Photonics & Nanotechnology

The research in the group involves the development and applications of advanced photonic technologies and of novel nanomaterials to address modern challenges in photonic and quantum technologies, new nanostructured materials, sensing, imaging and clean energy. The group adopts an interdisciplinary approach to provide leading-edge research in optical, mechanical and structural properties of nanostructures and nanoparticles. We combine expertise in nanofabrication, laser science, nonlinear optics, sensing, advanced imaging techniques and numerical modelling.

The research is centred around three overarching themes:

Functional nanoparticles and nanostructures
Nanophotonics, metamaterials and plasmonics
Ultrafast optics and optomechanics

Nanostrand is the newsletter for the Photonics & Nanotechnology Group.

Members

Leena Abusin

PhD Student

Vittorio Aita

PhD Student

Anton Bykov

Research Associate

Wayne Dickson

Senior Lecturer

Yitong (Erica) Duan

PhD Student

Mark Green

Professor

Yanhui Hu

PhD Student

Yunlu Jiang

PhD Student

Robert Jones

PhD Student

Jack Kingsley-Smith

Research Associate

Alexey Krasavin

Research Associate

Samjid Mannan

Professor

Cillian McPolin

Research Associate

James Millen

Senior Lecturer

Mazhar Nasir

Research Associate

Luke Nicholls

Research Assocate

Maryam Nikkhou

Research Associate

Katie O'Flynn

PhD Student

Sinuhé Perea-Puente

PhD Student

Michela Florinda Picardi

Research Associate

Emilio Pisanty

Research Fellow

Steve Po

PhD Student

Aliaksandra Rakovich

Research Fellow

Muddassar Rashid

Research Associate

Yugang Ren

PhD Student

David Richards

Vice-Dean (Research)

Francisco Rodríguez Fortuño

Reader

Mayela Romero-Gómez

PhD Student

Diane Roth

Research Associate

Amaresh Shukla

PhD Student

Lei Wei

Research Associate

Jingyi Wu

PhD Student

Yuanyang Xie

PhD Student

Amelle Zaïr

Lecturer

Anastasiia Zaleska

PhD Student

Anatoly Zayats

Professor

Cong Zhao

PhD Student

Yang Zuo

PhD Student

iComm: New Frontiers in Nanophotonics: Integrating Complex Beams and Active Metasurface Devices

Transforming the areas of both complex optical beams and metasurfaces.

LeviTeQ: Levitated Nanoparticles for Technology and Quantum Nanophysics

The levitated nanophysics group at King’s College London run ERC Starting Grant LeviTeQ: Levitated Nanoparticles for Technology and Quantum Nanophysics,.

Reactive Plasmonics

Reactive Plasmonics is an EPSRC funded programme grant that researches nanoplasmonics.

Long-Range Directional Routing and Spatial Selection of High-Spin-Purity Valley Trion Emission in Monolayer WS2
Chen, P. G., Li, Z., Qi, Y., Lo, T. W., Wang, S., Jin, W., Wong, K. Y., Fan, S., Zayats, A. V. & Lei, D., 23 Nov 2021, In: ACS Nano. 15, 11, p. 18163-18171 9 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.1c06955
Diffractive characterization of sub-wavelength objects with machine learning
Ghosh, A., Roth, D. J., Nicholls, L. H., Wardley, W. P., Zayats, A. & Podolskiy, V. A., 2021, CLEO: QELS_Fundamental Science, CLEO: QELS 2021. The Optical Society, FTh2M.6. (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review
A brief review on optical properties of planar metallic interfaces and films: From classical view to quantum description
Krasavin, A. V., Oct 2021, In: JPhys Photonics. 3, 4, 042006. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7647/ac2569
Long-range directional routing and spatial selection of high spin-pu- rity valley trion emission in monolayer WS
Zayats, A., 28 Oct 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: ACS Nano. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Photonic spin lattices: symmetry constraints for skyrmion and meron topologies
Zayats, A., 2 Nov 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Physical Review Letters. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Spontaneous Emission in Nonlocal Metamaterials with Spatial Dispersion
Wells, B., Ginzburg, P., Podolskiy, V. A. & Zayats, A. V., 2017, Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 237-277 41 p. (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences; vol. 185). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45820-5_11
Nonlinear frequency conversion in optical nanoantennas and metasurfaces: Materials evolution and fabrication
Rahmani, M., Leo, G., Brener, I., Zayats, A. V., Maier, S. A., De Angelis, C., Tan, H., Gili, V. F., Karouta, F., Oulton, R., Vora, K., Lysevych, M., Staude, I., Xu, L., Miroshnichenko, A. E., Jagadish, C. & Neshev, D. N., 2018, In: Opto-Electronic Advances. 1, 10, p. 1-12 12 p., 180021. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.29026/oea.2018.180021
Direct and Clean Loading of Nanoparticles into Optical Traps at Millibar Pressures
Nikkhou, M., Hu, Y., Sabin, J. & Millen, J., Nov 2021, In: Photonics. 8, 11, p. 458 458. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8110458
Investigating conjugated polymer nanoparticle formulations for lateral flow immunoassays
Schüller, M., Meister, A., Green, M. & Dailey, L. A., 17 Aug 2021, In: RSC Advances. 11, 47, p. 29816-29825 10 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1ra05212h
The voids growth path on Sn-Ag thin film under high current density
Jin, Z., Shen, Y. A., Zuo, Y., Mannan, S. H. & Nishikawa, H., 12 May 2021, 2021 International Conference on Electronics Packaging, ICEP 2021. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 115-116 2 p. 9451933. (2021 International Conference on Electronics Packaging, ICEP 2021). Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.23919/ICEP51988.2021.9451933

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Seminars

The Light & Matter (L&M) seminars normally take place on Wednesdays at 14.00. All are welcome to attend.

Wheatstone Lecture Series

The Wheatstone Lecture has been hosted annually by the Department of Physics since 2013. Sir Charles Wheatstone FRS (1802-75) was Professor of Experimental Philosophy at King's, and the first Professor in the Department from 1834 until his death in 1875. Polymath and self-taught, Wheatstone was a prolific inventor whose legacy includes the symphonium, the stereoscope, the Wheatstone Bridge and the development of the electric telegraph which revolutionised communications in the nineteenth century.

Wheatstone Lecture Series