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Publications

Articles

  1. 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
  2. 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]
  3. 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
  4. 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]
  5. 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
  6. Metamaterials, metalenses and beyond
    E. Plum
    Ingenia 91, 19-23 (2022) - free access
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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]
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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]
  14. 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
  15. 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. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. (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
  6. 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
  7. (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
  8. (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
  9. 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
  10. (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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. (invited) Superoscillation and super-resolution
    K. F. MacDonald
    EPS Symposium on the Third Generation of Metamaterials, Cetraro, Italy, 2-5 Aug 2022
  14. 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
  15. (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
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. (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
  23. (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
  24. (invited) The Technology of Optical Superoscillations
    N. I. Zheludev
    32nd Annual IWOTA conference 2021, Chapman University, CA, USA, August 9-13, 2021
  25. (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
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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
  30. 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
  31. 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
  32. (poster) Sensing magnetic field with light and nanomechanics
    G. Lan, J. Y. Ou, and E. Plum
    CLEO 2021 Virtual Conference, 9 - 14 May 2021
  33. 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
  34. (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