Daniel Wasserman

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 333-9872
dwass@illinois.edu

EDUCATION
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
M.A. in Electrical Engineering
Dissertation: Quantum Dots: Mid-Infrared Luminescence, (110) Growth,
Single-Dot Luminescence and Cleaved Edge Overgrowth

2004
2000

Brown University, Providence, RI

Sc.B. Honors in Engineering/Physics
1998
Areas of Concentration: Engineering/Physics, History
Honors: Magna Cum Laude , Phi Beta Kappa-1997, top 3% of graduating class, Sigma Xi, with Honors

EMPLOYMENT
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL
Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineeri ng

July 2011-

University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA

Assistant Professor, Associate-Director of Photonics Center

2007 2011

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

20042007

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

NSF CAREER Award

AFOSR Young Investigator Award
UIUC College of Engineering Outstanding Advisor Award
UIUC Instructors ranked as Excellent (ECE329 F12, ECE198 S13)
UML Department of Physics Excellence in Teaching Award
Council on Science and Technology Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowship,
Princeton University
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Francis Upton Graduate Fellowship, Princeton University

2011
2010
2012/2013
2012-2013
20042007
19992002
19982002

TEACHING
University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL

Course Development In a New Light: Hands-On Optics (ECE 198DL1)

Instructor Fields and Waves (ECE329)
Course Coordinator Fields and Waves (ECE329)
Instructor Solid State Devices (ECE 340)
Instructor Nanophotonics (ECE 574)

S13, F13
F1112,14
F14
S12, S,F13
S14, S15

University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA

Recitation Instructor Physics II (Intro E&M)

Lab Instructor Physics II Honors Lab
Instructor Introductory Physics (95.141)
Develop and present all lectures for 300-400 student Introductory Physics class.
Organize and oversee 8-10 recitation sections. Develop Exams, organize help
sessions, run course website, develop and run in -class demos, produce media clips,
and integrate social networking.
Instructor Solid State Electronics and Optoelectronic Devices (95.577)
Instructor-Introductory Modern Physics (95.210)
Recitation Instructor-Honors Physics I (95.161)
Recitation Instructor-Physics I (95.141)

S11
S11
F09, S/F10

F08
S08-10
F09, F10
F07,S09

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Instructor - ELE102 New Eyes for the World

Course Development and Instruction ELE 102 New Eyes for the World
Developed lab for introductory optics course geared towa rds non-scientists.
Designed, developed, organized and held weekly labs for ~30 students.

2007
2004-2006

FUNDING

EAGER: Novel Approaches for Generating and Controlling Light in the Optical
No-Man's Land of the Far-IR, PI, NSF, 152K
Plasmon-Coupled Mid-IR Quantum Dot Emitters, PI, Sandia National Labs,
50K
Tunable Mid-Wave Infrared Filters, AFRL, PI, 195K

2014-2015

MURI: Fundamental Study of Defects and Their Reduction in Type -II

Superlattice Materials, PI, ARO, 6.25M
Understanding the Optical Response of Designer Epsilon -Near-Zero
Materials, PI, National Science Foundation, DMR/MWN, 341K.
CAREER: Quantum Dot Cascade Laser, National Science Foundation, 400K

2014-2015

Active Plasmonics for Beam Steering and On-Chip Directional Control, PI,
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Young Investigator Program, 360K.
Narrow-band, frequency agile mid-IR filter, Air Force Research Labs, STTR
Phase I, II, 45K
Tunable Mid-IR Metamaterial Filters, STTR with Triton Systems Inc., 136K
Mid-Infrared Plasmonics for Sensing Applications, PI, National Science
Foundation, 225K.
Solid State Lighting Energy Frontier Research Center, University
Collaborator with Sandia National Labs, 150K.

20102013

Mid-Infrared Plasmonic Beam Steering, PI, Air Force Research Labs, 75K

20082009

Mid-infrared Quantum Dot Emitters Utilizing Planar Photonic Crystal

Technology, University Collaborator, Sandia National Labs LD RD, 125K.

20072009

Wavelength selective exothermic materials, PI, Alloy Surfaces Inc., 95K.

2014
2014-2016

2012-2015
2011-2016

2011-2013
20102012
20092012
20092011

20082010

nBn Detector Development, PI, Air Force Research Labs, 55K.

2009

Mid-Infrared Metamaterials, University Collaborator, Sandia National Labs

LDRD, 35K.
Mid-infrared beam steering with plasmonic materials, PI, Center for
Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) user proposal.

2008

GK-12 Vibes and Waves in action, STEM Faculty Advisor, National Science
Foundation.

