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Iam-Choon Khoo

William E. Leonhard Professor

Affiliation(s):

  • School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • Electrical Engineering

216 Electrical Engineering East

ick1@psu.edu

814-863-2299

Personal or Departmental Website

Research Areas:

Optical Materials, Devices, and Systems

Interest Areas:

Liquid crystals, Nonlinear Optics, Electro-Optics, Lasers, eye/sensor protection, optical physics, optical materials

 
 

 

Education

Publications

Books

  • Iam-Choon C Khoo, 2022, Liquid Crystals [3rd Edition], Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, United States

Journal Articles

  • Chun-Wei Chen and Iam-Choon Khoo, 2021, "Optical vector field rotation and switching with near-unity transmission by fully developed chiral photonic crystals", Proceedinngs of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
  • Chun Wei Chen, Iam Choon Khoo, Duan-Yi Guo, Tsung-Hsien Lin, Timothy J Bunning and Chun-Ta Wang, 2020, "Reconfiguration of three-dimensional liquid-crystalline photonic crystals by electrostriction", Nature Materials, 19, pp. 7
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, YK Liu, HW Liang, Chun-Wei Chen, XS Xie, W Hu, P Chen, JH Wen, JY Zhou and TH Lin, 2018, "Ultrafast switching of optical singularity eigenstates with compact integrable liquid crystal structures", Nature Communication
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, H Hao, JJ Ren, XK Duan, GW Lu, QH Gong and Y Gu, 2018, "High-contrast switching and high-eciency extracting for spontaneous emission based on tunable gap surface plasmon", Scientific Reports
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, TJ Ho and Chun Wei Chen, 2018, "Polarisation-free and high resolution holographic grating recording and optical phase conjugation with azo-dye doped blue-phase liquid crystals.", Liquid Crystals
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, Chun-Wei Chen, Alyssa Bridgeman and TJ Ho, 2018, "Normally transparent smart window based on electrically induced instability in dielectrically negative cholesteric liquid crystal", Optical Material Express
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2017, "Large three-dimensional photonic crystals based on monocrystalline liquid crystal blue phasesLarge three-dimensional photonic crystals based on monocrystalline liquid crystal blue phases", Nature Communication
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2017, "Ultrafast optical signal processing with Bragg structures", Applied Science, pp. 16
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2017, "Tunable enhanced spontaneous emission in plasmonic waveguide cladded with liquid crystal and low-index metamaterial", Optics Express, pp. 12
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2016, "A 2D/3D Switchable Directional-backlight Auto-stereoscopic Display Using Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Films", IEEE/OSA Journal of Display Technology
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, Chun-Wei Chen and Tsung-Jui Ho, 2016, "Observation of photorefractive effects in Blue-phase liquid crystal containing Fullerene-C60", Opt. Letters
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2015, "Lasing Properties of a Dye-doped Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Using an Aggregation-induced-emission Material"
  • Iam C Khoo, Shuo Zhao, Chun-Wei Chen and Tsung-Jui Ho, 2015, "Maxwell Stress induced flow- deformation and optical nonlinearities in liquid crystals", Progress in Electromagnetic Research
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2015, "Dynamical studies of the mechanisms for optical nonlinearities of methyl-red dye doped blue phase liquid crystals", Optics Express
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2015, "Electrically Controllable Self-assembly for Radial Alignment of Gold Nanorods in Liquid Crystal Droplets", Optical Material Express
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2015, "Computation of Refraction Angle in Nanosphere Dispersed Liquid Crystal Hyperbolic Metamaterial: a Tutorial", Nonlinear Optics, Quantum Optics: Concepts in Modern Optics
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2015, "Dc-field assisted grating formation and nonlinear diffraction in Methyl-red dye-doped blue-phase liquid crystals", OPTICS LETTERS
  • Joanna Ptasinski, Iam-Choon Khoo and Yeshaiahu Fainman, 2014, "Enhanced optical tuning of modified-geometry resonators clad in blue phase liquid crystals", 39, (18), pp. 3
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2014, "Nonlinear Optics, Active Plasmonic and Tunable Metamaterials with Liquid Crystals", Progress in Quantum Electronics, 38, (2), pp. 77-117
  • Iam-Choon Khoo and S. Zhao, 2014, "Multiple Time Scales Optical Nonlinearities of Liquid Crystals for Optical-Terahertz-Microwave Applications", Progress in Electromagnetic Research PIER, 147, pp. 37-56
  • Joanna Ptasinski, Iam-Choon Khoo and Yeshaiahu Fainman, 2014, "Passive Temperature Stabilization of Silicon Photonic Devices Using Liquid Crystals", Materials, 7, (3), pp. 2229-2241
  • G. Pawlik, G. Pawlik, W. Walasik, K. Tarnowski, A. C. Mitus and Iam-Choon Khoo, 2014, "Liquid crystal hyperbolic metamaterial for wide-angle negative-positive refraction and reflection", Optics Letters, 39, (7), pp. 1744-1747
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, C. W. Chen, K. L. Hong, T. H. Lin and S. Zhao, 2014, "Nonlinear Optics of Nematic and Blue Phase Liquid Crystals", Molecular Crystals Liquid Crystals, 594, (1), pp. 31-41
  • Rui Luo, Ying Gu, Xiankuo Li, Luojia Wang, Iam-Choon Khoo and Qihuang Gong, 2013, "Mode recombination and alternation of surface plasmons in anisotropic mediums", Appl. Phys. Letts., 102, (011117)
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, Kuan Lung Hong, Shuo Zhao, Ding Ma and Tsung-Hsien Lin, 2013, "Blue-phase liquid crystal cored optical fiber array with photonic bandgaps and nonlinear transmission properties", Optics Express, 21, (4), pp. 4319-4327
  • C. W. Chen, H. C. Jau, C. H. Lee, C. C. Li, C. T. Hou, C. W. Wu, T. H. Lin and Iam-Choon Khoo, 2013, "Temperature dependence of refractive index in blue phase liquid crystals", Optical Materials Express, 3, (5), pp. 527-532
  • Joanna Ptasinski, Sung W. Kim, Lin Pang, Iam-Choon Khoo and Yeshaiahu Fainman, 2013, "Optical tuning of silicon photonic structures with nematic liquid crystal claddings", Optics Letters, 38, (12), pp. 2008-2010
  • A. Piccardi, A. Alberucci, O. Buchnev, M. Kaczmarek, Iam-Choon Khoo and G. Assanto, 2013, "Frequency-Controlled Routing of Self-Confined Beams in Nematic Liquid Crystals", Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst., 573, pp. 26-33
  • Liyan Song, Shenhe Fu, Yikun Liu, Jianying Zhou, Vladimir G. Chigrinov and Iam-Choon Khoo, 2013, "Direct femtosecond pulse compression with miniature-sized Bragg cholesteric liquid crystal", Optics Letters, 38, pp. 5040-5042
  • G. Pawlik, W. Walasik, K. Tarnowski, A. C. Mitus and Iam-Choon Khoo, 2013, "k-vector angular correlations in negative refraction for TM polarization in nanosphere dispersed liquid crystal (NDLC) metamaterial", 8901
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, Yana Williams, Andres Diaz, Kan Chen, J. Bossard, D. Werner, E. Graugnard and C. J. Summers, 2006, "Liquid-Crystals for optical filters, switches and tunable negative index material development", Molecular Crystal Liquid Crystal, 453, pp. 309-319
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, D. H. Werner, X. Liang, A. Diaz and B. Weiner, 2006, "Nano-sphere dispersed liquid crystals for tunable negative-zero-positive index of refraction in the optical and Terahertz regimes", Optics Letters, 31, pp. 2592
  • Jae-Hong Park and Iam-Choon Khoo, 2006, "Liquid crystal beam deflector with a photopolymer prism", Molecular Crystal Liquid Crystal, 454, pp. 135-143
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, Kan Chen and Y. Zhang Williams, 2006, "Orientational Photorefractive Effect in undoped and CdSe Nano-Rods doped Nematic Liquid Crystal - Bulk and Interface Contributions", IEEE J. Selcted Topics in Quantum Electronics JSTQE 12, pp. 443-450
  • Iam-Choon Khoo and Chun-Wei Chen, , "Ultrafast pulse compression, stretching-and-recompression using cholesteric liquid crystals", Optics Express
  • Iam-Choon Khoo and Chun-Wei Chen, , "All-optical transistor- and diode-action and logic gates based on anisotropic nonlinear responsive liquid crystal", Scientific Reports
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, Chun-Wei Chen and Tsung-Jui Ho, , "High efficiency holographic Bragg grating with optically prolonged memory", Scientific Reports
  • Iam-Choon Khoo, , "Slowing ultrafast (600 femtoseconds) laser pulse with a 550µm-thick cholesteric liquid crystalSlowing ultrafast (600 femtoseconds) laser pulse with a 550µm-thick cholesteric liquid crystal", Optical Material Express, pp. 5
  • Chun-Wei Chen and Iam-Choon Khoo, , "Optical vector field rotation and switching with near-unity transmission by fully developed chiral photonic crystals", Proceedinngs of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
  • Chun-Wei Chen and Iam Choon C Khoo, , "Massive, Soft, and Tunable Chiral Photonic Crystals for Optical Polarization Manipulation and Pulse Modulation", Applied Physics Reviews, pp. 18

