Contact

Address

University of Utah
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
50 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 3112
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9206

Phone: (801) 581-5184
Fax: (801) 581-5281
Office: MEB 3112
E-mail: nahata@ece.utah.edu

 

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Columbia University, 1997
Thesis: "Generation and coherent detection of ultrafast electromagnetic pulses"
Advisers: David H. Auston and Tony F. Heinz

M.S. in Electrical Engineering Columbia University, 1987
Adviser: Richard M. Osgood

B.S. in Electrical Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985
Adviser: Hans P. Jenssen

 

Research Interests

Terahertz Optoelectronics
Plasmonics
Metamaterials
Ultrafast Optics
Nonlinear Optics
Guided-Wave Devices
Imaging

 

Selected Publications

A. Agrawal, T. Matsui, W. Zhu, A. Nahata, Z.V. Vardeny, "Terahertz spectroscopy of plasmonic fractals," Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 113901 (2009).

A. Agrawal, Z. V. Vardeny, and A. Nahata, "Engineering the dielectric function of plasmonic lattices," Opt. Express 16, 9601-9613 (2008).

W. Zhu, A. Agrawal, and A. Nahata, "Planar plasmonic terahertz guided-wave devices," Opt. Express 16, 6216-6226 (2008).

W. Zhu, A. Agrawal, and A. Nahata, "Direct measurement of the Gouy phase shift for surface plasmon-polaritons," Opt. Express 15, 9995-10001 (2007).

W. Zhu and A. Nahata, "Electric field vector characterization of terahertz surface plasmons," Opt. Express 15, 5616-5624 (2007).

T. Matsui, A. Agrawal, A. Nahata, and Z.V. Vardeny, "Transmission resonances through quasicrystal arrays of subwavelength apertures," Nature (London) 446, 517-520 (2007).

A. Agrawal, H. Cao, and A. Nahata, "Time-domain analysis of enhanced transmission through a single subwavelength aperture," Opt. Express 13, 3535-3542 (2005).

H. Cao and A. Nahata, "Resonantly enhanced transmission of terahertz radiation through a periodic array of subwavelength apertures," Opt. Express 12, 1004-1010 (2004).

H. Cao, R.A. Linke, and A. Nahata, "Broadband generation of terahertz radiation in a waveguide," Opt. Lett. 29, 1751-1753 (2004).

H. Cao, T.F. Heinz, and A. Nahata, "Electro-optic detection of femtosecond electromagnetic pulses using poled polymers," Opt. Lett. 27, 775-777 (2002).