Awards & Honors
- 2014 Excellence in Graduate Teaching (College Award)
- 2013 Excellence in Graduate Teaching award
- 2009 Promotion and Tenure Approved
- 2009 2008/2009 Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award
- 2007 Office of Research & Commercialization Millionaire’s Club
- 2006 Presidential Major Research Equipment Award
Research Group
Optical analysis tools for investigation of nanostructured devices including Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope, fiber-coupled microscope for single particle spectroscopy, leakage radiation setup for surface plasmon imaging, near-infrared waveguide analysis setup, and variable temperature photoluminescence setup. Projects include manipulation of surface plasmon dispersion in nanoscale thin films, enhancement of erbium excitation in semiconductor nanocrystal doped oxides, and enhancement of optical nonlinearities using plasmon resonances.Research Scientists
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Graduate Students
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Undergraduate Research Assistants
Olivia Mueller
Publications
Mengdi Sun and Pieter G. Kik "Elimination of reflection losses in gradient metasurface optical elements" Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 31701 (2024) 2024
Li Sip, YY; Jacobs, A; Morales, A; Sun, MD; Roberson, LB; Hummerick, ME; Roy, H; Kik, P; Zhai, L "Slippery lubricant-infused silica nanoparticulate film processing for anti-biofouling applications" Journal of Applied Biomaterials & Functional Materials. 2023;21 2024
M. Sun, D. Huang, P. Golvari, S. M. Kuebler, P. J. Delfyett and P. G. Kik "Diffractive light-trapping transparent electrodes using zero-order suppression" Nanophotonics 12(18) pp.3545-3552 2023
van de Groep, J (van de Groep, Jorik) [1] , [2] ; Li, QT (Li, Qitong) [1] ; Song, JH (Song, Jung-Hwan) [1] ; Kik, PG (Kik, Pieter G.) [3] ; Brongersma, ML (Brongersma, Mark L.) [1] "Impact of substrates and quantum effects on exciton line shapes of 2D semiconductors at room temperature" Nanophotonics 12(16) pp. 3291-3300 2023
Sun, MD; Golvari, P; Kuebler, SM; Kik, PG "Experimental Demonstration of Light-Trapping Transparent Electrode Geometries" ACS Photonics, 10(3) pp.595-600 2023
Hong, JH ; van de Groep, J ; Lee, N ; Kim, SJ ; Lalanne, P ; Kik, PG ; Brongersma, ML "Nonlocal metasurface for circularly polarized light detection" Optica, 10(1) pp.134-141 2023
Anqi Ji, Jung-Hwan Song, Qitong Li, Fenghao Xu, Ching-Ting Tsai, Richard C. Tiberio, Bianxiao Cui, Philippe Lalanne, Pieter G. Kik, David A. B. Miller, and Mark L. Brongersma "Quantitative phase contrast imaging with a nonlocal angle-selective metasurface" Nature Comm. 13, 7848 2022
Li QT; van de Groep J; White AK; Song JH; Longwell SA; Fordyce PM; Quake SR; Kik PG; Brongersma ML "Metasurface optofluidics for dynamic control of light fields" Nature Nanotechnology 17, 1097 2022
M.J. Hossain, M.D. Sun, G. Doerk, P.G. Kik and K.O. Davis "Self-assembled multifunctional nanostructures for surface passivation and photon management in silicon photovoltaics" Nanophotonics, 10(18), pp. 4611-4621 2021
J.H. Song, S. Raza, J. van de Groep, J.H. Kang, Q. Li, P.G. Kik and M.L. Brongersma "Nanoelectromechanical modulation of a strongly-coupled plasmonic dimer" Nature Communcations, 12(1), A. 48 2021
J. van de Groep, J.H. Song, U. Celano, Q.T. Li, P.G. Kik and M.L. Brongersma "Exciton resonance tuning of an atomically thin lens" Nature Photonics 2020
Q.T. Li, J. Van de Groep, Y.F. Wang, P.G. Kik, and M.L. Brongersma "Transparent multispectral photodetectors mimicking the human visual system
" Nature Communications, 10, 4982 2019
V. Thareja, M. Esfandyarpour P.G. Kik, and M.L. Brongersma "Anisotropic metasurfaces as tunable SERS substrates for 2D materials" ACS Photonics, 6(8), pp. 1996-2004 2019
E.F. Pecora, A. Cordaro, P.G. Kik, and M.L. Brongersma "Broadband antireflection coatings employing multiresonant dielectric metasurfaces" ACS Photonics, 5(11), pp. 4456-4462 2018
X. Liu, K. Zang, J.H. Kang, J. Park, J.S. Harris, P.G. Kik, and M.L. Brongersma "Epsilon-near-zero Si slot-waveguide modulator" ACS Photonics, 5(11), pp. 4484-4490 2018
D.M. Lin, A.L. Holsteen, E. Maguid, P.Y. Fan, P.G. Kik, E. Hasman, and M.L. Brongersma "Polarization-independent metasurface lens employing the Pancharatnam-Berry phase" Optics Express, 26(19), pp. 24835-24842 2018
M. Esfandyarpour, A.G. Curto, P.G. Kik, N. Engheta, and M.L. Brongersma "Optical emission near a high-impedance mirror" Nature Communications, 9, 3224 2018
A.F. Cihan, A.G. Curto, S. Raza, P.G. Kik, and M.L. Brongersma "Silicon Mie resonators for highly directional light emission from monolayer MoS2" Nature Photonics, 12(5), pp. 284-290 2018
Alumni
PhD
Mengdi Sun, PhD, Spring 2022
Chatdanai Lumdee, PhD, Fall 2015
Seyfollah Toroghi, PhD, Fall 2014
Oleksandr Savchyn, PhD, Summer 2010
Amitabh Ghoshal, PhD, Spring 2010
MS
Yu-Wei Lin, MS, Fall 2013
Grady Webb-Wood, MS, Summer 2008
Dana Kohlgraf-Owens, MS, Fall 2007
Oleksandr Savchyn, MS, Spring 2007
Forrest Ruhge, MS, Fall 2006
Amitabh Ghoshal, MS, Spring 2006
Karthik Narayanan, MS, Spring 2004