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Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • L. Kim, H. Choi, M. E. Trusheim, H. Wang, and D. R. Englund, “Nanophotonic Quantum Sensing with Engineered Spin-Optic Coupling,” Nanophotonics (2023): https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2022-0682. 

RT quantum sensing reaching the spin-projection-noise limit with optimized spin-optic coupling is discussed in this invited perspective article.

  • H. Wang, M. E. Trusheim, L. Kim, H. Raniwala, and D. R. Englund, “Field Programmable Spin Arrays for Scalable Quantum Repeaters,” Nature Communications 14, 704 (2023).
  • L. Kim, H. Choi, M. E. Trusheim, and D. R. Englund, “Absorption-Based Diamond Spin Microscopy on a Plasmonic Quantum Metasurface,” ACS Photonics, 8(11), 3218-3225 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01005.

Spin-dependent modulation of IR light with a diamond-spin controlled metasurface for quantum sensing and imaging applications

  •  L. Kim, S. Kim, P. K. Jha, V. W. Brar, and H. A. Atwater, “ Mid-Infrared Radiative Emission from Bright Hot Plasmons in Graphene,” Nature Materials 20(6), 805-811 (2021): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-00935-2.

First experimental demonstration of non-Planckian mid-infrared light-emitting mechanism originating from graphene hot plasmons, which could serve as a new mechanism for ultrafast, ultrabright, and ultracompact mid-infrared light sources.

This work was featured in a cover of Nature Materials and a News&Views article “Hot plasmons make graphene shine” https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-021-00952-1. 

  •  S. Kim, M. S. Jang, V. W. Brar, K. W. Mauser, L. Kim, and H. A. Atwater, “Electronically Tunable Perfect Absorption in Graphene,” Nano Letters 18(2), 971-979 (2018): https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04393.
  • V. W. Brar, M. C. Sherrott, M. S. Jang, S. Kim, L. Kim, M. Choi, L. A. Sweatlock, and H. A. Atwater, “Electronic Modulation of Infrared Radiation in Graphene Plasmonic Resonators,” Nature Communications 6, 7032 (2015).
  • M. S. Jang, V. W. Brar, M. C. Sherrott, J. J. Lopez, L. Kim, S. Kim, M. Choi, and H. A. Atwater, “Tunable Large Resonant Absorption in a Mid-Infrared Graphene Salisbury Screen,” Physical Review B 90(16), 165409 (2014).
  • V. W. Brar, M. S. Jang, M. C. Sherrott, S. Kim, J. J. Lopez, L. Kim, M. Choi, and H. Atwater, “Hybrid Surface-Phonon-Plasmon Polariton Modes in Graphene/Monolayer h-BN Heterostructures,” Nano Letters 14(7), 3876-3880 (2014).
  • H. Tan, H. Smith, L. Kim, T. Harding, S. Jones, and B. T. Fultz, “Electrochemical Cycling and Lithium Insertion in Nanostructured FeF3 Cathodes,” Journal of The Electrochemical Society 3, 161 (2014).

INVITED TALKS and SEMINARS

  • Invited Seminar: L. Kim, MSE/EE Department, KAIST, Dec. 2024.
  • Invited Talk: L. Kim, “Non-Planckian Radiation Originating from Hot Plasmons in Graphene and Nanophotonic Interfaces,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 2024.
  • Invited Seminar: L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” EE Department, KAIST, Daejeon, South Korea, Nov. 2023.
  • Invited Seminar: L. Kim, “ Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” CREOL, UCF, FL, Nov. 2023.
  • Invited Talk: L. Kim, “Nanophotonic Quantum Sensing with Solid-State Spin Qubits,” IEEE Photonics Conference, Orlando, Fl, Nov. 2023.
  • Invited Seminar: L. Kim, “Nanophotonic Quantum Sensing with Solid-State Spin Qubits,” Quantum Computing Student Association, UCLA, CA, Oct. 2023.
  • Invited Talk: L. Kim, “Non-Planckian Mid-Infrared Radiation from Hot Plasmons in Graphene,” CA-US Government Workshop on 2D Materials, UC Irvine, CA, Sept. 2023.
  • Invited Seminar: L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” HRL, Malibu CA, Aug. 2023.
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering spin-optic coupling for nanophotonic quantum sensing,” The Alabama Collaborative for Materials Exploration Seminar Series, virtual (2022).
  • (Invited talk) L. Kim, CECAM Flagship Workshop “Light-Matter Interaction and Ultrafast Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Plasmonic Materials,” University of Warwick (2022).
  • (Invited talk) L. Kim, “Ultrafast Mid-IR Light Emission from Non-equilibrium Plasmons in Graphene,” NT22 International Conference on the Science and Applications of Nanotubes and Low-Dimensional Materials, Sungkyunkwan University (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” MEMS Department Seminar, University of Pittsburgh (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” ECE Department Seminar, University of Delaware (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” ECE Department Seminar, Columbia University (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” ECE Department Seminar, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” EE Department Seminar, Stanford University (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” ECE Department Seminar, Northeastern University (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” Applied Physics Department Seminar, Yale University (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” MSE Department Seminar, University of California, Los Angeles (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” ME Department Seminar, University of Texas at Austin (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” ECE Department Seminar, University of Texas at Austin (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” ME Department Seminar, University of Houston (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” Center for Quantum Research and Technology Seminar, University of Oklahoma (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” Department of Physics and Astronomy Seminar, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” MSE Department Seminar, Georgia Institute of Technology (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Engineering Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” Physics Department & Center for Quantum Phenomena Seminar, New York University (2022).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” Raytheon BBN (2021).
  • Invited speaker at the Department of Defense inaugural event for “Quantum Technologies and Applications (2021).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” ME Department Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2021).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” EE Department Seminar, Yale University (2021).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Nanophotonic Interfaces to Control Plasmons and Spins,” EE Department Seminar, Columbia University (2021).
  • (Invited seminar) L. Kim, “Graphene Plasmons: Mid-Infrared Nanophotonics and Ultrafast Phenomena,” Optics and Quantum Electronics Seminar Series, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2019).

PATENTS

  • L. Kim, H. Choi, M. E. Trusheim, and D. R. Englund. “Absorption-Based Diamond Spin Microscopy on a Resonant Quantum Metasurface.” US11585870, filed Jul. 15, 2021, issued on Feb. 21, 2023.
  • S. I. Krastanov, H. Raniwala, H. Wang, M. E. Trusheim, L. Kim and D. R Englund, “Room-Temperature Coherent Spin-Photon Interface and Programmable Spin Arrays for Scalable Quantum Repeaters.” filed on March 25, 2022 (No.63/323,763); 20230208628 published Jun. 29, 2023.