dr. sc. Boris Okorn

External Associate, Department of Communication and Space Technologies

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2020. Yearly award of the Ruđer Bošković Institute for scientific publication: Okorn, Boris; Janicki, Vesna; Bončina, Tonica; Zupanič, Franc; Sancho-Parramon, Jordi; Plasmonic Refractive Index Sensing Based on Interference in Disordered Composite Films // Physica status solidi-rapid research letters, 13 (2019), 10; 1900284, 6 doi:10.1002/pssr.201900284

2019. Yearly award of the Ruđer Bošković Institute for scientific publication: Janicki, Vesna; Fabijanić, Ivana; Okorn, Boris; Dubček, Pavo; Sancho-Parramon, Jordi; Selective electric field assisted dissolution as a technique for micro and nano structuring of metal thin films //Applied physics letters, 113 (2018), 18; 183508, 4 doi:10.1063/1.5042037

Competences

  • Antennas and propagation
    Electromagnetic propagation Electromagnetic propagation in absorbing media
  • Electromagnetic compatibility and interference
    Electromagnetics Computational electromagnetics Electromagnetic forces
  • Nanotechnology
    Nanofabrication Nanomaterials Nanopatterning Nanophotonics Nanosensors Nanostructured materials Nanostructures Nanoparticles
  • Circuits and systems
    Active circuits
  • Instrumentation and measurement
    Electromagnetic measurements Optical variables measurement Ellipsometry Reflection coefficient Refractive index Spectroscopy
  • Materials, elements, and compounds
    Metamaterials Electromagnetic metamaterials Optical metamaterials Nanostructured materials Optical materials Periodic structures
  • Reliability
    Circuit stability
  • Lasers and electrooptics
    Optical sensors

Personal data

PhD graduation year:
2018.
Employed in this institution since:
2023.

List of select projects

(researcher) Elektronički senzorski sustavi s niskom potrošnjom energije za detekciju akustičkih događaja, 1.4.2024 – 30.6.2026. NPOO, leader and PI: Dinko Oletić, FER

(researcher) General Stability Theory of Non-Foster and Time-varying Elements – NOFSTAB, 1.12.2022 – 30.11.2025. EOARD, leader and PI: Silvio Hrabar, FER

(researcher) Metalni kompoziti za ultra-tanke infracrvene slojeve – METACUC (eng. Metal composites for ultrathin infrared coatings), 1.2.2020. – 31.1.2024., HrZZ (Croatian Science Foundation), leader and PI: Jordi Sancho-Parramon, IRB

(project leader and principal investigator) Rotating nanoparticles with optical forces nanotechnology with a twist, 1.6.2019 – 1.12.2019, Unity through Knowledge Fund UKF, project was located at King's College London, UK

(researcher) Razlaganje električnim poljem u tankim optičkim slojevima - nanostrukturiranje, dopiranje, porozni slojevi – REPTOSNANODOPS (eng. Electric field assisted dissolution in thin optical films - nanostructuring, doping, porous layers), 09.2017 – 03.2022, HrZZ (Croatian Science Foundation), leader and PI: Vesna Janicki, IRB

(researcher) Plazmonički alternativni materijali za konverziju solarne energije – PAMSEC (eng. Plasmonic alternative materials for solar energy conversion), 06.2017 – 06.2019, HrZZ+MINGO (Croatian Science Foundation and Croatian Ministry of environmental and Nature Protection), leader and PI: Jordi Sancho-Parramon, IRB

(researcher) Prema tehnologiji za povoljnu proizvodnju nanostruktura razgradnjom vodljivih tankih slojeva električnim poljem (eng. Towards technology for cheaper fabrication of nanostructures using electric field assisted dissolution of thin metal layers), 06.2016 – 06.2017, PoC Hamag-Bicro, leader and PI: Vesna Janicki, IRB

(researcher) Plazmoničke strukture velikih površina za kemijsku i biološku detekciju – LaPlaChem (eng. , Large area plasmonic structures for chemical and biosensing) 2017, Bilateral project CRO-SRB. leaders: Jordi Sancho-Parramon, Goran Isić

(researcher) Optical metasurfaces fabricated by focused ion beam, 2016, Bilateral project CRO-SLO, leaders: Jordi Sancho-Parramon, Franc Zupanič

(project leader and principal investigator) POdizanje KompEtencija istraživanjem Metatronike za nano-Optičke sustave - POKEMOn, 05.2015 – 10.2016, European Social Fund ESF

 

Visiting researcher at international institutions:

06.2019-12.2019 King's College London, London, UK,
Collaboration with dr. Francisco Rodríguez Fortuño (6 months) on the topic of numerical computation of optical forces and torques induced on a nanoparticle under electromagnetic wave illumination.

11.2018-12.2018 University ITMO, Petersburg, Russia,
Collaboration with dr. Stanislav Glybovski and dr. Pavel Belov (1 month) on the topic of experimental design, numerical and experimental verification of guiding magnetic displacement current in subwavelength channels in RF electromagnetic structures.

04.2016 – 05.2016 University of Pennsylvania Upenn, Philadelphia, USA,
Collaboration with prof.dr.sc. Nader Engheta (1 month) on the topic of experimental design, numerical and experimental verification of guiding electric displacement current in subwavelength channels in RF electromagnetic structures.

04.2015-05.2015 Orleans University/GREMI/CNRS, Orleans, France,
Collaboration with dr. Eva Kovačević and dr. Johannes Berndt (1 month) on the topic of electron microscopy and research on optical verification of electric displacement current guiding using nanofabrication methods.

11.2014-12.2014 Orleans University/GREMI/CNRS, Orleans, France,
Collaboration with dr. Eva Kovačević and dr. Johannes Berndt (1 month) on the topic of electron microscopy and using plasma for plasmonic nanoparticle synthesis.

 

Specialization at international schools:
PhD summer school: Micro and Nano Sensors, DTU, Copenhagen, Denmark, 08.2018.
Physics of solar cells: from basics to nanoscience, Les Houches, France, 03.2018.
Computational photonics, Karlsruhe, Germany, 04.2016.
Fundamentals of Metamaterial Electromagnetics, Ruka, Finland, 12.2015.
Writing project proposals for Horizon 2020, Zagreb, Croatia, 10.2015.

Past employments

2023-02-01 to present | Leading researcher, Group of prof. Hrabar (Department of Communication and Space Technologies, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing)

2018-06-01 to 2023-01-31 | postdoc, Laboratory for optics and optical thin films (Division of Materials Physics, Ruđer Bošković Institute)

2012-04-02 to 2018-04-01 | research assistant, Laboratory for optics and optical thin films (Division of Laser and Atomic Research and Development, Ruđer Bošković Institute)