Plasmon Nano-Optics
Prof. Dr. Romain Quidant
- Activities:
Our research focuses on the interaction of light with nanostructures and in particular with metallic nanoparticles supporting plasmonic resonances. Activities cover both fundamental and applied research. Basic research is mainly directed towards enhanced light/matter interaction for quantum optics and optomechanics. From a more applied viewpoint, the group investigates news strategies to control light and heat at the nanometer scale for biomedical applications, including early detection and photothermal therapy of cancer.
- Funding:
- ERC Proof-of-Concept (PoC) SMARTLENS, 2015-2016
- ERC Starting Grant PLASMOLIGHT (#259196) 2010-2015
- ERC Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Grant PELO, 2011-2012
- ERC Consolidator Grant QnanoMECA, 2015-2019
- Plan Nacional NANOFLUID, 2017-2019
- H2020 STARTSTEM, 2018-2021
- H2020 PHENOMENON, 2018-2020
- Fundació CELLEX Barcelona
- Research Topics:
- Thermo-plasmonics
- Plasmonic Nanotweezers
- Optomechanics
- Enhanced Light-matter Interaction
- Biochemical Sensing
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Plasmon Nano-Optics
Prof. Dr. Romain Quidant
- Group Leader
- Prof. Dr. Romain Quidant
- Postdoctoral Researchers
- Dr. Piergiacomo Fonseca
- Dr. José García Guirado
- Dr. Jan Gieseler
- Dr. Nadine Meyer
- Dr. Jaime Ortega Arroyo
- Dr. Clara Vilches Caubet
- Dr. Ozlem Yavas
- Research Engineers
- Arantxa Albornoz Grados
- Dr. Ignacio de Miguel Clave
- PhD Students
- Adeel Afridi
- Irene Alda Ferrero
- Ivan Bordacchini
- Bernard Ciraulo
- Andrés de los Rios Sommer
- Pablo Fernández Esteberena
- Gerard Planes Conangla
- Alexia Stollmann
- Marc Torrent
- Helena Villuendas García
- Undergrad & Postgrad Students
- Pascal Wintermeyer
- Visiting Scientists
- Dr. Vanesa Sanz Beltrán
- Former Group Members
- Srdjan Acimovic, PhD student
- Yury Alaverdyan, Research fellow
- Vincenzo D'Ambrosio, Postdoctoral researcher
- Guillaume Frederic M Baffou, Postdoctoral researcher
- Beatriz Baselga, PhD student
- María José Benítez, Research engineer
- Estéban Bermúdez, PhD student
- Johann Michel Berthelot, Postdoctoral researcher
- Pascal Jean Frederich Berto, Postdoctoral researcher
- Josep Canet Ferrer, Visiting scientist
- Oto Brzobohaty, Visiting scientist
- Jean Cesario, PhD student
- Tieh-Ming Chang, PhD student
- Sudhir Cherukulappurath, Research fellow
- Philipp del Hougne, Research engineer
- Jon Donner, PhD student
- Paulina Dorota Dobosz, Research engineer
- Luis Miguel Fidalgo, Research engineer
- Rogério Fernandes, Visiting scientist
- Victor Fernández Altable, Research engineer
- Christopher Galloway, Postdoctoral researcher
- Jose M. Garcia-Guirado, PhD student
- Michael Geiselmann, PhD student
- Petru Virgil Ghenuche, PhD student
- María Ujué González, Postdoctoral researcher
- Reuven Gordon, Visiting scientist
- Simó Graells, PhD student
- Anahi Higuera, Research engineer
- Mathieu Louis Andre Juan, Postdoctoral researcher
- Mark Kreuzer, Research fellow
- Yann Louyer, Visiting professor
- Renaud Marty, Postdoctoral researcher
- Mangaka Matoetoe, Visiting scientist
- Pau Mestres, PhD student
- Ignacio de Miguel, Research engineer
- Valeria Mondiali, Visiting scientist
- Jordi Morales Dalmau, PhD student
- María Alejandra Ortega, PhD student
- Laurent Philippet, Postdoctoral researcher
- Sukanya Randhawa, PhD student
- Raúl Alberto Rica, Research fellow
- Francesco Ricci, PhD student
- Maurizio Righini, PhD student
- Marcela Salzano, Postdoctoral researcher
- Vanesa Sanz, Research fellow
- Andreas Schell, Postdoctoral researcher
- Marko Spasenovic, Research fellow
- Mikael Svedendahl, Visiting scientist
- Sebastián Ariel Thompson, Postdoctoral researcher
- Giorgio Volpe, PhD student
- Elisabet Xifre, Research fellow
- Ozlem Yavas, PhD student
- Anna Zelenina, PhD student
Plasmon Nano-Optics
Prof. Dr. Romain Quidant
- Regular Papers
- Resolved-sideband cooling of a levitated nanoparticle in the presence of laser phase noise Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 153601 (2019)
- Tunable and free-form planar optics Nature Photon. 13, 649–656 (2019)
- Quantification of gold nanoparticle accumulation in tissue by two-photon luminescence microscopy Nanoscale 11, 11331-11339 (2019)
- Optimal feedback cooling of a charged levitated nanoparticle with adaptive control Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 223602 (2019)
- A light ride to the stars Nature Photon. 13, 227-228 (2019)
- Unravelling the role of electric and magnetic dipoles in biosensing with Si nanoresonators ACS Nano 13, 4582-4588 (2019)
- Accurate mass measurement of a levitated nanomechanical resonator for precision force-sensing Nano Lett. 19, 6711-6715 (2019) Cover Page
- Plasmon-based biofilm inhibition on surgical implants Nano Lett. 19, 2524-2529 (2019) Highlighted in Nature Photonics
- Non-invasive and quantitative in vivo monitoring of gold nanoparticle concentration and tissue hemodynamics by diffuse optical spectroscopies Nanoscale 11, 5595-5606 (2019)
- Electrically driven varifocal silicon metalens ACS Photonics 5, 4497-4503 (2018)
- Enantiomer-selective molecular sensing using racemic nanoplasmonic arrays Nano Lett. 18, 6279-6285 (2018)
- Overcoming diffusion-limited biosensing by electrothermoplasmonics ACS Photonics 5, 3673-3679 (2018)
- White and brightly colored 3D printing based on resonant photothermal sensitizers Nano Lett. 18, 6660-6664 (2018) Cover Page
