Dr. Michael Salvador
Electrical Engineering
Postdoctoral Scholar
Office Moore 34
Office phone: 626-395-8870
MC 136-93

Education

PhD, Physical Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany, 2008
MS, Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany, 2002 (Diploma)
BS, Chemistry, University of Cologne, Germany, 1999 (Vordiplom)

Research Interests

I am interested in organic polymer electronics, organic thin-film devices, photorefractive polymers, optical imaging through biological tissue, photorefractive holography, coherence-domain imaging, cross-sectional tomographic imaging, biosensing and bioimaging.

Current Research

I am currently working on optical phase conjugation for turbidity suppression in biological tissue using a NIR-sensitive photorefractive polymer composite as the recoding medium.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

1. M. Salvador, J. Prauzner, S. Köber, K. Meerholz, K. Jeong and D. D. Nolte; Three-dimensional holographic imaging of living tissue using a highly sensitive photorefractive polymer device, Opt. Express 17, 11834 (2009).

2. S. Köber, F. Gallego-Gomez, M. Salvador, K. Meerholz, F. B. Kooistra, J. C. Hummelen, F. Mielke, O. Nuyken; Improved fullerene-sensitized organic photorefractive polymers for coherence based NIR-imaging, Chem. Mat., submitted (2009).

3. D. Nau, A. Christ, H. Giessen, A. Wagner, A. Euteneuer, W. W. Ruhle, M. Salvador, E. Mecher and K. Meerholz; Femtosecond properties of photorefractive polymers, Appl. Phys. B: Lasers Opt. 95, 31 (2009).

4. M. Breede, N. Koukourakis, N. C. Gerhardt, M. Hofmann, S. Köber, M. Salvador and K. Meerholz; Depth-resolved holographic imaging with variable depth resolution using a spectrally tunable diode laser, Electron. Lett. 45, 46 (2008).

5. M. Salvador, J. Prauzner, S. Köber, K. Meerholz, K. Jeong and D. D. Nolte; Depth-resolved holographic optical coherence imaging using a high-sensitivity photorefractive polymer device, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 231114 (2008).

6. M. Salvador, F. Gallego-Gomez, S. Köber and K. Meerholz; Bipolar charge transport in an organic photorefractive composite, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 154102 (2007).

7. F. Gallego-Gomez, M. Salvador, S. Köber and K. Meerholz; High-performance reflection gratings in photorefractive polymers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 251113 (2007).