
Arash Ahmadivand, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Rice University

Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve. "Max Planck"
Research Highlights
Plasmonic Waveguides and Optical Telecommunication Devices
Plasmonic Waveguides and Optical Telecommunication Devices
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Plasmonic nanoparticle waveguides
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All-optical filters
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Optical power splitters
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Polarization beam splitters
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Demultiplexers
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ON/OFF switches


Toroidal Plasmonic Metamaterials
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Charge-current configurations
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Toroidal multipoles
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Toroidal metadevices
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Toroidal dipoles for nonlinear optics
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Anapole modes

Terahertz Plasmonics
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Fano resonances in the THz band
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THz Charge Transfer Plasmons
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Multipolar toroidal resonances
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Terahertz devices
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Biological, Medical, & Clinical Plasmonics
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Immunobiosensing
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Targeted protein detection
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Photothermal heat spectroscopy
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Optoelectronic Devices
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Plasmonic UV-Visible photodetectors
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Light harvesters
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Near-infrared photodetectors
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Anti-reflective coating/surfaces
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