- Self-calibrating on-chip localized surface plasmon resonance sensing for quantitative and multiplexed detection of cancer markers in human serum ACS Sens. 3, 1376-1384 (2018)
- Motion control and optical interrogation of a levitating single NV in vacuum Nano Lett. 18, 3956-3961 (2018)
- Quantum emitters in hexagonal boron nitride have spectrally tunable quantum efficiency Adv. Mater. 30, 1704237 (2018)
- Optimum morphology of gold nanorods for light-induced hyperthermia Nanoscale 10, 2632-2638 (2018)
- Two-color dark-field (TCDF) microscopy for metal nanoparticles imaging inside cells Nanoscale 10, 4019-4027 (2018)
- Direct measurement of Kramers turnover with a levitated nanoparticle Nature Nanotechnol. 12, 1130-1133 (2017)
- Virtual issue on plasmonic-based sensing ACS Photon. 4, 2382-2384 (2017)
- On-a-chip biosensing based on all-dielectric nanoresonators Nano Lett. 17, 4421-4426 (2017)
- Optically levitated nanoparticle as a model system for stochastic bistable dynamics Nature Commun. 8, 15141 (2017)
- In vivo testing of gold nanoparticles using the Caenorhabditis elegans model organism Acta Biomater. 53, 598-609 (2017)
- Polarized nonlinear nanoscopy of metal nanostructures ACS Photonics 4, 292-301 (2017)
- Plasmonic waveguide-integrated nanowire laser Nano Lett. 17, 747-754 (2017)
- Colloidal heat engines: a review Soft Matter 13, 23-36 (2017)
- Trapping and manipulation of individual nanoparticles in a planar Paul trap Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 163105 (2016)
- Entangled vector vortex beams Phys. Rev. A 94, 030304(R) (2016)
- Birth and evolution of an optical vortex Opt. Express 24, 16390-19395 (2016)
- Unraveling the optomechanical nature of plasmonic trapping Light-Sci. Appl. 5, e16092 (2016)
- Direct measurement of photon recoil from a levitated nanoparticle
Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 243601 (2016)
Highlight in Physics,
Highlight in Nature Nanotechnology - Thermodynamics at the microscale: from effective heating to the Brownian Carnot engine J. Stat. Mech. Theory E. 5, 054003 (2016)
- Self-induced back-action optical trapping in nanophotonic systems New J. Phys. 17, 123008 (2015)
- Brownian Carnot engine Nature Phys. 12, 67-70 (2015)
- Cooling and manipulation of a levitated nanoparticle with an optical fiber trap Appl. Phys. Lett. 107, 151102 (2015)
- Coupling of individual quantum emitters to channel plasmons Nature Commun. 6, 7883 (2015) Highlighted in Nature Mater.
- Active control of surface plasmon waveguides with a phase change material ACS Photonics 2, 669-674 (2015)
- Fast and transparent adaptive lens based on plasmonic heating ACS Photonics 2, 355-360 (2015) Highlighted in Nature
- RecA protein plays a role in the chemotactic response and chemoreceptor clustering of Salmonella enterica PLoS ONE 9, e105578 (2014)
- Realization of nonequilibrium thermodynamic processes using external colored noise Phys. Rev. E 90, 032116 (2014)
- Measuring kinetic energy changes in the mesoscale with low acquisition Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 234103 (2014)
- Deterministic temperature shaping using plasmonic nanoparticle assemblies Nanoscale 6, 8984-8989 (2014)
- Dynamic relaxation of a levitated nanoparticle from a non-equilibrium steady state Nature Nanotechnol. 9, 358-364 (2014) Highlighted in Nature Nanotechnol.
- LSPR chip for parallel, rapid and sensitive detection of cancer markers in serum Nano Lett. 14, 2636–2641 (2014)
- Three-dimensional manipulation with scanning near-field optical nanotweezers Nature Nanotechnol. 9, 295-299 (2014) Highlighted in Nature Nanotechnol.
- Nonlinear mode coupling and synchronization of a vacuum-trapped nanoparticle Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 103603 (2014)
- Deterministic optical-near-field-assisted positioning of nitrogen-vacancy centers Nano Lett. 14, 1520-1525 (2014)
- Nanoplasmonics for chemistry Chem. Soc. Rev. 43, 3898-3907 (2014)
- Thermal nonlinearities in a nanomechanical oscillator Nature Phys. 9, 806-810 (2013)
- Fast optical modulation of the fluorescence from a single nitrogen–vacancy centre Nature Phys. 9, 785-789 (2013)
- Imaging of plasmonic heating in a living organism ACS Nano 7, 8666–8672 (2013)
- Photoinduced heating of nanoparticle arrays ACS Nano 7, 6478–6488 (2013) Cover Page
- Plasmon-assisted delivery of single nano-objects in an optical hot spot Nano Lett. 13, 4299-4304 (2013)
- Observation of nitrogen vacancy photoluminescence from an optically levitated nanodiamond Opt. Lett. 38, 2976-2979 (2013)
- Multipolar radiation of quantum emitters with nanowire optical antennas Nature Commun. 4, 1750 (2013)
- Thermo-plasmonics: using metallic nanostructures as nano-sources of heat Laser & Photon. Rev. 7, 171-187 (2013)
- Mirror-image-induced magnetic modes ACS Nano 7, 664-668 (2013)
- Three-dimensional optical manipulation of a single electron spin
Nature Nanotechnol. 8, 175-179 (2013)
Highlighted in Nature
Cover Page - Excitation enhancement of a quantum dot coupled to a plasmonic antenna Adv. Mater. 24, OP314-OP320 (2012)
- Enhancement of high harmonic generation by confining electron motion in plasmonic nanostrutures Opt. Express 20, 26261-26274 (2012)
- Quantitative absorption spectroscopy of nano-objects Phys. Rev. B 86, 165417 (2012)
- Near-field mapping of plasmonic antennas by multiphoton absorption in poly(methyl methacrylate) Nano Lett. 12, 4864-4868 (2012)
- Subkelvin parametric feedback cooling of a laser-trapped nanoparticle Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 103603 (2012) Highlighted in Nature Photon.
