Maiken H. Mikkelsen
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research Themes
Metamaterials
Positions
- Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Associate Professor of Physics
Publications
- Stewart JW, Vella JH, Li W, Fan S, Mikkelsen MH. Ultrafast pyroelectric photodetection with on-chip spectral filters. Nature materials. 2020 Feb;19(2):158u201362.
- Shen Q, Hoang TB, Yang G, Wheeler VD, Mikkelsen MH. Probing the origin of highly-efficient third-harmonic generation in plasmonic nanogaps. Optics express. 2018 Aug;26(16):20718u201325.
- Huang J, Akselrod GM, Ming T, Kong J, Mikkelsen MH. Tailored Emission Spectrum of 2D Semiconductors Using Plasmonic Nanocavities. ACS Photonics. 2018 Feb 21;5(2):552u20138.
- Wilson WM, Stewart JW, Mikkelsen MH. Surpassing Single Line Width Active Tuning with Photochromic Molecules Coupled to Plasmonic Nanoantennas. Nano letters. 2018 Feb;18(2):853u20138.
- Sykes ME, Stewart JW, Akselrod GM, Kong X-T, Wang Z, Gosztola DJ, et al. Publisher Correction: Enhanced generation and anisotropic Coulomb scattering of hot electrons in an ultra-broadband plasmonic nanopatch metasurface. Nature communications. 2017 Dec;8(1):2135.
- Hoang TB, Akselrod GM, Yang A, Odom TW, Mikkelsen MH. Millimeter-Scale Spatial Coherence from a Plasmon Laser. Nano letters. 2017 Nov;17(11):6690u20135.
- Hoang TB, Akselrod GM, Mikkelsen MH. Ultrafast room-Temperature single photon source with plasmonic nanocavities. In: 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics CLEO 2017 Proceedings. 2017. p. 1u20132.
- Boyce AM, Stewart JW, Wheeler V, Mikkelsen MH. Actively-tunable plasmonic metasurfaces using a phasechange material. In: 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics CLEO 2017 Proceedings. 2017. p. 1u20132.
- Stewart JW, Akselrod GM, Smith DR, Mikkelsen MH. Multispectral metasurface absorbers for optoelectronic devices. In: 2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics CLEO 2017 Proceedings. 2017. p. 1u20132.
- Sykes ME, Stewart JW, Akselrod GM, Kong X-T, Wang Z, Gosztola DJ, et al. Enhanced generation and anisotropic Coulomb scattering of hot electrons in an ultra-broadband plasmonic nanopatch metasurface. Nature communications. 2017 Oct;8(1):986.
- Mikkelsen MH. Large-scale plasmonic pixels and combinatorial colors. In: International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics. 2017.
- Huang J, Hoang TB, Ming T, Kong J, Mikkelsen MH. Temporal and spatial valley dynamics in two-dimensional semiconductors probed via Kerr rotation. Physical Review B. 2017 Feb 24;95(7).
- Stewart JW, Akselrod GM, Smith DR, Mikkelsen MH. Toward Multispectral Imaging with Colloidal Metasurface Pixels. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla). 2017 Feb;29(6).
- Boyce AM, Stewart JW, Wheeler V, Mikkelsen MH. Actively-tunable plasmonic metasurfaces using a phasechange material. In: Optics Infobase Conference Papers. 2017.
- Hoang TB, Akselrod GM, Mikkelsen MH. Ultrafast room-temperature single photon source with plasmonic nanocavities. In: Optics Infobase Conference Papers. 2017.
- Stewart JW, Akselrod GM, Smith DR, Mikkelsen MH. Multispectral metasurface absorbers for optoelectronic devices. In: Optics Infobase Conference Papers. 2017.
- Akselrod GM, Weidman MC, Li Y, Argyropoulos C, Tisdale WA, Mikkelsen MH. Efficient Nanosecond Photoluminescence from Infrared PbS Quantum Dots Coupled to Plasmonic Nanoantennas. ACS Photonics. 2016 Oct 19;3(10):1741u20136.
- Ge W, Hoang TB, Mikkelsen MH, Stiff-Roberts AD. RIR-MAPLE deposition of plasmonic silver nanoparticles. Applied Physics A Materials Science and Processing. 2016 Sep 1;122(9).
- Hoang TB, Mikkelsen MH. Broad electrical tuning of plasmonic nanoantennas at visible frequencies. Applied Physics Letters. 2016 May 2;108(18).
- Hoang TB, Huang J, Mikkelsen MH. Colloidal Synthesis of Nanopatch Antennas for Applications in Plasmonics and Nanophotonics. Journal of visualized experimentsu202f: JoVE. 2016 May;(111).
