Dr René Dost

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Associate; Inorganic Semiconductors Research Cluster

Dr Rene Dost
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r.dost@sheffield.ac.uk
Hicks Building

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Dr René Dost
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
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Education:
Ph.D. in Organic Semiconductors (University of Sheffield)
Dipl.-Phys. (Dresden University of Technology and Infineon Technologies)
B.Sc.(Hons) Appl. Phys w/ 1st Class Honours (University of Northumbria)

Employment:
PDRA, University of Sheffield, 2008 onwards

Research interests

III-V semiconductor nano fabrication

Summary of Research Project(s)

- TELEcom fibre PACKaging of self-filtering quantum light sources, UKRI-10164472-TELEPACK, jointly with AegiQ Ltd (2025)
- Packaging Advancements for Quantum Networks, UKRI-10149511-PAQNet, jointly with Alter Technology UK (2025)
- Quantum and Many Body Physics Enabled by Adv. Semiconductor Nanotechnology, EP/V026496/1 (2021)
- EPSRC Quantum Communications Hub, UK National Quantum Technology Programme, EP/T001011/1 (2019) 
- Semiconductor Quantum Photonics: Control of Spin, Exciton and Photon Interactions by Nano-Photonic Design, EP/N031776/1 (2018 )
- Coherent spin waves for emerging nanoscale magnonic logic architectures, EP/L020696/1 (2014)
- Organic Spin Transistors (2013)
- Magnetic Hydrogel Sensor development (2012)
- Magneto-optical Kerr effect magnetometer with radially polarized light for sub-λ spatial resolution, EP/H044922/1 (2010)
- Magnetic MEMS exploiting magnetostriction and the ΔE effect (2009)
- SNOM assisted photolithography on OFETs (2008)

Publications

Journal articles

  • Hallett D, Wiercinski J, Hallacy L, Sheldon S, Dost R, Martin N, Fenzl A, Farrer I, Verma AK, Cygorek M , Gauger EM et al (2026) . Physical Review Applied, 25(2).
  • Martin NJ, Brash AJ, Tomlinson A, Sala EM, Mills EO, Phillips CL, Dost R, Hallacy L, Millington-Hotze P, Hallett D , O'Flaherty KA et al (2025) . Applied Physics Letters, 127(19).
  • Germanis S, Chen X, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS, Wilson LR, Siampour H & Fox AM (2025) . Optica, 12(10), 1689-1689.
  • Brunswick LAF, Hallacy L, Dost R, Clarke E, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2025) . ACS Photonics.
  • Martin NJ, Hallett D, Duda M, Hallacy L, Callus E, Brunswick L, Dost R, Clarke E, Patil PK, Kok P , Skolnick MS et al (2025) . Optica, 12(7), 1100-1108.
  • Hallacy L, Martin NJ, Mehrabad MJ, Hallett D, Chen X, Dost R, Foster A, Brunswick L, Fenzl A, Clarke E , Patil PK et al (2025) . npj Nanophotonics, 2(1).
  • Martin NJ, Jalali Mehrabad M, Chen X, Dost R, Nussbaum E, Hallett D, Hallacy L, Foster A, Clarke E, Patil PK , Hughes S et al (2024) . Physical Review Research, 6(2).
  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, Godsland M, Martin NJ, Foster A, Tomlinson A, Dost R, Babazadeh N, Sala EM, Wilson L , Heffernan J et al (2024) . Scientific Reports, 14(1).
  • Jalali Mehrabad M, Foster AP, Martin NJ, Dost R, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2023) . Optica, 10(3), 415-421.
  • Siampour H, O’Rourke C, Brash AJ, Makhonin MN, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2023) . npj Quantum Information, 9(1).
  • Mehrabad MJ, Foster AP, Dost R, Clarke E, Patil PK, Fox AM, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2020) . Optica, 7(12), 1690-1696.
  • Dost R, Zhou Y, Zhang H, Allwood DA & Inkson BJ (2020) . Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 499.
  • Mehrabad MJ, Foster AP, Dost R, Clarke E, Patil PK, Farrer I, Heffernan J, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2020) . Applied Physics Letters, 116(6).
  • Mushenok FB, Dost R, Davies CS, Allwood DA, Inkson BJ, Hrkac G & Kruglyak VV (2017) . Applied Physics Letters, 111.
  • Morley NA, Dost R, Lingam ASV & Barlow AJ (2015) . Applied Surface Science, 359, 704-713.
  • Wedge DC, Das A, Dost R, Kettle J, Madec MB, Morrison JJ, Grell M, Kell DB, Richardson TH, Yeates S & Turner ML (2009) . SENSOR ACTUAT B-CHEM, 143(1), 365-372.
  • Das A, Dost R, Richardson TH, Grell M, Wedge DC, Kell DB, Morrison JJ & Turner ML (2009) . SENSOR ACTUAT B-CHEM, 137(2), 586-591.
  • Dost R, Das A & Grell M (2008) . J APPL PHYS, 104(8).
  • Dost R, Ray SK, Das A & Grell M (2008) . APPL PHYS LETT, 93(11).
  • Das A, Dost R, Richardson T, Grell M, Morrison JJ & Turner ML (2007) . ADV MATER, 19(22), 4018-+.
  • Dost R, Das A & Grell M (2007) . J PHYS D APPL PHYS, 40(12), 3563-3566.

