Max Yan

I am currently "Optics and Photonics" master-program track responsible at KTH. The specialization can be taken via both "Engineering Physics"master program (SCI School) and "Electromagnetics, Fusion and Space Engineering" master program (EECS School).  Contact me if you have relevant questions.

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My shortest bio:

• 2009-present: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), asst. prof./researcher
• 2008-2009: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), postdoc/asst. prof.
• 2006-2008: Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), postdoc
• 1998-2006: Nanyang Technological University (NTU), undergraduate/phd

Research interest:

• Nanophotonics, plasmonics
• Thermal radiation
• Silicon photonics
• Metamaterial (currently terahertz waveguide)
• Computational electromagnetics
• Acoustic wave for information processing

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Visiting address:

KTH - Albano, house 3, Hannes Alfvéns Väg 12, 11419 Stockholm

Master thesis work available:

• Revisit Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation (very theoretical!)
• Nanostructured thermal emitters (theoretical or experimental)
• Passive radiative cooling (experimental + theoretical)
• Terahertz fiber (experimental)