Publications - Kang Research Group

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

Patents:

1. C. Rivero-Baleine, M. Kang, G. Love, and K. A. Richardson, “Optical Aberration Compensation Lens Using Glass-Ceramics and Method of Making,” USA 12393023 (August 19, 2025).

To be submitted:

1. K. A. Matthies, Zephyr G. Ramsey, G. B. J. Sop Tagne, A. M. Teijeira, D. Wiedeman, R. Sharma, K. A. Richardson, M. Kang, and S. K. Sundaram*, “Terahertz Properties of Multicomponent Chalcogenide Glasses and Glass-Ceramics” in preparation
2. L. Tran, G. B. J. Sop Tagne, E. A. Yamac, D. Wiedeman, R. Sharma, K. A. Richardson, R. S. Welch, C. Bragatto, R. Loucks, C. J. Wilkinson, and M. Kang*, “Atomistic Origins of the Accelerated Low-Temperature Glass Relaxation via Thermo-Ultrasonication,” in preparation
3. Z. G. Ramsey, G. B. J. Sop Tagne, J. E. Lyza, N. Kosan, S. Banker, R. Sharma, X. Huang, A. Pattammattel, H. Yan, K. A. Richardson, K. Wang, S. T. Misture, and M. Kang*, “In-Situ Spatio-Spectral-Microstructural Characterization-Guided Optimization of Crystallization in Multicomponent Chalcogenide Glasses for the Realization of High Figure-of-Merit Gradient Refractive Index Materials,” in preparation
4. G. B. J. Sop Tagne, S. Son, B. M. Triplett, M. Y. Shalaginov, S. Deckoff-Jones, J. Cook, C. M. Schwarz, I. Divliansky, M. C. Richardson, J. Hu, T. Gu, C. Rivero-Baleine, K. A. Richardson, M. Kang*, “On Optical Nonlinearity and Spatial Fidelity in Direct Laser Writing Process for the Realization of Diffractive-Refractive Aberration Corrected Lenses,” in preparation

Under Review:

5. G. B. J. Sop Tagne,† Z. G. Ramsey,† L. Tran, A. M. Teijeira, K. S. Matthies, J. E. Lyza, P. E. Lynch, C. J. Cano, P. M. Marrero, R. A. Alvarez-Aguirre, D. Wiedeman, R. Sharma, C. Kosan, S. Banker, N. S. Kochan, K. A. Richardson, S. A. Feller, R. S. Welch, S. T. Misture, D. G. Stohr, K. Wang, S. K. Sundaram, and M. Kang*, “Scalable Manufacturing and Multi-faceted Cross-Correlating Characterization of Low-Dispersion Bulk Gradient Refractive Index Chalcogenide Materials,” to be submitted

Published:

