Overview
Maiken H. Mikkelsen is the James N. and Elizabeth H. Barton Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. She received her B.S. in Physics from the University of Copenhagen in 2004, her Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2009 and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley before joining Duke University in 2012. Her research explores nanophotonics and new quantum materials to enable transformative breakthroughs for optoelectronics, quantum science, the environment, and human health.
Her awards include the Maria Goeppert Mayer Award from the American Physical Society, the NSF CAREER award, the Moore Inventor Fellow award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and young investigator program awards from the Office of Naval Research, the Army Research Office and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Recent Publications
Ultrafast pyroelectric photodetection with on-chip spectral filters.
Journal Article Nature materials · February 2020 Thermal detectors, such as bolometric, pyroelectric and thermoelectric devices, are uniquely capable of sensing incident radiation for any electromagnetic frequency; however, the response times of practical devices are typically on the millisecond scale Full text CiteProbing the origin of highly-efficient third-harmonic generation in plasmonic nanogaps.
Journal Article Optics express · August 2018 Plasmonic structures can precisely localize electromagnetic energy to deep subwavelength regions resulting in significant field enhancement useful for efficient on-chip nonlinear generation. However, the origin of large nonlinear enhancements observed in p ... Full text CiteTailored Emission Spectrum of 2D Semiconductors Using Plasmonic Nanocavities
Journal Article ACS Photonics · February 21, 2018 Tailoring light-matter interactions in monolayer MoS2 is critical for its use in optoelectronic and nanophotonic devices. While significant effort has been devoted to enhancing the photoluminescence intensity in monolayer MoS2, tailor ... Full text CiteRecent Grants
Nano Solutions On-Chip (NSOC)
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Triad National Security, LLC · 2025 - 2029Meta-imaging: Sensing, Processing and Computing with Dynamic Metasurfaces
ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Air Force Office of Scientific Research · 2021 - 2026Hummink NAZCA High-Precision Capillary Flow Printer
EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2026View All Grants