Dr Georgios Tsiminis

Biography/ Background

Georgios was born in Athens, Greece where he completed his undergraduate studies at the National Technical University of Athens with a Major in Applied Physics in 2004. In September of the same year he started the MSc in Photonics and Optoelectronic Devices at the University of St Andrews and Heriot-Watt University. He completed the course with distinction and joined the Organic Semiconductor Optoelectronics group for his PhD (one- and two-photon pumped organic semiconductor lasers). In 2009 he became a research fellow in the same group working on UV-nanoimprint lithography for organic semiconductor lasers as part of the HYPIX project.

In October 2011 Georgios joined the Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing at the University of Adelaide as an ARC Super Science fellow to work on detection of trace quantities of explosives.

Qualifications

PhD in Physics, One- and two-photon pumped organic semiconductor lasers

University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK

 

MSc in Photonics and Optoelectronic Devices

University of St Andrews & Heriot-Watt University, Scotland, UK

 

Major in Applied Physics - Optoelectronics and Lasers, Material Physics

National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Publications

Journal articles

1.    Y. Wang, G. Tsiminis, Y. Yang, A. Ruseckas, A. L. Kanibolotsky, I. F. Perepichka, P. J. Skabara, G. A. Turnbull, and I. D. W. Samuel, "Broadly tunable deep blue laser based on a star-shaped oligofluorene truxene," Synthetic Metals 160, 1397-1400 (2010).

2.    G. Tsiminis, Y. Wang, P. E. Shaw, A. L. Kanibolotsky, I. F. Perepichka, M. D. Dawson, P. J. Skabara, G. A. Turnbull, and I. D. W. Samuel, "Low-threshold organic laser based on an oligofluorene truxene with low optical losses," Applied Physics Letters 94 (2009).

3.    G. Tsiminis, A. Ruseckas, I. D. W. Samuel, and G. A. Turnbull, "A two-photon pumped polyfluorene laser," Applied Physics Letters 94 (2009).

4.    G. Tsiminis, J.-C. Ribierre, A. Ruseckas, H. S. Barcena, G. J. Richards, G. A. Turnbull, P. L. Burn, and I. D. W. Samuel, "Two-photon absorption and lasing in first-generation bisfluorene dendrimers," Advanced Materials 20, 1940 (2008).

5.    A. G. Kontos, T. Stergiopoulos, G. Tsiminis, Y. S. Raptis, and P. Falaras, "In situ micro- and macro-Raman investigation of the redox couple behavior in DSSCS," Inorganica Chimica Acta 361, 761-768 (2008).

6.    J. A. C. Terry, G. Tsiminis, M. H. Dunn, and C. F. Rae, "Ee-safe broadband output at 1.55 mu m through the use of a fan-out grating structure in MgO : PPLN," Journal of Optics a-Pure and Applied Optics 9, 229-234 (2007).

7.    J. C. Ribierre, G. Tsiminis, S. Richardson, G. A. Turnbull, I. D. W. Samuel, H. S. Barcena, and P. L. Burn, "Amplified spontaneous emission and lasing properties of bisfluorene-cored dendrimers," Applied Physics Letters 91 (2007).

8.    A. E. Vasdekis, G. Tsiminis, J. C. Ribierre, L. O'Faolain, T. F. Krauss, G. A. Turnbull, and I. D. W. Samuel, "Diode pumped distributed Bragg reflector lasers based on a dye-to-polymer energy transfer blend," Optics Express 14, 9211-9216 (2006).

 

 

Conference papers

1.    A. E. Vasdekis, G. Tsiminis, D. Amarasinghe, A. Ruseckas, M. Goossens, L. O'Faolain, T. F. Krauss, G. A. Turnbull, and I. D. W. Samuel, "Recent advances in polymer lasers and optical amplifiers," CLEO '07. 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (2007).

2.    A. E. Vasdekis, S. Richardson, G. Tsiminis, L. O'Faolain, T. F. Krauss, G. A. Turnbull, and I. D. W. Samuel, "Microstructured polymer lasers: diode-pumped lasing and extending operation lifetimes," CLEO/Europe - IQEC 2007. European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference (2007).

3.    G. A. Turnbull, A. E. Vasdekis, G. Tsiminis, and I. D. W. Samuel, "Diode pumped polymer lasers - art. no. 66550W," in Organic Light Emitting Materials and Devices Xi, Z. H. S. F. Kafafi, ed. (2007), pp. W6550-W6550.

4.    I. D. W. Samuel, A. E. Vasdekis, G. Tsiminis, G. A. Turnbull, and E. W. Taylor, "Shrinking polymer lasers," Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 6713 (2007).

5.    I. D. W. Samuel, A. E. Vasdekis, G. Tsiminis, and G. A. Turnbull, "Shrinking polymer lasers - art. no. 671304," in Nanophotonics and Macrophotonics for Space Environments, E. W. C. D. A. Taylor, ed. (2007), pp. 71304-71304.

 

Professional Associations

Institute of Physics (IoP), Associate Member

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) member

IEEE Photonics Society member

American Chemical Society (ACS) member

Entry last updated: Saturday, 26 Nov 2011