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Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles (before joining UMBC)

  1. B. Mukherjee, N. Kaushik, R. P. N. Tripathi, A. M. Joseph, P. K. Mohapatra, S. Dhar, G. V. Pavan Kumar, S. Lodha, and E. Simsek, "Exciton Emission Intensity Modulation of Monolayer MoS2 via Au Plasmon Coupling," Nature Scientific Reports, vol. 7, 41175, Jan. 2017. [Download] [DOI: 10.1038/srep41175]
  2. B. Mukherjee and E. Simsek, "Utilization of monolayer MoS2 in Bragg stacks and metamaterial structures as broadband absorbers," Optics Communications, vol. 369, pp. 89-93, 2016. [Download] [DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2016.02.038]
  3. F. Tseng, E. Simsek, and D. Gunlycke, "Using Dark States for Exciton Storage in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides," J. Phys.: Condens. Matter, vol. 28, 034005 (6pp), 2016. [Download] [DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/28/3/034005]
  4. B. Mukherjee and E. Simsek, “Absorptance of PbS Quantum Dots Thin Film Deposited On Trilayer MoS2,” Advanced Materials Letters, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 936-940, 2015. [Download] [DOI: 10.5185/amlett.2015.6094]
  5. E. Simsek and B. Mukherjee, "Visibility of Atomically Thin Layered Materials Buried in Silicon Dioxide," IOP Nanotechnology, vol. 26, no. 45, 455701, October 2015. [Download] [DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/26/45/455701]
  6. B. Mukherjee and E. Simsek, "Plasmonics Enhanced Average Broadband Absorption of Monolayer MoS2," Plasmonics, vol. 11, pp. 1-5 (2015). [Download] [DOI: 10.1007/s11468-015-0053-9]
  7. B. Mukherjee, W. S. Leong, Y. Li, H. Gong, L. Sun, Z. X. Shen, E. Simsek, and J. T. L. Thong, "Raman analysis of gold on WSe2 single crystal film," Materials Research Express, vol. 2, 065009 (2015). [Download] [DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/2/6/065009]
  8. B. Mukherjee, F. Tseng, D. Gunlycke, K. K. Amara, G. Eda, and E. Simsek, "Complex electrical permittivity of the monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) in near UV and visible," Optical Materials Express, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 447-455 (2015). [Download] [DOI: 10.1364/OME.5.000447]
  9. R. Sahin, S. Akturk, and E. Simsek, "Quantifying the Quality of Femtosecond Laser Ablation of Graphene," Applied Physics A, vol. 116, no. 2, pp 555-560, Aug. 2014. [Download] [DOI: 10.1007/s00339-014-8522-0]
  10. R. Sahin, E. Simsek, and S. Akturk, "Nanoscale Patterning of Graphene through Femtosecond Laser Ablation," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 104, 053118, 2014. [Download] [DOI: 10.1063/1.4864616]
  11. Chenran Ye, Khan Sikandar, Zhuoran Li, E. Simsek, V. J. Sorger, "λ-Size ITO and Graphene-based Electro-optic Modulators on SOI" IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 20, no. 4, 3400310, 2014. [Download] [DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2298451]
  12. E. Simsek, "Graphene in Layered Medium Applications" Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 55, no. 10, pp. 2293-2296, Oct. 2013. [Download] [DOI: 10.1002/mop.27838]
  13. R. Sahin, Y. Morova, E. Simsek, S. Akturk, "Bessel-Beam-Written Nanoslit Arrays and Characterization of their Optical Response," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 102, no. 19, 193106, May 2013. [Download] [DOI: 10.1063/1.4805358]
  14. E. Simsek, "A Closed-Form Approximate Expression for the Optical Conductivity of Graphene," Optics Letters, vol 38, no. 9, pp. 1437-1439, May 2013. [Download] [DOI: 10.1364/OL.38.001437]
  15. E. Simsek, "Improving Tuning Range and Sensitivity of Localized SPR Sensors with Graphene," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol 25, no. 9, pp. 867-870, May 2013. [Download] [DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2013.2253316]
  16. E. Simsek and S. Akturk, "Plasmonic Enhancement during Femtosecond Laser Drilling of sub- Wavelength Holes in Metals," Plasmonics, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 767-772, 2011. [Download] [DOI: 10.1007/s11468-011-9262-z]
