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Hilton J, Nanao Y, Flokstra M, Askari M, Smith TK, Di Falco A, King PDC, Wahl P, Adamson CS. The role of ion dissolution in metal and metal oxide surface inactivation of SARS-CoV-2. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0155323. [PMID: 38259079 PMCID: PMC10880620 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01553-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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Anti-viral surface coatings are under development to prevent viral fomite transmission from high-traffic touch surfaces in public spaces. Copper's anti-viral properties have been widely documented, but the anti-viral mechanism of copper surfaces is not fully understood. We screened a series of metal and metal oxide surfaces for anti-viral activity against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative agent of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Copper and copper oxide surfaces exhibited superior anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity; however, the level of anti-viral activity was dependent on the composition of the carrier solution used to deliver virus inoculum. We demonstrate that copper ions released into solution from test surfaces can mediate virus inactivation, indicating a copper ion dissolution-dependent anti-viral mechanism. The level of anti-viral activity is, however, not dependent on the amount of copper ions released into solution per se. Instead, our findings suggest that degree of virus inactivation is dependent on copper ion complexation with other biomolecules (e.g., proteins/metabolites) in the virus carrier solution that compete with viral components. Although using tissue culture-derived virus inoculum is experimentally convenient to evaluate the anti-viral activity of copper-derived test surfaces, we propose that the high organic content of tissue culture medium reduces the availability of "uncomplexed" copper ions to interact with the virus, negatively affecting virus inactivation and hence surface anti-viral performance. We propose that laboratory anti-viral surface testing should include virus delivered in a physiologically relevant carrier solution (saliva or nasal secretions when testing respiratory viruses) to accurately predict real-life surface anti-viral performance when deployed in public spaces.IMPORTANCEThe purpose of evaluating the anti-viral activity of test surfaces in the laboratory is to identify surfaces that will perform efficiently in preventing fomite transmission when deployed on high-traffic touch surfaces in public spaces. The conventional method in laboratory testing is to use tissue culture-derived virus inoculum; however, this study demonstrates that anti-viral performance of test copper-containing surfaces is dependent on the composition of the carrier solution in which the virus inoculum is delivered to test surfaces. Therefore, we recommend that laboratory surface testing should include virus delivered in a physiologically relevant carrier solution to accurately predict real-life test surface performance in public spaces. Understanding the mechanism of virus inactivation is key to future rational design of improved anti-viral surfaces. Here, we demonstrate that release of copper ions from copper surfaces into small liquid droplets containing SARS-CoV-2 is a mechanism by which the virus that causes COVID-19 can be inactivated.
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- Jane Hilton
- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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- Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
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Xiao J, Plaskocinski T, Biabanifard M, Persheyev S, Di Falco A. On-Chip Optical Trapping with High NA Metasurfaces. ACS Photonics 2023; 10:1341-1348. [PMID: 37215320 PMCID: PMC10197168 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.2c01986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Optical trapping of small particles typically requires the use of high NA microscope objectives. Photonic metasurfaces are an attractive alternative to create strongly focused beams for optical trapping applications in an integrated platform. Here, we report on the design, fabrication, and characterization of optical metasurfaces with a numerical aperture up to 1.2 and trapping stiffness greater than 400 pN/μm/W. We demonstrate that these metasurfaces perform as well as microscope objectives with the same numerical aperture. We systematically analyze the impact of the metasurface dimension on the trapping performance and show efficient trapping with metasurfaces with an area as small as 0.001 mm2. Finally, we demonstrate the versatility of the platform by designing metasurfaces able to create multisite optical tweezers for the trapping of extended objects.
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Yan L, Xiao J, Plaskocinski T, Biabanifard M, Persheyev S, Askari M, Falco AD. Two-tier manipulation of holographic information. Opt Express 2022; 30:19145-19151. [PMID: 36221699 DOI: 10.1364/oe.456843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Here we demonstrate the two-tier manipulation of holographic information using frequency-selective metasurfaces. Our results show that these devices can diffract light efficiently at designed frequency and environmental conditions. By changing the frequency and refractive index of the surrounding environment, the metasurfaces produce two different holographic images. We anticipate that these environmental dependent, frequency-selective metasurfaces will have practical applications in holographic encryption and sensing.
