Joe Beach

Published Research

• "Materials challenges for CdTe and CuInSe2 photovoltaics."
  Joseph D. Beach, Brian E. McCandless.
  MRS Bulletin, Volume 32, pages 225­-229 (2007).
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• "Evidence that pores are the primary conductive pathway in human skin."
  J. D. Beach, M. E. Orazem, A. L. Bunge.
  Perspectives in Percutaneous Penetration (PPP), v. 10A (2006). Eds. KR Brain & KA Walters, STS Publishing, Cardiff , UK. Conference Proceedings, La Grande Motte, France, April 18­22, 2006.
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• "Non-uniformity mitigation in CdTe solar cells: the effects of high_resistance transparent conducting oxide buffer layers."
  S. D. Feldman, L. Mansfield, T. R. Ohno, V. Kaydanov, J. D. Beach, and T. Nagle.
  Conference Record of the Thirty-First IEEE Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (IEEE Cat. No. 05CH37608), pages 271-274 (2005).
  
  
• "Formation of Regular Arrays of Submicron GaAs Dots on Silicon."
  J. D. Beach, A. A. Khandekar, C. K. Inoki, C. Veauvy, R. Caputo, R. T. Collins, T. F. Kuech, T. S. Kuan, and R. E. Hollingsworth.
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 84, Number 26, pages 5323-5326 (2004).
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• "Lithographic patterning using Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscopy (NSOM)."
  C. Veauvy, R. E. Hollingsworth, J. D. Beach, A. A. Khandekar, T.F. Kuech, J. Hicks, S. Q. Murphy, and R. T. Collins.
  Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. EXS-2, M6.10.1 (2004).
  
  
• "Band edge potentials of p-type and n-type GaN."
  J. D. Beach, R. T. Collins, and J. A. Turner.
  Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Volume 150, Number 7, pages A899-A904.
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• "Selective nucleation and growth of GaAs on Si."
  J. D. Beach, R. T. Collins, C. Veauvy, N. Hamm, M. Treaster, H.-J. Kleebe, A. A. Khandekar, T. F. Keuch, and R. E. Hollingsworth.
  National Center for Photovoltaics Conference Proceedings, March 2003.
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• "Band gaps and lattice parameters of 0.9 um thick In_xGa_1-xN films for 0 < x < 0.140."
  J. D. Beach, H. Al-Thani, S. McCray, R. T. Collins, and J. A. Turner.
  Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 91, Number 8, pages 5190-5194.
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• "Spatially resolved derivative spectroscopy of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers using near-field scanning optical microscopy."
  W. C. Bradford, J. D. Beach, R. T. Collins, D. W. Kisker, and D. Galt.
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 80, Number 6, pages 929-931.
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• "Characterization of VCSEL modal output using near-field scanning optical microscopy."
  W. C. Bradford, J. D. Beach, R. T. Collins, D. W. Kisker, and D. Galt.
  Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4649, page 77.
  
  
• "The influence of stressing at different biases on the electrical and optical properties of CdS/CdTe solar cells."
  S. W. Townsend, T. R. Ohno, V. Kaydanov, A. S. Gilmore, J. D. Beach, and R. T. Collins.
  Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Volume 668, page H5.11.1.
  
  
• "Feasibility of III-nitride semiconductors for use in hydrogen-evolving solar cells."
  J. D. Beach, O. Khaselev, J. A. Turner, R. T. Collins, and J. M. Redwing.
  Proceedings of the 1999 Honda Initiation Grant Symposium, May 20, 1999, Columbus, Ohio.
  
  
• Ph.D. Thesis: "In_xGa_1-xN for photoelectrochemical water splitting."
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• M.S. Thesis: "Feasibility of atmosphere-tolerant visible wavelength photocathodes for use in ion implanters."
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Posters Presented at Conferences

• "Formation of regular arrays of submicron GaAs dots using NSOM lithography, Ga electrodeposition, and As annealing."
  J. D. Beach, A. A. Khandekar, C. Veauvy, R. T. Collins, T. F. Kuech, and R. E. Hollingsworth.
  American Conference for Crystal Growth and Epitaxy, July 2003.
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• "Selective nucleation and growth of GaAs on Si."
  J. D. Beach, R. T. Collins, C. Veauvy, N. Hamm, M. Treaster, H.-J. Kleebe, A. A. Khandekar, T. F. Kuech, and R. E. Hollingsworth.
  National Center for Photovoltaics Conference, March 2003.
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Education

• Ph.D. Applied Physics, Colorado School of Mines, 2002.
• M.S. Applied Physics, Colorado School of Mines, 1999.
• B.S. Physics, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1996.
• B.S. Physical Education/Exercise Science, University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 1994.