Prof. Munday gives a talk about the latest hot carrier work from the Munday lab at the 39th PIERS in Singapore. Thanks to Nanyang Technological University (NTU) for hosting the conference and Amit Agrawal and Cheng Zhang for the invitation!

Quantum fluctuations of electromagnetic waves can result in a torque between two optically anisotropic materials. In David’s recent paper (entitled “Casimir-Lifshitz Torque Enhancement by Retardation and Intervening Dielectrics”), we show that a full calculation of this phenomenon taking into account the finite speed of light shows that the torque is stronger than expected and can be increased further with a dielectric spacer layer between the objects. This paper can be found in Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 183001 (2017), and a press release can be found here.

Jeremy and Kevin show off the lab to undergraduates as part of the Conference for Undergraduate Underrepresented Minorities in Physics.

Lisa Krayer gives an invited talk entitled “Increasing the Bandwidth of Semiconductor Photodetectors through Hot Carrier Generation in Nanometer-Scale Optical Coatings” at the 232nd Electrochemical Society (ECS) Meeting.

Munday participates in the National Academy of Engineering’s 2017 US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium and co-organizes a session on “Energy strategies to power our future” with Katherine Dynes (NREL). Thanks to Tim Heidel, Bouchra Bouqata, Mariana Bertoni, and Khurram Afridi for excellent presentations!

Prof. Jeremy Munday (ECE/IREAP) was selected to receive the 2017 Clark School Junior Faculty Outstanding Research Award.

This award is given to a faculty member at or below the rank of Associate Professor, in recognition of research impact and quality during the past 5 years. This award recognizes Jeremy’s research contributions in the fields of optics, photonics, nanosystems, and energy.

Congratulations to Lisa Krayer on being selected as the recipient of the 2016-2017 Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Student Service Award! This award is presented annually to a graduate student in recognition of exceptional service to the Department and to the University of Maryland.

Congratulations to the newest doctor – great defense Joe!

As part of the Optical Systems for Deep Space Missions session at SPIE’s Optics + Photonics conference, Prof. Munday presents the group’s recent work on solar sail actuation using switchable optical materials.

Joe’s latest work on KPFM describing the effect of lateral tip motion on the resolving power of multifrequency methods (including versions of KPFM) is published in Applied Physics Letters.

Prof. Munday presents the group’s latest work on using hot electrons in designer materials at META’17: The 8th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics in Incheon, Korea.

This week Prof. Munday gives Applied Physics seminar at Columbia University. Thanks to Nanfang Yu for the invitation!

Prof. Munday gives talk at on solar sails at the Foundations of Interstellar Studies Workshop at City Tech, CUNY. Thanks to Elena, Kelvin, Roman, and Robert!

The University of Maryland produces a video describing our switchable solar window which was published recently in ACS Photonics. Thanks for your work on the video, Gabe!

University of Maryland President Wallace Loh highlights the Munday Lab’s work on switchable solar smart windows in his spring video entitled “Turn Imagination into Innovation.” The video can be found here (see the 2:05 minute mark).

Beautiful to see the large outpouring of support for science in DC this weekend despite all the rain!

Prof. Munday’s talk was entitled “Steering photons: from IR detectors and smart windows to space propulsion.” Thanks to Paul Kolb for the invitation and tour.