Book chapters

  • Kruglyak VV, Davies CS, Au Y, Mushenok FB, Hrkac G, Whitehead NJ, Horsley SAR, Philbin TG, Poimanov VD, Dost R , Allwood DA et al (2017) , Spin Wave Confinement (pp. 11-46). Jenny Stanford Publishing
  • Kruglyak VV, Davies CS, Au Y, Mushenok FB, Hrkac G, Whitehead NJ, Horsley SAR, Philbin TG, Poimanov VD, Dost R , Allwood DA et al (2017) In Demokritov SO (Ed.), Spin Wave Confinement: Propagating Waves (pp. 11-46). Pan Stanford

Conference proceedings

  • Martin NJ, Phillips C, Brash A, Godsland M, Foster A, Tomlinson A, Dost R, Babazadeh N, Sala E, Wilson LR , Heffernan J et al (2025) . Integrated Optics: Design, Devices, Systems, and Applications VIII (pp 35-35), 7 April 2025 - 11 April 2025.
  • Hallett D, Hallacy L, Wiercinski J, Dost R, Martin N, Cygorek M, Gauger E, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2024) . CLEO 2024 (pp FM1F.2-FM1F.2), 2024.
  • Hallett D, Hallacy L, Wiercinski J, Dost R, Martin N, Cygorek M, Gauger E, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2024) Co-operative and super-radiant emission from electrically-tuneable waveguide-coupled quantum dots. 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2024
  • Siampour H, O’Rourke C, Brash AJ, Makhonin MN, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2023) Chiral nanophotonic waveguides for spin-based quantum optical devices. International Conference on Metamaterials Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (pp 1061)
  • Dost R, Allwood DA & Inkson BJ (2017) . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 902(1). Manchester, UK, 3 July 2017 - 3 July 2017.
  • Reinig P, Dost R, Mort M, Hingst T, Mantz U, Moffitt J, Shakya S, Raymond CJ & Littau M (2005) . Metrology, Inspection, and Process Control for Microlithography XIX, Pts 1-3, Vol. 5752 (pp 559-569)
  • Hingst T, Moert M, Reinig P, Backen E, Dost R, Weidner P, Hopkins J, Dziura T, Elazami A & Freed R (2004) . METROLOGY, INSPECTION, AND PROCESS CONTROL FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY XVIII, PTS 1 AND 2, Vol. 5375 (pp 587-596)
  • Dost R, Paul B, Allwood DA & Hughes IG () Magneto-optical Kerr effect with radially-polarized light. Journal of Applied Physics. Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, 30 October 2011 - 3 November 2011.
  • Dost R, Paul B, Allwood DA & Hughes IG () A precise description of the magneto-optical Kerr effect. Journal of Applied Physics. Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, 30 October 2011 - 3 November 2011.
  • Dost R, Das A & Grell M () Time-of-flight mobility measurements in organic field-effect transistors. International Conference on Organic Electronics (ICOE 2008). Eindhoven, NL, 16 June 2008 - 19 June 2008.
  • Dost R, Das A, Grell M, Richardson T, Turner ML & Morrison JJ () Real-time monitoring of OFET parameters. SID Organic Electronics for Displays UK 2007. Imperial College London, UK, 17 September 2007 - 18 September 2007.
  • Dost R, Das A & Grell M () A novel characterization scheme for organic field-effect transistors. International Conference on Organic Electronics (ICOE 2007). Eindhoven, NL, 4 June 2007 - 7 June 2007.
  • Reinig P, Dost R, Moert M, Hingst T, Mantz U, Schuster T, Kerwien N, Kaufmann J & Osten W () Potential and limits of scatterometry: A study on bowed profiles and high aspect ratios. Second European Scatterometry Workshop. Porquerolles, FR, 3 May 2004 - 5 May 2004.