20082011
20102012

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, MEMBERSHIP

Committee Chair, 2014 IEEE Photonics Conference, PMM

Chairman of Semiconductor Laser Subcommittee, CLEO 2014 , CLEO 2015.
Associate Editor, Optics Express, 2011 -present
Guest Editor, IOP Journal of Optics special edition on Mid -IR/THz Photonics, 2013-2014.
Co-organizer of CLEO 50 th Anniversary of the Semiconductor Laser special symposium, 2012.
Co-organizer of the 2013 Intersubband Transitions in Quantum Wells conference.
Organizer of Metamaterials, Materials for THz, Plasmonics, and Polaritons session for Electronic
Materials Conference, 2013.
CLEO 2010, 2011, 2012 (Semiconductor Laser Subcommittee), 2012-2013 IEEE Photonics
Society Conference (Photonic Materials subcommittee), NAMBE 2009, ITQW 2009, 2011 SPIE
Optics and Photonics (Active Materials) Program Committees
Proposal Reviewer NSF ECCS, NSF DMR, NSF Chemistry, NSF SECO, DOE STTR/SBIR, SNSF,
Israeli-US Binational Science Foundation, Army Research Office.
Reviewer for Nature Materials, Journal of Electronic Materials, IEEE JQSTE, ACS Applied
Materials and Interfaces, Nature Communications, Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, IEEE Phot. Technol. Lett., Adv. Opt. Mat., Phys. Rev. Lett., Phys. Rev. B, Journal of
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Journal of Applied Physics, IEEE Photonics, Crystal Growth
and Design, physica status solidi A, Journal of Quantum Electronics, Nanotechnology , Applied
Physics Letters, Optics Communications, Optics Express, Optics Letters, Journal of Modern
Optics.
Member of American Physical Society, IEEE, OSA, SPIE.

INVITED TALKS
MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA

2015

IEEE Summer Topicals, Montreal, CA

Device Research Conference, Santa Barbara, CA
NSF EPMD CAREER Workshop
SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, C A, Engineered Metals for Mid-IR
Plasmonics
SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, Selective Thermal Emission from
thin-film metasurfaces
National Science Foundation Workshop, Prague, CZ , Mid-IR Photonics

2014
2014
2014
August 2013

Physics of Quantum Electronics 2013, Snowbird, UT, Designer Mid-IR

Metals
Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics "Workshop on
Nanophotonics", Trieste, IT: Mid-IR Plasmonics
SPIE Photonics Asia, Beijing, C hina: Making the mid-infrared nano with
plasmonics and metamaterials
Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), University of
Illinois: Making the mid-infrared nano with plasmonics and metamaterials
Physics of Quantum Electronics 2012, Snowbird, UT, Mid-IR Selective
Thermal Metamaterial Emitters
Physics of Quantum Electronics 2011, Snowbird, UT, Enhanced Funneling
of Light Using Epsilon Near Zero Metamaterials
AFOSR Nanophotonics Program Review, Cambridge, MA, Mid-IR Plasmonics
and ENZ Metamaterials
SPIE Optics and Photonics 2010, San Diego, CA, Active Mid-IR Plasmonics

January 2013

Physics of Quantum Electronics 2010, Snowbird, UT, Mid-IR Plasmonics

Photonics West 2010, San Francisco, CA , Mid-IR Emission from InAs
Quantum Dots
3 rd International Workshop on Quantum Cascade Lasers: Monte Verita,
Switzerland, Mid-IR Electroluminescence from InAs Quantum Dots
2 nd International Workshop on Quantum Cascade Lasers: Bari, Italy
Nonlinear Quantum Cascade Lasers
Conference on Modulated Semiconductor Structures: Albuquerque, NM
Stimulated Electronic Anti-Stokes Raman Emission from QC Lasers
Materials Research Society, Fall: Boston, MA
(110) Quantum Dots: Growth, Single-Dot Emission and Cleaved-Edge Alignment

August 2013
April 2013

December 2012
November 2012
April 2012
January 2012
January 2011
December 2010
August 2010
January 2010
January 2010
September 2008
September 2006
May 2005
November 2005

INVITED SEMINARS
University of Massachusetts Lowell, Physics Colloquium
Tufts University, ECE Departmental Seminar
Princeton University, ECE Departmental Seminar
Stevens Institute of Technology
Air Force Research Lab Materials and Manufacturing Directorate
Notre Dame University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Spring,
April,
March,
March,
August,
March,

2015
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013

Purdue University, Dept. of Physics: Designer Mid-Infrared Metals

Yale University, Dept. of Electrical Engineering: Mid-Infrared Plasmonics

February 2013
April, 2011

Triton Systems Inc. Technical Seminar: Mid-Infrared Plasmonics

Society of Applied Spectroscopy, New England Chapter, Seminar Series:
Mid-Infrared Plasmonics and Nanotechnology
BAE Systems Inc. Technical Seminar: The UMass Lowell Mid-IR Photonics Lab
Brown University Optics and Optoelectronics Seminar Series: Mid-IR
Photonics
Physical Sciences Inc. Technical Seminar: Mid-IR Photonics
UMass Boston Seminar Series, Mid-IR Photonics
Materials Science Seminar Series, University of New Hampshire
Mid-IR Photonics
Lowell Regional Physics Alliance
UMass Lowell Photonics Center: Hands on Physics for Local Students
Alloy Surfaces, Boothwyn, PA: Mid-IR Photonics
Lincoln Labs Technical Seminar
UMass Lowell, Center For High Rate Nanomanufacturing Seminar Series
Mid-IR Photonics

