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Publications

Articles

  1. 3D positional metrology of a virus-like nanoparticle with topologically structured light
    Y. Wang, E. A. Chan, C. Rendón-Barraza, Y. Shen, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, J. Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev
    Appl. Phys. Lett., in press (2024)
  2. Near-infrared metalens empowered dual-mode high resolution and large FOV microscope
    C. Sun, H. Pi, K. S. Kiang, J. Yan, and J. Y. Ou
    Adv. Opt. Mater., in press (2024) doi: 10.1002/adom.202400512
  3. Tunable on-chip optical traps for levitating particles based on single-layer metasurface
    C. Sun, H. Pi, K. S. Kiang, T. S. Georgescu, J. Y. Ou, H. Ulbricht, and J. Yan
    Nanophotonics, in press (2024) doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2023-0873
  4. Roadmap on label-free super-resolution imaging
    V. N. Astratov, Y. B. Sahel, Y. C. Eldar, L. Huang, A.Ozcan, N. I. Zheludev, J. Zhao, Z.Burns, Z. Liu, E. Narimanov, N. Goswami, G. Popescu, E. Pfitzner, P. Kukura, Y.T. Hsiao, C.L. Hsieh, B. Abbey, A. Diaspro, A. LeGratiet, P. Bianchini, N. T. Shaked, B. Simon, N. Verrier, M. Debailleul, O. Haeberlé, S. Wang, M. Liu, Y. Bai, J.X. Cheng, B. S. Kariman, K. Fujita, M. Sinvani, Z. Zalevsky, X. Li, G.J. Huang, S.W. Chu, O. Tzang, D. Hershkovitz, O. Cheshnovsky, M. J. Huttunen, S. G. Stanciu, V. N. Smolyaninova, I. I. Smolyaninov, U. Leonhardt, S. Sahebdivan, Z. Wang, B. Luk'yanchuk, L. Wu, A. V. Maslov, B. Jin, C. R. Simovski, S.Perrin, P. Montgomery, S. Lecle
    Laser and Photonics Reviews (2023) doi: 10.1002/lpor.202200029
    [Press coverage: Advanced Science News]
  5. The birth of picophotonics
    N. I. Zheludev and K. F. MacDonald
    Optics and Photonics News , September (2023) link
  6. An ultra-compact metasurface-based chromatic confocal sensor
    J. H. T. Chan, D. Tang, J. Williamson, H. Martin, A. J. Henning, and X. Jiang
    CIRP Annals Manufacturing Technology, in press (2023) doi: 10.1016/j.cirp.2023.04.002
  7. Picophotonic localization metrology beyond thermal fluctuations
    T. Liu, C-H. Chi, J. Y. Ou, J. Xu, E. A. Chan, K. F. MacDonald and N. I. Zheludev
    Nat. Mater. 22, 844–847 (2023) doi: 10.1038/s41563-023-01543-y - pdf

    [Press coverage: phys.org]
  8. Counting and mapping of subwavelength nanoparticles from a single shot scattering pattern
    E. A. Chan, C. Rendón-Barraza, B. Wang, T. Pu, J. Y. Ou, H. Wei, G. Adamo, B. An, and N. I. Zheludev
    Nanophotonics 130 (2023) doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2022-0612
  9. Plasmonic anapole metamaterial for refractive index sensing
    J. Yao, J. Y. Ou, V. Savinov, M. K. Chen, H. Y. Kuo, N. I. Zheludev, and D. P. Tsai
    PhotoniX 3, 23 (2022) doi: 10.1186/s43074-022-00069-x - pdf
    [Journal cover]
  10. Ballistic dynamics of flexural thermal movements in a nanomembrane revealed with subatomic resolution
    T. Liu, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis, K. F. MacDonald, V. E. Gusev, and N. I. Zheludev
    Sci. Adv. 8 (33), eabn8007 (2022) doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn8007 - pdf
  11. Metamaterials, metalenses and beyond
    E. Plum
    Ingenia 91, 19-23 (2022) - free access
  12. Optical control of nanomechanical Brownian motion eigenfrequencies in metamaterials
    J.Li, K. F. MacDonald, and N.I. Zheludev
    Nano Letters 22,4301-4306 (2022) doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04900 - pdf
  13. Deep learning-assisted focused ion beam nanofabrication
    O. Buchnev, J. A. Grant-Jacob, R. W. Eason, N. I. Zheludev, B. Mills, and K. F. MacDonald
    Nano Lett. 22, 2734-2739 (2022) doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04604
  14. Non-contact optical magnetic field sensor based on metamaterial nanomechanics
    G. Lan, J. Y. Ou, D. Papas, N. I. Zheludev, and E. Plum
    APL Photonics 7, 036101 (2022) doi: 10.1063/5.0081849 - pdf

