KORAY AYDIN, Ph.D


Welcome to my web page!

I am a postdoctoral researcher in
Harry A. Atwater's group at Caltech.

My research interests span a broad range of fields including photovoltaics, plasmonics and metamaterials.
Visit my research page to learn more about my recent research projects.
 

  
   

CURRICULUM VITAE (in pdf format)
 


Postdoctoral Scholar
Applied Physics, CALTECH
 PhD, Bilkent Univ. 2008
 

 

NEWS

 

  > Our recent Physical Review Letters paper on extraordinary transmission from "meta-apertures" has been highlighted in Nature Physics. Click here for the story.

   > My work on split-ring resonator coupled enhanced transmission is published in Physical Review Letters.

    

 

  > Caltech Student Solar Initiative installed photovoltaic arrays on the roof of Watson lab between  November 19 and 21, 2008.

    

 

  > I got my Ph.D degree in Physics in June 2008, and moved to Pasadena in July 2008 to pursue research in the group of Harry A. Atwater at Caltech.
 

 
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

  • K. Aydin, A. O. Cakmak, L. Sahin, Z. Li, F. Bilotti, L. Vegni, and E. Ozbay, "Split-ring-resonator-coupled enhanced transmission through a single subwavelength aperture" Phys. Rev. Lett 102, 013904 (2009).
     

  • B. Butun*, K. Aydin*, E. Ulker, S. Cheylan, G. Badenes, M. Forster, U. Scherf, and E. Ozbay,  "A hybrid light source with integrated inorganic light-emitting diode and organic polymer distributed feedback grating" Nanotechnology 19, 195202 (2008). (*equal contribution)
     

  • K. Aydin, Z. Li, L. Sahin, and E. Ozbay, "Negative phase advance in polarization independent, multi-layer negative index metamaterials" Optics Express 16, 8835 (2008).
     

  • K. Aydin, I. Bulu and E.Ozbay, "Subwavelength resolution with a negative-index metamaterial superlens" Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 254102 (2007).
     

  • K. Aydin, K. Guven, C. M. Soukoulis and E. Ozbay, “Observation of negative refraction and negative phase velocity in left-handed metamaterials”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 124102 (2005).
     

  • K. Aydin, K. Guven, L. Zhang, M. Kafesaki, C. M. Soukoulis, and E. Ozbay, “Experimental observation of true left-handed transmission peak in metamaterials,” Opt. Lett. 29, 2623 (2004).
     

  • E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, S. Foteinopolou, C. M. Soukoulis, and E. Ozbay, “Subwavelength resolution in a two-dimensional photonic crystal based superlens,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 207401 (2003).
     

  • E. Cubukcu, K. Aydin, E. Ozbay, S. Foteinopoulou, and C. M. Soukoulis, “Electromagnetic waves: Negative refraction by photonic crystals,” Nature 423, 604 (2003).
     

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