August 2010
February 2010

October 2009
May 2009
November 2008
May 2009
May 2008
April 2008
February 2008
October 2007
February 2008

UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE

Graduate Committee

2014-15

Faculty Search Committee

2014-15

Search Committee Member, College Honors Program Direc tor

2013

Grand Challenge Course Faculty Advisor

F12

UIUC Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Colloquium Committee

2012-2014

UIUC Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering Curriculum Committee

2012-2014

UML Dept. of Physics Undergraduate Committee

2008Present

UMass Lowell Committee on Teaching and Learning

2008Present

UML Dept. of Physics Graduate Committee

2007Present

UML Strategic Planning Committee, Undergraduate Education Subcommittee

20092010

UML Chapter Society of Physics Students, Faculty Advisor

2007Present

UML Graduate Physics Association, Faculty Advisor

Physics Department Publicity Committee

2007Present
2007Present

Steering Committee, Lowell Regional Physics Alliance

20072010

OUTREACH
Build Your Own Hard Drive activity day, MNTL.

November 2013

Planned, developed, and ran Physics Activity Days at UML Photonics Center for
Lowell High Students: science activity, a facilities tour, and LN2 ice cream.

2008, -10, -11

Gear Up Science Activity: Build Your Own Hard Drive

October, 2007

Taught Lowell High Physics Class Physics of the Curveball

November, 2007

Princeton University: Developed, organized, and ran Engineering Activity Days

(2006, 2007) for Lawrence, Trenton high students, tables for Scienc e and
Engineering Expo (2004-2006).

20042007

STUDENTS
Current Lan Yu (UIUC, 4 th year PhD)
William Streyer (UIUC, 4 th year PhD)
Runyu Liu (UIUC, 3 rd year PhD)
Shyamala Malagari (UIUC, 5 th year, PhD)
Sergio Hidalgo (UIUC, 2 nd year, PhD)
Daniel Zuo (UIUC, 5 th year, PhD, co-advised with SL Chuang)
Former Aaron Rosenberg, MS 2014
Andrew Taylor, MS 2013, Lockheed Martin
Troy Ribaudo Ph.D 2011, Currently at Lam Research
David Adams Ph.D 2012, Post-doc Harvard Medical School
Joshua Mason Ph.D 2012, Post-doc, Advanced Materials Lab, UMass Lowell
Krongtip Termkoa Ph.D 2010
Karen Freitas M.S. 2008
Undergraduates Josephine Hovhannessian, REU UC-Merced (Su. 2014), Narae Yoon (UIUC, Su. 2014,
F2014), Sukrith Dev (F2014), Zipporah Goldenfeld (F2014), Brian Vaughn (UIUC
S,F2013), Joshua Surya (UIUC S2013), Matthew Ives (UIUC S2013), Simrin
Wahal (UIUC S2013), Travis Hamilton (UIUC S2013), Eric Sanchez (UIUC
AY2012/2013), Nish Nookola (UIUC AY 2012/13), Robby Regalbuto (Summer
student UIUC 2012), Tom Jacobs (UIUC S2012, AY2012-2013), Gino Rooney
(UIUC S2012, AY2012-2013), Torin Kilpatrick (UIUC, AY2012 -13), Mahd
Bateresh (UIUC, 2012), Christopher Reidy (UML B.S. 2008, Oregon State
University Ph.D student), Melissa Spencer (UML B.S. 2008, Lincoln Labs),
Zachariah Johnson (B.S. 2010, UML Masters Program in Physics), Cynthia
Mitchell (UML), John Lipiello (UML), Tom Sinisi (UML)

PRESS AND PUBLICITY

September 2013, Tiny Antennas Let Long Waves See in the Infrared, R&DMag,
PhysOrg, LaserFocusWorld, and others.

November 2009, Nashua Telegraph, Pop goes the Physics Class: Article focusing on
my integration of popular movie clips into Physics I lectures.
October 2009, AFOSR Press Release, Air Force invests over $14M for 2010 Young
Investigators Research Program: Details of AFOSR Young Investigator Award.
February 2009, PhysOrg.com, Quantum Dots as Mid -Infrared Emitters: Article
summarizing results published in Appl. Phys. Lett. article demonstrating room temperature
electroluminescence from self assembled I nAs quantum dots.
UML Press Releases and Publications: 2008 UML Research Magazine, UML Shuttle April 2008,
UML Alumni Magazine Summer 2010.

