Zubin Jacob

Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
ECERF W2-085
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Biography

Zubin Jacob completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering (2004) from the Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay, M.A.E.E (2006) and M.S.E.E (2007) from Princeton University and Ph.D from the ECE department at Purdue University (2010). He serves as a reviewer for Optics Letters, Optics Express, JOSA B, Applied Physics B and is a member of IEEE, OSA, SPIE and APS. He is the recipient of the Princeton Graduate Fellowship (2004), Best Student Paper/Poster Presentation Prize at ETOPIM 7 (2006), the SPIE Graduate Fellowship Award for potential long range contributions to optics and optical engineering (2008), Theodor Maiman Best Student Paper Award finalist position at CLEO-IQEC (2009) and the IEEE Photonics Society fellowship (2010).

Research interests

  • Nanophotonics
  • Metamaterials
  • Plasmonics
  • Quantum Optics
  • Microresonators

Current research


My current research interests are in the area of nanomaterials and plasmonic metamaterials. The nonintuitive electromagnetic response of metamaterials gives a new playground for understanding and controlling light-matter interaction. The aim is to explore fundamental properties of metamaterials for device applications as varied as imaging, quantum optics and solar energy harvesting. We engage in both theoretical and experimental research and often motivate work in several collaborating groups.

Recent Publications

"Plasmonics goes quantum," Z. Jacob and V. M. Shalaev, Science 334, 463 (2011)

"Topological transitions in metamaterials," H. N.S. Krishnamurthy*, Z. Jacob*, E. E. Narimanov, I. Kretzschmar, V. M. Menon, Science 336, 205 (2012) *equal author contribution