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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2017 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2015 - OSA Fellows Alexandra Boltasseva Purdue University, USA For seminal contributions to nanophotonics and new plasmonic materials.

Overview

Alexandra Boltasseva is affiliated with Purdue University West Lafayette in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including engineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science. Within these broader areas, their subfields of study comprise atomic and molecular physics, and optics; electrical and electronic engineering; biomedical engineering; materials chemistry; and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

Their scientific contributions primarily focus on photonic and optical devices, plasmonic and surface plasmon research, advanced fiber laser technologies, photonic crystals and applications, diamond and carbon-based materials research, metamaterials and metasurfaces applications, as well as gold and silver nanoparticles synthesis and applications.

Frequent coauthors of Alexandra Boltasseva include Vladimir M. Shalaev, Alexander V. Kildishev, Zhaxylyk A. Kudyshev, Soham Saha, and Alexei Lagutchev. Their collaborative work appears consistently in several publication venues. The most common outlets for their research are arXiv (Cornell University), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Optical Materials Express, Nanophotonics, and ACS Photonics.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the scope and impact of their work:

  • Deep learning for the design of photonic structures (2020), published in Nature Photonics
  • High-efficiency broadband achromatic metalens for near-IR biological imaging window (2021), published in Nature Communications
  • Roadmap for Optical Metasurfaces (2024), published in ACS Photonics
  • Suppressing phase disproportionation in quasi-2D perovskite light-emitting diodes (2023), published in Nature Communications
  • Determining plasmonic hot-carrier energy distributions via single-molecule transport measurements (2020), published in Science

Alexandra Boltasseva has received multiple professional recognitions, including the status of Fellow at the National Academy of Inventors in 2020, SPIE Fellow in 2017, and OSA Fellow in 2015. The OSA Fellowship citation specified their contributions to nanophotonics and new plasmonic materials.

Best Publications

  • Planar Photonics with Metasurfaces

    Alexander V. Kildishev;Alexandra Boltasseva;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Alternative Plasmonic Materials: Beyond Gold and Silver

    Gururaj V. Naik;Vladimir M. Shalaev;Alexandra Boltasseva;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Searching for better plasmonic materials

    Paul R. West;Satoshi Ishii;Gururaj V. Naik;Naresh K. Emani

  • Low-Loss Plasmonic Metamaterials

    Alexandra Boltasseva;Harry A. Atwater

  • Broadband Light Bending with Plasmonic Nanoantennas

    Xingjie Ni;Naresh K. Emani;Alexander V. Kildishev;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Oxides and nitrides as alternative plasmonic materials in the optical range [Invited]

    Gururaj V. Naik;Jongbum Kim;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Deep learning for the design of photonic structures

    Wei Ma;Zhaocheng Liu;Zhaxylyk A. Kudyshev;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Refractory plasmonics with titanium nitride: broadband metamaterial absorber.

    Wei Li;Wei Li;Urcan Guler;Nathaniel Kinsey;Gururaj V. Naik

  • Titanium nitride as a plasmonic material for visible and near-infrared wavelengths

    Gururaj V. Naik;Jeremy L. Schroeder;Xingjie Ni;Alexander V. Kildishev

  • Integrated optical components utilizing long-range surface plasmon polaritons

    A. Boltasseva;T. Nikolajsen;K. Leosson;K. Kjaer

  • Engineering photonic density of states using metamaterials

    Zubin Jacob;J Y Kim;G Naik;Alexandra Boltasseva;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Applied physics. Refractory plasmonics.

    Urcan Guler;Alexandra Boltasseva;Vladimir M Shalaev

  • Low-loss plasmon-assisted electro-optic modulator

    Christian Haffner;Daniel Chelladurai;Yuriy Fedoryshyn;Arne Josten

  • Engineering the Photonic Density of States with metamaterials

    Z. Jacob;J. Y. Kim;G. V. Naik;A. Boltasseva

  • Enhanced nonlinear refractive index in epsilon-near-zero materials

    L. Caspani;R.P.M. Kaipurath;M. Clerici;M. Clerici;M. Ferrera

  • Nanoparticle plasmonics: going practical with transition metal nitrides

    Urcan Guler;Vladimir M. Shalaev;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Formation of Bound States in the Continuum in Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Systems

    Shaimaa I. Azzam;Vladimir M. Shalaev;Alexandra Boltasseva;Alexander V. Kildishev

  • Demonstration of Al:ZnO as a plasmonic component for near-infrared metamaterials

    Gururaj V. Naik;Jingjing Liu;Alexander V. Kildishev;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Epsilon-near-zero Al-doped ZnO for ultrafast switching at telecom wavelengths

    N. Kinsey;C. DeVault;J. Kim;M. Ferrera

  • Highly Broadband Absorber Using Plasmonic Titanium Carbide (MXene)

    Krishnakali Chaudhuri;Mohamed Alhabeb;Zhuoxian Wang;Vladimir M. Shalaev

  • Efficient Light Bending with Isotropic Metamaterial Huygens' Surfaces

    Carl Pfeiffer;Naresh K. Emani;Amr M. Shaltout;Alexandra Boltasseva

  • Fabrication of optical negative-index metamaterials: Recent advances and outlook

    Alexandra Boltasseva;Vladimir M. Shalaev

Frequent Co-Authors

Vladimir M. Shalaev
Vladimir M. Shalaev Purdue University West Lafayette
Alexander V. Kildishev
Alexander V. Kildishev Purdue University West Lafayette
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi University of Southern Denmark
Marcello Ferrera
Marcello Ferrera Heriot-Watt University
Anders Kristensen
Anders Kristensen Technical University of Denmark
Daniele Faccio
Daniele Faccio University of Glasgow
Satoshi Ishii
Satoshi Ishii National Institute for Materials Science
Yong P. Chen
Yong P. Chen Purdue University West Lafayette
Timothy D. Sands
Timothy D. Sands Virginia Tech
Viktoriia E. Babicheva
Viktoriia E. Babicheva University of New Mexico

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