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

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Mid-infrared emission from In(Ga)Sb layers on InAs(Sb), R. Liu, Y. Zhong, L. Yu, H. Kim, S.
Law, J.-M. Zuo, and D. Wasserman, Optics Express, 22, 24466 (2014).
Controlling quantum dot energies using submonolayer bandstructure engineering, L. Yu, D.
Jung, S. Law, J. Shen, J.J. Cha, M.L. Lee, D. Wasserman, Appl. Phys. Lett., 105, 081103
(2014).
Designing Near IR Plasmonic Nanoantennas Based on Au Bowtie Nanoantenna Arrays, H. Chen,
A.M. Bhuiya, R. Liu, D. Wasserman, and K.C. Touissant, Jr., J. Phys. Chem. C, 118, 20553
(2014).
Editorial: Special issue on mid-infrared and THz photonics, D. Wasserman, R. Singh, and T.
Akalin, Invited Editorial, J. Opt., 16, 090201 (2014)
Doped semiconductors with Band-Edge Plasma Frequencies, S. Law, R. Liu, D. Wasserman, J.
Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 32, 05260 1-7 (2014).
Invited: Flat mid-infrared composite plasmonic materials using lateral doping -patterned
semiconductors, A. Rosenberg, J. Surya, R. Liu, W. Streyer, S. Law, L.S. Leslie, R. Bhargava,
and D. Wasserman, J. Opt., 16, 094012 (2014).
"Engineering absorption and blackbody radiation in the far-infrared with surface phonon polaritons on gallium
phosphide", W. Streyer, S. Law, A. Rosenberg, C. Roberts, V.A. Podolskiy, A.J. Hoffman, and D. Wasserman,
Appl. Phys. Lett., 104, 131105 (2014).
"ENZ-Enhanced Light Transmission through a Subwavele ngth Slit", S. Inampudi, D. C. Adams, T.
Ribaudo, D. Slocum, S. Vangala, W.D. Goodhue, D. Wasserman, and V. A. Podolskiy, Phys. Rev.
B, 89, 125119 (2014).
All-Semiconductor Plasmonic Perfect Absorbers, S. Law, T. Kilpatrick, L. Yu, T. Ribaudo, C. Roberts, V.A.
Podolskiy, E.A. Shaner, and D. Wasserman, Phys. Rev. Lett., 112, 017401 (2014).

10. "All-Semiconductor Plasmonic Nanoantennas for Infrared Sensing", S. Law, L. Yu, A. Rosenberg, and D.
Wasserman, Nano Lett., 13, 4560 (2013).
11. "Degenerately doped InGaBi:As as a highly conductive and transparent contact material in the infrared range",
Y. Zhong, P.B. Dongmo, L. Gong, S. Law, B. Chase, D. Wasserman, and J.M.O. Zide, Optics Materials
Express, 3, 1197 (2013).
12. "Wafer-Scale Production of Uniform InAsyP1-y Nanowire Array on Silicon for Heterogeneous Integration", J.C.
Shin, A. Lee, P.K. Mohseni, D.Y. Kim, L. Yu, J.H. Kim, H.J. Kim, W.J. Choi, D. Wasserman, K.J. Choi, X. Li,
ACS Nano (2013)
13. "Direct observation of minority carrier lifetime improvement in InAs/GaSb type-II superlattice photodiodes via
interfacial layer control", D. Zuo, P. Xiao, D. Wasserman, and S.L. Chuang, Appl. Phys. Lett., 102, 141107
(2013)
14. "Strong absorption and selective emission from engineered metals with thin dielectric films", W. Streyer, S.
Law, T. Jacobs, G. Rooney, and D. Wasserman, Optics Express, 21, 9113 (2013).
15. Near-field infrared absorption of plasmonic semiconductor microparticles studied using atomic force
microscope infrared spectroscopy, J. Felts, S. Law, C.M. Roberts, V.A. Podolskiy, D. Wasserman, and W.P.
King, Appl. Phys. Lett., 102, 152110 (2013).
16. "Epitaxial growth of engineered metals for mid-infrared plasmonics", S. Law, L. Yu, D. Wasserman, J. Vac.
Sci. Technol. B, 31, 03C121 (2013).
17. Invited Review: Towards nano-scale photonics with micro-scale photons: The opportunities and challenges
of mid-infrared plasmonics, S. Law, V. Podolskiy, and D. Wasserman, Nanophotonics, 2, 104 (2013)
18. 2.8m emission from type-I quantum wells grown on InAsxP1-x/InP metamorphic graded buffers, D. Jung, Y.
Song, L. Yu, D. Wasserman, and M.L. Lee, Appl. Phys. Lett., 101, 251107 (2012)
19. Electroluminescence from quantum dots fabricated with nanosphere lithography, L. Yu, S. Law, and D.
Wasserman, Appl. Phys. Lett., 101, 103105 (2012).
20. Mid-infrared designer metals, S. Law, D.C. Adams, A.M. Taylor, and D. Wasserman, Optics Express, 20,

12155 (2012).
21. Strong coupling of molecular and mid-infrared perfect absorber resonances, J.A. Mason, G. Allen, V.
Podolskiy, and D. Wasserman, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 24, 31 (2012).
22. Enhanced Light Funneling Through Subwavelength Apertures Using Epsilon Near Zero Metamaterials, D.C.
Adams, N. Inampudi, T. Ribaudo, D. Slocum, N. Kuhta, S. Vangala, W. Goodhue, V.A. Podolskiy, and D.
Wasserman, Phys. Rev. Lett., 107, 133901 (2011).
23.

