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
Florescu M, John S (2002)All-optical transistor action in photonic band gap materials, In: Lessard RA, Lampropoulos GA, Schinn GW, (eds.), APPLICATIONS OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY 54833pp. 513-524
Sellers Steven R. (2017)Photonic band gaps and local self-uniformity : new perspectives on disordered optical media.
Florescu M (2020)Unfolding the band structure of non-crystalline photonic band gap materials University of Surrey
Bushell ZL, Florescu Marian, Sweeney Stephen High-Q photonic crystal cavities in all-semiconductor photonic crystal heterostructures, In: Physical Review B95(23)235303 American Physical Society
Florescu M, Hawrylak P (2006)Spin relaxation in lateral quantum dots: Effects of spin-orbit interaction, In: PHYSICAL REVIEW B73(4)ARTN 0pp. ?-? AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Schuler CJ, Wolff C, Busch K, Florescu M (2010)Thermal emission from finite photonic crystals, In: Subramania GS, Foteinopoulou S, (eds.), ACTIVE PHOTONIC MATERIALS III7756
Maimouni Ilham, Morvaridi Maryam, Russo Maria, Lui Gianluc, Morozov Konstantin, Cossy Janine, Florescu Marian, Labousse Matthieu, Tabeling Patrick Micrometric Monodisperse Solid Foams as Complete Photonic Bandgap Materials, In: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces12(28)pp. 32061-32068 American Chemical Society
Tsitrin S, Nahal G, Man W, Florescu M, Milošević MM, Mullen RA, Steinhardt P, Torquato S, Chaikin P (2014)Fabrication and optimization for waveguides in sub-micron scale hyperuniform disordered photonic bandgap materials, In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Florescu M, Lee H, Stimpson AJ, Dowling J (2005)Thermal emission and absorption of radiation in finite inverted-opal photonic crystals, In: PHYSICAL REVIEW A72(3)ARTN 0pp. ?-? AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
Florescu M, John S (2004)Resonance fluorescence in photonic band gap waveguide architectures: Engineering the vacuum for all-optical switching, In: Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics69(5 B)pp. 053810-1
Florescu M, Lee H, Dowling JP (2005)On the emission and absorption of thermal radiation in photonic crystals, In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Lee H, Knight PL, Bowling JP, Marciniak M, Florescu M, Scheel S (2006)Three-dimensional photonic band-gap structures for single-photon on demand sources, In: ICTON 2006: 8th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, Vol 2, Proceedingspp. 40-43
Florescu M, Scheel S, Haffner HH, Lee H, Strekalov D, Knight PL, Dowling JP (2005)Single photons on demand from 3D photonic band-gap structures, In: EUROPHYSICS LETTERS69(6)pp. 945-951 EDP SCIENCES S A
Milosevic MM, Florescu M, Man W, Nahal G, Tsitrin S, Amoah T, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S, Chaikin PM, Mullen RA (2014)Hyperuniform disordered photonic band gap devices for silicon photonics, In: 2014 IEEE 11TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GROUP IV PHOTONICS (GFP) IEEE
Knight PL, Dowling JP, Scheel S, Florescu M, Häffner H, Lee H, Strekalov DV (2007)Single photons on demand from tunable 3D photonic band-gap structures, In: Journal of Modern Optics54(3-4)pp. 409-416
Florescu M, John S (2001)Single-atom switching in photonic crystals, In: PHYS REV A6403(3)033801pp. ?-? AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
Florescu M, Dickman S, Ciorga M, Sachrajda A, Hawrylak P (2004)Spin-orbit interaction and spin relaxation in a lateral quantum dot, In: PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES22(1-3)pp. 414-417
Amoah T, Florescu M (2015)Flexible cavity andwaveguide light confinement in hyperuniform photonic slabs, In: Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nanophotonics, IPRSN 2015pp. 371p-?
