Costas M. Soukoulis ( el, Κώστας Μ. Σούκουλης) is a Senior Scientist in the
Ames Laboratory
Ames National Laboratory, formerly Ames Laboratory, is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy national laboratories, national laboratory located in Ames, Iowa, and affiliated with Iowa State University. It is a t ...
and
Distinguished Professor of Physics Emeritusat 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
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(2001-2011) and an associated member of IESL-FORTH at
Heraklion, Crete
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, 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 Crystal structure, natural crystals gives rise to X-ray crystallograp ...
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 Ancient Greek, Greek word Meta, 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 ...
, 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 sug ...
,
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 Pendry is the surname of:
* Joe Pendry (born August 5, 1947), American football coach
* John Pendry (born 4 July 1943), English theoretical physicist
* John Pendry (hang glider pilot) (born 1957)
* Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry (1934–2023), English pol ...
,
Smith
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People
* Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals
* Smith (given name)
* Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland
** List of people wi ...
,
Özbay and Wegener) the 2005
Descartes Prize
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The prizes recognized Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievements Resulting f ...
, awarded by the
European Union
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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
Thomson-Reuters
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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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1951 births
Living people
21st-century American physicists
20th-century Greek physicists
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens alumni
University of Chicago alumni
Iowa State University faculty
Metamaterials scientists
Fellows of Optica (society)
Fellows of the American Physical Society
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Humboldt Research Award recipients
People from Corinthia