  17. E. Simsek, "Full Analytical Model for Obtaining Surface Plasmon Resonance Modes of Metal Nanoparticle Structures Embedded in Layered Media," Optics Express, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 1722-1733, January 2010. [Download] [DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001722]
  18. E. Simsek, "On the Surface Plasmon Resonance Modes of Nanoparticle Chains and Arrays," Plasmonics, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 223-230, September 2009. [Download] [DOI: 10.1007/s11468-009-9096-0]
  19. B. K. Sinha, E. Simsek, and S. Asvadurov, "Influence of a Pipe Tool on Borehole Modes in a Fast Formation," Geophysics, vol. 74, no. 3, pp. E111-E123, May-June 2009. [Download] [DOI: 10.1190/1.3085644]
  20. Q. H. Liu, Y. Lin, J. Liu, J.H. Lee, and E. Simsek "A 3-D Spectral Integral Method for Surface Integral Equations", IEEE Microwave and Wireless Component Letters, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 62-64, Feb. 2009. [Download] [DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2008.2011305]
  21. E. Simsek and B. K. Sinha, "Analysis of Noncircular Fluid Filled Boreholes in Elastic Formations Using a Perturbation Mode," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124(1), pp. 213-7, July, 2008. [Download] [DOI: 10.1121/1.2931954]
  22. K. B. Crozier, E. Togan, E. Simsek, and T. Yang, "Experimental Measurement of the Dispersion Relations of the Surface Plasmon Modes of Metal Nanoparticle Chains," Opt. Express, 15, pp. 17482-17493, 2007. [Download] [DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.017482]
  23. B. Wei, E. Simsek, C. Yu, and Q. H. Liu, "Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Nonlinear Inversion in Layered Media by a Hybrid Diagonal Tensor Approximation - Stabilized Biconjugate Gradient Fast Fourier Transform Method," Waves in Random and Complex Media, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 129-147, May 2007. [Download] [DOI: 10.1080/17455030601016117]
  24. B. Wei, E. Simsek, and Q. H. Liu, "Improved diagonal tensor approximation (DTA) and hybrid DTA/BCGS-FFT method for accurate simulation of 3-D inhomogeneous objects in layered media," Waves in Random and Complex Media, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 55-66, Feb. 2007. [Download] [DOI: 10.1080/17455030600924949]
  25. B. K. Sinha, E. Simsek, and Q. H. Liu, "Elastic wave propagation in deviated wells in anisotropic formations," Geophysics, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. 191-202, Nov. 2006. [Download] [DOI: 10.1190/1.2358402]
  26. E. Simsek, J. Liu, and Q. H. Liu, "A Spectral Integral Method and Hybrid SIM/FEM for Layered Media," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 3878-3884, Nov. 2006. [Download] [DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.883647]
  27. E. Simsek, J. Liu, and Q. H. Liu, "A Spectral Integral Method (SIM) for Layered Media," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 54, issue 6, pp. 1742-1749, June 2006. [Download] [DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.875500]
  28. E. Simsek, Q. H. Liu, and B. Wei, "Singularity subtraction for evaluation of Green's functions for multilayer media," IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 216-225, Jan. 2006. [Download] [DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2005.860304]
  29. L. P. Song, E. Simsek, and Q. H. Liu, "A Fast 2-D Volume Integral Equation Solver for Scattering from Inhomogeneous Objects in Layered Media," Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 47, No. 2 , pp. 128-134, Oct. 2005. [Download] [DOI: 10.1002/mop.21101]

Presentations at the International Conferences (pre UMBC)

  1. Ergun Simsek, "Solving Schrodinger Equation for Excitons in Multilayered Media," 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), pp. 231-232, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26 - July 1, 2016. [Download]
