Plasmonics and Ultrafast NanoOptics

Collaborations


Much of our current experimental work on Surface Plasmon Polaritons is supported by theoretical modeling carried out by the group of Prof. Erich Runge from the Technische Universitat Ilmenau, Germany link.

Experimental and computational collaborations are in place with the group of Dr Brian Vohnsen from UCDs NanoBio initiative link.

The project investigating the solvation and hydration of carbon nanotubes is a joint project with Prof. Quirke from UCDs College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences link.

The biomimetic solar cell project is part of a large SFI funded Irish research cluster entitled "Advanced Biomimetics for Solar Energy Conversion", headed by Prof. Don McElroy link.

Part of the magnetoplasmonics research, and characterisation of the optical and magnetic properties of multilayered metallic nanoparticels is in collaboration with Prof. Lee link.

The project aimed at imaging of SPs using PEEM is partly in collaboration with the group of Prof. Aeschlimann, from the Technische Universität Kaiserslautern link.

An SFI funded collaboration has been set up with the Tyndall National Institute in Cork where e-beam lithography and an etching procedure is used to write elevated 3 dimensional nano-structure designs on a substrate.

The group has a collaboration with Dr Frank Katzenberg of Dortmund University relating to the production and preparation of Tunable Nanostructures.

The group also has strong links with Prof. Schierbaum of the Heinrich-Heine University, Germany.