- Above-threshold ionization by few-cycle spatially inhomogeneous fields Phys. Rev. A 86, 023413 (2012)
- Plasmonic tweezers—The strength of surface plasmons MRS Bull. 37, 739-744 (2012)
- Transformation plasmonics Nanophotonic. 1, 51-64 (2012)
- Active Brownian motion tunable by light J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 24, 284129 (2012)
- Enhancing the nonlinear optical response using multifrequency gold-nanowire antennas Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 217403 (2012)
- Plasmonic nanoparticle networks for light and heat concentration ACS Nano 6, 3434-3440 (2012)
- High-order-harmonic generation from inhomogeneous fields Phys. Rev. A 85, 033828 (2012)
- Mapping intracellular temperature using green fluorescent protein Nano Lett. 12, 2107-2111 (2012) Highlighted in Nature Photon., Nanowerk, and GFP
- Enhanced optical trapping and arrangement of nano-objects in a plasmonic nanocavity Nano Lett. 12, 125-132 (2012)
- Performance of electro-optical plasmonic ring resonators at telecom wavelengths Opt. Express 20, 2354-2362 (2012)
- Optically-programmable nonlinear photonic component for dielectric-loaded plasmonic circuitry Opt. Express 19, 25222-25229 (2011)
- Focus issue introduction: nanoplasmonics and metamaterials Opt. Mater. Express 1, 1139-1140 (2011)
- Nonlinear plasmonics at planar metal surfaces Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A 369, 3497-3509 (2011)
- On-a-chip surface plasmon tweezers Appl. Phys. Lett. 99, 061107 (2011)
- Plasmon-assisted optofluidics ACS Nano 5, 5457-5462 (2011)
- Plasmon nano-optical tweezers Nature Photon. 5, 349–356 (2011)
- Experimental demonstration of dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguide disk resonators at telecom wavelengths Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 161102 (2011)
- Fractal plasmonics: subdiffraction focusing and broadband spectral response by a Sierpinski nanocarpet Opt. Express 19, 3612-3618 (2011) Highlighted in Virt. J. Biomedical Opt.
- Enhanced nonlinear response from metal surfaces Opt. Express 19, 1777-1785 (2011)
- Optically levitating dielectrics in the quantum regime: Theory and protocols Phys. Rev. A 83, 013803 (2011)
- Nonlinear dark-field microscopy Nano Lett. 10, 5076–5079 (2010) Highlighted in Nature Photon.
- Deterministic subwavelength control of light confinement in nanostructures Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 216802 (2010)
- Biosensing: Plasmons offer a helping hand Nature Nanotechnol. 5, 762-763 (2010)
- Plasmon nano-optics provides novel nanotools for bioscience and medicine SPIE Newsroom (2010). DOI: 10.1117/2.1201009.003144
- Extraordinary all-dielectric light enhancement over large volumes Nano Lett. 10, 4450-4455 (2010) Highlighted in PhysOrg.com
- Thermoplasmonics modeling: A Green’s function approach Phys. Rev. B 82, 165424 (2010)
- Unidirectional emission of a quantum dot coupled to a nanoantenna Science 329, 930-933 (2010)
- Hidden progress: broadband plasmonic invisibility Opt. Express 18, 15757-15768 (2010)
- Design and properties of dielectric surface plasmon Bragg mirrors Opt. Express 18, 14496-14510 (2010)
- Direct growth of optical antennas using E-beam-induced gold deposition Plasmonics 5, 135–139 (2010)
- Mapping heat origin in plasmonic structures Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 136805 (2010)
- Toward quantum superposition of living organisms New J. Phys. 12, 033015 (2010) Highlighted in New J. Phys. ‘Best of 2010’ collection
- Nanoscale control of optical heating in complex plasmonic systems ACS Nano 4, 709-716 (2010)
- Surface-enhanced nonlinear four-wave mixing Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 046803 (2010)
- Charge distribution induced inside complex plasmonic nanoparticles Opt. Express 18, 3035-3044 (2010)
- Free-space excitation of propagating surface plasmon polaritons by nonlinear four-wave mixing
Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 266802 (2009)
Highlighted in Physics
Highlighted in Nature Mater.
Highlighted in Nature Photon. - Local observation of plasmon focusing in Talbot carpets Opt. Express 17, 23772-23784 (2009)
- Self-induced back-action optical trapping of dielectric nanoparticles
Nature Phys. 5, 915-919 (2009)
Link to Nature Phys.
Highlighted in Nature Nanotechnol. - Controlling the optical near field of nanoantennas with spatial phase-shaped beams
Nano Lett. 9, 3608–3611 (2009)
Link to Nano Lett.
Highlighted in Nature Photonics - Temperature mapping near plasmonic nanostructures using fluorescence polarization anisotropy
Highlighted in Laser Focus World
Highlighted in OPFocus
Highlighted in Nanopartz - Plasmon near-field coupling in metal dimers as a step toward single-molecule sensing ACS Nano 3, 1231-1237 (2009) Link to ACSnano
- Heat generation in plasmonic nanostructures: Influence of morphology Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 153109 (2009)
- Nano-optical trapping of Rayleigh particles and Escherichia coli bacteria with resonant optical antennas Nano Lett. 9, 3387–3391 (2009) Link to Nano Lett.
