Unveiling the radiative local density of optical states of a plasmonic nanocavity by STM

A Martín-Jiménez, AI Fernández-Domínguez… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Atomically-sharp tips in close proximity of metal surfaces create plasmonic nanocavities
supporting both radiative (bright) and non-radiative (dark) localized surface plasmon modes …

Epsilon-near-zero response in indium tin oxide thin films: Octave span tuning and IR plasmonics

B Johns, NM Puthoor, H Gopalakrishnan… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Epsilon near zero (ENZ) materials exhibit strongly confined optical modes and plasmonic
response around and beyond the ENZ wavelength (λ ENZ). In order to exploit the novel …

Optical anisotropy in van der Waals materials: impact on direct excitation of plasmons and photons by quantum tunneling

Z Wang, V Kalathingal, TX Hoang, HS Chu… - Light: Science & …, 2021 - nature.com
Inelastic quantum mechanical tunneling of electrons across plasmonic tunnel junctions can
lead to surface plasmon polariton (SPP) and photon emission. So far, the optical properties …

Scanning tunnelling microscope light emission: Finite temperature current noise and over cut-off emission

V Kalathingal, P Dawson, J Mitra - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The spectral distribution of light emitted from a scanning tunnelling microscope junction not
only bears its intrinsic plasmonic signature but is also imprinted with the characteristics of …

Nanofocusing of surface plasmon polaritons on metal-coated fiber tip under internal excitation of radial vector beam

F Lu, W Zhang, L Zhang, M Liu, T Xue, L Huang, F Gao… - Plasmonics, 2019 - Springer
We theoretically present the nanofocusing of the metal-coated fiber tip under internal
excitation of the radial vector beam within visible band based on the finite difference time …

Leveraging plasmonic hot electrons to quench defect emission in metal–semiconductor nanostructured hybrids

K Sharu, S Chattopadhyay, KN Prajapati… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Modeling light–matter interactions in hybrid plasmonic materials is vital to their widening
relevance from optoelectronics to photocatalysis. Here, we explore photoluminescence (PL) …

Coherence between different propagating surface plasmon polariton modes excited by quantum mechanical tunnel junctions

A Radulescu, V Kalathingal, Z Wang… - Advanced Optical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Coherence between different surface plasmon polariton (SPP) modes excited by
inelastically tunneling electrons in biased metal–insulator–metal tunnel junctions (MIM‐TJs) …

Imaging with Raman photons: a novel use of mixed-mode spectroscopy

KN Prajapati, AA Nair, J Fernandes, SRP Silva… - Nano …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy is today an established technique used for
chemical fingerprinting. Here, we showcase an engineered hierarchical substrate, in which …

Origin of enhancement in Raman scattering from Ag-dressed carbon-nanotube antennas: experiment and modelling

TV Raziman, JA Duenas, WI Milne… - Physical Chemistry …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The D-and G-band Raman signals from random arrays of vertically aligned, multi-walled
carbon nanotubes are significantly enhanced (up to∼ 14×) while the signal from the …

Localized surface plasmon mode-enhanced spectrum-tunable radiation in electrically driven plasmonic antennas

Y Liu, Z Jiang, J Qin, L Wang - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
A spectrum-tunable source with ultra-small volume is highly desired by on-chip information
processing technologies. As a promising candidate, light emission from electrically driven …