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Group<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-382779f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"382779f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These pages give an overview of our current research. The work in the group is centered around\u00a0<i>nanophotonics<\/i>. This includes a variety of topics, ranging from optical effects induced by dipole-dipole interactions occurring over atomic length scales to near-field optical interactions taking place over distances of several tens of nanometers.<\/p><p>Active projects include manipulation of surface plasmon dispersion in nanoscale thin film systems, the enhancement of erbium excitation in semiconductor nanocrystal doped oxides, the enhancement of optical nonlinearities using plasmon resonances, and more.\u00a0 Additional information on our work can be found in the\u00a0<a title=\"A brief description of currently running projects\" href=\"http:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/research\" target=\"_self\">research<\/a>\u00a0section, in this\u00a0<a title=\"Kik group general info\" href=\"http:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/10\/kikgroup.pdf\" target=\"_self\">brief introduction<\/a>\u00a0to our group, and in this article on\u00a0<a title=\"Overview of activities in plasmonics at CREOL\" href=\"http:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/09\/creol-plasmonics-2011.pdf\" target=\"_self\">plasmonics at CREOL<\/a>.<\/p><p>Presentations about our work can be viewed online in the\u00a0<a title=\"Selected presentations in HTML format\" href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/talks\" target=\"_self\">talks<\/a>\u00a0section. To learn about the instrumentation needed for nanophotonics, have a look at the equipment in our\u00a0<a title=\"Examples of available equipment in the Kik group\" href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/laboratory\" target=\"_self\">laboratory<\/a>, and at the\u00a0<a title=\"Description and images of tools available in CREOL's NPFF cleanroom\" href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/research\/cleanroom\/\" target=\"_self\">CREOL cleanroom<\/a>. For more examples of nanoscience at UCF, see the\u00a0<a title=\"Links to related sites\" href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/links\" target=\"_self\">links<\/a>\u00a0section.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b27c86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b27c86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #00cc00;\"><b>New:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Have a look at our new\u00a0<a title=\"Recent presentations\" href=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/spectroscopic-ellipsometer\/\" target=\"_self\">mapping spectroscopic ellipsometer<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c2fe63 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1c2fe63\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"506\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/2012-lumdee-acsnano-render.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1909\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/2012-lumdee-acsnano-render.jpg 506w, https:\/\/creol.ucf.edu\/kik\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2025\/08\/2012-lumdee-acsnano-render-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fb6641 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fb6641\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-size-sm\"><i>Rendering of gold nanoparticle plasmon resonance control through anodization of an Al substrate, part of a study soon to be published in ACS Nano. 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