Bio
Dr. Wan Kuang joined the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Boise State University in September 2005 after receiving his Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering (Electrophysics) at University of Southern California (USC).;
Dr. Kuang's current research interests are focused in the areas of nano-scale photonic devices, photonic bandgap material, and electrodynamic numerical simulations. The mission of nanophotonics research is to scale optical devices and components to their ultimate size limits. This usually involves designing near-field optical interactions that guide electromagnetic energy on a scale well below the diffraction limit. The group is currently involved in understanding the electro-optic properties of surface plasmon nanostructures using several numerical and experimental methods. The nanophotonics group also collaborates closely with material scientists (Dr. Knowlton, Hughes, Yurke) in exploring new sub-10 nm fabrication technique using single strand DNA as assembly scaffold. For more information, see http://nano.boisestate.edu/research-areas/nanophotonics-related-research/;
Dr. Wan Kuang is a member of SPIE and OSA (Optical Society of America).;
Publications
- Bernard Yurke and Wan Kuang, “Passive linear nanoscale optical and molecular electronics device synthesis from nanoparticles”, Phys. Rev. A, (2010)
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M. H. Shih, K. S. Hsu, Wan Kuang, Y. C. Yang, Y. C. Wang, S. K. Tsai, Y. C. Liu, Z. C. Chang, and M. C. Wu, “Compact optical curvature sensor with a flexible microdisk laser on a polymer substrate”, Optics Letters, 34, 2733 (2009)
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Wan Kuang, Woo Jun Kim, John O'Brien, “Finite-Difference Time Domain Method for Non- orthogonal Unit Cell Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals”, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology, 25, 2612-2617 (2007)
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John O'Brien, Wan Kuang, Jiang-Rong Cao, Min-Hsiung Shih, Po-Tsung Lee, Mahmood Bagheri, Adam Mock and W K Marshall, “Photonic crystal microcavity lasers”, J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 40, 2671–2682 (2007)
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M. H. Shih, Mahmood Bagheri, Adam Mock, S. J. Choi, J. D. O'Brien, P. D. Dapkus, and Wan Kuang, “Identification of Modes and Single Mode Operation of Sapphire-Bonded Photonic Crystal Lasers under Continuous-Wave Room Temperature Operation”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 121116 (2007)
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M. H. Shih, Wan Kuang, Adam Mock, Mahmood Bagheri, E. H. Hwang, J. D. O'Brien, and P. D. Dapkus, ”High-Quality-Factor Photonic Crystal Heterostructure Laser”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 89, 101104 (2006)
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Wan Kuang, J. R. Cao, Sang-Jun Choi, John D. O’Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, " Modified Suspended Membrane Photonic Crystal D3 Laser Cavity with Improved Side Mode Suppression Ratio", Photonics Technology Letters 17, (2005)
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Wan Kuang, Jiang R. Cao, Tian Yang, Sang-Jun Choi, Po-Tsung Lee, John D. O’Brien, P. Daniel Dapkus, "Classification of Modes in Suspended Membrane 19-Missing-Hole Photonic Crystal Microcavities" , J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, (2005), to be published
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J. R. Cao, Zhi-Jian Wei, Wan Kuang, Sang-Jun Choi, Haixia Yu, John D. O’Brien, and P. Daniel Dapkus, “Sapphire-Bonded Photonic Crystal Microcavity Lasers and Their Far-Field Radiation Patterns”, Photonics Technology Letters 17(1), 4-6, (2005)
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M. H. Shih, W. J. Kim, Wan Kuang, J. R. Cao, H. Yukawa, S. J. Choi, J. D. O'Brien, P. D. Dapkus, W. K. Marshall, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Mach-Zehnder Interferometers”, Applied Physics Letters 84(4), 460-2 (2004)
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Wan Kuang, John D. O'Brien, "Reducing the out-of-plane radiation loss of photonic crystal waveguides on high-index substrates", Optics Letters 29(8), 860-862 Apr 15 (2004)
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M. H. Shih, W. J. Kim, Wan Kuang, J. R. Cao, H. Yukawa, S. J. Choi, J. D. O'Brien, P. D. Dapkus, W. K. Marshall, “Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystal Mach-Zehnder Interferometers”, Applied Physics Letters 84, 460-2 (2003)
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J. R. Cao, Wan Kuang, Sang-Jun Choi, Po-Tsung Lee, John D. O’Brien, and P. Daniel Dapkus, “Threshold dependence on the spectral alignment between the quantum-well gain peak and the cavity resonance in InGaAsP photonic crystal lasers”, Applied Physics Letters 83, 4107-4109(2003)
