Mohammad Ramezani defends his PhD thesis
We congratulate Mohammad for the achievement of his doctor degree. The PhD defense took place at the Eindhoven University of Technology on April 24th.
Preserving the quality of atomic layers
Our publication on how to preserve the quantum efficiency of monoatomic layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) during transfer has been accepted for publication in Advanced Optical Materials. The effects of encapsulation on the optical properties of TMD monolayers, focusing on the impact of different processing techniques and different dielectric environments have been investigated. Read…
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Surface lattice resonances imaged with super-resolution microscopy
In collaboration with the group of Andrea Baldi from the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research (DIFFER), we have mapped the enhanced emission of single fluorescent molecules coupled to a plasmonic particle array using stochastic super-resolution microscopy. You can read the results here. Read also the DIFFER news item.
Diffraction enhanced transparency in a hybrid gold-graphene THz metasurface
Our manuscript Diffraction Enhanced Transparency in a Hybrid Gold-Graphene THz Metasurface published in APL Photonics. Herein, we measure the near-field in arrays of THz resonators having a transparency window. A monolayer of graphene is sufficient to suppress the transparency.
Symposium: Ultrafast Nanophotonics and THz Imaging
The Institute for Photonic Integration (IPI) and the Center for Wireless Technology (CWTe) jointly organize a symposium on April, 18th, for the opening of the Advanced Photonics Lab for Ultrafast Spectroscopy, Nanophotonics and THz Imaging.Download the program here.
Limits to strong coupling in 2D semiconductors
Our manuscript “Limits to Strong Coupling of Excitons in Multilayer WS2 with Collective Plasmonic Resonances” has been accepted for publication in ACS-Photonics. In this manuscript, we demonstrate experimentally and describe theoretically that strong light-matter coupling in of optical modes with excitons in 2D semiconductors is limited by dielectric screening as the thickness of the semiconductor…
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PEP lasing article top cited in 2018
Our manuscript Plasmon -Exciton-Polariton Lasing, describing the first demonstration of exciton polariton condensation in a plasmonic cavity, in on the top 15 most cited articles of Optica in 2018.
Sara Senoris Puentes starts PhD
Sara Senoris Puentes has joined the group Surface Photonics to complete a PhD. Sara has obtained her bachelor degree at the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain) and her master at the University Autonoma of Madrid. We welcome Sara to the group.
Dr. Shunsuke Murai joins SP group
Dr, Shunsuke Murai, assistant professor at Kyoto University, will join the Surface Photonics group during 2019 for a research sabbatical. Dr. Murai’s scientific interest is on the relationship between optical properties and the structure of matter at a mesoscopic scale. We welcome Shunsuke to the group.
Enhanced quality factors of surface lattice resonances in plasmonic arrays of nanoparticles published in Advanced Optical Materials
We investigate experimentally and numerically two-dimensional arrays of silver nanoparticles and show how the Q-factor of collective plasmonic resonances critically depends on the quality of the metal film, the detuning between diffraction orders and localized resonances and the absorption of adhesive layer used between the substrate and the metallic nanoparticles. These silver nanoparticle arrays can…
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