Ufuk Kilic

Contact Information:

City Campus (Lincoln)

(402) 472-3771

ufukkilic@unl.edu

Professional Memberships:

• APS
• AVS
• IEEE
• SPIE

Research Assistant Professor

Academic Degrees

Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska Lincoln
M.Sc., Physics, Bogazici University
B.Sc., Physics, Yildiz Technical University

Research Opportunities (Graduate/Undergraduate)

• Complex Materials Optics Network (CMON)

Areas of Research and Professional Interest

A systematic theory-driven, application-oriented, experimental fabrication, characterization, and verification method forms the main framework of my current research statement. My research mainly focuses on

Light-matter interactions at nanoscale
Quantum nanophotonics
Hybrid metamaterial platforms
Plasmonics

More specifically, I am interested in the linear and nonlinear plasmonics and nanophotonics, chirality phenomenon, metamaterials and their applications, antenna design, active, tunable and reconfigurable metadevices, nonreciprocal photonic systems, topological insulators, up- and down-conversion hybrid nanostructure systems, single photon emission systems, novel energy harvesting and sensing devices, computational electromagnetics, in-situ spectroscopic ellipsometry based real-time growth monitoring, ex-situ optical, structural, and material characterizations, and spin dynamics in nanomagnetic structures.

Research Profiles:

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May 23, 2024: L-shaped metamaterials can control light direction and identify, sort molecules

Jul 06, 2023: Multidisciplinary teams find new ways of harnessing possibilities of quantum realm

Honors and Awards

2022: Alexander von Humbolt foundation, Posdoctoral Promising young investigator fellow of the international networking event Humboldt meets Leibniz: Emerging Topics in Optics and Photonics
2021: Society of Vacuum Coaters Foundation, On behalf of Nobel Laurate John B. Fenn, Sr. Foundation Endowed Scholarship
2019: National Science Foundation (NSF), Plenty of Beauty at the bottom 2019 Nanofabrication and Imaging Competition: The Most Unique Capability
2018 Atomic Vacuum Society Conference, Best Presentation, Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Focus Topic Session
2017 University of Nebraska Lincoln, Annual Science Fair and Research Competition, College of Engineering, Commendation Award
2011-2013 Bogazici University, The Graduate Student Success Fellowship
2009 Yildiz Technical University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Physics B.Sc., (First Rank)

Selected Publications

U. Kilic*, M. Hilfiker, A. Ruder, R. Feder, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, and M. Schubert,“Broadband Enhanced Chirality with Tunable Response in Hybrid Plasmonic Helical Metamaterials”, Advanced Functional Materials, (2021) (selected for issue cover)
U. Kilic*, A. Mock, D. Sekora, G. Mendelez, S. Vallophily, N. Ianno, M. Langell, E. Schubert, and M.Schubert, "Precursor-surface interactions revealed during plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of metal oxide thin films by in-situ spectroscopic ellipsometry”, Scientific Reports, (2020).
U. Kilic*, A. Mock, R. Feder, D. Sekora, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, C. Argyropoulos, M. Schubert, "Tunable plasmonic resonances in Si-Au slanted columnar heterostructure thin films", Scientific Reports, (2019).
U. Kilic*, C. A. Ross, and C. Garcia, "Tailoring asymmetric magnetoimpedance response in exchange biased multilayered FeNi", Physical Review Applied, (2018).

Recent Presentations

U. Kilic*, M. Hilfiker, R. Feder, S. Wimer, A. Ruder, C. Argyropoulos, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert "Spectroscopic ellipsometry based optical analysis of hybrid metamaterial platforms", Oral Presentation, The 12th Workshop on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (WSE) Prague-Czech Republic, (upcoming 2023). (Invited as Plenary Speaker)
U. Kilic*, M. Hilfiker, R. Feder, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, M. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos, "Design, fabrication and optical characterization of glancing angle deposited quantum metamaterials”, The world networking event ’Humbolt meets Leibniz- Metamaterials’, Hannover, Germany. (2022). (invited)
U. Kilic*, M. Hilfiker, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, M. Schubert, and C. Argyropoulos, "Extremely broadband plasmonic chiroptical activity revealed by heterostructure helical metamaterials”, The 9th International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry (ICSE-9), Beijing China (2022). (Invited)
U. Kilic*, D. Schmidt, M. Hilfiker, G. Melendez, R. Korlacki, E. Schubert, and M. Schubert, "Plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of ZnO ultra-thin films monitored by in-situ spectroscopic ellipsometry”, SVC TechCon-21, U.S.A. (2021)