6. C. Kosan, S. Banker, R. Sharma, A. Howe, G. B. J. Sop Tagne, Z. G. Ramsey, C. I. Padilla, J. LaPlante, B. Zerbe, Z. Xu, I. Mingareev, J. Hu, M. Kang, S. D. Campbell, D. H. Werner, and K. A. Richardson*, “Commercial Viability of Infrared Gradient Index Optical Elements,” in press
7. A. Ashjari*, A. Ogrinc, R. F. Lancelotti, R. Youngman, H. Bradtmuller, M. Kang, S. H. Kim, and D. Moncke, “On the Ambivalent Structural Role of Indium in Aluminoborosilicate Glass: A Multi-Spectroscopic Study,” in press
8. P. E. Lynch,† L. Tran,† E. A. Yamac, G. B. J. Sop Tagne, C. J. Cano, P. M. Marrero, A. J. Phillips, R. S. Welch, D. Wiedeman, R. Sharma, K. A. Richardson, S. A. Feller, W. LaCourse, S. I. Yaniger, C. J. Wilkinson, and M. Kang*, “Accelerated Low-Temperature Stabilization of Glasses via Thermo-Ultrasonication,” MRS Bull. 50, 830 (2025). [†: Equal contribution, selected as the cover issue of the 2025 July issue]
9. T. J. Loretz*, R. Sharma, A. Zachariou, R. A. Loretz, M. Kang, and K. A. Richardson, “A Physics-based Measurement Protocol for Determining the True Glass Transition Temperature of Chalcogenide Glasses by Differential Scanning Calorimetry,” in press, J. Opt. Photon. Res. (2025).
10. P. E. Lynch†, L. Tran†, E. A. Yamac, G. B. J. Sop Tagne, C. J. Cano, P. M. Marrero, A. J. Phillips, R. S. Welch, D. Wiedeman, R. Sharma, K. A. Richardson, S. Feller, W. LaCourse, S. I. Yaniger, C. J. Wilkinson, and M. Kang*, “Accelerated Low-Temperature Stabilization of Glasses via Thermo-Ultrasonication,” under review, MRS Bull.
11. C. C. Popescu, K. Aryana, B. Mills, T. W. Lee, L. M. Monier, L. Ranno, J. Xu, B. Sia, K. P. Dao, H.-B. Bae, V. Liberman, S. A. Vitale, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, C. A. Rios Ocampo, D. Calahan, Y. Zhang, W. M. Humphreys, H. J. Kim*, T. Gu, and J. Hu*, “Understanding and circumventing failure mechanisms in chalcogenide optical phase change material Ge2Sb2Se4Te,” in press, Adv. Opt. Mater. (2025).
12. R. Alvarez*, A. Zachariou, I. Mingareev, T. J. Loretz, R. Sharma, J. Cook, C. Blanco, M. C. Richardson, A. Howe, P. E. Lynch, G. B. J. Sop Tagne, K. Wang, M. Kang, and K. Richardson, “Demonstration of Photothermally-Induced GRIN Profiles in Bulk Chalcogenide GAP-Se Glasses,” Adv. Opt. Mater. 12, 2401552 (2024).
13. C. C. Popescu†, K. Aryana†, P. Garud, K. P. Dao, S. Vitale, V. Liberman, H.-B. Bae, T.-W. Lee, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, C. A. R. Ocampo, Y. Zhang, T. Gu, J. Hu, and H. J. Kim*, “Electrically phase-change reconfigurable metasurface transmissive optical filter,” Adv. Mater. 36, 2400627 (2024).
14. M. Kang*, R. Sharma, C. Blanco, D. Wiedeman, Q. Altemose, P. E. Lynch, G. B. J. Sop Tagne, Y. Zhang, M. Y. Shalaginov, C.-C. Popescu, B. M. Triplett, C. Rivero-Baleine, C. M. Schwarz, A. M. Agarwal, T. Gu, J. Hu, and K. A. Richardson, “Solution-Derived Ge-Sb-Se-Te Phase-Change Chalcogenide Films,” Sci. Rep. 14, 18151 (2024).
15. M. Kang*, B.-U. Sohn, Q. Du, D. Ma, R. Pujari, L. Sisken, C. Blanco, C. Goncalves, C. Arias, A. Yadav, A. Zachariou, P. E. Lynch, J. Lee, S. Novak, C. M. Schwarz, I. Luzinov, J. Hu, A. M. Agarwal, D. T. H. Tan, and K. A. Richardson, “Self-Healing Mechanisms for Ge-Sb-S Chalcogenide Glasses Upon Gamma Irradiation,” MRS Bull. 49, 778 (2024).
16. M. Kang†*, B. M. Triplett†, M. Y. Shalaginov†, S. Deckoff-Jones, C. Blanco, M. Truman, E. V. Shirshneva-Vashchenko, J. Cook, T. S. Karnik, Q. Du, C.-C. Popescu, A. Zachariou, Y. Zhang, C. M. Schwarz, S. An, C. Fowler, H. Zhang, I. Divliansky, L. B. Glebov, M. C. Richardson, A. M. Agarwal, C. Rivero-Baleine, J. Hu, T. Gu*, and K. A. Richardson, “Photochemically-Patterned Large-Area Arsenic Sulfide Micro-Gratings for Hybrid Diffractive-Refractive Platforms,” Adv. Photonics Res. 5, 2300241 (2024). [†: Equal contribution]
17. C.-C. Popescu, K. P. Dao, L. Ranno, B. Mills, L. Martin, Y. Zhang, D. Bono, B. Neltner, T. Gu, J. Hu*, K. Aryana, H. J. Kim*, S. Vitale, P. Miller, C. Roberts, S. Geiger, D. Callahan, M. Moebius, M. Kang, K. Richardson, and C. Rios, “An Open-Source Multi-functional Testing Platform for Optical Phase Change Materials,” Small Sci. 3, 2300098 (2023).
