Ertugrul Cubukcu

NanoEngineering

Associate Professor

Research Focus
Nanoengineered photonic devices and sensors, plasmonics, optomechanics, optical materials, light-material interactions on the nanoscale, and two dimensional materials.
Research Summary

Professor Ertugrul Cubukcu’s research involves engineering light matter interactions on the nanoscale for achieving novel functionality in optical devices and sensors for application in medical diagnostics and environmental monitoring. He also investigates the potential of emerging two-dimensional semiconducting and semimetallic materials (i.e. graphene) for photonics applications including light emission and photodetection. His more recent research focuses on coupling between optical and mechanical degrees of nanoscale systems. 

Professor Ertugrul Cubukcu
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Email:
ecubukcu@ucsd.edu

Bio

Prof. Cubukcu joined UCSD faculty in 2015. Previously he was on the faculty at Penn after a postdoctoral position at UC Berkeley. He received his PhD degree in Applied Physics from Harvard University in 2008.