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Titze VM, Caixeiro S, Di Falco A, Schubert M, Gather MC. Red-Shifted Excitation and Two-Photon Pumping of Biointegrated GaInP/AlGaInP Quantum Well Microlasers. ACS Photonics 2022; 9:952-960. [PMID: 35434182 PMCID: PMC9007562 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.1c01807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Biointegrated intracellular microlasers have emerged as an attractive and versatile tool in biophotonics. Different inorganic semiconductor materials have been used for the fabrication of such biocompatible microlasers but often operate at visible wavelengths ill-suited for imaging through tissue. Here, we report on whispering gallery mode microdisk lasers made from a range of GaInP/AlGaInP multi-quantum well structures with compositions tailored to red-shifted excitation and emission. The selected semiconductor alloys show minimal toxicity and allow the fabrication of lasers with stable single-mode emission in the NIR (675-720 nm) and sub-pJ thresholds. The microlasers operate in the first therapeutic window under direct excitation by a conventional diode laser and can also be pumped in the second therapeutic window using two-photon excitation at pulse energies compatible with standard multiphoton microscopy. Stable performance is observed under cell culturing conditions for 5 days without any device encapsulation. With their bio-optimized spectral characteristics, low lasing threshold, and compatibility with two-photon pumping, AlGaInP-based microlasers are ideally suited for novel cell tagging and in vivo sensing applications.
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- Vera M. Titze
- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
- Humboldt
Centre for Nano- and Biophotonics, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 4-6, D-50939 Cologne, Germany
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- SUPA,
School of Physics and Astronomy, University
of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
- Humboldt
Centre for Nano- and Biophotonics, Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Cologne, Greinstr. 4-6, D-50939 Cologne, Germany
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Askari M, Kirkpatrick BC, Čižmár T, Di Falco A. All-optical manipulation of photonic membranes. Opt Express 2021; 29:14260-14268. [PMID: 33985149 DOI: 10.1364/oe.420364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We demonstrate the all-optical manipulation of polymeric membranes in microfluidic environments. The membranes are decorated with handles for their use in holographic optical tweezers systems. Our results show that due to their form factor the membranes present a substantial increase in their mechanical stability, respect to micrometric dielectric particles. This intrinsic superior stability is expected to improve profoundly a wide range of bio-photonic applications that rely on the optical manipulation of micrometric objects.
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Harwell J, Burch J, Fikouras A, Gather MC, Di Falco A, Samuel IDW. Patterning Multicolor Hybrid Perovskite Films via Top-Down Lithography. ACS Nano 2019; 13:3823-3829. [PMID: 30794382 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b09592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Lead-halide perovskites have attracted great attention due to their excellent optoelectronic properties, with rapid progress being made in their performance as light-emitting diodes (LEDs), photodiodes, and solar cells. Demonstrating large scale, high-resolution patterning of perovskites is a key enabling step to unlock their full potential for a range of optoelectronic applications. However, the development of a successful top-down lithography fabrication procedure has so far been hampered by the incompatibility of perovskite films with the solvents used during lithographic processes. Here, we perform a study on the effect of different lithographic solvents on perovskite films and use this insight to develop photolithography and electron-beam lithography procedures for patterning perovskite films. This procedure uses standard resists at low temperatures and achieves micron-scale features with flat tops. Furthermore, we expand this platform to produce arrays of multicolor pixels for potential commercial perovskite LED display applications.
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- Jonathon Harwell
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of St Andrews , North Haugh , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9SS , United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of St Andrews , North Haugh , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9SS , United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of St Andrews , North Haugh , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9SS , United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of St Andrews , North Haugh , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9SS , United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of St Andrews , North Haugh , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9SS , United Kingdom
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of St Andrews , North Haugh , St Andrews , Fife KY16 9SS , United Kingdom
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Metasurface holograms are typically fabricated on rigid substrates. Here we experimentally demonstrate broadband, flexible, conformable, helicity multiplexed metasurface holograms operating in the visible range, offering increased potential for real life out-of-the-lab applications. Two symmetrically distributed holographic images are obtained when circularly polarized light impinges on the reflective-type metasurface positioned on non-planar targets. The two off-axis images with high fidelity are interchangeable by controlling the helicity of incident light. Our metasurface features the arrangement of spatially varying gold nanorods on a flexible, conformable epoxy resist membrane to realize a Pancharatnam-Berry phase profile. These results pave the way to practical applications including polarization manipulation, beam steering, novel lenses, and holographic displays.
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- James Burch
- University of St Andrews, School of Physics and Astronomy, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK.