Florescu M, Tsitrin S, Williamson E, Amoah T, Nahal G, Chan L, Man W (2015)Unfolding the band structure of non-crystalline photonic band gap materials, In: Scientific Reports513301pp. 1-8 Nature Publishing Group
Steinhardt Paul J., Torquato Salvatore, Chaikin Paul M., Amoah Timoth, Yu Bowen, Mullen Ruth Ann, Florescu Marian, Nahal Geev, Milošević Milan M., Man Weining Hyperuniform disordered waveguides and devices for near infrared silicon photonics, In: Scientific Reports9(1)20338 Nature Publishing Group
Florescu M, John S (2001)Single-atom switching in photonic crystals, In: Physical Review A. Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics64(3)pp. 033801/1-033801/21 American Physical Society
Maspero Ross, Sweeney Stephen, Florescu Marian (2016)Unfolding the band structure of GaAsBi, In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter29(7)075001 Institute of Physics
Schuler CJ, Wolff C, Busch K, Florescu M (2009)Thermal emission from finite photonic crystals, In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS95(24)ARTN 2pp. ?-? AMER INST PHYSICS
Florescu M, Torquato S, Steinhardt PJ (2009)Designer disordered materials with large, complete photonic band gaps., In: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A106(49)pp. 20658-20663
Florescu Marian, Torquato S, Steinhardt PJ (2010)Effects of random link removal on the photonic band gaps of honeycomb networks, In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS97(20)201103 AMER INST PHYSICS
Florescu M, Busch K (2009)Properties of thermal radiation in photonic crystals, In: JOURNAL OF OPTICS A-PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS11(11)pp. ?-?
Man W, Florescu M, Matsuyama M, Yadak P, Nahal G, Hamshezad S, Williamson E, Steinhardt P, Torquato S, Chaikin P (2013)Photonic band gap in isotropic hyperuniform disordered solids with low dielectric contrast, In: Optics Express21(17)pp. 19972-19981
Florescu M, Man W, Mullen RA, Milosevic M, Amoah T, Chaikin PM, Torquato S, Steinhardt P (2014)Isotropic band gaps, optical cavities, and freeform waveguides in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids, In: Proc. SPIE 9162, Active Photonic Materials VI, 91620G (September 12, 2014)
Castro-Lopez M, Gaio M, Sellers Steven, Gkantzounis Georgios, Florescu Marian, Sapienza R (2017)Reciprocal space engineering with hyperuniform gold disordered surfaces, In: APL Photonics2(6)061302 AIP Publishing LLC
Florescu M, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S (2013)Erratum: Optical cavities and waveguides in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids (Physical Review B (2013) 87 (165116) DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.87.165116), In: Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics87(15)
Florescu M, Busch K, Dowling JP (2007)Thermal radiation in photonic crystals, In: PHYSICAL REVIEW B75(20)ARTN 2pp. ?-? AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
Florescu M, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S (2013)Optical cavities and waveguides in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids, In: PHYSICAL REVIEW B87(16)ARTN 1pp. ?-? AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Florescu M, Lee H, Puscasu I, Pralle M, Florescu L, Ting DZ, Dowling JP (2007)Improving solar cell efficiency using photonic band-gap materials, In: SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS AND SOLAR CELLS91(17)pp. 1599-1610 ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Torquato S, Steinhardt P, Chaikin P, Man WN, Florescu Marian, Matsuyama K, Yadak P (2010)Experimental observation of photonic bandgaps in hyperuniform disordered material, In: 2010 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) AND QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND LASER SCIENCE CONFERENCE (QELS)
Spedalieri FM, Lee H, Florescu M, Kapale KT, Yurtsever U, Dowling JP (2004)Exploiting the quantum Zeno effect to beat photon loss in linear optical quantum information processors, In: Optics Communications
Florescu Marian, Scheel S, Lee H, Knight PL, Dowling JP (2006)Nonlinear tuning of 3D photonic band-gap structures for single-photon on demand sources, In: PHYSICA E-LOW-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEMS & NANOSTRUCTURES32(1-2)pp. 484-487 Elsevier
Florescu M, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S (2012)Non-crystalline materials having complete photonic, electronic, or phononic band gaps
Amoah T, Florescu M (2015)Flexible cavity and waveguide light confinement in hyperuniform photonic slabs, In: Signal Processing in Photonic Communications, SPPCom 2015pp. 262p-?
Man W, He Y, Leung R, Tsitrin S, Florescu M, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S, Chaikin P (2012)Freeform wave-guiding and tunable frequency splitting in isotropic disordered photonic band gap materials
Florescu M, Amoah T (2015)High-Q optical cavities in hyperuniform disordered materials, In: Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics91pp. 020201-1 American Physical Society
Florescu M, Torquato S, Steinhardt PJ (2009)Complete band gaps in two-dimensional photonic quasicrystals, In: PHYSICAL REVIEW B80(15)ARTN 1pp. ?-? AMER PHYSICAL SOC
Milosevic M, Florescu M, Man W, Nahal G, Tsitrin S, Amoah T, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S, Mullen RA (2014)Hyperuniform disordered photonic band gap silicon devices for optical interconnects, In: Optical Interconnects Conference, 2014 IEEE
Man W, Florescu M, Williamson EP, He Y, Hashemizad SR, Leung BY, Liner DR, Torquato S, Chaikin P, Steinhardt PJ (2013)Isotropic band gaps and freeform waveguides observed in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA120(40)pp. 15886-15891
Tsitrin S, He Y, Hewatt S, Leung B, Man W, Florescu M, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S, Chaikin P (2012)Cavity Modes Study in Hyperuniform Disordered Photonic Bandgap Materials, In: Frontiers in Optics 2012/Laser Science XXVIII, OSA Technical Digest (online)pp. FTh3F.4.-?
