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We investigate the fluorescence properties of colloidal quantum dots attached to gold rod nanoantennas. These structures are fabricated by a two step electron beam lithography process in combination with a chemical linking method. By…

We propose a novel approach to facilitate a readout processes of isolated negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers based on the concept of all-dielectric nanoantennas. We reveal that all-dielectric nanoantenna can significantly…

In this letter we introduce a new type of infrared sensor, based on thermocouple nanoantennas, which enables the energy detection and gathering in the mid-infrared region. The proposed detector combines the Seebeck effect, as a transduction…

We show that broadband optical magnetism can be achieved through incorporating multi-scaled 3D metallic meta-elements into Z-shaped nanohole arrays. The broadband effect arises from the excitation of multiple magnetic resonances in the…

Optics · Physics 2021-06-23 Chunrui Han , Wing Yim Tam

Single photon sources with high brightness and subnanosecond lifetimes are key components for quantum technologies. Optical nanoantennas can enhance the emission properties of single quantum emitters, but this approach requires accurate…

Optics · Physics 2021-09-08 Quanbo Jiang , Prithu Roy , Jean-Benoît Claude , Jérôme Wenger

Unidirectional emission holds significant potential for advancing integrated photonics and quantum information technologies. However, the inherent randomness of spontaneous emission fundamentally makes its efficient realization rather…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-17 Jun Ren , Meng-Jia Chu , Z. D. Wang

We propose a general theoretical scheme for the investigation of light emitted from nano- and micrometric structures of arbitrary shape and composition. More specifically, the proposed fully three-dimensional approach allows to derive the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Pieruccini , S. Savasta , R. Girlanda , R. Iotti , F. Rossi

We exploit the near field enhancement of nano-antennas to investigate the Raman spectra of otherwise not optically detectable carbon nanotubes (CNTs). We demonstrate that a top-down fabrication approach is particularly promising when…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-01 Nicola Paradiso , Fatemeh Yaghobian , Christoph Lange , Tobias Korn , Christian Schüller , Rupert Huber , Christoph Strunk

We argue that twisted graphene nanoribbons subjected to a transverse electric field can operate as a variety of nanoelectronic devices, such as tunable tunnel diodes with current-voltage characteristics controlled by the transverse field.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-14 Marta Saiz-Bretín , Andrey V. Malyshev , Francisco Domínguez-Adame

Intelligent object detection, which extracts crucial information like targets categories and locations, plays a vital role in emerging technologies including autonomous driving, the Internet of Things, and next-generation mobile…

The emergence of "acoustic diode" (AD) capable of rectifying acoustic wave like electrical diodes do to electricity has been believed to be able to offer unconventional manipulation on sound, e.g., to isolate the wrong-way reflection, and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Zhong-ming Gu , Jie Hu , Bin Liang , Xin-ye Zou , Jian-chun Cheng

We demonstrate the use of nanodiamond in constructing holographic nanoparticle-polymer composite transmission gratings with large saturated refractive index modulation amplitudes at both optical and slow-neutron wavelengths, resulting in…

A novel method of producing intense short wavelength radiation from relativistic electrons is described. The electrons are periodically bunched at the wavelength of interest enabling in-phase super-radiant emission that is orders of…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2014-10-10 W. S. Graves , F. X. Kaertner , D. E. Moncton , P. Piot

We theoretically and numerically study the design of optical 'lumped' nanofiltering devices in the framework of our recently proposed paradigm for optical nanocircuits. In particular, we present the design of basic filtering elements, such…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-13 Andrea Alu , Michael Young , Nader Engheta

Single emitters have been considered as sources of single photons in various contexts such as cryptography, quantum computation, spectroscopy, and metrology. The success of these applications will crucially rely on the efficient directional…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 K. G. Lee , X. W. Chen , H. Eghlidi , P. Kukura , R. Lettow , A. Renn , V. Sandoghdar , S. Götzinger

Controlling light emission from quantum emitters has important applications ranging from solid-state lighting and displays to nanoscale single-photon sources. Optical antennas have emerged as promising tools to achieve such control right at…

A nanofabrication process for realizing optical nanoantennas carved from a single-crystal gold plate is presented in this communication. The method relies on synthesizing two-dimensional micron-size gold crystals followed by the dry etching…

We demonstrate that a single sub-wavelength nanoaperture in a metallic thin film can be used to achieve dynamic optical trapping and control of a single dielectric nanowire. A nanoaperture can trap a nanowire, control its orientation when…

Optics · Physics 2015-10-06 Mehdi Shafiei Aporvari , Fardin Kheirandish , Giovanni Volpe

Light scattering is one of the most established wave phenomena in optics, lying at the heart of light-matter interactions and of crucial importance for nanophotonic applications. Passivity, causality and energy conservation imply strict…

Optics · Physics 2022-11-23 Seunghwi Kim , Sergey Lepeshov , Alex Krasnok , Andrea Alù

Attosecond science has demonstrated that electrons can be controlled on the sub-cycle time scale of an optical wave, paving the way toward optical frequency electronics. Using controlled few-cycle optical waveforms, the study of sub-cycle…