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Yılmaz Şimşek

Ph.D. in Physics

Education

2008-2013 Ph.D. Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany Department of Physics

2004-2008 M.S. Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey Department of Physics

2004-2006 M.S.E. Ege University, Izmir, Turkey Nat. and Appl. Sci.

1997-2002 B.S. Ege University, Izmir, Turkey Department of Physics

Work Experience

2019- Principal Investigator SUNUM

2016-2019 Postdoctoral Appointee Argonne Uluslararası Lab., ABD

2015 Visiting Researcher Department of Physics, Stockholm Uni. Sweden

2008-2013 Doctoral Researcher Department of Physics, Erlangen-Nürnberg University

2004-2008 Graduate Researcher Department of Physics, IZTECH, İzmir, Turkey

Research Interests

  • Superconducting materials and superconducting devices
  • High-temperature superconductors
  • Josephson junction devices (THz EM components, SQUID, s-qubits, and quantum device components
  • Temperature-dependent electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of materials and their correlation
  • Thin-film coatings for development of advanced devices development using techniques: evaporation, magnetron sputtering, PECVD, and liquid-phase epitaxy and their characteristics depending on the fabrication conditions
  • Tuning of electronic structures within materials through doping, electric/magnetic fields, and electron trapping
  • Development of micro/nanofabricated structures for material electronics applications Development of sensor components and sensors for life science applications

Last 5 Publications

  • Willa, M. P. Smylie, Y. Simsek, J. -K. Bao, D. Y. Chung, M. G. Kanatzidis, W. -. Kwok & U. Welp Magnetic and superconducting anisotropy in Ni-doped RbEuFe4As4 single crystals Physical Review B (2020) 101, 064508 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.064508
  • Tsujimoto, Y. Kaneko, G. Kuwano, K. Nagayama, T. Imai, Y. Ono, S. Kusunose, T. Kashiwagi, H. Minami, K. Kadowaki, Y. Simsek, U. Welp & W. Kwok Design and characterization of microstrip patch antennas for high-T-c superconducting terahertz emitters OPTICS EXPRESS (2021) 29 16980-16990 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.420417
  • Simsek & P. Müller Restoring the surface layer of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ single crystals by current injection Surface and Interfaces (2022) 33 2468-0230 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2022.102240
  • Tsujimoto, Y. Wen, Y. Maeda, A. Elarabi, Y. Simsek, U. Welp, W-K. Kwok, S. Adachi, T. Watanabe, I. Kakeya Terahertz emission from intrinsic Josephson junctions in trilayer cuprate superconductor Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ Appl. Phys. Express, (2025) 18 073001 DOI: https://doi.org/10.35848/1882-0786/adda8e
  • Rahimpour, T. Alpa, Y. Simsek Crystalline texture quality of epitaxially grown Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ superconducting films for THz-on-a-chip applications Submitted to ACS Crystal Growth and Design, 2025

Patents

Patent application: Chemically Resistant Nanosensors (2024/012917) Turkish Patent and Trademark (pending)

Memberships

American Physics Society (2010-2012, 2016-Present),

The Deutsche Physikalische Gesell­schaft e. V. (2008-2013

Awards

TÜBİTAK-2232 - A International Leading Researchers Fellowship (2020-2023)