Kats and colleagues also demonstrated that absorbing films of the thickness of tens of atoms can display thin-film interference effects.
[3] As an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, Kats received funding from the U.S. Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program to "develop solutions to seemingly intractable modern problems."
[7] Kats also co-designed multiband filters for eyeglasses to trick the eye into effectively having another type of cone cell in an effort to see more distinct colours.
[8] The following year, Kats received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for his efforts to tweak how substances emit light as they change temperatures.
"[15] Alongside his research associate Yuzhe Xiao, Kats developed depth thermography, a technique to remotely determine the temperature beneath the surface of certain materials.