Light Engineering Laboratory

Welcome to "Light Engineering Laboratory."

Research in our group finds ways to create new optical devices through the development of light engineering methods and nano-fabrication techniques as well as the exploration of new optical physics. The types of research range from optical theory and design to fabrication and characterization, and are interdisciplinary including nanophotonics, plasmonics, quantum optics, metamaterials, microwave EMs, bio photonics, and nanomechanics. For more information, please visit "Research  page" on the website.

News at a Glance   more >>

• 2024. 02. 16.  Moohyuk Kim, Jisung Kwon and Aran Yu won the Best Paper Awards at 2024 OSK Winter Meeting.

• 2024. 02. 16.  M. Kim, C. Park, N. Park, and J. Kwon applied for a domestic patent.

• 2024. 02. 07.  Aran Yu, Han-Na Kim, and Byung-Wook Yoo won the Award at 'LG Electronics iPBL Idea Competition'."

• 2023. 12. 13.  C. Park, J. Kwon, and M. Kim resistered a domestic patent (10-2615200).

• 2023. 09. 22.  Aran Yu, Han-Na Kim, and Byung-Wook Yoo won the Minister's Award at 'ICT Challenge 2023'.

• 2023. 09. 13.  Hwagok High School students toured the KU-KIST graduate school and our laboratory.

• 2023. 09. 09.  Prof. Kim was honored by being inducted into the Hall of Fame (Outstanding Researcher) at Korea University.

• 2023. 09. 01.  New student members, Dongmin Shin, Jaeho Lee and Ye Eun Choi, joined the lab.

• 2023. 08. 30.  Hae Rin Jeong and Jisung Kwon won the Best Paper Awards at Optics and Photonics Congress 2023.

• 2023. 08. 30.  M. Kim published a research paper in Adv. Opt. Mater.

• 2023. 08. 28.  B. Park, M. Kim, Y. Kim, and M. Kim published a research paper in Photonics Res.

• 2023. 08. 22.  Nu-Ri Park, Hae Rin Jeong, and Jisung Kwon won the Best Poster Awards at 2023 ITRC Quantum School.

• 2023. 07. 07.  Nu-Ri Park and Aran Yu won the Best Poster/Student Awards at Nano Korea 2023 Symposium.

• 2023. 06. 28.  Han-Na Kim and Aran Yu won the Best Poster Awards at the A3 Metamaterials Forum 2023.

• 2023. 06. 23.  J. Kwon, C. Park, N. Park,  and M. Kim published a research paper in 2D Materials.

• 2023. 06. 16.  Prof. Kim was honored with the KU Internationalization Award (KU Pagoda Award 2023) by Korea University.

• 2023. 06. 05.  J. Kwon and M. Kim published a research paper in 2D Materials.

• 2023. 03. 01.  Prof. Kim was promoted to Full Professor.

• 2023. 02. 17.  Nu-Ri Park won the Best Paper Award at 2023 OSK Winter Meeting.

• 2023. 02. 08.  M. Kim, N. Park, A, Yu, M. Jeon, and M. Kim published a research paper in Nanophotonics.

• 2023. 01. 20.  M. Kim, Y. Kim, and B. Park registered a domestic patent (10-2492845).

• 2023. 01. 15.  Our research, along with our group photo, has been featured in "Laser Focus World: Optical interconnects with nanolaser arrays"

• 2023. 01. 11.  Prof. Kim was featured in "Laser Focus World: Faces in Photonics"

• 2022. 12. 28.  H. Jeong and M. Kim applied for an international patent.

• 2022. 12. 22.  Our research was featured in "Optics & Photonics News; All-Optical Pumping of Nanolaser Arrays"

• 2022. 12. 21.  Our research was featured in "Optics.org: Korea University develops all-optical method to drive nanolaser arrays"

• 2022. 12. 19.  Our research was featured in "Photonics Media; All-Optical Chip-Based Nanolaser Pumping Accelerates Info Processing"

• 2022. 12. 15.  D. Song, A. Yu, J. Lee, M. Kim, B. Park, and M. Kim published a research paper in Optica.