Voltage-controlled active mid-infrared plasmonic devices, K. Anglin, T. Ribaudo, D.C. Adams, X. Qian, W.D.
Goodhue, S. Dooley, E.A. Shaner and D. Wasserman, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 123103 (2011).

24. Strong absorption and selective thermal emission from midinfrared metamaterials, J.A. Mason, S. Smith, and
D. Wasserman, Applied Physics Letters, 98, 241105 (2011).
25.

Multiscale beam evolution and shaping in corrugated plasmonic structures, S. Thongrattanasiri, D.C. Adams,
D. Wasserman and V. Podolskiy,Optics Express, 19, 9269 (2011).

26. Observation of Rabi-Splitting from Surface Plasmon Coupled Conduction-State Transitions in ElectricallyExcited InAs Quantum Dots, B.S. Passmore, D.C. Adams, T. Ribaudo, P. Davids, W.W. Chow, S.A. Lyon, D.
Wasserman, and E.A. Shaner, Nano-Letters, 11, 338 (2011).
27.

Selective Thermal Emission from Patterned Steel Substrates, J. Mason, D.C. Adams, Z. Johnson, S. Smith,
A.W. Davis, and D. Wasserman, Opt. Express, 18, 25912 (2010).

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Plasmonic mid-infrared beam steering, D.C. Adams, S. Thongrattanasiri, T. Ribaudo, V. Podolskiy, and D.
Wasserman, Appl. Phys. Lett., 96, 201112 (2010).

29. "High-optical-quality nanosphere lithographically formed InGaAs quantum dots using molecular beam epitaxy
assisted GaAs mass transport and overgrowth", X. Qian, S. Vangala, D. Wasserman, and W.D. Goodhue., J.
Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 28(3), C3C9 (2010).
30. Mid-infrared doping tunable transmission through subwavelength metal hole arrays on InSb, B.S Passmore,
D.G. Allen, S. R. Vangala, W.D. Goodhue, D. Wasserman, and E.A. Shaner, Optics Express, 17 10223 (2009).
31. Active Control and Spatial Mapping of Midinfrared Propagating Surface Plasmons, T. Ribaudo, S.S. Howard,
C. Gmachl, X. Wang, F.-S. Choa, and D. Wasserman, Opt. Express, 17, 7019 (2009).
32.

Spectral and spatial investigation of mid-infrared surface waves on a plasmonic grating, T. Ribaudo, D.C.
Adams, B. Passmore, E.A. Shaner and D. Wasserman, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 201109 (2009).

33. Room temperature electroluminescence from InAs quantum dots, D. Wasserman, T. Ribaudo, S.A. Lyon,
S.K. Lyo, and E.A. Shaner, Appl. Phys. Lett., 94, 061101 (2009).
34. Loss mechanisms in mid-infrared extraordinary optical transmission gratings, T. Ribaudo, K. Freitas, E.A.
Shaner, J.G. Cederberg, D. Wasserman, Opt. Express 17 666 (2009).
35. High k-space lasing in a dual-wavelength quantum cascade laser, K.J. Franz, S. Menzel, A.J. Hoffman, D.
Wasserman, J.W. Cockburn and C. Gmachl, Nature Photonics, 3, 50 (2009).
36.

Uniform InGaAs quantum dot arrays fabricated using nanosphere lithography, X. Qian, J. Li, D.
Wasserman, W.D. Goodhue, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93 231907 (2008).

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High-performance quantum cascade lasers. Optimized design through waveguide and thermal modeling, S.S.
Howard, Z. Liu, D. Wasserman, A.J Hoffman, T.S. Ko, C.F. Gmachl, IEEE J. Sel. Top. in Quant. Elect., 13,
1054 (2007).

38. Current-tunable mid-infrared extraordinary transmission gratings, E.A. Shaner, J. Cederberg, D.

Wasserman, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 181110 (2007).
39. Mid-Infrared doping tunable extraordinary transmission from sub-wavelength gratings, D. Wasserman, E.A.
Shaner, and J.G. Cederberg, Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 191102 (2007).
40. Negative Refraction in Semiconductor Metamaterials A.J. Hoffman, L. Alekseyev, S.S. Howard, K.J. Franz, D.
Wasserman, V.A. Podolskiy, E.E. Narimanov, D.L. Sivco, and C. Gmachl, Nature Materials, 6, 946 (2007)
41.

