Dr. Matthew E. Edwards
Research Focus
Materials of Electrooptics, Pyroelectrics/Surface Resistivity of Crystal and Thin Films, Development of Large Organic Thin Films, and Solitons Wave Theory
Areas of Interest and Fascination
Quantum Physics (Quantum Communication, Quantum Imaging, Quantum Fluctuation and Noise, Quantum Sensors and Quantum Gravity), Voltage Pulse Generation from Photorefractive Crystals, Photoluminescence, Sensor Science and Technology, and Remote Sensing Techniques
Contact
Office: 145 V. M. Chambers Bld.
Lab: 025 V. M. Chambers Bld.
Phone: 鈥�(鈥�256) 372-8119 or 8104
E-Mail: matthew.edwards@aamu.edu
Recent Publications
Edwards, M.E, Y.H. Hwang, and X--L Wu, "Large Deviations from the Clausius-Mossotti Equation in a Model Microemulsion", Physical Review E, 49, No. 5, 1994. [This paper was misreported at the American Institute of Physics from 2002-2006.]
Kukhtarev, N., T. Kukhtarev, M. Edwards, B. Penn, D. Frazier, H. Abdeldayem, P. P. Banerjee, T. Hudson, and W.A. Friday, 鈥淧hotoinduced Optical and Electrical High-Voltage Pulsations and Pattern Formation in Photorefractive Crystals, Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials鈥�, Vol. 11, No. 4, page 445-453, 2002.
M. E. Edwards, N. Kukhtarev, T. Kukhtarev, M. Bayssie, J-C Wang, M. Reagan, and S. Lyuksyutov, 鈥淰oltage Pulsations in Photogalvanic Crystals as Power Supply for EO- Modulator鈥�, I, SPIE Volume 5363, no. 15, page 98-106, 2004.
M.E. Edwards, N. Kukhtarev, T. Kukhtarev, M. Bayssie, J. Wang, M. Reagen, and S. Lyuksyutov, 鈥淧hotogalvanic Crystal as Pulsed High-Voltage Power Supply鈥�, SPIE 5363, 2004.
M. E. Edwards, S. Crutcher, and Holger Jaenisch, 鈥淥ptical solitons in anisotropic and inhomogeneous media鈥�, SPIE vol. 5525, no. 9, page 163-171, 2004.
N.V. Kukhatarev, T. Kukhtareva, M.E. Edwards, J. Jones, M. Bayssie, J. Wang, S.F. Lyuksyutov, M.A. Reagen, and P. Buchhave, Smart Photogalvanic Running-Grating, Interometer for Holographic Optical trapping on ano- and Micro-Particles鈥�, Journal of Applied Physics 97, 054301 (2005).
M. Edwards, D. Patel, K. Kanzler, M. Curley, S. Bairavaras, H. Abdeldayem, C. Banks, T. Gebre, M. D. Aggarwal, J. C. Wang, and M. E. Edwards, 鈥淧ockels Coefficients Characterization of Pure and Iron Doped Lithium Niobate Using Adaptive Optics and the Czochralski Crystal Growth Technique鈥�, SPIE Vol. 5876, page Y1-Y11, 2005
Crutcher, A. Biswas, M.D. Aggarwal, M. E. Edwards, 鈥淥scillatory behavior of spatial solitons in two-dimensional waveguides and stationary temporal power law solitons in optical fibers鈥�, Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications, Vol. 20, No. 6, 2006.
Sundar Bairavarasu, M. E. Edwards, M. D. Sastry, F. Kochary, D. Lianos, and M. D. Aggarwal "Photo-magnetism and possible optical switching in Fe3+: PMN-PT: A Photo-EPR Investigation", Proc. SPIE Vol. 6314, 2006.
Bairavarasu, S. R., M. E. Edwards, T. Kukhtareva, M. D. Sastry, D. Lianos, P. Kommidi, B. R. Reddy, H. Jaenisch, and Mohan Aggarwal, 鈥淧hotoluminescence, FTIR, and Laser-Raman, Spectroscopic Studies of PMN-PT Containing Iron鈥�, SPIE 6898, 2007.
Bairavarasu, S. R., M. E. Edwards, M. D. Sastry, T. Kukhtareva, H. Jaenisch, R. H. Hawrami, D. Lianos, and Mohan Aggarwal, 鈥淧hoto-EPR Studies of Photorefractive BaTiO3 Heavily Doped with Cr3+: Evidence of Photo-Induced Dissociation of Cr3+ Dimers鈥� SPIE 6698, 2007.
Biswas, R. Kohl, M.E. Edwards, E. Zerrad, 鈥淪oliton Parameter Dynamics in A Non- Kerr Law Media鈥�, Progress In electromagnetics Research Vol. 1, 1-35, 2008.
A. K. Batra, M. D. Aggarwal, M. E. Edwards, and A. Bhalla, 鈥淧resent Status of Polymer: Ceramic Composites for Pyroelectric Infrared Detectors, Ferroelectrics, Vol. 366, 84-121, 2008
A.K. Batra, John Corda, Padmaja Guggilla, M.D. Aggarwal, and M.E. Edwards, 鈥淓lectrical Properties of Silver Nanoparticles Reinforced LiTaO3:P(VDF-TrFE) Composite Films鈥�, SPIE 7419, 2009.
Ryan Sassaman, Matthew Edwards, Fayequa Majid, and Anjan Biswas, 鈥� 1-Soliton Solution of the Coupled Nonlinear Klein-Gordon Equations鈥�, Studies in Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2010, pp. 30-37
A. K. Batra, S. Bhattacharjee, A. K. Chilvery, M. D. Aggarwal, M. E. Edwards, and A. Bhalla, 鈥淪imulation of Energy Harvesting From Roads Via Pyroelectricity鈥�, Journal of Photonics and Energy, Vol. 1, 1-12, 2011.
Matthew Edwards, Ashok Batra, Ashwith Chilvery, Padmaja Guggilla, Manmohan Aggarwal, 鈥淐haracterization of Polymeric Composite Films With MWCNT and Ag Nanoparticles鈥�, SPIE Vol. 8512, 2012
M. E. Edwards, A. K. Batra, A. K. Chilvery, P. Guggilla, M. Curley M. D. Aggarwal, 鈥淧yroelectric Properties of PVDF:MWCNT Nanocomposite Film for Uncooled Infrared Detectors鈥�, Materials Sciences and Applications, Vol. 3, pages 851-855, 2012.
Matthew Edwards, Padmaja Guggilla; John C. Corda; Stephen Egarievwe, 鈥淢easurement of the dielectric, conductance, and pyroelectric properties of MWCNT:PVDF nanocomposite thin films for application in infrared technologies鈥�, SPIE Vol. 8868, no. 11, 2013.
Quianna S. Johnson, Matthew Edwards, Michael Curley, 鈥淎nalysis of the refractive index and film thickness of Eu doped gadolinium oxide (Gd2O3) planar waveguides fabricated by the sol-gel and dip coating methods鈥�, SPIE Vol. 8847, no 5, 2013.
Edwards, Matthew, 鈥淩ecognizing the Need for Rich Contextualization in the Classroom and 美女萝莉ing It With Modified Bloom鈥檚 Cognitive Domain Taxonomy For Successful Teaching of Physics 106 (Physics II 鈥� electricity, magnetism, and Light)," Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics And Informatics, Vol. 12, no. 3, pages 22-28, 2014.