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- Heriot-Watt University, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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- Heriot-Watt University, Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, UK
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- University of St Andrews, School of Physics and Astronomy, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK
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Wei Z, Zhou ZK, Li Q, Xue J, Di Falco A, Yang Z, Zhou J, Wang X. Flexible Nanowire Cluster as a Wearable Colorimetric Humidity Sensor. Small 2017; 13. [PMID: 28544454 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201700109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Revised: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Wearable plasmonic devices combine the advantages of high flexibility, ultrathinness, light weight, and excellent integration with the optical benefits mediated by plasmon-enhanced electric fields. However, two obstacles severely hinder further developments and applications of a wearable plasmonic device. One is the lack of efficient approach to obtaining devices with robust antimotion-interference property, i.e., the devices can work independently on the morphology changes of their working structures caused by arbitrary wearing conditions. The other issue is to seek a facile and high-throughput fabrication method to satisfy the financial requirement of industrialization. In order to overcome these two challenges, a functional flexible film of nanowire cluster is developed, which can be easily fabricated by taking the advantages of both conventional electrochemical and sputtering methods. Such flexible plasmonic films can be made into wearable devices that work independently on shape changes induced by various wearing conditions (such as bending, twisting and stretching). Furthermore, due to plasmonic advantages of color controlling and high sensitivity to environment changes, the flexible film of nanowire cluster can be used to fabricate wearable items (such as bracelet, clothes, bag, or even commercial markers), with the ability of wireless visualization for humidity sensing.
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- Zhiqiang Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, and Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instruments of Guangdong Province, School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, and Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instruments of Guangdong Province, School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, and Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instruments of Guangdong Province, School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, and Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instruments of Guangdong Province, School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, UK
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- Hunan Key Laboratory of Super Microstructure and Ultrafast Process, School of Physics and Electronics, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, 410083, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, and Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instruments of Guangdong Province, School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Physics, and Key Laboratory of Sensing Technology and Biomedical Instruments of Guangdong Province, School of Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, P. R. China
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Rizza C, Di Falco A, Scalora M, Ciattoni A. One-Dimensional Chirality: Strong Optical Activity in Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials. Phys Rev Lett 2015; 115:057401. [PMID: 26274441 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.057401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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We suggest that electromagnetic chirality, generally displayed by 3D or 2D complex chiral structures, can occur in 1D patterned composites whose components are achiral. This feature is highly unexpected in a 1D system which is geometrically achiral since its mirror image can always be superposed onto it by a 180 deg rotation. We analytically evaluate from first principles the bianisotropic response of multilayered metamaterials and we show that the chiral tensor is not vanishing if the system is geometrically one-dimensional chiral; i.e., its mirror image cannot be superposed onto it by using translations without resorting to rotations. As a signature of 1D chirality, we show that 1D chiral metamaterials support optical activity and we prove that this phenomenon undergoes a dramatic nonresonant enhancement in the epsilon-near-zero regime where the magnetoelectric coupling can become dominant in the constitutive relations.
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- Carlo Rizza
- Dipartimento di Scienza e Alta Tecnologia, Università dell'Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-SPIN, Via Vetoio 10, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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- Charles M. Bowden Research Center RDMR-WDS-WO, RDECOM, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5000, USA
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, CNR-SPIN, Via Vetoio 10, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy
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Di Falco A. Chiral plasmonic nanostructures: Twisted by DNA. Nat Mater 2014; 13:846-848. [PMID: 25141808 DOI: 10.1038/nmat4068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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- Andrea Di Falco
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
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Scullion MG, Di Falco A, Krauss TF. Contra-directional coupling into slotted photonic crystals for spectrometric applications. Opt Lett 2014; 39:4345-4348. [PMID: 25078173 DOI: 10.1364/ol.39.004345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We propose and demonstrate the concept of a contra-directional coupler between a W1 and a slotted photonic crystal waveguide. The bandwidth and operating wavelength of such a coupler can be controlled via its geometrical parameters, and power transfer is not periodic unlike in the more familiar codirectional case. Light of specific wavelengths can be extracted from the W1 mode into air slot modes using this design, with W1/slot coupling efficiencies of up to 99±1%, and waveguide extracted coupling efficiencies of up to 51±12% demonstrated experimentally. Combining several of these couplers in series, we demonstrate the spectral filtering functionality on-chip. The device therefore combines the well-known sensing function of the slotted waveguide geometry with the spectrometer function, thus uniting two essential biosensor functions in a monolithic device.
