Dr. Samuel Loke

Alumni - Research and National Labs



Samuel did his undergraduate in Imperial College London and graduated with a BEng, 1st Class Hon. in Materials Science. He graduated with his PhD in 2022. During his time at Caltech he worked under Space Solar Project Initiative, supporting it by developing selective frequency antireflective coatings as well as investigating the performance and space compatibility of lead halide perovskite-based and 2D van der Waal heterostructure-based solar cells. Sam is currently at IMRE in Singapore.

Available Publications


Ultra-lightweight mirrors with high solar reflectivity and high infrared emissivity for sun-facing radiative thermal management in space

Samuel Loke, Ali Naqavi, Emily Warmann, Pilar Espinet-Gonzalez, Nina Vaidya, Michael Kelzenberg, and Harry A. Atwater
Opt. Express 30(10) 17259-17269 (2022) (2022)

An ultralight concentrator photovoltaic system for space solar power harvesting

Emily C. Warmanna, Pilar Espinet-Gonzaleza, Nina Vaidya, Samuel Loke, Ali Naqavi, Tatiana Vinogradova, Michael Kelzenberg, Christophe Leclerc, Eleftherios Gdoutos, Sergio Pellegrino, and Harry A. Atwater
Acta Astronautica (2020) - Photovoltaics Space Solar Power