Narrow width, low-ridge configuration for high-power quantum cascade lasers, A. Lyahk, P. Zory, D.
Wasserman, G. Shu, C. Gmachl, D. Bour Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 141107 (2007)

42. Evidence of cascaded emission in a dual-wavelength quantum cascade laser, K.J. Franz, D. Wasserman,
A.J. Hoffman, D.C. Jangraw, K.-T, Shiu, S.R. Forrest, and C. Gmachl, Appl. Phys. Lett., 90, 091104 (2007).
43.

Multiple wavelength polarized mid-infrared emission from InAs quantum dots, D. Wasserman, C. Gmachl,
S.A. Lyon, and E.A. Shaner, Appl. Phys. Lett., 88, 191118 (2006).

44.

Room Temperature Continuous-wave Quantum Cascade Lasers Grown by MOCVD without Lateral Regrowth,
Z. Liu, D. Wasserman, S.S. Howard, A.J. Hoffman, C. Gmachl, X. Wang, T. Tanbun-Ek, L. Cheng, and FowSen Choa, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 18, 1347 (2006).

45. Anomalous spin polarization of GaAs two-dimensional hole systems, R. Winkler, E. Tutuc, S.J. Papadakis, S.
Melinte, M. Shayegan, D. Wasserman, and S.A. Lyon, Phys. Rev. B, 72, 195321 (2005).

46. Stimulated electronic Anti-Stokes Raman emission in Quantum Cascade lasers, A. A Gomez-Iglesias, D.
Wasserman, C. Gmachl, A. Belyanin, and D.L. Sivco, Appl. Phys. Lett., 87, 261113 (2005).
47. 6 nm half-pitch lines and 0.04m2 static random access memory patterns by nanoimprint lithography, M.D.
Austin, W. Zhang, H.X. Ge. D. Wasserman, S.A. Lyon, and S.Y. Chou, Nanotech., 8, 1058 (2005).
48. Cleaved-edge overgrowth of aligned quantum dots on strained layers of InGaAs, D. Wasserman and S. A.
Lyon, Appl. Phys.Lett., 85, 5352 (2004).
49. Scanning near-field photoluminescence mapping of (110) InAs-GaAs self-assembled quantum dots, M.
Hadjipanayi, A.C. Maciel, J.F. Ryan, D. Wasserman, and S.A. Lyon, Appl. Phys. Lett., 85, 2535 (2004).
50. Fabrication of 5nm linewidth and 14 nm pitch features by nanoimprint lithography, Michael D. Austin,
Haixiong Ge, Wei Wu, Mingtao Li, Zhaoning Yu, D. Wasserman, S.A. Lyon, and Stephen Y. Chou, Appl. Phys.
Lett., 84, 5299 (2004).
51. Formation of self-assembled quantum dots on (110) GaAs Substrates, D. Wasserman, S.A. Lyon, M.
Hadjipanayi, A. Maciel, and J .F. Ryan, Appl. Phys. Lett.. 83, 5050 (2003).
52. Negative differential Rashba effect in two-dimensional hole systems, B. Habib, E. Tutuc, S. Melinte, M.
Shayegan, D. Wasserman, S.A. Lyon, and R. Winkler, Appl. Phys. Lett., 85, 3151 (2004).
53. Characterization of GaAs grown by molecular beam epitaxy on vicinal Ge(100) substrates, A. Wan, V. Menon,
S.R. Forrest, D. Wasserman, S. A. Lyon, and A. Kahn, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 22, 1893 (2004).
54. Spin splitting in GaAs (100) two-dimensional holes, B. Habib, E. Tutuc, S. Melinte, M. Shayegan, D.
Wasserman, S. A. Lyon, and R. Winkler, Phys. Rev. B, 69, 113311 (2004).
55. Mid-infrared luminescence from InAs quantum dots in unipolar devices, D. Wasserman and S.A. Lyon, Appl.
Phys. Lett., 81, 2848 (2002).
56. Mid-infrared electroluminescence from InAs quantum dots in p-n junctions and unipolar tunneling structures
D. Wasserman and S.A. Lyon, Physica Status Solidi B, 224, 585 (2001).
57. Probing dopant incorporation in InAs/GaAs QDIPs by polarization-dependent Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy, Z. Zhao, C. Yi, A.D. Stiff-Roberts, A.J. Hoffman, D. Wasserman, C. Gmachl, Infrared Physics &
Technology, 51 131 (2007).
58. DX-like centers in InAs/GaAs QDIPs observed by polarization-dependent Fourier transform infrared
spectroscopy, Z. Zhao, C. Yi, A.D. Stiff-Roberts, A.J. Hoffman, D. Wasserman, C. Gmachl, J. Vac. Sci. &
Technol. B, 25 1108 (2007).

