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Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy and Near-Field Microscopy of Transparent Silver Nanowire Networks

In collaboration with our former colleages of the Dutch Institute for Fundamental Energy Research, we have measured the sheet conductance of transparent electrodes formed by networks of Ag nanowires. The measurements have been done in a contact-free manner and spatially resolved, using our newly developed THz near-field microscope. Read more in our published Advanced Optical…
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August 20, 2019 0

Strong light–matter coupling and exciton-polariton condensation in lattices of plasmonic nanoparticles

Read our review on strong light-matter coupling and condensation of exciton-polaritons in arrays of nanoparticles published as an invited review in the Journal of the Optical Society of America B.


June 27, 2019 0

Lattice resonances in dielectric metasurfaces

Our numerical investigation of lattice resonances in periodic arrays of Si Mie scatterers has been published as an invited manuscript in the special issue Semiconductor Nanoresonators and Metasurfaces of the Journal of Applied Physics. Read more here.


June 27, 2019 0

Strong coupling between semiconductor nanowire modes and organic dyes

In collaboration with the groups of Jose Antonio Sanchez Gil and Francisco Garcia Vidal from Madrid (Spain), we have investigated theoretically the coupling of organic molecules and guided modes in semiconductor nanowires. The coupling strength depends on the fraction of energy spread outside the nanowire, rather than on the mode field localization. Read more here.


June 27, 2019 0

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.


May 12, 2019 0

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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May 12, 2019 0

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.


April 18, 2019 0

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.


March 29, 2019 0

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.


March 29, 2019 0

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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February 18, 2019 0