• 2022. 12. 15.  Media Coverage (Optica News) "An all-optical approach to pumping chip-based nanolasers"
                              Media Coverage (Phys. Org) "Researchers develop all-optical approach to pumping chip-based nanolasers"
                              Media Coverage (SciTechDaily) "Moving More Data Faster: All-Optical Pumping Chip-Based Nanolasers"
                              Media Coverage (ScienceTimes) "Researchers Develop Nanolaser Tech That is All-Optical and Capable of Fast Data Processing"
                              Media Coverage (ScienceDaily) "Researchers develop all-optical approach to pumping chip-based nanolasers"

• 2022. 12. 12.  M. Kim published a research paper in Materials Chemistry and Physics.

• 2022. 10. 21.  Moohyuck Kim and M. Kim published a research paper in Nanophotonics.

• 2022. 09. 01.  A new student member, Minseok Jeon, joined our group.

• 2022. 08. 26.  The 2nd Korea-UC Berkeley student workshop was held at UC Berkeley with the coordination of Prof. Kim.

• 2022. 07. 08.  Byoung Jun Park won the Best Poster Award at Nano Korea 2022.

• 2022. 05. 20.  The 1st Korea-UC Berkeley student workshop was held at UC Berkeley with the coordination of Prof. Kim.

• 2022. 03. 03.  H. Jeong and M. Kim applied for a domestic patent.

• 2022. 03. 02.  Byoung Jun Park and Moohyuk Kim won the Best Paper Awards at 2022 OSK Winter Meeting.

• 2022. 03. 02.  J. Kwon and M. Kim published a research paper in Chem. Eng. J. 

• 2022. 02. 28.  J. Kwon and M. Kim registered a domestic patent.

• 2022. 01. 24.  Moohyuk Kim and M. Kim published a research paper in J. Korean Phys. Soc.

• 2022. 01. 04.  Y. Jin and M. Kim published a research paper in Nanophotonics.

• 2021. 10. 29.  C. Park, J. Kwon, and M. Kim applied for a domestic patent.

• 2021. 09. 01.  A new student member, Byeong Uk You, joined our group.

• 2021. 09. 01.  Dr. C. Park received a Postdoctoral Fellowship (후속세대지원사업) from NRF Korea.

• 2021. 08. 31.  N. Park and M. Kim registered a US patent (US 11,105,727).

• 2021. 08. 26.  Y. Kim, B. Park, M. Kim, D. Song, J. Lee, A. Yu, and M. Kim published a research paper in ACS Photonics.

• 2021. 08. 01.  A new student member, Geon Hui Han, joined our group.

• 2021. 07. 21.  Moohyuk Kim and M. Kim published an article in K-light magazine.

• 2021. 07. 15.  B. Park, Y. Kim and M. Kim applied for an international patent.

• 2021. 07. 07.  Nu-Ri Park won the Best Poster Award at Optics and Photonics Congress 2021.

• 2021. 07. 07.  Prof. Kim won the Outstanding Research Innovation Award at Nano Korea 2021.

• 2021. 06. 15.  N. Park and M. Kim registered a domestic patent (10-2267315).

• 2021. 06. 05.  J. Kwon and M. Kim published a research paper in Compos. Sci. Technol.

• 2021. 03. 29.  M. Kim published a research paper in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.

• 2021. 03. 12.  N. Park and M. Kim applied for an U.S. patent.

• 2021. 03. 01.  A new member, Dr. Changhoon Park, joined our group as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

• 2021. 02. 19.  Hae Rin Jeong and Moohyuk Kim won the Best Poster Awards at 2021 OSK Winter Meeting.

• 2021. 02. 19.  Prof. Kim was appointed as Director of Information Management at Optical Society of Korea 2021.

• 2021. 02. 15.  A new student member, Dongrye Choi, joined our group.

• 2021. 01. 02.  J. Kwon and M. Kim published a research paper in Materials Today Advances.

