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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - OSA Fellows For significant contributions to the conception, design, simulation, and understanding of novel semiconductor devices such as the interband cascade laser.
  • 2010 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For introducing and developing novel optoelectronic device concepts based on the principles of physics, and for significant contributions to the physical understanding, design, and simulation of semiconductor devices such as the interband cascade laser and the typeII infrared photodiode

Overview

Igor Vurgaftman is affiliated with the United States Naval Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Chemistry. Within these broad disciplines, the subfields they contribute to include Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Spectroscopy, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Their main research topics encompass areas such as Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices, Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Strong Light-Matter Interactions, and Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials.

Vurgaftman has numerous frequent collaborators, including:

  • J. R. Meyer
  • C. L. Canedy
  • W. W. Bewley
  • Mijin Kim
  • Charles D. Merritt

Their publications have appeared regularly in specific venues, with multiple papers in:

  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Optics Express
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Physical Review B

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Vurgaftman include:

  • "The Interband Cascade Laser," 2020, Photonics
  • "Vibration-Cavity Polariton Chemistry and Dynamics," 2022, Annual Review of Physical Chemistry
  • "Control, Modulation, and Analytical Descriptions of Vibrational Strong Coupling," 2023, Chemical Reviews
  • "Negligible Effect of Vibrational Polaritons on Chemical Reaction Rates via the Density of States Pathway," 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • "Mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy with room-temperature bi-functional interband cascade lasers and detectors," 2020, Applied Physics Letters

In addition to journal articles, Vurgaftman has published a book titled Bands and Photons in III-V Semiconductor Quantum Structures in 2020, published by Oxford University Press.

Recognition of Vurgaftman's contributions includes being named an OSA Fellow in 2011 for work related to the conception, design, simulation, and understanding of novel semiconductor devices such as the interband cascade laser. They also received the Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) honor in 2010, cited for introducing and developing novel optoelectronic device concepts and significant contributions to the understanding and design of semiconductor devices.

Best Publications

  • Band parameters for III–V compound semiconductors and their alloys

    Igor Vurgaftman;J. R. Meyer;L. R. Ram-Mohan

  • Band parameters for nitrogen-containing semiconductors

    I. Vurgaftman;J. R. Meyer

  • Low-loss, infrared and terahertz nanophotonics using surface phonon polaritons

    Joshua D. Caldwell;Lucas Lindsay;Vincenzo Giannini;Igor Vurgaftman

  • Ultralow-loss polaritons in isotopically pure boron nitride

    Alexander J. Giles;Siyuan Dai;Igor Vurgaftman;Timothy Hoffman

  • Low-Loss, Extreme Subdiffraction Photon Confinement via Silicon Carbide Localized Surface Phonon Polariton Resonators

    Joshua D. Caldwell;Orest J. Glembocki;Yan Francescato;Nicholas Sharac

  • Rebalancing of internally generated carriers for mid-infrared interband cascade lasers with very low power consumption

    I. Vurgaftman;W.W. Bewley;C.L. Canedy;C.S. Kim

  • Ultra-low-loss Polaritons in Isotopically Pure Materials: A New Approach

    Alexander J. Giles;Siyuan Dai;Igor Vurgaftman;Timothy Hoffman

  • Type-II and type-I interband cascade lasers

    J.R. Meyer;I. Vurgaftman;R.Q. Yang;L.R. Ram-Mohan

  • Graded band gap for dark-current suppression in long-wave infrared W-structured type-II superlattice photodiodes

    I. Vurgaftman;E. H. Aifer;C. L. Canedy;J. G. Tischler

  • Detection of single photons using a field-effect transistor gated by a layer of quantum dots

    A. J. Shields;M. P. O’Sullivan;I. Farrer;D. A. Ritchie

  • Atomic-scale photonic hybrids for mid-infrared and terahertz nanophotonics

    Joshua D. Caldwell;Igor Vurgaftman;Joseph G. Tischler;Orest J. Glembocki

  • Interband cascade laser emitting at λ=3.75μm in continuous wave above room temperature

    M. Kim;C. L. Canedy;W. W. Bewley;C. S. Kim

  • Improved quantitative mobility spectrum analysis for Hall characterization

    I. Vurgaftman;J.R. Meyer;C.A. Hoffman;D. Redfern

  • Quantification of Efficient Plasmonic Hot-Electron Injection in Gold Nanoparticle-TiO2 Films.

    Daniel C. Ratchford;Adam D. Dunkelberger;Igor Vurgaftman;Jeffrey C. Owrutsky

  • W-structured type-II superlattice long-wave infrared photodiodes with high quantum efficiency

    E. H. Aifer;J. G. Tischler;J. H. Warner;I. Vurgaftman

  • Vibration-Cavity Polariton Chemistry and Dynamics.

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  • NEAR-ROOM-TEMPERATURE MID-INFRARED INTERBAND CASCADE LASER

    L. J. Olafsen;E. H. Aifer;I. Vurgaftman;W. W. Bewley

  • Continuous-wave operation of λ=3.25 μm broadened-waveguide W quantum-well diode lasers up to T=195 K

    W. W. Bewley;H. Lee;I. Vurgaftman;R. J. Menna

  • Quantum cascade laser on silicon

    Alexander Spott;Jon Peters;Michael L. Davenport;Eric J. Stanton

  • Interband Cascade Lasers With Low Threshold Powers and High Output Powers

    I. Vurgaftman;W. W. Bewley;C. L. Canedy;Chul Soo Kim

  • Auger coefficients in type-II InAs/Ga1−xInxSb quantum wells

    J. R. Meyer;C. L. Felix;W. W. Bewley;I. Vurgaftman

Frequent Co-Authors

Jerry R. Meyer
Jerry R. Meyer United States Naval Research Laboratory
William W. Bewley
William W. Bewley United States Naval Research Laboratory
Chul Soo Kim
Chul Soo Kim United States Naval Research Laboratory
Luke J. Mawst
Luke J. Mawst University of Wisconsin–Madison
Joshua D. Caldwell
Joshua D. Caldwell Vanderbilt University
John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
Dan Botez
Dan Botez University of Wisconsin–Madison
Jeffrey C. Owrutsky
Jeffrey C. Owrutsky United States Naval Research Laboratory
Rui Q. Yang
Rui Q. Yang University of Oklahoma
Lloyd J. Whitman
Lloyd J. Whitman United States Naval Research Laboratory

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