Costas M. Soukoulis ( el, Κώστας Μ. Σούκουλης) is a Senior Scientist in the

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and
Distinguished Professor of Physics Emeritus
at Iowa State University. He received his B.Sc. from

University of Athens The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA; el, Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών, ''Ethnikó ke Kapodistriakó Panepistímio Athinón''), usually referred to simply as the Univers ...

in 1974. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago in 1978, under the supervision of Kathryn Liebermann Levin. From 1978 to 1981 he was at the Physics Department at University of Virginia. He spent 3 years (1981–84) at Exxon Research and Engineering Co. and since 1984 has been at Iowa State University (ISU) and Ames Laboratory. He has been part-time Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Technology of the

University of Crete The University of Crete (UoC; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης) is a multi-disciplinary, research-oriented institution in Crete, Greece, located in the cities of Rethymno (official seat) and Heraklion, and one of the country's most ac ...

(2001-2011) and an associated member of IESL-FORTH at Heraklion, Crete, Greece since 1984.

Research

Soukoulis and his collaborators at Ames Lab/ISU in 1990 and 1994, suggested

photonic crystal A photonic crystal is an optical nanostructure in which the refractive index changes periodically. This affects the propagation of light in the same way that the structure of natural crystals gives rise to X-ray diffraction and that the atomic ...

designs (lattice diamond and the woodpile structure, respectively), which gave the largest omnidirectional photonic band gaps. Many experimental groups all over the world still use his woodpile structure to fabricate photonic crystals at optical wavelengths, enhance the spontaneous emission and produce nanolasers with low threshold limit. Soukoulis and Wegener demonstrate magnetic responses and negative index of refraction at optical frequencies in

metamaterials A metamaterial (from the Greek word μετά ''meta'', meaning "beyond" or "after", and the Latin word ''materia'', meaning "matter" or "material") is any material engineered to have a property that is not found in naturally occurring materials. ...

, which do not exist in natural materials. His other researches includes light and

Anderson localization In condensed matter physics, Anderson localization (also known as strong localization) is the absence of diffusion of waves in a ''disordered'' medium. This phenomenon is named after the American physicist P. W. Anderson, who was the first to su ...

, random lasers,

graphene Graphene () is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice nanostructure.

and Surface plasmon, plasmonics.

Awards and honours

*He is a Fellow of the APS, OSA and AAAS. *He is a recipient of Senior

Humboldt Research Award The Humboldt Prize, the Humboldt-Forschungspreis in German, also known as the Humboldt Research Award, is an award given by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany to internationally renowned scientists and scholars who work outside of G ...

(2002), and the first Frances M. Craig endowed chair in Physics Department at ISU (2007). *Soukoulis shared ( Pendry,

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, Özbay and Wegener) the 2005

Descartes Prize The Descartes Prize was an annual award in science given by the European Union, named in honour of the French mathematician and philosopher, René Descartes. The prizes recognized Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievements Resulting ...

, awarded by the

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, for contributions to metamaterials. *Honorary Doctorate from Vrije University in Brussels (2011). *Soukoulis, Pendry and Smith recipients of the 2013 APS James C. McGroddy Prize “for discovery of metamaterials.” *He is a recipient of the 2014

Max Born Award The Max Born Award is given by the Optical Society (formerly the Optical Society of America) for "outstanding contributions to physical optics", and is named after Max Born. Recipients SourceThe Optical Society * 2022 Yuri Kivshar * 2021 Anne L ...

given by the OSA. *Soukoulis was selected in 2014, 2015 and 2016 among the Highly Cited Researchers published by

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. *The Rolf Landauer Medal of the International ETOPIM Association (2015).

References

External links

Soukoulis AMES LAB-ISU Research GroupSoukoulis IESL-FORTH Research GroupAmes Laboratory ProfileCostas Soukoulis on Photonic Metamaterials
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