- Optical aggregation of metal nanoparticles in a microfluidic channel for surface-enhanced Raman scattering Lab Chip 9, 193-195 (2009)
- Channeling light along a chain of near-field coupled gold nanoparticles near a metallic film Opt. Express 16, 22029-22038 (2008)
- Dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguides: figures of merit and mode characterization by image and Fourier plane leakage microscopy Phys. Rev. B 78, 245419 (2008)
- Detection of plasmon-enhanced luminiscence fields from an optically manipulated pair of partially metal covered dielectric spheres Opt. Lett. 33, 2749-2751 (2008)
- Spectroscopic mode mapping of resonant plasmon nanoantennas Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 116805 (2008) Highlighted in Nature 455, 887 (2008)
- Mode mapping of plasmonic stars using TPL microscopy New J. Phys. 10, 105013 (2008)
- Shaping and manipulation of light fields with bottom-up plasmonic structures New J. Phys. 10, 105016 (2008)
- Localized surface plasmon resonance effects on the magneto-optical activity of continuous Au/Co/Au trilayers Opt. Express 16, 16104-16112 (2008)
- Light-induced manipulation with surface plasmons
J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt. 10, 093001 (2008)
Invited Review
Highlighted in Journal of Optics - Surface plasmon optical tweezers: tunable optical manipulation in the femtonewton range Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 186804 (2008)
- Colloidal-based localized surface plasmon biosensor for the quantitative determination of stanozolol Anal. Bioanal. Chem. [Online publication] (2008) Link to Anal. Bioanal. Chem.
- Surface-plasmon-based optical manipulation
Laser & Photon. Rev. 2, 47-57 (2008)
Invited review
Link to Laser & Photon. Rev. - Individual gold dimers investigated by far- an near-field imaging J. Microsc. 229, 254-258 (2008)
- Single molecules probe local density of modes (LDOS) around photonic nanostructures J. Microsc. 229, 210-216 (2008)
- Polymer-metal waveguides characterization by Fourier plane leakage radiation microscopy Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 243102 (2007)
- Growth of plasmonic gold nanostructures by electron beam induced deposition Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 121112 (2007) Highlighted in Nature Photon. 1, 609 (2007)
- Optical manipulation of plasmonic nanoparticles Appl. Phys. A 89, 233-239 (2007) Link to Appl. Phys. A
- InGaN green light emitting diodes with deposited nanoparticles Photonics Nanostruct. 5, 86-90 (2007) Link to Photonics Nanostruct.
- Analysis of the angular acceptance of surface plasmon Bragg mirrors Opt. Lett. 32, 2704-2706 (2007)
- Parallel and selective trapping in a patterned plasmonic landscape
Nature Phys. 3, 477-480 (2007)
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Highlighted in Nature 447, 357 (2007) - Coupling localized and extended plasmons to improve the light extraction through metal films Opt. Express 15, 10533-10539 (2007)
- Enhanced optical forces between coupled resonant metal nanoparticles Opt. Lett. 32, 1156-1158 (2007)
- Cavity resonances in finite plasmonic chains Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 041109 (2007)
- Surface plasmon radiation forces Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 238101 (2006)
- Tunable optical sorting and manipulation of nanoparticles via plasmon excitation Opt. Lett. 31, 2054- 2056 (2006)
- Local field spectroscopy of metal dimers by TPL microscopy Plasmonics 1, 41- 44 (2006)
- Extended organization of colloidal microparticles by surface plasmon polariton excitation Phys. Rev. B 73, 085417 (2006)
- Quantitative detection of doping substances by a localised surface plasmon sensor Biosensors and Bioelectronics 21, 1345-1349 (2006)
- Electromagnetic coupling between a metal nanoparticle grating and a metallic surface Opt. Lett. 30, 3404-3406 (2005)
- Cumulative plasmon field enhancement in finite metal particle chains Opt. Lett. 30, 1882-1884 (2005)
- Radiation forces on a Rayleigh dielectric sphere in a pattened optical near field Opt. Lett. 30, 1009-1011 (2005)
- Near–field optical transmittance of metal particle chain waveguides Opt. Express 12, 6141-6146 (2004)
- Optical sensing based on plasmon coupling in nanoparticle arrays Opt. Express 12, 3422-3427 (2004)
- Modelling resonant coupling between microring resonators addressed by optical evanescent waves Nanotechnology 15, 1200-1210 (2004)
- Frustrated energy transport through micro-waveguides decorated by gold nanoparticles chains Europhys. Lett. 66, 785-791 (2004)
- Pentacene thin-film transistors with polymeric gate dielectric Org. Electron. 5, 67-71 (2004)
- Tailoring the transmittance of integrated optical waveguides with short metallic nanoparticle chains Phys. Rev. B 69, 085407 (2004)
- Addressing and imaging microring resonators with optical evanescent light Phys. Rev. B 69, 081402(R) (2004)
- Sub-wavelength patterning of the optical near-field Opt. Express 12, 282-287 (2004)
- Proceedings & Book Chapter
- Optical and thermal properties of gold nanoparticles for biology and medicine Gold nanoparticles for physics, chemistry and biology C. Louis, O. Pluchery (eds.) World Scientific (2012)
- Engineering through mode shaping and lithographical nanofabrication of ultrasensitive nano-plasmonic sensors for molecular detection Nanoplasmonic sensors, 267-287 Springerlink (2012)
- Plasmon nano-optics: Designing novel nano-tools for biology and medicine
Plasmonics: From Basics to Advanced Topics, 201-222
S. Enoch, N. Bonod (eds.) Springerlink (2012) Springer Series in Optical Sciences 167 - Nanobiosensors for in vitro and in vivo analysis Nanotechnology in regenerative medicine, 207-221 Springerlink (2012)
- The photonic torque microscope: Measuring non-conservative force-fields Recent optical and photonic technologies (2010)
- Probing the local field of nanoantennas using single particle luminescence J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 100, 052038 (2008)
- Measurement of radiation forces generated by plasmon fields Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5930, 59301D (2005)
- Trapping with local evanescent light fields Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5930, 59301S (2005)
- Optical forces on a Rayleigh dielectric particle in a patterned near-field landscape Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5840, 304 (2005)
- Optical sensing based on localized surface plasmons Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5840, 272 (2005)
