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Josh D. Caldwell

Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Director, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Materials Science
Director, VINSE Research Experience for Undergraduates

Overview:

My research focuses on the confinement of electromagnetic energy and charged particles in the nano- to atomic-scale dimensions and the interactions between such confined systems. This involves the sub-diffractional confinement of light using 'polaritons' within the optical spectral domain (primarily the infrared), the design of nanoscale optical components, and identifying and characterizing novel optical, electro-optical and electronic materials.

Awards:

• Invited Lecturer Nato School of Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy
• Primary Inventor on NRL Edison Award (top patent of the year)
• 4x NRL Alan Berman Award winner (top paper of the year)
• NRL Sabbatical Recipient at University of Manchester (UK) with the Novoselov group
• Young Scientist Award ESR in Low Dimensional Structures Workshop
• Young Scientist Award PCSI Conference

Selected Publications:

Precise control of infrared polarization. Folland, TG; Caldwell, JD, NATURE, 562, 499-501 , (2018)

Reconfigurable infrared hyperbolic metasurfaces using phase change materials. Follan, TG; Fali, A; White, ST; Matson, JR; Liu, S; Aghamiri, NA; Edgar, JH; Haglund, RF; Abate, Y; Caldwell, JD, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 9, 4371 , (2018) View Abstract

Polaritons in layered 2D Materials. Low, T; Chaves A; Caldwell, JD; Kumar, A; Fang, NX; Avouris, P; Heinz, TF; Guinea, F; Martin-Moreno, L; Koppens, F, NATURE MATERIALS, 16, 182-194 , (2017) View Abstract

Hyperbolic phonon-polaritons in boron nitride for near-field optical imaging and focusing. Li, PN; Lewin, M; Kretinin, AV; Caldwell, JD; Novoselov, KS; Taniguchi, T; Watanabe, K; Gaussmann, F; Taubner, T, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 6, 7507 , (2015) View Abstract

Low-loss, infrared and terahertz nanophotonics using surface phonon polaritons. Caldwell, JD; Lindsay, L; Giannini, V; Vurgaftman, I; Reinecke, TL; Maier, SA; Glembocki, OJ, NANOPHOTONICS, 4, 44-68 , (2015) View Abstract