    [Featured article]
  15. Optical superoscillation technologies beyond the diffraction limit
    N. I. Zheludev and G. Yuan
    Nat. Rev. Phys. 4,16-32 (2022) doi: 10.1038/s42254-021-00382-7 - pdf
  16. Thermal fluctuations of the optical properties of nanomechanical photonic metamaterials
    J. Li, D. Papas, T. Liu, J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, E. Plum, and N. I. Zheludev
    Adv. Opt. Mater. 10(5), 2101591 (2022) doi: 10.1002/adom.202101591 - pdf
  17. Precision metrology: from bulk optics towards metasurface optics
    X. Jiang, and A. Henning
    Contemp. Phys. 62(4), 199-216 (2021) doi: 10.1080/00107514.2022.2101745
  18. Optomechanical metamaterial nanobolometer
    D. Papas, J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, and N. I. Zheludev
    APL Photonics 6, 126110 (2021) doi: 10.1063/5.0073583 - pdf

    [Featured article]
  19. Visualization of Sub-atomic Movements in Nanostructures
    T. Liu, J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
    Nano Lett. 21(18), 7746-7752 (2021) doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02644 - free access
  20. Deeply sub-wavelength non contact optical metrology of sub-wavelength objects
    C. Rendon-Barraza, E. A. Chan, G. Yuan, G. Adamo, T. Pu and N. I. Zheludev
    APL Photonics 6, 066107 (2021) doi: 10.1063/5.0048139 - pdf

