High-quality plasmonic nanocones having tips with single-digit radius of curvature can be reproducibly fabricated. See related article.
A flat optical nanoantenna capable of beaming light emitted by a single molecule has been studied theoretically and experimentally. See related article.
Our work on ultrabright single-photon source on diamond with electrical pumping at room and high temperatures published in New Journal of Physics
Diamond-based light sources will lay a foundation for quantum communications of the future, MIPT Press Release (05.08.16)
Our work on planar directional antennas has been recently presented at CLEO:QELS 2016
Journal Publications
2017
Plasmonic gold nanocones in the near-infrared for quantum nano-optics
A.M. Flatae, F. Tantussi, G.C. Messina, A. Mohammadi, F. De Angelis, M. Agio
Adv. Optical Mater., in press (2017)
Dynamics of single-photon emission from electrically pumped color centers
I.A. Khramtsov, M. Agio, D. Yu Fedyanin
Phys. Rev. Appl. 8, 024031 (2017)
Highly efficient light extraction and directional emission from large refractive-index media with a planar Yagi-Uda antenna
H.Galal, M. Agio
Opt. Mater. Express 7,1634 (2017)
Beaming light from a quantum emitter with a planar optical antenna
S. Checcucci, P. Lombardi, S. Rizvi, F. Sgrignuoli, N. Gruhler, F.B.C. Dieleman, F.S. Cataliotti, W.H.P. Pernice, M. Agio, C. Toninelli
Light: Science & Applications 6, e16245 (2017)
2016
Ultrabright single-photon source on diamond with electrical pumping at room and high temperatures
D. Yu Fedyanin, M. Agio
New J. Phys. 18, 073012 (2016)
The squeezing spectrum of a quantum emitter coupled to an optical nanostructure
D. Martin-Cano, H.R. Haakh, K. Murr, M. Agio
J. Opt. 18, 024010 (2016) | Special Issue: Quantum Plasmonics
2015
Robust luminescence of the silicon-vacancy center in diamond at high temperatures
S. Lagomarsino, F. Gorelli, M. Santoro, N. Fabbri, A. Hajeb, S. Sciortino, L. Palla, C. Czelusniak, M. Massi, F. Taccetti, L. Giuntini, N. Gelli, D. Yu Fedyanin, F.S. Cataliotti, C. Toninelli, M. Agio
AIP Advances 5, 127117 (2015)