NanoOptics
Group leader: prof.dr. Kobus Kuipers
The aim of the NanoOptics group is to investigate and control light on length scales at or below its wavelength and on femtosecond time scales. Control is achieved with individual metallic nanostructures and plasmonic or photonic crystals. Slow light propagation and local field enhancement are used to increase effective light-matter interactions. Key to our research is the local visualization of light fields.
Recent publications of Kobus Kuipers his group:
- Probing the magnetic field of light at optical frequencies, M. Burresi,D. van Oosten, T. Kampfrath, H. Schoenmaker, R. Heideman, A. Leinse and L. Kuipers, Science 326, 550 (2009)
- Nanowire plasmon excitation by adiabatic mode transformation, E. Verhagen, M. Spasenovi´c and A. Polman, L. Kuipers, Phys.rev. Lett. 102, 203904 (2009)
- Slow guided surface plasmons at telecom frequencies, M. Sandtke and L. Kuipers, Nature Photonics 1, 573 (2007)
- Ultrafast evolution of photonic eigenstates in k-space, R.J.P. engelen, Y. Sugimoto, H. Gersen, N. Ikeda, K. Asakawa, L. Kuipers, Nature Physics 3, 401 (2007). (cover story Nature Physics)
- Real-space observation of ultraslow light in photonic crystal waveguides, H. Gersen, T.J. Karle, R.J.P. engelen, W. Bogaerts, J.P. Korterik, T.F. Krauss, N.F. van Hulst and L. Kuipers, Phys. rev.Lett. 94, 073903 (2005) (cover story Physical review Letters)