Metamaterial, plasmonic and nanophotonic devices

F Monticone, A Alu - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The field of metamaterials has opened landscapes of possibilities in basic science, and a
paradigm shift in the way we think about and design emergent material properties. In many …

Transformation optics and subwavelength control of light

JB Pendry, A Aubry, DR Smith, SA Maier - science, 2012 - science.org
Our intuitive understanding of light has its foundation in the ray approximation and is
intimately connected with our vision. As far as our eyes are concerned, light behaves like a …

Ultrathin plasmonic metamaterial for spoof localized surface plasmons

X Shen, TJ Cui - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The multipolar spoof localized surface plasmons (LSPs) on a planar textured metallic disk
are proposed and experimentally demonstrated at microwave frequencies. Based on …

Plasmonic nanoneedle arrays with enhanced hot electron photodetection for near‐ir imaging

C Zhang, B Huang, H Li, H Chen, T Yu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hot electron photodetection based on metallic nanostructures is attracting significant
attention due to its potential to overcome the limitation of the traditional semiconductor …

Multifunctional cellular targeting, molecular delivery, and imaging by integrated mesoporous-silica with optical nanocrescent antenna: MONA

Y Park, HJ Yoon, SE Lee, LP Lee - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Multifunctional nanoprobes have attracted significant attention in a wide range of disciplines
such as nanomedicine, precision medicine, and cancer diagnosis and treatment. However …

Ultraslow waves on the nanoscale

KL Tsakmakidis, O Hess, RW Boyd, X Zhang - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND The past 10 to 15 years have witnessed substantial advances in our ability
to controllably adjust, slow down, or accelerate the speed of light signals propagating …

Self-focusing and the Talbot effect in conformal transformation optics

X Wang, H Chen, H Liu, L Xu, C Sheng, S Zhu - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
Transformation optics has been used to propose various novel optical devices. With the help
of metamaterials, several intriguing designs, such as invisibility cloaks, have been …

Nonlocal effects in the nanofocusing performance of plasmonic tips

A Wiener, AI Fernández-Domínguez, AP Horsfield… - Nano …, 2012 - ACS Publications
The nanofocusing performance of plasmonic tips is studied analytically and numerically. The
effects of electron–electron interactions in the dielectric response of the metal are taken into …

[HTML][HTML] Definite photon deflections of topological defects in metasurfaces and symmetry-breaking phase transitions with material loss

C Sheng, H Liu, H Chen, S Zhu - Nature Communications, 2018 - nature.com
Combination of topology and general relativity can lead to some profound and farsighted
predictions. It is well known that symmetry breaking of the Higgs vacuum field in the early …

Crescent-shaped supramolecular tetrapeptide nanostructures

Y Wang, Z Li, Y Shmidov, RJ Carrazzone… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Self-assembly of amphiphilic peptide-based building blocks gives rise to a plethora of
interesting nanostructures such as ribbons, fibers, and tubes. However, it remains a great …