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Infrared Optics of Nanostructures

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Feb. 7, 2018 – Prof. Kim received 2018 Outstanding Young Researcher Award from AKPA.org for his study of modern materials (low dimensional, topological, and correlated system) with terahertz and infrared lasers.

 

Dec. 13, 2017 – The paper ‘Metasurface-assisted phase-matching-free second harmonic generation in lithium niobate waveguides,’ by C. Wang, Z. Li, M.-H. Kim et al. was published in Nature Communications.

 

Aug. 16, 2017 – Terahertz (THz) time-domain spectroscopy system was built. Our first THz light was generated and detected successfully.

 

Jul. 25, 2017 – Satya traveled nanofabrication facilities at UT Austin and Univ. of Houston during summer. He made his first nanoscale device working at mid-infrared.

 

Apr. 17, 2017 – The paper ‘Controlling propagation and coupling of waveguide modes using phase-gradient metasurfaces’ by Z. Li, M.-H. Kim et al. was published in Nature Nanotechnology.

 

Mar. 9, 2017 – Tsunami ultrafast Ti:Sapphire laser system was installed.

 

Jan. 24, 2017 – Graduate student Satya Kachiraju joined Kim’s group. Welcome Satya!

 

Oct. 26, 2016 – Infrared Fourier Vacuum Spectrometer VERTEX 70v with infrared microscope Hyperion 2000 was installed.

 

Jul. 29, 2016 – The paper 'High efficiency near diffraction-limited mid-infrared flat lenses based on metasurface reflectarrays' by S. Zhang, M.-H. Kim (equal contribution) et al. was published in Optics Express.

 

Jul. 13, 2016 – Summer Research Students (Elena Arroyo, Rachel Maizel, Juan Perez-Chanes, and Leonardo Daniel Ramos) joined Kim's group.

 

Jun. 02, 2016 – Prof. Kim received College of Science Research Enhancement Seed Grants.

 

Apr. 21, 2016 – Prof. Kim received UT system Valley STAR award, supporting for his research laboratory of mid/far infrared spectroscopy and microscopy system.

 

Jan. 01, 2016 – Prof. Kim joined the Department of Physics, UTRGV.