ORC Nanophotonics & Metamaterials Group
Main Achievements
Since Launch of the Portfolio Partnership (2005), Zheludev Group
- First observation of UV and visible range plasmonic behaviours in a topological insulator
arXiv.org, 1401.1415 (2014) - pdf - First demonstration of electro-optic control of metamaterial properties in a plasmonic metamaterial hybridised with a liquid-crystal cell
Appl. Phys. Lett. 103, 141904 (2013) doi: 10.1063/1.4823822 - pdf
Opt. Express 21(2), 1633 (2013) doi: 10.1364/OE.21.001633 - pdf - First demonstration of a reconfigurable photonic metamaterial actuated by electrostatic forces, exhibiting a colossal electro-optic response (five orders larger than lithium niobate)
Nature Nanotech. 8, 252-255 (2013) doi: 10.1038/NNANO.2013.25 - pdf - First demonstration of a radiation-harvesting superconducting sub-THz metamaterial bolometer
Supercond. Sci. Technol. 26 084001 (2013) doi: 10.1088/0953-2048/26/8/084001 - pdf - Introduction of the concept of all-dielectric optomechanically reconfigurable photonic metamaterials, promising optical bistability at low intensity levels and highly asymmetric transmission
Light: Science and Applications 2, e96 (2013) doi: 10.1038/lsa.2013.52 - pdf - Development of a new technique for optical generation of intense ultrashort Tesla-scale magnetic pulses at the nanoscale
New J. Phys. 15, 113035 (2013) doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/11/113035 - pdf - First demonstration of planar plasmonic metamaterials harnessing ‘superoscillation’ to focus light into sub-wavelength hot-spots beyond the near-field
Opt. Express 21(6), 7577 (2013) doi: 10.1364/OE.21.007577 - pdf - First demonstration of the magnetic control of metamaterial properties in a composite metamaterial hybridized with yttrium iron garnet
Opt. Express 21(2), 1456 (2013) doi: 10.1364/OE.21.001456 - pdf - Development of the new concept of ‘flux exclusion’ superconducting quantum metamaterials, promising quantum-level switching
Sci. Rep. 2, 450 (2012) doi: 10.1038/srep00450 - pdf - Re-discovery of nonlinear optical activity, observed in a plasmonic metamaterial with 30 million times the strength of the effect in any natural medium
Nature Comms. 3, 833 (2012) doi: 10.1038/ncomms1805 - pdf - Introduction of a new technology for modulating sub-THz radiation with electrical current in a superconducting metamaterial
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 243904 (2012) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.243904 - pdf - The first electron-beam-driven collective-mode metamaterial light source
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 217401 (2012) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.217401 - pdf - First demonstration of the fact that superconductors can support low-loss surface plasmon waves with extreme confinement
New J. Phys. 14, 115006 (2012) doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/11/115006 - pdf - Introduction first demonstration of the concept of coherently controlling of light-with-light without nonlinearity enabled by metamaterials of nanoscale thickness
Appl. Phys. Lett., 104, 141102 (2014) doi: 10.1063/1.4870635 - pdf
Light: Science and Applications 1, e18 (2012) doi: 10.1038/lsa.2012.18 - pdf - Realization of a unique metamaterial polarization spectral filter providing an isolated transmission line at any prescribed wavelength
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 171915 (2011) doi: 10.1063/1.3656286 - pdf - Demonstration of an electromagnetic wave analogue of an electronic diode based on a microwave chiral nonlinear metamaterial
N. J. of Phys. 13, 033025 (2011) doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/3/033025 - pdf - First demonstration of sub-wavelength light localization in the near-field of a metamaterial, controlled by the polarization and wavelength of incident radiation
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 085501 (2011) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.085501 - pdf - Demonstration of an ultrafast switching material harnessing the intrinsic nonlinearity of metal to provide performance an order of magnitude faster and stronger than in any other designed material reported to date
Nature Comms. 3, 833 (2012) doi: 10.1038/ncomms1805 - pdf
Adv. Mater. 23, 5540 (2011) doi: 10.1002/adma.201103162 - pdf - Introduction of the first reconfigurable photonic metamaterials for the optical part of the spectrum
Nano Lett. 11(5), 2142-2144 (2011) doi: 10.1021/nl200791r - pdf - Development of new platforms for volatile and non-volatile all-optical and electro-optical switching merging metamaterials with the phase-change chalcogenide glass technology used in optical data storage
Adv. Mater. 25, 3050-3054 (2013) doi: 10.1002/adma.201300588 - pdf
Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 143105 (2010) doi: 10.1063/1.3355544 - pdf - First demonstration of temperature control of Fano resonances and transmission in superconducting metamaterials
Opt. Express 18(9), 9015 (2010) doi: 10.1364/OE.18.009015 - pdf - First observation of resonantly enhanced optical nonlinearity in a plasmonic metamaterial hybridized with single-walled carbon nanotubes
Opt. Express 20(6), 6068 (2012) doi: 10.1364/OE.20.006068 - pdf
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 153902 (2010) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.153902 - pdf - Development of the first plasmonic metamaterials hybridised with and made exclusively from graphene
Light: Science and Applications 2, e78 (2013) doi: 10.1038/lsa.2013.34 - pdf
Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 181109 (2012) doi: 10.1063/1.4711044 - pdf