- Plasmon-based Nano-lenses Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5840, 365 (2005)
- Generation of sub-wavelength traps in the optical near field
Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5514, 578 (2004)
in Optical trapping and optical micromanipulation, eds. K. Dholakia, G. C. Spalding
SPIE conference, Optical trapping and optical micromanipulation, Denver, United States, 2-6 August, 2004
- Articles in Magazines
- Long live the polymer! Optics & Photonics Focus 14, 4 (2011)
- Upconversion reloaded Optics & Photonics Focus 13, 5 (2011)
- Fairy penguins know best Optics & Photonics Focus 12, 9 (2011)
- Twisted electrons Optics & Photonics Focus 12, 3 (2011)
- Darkness amplification by stimulated absorption of radiation, no kidding! Optics & Photonics Focus 11, 4 (2010)
- Subnanometer perfection Optics & Photonics Focus 11, 2 (2010)
- When shape really matters Optics & Photonics Focus 10, 2 (2010)
- Cells through X-Rays Optics & Photonics Focus 9, 7 (2010)
- Tiny plasmonic whirlpool Optics & Photonics Focus 8, 7 (2010)
- The dark side of lasers Optics & Photonics Focus 8, 5 (2010)
- Colors beyond the noise Optics & Photonics Focus 7, 8 (2009)
- The smallest laser ever Optics & Photonics Focus 7, 5 (2009)
- Plasmon harvesting: A route to plasmonic circuitry Optics & Photonics Focus 7, 1 (2009)
- From fascination to reality Optics & Photonics Focus 6, 9 (2009)
- Magical metamaterials Optics & Photonics Focus 6, 6 (2009)
- Refractive index: To the limits and beyond Optics & Photonics Focus 6, 2 (2009)
- The five dimensions of optical storage Optics & Photonics Focus 6, 1 (2009)
- Another brick in the nanowall Optics & Photonics Focus 5, 4 (2009)
- Images worth a thousand... birefringent molecules Optics & Photonics Focus 4, 6 (2009)
- Honey, I shrunk the microscope! Optics & Photonics Focus 3, 4 (2008)
- An ultraviolet laser diode Optics & Photonics Focus 3, 2 (2008)
- The polymer and the hummingbird’s wing Optics & Photonics Focus 2, 5 (2008)
- Will excitonic circuits change our lives? Optics & Photonics Focus 2, 3 (2008)
- Nanoscopy: Shedding light on life Optics & Photonics Focus 1, 4 (2008)
- Rewinding plasmons back in time Optics & Photonics Focus 1, 2 (2008)
- Invited Talks
- Towards an integrated plasmonic analytical platform RICI5, San Sebastian, June 2013
- Shining a (bright) light on the very small CLEO 2013, San Jose, US, June 2013
- Plasmon Nano-Optics: Taming light on the nanoscale Ernst Abbe Lecture at the SPIE Optics and Optoelectronics, Prague, Czech Republic, May 2013
- Shining a (bright) light on the very small SPP6, Ottawa, Canada, May 2013
- Shining a (bright) light on the very small NanoSpain 2013, Bilbao, April 2013
- Towards a integrated plasmonic analytical platform for early cancer diagnosis Multidisciplinary Workshop on Enabling technologies for Cancer research, Boston, US, March 2013
- 3D optical manipulation of single electron spin PQE13, Snow Bird, USA, January 2013
- Towards an integrated plasmonic analytical platform for early cancer diagnosis NFO12, San Sebastian, Spain, September 2012
- Optical Antennas for enhanced light-matter interaction R. Quidant
- Plasmon Nano-optics:Taming light on the nanoscale for enhanced light-matter interaction 13èmes Journées de la Matière Condensée, Montpellier, France, August 2012
- Bright and hot surface plasmons Molecular Nano and Biophotonics Workshop, Hyères, France, June 2012
- Plasmonic invisibility carpet CNRS workshop on cloaking, Paris, France, May 2012
- Molecular plasmonics and its application to nanochemistry, biosensing and single photon sources E-MRS 2012 Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 2012
- Optical antennas and their applications to optical trapping and sensing GDR Ondes, Nice, France, October 2011
- Towards an integrated analytical platform for early cancer diagnosis CLP Day ICFO, October 2011
- Optical antennas and their application to optical trapping and sensing International workshop on optical antenna and hybrid quantum systems, Bad Honnef, Germany, September 2011
- Towards an integrated plasmonic analytical platform for early cancer detection International workshop on plasmonic sensing and spectroscopy, Chalmers, Sweden, September 2011
- Towards a deterministic control of Surface Plasmons International workshop on nanoplasmonics for Energy and Environement”, Sanxenxo, Spain, June 2011
- Deterministic control of SPP fields SPP5, Busan, Korea, May 2011
- When optofluidics meets plasmonics EOS/CLEO 2011, Munich, Germany, May 2011
- Plasmon nano-optics: towards novel nanotools for biomedicine Photonics 2010, New Delhi, India, December 2010
- Plasmon nano-optics: towards novel nanotools for biomedicine Passion for Knowledge, Donostia, Spain, September 2010
- Deterministic control of surface plasmons PECS 2010, Granada, Spain, September 2010
- Surface Plasmon nano-tweezers: Fundamentals and applications SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, California, USA, August 2010
- Towards a deterministic dynamical control of plasmonics field SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, California, USA, August 2010
- Nano-biophotonics Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and Nano Photonics (IPR), Monterey, California, USA, July 2010
- Plasmon Nano-optics: Harnessing light and heat at the nanoscale for Biosciences The International Conference of nanophotonics, Tsukuba, Japan, May 2010
- Nanoplasmonics: Harnessing light and heat at the nanoscale for Biosciences Functionalized Plasmonic Nanostructures for Biosensing, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, April 2010
- Perspectives of plasmonic nanostructures for biomedical applications International Workshop on Photonic Nanomaterials, Jena, Germany, March 2010
- Plasmon nano-optics: Designing nanotools for biology and medicine MediNano2, Athens, Grece, October 2009
- Shaping the optical and thermal properties of plasmonic nanostructures for biological applications Sir Mark Oliphant Conference - NanophotonicsDown Under 2009, Melbourne, Autralia, June 2009
- Manipulating matter with surface plasmons 2009 MRS Spring meeting, San Francisco, USA, April 2009
- Surface plasmons for micro- and nano-optical trapping IEEE LEOS winter Nanophotonics Topical meeting, Innsbruck, Austria, January 2009
- Surface plasmon optics for enhanced light-matter interaction OSA annual meeting FiO 2008, Rochester (NY), USA, October 2008
- The strength of surface plasmons Annual workshop of the network of excellence Phoremost, Barcelona, October 2008