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
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All-Semiconductor Plasmonic Nano-Antennas S. Law, L. Yu, A. Rosenberg, and D. Wasserman, CLEO: QELS
Fundamental Science, FM2K.1 2014
All-Semiconductor Negative Plasmonic Absorbers C. Roberts, S. Law, T. Kilpatrick, L. Yu, T. Ribaudo, E.A.
Shaner, D. Wasserman, and V.A. Podolskiy, CLEO: QELS Fundamental Science, FM1C.3 2014
Controlling Quantum Dot Energies Using Submonolayer Bandstructure Engineering L. Yu, S. Law, D. Jung,
M.L. Lee, and D. Wasserman, CLEO: Science and Innovation, Stu3H.6 2014
Mid-IR Plasmonics with Engineered Semiconductor Metals, S. Law, C. Roberts, S. Inampudi, A. Rosenberg,
V. Podolskiy, and D. Wasserman, Workshop on Optical Materials, OW1D.3 (2014).
All-Semiconductor Plasmonic Perfect Absorber, S. Law, C. Roberts, T. Kilpatrick, L. Yu, T. Ribaudo, E.A.
Shaner, V.A. Podolskiy, and D. Wasserman, CLEO: Science and Innovation, CM2F.6 (2013).
Selective thermal emission from thin-film metasurfaces", W Streyer, S Law, J Mason, DC Adams, T Jacobs, G
Rooney, D Wasserman, SPIE NanoScience+ Engineering, Proc. SPIE 8808, p. 88080V-88080V-12, 2013
Making the mid-infrared nano with designer plasmonic materials, S. Law, J. Felts, C. Roberts, V. Podolskiy,
W.P. King, D. Wasserman, Proc. SPIE 8555-1 (2012).
"CO2 sensing with a 2005 nm thulium holmium co-doped fiber laser", R. Zhou, S. McKeown, B. Griffin, B.
Amnueypornsakul, H. Huang, S. Eckhoff, D. Wasserman, and L. Goddard, in Optical Sensors, OSA Technical
Digest (online) (Optical Society of America, 2012), paper STh2B.4.
"Selective Thermal Emission from Patterned Steel Surfaces", J. Mason, D. Adams, S. Smith, Z. Johnson, A.
Davis, and D. Wasserman, in CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications, OSA Technical Digest
(CD) (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper JTuI42.

10. "ENZ-enhanced transmission through subwavelength slits", S. Inampudi, D. Slocum, D. Adams, S. Vangala, W.
Goodhue, D. Wasserman, and V. Podolskiy, in CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications, OSA
Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper JTuI56.
11. "Toothed Mid-Infrared Metal-Insulator-Metal Waveguides", K. Anglin, D. Adams, T. Ribaudo, and D.
Wasserman, in CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical
Society of America, 2011), paper CTuS4.
12. "Funneling Light Through a Subwavelength Aperture Using Epsilon-Near-Zero Materials", D. Slocum, D.
Adams, S. Inampudi, S. Vangala, W. Goodhue, V. Podolskiy, and D. Wasserman, in Quantum Electronics
and Laser Science Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper QThA3.
13. Active Mid-Infrared Plasmonic Beam Steering Devices, D.C. Adams, T. Ribaudo, S. Thongrattanasiri, E.A.

Shaner, V. Podolskiy, and D. Wasserman, Proc. SPIE, 7756-41 (2010).

