Department of Physics Faculty
Krzysztof Kempa
Professor of Physics
Krzysztof Kempa
Ph.D.
Contact
Higgins Hall 230E
Telephone: 617-552-3592
Email: kris.kempa@bc.edu
Education
- M.S.,Technical University of Wrocław
- Ph.D., University of Wrocław
Research Interests
Electronic and electromagnetic properties of nanostructures. Plasmonics. Metamaterials and coaxial media. Application of nanostructures and nanodevices in optoelectronics, photovoltaics and biotechnology. Computational physics.
Selected Publications
- X. Wu, J. Kong, N.H. Protik, D. Broido and K. Kempa, “Tailoring the electron-phonon interaction with metallic plasmonic structures”, Materials Today Physics 8 (2019) 86-91
- A. Shvonski, J. Kong, and K. Kempa, “Plasmon-polaron of the topological metallic surface states”, Physical Review B 99, (2019)125148
- B. Han, Q. Peng, R. Li, Q. Rong, Y. Ding, E. M. Akinoglu, X. Wu, X. Wang, X. Lu, G. Zhou, J.-M. Liu, Z.F. Ren, Q. Wang, M. Giersig, A. Herczynski, K. Kempa, and J. Gao, “Optimization of hierarchical structure and nanoscale-enabled plasmonic refraction for window electrodes in photovoltaics“, (accepted in Nature Communications, 2016)
- E. M. Akinoglu, B. Han, M. Giersig, J. Gao, and K. Kempa, “Physics of Transparent Conductors” (accepted in Advances in Physics).
- J. Kong, A.H. Rose, C. Yang, J. M. Merlo, M.J. Burns, M. Naughton, and K. Kempa, “Hot electron plasmon-protected solar cell”, Opt. Express 23, A1087-A1095 (2015). DOI:10.1364/OE.23.0A1087
- N. T. Nesbitt, J. M. Merlo, A. H. Rose, Y. M. Calm, K. Kempa, M. J. Burns, and M. J. Naughton, “Aluminum Nanowire Arrays via Directed Assembly”, Nano Lett. 2015, 15, 7294−7299| DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02408
- J. He, T. Hogan, T.R. Mion, H. Hafiz, Y. He, S.-K. Mo, C. Dhital, X. Chen, Q. Lin, Y. Zhang, M. Hashimoto, H. Pan, D. H. Lu, M. Arita, K. Shimada, R. S. Markiewicz, Z. Wang, K. Kempa, M. J. Naughton, A. Bansil, S. D. Wilson, R. He, “Spectroscopic evidence for negative electronic compressibility in a quasi-three-dimensional spin-orbit correlated metal”, Nature Materials. Published online 27 April 2015|DOI: 10.1038/NMAT4273
- A. Teng, K. Kempa, M.M. O¨zer, S. M. Hus, P. C. Snijders, G. Lee, and H. H. Weitering, “Quantum oscillations in the surface excitations of ultrathin Mg(0001) films”, Phys. Rev. B 90, 115416, (2014).
- B. Han, Y. Huang, R. Li, Q. Peng, J. Luo, K. Pei, A. Herczynski, K. Kempa, Z. Ren, and J. Gao, Bio-inspired networks for optoelectronic applications, Nature Comm., 5, Article number 5674, (2014)/DOI: 10.1038/ncomms 6674
- K. Kempa, “Equivalence of the plasmon energy and the surface energy barrier in simple metals”, Plasmonics, October 2014/DOI: 10.1007/s11468-014-9796-y
- A. H. Rose, B. M. Wirth, R. E. Hatem, A. P. Rashed Ahmed, M. J. Burns,
M. J. Naughton, and K. Kempa, “Nanoscope based on nanowaveguides”, Optics Express 22, 5228 (2014) DOI:10.1364/OE.22.005228
- E. M. Akinoglu, T. Sun, J. Gao, M. Giersig, Z.F. Ren, and K. Kempa, “Evidence for critical scaling of plasmonic modes at the percolation threshold in metallic nanostructures”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 171106 (2013).
- B. Han, K. Pei, Y. Huang, X. Zhang, Q. Rong, Q. Li, Y. Guo, T. Sun, C. Guo, D. Carnahan, M. Giersig, Y. Wang, J. Gao, Z. F. Ren, and K. Kempa, “Uniform Self-Forming Metallic Network as a High-Performance Transparent Conductive Electrode”, Advanced Materials (2013); DOI: 10.1002/adma.201302950.
- K. Kempa, “Plasmonic protection of the hot electron energy”, Phys. Stat. Solidi RRL 7, 465 (2013).
- W.-C. Chen, N. I. Landy, K. Kempa, and W. J . Padilla, “Extraordinary-optical-transmission Channel in Babinet Metamaterials”, Advanced Optical Materials, 1, 177403 (2013).
- Y. Wang, E. W. Plummer, and K. Kempa, “Foundations of Plasmonics”, in Advances in Physics, Vol. 60, No. 5, September–October 2011, 799–898.