Dr. Rahim Forouhi,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Rahim Forouhi is responsible for overseeing n&k’s overall business direction as well as driving the technical expertise in broadband spectrophotometry, semiconductor processing and optical instrumentation.
Dr. Forouhi holds a patent based on what is known in current scientific literature as the Forouhi-Bloomer optical dispersion equations. Together with n&k co-founder Dr. Iris Bloomer, he developed the patented “n&k Method,” a spectrophotometric method utilizing the Forouhi-Bloomer
optical dispersion equations for simultaneously determining thickness, index of refraction, extinction coefficient and the energy band gap for a variety of thin films, semiconductors, optical coatings and flat panel displays. A pioneer in his field, Dr. Forouhi has authored or co-authored 42 issued patents for semiconductor processing, optical instrumentation and optical characterization of materials, and has written numerous technical publications
Dr. Forouhi received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the University of California, Berkeley. He holds a Masters in Physics from the University of Oslo, Norway, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from the first graduating class of Aryamehr University of Technology in Tehran, Iran.