Conferences

  1. Topological optical metrology of nanoscale objects with sub-atomic resolution and a rate of one million frames per second
    C-H. Chi, T. Grant, K. F. MacDonald and N.I. Zheludev
    E-MRS 2024 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, 27 - 31 May 2024
  2. Shape classification of objects too small to see
    S. Kurdiumov, J.Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis and N.I. Zheludev
    Scottish Conference in Optical Technologies (SCOT), St Andrews, UK, 22 - 24 Apr 2024
  3. Picometer topological optical metrology at a million measurements per second
    C-H. Chi, T. Grant, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, N. I. Zheludev
    Nanometa 2024, Seefeld, Austria, 3 - 6 Jan 2024
  4. (plenary) Optical topological metrology with sub-atomic resolution
    N. I. Zheludev
    Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics International Conference 2023 (NANOP 2023), Barcelona, Spain, 27-29 Nov 2023
  5. Label-free optical classification of objects too small to see
    S. Kurdiumov, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis and N. I. Zheludev
    17th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials’2023), Crete, Greece, 11–16 Sept 2023
  6. (plenary) The birth of picophotonics
    N.I.Zheludev
    International Conference on Photonics 2023, Bangalore, India, 5-8 July, 2023
  7. Metasurface confocal - enabling a shift in optical instrumentation
    D. J. Townend, J. Williamson, D. Tang, N. Sharma, A. J. Henning, H. Martin, and X. Jiang
    CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
  8. Subatomic optical localization and metrology with topologically structured light
    T. Liu, C-H.Chi, J.Y. Ou, K.F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
  9. Nanometric position metrology with topologically structured light
    R. T. Sam, J.Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
  10. Nano-optical metrology with phase singularities
    T. Grant, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
  11. (poster) Deeply sub-wavelength 2D optical metrology with superoscillatory light
    J. K. So, Y. Wang, E. A. Chan, C. Rendón-Barraza, B. Wang, G. Adamo, E. Plum, K. MacDonald, J. Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
  12. Towards miniaturised instrumentation realised via metasurfaces
    J. Kendrick, A. J. Henning, H. Martin, J. Williamson, D. Tang, N. Sharma, and X. Jiang
    Euspen’s 23rd International Conference & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 – 16 June 2023
  13. (invited) Picophotonics - subatomic optical localization beyond thermal fluctuations
    T. Liu, C-H.Chi, J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald and N. I. Zheludev
    MRS Spring Meeting 2023 , San Francisco, CA, USA, 10-14 Apr 2023
  14. (invited) Hyperspectral visualization of picometric motion
    K. F. MacDonald, T. Liu, J.-Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev
    Microscopy Conference 2023 , Darmstadt, Germany, 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2023
  15. Next generation metrology driven by nanophotonics, ultra-compact sensors to help realise ‘Industrie 4.0’
    D. Townend, J.H.-T. Chan, J. Kendrick, P. Yang, J. Williamson, D. Tang, N. Sharma, A. J. Henning, H. Martin, F. Gao, P. Scott, X. Jiang
    UK metamaterials Network Showcase, NPL, 9 Dec 2022
  16. (keynote) The technology of optical superoscillations
    N. I. Zheludev
    Structured Light and Spin-Orbit Photonics, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Bangalore, India , 29 Nov - 02 Dec 2022
  17. Super-resolution diffractive imaging enabled by artificial intelligence
    S. Kurdiumov, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis, and N. I. Zheludev
    5th Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics International Conference (NANOP 2022): Functional Nanophotonics, Paris, France, 25 - 27 Oct 2022
  18. Optimised design of a metasurface based spectrometer for industrial applications
    J. Kendrick, A. J. Henning, H. Martin, and X. Jiang
    IOP Photon 2022, Nottingham, UK, 30 Aug – 2 Sept 2022
  19. (invited) Superoscillation and super-resolution
    K. F. MacDonald
    EPS Symposium on the Third Generation of Metamaterials, Cetraro, Italy, 2-5 Aug 2022
  20. Towards metasurfaces for metrological applications
    D. Townend, J.H.-T. Chan, A.J. Henning, H. Martin, and X. Jiang
    23rd International Conference on Metrology and Properties of Surfaces (Met&Props), Glasgow, 27-30 Jun 2022
  21. (poster) Exploiting optical metasurfaces to create ultra-compact instrumentation for metrology
    A. J. Henning, D. Townend, J.H.T. Chan, J. Kendrick, H. Martin, and X. Jiang
    UK Metamaterials Network Conference, 23 - 27 May 2022
  22. Picophotonics: Sub-Brownian detection of nanowire position with atomic-scale resolution using topologically structured light
    T. Liu, J.-Y. Ou, J. Xu, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO 2022, San Jose, CA, USA, 15-20 May 2022
  23. 3D position nanometrology of a coronavirus-like nanoparticle with topologically structured light
    Y. Wang, C. Rendón-Barraza, K. F. MacDonald, E. Plum, J. Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO 2022, San Jose, CA, USA, 15-20 May 2022
  24. Experimental observations of thermal fluctuations of metamaterial optical properties
    D. Papas, J. Li, T. Liu, J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, E. Plum, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO 2022, San Jose, CA, USA, 15-20 May 2022
  25. Metasurface-based ultracompact instrumentation to support future smart manufacturing
    A. Henning, D. Townend, H. Martin, and X. Jiang
    SPIE Photonics Europe 2022, Strasbourg, France, 3-8 Apr 2022
  26. Coordinate nanometrology of coronavirus-like nanoparticle with topologically structured light
    Y. Wang, K. F. MacDonald, E. Plum, J. Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev
    Nanometa 2022, Seefeld, Austria, 28-31 Mar 2022
  27. Thermal fluctuations in the optical properties of dielectric and plasmonic nanomechanical metamaterials
    J. Y. Ou, D. Papas, T. Liu, J. Li, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
    Nanometa 2022, Seefeld, Austria, 28-31 Mar 2022
  28. (keynote) Optical metrology with sub-atomic resolution
    K. F. MacDonald, T. Liu, J. Y. Ou and N. I. Zheludev
    Nanometa 2022, Seefeld, Austria, 28-31 Mar 2022
  29. (plenary) The molecular level metrology and imaging with topological light and free electrons
    N. I. Zheludev
    EOS Annual Meeting (EOSAM) 2021, Roma, Italy 13-17 September 2021
  30. (invited) The Technology of Optical Superoscillations
    N. I. Zheludev
    32nd Annual IWOTA conference 2021, Chapman University, CA, USA, August 9-13, 2021
  31. (invited) Dynamics of nanomechanical metamaterials: Pico-vibrometry with light and electron beams
    J. Y. Ou, T. Liu, J. Li, D. Papas, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
    META 2021, Virtual Conference, 20 - 23 July 2021
  32. First Observation of Phonon-induced Ballistic Motion in Photonic Nanostructures
    T. Liu, J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021 Virtual Meeting, 21 - 25 June 2021
  33. Deeply Sub-Wavelength Non-Contact Optical Metrology of Sub-Wavelength Objects
    C. Rendón-Barraza, E. A. Chan, G. Yuan, G. Adamo, T. Pu, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021 Virtual Meeting, 21 - 25 June 2021
  34. Optical Counting of Particles Too Small to See
    E. A. Chan, C. Rendón-Barraza, G. Yuan, T. Pu, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021 Virtual Meeting, 21 - 25 June 2021
  35. Deeply Subwavelength Topological Microscopy
    T. Pu, J. Y. Ou, E. Rogers, N. Papasimakis, P. J. Smith and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021 Virtual Meeting, 21 - 25 June 2021
  36. Optical magnetic field sensing based on metamaterial nanomechanics
    G. Lan, J. Y. Ou, and E. Plum
    ​ CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2021 Virtual Meeting, 21 - 25 June 2021
  37. Deeply Subwavelength Topological Microscopy
    T. Pu, J. Y. Ou, G. Yuan, E. Rogers, N. Papasimakis, P. J. Smith and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO 2021 Virtual Conference, 9 - 14 May 2021
  38. (poster) Sensing magnetic field with light and nanomechanics
    G. Lan, J. Y. Ou, and E. Plum
    CLEO 2021 Virtual Conference, 9 - 14 May 2021
  39. Picometric Ballistic (non-Brownian) Thermal Movements in Photonic Nanostructures
    T. Liu, J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO 2021 Virtual Conference, 9-14 May 2021
  40. (poster) Optical Nano-Metrology of Sub-Wavelength Objects Enabled by Artificial Intelligence
    C. Rendón-Barraza, E. A. Chan, G. Yuan, G. Adamo, T. Pu, and N. I. Zheludev
    CLEO 2021 Virtual Conference, 9-14 May 2021