18. B. Butkus, A. Kostogiannes, A. Howe, M. Kang, R. Gaume, K. A. Richardson, and P. Banerjee*, “Zinc Sulfide CVD Optical Ceramic Analyzed by XPS,” Solid State Sci. 30, 024019 (2023).
19. P. Prabhathan, K. V. Sreekanth, J. Teng, J. H. Ko, Y. J. Yoo, H.-H. Jeong, Y. Lee, S. Zhang, T. Cao, C.-C. Popescu, B. Mills, T. Gu, Z. Fang, R. Chen, H. Tong, Y. Wang, Q. He, Y. Lu, Z. Liu, H. Yu, A. Mandal, Y. Cui, A. S. Ansari, V. Bhingardive, M. Kang, C. K. Lai, M. Merklein, M. J. Müller, Y. M. Song, Z. Tian, J. Hu, M. Losurdo, A. Majumdar, X. Miao, X. Chen, B. Gholipour, K. A. Richardson, B. J Eggleton, K. Sharda*, M. Wuttig*, and R. Singh*, “A Roadmap for Phase Change Materials in Photonics and Beyond”, iScience 26, 107946 (2023). [Invited as part of a keynote article]
20. J. Meng, Y. Gui, B. M. Nouri, G. Comanescu, X. Ma, Y. Zhang, C. C. Popescu, M. Kang, M. Miscuglio, N. Peserico, K. Richardson, J. Hu, H. Dalir, and V. J. Sorger*, “Electrical Programmable Multi-Level Non-volatile Photonic Random-Access Memory,” Light Sci. Appl. 12, 189 (2023).
21. B. Butkus, M. Havel, A. Kostogiannes, A. Howe, M. Kang, R. Gaume, K. A. Richardson, and P. Banerjee*, “Calcium Sulfide Powder Analyzed by XPS,” Solid State Sci. 30, 014005 (2023).
22. B. Butkus, M. Havel, A. Kostogiannes, A. Howe, M. Kang, R. Gaume, K. A. Richardson, and P. Banerjee*, “Lanthanum Sulfide Powder Analyzed by XPS”, Solid State Sci. 30, 014001 (2023).
23. M. Havel*, A. Kostogiannes, W. T. Shoulders, V. Blair, D. McGill, C. Rivero-Baleine, R. Bunijevac, J. Eichler, M. R. Kincer, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, and R. Gaume, “Monitoring sulfur loss in polycrystalline solid solutions of CaS-La2S3 by Raman spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction,” Opt. Mater. Express 13, 504 (2023).
24. C. Rios*, Q. Du, Y. Zhang, C. C. Popescu, M. Shalaginov, P. Miller, C. Roberts, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, S. Vitale, and J. Hu*, “Ultra-compact nonvolatile phase shifter based on electrically reprogrammable transparent phase change materials,” PhotoniX 3, 1 (2022).
25. A. Kostogiannes, R. Sharma, A. Howe, M. Chazot, M. Kang, J. Cook, K. Schepler, and K. Richardson*, “The role of powder handling on resulting impurities in ZnSe-doped As-S-Se composite materials,” Opt. Mater. Express 12, 4287 (2022).
26. S. Vitale*, P. Miller, P. Robinson, C. Roberts, V. Liberman, C. Rios, Q. Du, Y. Zhang, C. C. Popescu, M. Y. Shalaginov, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, and J. Hu, “Phase Transformation and Switching Behavior of Magnetron Plasma Sputtered Ge2Sb2Se4Te,” Adv. Photonics Res. 3, 2200202 (2022).
27. P. S. Shirshnev*, M. Kang, I. Divliansky, K. A. Richardson, and L. B. Glebov, “Engineered refractive and diffractive optical composites via photo-thermal processes,” Opt. Mater. Express 12, 3429 (2022). [Invited article in a special topical issue entitled “Celebrating Optical Glass: The International Year of Glass 2022”]
28. F. Yang†, H.-I. Lin†, M. Y. Shalaginov†, K. Stoll, S. An, C. Rivero-Baleine, M. Kang, A. Agarwal, K. Richardson, H. Zhang, J. Hu, and T. Gu*, “Reconfigurable parfocal zoom metalens,” Adv. Opt. Mater. 10, 2200721 (2022).
29. L. Karam, R. Alvarado, F. Calzavara, R. Dahmani, M. Kang, C. Blanco, F. Adamietz, K. Richardson, and M. Dussauze*, “Spatially microstructured topology of chalcogenide glasses by a combination of the electrothermal process and selective etching for functional infrared media,” Opt. Mater. Express 12, 1920 (2022).
30. S. An, B. Zheng, M. Y. Shalaginov, H. Tang, H. Li, L. Zhou, Y. Dong, M. Haerinia, A. M. Agarwal, C. Rivero-Baleine, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, J. Hu, C. Fowler, and H. Zhang*, “Deep Convolutional Neural Networks to Predict Mutual Coupling Effects in Metasurfaces,” Adv. Opt. Mater. 10, 2102113 (2022).
31. M. Chazot, A. Kostogiannes, M. Julian, C. Feit, J. Sosa, M. Kang, C. Blanco, J. Cook, V. Rodriguez, F. Adamietz, D. Verreault, P. Banerjee, K. Schepler, M. C. Richardson, and K. A. Richardson*, “Enhancement of ZnSe stability during optical composite processing via atomic layer deposition,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids 576, 121259 (2022).