  2. B. Mukherjee and E. Simsek, "Light-Matter Interactions in Complex Media with 2D Materials, Metamaterials, and Quantum Dots," 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), pp. 977-978, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26 - July 1, 2016. [Download]
  3. B. Mukherjee, E. Simsek, B. Varghese, M. Zheng, E. S. Tok, and C. H. Sow, "Photoconductivity of Interconnected Nanowires and Their Electromagnetic-Circuit Co-Simulation," 2016 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, pp. 63-64, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26 - July 1, 2016. [Download]
  4. E. Simsek, B. Mukherjee, A. Guchhait, Y. T. Chan, "Enhanced absorption with quantum dots, metal nanoparticles, and 2D materials," SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13-18 February 2016. [Download]
  5. E. Simsek and B. Mukherjee, "Keeping 2D materials visible even buried in soI wafers," SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13-18 February 2016. [Download]
  6. F. Tseng, E. Simsek, and D. Gunlycke, "Controlling exciton population in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides," Graphene Canada 2015, Montreal, Canada, October 14–16, 2015. [Download]
  7. F. Tseng, D. Gunlycke, and E. Simsek, "Theory and Applications of Strongly Bound Excitons in Layered Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides," 2015 IEEE Photonics Conference, 28th Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society, Reston, Virginia USA, 4 - 8 October 2015. [Download]
  8. B. Mukherjee and E. Simsek, "Plasmonics Enhanced Average Absorption of Monolayer MoS2 in vis-NIR," 2015 IEEE Photonics Conference, 28th Annual Conference of the IEEE Photonics Society, Reston, Virginia USA, 4 - 8 October 2015. [Download]
  9. D. Gunlycke, F. Tseng, and E. Simsek, "Exciton Physics in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenides at the Atomic Scale," Advanced Photonics 2015, Boston, MA, USA, 27 June - 01 July 2015. [Download]
  10. R. Sahin, E. Simsek, S. Akturk, "Quantitative and Qualitative Studies of Femtosecond Laser Nanopatterning of Graphene," CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015, Munich, Germany, 21-25 June 2015.[Download]
  11. B. Mukherjee and E. Simsek, "Enhancing Scattering and Absorption in Two-Dimensional Layered Material Systems with Surface Plasmons and Periodicity," the 31st International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES 2015), Williamsburg, VA, USA, March 22-26, 2015. [Download]
  12. E. Simsek and B. K. Sinha, "Estimation of Depletion- or Injection-induced Changes in Reservoir Stresses using Time-lapse Sonic Data," 2014 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Chicago, IL USA, September 3-6, 2014. [Download]
  13. E. Simsek, "On The Development of A New Multi-Physics Solver for Atomically Thin Layered Material Systems," 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, July 6-12, 2014. [Download]
  14. E. Simsek, "A Hybrid Spectral Integral - Finite Element Method for Layered Media Including Graphene-like Atomically Thin Layered Materials," 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, July 6-12, 2014. [Download]
  15. R. Sahin, Y. Morova, E. Simsek, S. Akturk, "Electromagnetic Wave Propagation Through and Reflection from Metal Nano Stripes Fabricated with Femtosecond Laser Ablation," 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, July 6-12, 2014. [Download]
  16. C. Ye, K. Sikandar, Z. Li, E. Simsek, V. Sorger, "A Performance Comparison of ITO and Graphene-based Electro-optic Modulators," 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, July 6-12, 2014. [Download]
  17. R. Sahin, E. Simsek, S. Akturk, "Nanometer-Scale Structuring of Gold Thin-Films and Graphene by Femtosecond Laser Bessel Beams," CLEO 2014, the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, San Jose, CA, USA, June 8-13, 2014. [Download]
