Department of Physics & AstronomyMatthew McCluskey

Matthew McCluskey

  1. Professor
Email Addressmattmcc@wsu.edu
Location646 Webster Physical Sciences Building
Phone509-335-5356

Biography

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Professor McCluskey is Westinghouse Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University (WSU). He received his Physics PhD from UC Berkeley in 1997, under the supervision of Professor Eugene Haller. His research, performed at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, focused on hydrogen in semiconductors. Prof. McCluskey did postdoctoral research at Xerox PARC, where he studied semiconductors used in blue lasers, under the supervision of Dr. Noble Johnson. In August 1998, he joined the WSU faculty as an assistant professor. He has a broad research background in high-pressure and materials physics. His group is also developing optical techniques such as confocal microscopy, which resulted in a startup company, Klar Scientific.

Education

  • PhD in Physics, University of California, Berkeley
  • BS in Physics, MIT

Research Interests

  • Optical and electrical properties of semiconductors and oxides
  • infrared spectroscopy of defects in semiconductors
  • synthesis and characterization of oxide materials
  • high-pressure physics
  • optical microscopy and spectroscopy

Selected Publications

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  1. Electron irradiation effects on the optical properties of Hf and Zn doped β-Ga2O3. C. Remple, J. Huso, M.H. Weber, J.S. McCloy, and M.D. McCluskey,  J. Appl. Phys. 135, 185702:1-10 (2024)
  2. Photoluminescence of Cr3+ in β-Ga2O3 and (Al0.1Ga0.9)2O3 under pressure. L.M. Barmore, J. Jesenovec, J.S. McCloy, and M.D. McCluskey,  J. Appl. Phys. 133, 175703:1-9 (2023)
  3. Persistent room temperature photodarkening in Cu-doped β-Ga2O3. J. Jesenovec, C. Pansegrau, M.D. McCluskey, J.S. McCloy, T.D. Gustafson, L.E. Halliburton, and J.B. Varley,  Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 077402:1-6 (2022)