Opt. Express 18, 8353 (2010) doi: 10.1364/OE.18.008353 - pdf - Multifold enhancement of luminescence in metamaterials
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 227403 (2010) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.227403 - pdf - First direct experimental demonstration and theoretical analysis of spectral line collapse in ‘coherent metamaterials’
Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 223901 (2010) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.223901 - pdf - First unambiguous observation of a toroidal dipolar response in the classical electrodynamics of metamaterials
Science 330, 1510 (2010) doi: 10.1126/science.1197172 - pdf - Discovery that disorder in planar metamaterials can lead to the formation of magnetic hot-spots
Phys. Rev. B 80, 041102(R) (2009) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.041102 - pdf - The introduction of the concept of "Active Plasmonics" and femtosecond
control of surface plasmon-polariton signals
concept 2005, femtosecond control 2008
[J. Opt. A 7(2), S85-S89 (2005)] pdf, [Elsevier Science (2007), ISBN 978-0-444-52838-4], [Opt. Commun. 278(1), 207-210 (2007)] pdf, [arXiv.org, 0807.2542v1 (2008)] pdf - Introduction of the concept of the lasing spaser - metamaterial analogue
of the spaser
[Nature Photonics, 2 351-354 (2008)] pdf - The discovery a new fundamental effect in electrodynamics: asymmetric
transmission through planar chiral materials (circular conversion dichroism)
microwave observation 2006, prediction for optics 2007, optical observation 2008
[arXiv.org, physics/0604234v1 (2006)] pdf, [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 167401 (2006)] pdf, [Nano Lett. 7(7), 1996-1999 (2007)] pdf, [Nano Lett., in press (2008)] - The invention and development of a high capacity tagging technique based
on nanostructured diffraction barcodes
[Opt. Express 14(4), 1382-1387 (2006)] pdf, [J. Micromech. Microeng. 17, S116-S121 (2007)] pdf, [Opt. Comm. 281(7), 1789-1795 (2008)] pdf, [Anal. Chem. 80, 1902-1909 (2008)] doi - First observation of EIT mimicked by metamaterials
[Photonic Metamaterials: From Random to Periodic, Jackson Hole, USA (June 2007)], [arXiv.org, 0801.1485v2 (2008)] pdf - First observation of optical activity in achiral artificial media
[arXiv.org, 0807.0523v1 (2008)] pdf - First demonstration of negative refractive index due to chirality
first observation 2006, parameter retrieval 2008
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 177401 (2006)] pdf, [arXiv.org, 0806.0823v1 (2008)] pdf - Phase change nanoparticales as optical memory elements
[Nano Lett. 5, 2104-2107 (2005)] pdf, [Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 043115 (2007)] pdf, [Nature Photonics 1(10), 551-553 (2007)] pdf, [Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 153905 (2007)] pdf, [Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 093112 (2008)] pdf - The discovery of giant gyrotropy due to electromagnetic coupling
microwave observation 2006, optical observation 2007
[arXiv.org, physics/0604105v1 (2006)] pdf, [Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 177401 (2006)] pdf, [Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 223113 (2007)] pdf - First observation of narrow high-Q resonances due to symmetry-breaking in
metamaterials
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 147401 (2007)] pdf - Development of hyperspectral imaging of plasmonic nanostructures
[Opt. Express 15(18), 11313-11320 (2007)] pdf - The plasmon Talbot effect
[Opt. Express 15(15), 9692-9700 (2007)] pdf - First demonstration of an magnetic mirror, i.e. a mirror that does not
change the phase of reflected waves
microwave demonstration 2006, optical demonstration 2007
[Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 091119 (2006)] pdf, [J. Opt. A 9(1), L1-L2 (2007)] pdf - First demonstration of optical super-resolution through
super-oscillations
[Appl. Phys Lett. 90, 091119 (2007)] pdf, [J. Opt. A 9, S285-S288 (2007)] pdf, [Nature Materials 7(6), 420-422 (2008)] pdf, [Nano Lett., in press (2008)] pdf - The discovery of extraordinary transmission through quasi-crystal array
of holes
[Photonic Metamaterials: From Random to Periodic, Grand Island, The Bahamas, (June 2006)] - The introduction of a highly nonlinear nanocomposite material for
nonlinear optics and nonlinear plasmonics
[Appl. Phys. Lett. 89(3), 031118 (2006)] pdf - The discovery of broken enantiomeric symmetry for electromagnetic waves
interacting with planar chiral nanostructures
[Appl. Phys. B 84(1-2), 97-101 (2006)] doi - The introduction of a multiplicative measure of planar chirality for 2D
meta-materials
[Proc. Eur. Microw. Assoc. 2(1), 89-93 (2006)] pdf - The demonstration of travelling surface plasmon-polariton wave generation
by free-electron impact
[Nano Lett. 6(6), 1113-1115 (2006)] pdf - The first experimental demonstration of an "invisible metal" state
[Phys. Rev. E 72(5), 056613 (2005)] pdf - The discovery of "optical whirlpools" near an absorbing metallic
nanoparticles
[Opt. Exp. 13(21), 8372-8379 (2005)] pdf - The first study of near-field polarization conversion in planar chiral
nanostructures
[Opt. Comm. 255, 91-96 (2005)] pdf - The first study of the dispersion properties of non-radiating toroidal
current configurations
[Phys. Rev. E 72(3), 036603 (2005)] pdf - The discovery of polarization conversion and "nano-focusing" of light
propagating through a small chiral hole in a metallic screen
[Appl. Phys. Lett. 86(20), 201105 (2005)] pdf - The development of soft lithographic techniques for manufacturing planar
photonic metamaterials
[Microelecton. Eng. 78-79, 612-617 (2005)] pdf