M. Selim  Unlu

M. Selim Unlu

Joint Faculty (Professor)
Office: PHO, Room 826.  617-353-5067
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Website: http://bu.edu/ocn/

 

Research Interests:

  • near-field optical microscopy and spectroscopy of semiconductor materials and devices
  • design, processing, characterization, and simulation of semiconductor optoelectronic devices
  • Nanoscale imaging of biological samples, biosensors

Selected papers:

  • 07/02/07 Scaling of exciton binding energy with external dielectric function in carbon nanotubes
  • 05/09/07 Screening of Excitons in Single, Suspended Carbon Nanotubes
  • 01/07/07 Optical Determination of Electron-Phonon Coupling in Carbon Nanotubes
  • 11/03/06 Exciton-mediated one-phonon resonant Raman scattering from one-dimensional systems
  • 11/01/06 Tunable Resonant Raman Scattering From Singly Resonant Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes
  • 03/31/06 Temperature Dependence of the Optical Transition Energies of Carbon Nanotubes: The Role of Electron-Phonon Coupling and Thermal Expansion

Education:

Ph.D., 1992 University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Honors/awards:

  • IEEE Lasers and Electro-optics Society (LEOS) Distinguished Lecturer, 2005
  • ONR Young Investigator Award, 1996
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • NSF CAREER Award, 1996
  • Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • BU ECE Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2001’-02