- Enhanced surface plasmon optical manipulation FiO 2008, Rochester (NY), USA, October 2008
- Revisiting optics with surface plasmons 6th International Conference PHOTONICS PRAGUE 2008, Prague, Czec Republic, August 2008
- Selective trapping in a plasmonic landscape Gordon conference in Plasmonics, Tilton (NH), USA, August 2008
- Revisiting optics with surface plasmons 6th International Conference PHOTONICS PRAGUE 2008, Prague, Czec Republic, August 2008
- Surface plasmon based optical manipulation SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego (CA), USA, August 2008
- The strength of surface plasmons CLEO/IQEC 2008, San Jose, USA, May 2008
- Revisiting optics with surface plasmons Frontiers in nanophotonics and plasmonics, Sao Paolo, Brazil, November 2007
- Plasmon-based optical manipulation: a route toward optically driven lab-on-a-chip Frontiers in Optics 2007, San José (CA), USA, September 2007
- Surface plasmon-based optical manipulation: towards ultra gentle nano-tweezers FiO 2007-Annual meeting OSA, San José (CA), USA, September 2007
- Micro- and nano- manipulation with plasmon light SPP3, Dijon, France, June 2007
- Plasmon-based optical manipulation CLEO Europe 2007, Munich, Germany, June 2007
- Micro- and nano- manipulation with plasmon light Nanometa 2007, Seefeld, Austria, January 2007
- Micro- and nano- manipulation with plasmon light International workshop on plasmonics and applications in nanotechnologies, Singapore, December 2006
- Plasmon nano-optics: manipulating spatially and spectrally the optical near-field Phoremost Annual Workshop, Eraklion, Creta, October 2005
- Talks
- Simultaneous, non-invasive measurement of local tissue hemodynamics, oxygen metabolism and gold nanorod concentration in vivo OSA Biomedicals Topicals, Optical Society of America, 2016
- Controlling surface plasmon propagation using pPhase change materials CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015, Munich, Germany, June 2015
- PhD Theses
- From cells to tissues, microscopy to modeling: towards precise, data-driven photothermal therapy with gold nanorods
- Levitodynamics toward force nano-sensors in vacuum
- On-chip biosensing platforms based on gold and silicon optical nano-resonators
- New lab-on-a-chip strategies for enantio-selective and non-fissusion-limited biosensing
- Cavity optomechanics with optically trapped particles
- Hybrid photonic-plasmonic devices with single nanoscale light sources
- Desarrollo y validación de una plataforma optofluídica ultrasensible para la detección específica y selectiva de marcadores tumorales relevantes en oncología
- Thermo - plasmonics: Controlling and probing temperature on the nanometer scale
- Dynamics of optically levitated nanoparticles in high vacuum
- Active control of surface plasmons in hybrid nanostructures
- Localized furface plasmon resonance for biosensing lab-on-a-chip applications
- Nanoscale spatial control of light in optical antennas
- Plasmon-based optical trapping
- Creixement de nanoestructures plasmòniques mitjançant la deposició induïda per un feix d'electrons focalitzat
- Probing the near-field optical response of plasmon nanostructures with two-photon luminiscence microscopy
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Prof. Dr. Romain Quidant
- 2019-12-04 Liver fibrosis could be treated with gold nanoparticles Researchers at IDIBAPS, CIBERehd and ICFO implement gold nanoparticles and plasmonics to treat liver fibrosis in mice.
- 2019-07-26 Shaping light with a Smartlens A team of researchers reports on a dynamically tuneable lens capable of achieving almost any complex optical function.
- 2019-07-02 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate Dr. Ozlem Yavas graduated with a thesis entitled “On-Chip Biosensing Platforms based on Gold and Silicon Optical Nano-Resonators”
- 2019-05-23 Light and nanotechnology combined to prevent biofilms on medical implants An ICFO and B. Braun Surgical, S.A. study published in Nano Letters and highlighted in Nature Photonics reports on a new technique that could prevent bacterial contamination and infection in medical implants by using light combined with gold nanoparticles.
- 2019-05-10 2018 BIST Ignite Awards ICFO will participate in two multidisciplinary research projects funded through the 2018 Ignite Awards.
- 2019-04-02 News and Views on optical manipulation ICREA Prof. at ICFO Romain Quidant provides a review in Nature’s News and Views about a Nature Photonics study regarding an innovative approach on optical control for propelling spacecraft.
- 2019-02-22 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate Dr. Francesco Ricci graduated with a thesis entitled “Levitodynamics toward Force Nano-Sensors in Vacuum”
- 2019-01-23 DROPLITE becomes ICFO’s 7th Spin-off ICFO launches DROPLITE, ICFO 7th spin-off company, aimed at developing a lab-on-a-chip device for rapid on site in-vitro diagnostics based on photonics technology.
- 2018-11-30 Highly Cited Researchers Three ICFO Group Leaders included in Clarivate Analytics 2018 compilation of Highly Cited Researchers
- 2018-02-22 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate Dr. Valeria Rodríguez-Fajardo graduated with a thesis in “Novel Methods for Plasmonic Nanoparticles Imaging Inside Cells Using Dark-Field Microscopy”
- 2017-10-24 Jumping Nanoparticles Experiments with levitated nanoparticles reveal role of friction at the nanoscale
- 2017-09-21 New OSA Fellow Romain Quidant elected OSA Fellow
- 2017-09-07 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate Dr. Pau Mestres graduated with a thesis on “Cavity optomechanics with optically trapped particles”
- 2017-07-17 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate Dr. Esteban Bermúdez Ureña graduated with a thesis in “Hybrid Photonic-Plasmonic Devices with Single Nanoscale Light Sources
- 2017-07-12 Banc Sabadell Foundation Award Ceremony ICREA Prof. at ICFO Romain Quidant receives the 1st Banco Sabadell Foundation Award for Science and Engineering.
- 2017-05-31 Banc Sabadell Foundation Prize for Sciences and Engineering Romain Quidant named winner of 1st Banc Sabadell Foundation Prize for Sciences and Engineering.
- 2017-05-29 SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship ICFO PhD student Jordi Morales awarded for potential contribution to the field of optics and photonics
- 2017-05-09 Optical levitating nano-particle for stochastic bistable models An ICFO study in Nature Communications demonstrates the full control of a nano-resonator in the nonlinear regime.
