
Dr Marian Florescu
Biography
Biography
Marian Florescu joined the University of Surrey in 2011. He graduated from the University of Bucharest with a BSc in Physics and then obtained his PhD in Theoretical Quantum Optics at the University of Toronto. Prior to joining the Physics Department at Surrey he was a Research Scholar and Lecturer at Princeton University and a National Research Council Research Associate at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. His current activities are focused on the physics and applications of non-crystallographic photonic band gap materials, thermal radiation control in photonic materials and quantum optics in structured photonic reservoirs.
Please see my homepage above for further details of my research.
Research interests
MICRO- AND NANO-PHOTONICS
- Fundamentals and applications of non-crystallographic photonic structures
- Thermal radiation in nano-structured photonic materials; thermal management and thermophotovoltaic energy conversion
- Quantum nonlinear optics and all-optical information processing in micro-structured photonic materials
- Physics of structural colours in biophotonic nanostructures
NANO-ELECTRONICS AND SPINTRONICS
- Temperature insensitive semiconductor materials: electronic structure and loss mechanisms in dilute bismide and nitride alloys
- Hyperuniform disordered 2D and 3D electronic systems: amorphous graphene and silicon models
- Flux quantization in disordered superconducting networks
LINEAR OPTICAL QUANTUM COMPUTING IN PHOTONIC NANOSTRUCTURES
- Single-photon sources and detectors
- Cavity-mediated entanglement of photonic and electronic excitations
Research collaborations
- Imperial College London
- University of Southampton
- San Francisco State University
- Princeton University
- New York University
- Humboldt University
- Etaphase Inc.
Teaching
- Level M: PHYM061 Advanced Nanophotonics
- Level HE3: PHY3042 Modern Computational Techniques
- Level HE3: PHY3046 Nanophotonics and its Applications
- Level HE2: PHY2072 Light Lab
- Level HE2: PHY2065 Electromagnetic Waves
Departmental duties
- Director of Research Physics Department
- Head Theory and Computation Group
- Level 1 Coordinator
- Member of the Board of Studies Sub-Committee
- Member of Staff Student Liaison Committee
- Departmental Representative Additional Learning Support
News
In the media
My publications
Publications
Additional publications
PATENTS AND INVENTION DISCLOSURES
- Marian Florescu, Ruth Ann Mulen, Milan Milosevic and Timothy Amoah, "Hyperuniform disordered material with resonant structure", US Patent US9720172B1, 2017.
- Marian Florescu, Ruth Ann Mulen and Milan Milosevic, "Optical Structures and Hyperuniform Disordered Material", US Patent US20170315292A1, 2017.
- Marian Florescu, Salvatore Torquato and Paul Steinhardt, "Narrow-band frequency filters and splitters, photonic sensors, and cavities having pre-selected cavity modes", US Patent 9,465,141, 2016.
- Marian Florescu, Salvatore Torquato and Paul Steinhardt, "Non-crystalline materials having complete photonic, electronic or phononic band gaps", US Patent 9,207,357, 2015 and WO/2011/005530.
- Marian Florescu, Jonathan P. Dowling and Hwang Lee, " Angular-Selective Absorber Based on a 3D Photonic Crystal: Application to High-Efficiency Solar Energy Conversion , US Provisional Patent Application No. 61030610, 2008.
- Marian Florescu, Salvatore Torquato and Paul Steinhardt, Waveguide Architectures in Hyperuniform Disordered Materials with Complete Phononic Band Gaps, Invention Disclosure, Office of Technology Licensing & Intellectual Property, Princeton University, 2011.
- Marian Florescu, Salvatore Torquato and Paul Steinhardt, Cavity Architectures in Hyperuniform Disordered Materials with Complete Phononic Band Gaps, Invention Disclosure, Office of Technology Licensing & Intellectual Property, Princeton University, 2011.
- Marian Florescu, Salvatore Torquato and Paul Steinhardt, "Method of Designing Photonic Heterostructures with Optimal Bandgap Properties for Arbitrary Symmetry and Arbitrary Long- Range Translational Order", Invention Disclosure, Office of Technology Licensing & Intellectual Property, Princeton University, 2008.
- Marian Florescu, Salvatore Torquato and Paul Steinhardt, Disordered Photonic Heterostructures and Uses Thereof, Invention Disclosure, Office of Technology Licensing & Intellectual Property, Princeton University, 2008.
- Nick Mardesich, Deborah Jackson and Marian Florescu, Thermal Photonic Photovoltaic Energy System, New Technology Report, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 2006.
- Deborah Jackson and Marian Florescu, Integrated Prism Coupler for Light Trap Detector, New Technology Report, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 2005.