Principal Investigator ( prof. Seungchul Kim)

2020 ~       : Associate Professor, Dept. of Optics and Mechatronics Engineering, PNU, Busan  
2016 - 2019: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Optics and Mechatronics Engineering, PNU, Busan  
2012 - 2016: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, POSTECH, Pohang, Korea
2011 - 2016: Junior Research Group Leader, MaxPlanck Center for Attosecond Science, Pohang, Korea
2011 - 2012: MaxPlanck Institute of Quantum Optics, The group of F. Krausz, Munich(Garching), Germany
2009 - 2011: Post-Doc, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea
2005 - 2009: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST,  Korea  
2003 - 2005: Ph. D. - M.S joint program in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Korea            
1998 - 2003: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST, Daejeon, Korea 

*Publications: 30+ high impact journals including Nature, Nature Photonics and Nature communications 

*Presentations: 30+ talks (14 invited) at US & Germany and international conferences, meeting and workshops

*Honors and Awards: 4 awards including KAIST best scholarship of the year (SUKLIM)
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*Press Releases: 15+ media interests in online news, science magazines and reviewed articles

expertise

Expertise:​
i) Advancing the ultrafast metrologies and its interdisciplinary ultrafast science & applications combining the ultra-precision in length, time, and frequency metrologies.
ii) Ultra precision dimensional metrology based on the optical frequency comb of frequency stabilized mode locked laser system.
iii) Theoretical & experimental knowledge in nano-plasmonics, ultrafast plasmonics & non-linear nanophotonics for developing novel scanning microscopy and spectroscopy.
iv) Experimental knowledge in nano-fabrications.
v) Development of THz spectroscopy system for material science/biomedical applications.

5 PROMINENT PUBLICATIONS

5 Prominent Publications

1. S. Kim*, J. Jin*, Y.-J. Kim, I.-Y. Park, Y. Kim, and S.-W. Kim, “High harmonic generation by resonant plasmon field enhancement,” Nature, 453, 757-760, 2008 
 (I.F. 38.597, Citations: 1086 in google scholar, Featured in News and Views at Nature, Research highlights at Nature Nanotechnology and Nature Asia-Pacific, News at IEEE spectrum online, News at physicsworld, News at Laser Focus, News and Features at Photonics) *Co-first Author
 
2. I.-Y. Park*, S. Kim,* J. Choi*, D.-H. Lee, Y.-J. Kim, M. F. Kling, M. I. Stockman, and S.-W. Kim, “Plasmonic generation of ultrashort extreme-ultraviolet light pulses,” Nature Photonics, 5, 677-681, 2011
 (I.F. 27.254, Citations: 217 in google scholar, Featured in News and Views at Nature photonics, SPIE newsroom & physicsworld) *Co-first Author
 
3. X. T. Geng, B. Chun, J. H. Seo, K. Seo, H. Yoon, D. Kim, Y.-J. Kim*, and S. Kim*, “Frequency comb transferred by surface plasmon resonance,” Nature Communications 7, 10685, 2016 (I.F. 12.124) *Co-corresponding Author
 
4. S. Han, H. Kim, Y. W. Kim, Y.-J. Kim, S. Kim, I.-Y. Park, and S.-W. Kim, “High harmonic generation by strongly enhanced femtosecond pulses in metal-sapphire nanostructure waveguide,” Nature Communications 7, 13105, 2016 (I.F. 12.124) Co-author
 
5. H. Kim, S. Han, Y.W. Kim, S. Kim, S.-W. Kim, “Generation of Coherent Extreme-Ultraviolet Radiation from Bulk Sapphire Crystal,”  ACS photonics, 4, 1627-1632, 2017 (I.F. 6.7) (JCR top 7 % in Optics) Co-author

​AWARDS AND HONORS

Awards and Honors
 
Optical Technology Innovation Award (Optical Society of Korea), 2019
KAIST SUKLIM Scholarship, 2009 
BK21 representative Paper Award, 2009
Award by president of KIMM(Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials), 2009
Representative Researches top 60, 2009
Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology Best internship award, 2002

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