32. Y. Zhang*, Q. Zhang, C. Rios, M. Shalaginov, J. B. Chou, C. Roberts, P. Miller, P. Robinson, V. Liberman, S. Vitale, M. Kang, K. Richardson, T. Gu, and J. Hu, “Transient tap coupler for wafer-level photonic testing based on optical phase change materials,” ACS Photonics 8, 1903 (2021).
33. Y. Zhang, C. Fowler, J. Liang, B. Azhar, M. Y. Shalaginov, S. An, J. B. Chou, C. M. Roberts, V. Liberman, M. Kang, C. Rios, K. Richardson, C. Rivero-Baleine, T. Gu, H. Zhang*, and J. Hu*, “Electrically Reconfigurable Nonvolatile Metasurface Using Low-Loss Optical Phase Change Material,” Nat. Nanotech. 10, 1038 (2021).
34. M. Kang†, I. Martin†, R. Sharma, C. Blanco, S. Antonov, T. J. Prosa, D. J. Larson, H. Francois-Saint-Cyr*, and K. A. Richardson*, “Unveiling True 3-D Nanoscale Microstructural Evolution in Chalcogenide Nanocomposites: a Roadmap for Advanced Infrared Functionality,” Adv. Opt. Mater. 9, 2002092 (2021). [†: Equal contribution]
35. M. Y. Shalaginov†, S. An†, Y. Zhang, F. Yang, P. Su, V. Liberman, J. B. Chou, C. M. Roberts, M. Kang, C. Rios, Q. Du, C. Fowler, A. Agarwal, K. Richardson, C. Rivero-Baleine, H. Zhang*, J. Hu*, and T. Gu*, “Reconfigurable all-dielectric metalens with diffraction-limited performance,” Nat. Commun. 12, 1225 (2021). [†: Equal contribution]
36. C. M. Schwarz*, S. M. Kuebler, C. Rivero-Baleine, B. Triplett, M. Kang, Q. Altemose, C. Blanco, K. A. Richardson, Q. Du, S. Deckoff-Jones, J. Hu, Y. Zhang, Y. Pan, and C. Rios, “Structurally and morphologically engineered chalcogenide materials for optical and photonic devices,” J. Opt. Microsyst. 1, 013502 (2021).
37. S. An, B. Zheng, H. Tang, M. Y. Shalaginov, L. Zhou, H. Li, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, J. Hu, C. Fowler*, and H. Zhang*, “Multifunctional Metasurface Design with a Generative Adversarial Network,” Adv. Opt. Mater. 9, 2001433 (2021). [Back cover]
38. M. A. A. Chazot*, C. Arias, M. Kang, C. Blanco, A. Kostogiannes, J. Cook, A. Yadav, V. Rodriguez, F. Adamietz, D. Verreault, S. Danto, T. Loretz, A. Seddon, D. Furniss, K. Schepler, M. C. Richardson, and K. Richardson, “Investigation of ZnSe dissolution in chalcogenide glasses as a route toward the realization of mid-wave infrared fiber laser,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids 555, 120619 (2021).
39. C. Rios*, Y. Zhang, M. Shalaginov, S. Deckoff-Jones, H. Wang, S. An, H. Zhang, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, C. Roberts, J. Chou, V. Liberman, S. Vitale, J. Kong, T. Gu, and J. Hu*, “Multi-level Electro-thermal Switching of Optical Phase-Change Materials Using Graphene,” Adv. Photon. Res. 2, 2000034 (2021).
40. S. An, B. Zheng, M. Y. Shalaginov H. Tang, H. Li, L. Zhou, J. Ding, A. M. Agarwal, C. Rivero-Baleine, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, J. Hu, and H. Zhang*, “A Deep Learning Modeling Approach for Metasurfaces with High Degrees of Freedom,” Opt. Express 28, 31932 (2020).
41. A. Yadav*, M. Kang, C. Goncalves, C. Blanco, R. Sharma, and K. Richardson, “Impact of raw material surface oxide removal on dual band infrared optical properties of As2Se3 chalcogenide glass,” Opt. Mater. Express 10, 2274 (2020).
42. L. Karam, F. Adamietz, D. Michau, C. Goncalves, M. Kang, R. Sharma, G. S. Murugan, T. Cardinal, E. Fargin, V. Rodriguez, K. A. Richardson, and M. Dussauze*, “Electrically polarized amorphous sodo-niobate film competing with crystalline lithium niobite second order optical response,” Adv. Opt. Mater. 8, 2000202 (2020).
43. K. Richardson*, M. Kang*, L. Sisken, A. Yadav, S. Novak, A. Lepicard, I. Martin, H. Francois-Saint-Cyr, C. M. Schwarz, T. S. Mayer, C. Rivero-Baleine, A. J. Yee, and I. Mingareev, “Advances in infrared GRIN materials: a review,” Opt. Eng. 59, 112602 (2020). [*: Co-corresponding authors, Invited review article in a special topical issue entitled “Advances in Gradient Index Optics Technology”]
44. R. Sharma*, R. Welch, M. Kang, C. Goncalves, C. Blanco, A. Buff, V. Fauvel, T. Loretz, C. Rivero-Baleine, and K. A. Richardson, “Impact of morphology and microstructure on the mechanical properties of Ge-As-Pb-Se Glass Ceramics,” Appl. Sci. 10, 2836 (2020). [Invited article]
