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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the invention of a new class of nanophotonic devices
  • 2012 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2002 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Robert Magnusson is affiliated with The University of Texas at Arlington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, materials science, and physics and astronomy, with notable contributions in subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics and optics, surfaces, coatings and films, aerospace engineering, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Optical Coatings and Gratings
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry

Robert Magnusson has published extensively in various venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Optics Letters
  • Optics Express
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Applied Optics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Recent publications authored or coauthored by Magnusson include:

  • "Resonant reflection by microsphere arrays with AR-quenched Mie scattering", 2021, Optics Express
  • "Unpolarized resonant notch filters for the 8-12 µm spectral region", 2020, Optics Letters
  • "Applicability of Rytov's Full Effective-Medium Formalism to the Physical Description and Design of Resonant Metasurfaces", 2020, ACS Photonics
  • "Singular states of resonant nanophotonic lattices", 2023, Nanophotonics
  • "Experimental band flip and band closure in guided-mode resonant optical lattices", 2022, Optics Letters

Throughout their research career, Magnusson has frequently collaborated with other scientists including Yeong Hwan Ko, Nasrin Razmjooei, Fairooz Abdullah Simlan, Hafez Hemmati, and Neelam Gupta.

The scientist has been recognized with several professional distinctions, including the IEEE Fellow award in 2014 for contributions to the invention of a new class of nanophotonic devices. Additional honors include being named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors in 2012 and a SPIE Fellow in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Theory and applications of guided-mode resonance filters

    S. S. Wang;R. Magnusson

  • New principle for optical filters

    R. Magnusson;S. S. Wang

  • Guided-mode resonances in planar dielectric-layer diffraction gratings

    S. S. Wang;Robert Magnusson;Jonathan S. Bagby;M. G. Moharam

  • Resonant leaky-mode spectral-band engineering and device applications

    Y. Ding;R. Magnusson

  • High-efficiency guided-mode resonance filter

    Z. S. Liu;S. Tibuleac;D. Shin;P. P. Young

  • Reflection and transmission guided-mode resonance filters

    S. Tibuleac;R. Magnusson

  • Multilayer waveguide-grating filters.

    S. S. Wang;R. Magnusson

  • Design of waveguide-grating filters with symmetrical line shapes and low sidebands.

    S. S. Wang;R. Magnusson

  • Physical basis for wideband resonant reflectors.

    Robert Magnusson;Mehrdad Shokooh-Saremi

  • Use of nondegenerate resonant leaky modes to fashion diverse optical spectra

    Y. Ding;Robert Magnusson

  • Wideband reflectors with zero-contrast gratings

    Robert Magnusson

  • Resonant waveguide-granting devices and methods for using same

    Debra D. Wawro;Sorin Tibuleac;Robert Magnusson

  • Transmission bandpass guided-mode resonance filters.

    R. Magnusson;S. S. Wang

  • Particle swarm optimization and its application to the design of diffraction grating filters

    Mehrdad Shokooh-Saremi;Robert Magnusson

  • Optical guided-mode resonance filter

    Robert Magnusson;Shu-Shaw Wang

  • Efficient bandpass reflection and transmission filters with low sidebands based on guided-mode resonance effects

    Robert Magnusson;Shu-Shaw Wang

  • Optical fiber endface biosensor based on resonances in dielectric waveguide gratings

    Debra D. Wawro;Sorin Tibuleac;Robert Magnusson;Hanli Liu

  • Narrow-linewidth bandpass filters with diffractive thin-film layers.

    S. Tibuleac;R. Magnusson

  • Critical field enhancement of asymptotic optical bound states in the continuum.

    Jae Woong Yoon;Seok Ho Song;Robert Magnusson

  • Band gaps and leaky-wave effects in resonant photonic-crystal waveguides.

    Y. Ding;R. Magnusson

  • Fabrication and characterization of high-quality waveguide-mode resonant optical filters

    P. S. Priambodo;T. A. Maldonado;R. Magnusson

Frequent Co-Authors

Byeong-Soo Bae
Byeong-Soo Bae Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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