting, nanoparticle ensembles, etching masks, optical damage mitigation

Education

  • Ph.D. Materials Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, 2017
  • B.S. Physics, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2012
  • B.S. Mathematics, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2012

Publications

2023 1 publication

2022 5 publications

2021 5 publications

2020 2 publications

2019 6 publications

  • Suratwala, T. I., Steele, W. A., Shen, N., Ray, N. J., Wong, L. L., Miller, P. E., and Feit, M. D., “Lateral Cracks During Sliding Indentation on Various Optical Materials”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 103, 2, 1343, 2019.
  • Feigenbaum, E., Ray, N. J., and Yoo, J.-H., “Optical Modeling of Random Anti-Reflective Meta-Surfaces for Laser Systems Applications”, Applied Optics, 58, 27, 7558, 2019.
  • Ray, N. J., Yoo, J.-H., Mckeown, J. T., Elhadj, S., Baxamusa, S. H., Johnson, M. A., Nguyen, H. T., Steele, W. A., Chesser, J. M., Matthews, M. J., and Feigenbaum, E., “Enhanced Tunability of Gold Nanoparticle Size, Spacing, and Shape for Large-Scale Plasmonic Arrays”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2, 7, 4395, 2019.
  • Yoo, J.-H., Nguyen, H. T., Ray, N. J., Johnson, M. A., Steele, W. A., Chesser, J. M., Baxamusa, S. H., Elhadj, S., Mckeown, J. T., Matthews, M. J., and Feigenbaum, E., “Scalable Light-Printing of Substrate-Engraved Free-Form Metasurfaces”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11, 25, 22684, 2019.
  • Suratwala, T. I., Steele, W. A., Wong, L. L., Tham, G. C., Destino, J. F., Miller, P. E., Ray, N. J., Menapace, J. A., Feigenbaum, E., Shen, N., and Feit, M. D., “Subsurface Mechanical Damage Correlations After Grinding of Various Optical Materials”, Optical Engineering, 58, 092604, 2019.
  • Suratwala, T. I. Steele, W. A., Wong, L. L., Miller, P. E., Feigenbaum, E.; Shen, N.; Ray, N. J. and Feit, M. D. “Towards Predicting Removal Rate and Surface Roughness During Grinding of Optical Materials”, Applied Optics, 58, 2490, 2019.

2018 1 publication

  • Ray, N. J. and Karpov, E. G. “A Voltage Bias Effect on Catalytic Activity of Electrically Continuous Pt/TiO2 Nanocomposites”, Advanced Materials Interfaces, 5, 1800089, 2018.

2016 1 publication

  • Ray, N.J. and Karpov, E.G. “Hydrogen Oxidation-Mediated Current Discharge in Mesoporous Pt/TiO2 Nanocomposite”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 8, 46, 32077, 2016.

2015 1 publication

  • Ray, N.J., Hashemian, M.A., and Karpov, E.G. “A Stationary Reaction Current Effect in Mesoporous Pt/ZrO2 System Under H2/O2 Environment”, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 7, 27749, 2015.

Other 4 publications

  • Feigenbaum, E.; Ray, N. J. “Engraving of nano void-dash metasurface into substrate to generate birefringence in the surface layer” ROI IL-13797
  • Yoo, J.-H.; Feigenbaum, E.; Ray, N. J. “A combined planetary/raster laser beam scanning using real-time feedback as a method for production of large scale nano-particle masks with smoothly changing spatial distribution for engraved metaoptics” ROI IL-13735
  • Ray, N. J.; Feigenbaum, E.; Yoo, J.-H. “Enhanced Nanostructure Height: Replenishment of Depleting Nanoparticle Etching Mask” ROI IL-13734
  • Ray, N. J.; Feigenbaum, E. “Spatially varied mechanical loading of spatially-uniform metasurface for patterning optical and mechanical properties” ROI IL-13545

Awards

  • DDS&T Excellence in Publication Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2021
  • DDS&T Excellence in Publication Award, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2020
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