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De Luca AC, Reader-Harris P, Mazilu M, Mariggiò S, Corda D, Di Falco A. Reproducible surface-enhanced Raman quantification of biomarkers in multicomponent mixtures. ACS Nano 2014; 8:2575-2583. [PMID: 24524333 DOI: 10.1021/nn406200y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Direct and quantitative detection of unlabeled glycerophosphoinositol (GroPIns), an abundant cytosolic phosphoinositide derivative, would allow rapid evaluation of several malignant cell transformations. Here we report label-free analysis of GroPIns via surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) with a sensitivity of 200 nM, well below its apparent concentration in cells. Crucially, our SERS substrates, based on lithographically defined gold nanofeatures, can be used to predict accurately the GroPIns concentration even in multicomponent mixtures, avoiding the preliminary separation of individual compounds. Our results represent a critical step toward the creation of SERS-based biosensor for rapid, label-free, and reproducible detection of specific molecules, overcoming limits of current experimental methods.
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- Anna Chiara De Luca
- Institute of Protein Biochemistry, National Research Council , Via P. Castellino 111, 80131 Naples, Italy
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The speckle pattern arising from a thin random, disordered scatterer may be used to detect the transversal mode of an incident beam. On the other hand, speckle patterns originating from meter-long multimode fibers can be used to detect different wavelengths. Combining these approaches, we develop a method that uses a thin random scattering medium to measure the wavelength of a near-infrared laser beam with picometer resolution. The method is based on the application of principal component analysis, which is used for pattern recognition and is applied here to the case of speckle pattern categorization.
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Kosmeier S, De Luca AC, Zolotovskaya S, Di Falco A, Dholakia K, Mazilu M. Coherent control of plasmonic nanoantennas using optical eigenmodes. Sci Rep 2013; 3:1808. [PMID: 23657743 PMCID: PMC3648803 DOI: 10.1038/srep01808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 04/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The last decade has seen subwavelength focusing of the electromagnetic field in the proximity of nanoplasmonic structures with various designs. However, a shared issue is the spatial confinement of the field, which is mostly inflexible and limited to fixed locations determined by the geometry of the nanostructures, which hampers many applications. Here, we coherently address numerically and experimentally single and multiple plasmonic nanostructures chosen from a given array, resorting to the principle of optical eigenmodes. By decomposing the light field into optical eigenmodes, specifically tailored to the nanostructure, we create a subwavelength, selective and dynamic control of the incident light. The coherent control of plasmonic nanoantennas using this approach shows an almost zero crosstalk. This approach is applicable even in the presence of large transmission aberrations, such as present in holographic diffusers and multimode fibres. The method presents a paradigm shift for the addressing of plasmonic nanostructures by light.
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- Sebastian Kosmeier
- SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, UK
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We demonstrate the operation of a flexible optical filter based on guided mode resonances that operates in the visible regime. The filter is fabricated on a free standing polymeric membrane of 1.3 μm thickness and we show how the geometrical design parameters of the filter determine its optical properties, and how various types of filter can be made with this scheme. To highlight the versatility and robustness of the approach, we mount a filter onto a collimated fibre output and demonstrate successful wavelength filtering.
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- Peter Reader-Harris
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, United Kingdom.
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The Luneburg lens is an aberration-free lens that focuses light from all directions equally well. We fabricated and tested a Luneburg lens in silicon photonics. Such fully-integrated lenses may become the building blocks of compact Fourier optics on chips. Furthermore, our fabrication technique is sufficiently versatile for making perfect imaging devices on silicon platforms.
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- Andrea Di Falco
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews KY16 9SS, UK
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Reardon C, Di Falco A, Welna K, Krauss T. Integrated polymer microprisms for free space optical beam deflecting. Opt Express 2009; 17:3424-3428. [PMID: 19259180 DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.003424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We demonstrate beam deflection and multiple channel communication in free space optical communications using microprisms integrated directly onto an array of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs). The design and fabrication of such a transmitter is presented, and shown to achieve beam deflection of up to 10 degrees in a planar configuration. A location discovery application, for use within a distributed network, is put forward and analysed.
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- Christopher Reardon
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews, North Haugh, St Andrews, Scotland.