- Huang J, Hoang TB, Mikkelsen MH. Probing the origin of excitonic states in monolayer WSe2. Scientific reports. 2016 Mar;6:22414.
- Hoang TB, Akselrod GM, Mikkelsen MH. Ultrafast Room-Temperature Single Photon Emission from Quantum Dots Coupled to Plasmonic Nanocavities. Nano Letters. 2016 Jan 13;16(1):270u20135.
- Akselrod GM, Huang J, Hoang TB, Bowen PT, Su L, Smith DR, et al. Large-Area Metasurface Perfect Absorbers from Visible to Near-Infrared. Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla). 2015 Dec;27(48):8028u201334.
- Argyropoulos C, Akselrod GM, Ciraci C, Hoang TB, Fang C, Huang J, et al. Directional plasmonic nanoantennas to enhance the purcell effect. In: 2015 Usnc Ursi Radio Science Meeting Joint with AP S Symposium Usnc Ursi 2015 Proceedings. 2015. p. 65.
- Baron A, Hoang TB, Fang C, Mikkelsen MH, Smith DR. Large and ultrafast nonlinear absorption of an air/gold plasmonic waveguide. In: Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe Technical Digest. 2015.
- Akselrod GM, Argyropoulos C, Hoang TB, Ciraci C, Fang C, Huang J, et al. Plasmonic nanopatch antennas for large purcell enhancement. In: Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe Technical Digest. 2015.
- Hoang TB, Akselrod GM, Argyropoulos C, Huang J, Smith DR, Mikkelsen MH. Ultrafast spontaneous emission source using plasmonic nanoantennas. Nature communications. 2015 Jul;6:7788.
- Baron A, Hoang TB, Fang C, Mikkelsen MH, Smith DR. Ultrafast self-action of surface-plasmon polaritons at an air/metal interface. Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. 2015 May 11;91(19).
- Baron A, Hoang TB, Fang C, Mikkelsen MH, Smith DR. Large and ultrafast nonlinear absorption of an air/gold plasmonic waveguide. In: CLEO QELS Fundamental Science CLEO QELS 2015. 2015. p. 1551.
- Akselrod GM, Argyropoulos C, Hoang TB, Ciracu00ec C, Fang C, Huang J, et al. Plasmonic nanopatch antennas for large purcell enhancement. In: CLEO QELS Fundamental Science CLEO QELS 2015. 2015. p. 1551.
- Akselrod GM, Ming T, Argyropoulos C, Hoang TB, Lin Y, Ling X, et al. Leveraging Nanocavity Harmonics for Control of Optical Processes in 2D Semiconductors. Nano letters. 2015 May;15(5):3578u201384.
- Kolchin P, Pholchai N, Mikkelsen MH, Oh J, Ota S, Islam MS, et al. Correction to High Purcell Factor Due to Coupling of a Single Emitter to a Dielectric Slot Waveguide. Nano Letters. 2015 Apr 8;15(4):2763.
- Yang A, Hoang TB, Dridi M, Deeb C, Mikkelsen MH, Schatz GC, et al. Real-time tunable lasing from plasmonic nanocavity arrays. Nature communications. 2015 Apr;6:6939.
- Kolchin P, Pholchai N, Mikkelsen MH, Oh J, Ota S, Islam MS, et al. High purcell factor due to coupling of a single emitter to a dielectric slot waveguide. Nano Letters. 2015 Jan 14;15(1):464u20138.
- Baron A, Hoang TB, Fang C, Larouche S, Gauthier DJ, Mikkelsen MH, et al. Nonlinear Metal/Dielectric Plasmonic Interfaces. In: Nonlinear Optics Nlo 2015. 2015.
- Mikkelsen MH. On-demand optical properties of quantum emitters using plasmonic nanoantennas. In: 2014 IEEE Photonics Conference IPC 2014. 2014. p. 544u20135.
- Lassiter JB, Chen X, Liu X, Ciracu00ec C, Hoang TB, Larouche S, et al. Third-Harmonic Generation Enhancement by Film-Coupled Plasmonic Stripe Resonators. ACS Photonics. 2014 Nov 19;1(11):1212u20137.
- Akselrod GM, Argyropoulos C, Hoang TB, Ciracu00ec C, Fang C, Huang J, et al. Probing the mechanisms of large Purcell enhancement in plasmonic nanoantennas. Nature Photonics. 2014 Nov 5;8(11):835u201340.
- Mikkelsen MH, Rose A, Hoang TB, McGuire F, Mock JJ, Ciracu00ec C, et al. Giant fluorescence enhancement of molecules coupled to plasmonic nanoscale patch antennas. In: Frontiers in Optics, FiO 2014. 2014.
