Nano-Optics News

Partial Cloaking of Gold Particle by a Single Molecule

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.

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Point spread function in interferometric scattering microscopy (iSCAT). Part I: aberrations in defocusing and axial localization

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

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Quantum Metamaterials with Magnetic Response at Optical Frequencies

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…

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Ultrahigh-Speed Imaging of Rotational Diffusion on a Lipid Bilayer

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

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Hsuan-Wei Liu earned his doctoral degree

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

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Michael Becker wins SPS-Award 2020

Congratulations! On July 1, 2020 Michael Becker received the SPS-Award of the Swiss Physical Society for Applied Physics donated by Oerlikon Surface Solutions for his work on 'Exciton dynamics and light-matter interaction of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals'.

The SPG has been awarding prizes…

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Nano-Optics Division
Prof. Vahid Sandoghdar

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
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91058 Erlangen, Germany

vahid.sandoghdar@mpl.mpg.de

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Max-Planck-Zentrum für Physik und Medizin
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