Ognjen Ilic received his B.A. degree in physics and mathematics from Harvard University and his Ph.D. degree in physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, working with Marin Soljačić and John Joannopoulos. His research interests lie at the intersection of nanoscale photonics, radiative heat transfer, and thermal radiation phenomena in nanophotonic structures.
For more information, please visit his webpage.
Available Publications

Outdoor performance of a tandem InGaP/Si photovoltaic luminescent solar concentrator
Megan Phelan, David R. Needell, Haley Bauser, Hanxiao Su, Michael Deceglie, San Theingi, Brent Koscher, Zach Nett, Colton R. Bukowsky, Ognjen Ilic, Paul Stradins, John Geisz, Ralph Nuzzo, A. Paul Alivisatos, Harry A. Atwater
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 223 (2021) 110945 (2021)
- Photovoltaics

Self-stabilizing photonic levitation and propulsion of nanostructured macroscopic objects
Ognjen Ilic and Harry A. Atwater
Nature Photonics (2019)

Spectrally Matched Quantum Dot Photoluminescence in GaAs-Si Tandem Luminescent Solar Concentrators
David R. Needell; Colton R. Bukowsky; Sunita Darbe; Haley Bauser; Ognjen Ilic; Harry A. Atwater
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (2019)
- Photovoltaics

Design Criteria for Micro-Optical Tandem Luminescent Solar Concentrators
David R. Needell , Ognjen Ilic, Colton R. Bukowsky , Zach Nett, Lu Xu, Junwen He, Haley Bauser, Benjamin G. Lee , John F. Geisz , Ralph G. Nuzzo, A. Paul Alivisatos, and Harry A. Atwater
IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics (2018)
- Photovoltaics

Nanophotonic Heterostructures for Efficient Propulsion and Radiative Cooling of Relativistic Light Sails
Ognjen Ilic, Cora M. Went, and Harry A. Atwater
NanoLetters (2018)
- Nanophotonic Materials and Devices Starshot