- 2017-01-12 A bright (nano)light for plasmonic circuitry An ICFO study published in NanoLetters reports on the development of a novel ultra-compact hybrid nanolaser source at room temperature.
- 2016-12-14 2016 PhD Poster Session and Award ICONS sponsors Best Poster Prize for the PhD Student Poster Session
- 2016-08-05 UPC PhD Thesis Awards 2016 The UPC recognizes Dr. Jan Gieseler and Dr. Ignacio Martinez with the 2013/2014 Extraordinary PhD Thesis Award.
- 2016-03-21 BIONANO @ ICFO ICFO is setting a rapid pace in the advancement of BioNano research
- 2016-03-11 ICFO Master School on Quantum Nano- and Opto-mechanics ”ICFO Schools on the Frontiers of Light” to take place in July 2016.
- 2015-11-30 ICFO PhD Thesis Award Dr Jan Gieseler awarded best ICFO thesis of 2014
- 2015-11-17 Inauguration of Science Week 2015 ICREA Prof. at ICFO Romain Quidant gives the Inaugurational Conference for Catalonia’s Science Week
- 2015-11-11 PhD Thesis Defense
MARÍA ALEJANDRA ORTEGA \'Desarrollo y Validación de una Plataforma Optofluídica Ultrasensible para la Detección Específica y Selectiva de Marcadores Tumorales Relevantes en Oncología\' MARÍA ALEJANDRA ORTEGA
Plasmon Nano-optics
ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences, SPAIN - 2015-10-26 Brownian Carnot Engine ICFO researchers develop a microscopic motor with a single particle, lasers and electric fields.
- 2015-10-15 Science by Women Sabbaticals at ICFO for 2 senior African scientists
- 2015-08-07 Coupling of artificial atoms to V-groove plasmonic waveguides ICFO researchers report on deterministic coupling of single quantum emitters with channel plasmons
- 2015-07-16 New Proof of Concept Romain Quidant is awarded an ERC Proof-of-Concept grant for the project SMARTLENS.
- 2015-04-29 National Research Awards Prof. Romain Quidant receives the award in the Young Talent category
- 2015-02-27 An adaptive plasmonic lens Nature highlights a recent ACS Photonics study on a novel reconfigurable lens
- 2015-02-03 ERC Consolidator Grant Prof. Romain Quidant awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant for young research leaders
- 2015-01-21 ICFO to coordinate RAIS- H2020 project Photonics KET - Biophotonics for screening of diseases
- 2014-12-18 Pioneer Awards Dr Jon Donner recognized for the commercial viability of the results of his PhD thesis.
- 2014-12-10 National Research Award for Young Talent FCRi and the Government of Catalonia recognize Romain Quidant.
- 2014-11-05 ICFO in TEDx Bergen Romain Quidant explains new possibilities for screening cancer from a single drop of blood.
- 2014-09-04 New Joint Appointment with ACS Photonics ICREA Prof. at ICFO Romain Quidant becomes Associate Editor of the journal.
- 2014-06-11 Café Cientific Science in Society: Romain Quidant participates in an outreach event.
- 2014-05-30 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate Dr. Jon Donner graduated with a thesis in \'Thermo-Plasmonics: Controlling and Probing Temperature on the Nanometer Scale\'
- 2014-05-19 Lab-on-a-chip An ultra-sensitive nano-chip for early cancer detection.
- 2014-03-31 Never say never in the nano world Temporal violation of the second law of thermodynamics in Nature Nanotechnology.
- 2014-03-03 Optical nanotweezers for control of nano-objects Trapping and moving an individual nano-object in 3D in Nature Nanotechnology.
- 2014-02-25 Nanoplamonics for Chemistry Triggering chemical reactions with plasmonic nanoparticles
- 2014-02-03 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate Dr. Jan Gieseler graduated with a thesis in “Dynamics of optically levitated nanoparticles in high vacuum’”
- 2014-01-29 Coherent Control of Individual Molecules Review on fs single molecule detection in Chem. Soc. Rev.
- 2013-12-09 ICFO in the December issue of Nature Physics ICFO’s Plasmon nano-optics group appears twice in the same volume of Nature Physics
- 2013-11-26 Ultra-sensitive force sensing Thermal nonlinearities in a nanomechanical oscillator in Nature Physics.
- 2013-10-14 An optical switch based on a single nanodiamond Collaboration between ICFO’s Nanophotonic Theory and Plasmon Nano-optics groups in Nature Physics.
- 2013-04-24 Promoting photons to higher orders Researchers at ICFO report in Nature Communications on a nanoantenna approach to turn a single photon source into multipolar emission.
- 2013-04-18 ICO Award Prof. Romain Quidant awarded the International Commission for Optics Prize 2012.
- 2013-02-20 ICFO on SER Prof. Romain Quidant discusses the potential of gold nano-particles in cancer treatment.
- 2013-02-12 Catching and twisting a single spin with light in Nature Nanotech ICFO researchers demonstrate 3D optical manipulation of a single electron spin in solution.
- 2012-12-04 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD Graduate Dr. Sukanya Randhawa has successfully defended her thesis on active plasmonics.
- 2012-10-04 2012 PhD Poster Award Jan Gieseler awarded Best Poster during the celebration of the CLP Day.
- 2012-08-29 Plasmonics Tweezers Prof. Romain Quidant reviews advances in the use of plasmonics for optical trapping in MRS Bulletin.
- 2012-05-29 Non-Invasive Intracellular Temperature Readings ICFO researchers report in NanoLetters on a new thermal nanoscopy which could be applicable in improving our understanding of Cancer.
- 2012-05-10 Congratulations to New ICFO PhD graduate Dr. Giorgio Volpe graduated with a thesis on Optical Nanoantennas
- 2012-04-30 Review Paper on Thermoplasmonics Romain Quidant co-authors a review paper on thermoplasmonics in Laser&Photonics Review.
- 2011-10-21 ERC Proof of Concept Romain Quidant receives funding for ERC proof-of-concept study.