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Di Falco A, Conti C, Trillo S. Tunneling mediated by 2D+1 conical waves in a 1D lattice. Phys Rev Lett 2008; 101:013601. [PMID: 18764110 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.101.013601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The propagation of 2D+1 wave packets in 1D band gap systems shows that the interplay of periodicity and nonlinearity leads to the spontaneous formation of fast and slow conical localized waves. Such nonlinear tunneling has features that differ on the two edges of the band gap and it is characterized by the competition of bullets and nonlinear X waves.
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- Andrea Di Falco
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom
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We analyze phase matching with reference to frequency doubling in nanosized quadratic waveguides encompassing form birefringence and supporting cross-polarized fundamental and second-harmonic modes. In an AlGaAs rod with an air void, we show that phase-matched second-harmonic generation could be achieved in a wide spectral range employing state-of-the-art nanotechnology.
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- Andrea Di Falco
- NooEL-Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Lab, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy
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By numerically integrating the three-dimensional Maxwell equations in the time domain with reference to a dispersive quadratically nonlinear material, we study second-harmonic generation in planar photonic crystal microresonators. The proposed scheme allows efficient coupling of the pump radiation to the defect resonant mode. The outcoupled generated second harmonic is maximized by impedance matching the photonic crystal cavity to the output waveguide.
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- Andrea Di Falco
- Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Laboratory, Department of Electronic Engineering and INFM-CNISM, University Roma Tre, Rome, Italy.
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Conti C, Di Falco A, Assanto G. Controlled transmission in the forbidden photonic bandgap via transient nonlinear states. Opt Lett 2004; 29:2902-2904. [PMID: 15645818 DOI: 10.1364/ol.29.002902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Using three-dimensional time-domain numerical simulations of the nonlinear dispersive Maxwell equations for a defect microcavity in a photonic crystal wire, we show that the transmission through the bandgap can be all-optically modulated via the generation of transient states associated with the nonlinear splitting of the defect mode. Analytical results based on time-domain coupled-mode theory are derived as well.
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- Claudio Conti
- Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Laboratory, National Institute for the Physics of Matter, University Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy.
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Conti C, Di Falco A, Assanto G. Frequency generation within the forbidden band gap: all optical Rabi-like splitting in photonic crystals and microcavities. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2004; 70:066614. [PMID: 15697533 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.70.066614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2004] [Revised: 08/03/2004] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Based on three-dimensional time domain numerical simulations of the nonlinear dispersive Maxwell equations, we find evidence of all optical splitting of defect states in a photonic band gap structure. The result is analogous to the well known Rabi splitting and optical nutation in atomic two-level systems, and can be used for controlled in-gap generation of optical frequencies. Photon-echo-like behavior and third harmonic generation are also investigated.
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- Claudio Conti
- Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Laboratory, National Institute for the Physics of Matter, University Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy.
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Conti C, Di Falco A, Assanto G. Optical parametric oscillations in isotropic photonic crystals. Opt Express 2004; 12:823-828. [PMID: 19474891 DOI: 10.1364/opex.12.000823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We investigate optical parametric oscillations via four-wave mixing in a dielectric photonic crystal. Using a fully vectorial 3D time-domain approach, including both dispersion and Kerr nonlinear polarization, we analyze the response of an inverted opal. The results demonstrate the feasibility of parametric sources in isotropic media arranged in photonic band-gap geometries.
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Leo G, Colace L, Amoroso A, Di Falco A, Assanto G. Spatial optical simultons in nonlinearly coupled planar waveguides. Opt Lett 2003; 28:1031-1033. [PMID: 12836769 DOI: 10.1364/ol.28.001031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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With second-harmonic generation in surface and buried planar waveguides achieved by direct and reverse proton exchange in lithium niobate, we demonstrate a novel kind of quadratic spatial simulton: The transverse-electric fundamental input and the transverse-magnetic second-harmonic waves nonlinearly couple two superimposed planar waveguides, permitting transverse localization of light at room temperature and at excitations as low as 340 nJ in 20-ps pulses.
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- Giuseppe Leo
- NOOEL--Nonlinear Optics and OptoElectronics Laboratory, National Institute for the Physics of Matter, Department of Electronic Engineering, University Roma Tre, Via della Vasca Navale 84, 00146 Rome, Italy
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Falco AD, Tompkins WR, Intaglietta M. Video analysis of low flow rates. Microvasc Res 1973; 6:362-5. [PMID: 4272129 DOI: 10.1016/0026-2862(73)90085-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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