PROFILE

• 7.17.1978 Born in Seoul, Korea
• 2.2000   B.S. in Physics (KAIST)
• 2.2002   M.S. in Physics (KAIST)
• 8.2006   Ph.D. in Physics (KAIST)
• 9.2006 - 8.2007   Post Doc
  Nano Photonics Laboratory, Department of Physics, KAIST
  
• 9.2007 - 7.2008   Research Assistant Professor
  Center for Integrated Optofluidic System & Superlattice Nanomaterials Laboratory
  Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, KAIST
  
• 8.2008 - present   Postdoctoral Scholar
  Caltech Nanofabrication Group
  Department of Electrical Engineering and
  Kavli Nanoscience Institute

Ph.D. Thesis

"Wavelength-Scale Photonic Crystal Cavities Toward High-Efficiency Unidirectional Photon Sources." [PDF Download]

Research Interest

• Photonic crystal nanocavities and photonic band gap materials; Photonic crystal nanolasers, high-efficiency single photon sources, nano-electric power source (photovoltaics), various functional optoelectronics components for future ``all-optical'' integrated circuits
  
• Plasmonics, high-efficiency plasmon nanolasers, surface plasmon amplification by stimulated emission of radiation (SPASER) for ``all-plasmonic" nano-electric circuits
  
• Biochemical sensors based on optics, surface enhanced Raman scattering, microfluidics, optofluidics, lab-on-a-chip technologies
  
• Developing state-of-the art numerical simulation tools for various photonic nanostructures that incorportate metal and dispersive media; Finite-difference time-domain method and plane-wave expansion method
  

Journal Publication

   - List of Publications
   - Citation report by Thomson Reuters

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