- 2011-09-26 Metamaterials and Plasmonics Focus issue of Optical Materials Express edited by Romain Quidant and Vladimir Drachev.
- 2011-06-08 IMPULSA Awards Romain Quidant awarded for his role in the development of new methods for detection and treatment of cancer.
- 2011-05-31 Special Issue of Nature Photonics Review article on nano-tweezers by the group of Romain Quidant in a special issue focused on optical manipulation.
- 2011-02-04 City of Barcelona Awards The 2010 edition distinguishes Niek van Hulst and Romain Quidant in the area of scientific research.
- 2010-11-05 Nature News & Views Dr. Mark Kreuzer and Prof. Romain Quidant give their view on recent advances on the use of metamaterials for biosensing.
- 2010-10-23 ERC Starting Grant awarded to Prof. Romain Quidant The grant supports young researchers to establish themselves as independent research leaders.
- 2010-10-11 New ICFO PhD Graduate Dr. Maurizio Righini graduated with a thesis on plasmon-based optical trapping.
- 2010-08-19 Unidirectional Optical Antennas Science publishes new results on light communication in nano-emitters at the groups led by Prof. Niek van Hulst and Prof. Romain Quidant.
- 2010-07-26 Hiding Under a Plasmonic Carpet The group led by Prof. Romain Quidant reports new advances towards invisibility at optical frequencies.
- 2010-03-16 Toward Superposition States of Viruses Researchers at the Max Planck Institute and ICFO propose an experiment to observe quantum behaviour in living organisms.
- 2010-02-05 New Network of Excellence ICFO hosts the kick-off meeting of Nanophotonics for Energy Efficiency.
- 2010-01-25 ICFO in APS Physics A joint work of Professors Novotny, Quidant, and van Hulst in the American Physical Society web spotlight.
- 2010-01-18 Welcome a New STReP ICFO hosts the project kick-off meeting for SPEDOC.
- 2009-12-14 ICFO on TVE Laser-based medical technologies in a TV special issue on light.
- 2009-11-09 Photonics 4 Life at ICFO Third Scientific Meeting of Photonics for Life Network of Excellence.
- 2009-10-27 ICFO on TV3 Prof. Romain Quidant presents in the news the smallest optical tweezers.
- 2009-10-14 ICFO in El País World Record in Optical Nanotweezers
- 2009-10-14 ICFO in Nature Phys Researchers led by Prof. Quidant report a breakthrough in ultragentle manipulation of nanoscale objects with light.
- 2009-09-15 ICFO in Nature Photonics A study on optical nanoantennas by the group led by Prof. Romain Quidant is highlighted in Nature Photonics.
- 2009-09-02 ICFO in IyC An article for the general public on Optical Nanoantennas by Prof. Romain Quidant appears in the last issue of Investigación y Ciencia.
- 2009-07-30 New Tenured Group Leader Prof. Romain Quidant awarded tenure at ICFO.
- 2009-07-21 ICFO on TVE The work on plasmonic oncology has been highlighted on the national public broadcaster.
- 2009-06-19 Fresnel Prize Ceremony The Fresnel Prize 2009 was awarded to Prof. Romain Quidant during CLEO Europe.
- 2009-05-29 Fresnel Prize 2009 Prof. Romain Quidant is the winner of the Fresnel Prize 2009 for his research in applied photonics.
- 2009-05-29 ICFO Highlighted in VJBO Research co-authored by ICFOnians highlighted in the Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics.
- 2009-05-05 ICFO in LFW Recent results in molecular plasmonics by the group led by Prof. Romain Quidant featured in Laser Focus World.
- 2009-03-17 ICFO in Optics Highlights A review article by Prof. Romain Quidant’s group and a paper by Prof. Valerio Pruneri’s group are among the best papers published in the Journal of Optics in 2008.
- 2009-03-02 Nanolight Meeting at ICFO The 1st annual meeting of the NanoLight.es CONSOLIDER program took place at ICFO.
- 2009-02-05 ICFO Welcomes Visiting Professor Reuven Gordon Prof. Reuven Gordon joins Prof. Romain Quidant’s group as a Visiting Professor.
- 2008-08-27 Reviewing Optical Manipulation with Plasmons Recent advances in surface plasmon-based optical manipulations are the subject of a review in the Journal of Optics A, coauthored by Maurizio Righini and Prof. Romain Quidant.
- 2008-07-22 Green Brains and Ultracomputers A story on sustainable information technology and another on human brain-like computational power win ICFO Visionary Thinkers Awards 2008.
- 2008-04-15 ICFO research on cover of Laser&Photonics Reviews The potential of Surface Plasmons to manipulate with light small objects down to the nanometer scale is the subject of a review article co-authored by ICFO group leader Romain Quidant.
- 2008-04-08 ICFO in La Vanguardia ICFO researcher Prof. Romain Quidant, one of the examples of Barcelona’s capacity for international talent attraction.
- 2008-03-03 ICFO research on cover of Journal of Microscopy An experiment on single molecule fluorescence near photonic nanostructures is the front page picture of the Journal of Microscopy.
- 2007-12-18 NanoLight kick-off meeting The new Consolider program NanoLight.es, Light control on the nanoscale, has started with a coordination meeting of all participant group leaders at ICFO.
- 2007-11-02 ICFO in Nature Photonics Nature Photonics highlights the new technique for the fabrication of plasmonic 3D photonic nanostructures developed at ICFO.
- 2007-09-27 Plasmonic 3D nanostructures ICFO research takes one step further the existing nano–structuring techniques.
- 2007-06-15 Maurizio Righini, best poster award in Strasbourg ICFO PhD student awarded by the European Science Foundation
- 2007-05-23 Plasmonic Optical Tweezers in Nature Physics ICFO’s latest achievements bring us closer to an optically driven lab-on-a-chip
- 2007-05-15 The MIT Technology Review highlights ICFO research The prestigious magazine features an article about Spain’s Biotech activities
- 2006-09-04 ICFO appoints a new Junior Group Leader Prof. Romain Quidant leads the plasmon nano-optics group
- 2006-07-03 ICFO researchers measure the plasmonic push An important advance in the ultra-accurate manipulation of nano-objects with light, achieved at ICFO