  18. E. Simsek, "Graphene: A Two Dimensional Material in Three Dimensional Structures," 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting in Orlando, Florida, USA, July 7-12, 2013. [Download]
  19. R. Sahin, E. Simsek, and S. Akturk, "Double Surface Plasmon Resonances Obtained with Bessel-Beam-Written Nanoslits Arrays," The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-IQEC 2013), Munich, Germany, May 12-16, 2013. [Download]
  20. E. Simsek, "Tunable graphene-based SPR Sensors," Smart Biomedical and Physiological Sensor Technology X (SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing), 29 April - 3 May 2013, Baltimore, Maryland USA. [Download]
  21. E. Simsek, J. Liu, and Q. H. Liu, "A Spectral Integral Method for the Analysis of Nano Wires," 30th URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (XXXth URSI GA), Istanbul, Turkey, August 13-20, 2011. [Download]
  22. E. Simsek, "Conventional Computational Electromagnetics toward Nanoscale, Optical, and Plasmonic Applications," International Conference on High Performance Computing and Simulation, Istanbul, Turkey, July 4-8, 2011. (invited) [Download]
  23. E. Simsek and B. Sonmez, "Layered Medium Discrete Dipole Approximation," CEM 2011, Wraclow, Poland, April 11-14, 2011. [Download]
  24. E. Simsek and B. K. Sinha, "An Efficient Formulation for Harmonic Waves in Multilayered Cylindrical Structures and its Geophysical Applications," 19th International Geophysical Congress and Exhibition of Turkey, Ankara, November 23-26, 2010. [Download]
  25. B. K. Sinha and E. Simsek, "Sonic logging in deviated wellbores in the presence of a drill collar," 80th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Denver, CO, 17-22 Oct. 2010. [Download]
  26. E. Simsek and Q. H. Liu, "Design of Optical Devices Using Frequency Domain Solvers," International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Berlin, Germany, August 16-19, 2010. [Download]
  27. E. Simsek, "A More Realistic Coupled Dipole Approximation Model for Plasmonic Waveguides," ECIO 2010, Cambridge, UK, 7-9 April, 2010. [Download]
  28. E. Simsek and B. K. Sinha, "An Efficient Formulation for Harmonic Waves in Multilayered Cylindrical Structures," IEEE UFFC Symposium, 20-23 September, 2009, Roma, Italy. [Download]
  29. E. Simsek and Q. H. Liu, "Integral Equation Solvers and Their Applications in the Optical Regime," ICEAA 09, September 14-18, 2009, Torino, Italy. [Download]
  30. E. Simsek, "Effective Refractive Index Approximation on the Surface Plasmon Resonance Modes of Metal Nanoparticle Chains and Arrays," PIERS 2009 in Moscow, RUSSIA, 18-21 August, 2009.[Download]
  31. E. Simsek, "Effects of Inhomogeneous Background to the Surface Plasmon Resonance Modes of Metal Nanoparticle Chains," IEEE CLEO Europe 2009, June 2009.[Download]
  32. E. Simsek and B. K. Sinha, "Estimation of borehole ellipticity using cross-dipole dispersions," 78th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 2008. [Download]
  33. B. K. Sinha and E. Simsek, "Formation Stress Effects on Wave Propagation in a Fluid-filled Borehole," IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, New York, NY, Oct. 2007. [Download]
  34. E. Simsek, B. K. Sinha, S. Zeroug, and N. Bounoua, "Influence of breakouts on borehole sonic dispersions," 77th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, San Antonio, TX, Sept. 2007. [Download]
  35. J. Liu, Y. Lin, J.H. Lee, E. Simsek, and Q. H. Liu, "Application of the hybrid spectral integral method with spectral element method," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and URSI, Honolulu, HI, June 2007. [Download]
  36. E. Simsek, J. Liu, and Q. H. Liu, "A Spectral Integral Method (SIM) for Layered Media,'' IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and URSI, Abstract, Washington, DC, July 2005. [Download]
  37. E. Simsek, Q. H. Liu, and J. Liu, "Fast computation of dyadic Green's function for layered media and its application in interconnect simulations,'' IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium and URSI, Abstract, Monterey, CA, June 2004. [Download]