45. M. Kang, L. Sisken, C. Lonergan, A. Buff, A. Yadav, C. Goncalves, C. Blanco, P. Wachtel, J. D. Musgraves, A. V. Pogrebnyakov, E. Baleine, C. Rivero-Baleine, T. S. Mayer, C. G. Pantano, and K. A. Richardson*, “Monolithic Chalcogenide Optical Nanocomposites Enable Infrared System Innovation: Gradient Refractive Index (GRIN) Optics,” Adv. Opt. Mater. 8, 2000150 (2020). [Front inside cover, Highlighted in Advanced Science News and a UCF CREOL Department News]
46. B. Butkus, M. Havel, A. Kostogiannes, A. Howe, M. Kang, R. Gaume, K. A. Richardson, and P. Banerjee*, “Reconfigurable frequency-selective resonance splitting in chalcogenide microring resonators,” ACS Photonics 7, 499 (2020).
47. I. Mingareev*, M. Kang, T. Malendevych, G. Yin, J. Hu, K. Richardson, and M. Richardson, “Laser-induced modification of local refractive index in infrared glass-ceramic films,” Proc. SPIE 10906, 109060X (2019).
48. C. M. Schwarz*, M. Kang, L. Sisken, Q. Altemose, K. Raichle, B. Schnable, C. Grabill, J. Rice, C. G. Pantano, I. Mingareev, C. Rivero-Baleine, K. Richardson, and S. M. Kuebler, “Fabrication and properties of ZnO-Bi2O3-B2O3 glass-ceramic containing Bi2ZnB2O7 nanocrystals,” J. Alloys Compd. 820, 153173 (2020).
49. J. R. Rodriguez, Z. Qi, H. Wang, M. Y. Shalaginov, C. Goncalves, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, J. Guerrero, M. G. Moreno, and V. G. Pol*, “Ge2Sb2Se5 Glass as High-Capacity Promising Lithium-ion Battery Anode,” Nano Energy 68, 104326 (2020).
50. D. McGill*, J. B. Ghozi-Bouvrande, M. Kang, M. Dohlen, G. Delaizir, S. Chenu, L. Roumiguier, J. Duclere, K. Richardson, and R. M. Gaume, “Hot-Pressing of Tellurite Glass with a Sacrificial Pressure-Transmitting Medium,” J. Non-Cryst. Solids 528, 119713 (2020).
51. M. Kang and R. S. Goldman*, “Ion-Irradiation of Compound Semiconductor Surfaces: from Self-Assembled Nanostructures to Plasmonic Crystals,” Appl. Phys. Rev. 6, 041307 (2019). [Invited review article in a special topical issue entitled “Ion beam enabled nanoscale fabrication, surface patterning, and self-assembly”, Editor’s pick]
52. Y. Zhang†, J. B. Chou†*, J. Li†, H. Li†, Q. Du, A. Yadav, S. Zhou, M. Y. Shalaginov, Z. Fang, H. Zhong, C. Roberts, P. Robinson, B. Bohlin, C. Rios, H. Lin, M. Kang, T. Gu, J. Warner, V. Liberman, K. Richardson, and J. Hu*, “Broadband Transparent Optical Phase Change Materials for High-Performance Nonvolatile Photonics,” Nat. Commun. 10, 4279 (2019). [†: Equal contribution]
53. L. Sisken†, M. Kang†, J. M. Veras, C. Smith, A. Buff, A. Yadav, D. McClane, C. Blanco, C. Rivero-Baleine, T. S. Mayer, and K. Richardson*, “Infrared Glass Ceramics with Multi-Dispersion and Gradient Refractive Index Attributes,” Adv. Funct. Mater. 29, 1902217 (2019). [†: Equal contribution]
54. B. -U. Sohn, M. Kang, J. Choi, A. M. Agarwal, K. Richardson, and D. T. H. Tan*, “Observation of very high order multi-photon absorption in GeSbS chalcogenide glass” APL Photonics 4, 036102 (2019).
55. A. Yadav, A. Buff, M. Kang, L. Sisken, C. Smith, J. Lonergan, C. Blanco, M. Antia, M. Driggers, A. Kirk, C. Rivero-Baleine, T. Mayer, A. Swisher, A. Pogrebnyakov, A. R. Hilton, G. Whaley, T. J. Loretz, A. Yee, G. Schmidt, D. Moore, and K. Richardson*, “Melt size dependent property variation in GeSe2-As2Se3-PbSe (GAP-Se) glass ceramics for infrared GRIN applications,” Int. J. Appl. Glass Sci. 10, 27 (2019).
56. C. Goncalves†, M. Kang†, B. -U. Sohn, G. Yin, J. Hu, D. T. H. Tan, and K. Richardson*, “New Candidate Multicomponent Chalcogenide Glasses for Supercontinuum Generation,” Appl. Sci. 8, 2082 (2018). [†: Equal contribution, Invited review article in a special topical issue entitled “Mid-infrared supercontinuum sources”, Feature paper]
57. M. Kang, A. M. Swisher, A. V. Pogrebnyanov, L. Liu, A. Kirk, S. Aiken, L. Sisken, C. Lonergan, J. Cook, T. Malendevych, F. Kompan, I. Divliansky, L. B. Glebov, M. C. Richardson, C. Rivero-Baleine, C. G. Pantano, T. S. Mayer*, and K. Richardson*, “Ultra-low Dispersion Multicomponent Thin Film Chalcogenide Glass for Broadband Gradient Index Optics,” Adv. Mater. 30, 1803628 (2018). [Highlighted in a UCF CREOL Department News]
58. M. Kang†*, L. Sisken†, J. Cook, C. Blanco, M. C. Richardson, I. Mingareev, and K. Richardson, “Refractive Index Patterning of Infrared Glass Ceramics through Laser-Induced Vitrification,” Opt. Mater. Express 8, 2722 (2018). [†: Equal contribution, Invited article in a special topical issue entitled “Optical phase change materials”]