Datasets

  • Foster A, Mehrabad MJ, Wilson L, Dost R, Clarke E, Patil P, Farrer I, Heffernan J & Skolnick M .
  • Mehrabad MJ, Foster A, Dost R, Clarke E, Patil P, Fox AM, Skolnick M & Wilson L .
  • Hallett D, Wilson L, Hallacy L, Wiercinski J, Dost R, Martin N, Farrer I, Verma A, Gauger EM, Cygorek M , Skolnick M et al .

Preprints

  • Chen X, Germanis S, Martin NJ, Siampour H, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Farrer I, Verma AK, Skolnick MS, Wilson LR & Fox AM (2026) , arXiv.
  • Hallacy L, Hallett D, Fenzl A, Martin NJ, Dost R, Verma A, Fletcher J, Farrer I, Antwis L, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2025) Chiral Quantum Optics with Scalable Quantum Dot Dimers, arXiv.
  • Martin NJ, Brash AJ, Tomlinson A, Sala EM, Mills EO, Phillips CL, Dost R, Hallacy L, Millington-Hotze P, Hallett D , O'Flaherty KA et al (2025) , arXiv.
  • Brunswick LAF, Hallacy L, Dost R, Clarke E, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2025) , arXiv.
  • Siampour H, Germanis S, Chen X, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick M, Wilson L & Fox M (2025) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Martin NJ, Hallett D, Duda M, Hallacy L, Callus E, Brunswick L, Dost R, Clarke E, Patil PK, Kok P , Skolnick MS et al (2025) , arXiv.
  • Hallett D, Wiercinski J, Hallacy L, Sheldon S, Dost R, Martin N, Fenzl A, Farrer I, Verma A, Cygorek M , Gauger EM et al (2024) , arXiv.
  • Hallacy L, Martin NJ, Mehrabad MJ, Hallett D, Chen X, Dost R, Foster A, Brunswick L, Fenzl A, Clarke E , Patil PK et al (2024) , arXiv.
  • Phillips CL, Brash AJ, Godsland M, Martin NJ, Foster A, Tomlinson A, Dost R, Babazadeh N, Sala EM, Wilson L , Heffernan J et al (2023) , arXiv.
  • Martin NJ, Mehrabad MJ, Chen X, Dost R, Nussbaum E, Hallett D, Hallacy L, Foster A, Clarke E, Patil PK , Hughes S et al (2023) , arXiv.
  • Siampour H, O'Rourke C, Brash AJ, Makhonin MN, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS & fox M (2022) , Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
  • Siampour H, O'Rourke C, Brash AJ, Makhonin MN, Dost R, Hallett DJ, Clarke E, Patil PK, Skolnick MS & Fox AM (2022) , arXiv.
  • Mehrabad MJ, Foster AP, Dost R, Fox AM, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2019) , arXiv.
  • Mehrabad MJ, Foster AP, Dost R, Clarke E, Patil PK, Farrer I, Heffernan J, Skolnick MS & Wilson LR (2019) , arXiv.
  • Mushenok FB, Dost R, Davies CS, Allwood DA, Inkson BJ, Hrkac G & Kruglyak VV (2017) , arXiv.
Research group


 

Grants

Prizes and Rewards

PO Byrne Prize for Appl. Physics and Optoelectronics Engineering