Schools, Industry Events, etc.

  1. (invited) Research in the Future Metrology Hub, Materials in Manufacturing the Future
    X. Jiang
    Manchester, UK, 27 Oct 2022
  2. (keynote) Precision Metrology: from bulk optics towards metasurface optics
    X. Jiang
    Oxford Photonics Day, Oxford, UK, 28 Sept 2022
  3. (poster) Metalenses for Metrological Applications
    D.J. Townend. A.J. Henning, H. Martin and X. Jiang
    UK Metamaterials Network Summer School, St Andrews, UK, 15 - 19 Aug 2022
  4. (poster) Ultra-compact metrology systems using nanophotonics elements
    J.H.T. Chan, H. Martin, A.J. Henning, and X. Jiang
    UK Metamaterials Network Summer School, St Andrews, UK, 15 - 19 Aug 2022
  5. (poster) Ultra-compact metasurface spectrometer for metrology
    J. Kendrick. X. Jiang, A.J. Henning, and H. Martin
    UK Metamaterials Network Summer School, St Andrews, UK, 15 - 19 Aug 2022
  6. (poster) Miniaturizing Focus Variation Sensors for Optical Metrology Using Metalenses
    P. Yang. H. Martin, A.J. Henning, and X. Jiang
    UK Metamaterials Network Summer School, St Andrews, UK, 15 - 19 Aug 2022
  7. Metalenses for Metrological Applications
    D. Townend, A.J. Henning, H. Martin, and X. Jiang
    Future Metrology Hub Early Career Researchers Symposium, Loughborough, UK, 7-8 Jul 2022
  8. Ultra-Compact Metrology Systems using Nanophotonics Elements
    J.H.T. Chan, A.J. Henning, H. Martin, and X. Jiang
    Future Metrology Hub Early Career Researchers Symposium, Loughborough, UK, 7-8 Jul 2022
  9. Optimised design of a metasurface-based spectrometer for industrial applications
    J. Kendrick, X. Jiang, A.J. Henning and H. Martin
    Future Metrology Hub Early Career Researchers Symposium, Loughborough, UK, 7-8 Jul 2022