59. Q. Altemose, K. Raichle, B. Schnable, C. Schwarz*, M. Kang, C. Pantano, K. Richardson, and C. Rivero-Baleine, “In Situ X-Ray Diffraction Studies of Crystallization Growth Behavior in ZnO-Bi2O3-B2O3 Glass as a Route to Functional Optical Devices,” MRS Adv. 3, 563 (2018).
60. A. Lepicard, F. Bondu, M. Kang, L. Sisken, A. Yadav, F. Adamietz, V. Rodriguez, K. Richardson, and M. Dussauze*, “Long-lived monolithic micro-optics for multispectral GRIN applications,” Sci. Rep. 8, 7388 (2018).
61. L. Sisken, C. Smith, A. Buff, M. Kang, K. Chamma, P. Wachtel, J. D. Musgraves, C. Rivero-Baleine, A. Kirk, M. Kalinowski, M. Melvin, and K. Richardson*, “Evidence of spatially selective refractive index modification in 15GeSe2-45As2Se3-40PbSe glass through correlation of structure and optical property measurements for GRIN applications,” Opt. Mater. Exp. 7, 3077 (2017).
62. A. Yadav, M. Kang, C. Smith, J. Lonergan, A. Buff, L. Sisken, K. Chamma, C. Blanco, J. Caraccio, T. Mayer, C. Rivero-Baleine, and K. Richardson*, “Influence of phase-separation on structure-property relationships in the (GeSe2-3As2Se3)1-xPbSex glass system,” Phys. Chem. Glasses-B 58, 115 (2017). [Invited article at the Turner Legacy Symposium within the Program of the Society of Glass Technology Centenary Conference]
63. M. Kang†*, Y. Yuwen†, W. Hu, S. Yun, M. Krishnamurthy, B. Jiang, K. Eyink, E. Poutrina, K. Richardson, and T. S. Mayer*, "Self-Organized One-Dimensional Au Nanoparticle Arrays," ACS Nano 11, 5844 (2017). [†: Equal contribution]
64. M. Kang†, S. Jeon†, T. Jen, J. -E. Lee, V. Sih, and R. S. Goldman*, “Formation of Embedded Plasmonic Ga Nanoparticle Arrays and Their Influence on GaAs Photoluminescence,” J. Appl. Phys. 122, 033102 (2017). [†: Equal contribution, Highlighted in Michigan News, Nanotechweb.org, TATA in Europe Perspective, and many others]
65. O. Z. Gall†*, X. Zhong†, D. S. Schulman, M. Kang, A. Razavieh, and T. S. Mayer, "CMOS-Compatible Titanium Dioxide Nanowire Sensor Array Integration Using Deterministic Assembly," Nanotechnology 28, 265501 (2017). [†: Equal contribution]
66. M. J. Abere, C. Chen, D. R. Rittman, M. Kang, R. S. Goldman, J. D. Phillips, B. Torralva, and S. M. Yalisove*, “Nanodot Formation Induced by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 163103 (2014).
67. M. Kang, I. Beskin, A. A. Al-Heji, O. Shende, S. Huang, S. Jeon, and R. S. Goldman*, “Evolution of Ion-Induced Ga Nanoparticle Arrays on GaAs Surfaces,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 182102 (2014).
68. M. Kang, J. H. Wu, W. Ye, Y. Jiang, E. A. Robb, C. Chen, and R. S. Goldman*, “Formation and Evolution of Ripples on Ion-Irradiated Semiconductor Surfaces,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 052103 (2014).
69. M. Kang, A. A. Al-Heji, J. -E. Lee, T. W. Saucer, S. Jeon, J. H. Wu, L. Zhao, A. L. Katzenstein, D. L. Sofferman, V. Sih, and R. S. Goldman*, “Ga Nanoparticle-Induced Photoluminescence Enhancement of GaAs,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 101903 (2013).
70. M. Kang, J. H. Wu, D. L. Sofferman, I. Beskin, H. Y. Chen, K. Thornton, and R. S. Goldman*, “Origins of Ion Irradiation-Induced Ga Nanoparticle Motion on GaAs Surfaces,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 072115 (2013).
71. G. Vardar, S. W. Paleg, M. V. Warren, M. Kang, S. Jeon, and R. S. Goldman*, “Mechanisms of Droplet Formation and Bi Incorporation During Molecular Beam Epitaxy of GaAsBi,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 102, 042106 (2013).
72. M. Kang, J. H. Wu, S. Huang, M. V. Warren, Y. Jiang, E. A. Robb, and R. S. Goldman*, “Universal Mechanism for Ion-Induced Nanostructure Formation on III-V Compound Semiconductor Surfaces,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 082101 (2012).
73. M. Kang, T. W. Saucer, M. V. Warren, J. H. Wu, H. Sun, V. Sih, and R. S. Goldman*, “Surface Plasmon Resonances of Ga Nanoparticle Arrays,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 101, 081905 (2012).
74. T. Moon, S. Hwang, D. -R. Jung, D. Son, C. Kim, J. Kim, M. Kang, and B. Park*, “Hydroxyl-Quenching Effects on the Photoluminescence Properties of SnO2:Eu3+ Nanoparticles,” J. Phys. Chem. C 111, 4164 (2007).