• 2020. 11. 06.  Jisung Kwon won the Best Presentation Award at 2020 Korean Physical Society (KPS) Fall Meeting.

• 2020. 10. 14.  D. Song, J. Lee, and M. Kim published a research paper in Nanophotonics.

• 2020. 10. 11.  Y. Kim, B. Park, M. Kim, Y. Jin, N. Park, and M. Kim published a review paper in Advanced Materials.

• 2020. 09.22.  N. Park, H. Kim, Y. Jin, M. Kim, K. Lee, and M. Kim published a research paper in Nanotechnology.

• 2020. 09. 01.  Dr. J. Lee received a Postdoctoral Fellowship (후속세대지원사업) from NRF Korea.

• 2020. 07. 24.  J. Kwon and M. Kim published a research paper in Science.

• 2020. 07. 24.  국내언론보도 (KBS) "전자파 흡수 특성 극대화한 나노 소재 '맥신' 개발"

국내언론보도 (연합뉴스) "[사이테크 플러스] 흡수특성 높여 전자파 차폐성능 극대화한 나노소재 개발"

국내언론보도 (헤럴드경제) "휴대폰 전자파 99.999999999% 차단..초박막 나노소재 개발"

국내언론보도 (서울신문) "[달콤한 사이언스]  스텔스 기능에 전자파까지 완벽 차단 가능한 물질 나왔다"

• 2020. 07. 15.  Moohyuk Kim won the Best Poster Award at 2020 Optical Society of Korea Summer Meeting.

• 2020. 07. 15.  B. Park, Y. Kim and M. Kim applied for a domestic patent.

• 2020. 06. 08.  Dr. Y. Kim received a Postdoctoral Fellowship for Research Abroad (후속세대지원사업) from NRF Korea.

• 2020. 06. 08.  B. Park received a Project Scholarship (후속세대지원사업) from NRF Korea.

• 2020. 05. 25.  국내언론보도 (조선비즈) "IBS·고려대, 나노 구조 관찰하는 초미세 현미경 개발"

국내언론보도 (연합뉴스) "1억분의 5m 크기 나노 구조 관찰 가능한 현미경 개발"

국내언론보도 (파이낸셜뉴스) "나노세계를 보는 현미경 업그레이드"

국내언론보도 (고대뉴스) "[최원식, 김명기 교수팀] 나노 구조의 미세 정보까지 알아내는 현미경 개발"

• 2020. 05. 22.  Y. Jin and M. Kim published a research paper in Nature Communications.

• 2020. 05. 20.  H. Kim and M. Kim published a research paper in Optics Express. 

• 2020. 04. 02.  J. Kwon and M. Kim applied for a domestic patent.

• 2020. 04. 01.  A new member, Dr. Da In Song, joined our group as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

• 2020. 03. 01.  A new member, Dr. Jungmin Lee, joined our group as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

• 2020. 03. 01.  A new student member, Aran Yu, joined our group.

• 2020. 02. 20.  Prof. Kim was appointed as Director of Information Management at Optical Society of Korea 2020.

• 2020. 02. 20.  Prof. Kim was appointed as Secretary of Optics Division at Korean Physical Society 2020.

• 2020. 01. 23.  M. Kim published a research paper in Advanced Materials.

• 2019. 12. 03.  N. Park and M. Kim applied for a domestic patent.

• 2019. 09. 11.  M. Kim published a research paper in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.

• 2019. 09. 09.  B. Park, Y. Jin, N. Park, and M. Kim published a research paper in Nanotechnology.

• 2019. 09. 01.  A new student member, Jisung Kwon, joined our group.

• 2019. 03. 01.  A new member, Dr. Hwi-Min Kim, joined our group as a Postdoctoral Researcher.

• 2019. 02. 01.  A new student member, Han-Na Kim, joined our group.

• 2019. 01. 05.  Prof. Kim was appointed as Director of Information Management at Optical Society of Korea 2019. 