- Rose A, Hoang TB, McGuire F, Mock JJ, Ciracu00ec C, Smith DR, et al. Control of radiative processes using tunable plasmonic nanopatch antennas. Nano letters. 2014 Aug;14(8):4797u2013802.
- Baron A, Hoang TB, Fang C, Mikkelsen MH, Smith DR. Ultrafast self-action in an air/gold plasmonic waveguide. In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. 2014.
- Baron A, Hoang TB, Fang C, Mikkelsen MH, Smith DR. Ultrafast self-action in an air/gold plasmonic waveguide. In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. 2014.
- Mikkelsen MH, Rose A, Hoang TB, McGuire F, Mock JJ, Ciracu00ec C, et al. Tunable plasmonic platform for giant fluorescence enhancement. In: Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics Europe Technical Digest. 2014.
- Mikkelsen MH, Rose A, Hoang B. TB, McGuire F, Mock J. JJ, Cristian Ciracu00ec, et al. Tunable plasmonic platform for giant fluorescence enhancement. In: Optics InfoBase Conference Papers. 2014.
- Kolchin P, Pholchai N, Mikkelsen MH, Oh J, Ota S, Saif Islam M, et al. Single-emitter quantum electrodynamics in a onedimensional dielectric continuum far beyond the diffraction limit. CLEO QELS Fundamental Science CLEO QELS Fs 2013. 2013 Nov 21;QF1A.2.
- Kolchin P, Pholchai N, Mikkelsen MH, Oh J, Ota S, Islam MS, et al. Single-emitter quantum electrodynamics in a one-dimensional dielectric continuum far beyond the diffraction limit. 2013 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics CLEO 2013. 2013 Jan 1;
- Zentgraf T, Liu Y, Mikkelsen MH, Valentine J, Zhang X. Plasmonic Luneburg and Eaton lenses. Nature nanotechnology. 2011 Mar;6(3):151u20135.
- Zentgraf T, Liu Y, Mikkelsen MH, Valentine J, Zhang X. Plasmonic Luneburg and Eaton lenses. Nature Nanotechnology. 2011;6(151).
- Mikkelsen MH, Berezovsky J, Awschalom DD. Ultrafast optical manipulation of single electron spins in quantum dots. Solid State Communications. 2009 Sep 1;149(35u201336):1451u20137.
- Berezovsky J, Mikkelsen MH, Stoltz NG, Coldren LA, Awschalom DD. Picosecond coherent optical manipulation of a single electron spin in a quantum dot. Science. 2008 Apr 18;320(5874):349u201352.
- Myers RC, Mikkelsen MH, Tang JM, Gossard AC, Flattu00e9 ME, Awschalom DD. Zero-field optical manipulation of magnetic ions in semiconductors. Nature Materials. 2008;7(203).
- Berezovsky* J, Mikkelsen* MH, Stoltz NG, Coldren LA, Awschalom DD. Picosecond coherent optical manipulation of a single electron spin in a quantum dot. Science. 2008;320(349).
- Mikkelsen MH, Myers RC, Fuchs GD, Awschalom DD. Chapter 1 Single Spin Coherence in Semiconductors. Semiconductors and Semimetals. 2008 Jan 1;82:1u201344.
- Myers RC, Mikkelsen MH, Tang JM, Gossard AC, Flattu00e9 ME, Awschalom DD. Zero-field optical manipulation of magnetic ions in semiconductors (Nature Materials (2008) 7 (203-208) ). Nature Materials. 2008 Jan 1;7(4):339.
- Myers RC, Mikkelsen MH, Tang JM, Gossard AC, Flattu00e9 ME, Awschalom DD. Zero-field optical manipulation of magnetic ions in semiconductors. Nature Materials. 2008 Jan 1;7(3):203u20138.
- Mikkelsen MH, Berezovsky J, Stoltz NG, Coldren LA, Awschalom DD. Optically detected coherent spin dynamics of a single electron in a quantum dot. Nature Physics. 2007;3(770).
- Mikkelsen MH, Berezovsky J, Stoltz NG, Coldren LA, Awschalom DD. Optically detected coherent spin dynamics of a single electron in a quantum dot. Nature Physics. 2007 Jan 1;3(11):770u20133.
- Berezovsky J, Mikkelsen MH, Gywat O, Stoltz WG, Coldren LA, Awschalom DD. Nondestructive optical measurements of a single electron spin in a quantum dot. Science. 2006 Dec 1;314(5807):1916u201320.
- Berezovsky J, Mikkelsen MH, Gywat O, Stoltz NG, Coldren LA, Awschalom DD. Nondestructive optical measurements of a single electron spin in a quantum dot. Science. 2006;314(1916).