Unrefereed Articles

1. M. Kang* and K. A. Richardson*, “Bio-Inspired Optics: Chalcogenide Glass-Ceramic Nanocomposites Mark a Milestone in Infrared Gradient Refractive Index Materials,” Am. Ceram. Soc. Bull. 100, 29 (2021). [Invited, Feature article]

Conference Proceedings

1. C.-C. Popescu, K. Aryana, P. Garud, K. P. Dao, S. Vitale, C. Roberts, V. Liberman, H. B. Bae, T. W. Lee, M. Kang, K. Richardson, C. Rios, Y. Zhang, T. Gu, J. Hu, and H. J. Kim*, “Ge2Sb2Se4Te-Based Reconfigurable On-Chip Metasurface NIR Filter,” CLEO FTu4G.2 (2024).
2. C.-C. Popescu*, S. Vitale, C. Roberts, P. Miller, K. Aryana, M. Kang, K. Richardson, H. J. Kim, W. Humphreys, T. Gu, and J. Hu*, “Learning from failure: boosting cycling endurance of optical phase change materials,” Proc. SPIE 12431, 124310B (2023).
3. F. Yang, H.-I. Lin, M. Y. Shalaginov, K. Stoll, S. An, C. Rivero-Baleine, M. Kang, A. Agarwal, K. Richardson, H. Zhang, J. Hu, and T. Gu*, “Non-mechanical reconfigurable zoom metalenses,” Proc. SPIE 12196, 1219605-1 (2022).
4. C. C. Popescu, M. Shalaginov, F. Yang, H.-I. Lin, S. An, C. Roberts, P. Miller, M. Kang, K. Richardson, H. Zhang, C. Rivero-Baleine, H. J. Kim, T. Gu, S. Vitale, and J. Hu*, “New phase change materials for active photonics,” Proc. SPIE 12196, 1219606-1 (2022).
5. M. Shalaginov, F. Yang, S. An, H.-I. Lin, K. Stoll, M. Kang, A. Agarwal, K. Richardson, C. Rivero-Baleine, H. Zhang*, J. Hu*, and T. Gu*, “Reconfigurable Parfocal Zoom Metalens,” CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science JTu4Q.2 (2022).
6. C. Rios, Y. Zhang, Q. Du, C. C. Popescu, M. Shalaginov, P. Miller, C. Roberts, M. Kang, K. Richardson, T. Gu, S. A. Vitale, and J. Hu*, “Phase change materials: the ‘silicon’ for analog photonic computing?,” Proc. SPIE 12019, 1201909-1 (2022).
7. C. Rios, Y. Zhang, M. Shalaginov, C. C. Popescu, C. Roberts, P. Miller, M. Kang, K. Richardson, S. Vitale, and J. Hu*, “Phase change reconfigurable nanophotonics on a foundry-processed SOI platform,” IEEE Photonics Conference 1 (2021).
8. S. An, B. Zheng, M. Y. Shalaginov, H. Tang, H. Li, L. Zhou, M. Haerinia, Y. Dong, A. M. Agarwal, C. Rivero-Baleine, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, J. Hu, C. Fowler, and H. Zhang*, “A Deep Learning Approach to Explore the Mutual Coupling Effects in Metasurfaces,” CLEO: Science and Innovations JTu3A.75 (2021).
9. C. Rios, Q. Du, Y. Zhang, M. Shalaginov, P. Miller, C. Roberts, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, S. Vitale, and J. Hu*, “On-chip electrothermal switching of low-loss phase change materials for nonvolatile programmable photonic circuits,” CLEO/Europe-EQEC 52157.9541979 (2021).
10. C. Rios, Q. Du, Y. Zhang, M. Shalaginov, P. Miller, P. Robinson, C. Roberts, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, S. Vitale, and J. Hu*, “Integrated Nonvolatile Phase-shifter Based on Electrically Reconfigurable Low-loss Phase-Change Materials,” CLEO: Science and Innovations JTu2P.2 (2021).
11. C. Fowler, S. An, B. Zheng, H. Li, H. Tang, M. Haerinia, Y. Dong, Y. Zhang, M. Y. Shalaginov, A. M. Agarwal, C. Rivero-Baleine, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, J. Hu, and H. Zhang*, “A Deep Neural Network Near-Universal Dielectric Meta-Atom Generator,” Flat Optics: Components to Systems JW4D.4 (2021).
12. M. Kang, R. Osborne, C. Blanco, I. Matrin, H. Francois-Saint-Cyr, C. Rivero-Baleine, and K. A. Richardson*, “Chalcogenide Glass-Ceramics for Lightweight Aberration-Minimized Infrared Gradient Refractive Index Flat Media,” Flat Optics: Components to Systems JTu1A.11 (2021).
13. Y. Zhang*, C. Fowler, J. Liang, B. Azhar, M. Y. Shalaginov, S. Deckoff-Jones, S. An, J. B. Chou, C. M. Roberts, V. Liberman, M. Kang, C. Rios, K. A. Richardson, C. Rivero-Baleine, T. Gu, H. Zhang, and J. Hu*, “Electrically Reconfigurable Nonvolatile Metasurface based on Phase Change Materials,” Flat Optics: Components to Systems FTu4A.5 (2021).
14. C. Rios, Y. Zhang, Q. Du, C.-C. Popescu, M. Shalaginov, P. Miller, C. Roberts, M. Kang, K. Richardson, S. An, C. Fowler, H. Zhang, T. Gu, S. A. Vitale, and J. Hu, “Electrically-switchable foundry-processed phase change photonic devices,” Proc. SPIE 11796, 117961Z (2021).
15. Y. Zhang, C. Rios, M. Y. Shalaginov, S. An, C. Fowler, J. B. Chou, C. M. Roberts, V. Liberman, S. Vitale, M. Kang, K. A. Richardson, C. Rivero-Baleine, T. Gu, H. Zhang, and J. Hu, “Optical phase-change materials (O-PCMs) for reconfigurable photonics,” Asia Communications and Photonics Conference T2D.1 (2020).
16. B. -U. Sohn, M. Kang, R. Sharma, J. Choi, C. Blanco, K. A. Richardson, and D. T. H. Tan*, “Mid-infrared nonlinear optical properties of droplet-free chalcogenide GeSe2-As2Se3-PbSe glasses,” CLEO: PR P5_20 (2020).
