Nano-Optics News

In fruitful collaboration with the group of Charles Adams in Durham, we have developed a nanoscopic vapor cell. Our first paper has just appeared at Physical Review Applied and was also selected as Editor’s Suggestion. 

Physical Review Applied

After several years of hard work, our results on the coherent interaction of a molecule with a plasmonic particle are now published in Phys. Rev. Lett. We are particularly pleased that our paper was selected for an “Editor’s Suggestion,” a recognition that is given only to one out of seven PRLs.

Ph…

We are happy to provide the first formulation of the point spread function in iSCAT microscopy, published in Opt. Express. The paper emphasizes the potential of the iPSF for precise axial localization of a nanoparticle.

Optics EXPRESS

Our new theoretical paper in Phys. Rev. Lett. shows how one can obtain a large magnetic response at optical frequencies from atoms, by simply arranging them at desirable geometries. We are happy that our paper was selected for an “Editor’s Suggestion,” a recognition that is given only to one out of…

Translational diffusion is commonplace in biophysical studies. Our new work in Nano Letters shows how a gold nanorod could be used to access the rotational diffusion of lipids, at an amazing frame rate of about 0.5 million frames per second.

Nano Letters

Congratulations! In July 2020 Hsuan-Wei Liu successfully defended his doctoral thesis on “Strong Near-Field Coupling of Single Emitters to Plasmonic Nanoantennas”