Typical examples are tiny single photonic components such as complex nano-waveguides, nano-apertures, and nano-resonators. Tight localization is of great practical importance, e.g. for high-resolution inspection, local modification of materials, high field concentration, intensity enhancement, increase of efficiency of nonlinear processes such as Raman scattering and harmonic generation.
Nanoparticles of semiconductor materials arranged in bandgaps are called quantum dots. A quantum dot (QD) is a nanocrystal made of semiconductor materials that are small enough to exhibit quantum mechanical properties. Quantum dots are used in applications like solar cells, LEDs, and contrast agents in bio-imaging.
Publications
- A Closer Look at Photonic Nanojets in Reflection Mode: Control of Standing Wave Modulation by Ksenia A. Sergeeva, Alexander A. Sergeev, Oleg V. Minin, and Igor V. Minin published in Photonics, 2021.
- Development of colloidal quantum dot and lead halide perovskite light emitting devices thesis by Sihan Xie, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021.
- Spaser Nanoparticles for Ultranarrow Bandwidth STED Super‐Resolution Imaging by Zhaoshuai Gao, Jian‐Hua Wang, Pei Song, Bin Kang, Jing‐Juan Xu, and Hong‐Yuan Chen published in Advanced Materials, 2020.
- Antimicrobial activity of graphene oxide quantum dots: impacts of chemical reduction by Mauricio D. Rojas-Andrade, Tuan Anh Nguyen, William P. Mistler, Juan Armas, Jia En Lu, Graham Roseman, William R. Hollingsworth, Forrest Nichols, Glenn L. Millhauser, Alexander Ayzner, Chad Saltikov, and Shaowei Chen published in Nanoscale Advances, 2020.
- Quantum-confined stark effect in the ensemble of phase-pure CdSe/CdS quantum dots by Lei Zhang, Bihu Lv, Hongyu Yang, Ruilin Xu, Xiaoyong Wang, Min Xiao, Yiping Cui, and Jiayu Zhang published in Nanoscale, 2019.
- Research on Optical Properties of Tapered Optical Fibers with Liquid Crystal Cladding Doped with Gold Nanoparticles by Joanna E. Moś, Joanna Korec, Karol A. Stasiewicz, Bartłomiej Jankiewicz, Bartosz Bartosewicz, and Leszek R. Jaroszewicz published in Crystals, 2019.
- Broadband laser-tuned whispering gallery mode in a micro-structured fiber embedded with iron oxide nanoparticles by Ming Deng, Yufan Wang, LeiGuang Liu, and Maoru Qin published in Applied Optics 2018.
- Plasmonic nanoparticle-functionalized exposed-core fiber—an optofluidic refractive index sensing platform by Brenda Doherty, Matthias Thiele, Stephen Warren-Smith, Erik Schartner, Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Wolfgang Fritzsche, and Markus A. Schmidt published in Optics Letters, 2017.
- MoS2–HgTe Quantum Dot Hybrid Photodetectors beyond 2 µm by Nengjie Huo, Shuchi Gupta, and Gerasimos Konstantatos published in Advanced Materials, 2017.
- Perovskite oxides for visible-light-absorbing ferroelectric and photovoltaic materials by Ilya Grinberg et. al. published in Nature 503, Letter pp. 509–512, 2013.
- Single Unlabeled Protein Detection on Individual Plasmonic Nanoparticles by Irene Ament et. al. published in Nano Letters 2012 (2), 1092-1095
- Optimization of immunolabeled plasmonic nanoparticles for cell surface receptor analysis by Adam Wax et al.published in Methods, 2012.
- Rolled-Up Three-Dimensional Metamaterials with a Tunable Plasma Frequency in the Visible Regime by Dr. Mendach et al. published in Physical Review Letters, 2009.
- Detection and Spectroscopy of Gold Nanoparticles Using Supercontinuum White Light Confocal Microscopy by Sandoghdar et al. published in Physical Review Letters, 2004.
ARTICLES AND BACKGROUND INFO
- Article by S. Patskovsky, E. Bergeron, M. Meunier from the journal BioPhotonicsHyperspectral darkfield microscopy of PEGylated gold nanoparticles targeting CD44-expressing cancer cells
- Article by N. Fairbairn, A. Christofidou, A.G. Kanaras, T.A. Newman and O.L. Muskens from the journal BioPhotonics: Hyperspectral darkfield microscopy of single hollow gold nanoparticles for biomedical applications
- Article by S. Patskovsky, E. Bergeron, D. Rioux, and M. Meunier from the journal BioPhotonics: Wide-field hyperspectral 3D imaging of functionalized gold nanoparticles targeting cancer cells by reflected light microscopy
- Article by Mark L. Brongersma from the Nature Materials: Optical Fano resonance of an individual semiconductor nanostructure
- Article by Mark L. Brongersma from Nano Letters: Hot-Electron Photodetection with a Plasmonic Nanostripe Antenna
