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Main Achievements

Since Launch of the Portfolio Partnership (2005), Zheludev Group

• 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