14. "Beam Steering of Mid-Infrared Light with Active Plasmonic Structures", D. Adams, S. Thongrattanasiri, V.
Podolskiy, and D. Wasserman, in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, OSA Technical Digest (CD)
(Optical Society of America, 2010), paper CFB7.
15. "Evolution of Beaming Pattern in Corrugated Mid-IR Plasmonic Structures", S. Thongrattanasiri, D. Adams, D.
Wasserman, and V. Podolskiy, in Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, OSA Technical Digest
(CD) (Optical Society of America, 2010), paper QMF5.
16. "Active Control and Spatial Mapping of Mid-Infrared Propagating Surface Plasmons", T. Ribaudo, E. Shaner, S.
Howard, C. Gmachl, X. Wang, F. Choa, and D. Wasserman, in Conference on Lasers and Electro
Optics/International Quantum Electronics Conference, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America,
2009), paper IMB1
17. Mid-Infrared Emitters Utilizing Intersublevel Transitions in Self-Assembled InAs Quantum Dots, T. Ribaudo,
B.S. Passmore, D.C. Adams, X. Qian, S. Vangala, W.D. Goodhue, E.A. Shaner, S.A. Lyon, and D.
Wasserman, Proc. SPIE 7616, 7616A1-1, (2010).
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Active Mid-Infrared Plasmonic Beam Steering Devices, D.C. Adams, T. Ribaudo, S. Thongrattanasiri, E.A.
Shaner, V. Podolskiy, and D. Wasserman, Proc. SPIE, 7756-41 (2010).
19. Active Control of Propagating Waves on Plasmonic Surfaces, T. Ribaudo, E.A. Shaner, S.S. Howard, C.
Gmachl, X.J. Wang, F.-S. Choa, and D. Wasserman, Proc. SPIE 7221-24, 2 (2009).
20. Mid-Infrared Emitters Utilizing Intersublevel Transitions in Self-Assembled InAs Quantum Dots, T. Ribaudo,
B.S. Passmore, D.C. Adams, X. Qian, S. Vangala, W.D. Goodhue, E.A. Shaner, S.A. Lyon, and D.
Wasserman, Proc. SPIE 7616, 7616A1-1, (2010).
21. "Laser Action at High k-Space Values in Anti-Correlated Multi-Wavelength Quantum Cascade Lasers", S.
Menzel, K. Franz, D. Wasserman, A. Hoffman, J. Cockburn, and C. Gmachl, in Conference on Lasers and
Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems
Technologies, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2008), paper CTuP1.
22. "Mid-Infrared Beam Propagation and Modulation in Extraordinary Transmission Gratings", E. Shaner, B.
Passmore, A. Grine, and D. Wasserman, in Plasmonics and Metamaterials, OSA Technical Digest
(CD)(Optical Society of America, 2008), paper MMD6
23. Loss Mechanisms in Extraordinary Optical Transmission Gratings", T. Ribaudo, K. Freitas, D. Wasserman, E.
Shaner, and J. Cederberg, " in Plasmonics and Metamaterials, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of
America, 2008), paper MWB2.
24. "Electrically Tunable Mid-Infrared Extraordinary Optical Transmission Gratings", D. Wasserman, E. Shaner,
and J. Cederberg, in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science
Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of
America, 2008), paper CThBB3.
25. Doping Tunable Enhanced Extraordinary Optical Transmission Gratings, D. Wasserman, J. Cederberg, and
E.A. Shaner, Proc. SPIE 6760, 67600A (2007).
26. "Cascaded Emission from a Dual-Wavelength Quantum Cascade Laser", K. Franz, D. Wasserman, A.
Hoffman, C. Gmachl, K. Shiu, and S. Forrest, in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics
and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, OSA Technical Digest Series
(CD) (Optical Society of America, 2007), paper CTuE3.
27. "Narrow STRIPE-Width, Low-Ridge Configuration for High Power Quantum Cascade Lasers", A. Lyakh, P. Zory,
D. Wasserman, G. Shu, C. Gmachl, M. D'Souza, D. Botez, and D. Bour, in Conference on Lasers and ElectroOptics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies,
OSA Technical Digest Series (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2007), paper CTuO1.
28. "Nonlinear Quantum Cascade Lasers: Toward Broad Tunability and Short-Wavelength Operation", F. Xie, D.
Smith, V. Chaganti, A. Belyanin, D. Wasserman, C. Gmachl, J. Kono, M. Belkin, and F. Capasso, in
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic
Applications Systems Technologies, OSA Technical Digest Series (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2007),
paper CTuO6.
29. "Difference Frequency Generation from Integrated Nonlinearities in Two-Wavelength Quantum Cascade
Lasers", D. Wasserman, S. Howard, C. Gmachl, A. Belyanin, and D. Sivco, in Conference on Lasers and
Electro Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems
Technologies, OSA Technical Digest Series (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2007), paper JWA138.
30. MOCVD growth and regrowth of quantum cascade lasers, F.-S. Choa, L. Cheng, X. Ji, Z. Liu, D.
Wasserman, S.S. Howard, C.F. Gmachl, X. Wang, J. Fan, and J. Khurgin, Proc. SPIE 6485, 64850N (2007).
31. Mid-infrared electroluminescence from InAs quantum dots, D. Wasserman, S.A. Lyon, C. Gmachl, J.
Cederberg, and E.A. Shaner, Proc. SPIE Vol. Vol.6386, p.63860E (2006).
32. "Approaches to Compact Quantum Cascade Laser Modules with Integrated Coolers", J. Chen, Z. Liu, D.
Wasserman, C. Gmachl, D. Sivco, and A. Cho, in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum
Electronics and Laser Science and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, Technical Digest (CD) (Optical
Society of America, 2005), paper JTuC85.
33. 110 InAs Quantum Dots: Growth, Single-Dot Luminescence and Cleaved Edge Alignment, D. Wasserman,

E.A. Shaner, S.A. Lyon, M. Hadjipanayi, A.C. Maciel, and J.F. Ryan, MRS Fall 2004 Meeting Proc. Progress in
Compound Semiconductor Materials IV--Electronic and Optoelectronic Applications, Vol. 829, (2005).

BOOK CHAPTERS
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Electroluminescence from III-V self-assembled quantum dots, D. Wasserman and S.A. Lyon, Book Chapter
for "The Handbook of Electroluminescent Materials", edited by Prof. D.R. Vij, Department of Physics,
Kurukshetra University, India, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, U.K (2004).

REVIEWS
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Active Mid-Infrared Plasmonic Beam Steering, D. Wasserman, SPIE News Room, September, 2010,
(http://spie.org/x41530.xml?highlight=x2412&ArticleID=x41530).

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Active Surface Plasmons: Tuning of surface plasmons leads to new optoelectronic devices, D. Wasserman,
Laser Focus World, January (2008).