Nanophotonics group

Light is an essential element in our life. Therefore, studying light and its interaction with matters is of great importance.

Optical metamaterials are artificially engineered materials to produce exotic optical properties. How light interacts with the optical metamaterials is determined by the structural geometry, arrangement, and dimension of the nanostructures comprising the metamaterials. The large structural degree of freedom of the metamaterials allows us to manipulate light in unprecedented ways that naturally available materials cannot provide.

Our group is designing and building metamaterials for extreme control of light. We study the interaction between light and nanostructures and develop a new concept of optical devices and optic-based technologies by leveraging metamaterials. We are also interested in metasurfaces, the flat version of metamaterials, and their implementation in practical applications. Examples include, but are not limited to, AR/VR devices such as holograms, high-precision measurement techniques, bending-loss-free waveguides.

We are recruiting highly motivated undergraduate interns, graduate students (M.S, Ph.D, M.S/Ph.D integrated program) and postdoctoral scholars. If you are interested in joining Nanophotonics lab, please send a CV via email to Prof. Kim (m.kim@gist.ac.kr).