Florescu M, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S (2013)Narrow-band frequency filters and splitters, photonic sensors, and cavities having pre-selected cavity modes
Florescu M, Torquato S, Steinhardt PJ (2009)New classes of non-crystalline photonic band gap materials, In: Proccedings of The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the XIth European Quantum Electronics Conference
Florescu M, Dowling J, Lee H (2009)Photonic crystal architectures for frequency- and angle-selective thermal emitters
Man W, Florescu Marian, Hashemizad S, He Y, Leung R, Williamson E, Chaikin P (2012)Experimental demonstration of guiding, bending, and filtering of electromagnetic wave in disordered photonic band gap materials, In: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2012, OSA Technical Digest
Florescu M, Torquato S, Steinhardt PJ (2010)Effects of random link removal on the photonic band gaps of honeycomb networks, In: APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS97(20)ARTN 2pp. ?-? AMER INST PHYSICS
Florescu M, Torquato S, Steinhardt P (2012)Photonic Band Gaps and Unusual Photon Transport in Hyperuniform Disordered Structures, In: Frontiers in Optics 2012/Laser Science XXVIII, OSA Technical Digest (online)pp. FTh3F.5-?
Sellers Steven, Man W, Sahba S, Florescu Marian (2017)Local self-uniformity in photonic networks, In: Nature Communications814439 Nature Publishing Group
King Alice A.K, Jurewicz Izabela, Dalton Alan, Shanker Ravi, Large Matthew J., Maspero Ross, Smith Roman J., Backes Claudia, Scheerder Jurgen, Han Jun, Ogilvie Sean P., Razal Joe, Florescu Marian, Keddie Joseph, Coleman Jonathan N. (2020)Mechanochromic and Thermochromic Sensors Based on Graphene Infused Polymer Opals, In: Advanced Functional Materials30(31) Wiley
Utgenannt A, Maspero Ross, Fortini Andrea, Turner R, Florescu Marian, Jeynes Christopher, Kanaras AG, Muskens OL, Sear Richard, Keddie Joseph (2016)Fast Assembly of Gold Nanoparticles in Large-Area 2-D Nanogrids Using a One-Step, Near-Infrared Radiation-Assisted Evaporation Process, In: ACS Nano10(2)pp. 2232-2242 American Chemical Society
Milošević MM, Florescu M, Man W, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S, Chaikin PM, Amoah T, Nahal G, Mullen RA (2014)Silicon waveguides and filters in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids for the near-infrared, In: Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series
Amoah T, Florescu M (2015)Light confinement in hyperuniform photonic slabs: High-Q cavities and low-loss waveguides, In: CLEO: Science and Innovations, CLEO-SI 2015pp. 2267-?
Florescu Marian, Scheel S, Knight PL, Lee H, Dowling JP (2006)Nonlinear tuning of 3D photonic band-gap structures for single-photon on demand sources, In: Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures32(1-2 SP)pp. 484-487 Elsevier
Gkantzounis Georgios, Amoah Timothy, Florescu Marian (2017)Hyperuniform disordered phononic structures, In: Physical Review B95(9)094120 American Physical Society
Milosˇevic MM, Florescu M, Man W, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S, Chaikin PM, Amoah T, Nahal G, Mullen RA (2014)Silicon waveguides and filters in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids for the near-infrared, In: Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2014
John S, Florescu M (2001)Photonic bandgap materials: towards an all-optical micro-transistor, In: JOURNAL OF OPTICS A-PURE AND APPLIED OPTICS3(6)pp. S103-S120 IOP PUBLISHING LTD
Milošević MM, Florescu M, Amoah T, Man W, Nahal G, Steinhardt PJ, Torquato S, Chaikin PM, Mullen RA (2014)Silicon waveguides and filters in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids for the near-infrared, In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Nahal G, Florescu M, Mullen RA, Steinhardt P, Torquato S, Chaikin P, Man W (2013)Freeform wave-guiding at infrared regime in two dimensional disordered photonic bandgap materials, In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
Maspero R, Sweeney SJ, Florescu M (2013)Modelling the Auger Recombination rates of GaAs(1-x)Bi x alloys, In: 13th International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices, NUSOD 2013pp. 81-82
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.