Doina Craciun
Conctact Information
Personal Information
Date of Birth 08/05/1955
Place of Birth Bucharest
Sex: Female
Marital Status: Married, 2 children
Citizenship: Romanian
Languages: English, French
Education
Graduate School
- 1996-PhD
in Laser Physics at Institute of Atomic Physics Bucharest. Title of
Thesis: “Thin films processing by laser ablation”,
Supervisor Senior
Researcher I V.Draganescu
- 1974-1979 Diplomat Physicist Engineer
(equivalent MS) Faculty of Technological Physics, University of
Bucharest. Title of Diploma Thesis: “TEA-CO2 Lasers”
High School
- 1970-1974 I L Caragiale Bucharest
Employment History
Work History
- 1979-
permanent position as researcher in the National Institute for Laser,
Plasma and Radiation Physics, Laser Department, Bucharest, Romania
- 1997- Senior Scientific Researcher III
- 2000- Senior Scientific Researcher II
- 2005- Senior Scientific Researcher I
Training
- 1991-1994:
Reactive pulsed laser deposition of thin films; Optical
characterization of thin films by spectroscopic ellipsometry and
reflectometry-University College London, Anglia-visiting scientist
- 1994-1996:
Direct laser synthesis of metallic and semiconductor nitride and
oxynitride thin layers- Gremi Orleans, France-visiting scientist
- 2000: Laser processing of biocompatible thin films-
University Paris VI-VII, France-visiting scientist
- 2001
–2005: Investigation of chemical composition and the kinetics
of
interfacial layer growth during pulsed laser deposition of thin oxide
films; Characterization of thin films by X-ray Diffraction (XRD),
Grazing Incidence X-ray diffraction (GIXD), x-ray Reflectivity (XRR)-
Univ. Florida Gainesville, SUA- visiting scientist
Research experience
1. Generation and
characterization of laser plasma
2. Laser self-aligned synthesis of refractory metal silicides
3. Pulsed laser deposition of oxides and nitrates thin films by direct
and reactive laser ablation.
4. Thin films photoprocessing
5.
Optical, electrical, morphological and structural characterization of
thin films by variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry, grazing and
symmetrical x-ray diffraction, x rays reflectivity, x rays
photoelectron spectroscopy, current-voltage and capacitance-voltage
measurements, Fourier transform infrared spectrometry
6. Numerical estimations of the temperature gradients in laser ablated
targets.
7. Reduction of droplets emission during PLD
8. Design, construction and operation of HV- UHV chambers
9. Ultraviolet assisted pulsed laser deposition of thin films
10. Characteristics of the interfacial layer formation during pulsed
laser deposition of high-k dielectric films on silicon.
Funded projects
Contracts
1. Project title: Laser
nanointeractions. Agency: Romanian Minister of Education and Technology
(RMET). Duration: 2003-2005
2. Project title: Surface physics studies in high intensity coherent
radiation field. Agency: RMET. Duration: 2000-2002
3. Project title:
Photoprocessing of thin films grown by reactive laser ablation. Agency:
RMET. Dates: 1999-2001
4. Project title: Oxidation of Si and SiGe under the influence of UV
radiation. Agency: RMET. Dates: 1996-1998
Grants
5.
Project title: The UV assisted laser ablation: a new method for
epitaxial thin films deposition. Agency: RMET. Dates: 2001-2002
6. Project title: Studies on the matter critical phase induced by high
power laser irradiation. Agency: RMET. Dates: 2000
7.
Project title: Fundamental studies on mechanisms of droplets formation
by laser ablation. Agency: Romanian Academy. Dates: 1998
8. Project
title: Nanostructured Photonic Sensors; Fifth European Community
Framework Program and Corint NANOPHOS. Dates 2001-2003
International Cooperations
- 1997-1999 Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University
College London, UK
- 1999-2001 Universite Paris 6-7 France
Publications summary
- 36 papers published in refereed international journals
- 20 papers published in proceedings of international
conferences
- 14 papers presented at international conferences
- 7 papers published in Romanian journals
- 11 papers published in proceedings of national conferences
- 1 patent
Publications impact
More then one hundred
citations
Computer Skills
Operating Systems: DOS,
Macintosh OS, Windows
Programming languages: FORTRAN, Turbo Pascal