• 2018. 11. 16.  Prof. Kim was invited as the Technical Program Committee (TPC) at the 45th European Conference on  Optical Communication (ECOC 2019).

• 2018. 09. 01.  A new member, Suyeon Yang (M.S.), joined our group as a Research Assistant.

• 2018. 08. 20.  A new student member, Keun Soo Lee, joined our group.

• 2018. 08. 03.  Prof. Kim had an invited talk at the International Conference OMN 2018, Lausanne, Switzerland.

• 2018. 06. 08.  국내언론보도 "김명기 교수팀, 분자 크기 단일 나노 입자 포획 및 무형광 검출 성공", [KU Story 고대뉴스]

• 2018. 06. 07.  M. Kim published a research paper in Nature Communications.

• 2018. 05. 03.  M. Kim published a research paper in Optics Express.

• 2018. 03. 01.  Prof. Kim was promoted to Associate Professor.

• 2018. 03. 01.  A new member, Dr. Yushin Kim, joined our group as a Research Professor. 

• 2018. 02. 08.  Prof. Kim was appointed as Director of Information Management at Optical Society of Korea 2018. 

• 2018. 01. 31.  M. Kim published a research paper in J. Ind. Eng. Chem..

• 2017. 11. 10.  Prof. Kim was invited as the Technical Program Committee (TPC) at the 44th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2018).

• 2017. 11. 09.  Prof. Kim delivered a tutorial on "Nanophotonic Engineering" at Photonics Conference 2017 (OSK).

• 2017. 10. 11.  국제언론보도 (eeNews Europe) "Researchers stamp a nanobeam III−V laser onto a SOI waveguide".

• 2017. 09. 04.  A new student member, Moohyuk Kim, joined our group.

• 2017. 08. 07.  M. Kim published a research paper in ACS Photonics.

• 2017. 07. 12.  B. Park won the Best Paper Award at the 2017 Optics and Photonics Congress.

• 2017. 06. 15.  B. Park and M. Kim published a research paper in J. Korean Phys. Soc.

• 2017. 06. 01.  Prof. Kim got a research fund of the NRF's Basic Science Research Program.

• 2017. 03. 01.  A new member, Dr. Chang-Min Lee, joined our group as a Research Professor. 

• 2017. 03. 01.  A new student member, Hae Rin Jeong, joined the group. 

• 2016. 10. 24.  Y. Jin, B. Park and M. Kim published a research paper in Optics Express.

• 2016. 10. 20.  Prof. Kim was invited as the Technical Program Committee (TPC) at the 43rd European Conference on  Optical Communication (ECOC 2017)

• 2016. 09. 01.  A new student member, Nu-Ri Park, joined the group. 

• 2016. 05. 02.  A new student member, Byoung Jun Park, joined the group. 

• 2016. 04. 08 ~ 15.  Prof. Kim delivered a series of special lectures on optical simulations at Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT). 

• 2016. 03. 02.  A new student member, Young-Ho Jin, joined the group.

• 2016. 01. 12.  Prof. Kim was invited as the Technical Program Committee (TPC) at the 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2016)

• 2015. 09. 30.  물리학과 첨단기술 (새로운 연구결과 소개) 보도 "Squeezing Photons into a Point-Like Space".

• 2015. 06. 30.  국제언론보도 (Phys. Org) "3D plasmonic antenna capable of focusing light into few nanometers".

• 2015. 06. 25.  국제언론보도 (Asian Scientist Magazine) "Squeezing Light Into A Point-Like Space".

• 2015. 06. 15.  국내언론보도 (연합뉴스) "빛을 머리카락 1억분의 1 굵기로 모으는 3차원장치 개발"

• 2015. 06. 15.  국내언론보도 (조선비즈) "수 나노미터 공간에 빛 모으는 장치 개발..."테라헤르츠시대 열 기술"

• 2015. 06. 15.  국내언론보도 (동아사이언스) "인터넷 1000배 빨라진다…40만 배 강력한 빛 만드는 법 찾아"