17. M. Shalaginov†, S. An†, Y. Zhang, F. Yang, P. Su, V. Liberman, J. Chou, C. Roberts, M. Kang, C. Rios, Q. Du, C. Fowler, A. Agarwal, K. Richardson, C. Rivero-Baleine, H. Zhang, J. Hu, and T. Gu, “Reconfigurable Non-volatile High-performance Metalens,” CLEO 1 (2020). [†: Equal contribution]
18. S. An, C. Fowler, B. Zheng, M. Y. Shalaginov, H. Tang, H. Li, J. Ding, M. Kang, A. M. Agarwal, C. Rivero-Baleine, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, J. Hu, and H. Zhang*, “All-dielectric Metasurface Designs Enabled by Deep Neural Networks,” CLEO: QELS FW4B.8 (2020).
19. M. Kang†, H. Francois-Saint-Cyr†, I. Martin†, R. Sharma, C. Blanco, S. Antonov, T. J. Prosa, and K. A. Richardson*, “Unveiling True Three-Dimensional Microstructural Evolution in Novel Chalcogenide Nanocomposites as a Route to Infrared Gradient Refractive Index Functionality,” Microsc. Microanal. 26, 3078 (2020). [†: Equal contribution]
20. Y. Zhang, Q. Zhang, J. B. Chou, J. Li, C. Roberts, M. Kang, C. Goncalves, R. Soref, C. Rios, M. Shalaginov, K. Richardson, T. Gu, V. Liberman, and J. Hu*, “Designing nonvolatile integrated photonics with low-loss optical phase change materials,” Proc. SPIE 11081, 110811S (2019).
21. H. Francois-Saint-Cyr†*, M. Kang†, I. Martin†, S. Antonov, T. J. Prosa, and K. Richardson, “Three-Dimensional Microstructural Characterization of Novel Chalcogenide Nanocomposites for Gradient Refractive Index Applications,” Microsc. Microanal. 25, 2500 (2019). [†: Equal contribution]
22. V. Liberman, Y. Zhang, M. Shalaginov, C. Rios, P. Robinson, C. Roberts, K. Tibbetts, M. Kang, K. Richardson, J. Hu, and J. B. Chou, “Reconfigurable Infrared Flat Optics with Novel Phase Change Materials,” Novel Optical Materials and Application NoW3B.2 (2019).
23. B. -U. Sohn, M. Kang, J. W. Choi, A. M. Agarwal, K. Richardson, and D. T. H. Tan*, “Observation of eleven-photon absorption and four-photon absorption excited photoluminescence in GeSbS chalcogenide glass,” Nonlinear Opt. NTu4A.36 (2019).
24. M. Kang*, T. Malendevych, G. Yin, I. B. Murray, M. C. Richardson, J. Hu, I. Mingareev, and K. Richardson, “Scalable Laser-Written Ge-As-Pb-Se Chalcogenide Glass-Ceramic Films and the Realization of Infrared Gradient Refractive Index Elements,” Proc. SPIE 10998, 109980E-1 (2019).
25. Y. Zhang, J. B. Chou, M. Shalaginov, C. Rios, C. Roberts, P. Robinson, B. Bohlin, Q. Du, Q. Zhang, J. Li, M. Kang, C. Goncalves, K. Richardson, T. Gu, V. Liberman, and J. Hu*, “Reshaping Light: Reconfigurable Photonics Enabled by Broadband Low-loss Optical Phase Change Materials,” Proc. SPIE 10982, 109820Q (2019).
26. I. Mingareev*, M. Kang, T. Malendevych, G. Yin, J. Hu, K. Richardson, and M. Richardson, “Laser-induced modification of local refractive index in infrared glass-ceramic films,” Proc. SPIE 10906, 109060X (2019).
27. S. An, C. Fowler, M. Y. Shalaginov, Y. Zhang, P. Su, M. Kang, B. Zheng, H. Tang, H. Li, A. M. Agarwal, C. Rivero-Baleine, K. A. Richardson, T. Gu, J. Hu, and H. Zhang*, “Modeling of All-Dielectric Metasurfaces Using Deep Neural Networks,” Appl. Comput. Electrom. 978-0-9960078-8-7 (2019).
28. K. Richardson*, M. Kang, L. Sisken, A. Yadav, C. Blanco, M. Antia, S. Novak, B. Gleason, C. Smith, A. Buff, A. Lepicard, M. Dussauze, C. Schwarz, S. Kuebler, C. Grabill, C. Pantano, T. Mayer, A. Pogrebnyakov, C. Rivero-Baleine, A. Kirk, S. Mensah, M. Driggers, J. Hu, P.-T. Lin, A. Agarwal, C. Li, and W. Deng, “Advances in infrared GRIN: a review of novel materials towards components and devices,” Proc. SPIE 10627, 106270A (2018).
29. C. Schwarz*, M. Kang, C. Pantano, K. Richardson, C. Rivero-Baleine, S. Kuebler, C. Grabill, J. Rice, Q. Altemose, K. Raichle, B. Schnable, I. Wietecha-Reiman, and E. Haldeman, “Optical and crystal growth studies of ZnO-Bi2O3-B2O3 glass,” Proc. SPIE 10627, 10627O (2018).
30. K. Richardson*, A. Buff, C. Smith, L. Sisken, J. D. Musgraves, P. Wachtel, T. Mayer, A. Swisher, A. Pogrebnyakov, M. Kang, C. Pantano, D. Werner, A. Kirk, S. Aiken, and C. Rivero- Baleine, “Engineering novel infrared glass ceramics for advanced optical solutions,” Proc. SPIE 9822, 982205 (2016).

Book Chapters

1. K. Richardson†* and M. Kang†, “Chalcogenide Materials for Mid-Wave Infrared Fiber,” Mid-infrared Fibre Photonics edited by S. Jackson, R. Vallee, and M. Bernier, Elsevier (2021). In press [†: Equal contribution]
2. M. Kang†* and K. Richardson†, “Glasses: Chalcogenides,” Encyclopedia of Materials: Technical Ceramics and Glasses edited by S. Hampshire, Elsevier (2021). [†: Equal contribution]
3. I. Mingareev*, F. Weirauch, T. Bonhoff, N. Gehlich, M. Kang, K. Richardson, and M. Richardson, “Applications of high-power 2µm thulium fiber lasers in materials processing,” Advances in High-Power Fiber and Diode Laser Engineering edited by I. Divliansky, Institution of Engineering & Technology (2020).