Conference Proceedings

  • Iam-Choon Khoo, 2022, "Proc. of SPIE Vol. 12207 - Liquid Crystals XXVI", SPIE Vol. 12207
  • Hesam Sadeghi Gougheri, Yufei Jia, Joe Chun-Wei Chen, Iam Choon Khoo, Noel C Giebink and Mehdi Kiani, 2019, "Towards Wireless Addressable Optoelectronic Implants for Large-Scale Optogenetics", Proceedings of 2019 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
  • Joanna N. Ptasinski, Sung W. Kim, Ling Pang, Iam-Choon Khoo and Yeshaiahu Fainmana, 2014, "Liquid crystal claddings for passive temperature stabilization of silicon photonics", SPIE, Liquid Crystal Conference XVIII, 9182, pp. 3
  • S. Zhao, K. L. Hong and Iam-Choon Khoo, 2014, "Transient responses of liquid crystals for optical switching and passive mitigation of intense light sources in the sub-microseconds to nanoseconds time scale", SPIE, Liquid Crystal Conference XVIII, 9182, pp. 5
  • G. Pawlik, W. Walasik, K. Tarnowski, A. C. Mitus and Iam-Choon Khoo, 2013, "Negative refraction for TM polarization in nanosphere dispersed liquid crystal (NDLC) metamaterial", Proceedings of SPIE, LIQUID CRYSTALS XVII, 8828
  • J. N. Ptasinski, S. W. Kim, L. Pang, Iam-Choon Khoo and Y. Fainman, 2013, "Active electrical and optical tuning of silicon photonic devices with liquid crystals", Proceedings of SPIE, Liquid Crystal Conference XVII, 8828

Research Projects

Honors and Awards

  • Honorary Chair Professorship - continuation, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, December 2022 - November 2024
  • Honorary Chair Professorship, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, December 2021 - November 2024

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