Hyperuniform Disordered Photonic Materials
Lead Research Organisation:
King's College London
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
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Organisations
Publications
Caixeiro S
(2017)
Disordered Cellulose-Based Nanostructures for Enhanced Light Scattering.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Castro-Lopez M
(2017)
Reciprocal space engineering with hyperuniform gold disordered surfaces
in APL Photonics
Florescu M.
(2021)
Hyperuniform and Local Self-Uniform Solar Light Absorbers
in International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics
Gaio M
(2019)
A nanophotonic laser on a graph.
in Nature communications
Granchi N
(2022)
Near-Field Investigation of Luminescent Hyperuniform Disordered Materials
in Advanced Optical Materials
Granchi N.
(2021)
Near-field optical investigation of Hyperuniform Disordered photonic structures
in International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics
Mignuzzi S
(2018)
Energy-Momentum Cathodoluminescence Spectroscopy of Dielectric Nanostructures
in ACS Photonics
Miloševic MM
(2019)
Hyperuniform disordered waveguides and devices for near infrared silicon photonics.
in Scientific reports
Ta V
(2017)
Microsphere Solid-State Biolasers
in Advanced Optical Materials
Tavakoli N
(2020)
Over 65% sunlight absorption in a 1 µm Si slab with hyperuniform texture
| Title | Artist in residency |
| Description | Shelley James has been in residency in our lab, and has produced various artefacts which have been exposed to the UTOPIA festival in Somerset house and at the V&A Digital Design weekend |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | engagement with the public |
| Title | Film on Nanophotonics and hyperuniform photonics materials |
| Description | Together with Dr. Marian Florescu, Surrey University, we have made a short video about nano photonics and hyperuniform photonics materials, which is almost complete |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | not complete yet |
| Description | We discovered that a hyperuniform metasurface controls light scattering and fluorescence forcing a ring-like emission. We have now developed a new spectroscopy technique, by cathodoluminescence to study the hyperuniform structures. We have fabricated gold hyperuniform metasurfaces which sustain plasmon resonances and which diffract the incidence light as predicted by the theory. The lasing activity is progressing well beyond the expectation, with a new research line opening. The interaction with the company ETAphase has been satisfactory. The work of this grant has led to new important results and the realisation of a nanoscale laser on a graph. |
| Exploitation Route | Metasurfaces are very important to control the light propagation and emission, especially for next generation integrated and ultra-thin optical elements. Moreover, the use of network with or without correlations, as a lasing medium is an exciting new avenue for laser science. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics |
| URL | http://sapienzlab.org |
| Description | Digital Design Weekend in the V&A museum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | exhibition at the V&A Digital Design weekend, with UG and PG students describing their activities, and explaining the current research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.vam.ac.uk/shop/whatson/index/view/id/2662/event/Digital-Design-Weekend-2016/dt/2016-09-2... |
| Description | Speaker at Make:Shift conference, Manchester |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Panel member at Make:Shift to discuss the role of artists in residency in a research lab, and the reciprocal knowledge and practice exchange. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/makeshift |
| Description | Three talks from our group at UTOPIA festival in Somerset house |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We gave three talks to present to the public our scientific activities, one by me, one by Soraya Caixeiro (DTG student) and one by Francisco Fernandez (visiting professor). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/utopia-2016 |
| Description | Workshop "Correlated Disorder, Hyperuniformity and Local Self-Uniformity: From Biomimetics to Photonic Integrated Circuits", |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Workshop "Correlated Disorder, Hyperuniformity and Local Self-Uniformity: From Biomimetics to Photonic Integrated Circuits", University of Surrey, June 2018. Brief description: a two-day workshop held at the University of Surrey from 25th -26th June 2018. The event was organized by Dr Marian Florescu (University of Surrey), Dr Riccardo Sapienza (Imperial College) and Prof Stephen Sweeny (University of Surrey). The workshop brought together 35 international experts to explore the consequences of hyperuniformity and local self-uniformity across diverse research fields and to unravel the fundamental impact of correlated disorder concepts on biomimetic and nanophotonic applications. The topics covered by the workshop ranged from fundamental aspects of localization in hyperuniform structures to fabrication challenges and applications including photonic circuits, solar cell absorbers and integrated spectrometers. The workshop attracted presenters from seven countries and all the key groups in the field were represented. In addition to the various groups working in this area in the UK (Surrey, Imperial, Southampton and Cambridge), there were representatives from four groups in Germany, three groups in Spain, three groups in Switzerland, three groups in the US, two groups in France and two groups in the Netherlands. The workshop included 20 talks and 10 poster presentations. The poster session included presentations from PhD students, undergraduate students and industry participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.surrey.ac.uk/events/20180625-workshop-correlated-disorder-hyperuniformity-and-local-self... |