Nanostructured materials for circular dichroism and chirality at the nanoscale: towards unconventional characterization

E Petronijevic, A Belardini, G Leahu, R Li Voti… - Optical Materials …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this work, we review the last attempts to use nanostructured materials for the
enhancement of the chiro-optical effects at the nanoscale. Starting from the numerical …

Diffracted beams from metasurfaces: high chiral detectivity by photothermal deflection technique

G Leahu, E Petronijevic, R Li Voti… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Measurements of difference in optical interactions between circularly polarized excitations of
opposite handedness (circular dichroism) are highly important for both natural and artificial …

Photo-acoustic detection of chirality in metal-polystyrene metasurfaces

E Petronijević, G Leahu, R Li Voti, A Belardini… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Nowadays, nanophotonics aims towards low-cost chip-scale devices that can tailor
electromagnetic properties, one of which is the control of circular polarization at the …

Circular dichroism in low-cost plasmonics: 2D arrays of nanoholes in silver

E Petronijevic, A Belardini, G Leahu, T Cesca… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Featured Application chirality, plasmonics, enantioselectivity. Abstract Arrays of nanoholes
in metal are important plasmonic devices, proposed for applications spanning from …

Chiral effects in low-cost plasmonic arrays of elliptic nanoholes

E Petronijevic, H Ali, N Zaric, A Belardini… - Optical and Quantum …, 2020 - Springer
In this work we present an approach to induce chiral effects in well-known plasmonic
nanohole arrays with triangular unit cell. Arrays with circular nanoholes in metals can exhibit …

Photo-acoustic spectroscopy revealing resonant absorption of self-assembled GaAs-based nanowires

G Leahu, E Petronijevic, A Belardini, M Centini… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract III–V semiconductors nanowires (NW) have recently attracted a significant interest
for their potential application in the development of high efficiency, highly-integrated …

Detection of hidden gratings through multilayer nanostructures using light and sound

S Edward, H Zhang, I Setija, V Verrina… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
We report on the detection of diffraction gratings buried below a stack of tens of 18-nm-thick
Si O 2 and Si 3 N 4 layers and an optically opaque metal layer, using laser-induced …

Photo-acoustic spectroscopy reveals extrinsic optical chirality in GaAs-based nanowires partially covered with gold

E Petronijevic, G Leahu, A Belardini, M Centini… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
We report on the extrinsic chirality behavior of GaAs-based NWs asymmetrically hybridized
with Au. The samples are fabricated by a recently developed, lithography-free self-organized …

Resonant absorption in gaas-based nanowires by means of photo-acoustic spectroscopy

E Petronijevic, G Leahu, A Belardini, M Centini… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Semiconductor nanowires made of high refractive index materials can couple the incoming
light to specific waveguide modes that offer resonant absorption enhancement under the …

Plasmonic elliptical nanohole arrays for chiral absorption and emission in the near-infrared and visible range

E Petronijevic, R Ghahri, C Sibilia - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Plasmonic elliptical nanohole arrays coupled with emitting layers for
near-infrared and visible chiral sources. Abstract Chiral plasmonic nanostructures with …