LTC Brian Holloway Director - Photonics Research Center Photonics Research Center Physics and Nuclear Engineering brian.holloway [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Lieutenant Colonel Brian Holloway is an Academy Professor in the Physics and Nuclear Engineering Department at the United States Military Academy (USMA). He graduated from Morgan State University in 2001 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics. LTC Holloway earned his M.S. degree in Applied Physics from the Naval Postgraduate School in 2010, and his Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2022. His dissertation research involved identifying and characterizing point defects in nonlinear optical crystals using electron paramagnetic spectroscopy. He is currently serving as the Director of the USMA Photonics Research Center and as a Principal Investigator with the Atomic, Molecular, and Optical research group. Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Air Force Institute of TechnologyM.S. Applied Physics, Naval Post Graduate SchoolB.S. Physics, Morgan State University Selected Publications Holloway, B. C., Lenyk, C. A., Gustafson, T. D., Giles, N. C., Perlov, D., & Halliburton, L. E. (2022). Oxygen vacancies in LiB 3 O 5 crystals and their role in nonlinear absorption. Optical Materials Express, 12(10), 4155-4168.Holloway, B. C., Gustafson, T. D., Lenyk, C. A., Giles, N. C., Zawilski, K. T., Schunemann, P. G., ... & Halliburton, L. E. (2021). Optically active selenium vacancies in BaGa4Se7 crystals. Journal of Applied Physics, 130(17), 173104.Gustafson, T. D., Giles, N. C., Holloway, B. C., Lenyk, C. A., Jesenovec, J., McCloy, J. S., ... & Halliburton, L. E. (2022). Cu2+ and Cu3+ acceptors in β-Ga2O3 crystals: A magnetic resonance and optical absorption study. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(6), 065702.Gustafson, T. D., Giles, N. C., Holloway, B. C., Jesenovec, J., Dutton, B. L., McCloy, J. S., ... & Halliburton, L. E. (2022). Transition-metal ions in β-Ga2O3 crystals: Identification of Ni acceptors. Journal of Applied Physics, 132(18), 185705.Gustafson, T. D., Kananen, B. E., Giles, N. C., Holloway, B. C., Adamiv, V. T., Teslyuk, I. M., ... & Halliburton, L. E. (2022). Electron traps in Ag-doped Li2B4O7 crystals: The role of Ag interstitial ions. Journal of Applied Physics, 131(17), 175106.