Quantum control of atoms at ultrashort distances from surfaces would open a new paradigm in quantum optics and offer novel tool for the investigation near-surface physics. Here, we investigate motional states that are bound weakly to surface hot optical nanofiber. We theoretically demonstrate with optimized mechanical properties nanofiber these quantized despite phonon-induced decoherence. furt...

Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA NanoPhotonics Group, Kapitza Building, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK Institute of Microstructure Technology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Hermann-von-Helmholtzplatz1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW...

Nanoparticles are being used for construction of complex and higher-order functional structures and metamaterials with applications in nanophotonics, information storage and biomedicine, to name a few. These innovations are briefly discussed within the context of future diagnostic and nanomedicine platform technologies and their possible self-assembly in vivo.

There is intense and growing interest in one-dimensional (1-D) nanostructures from the perspective of their synthesis and unique properties, especially with respect to their excellent optical response and an ability to form heterostructures. This review discusses alternative approaches to preparation and organization of such structures, and their potential properties. In particular, molecular-s...

The numerical study of electromagnetic wave propagation in nanophotonic devices requires among others the integration of various types of dispersion models, such as the Drude one, in numerical methodologies. Appropriate approaches have been extensively developed in the context of the Finite Differences Time-Domain (FDTD) method, such as in [1] for example. For the discontinuous Galerkin time-do...

The field of two-dimensional (2D) materials has the potential to enable unique applications across a wide range of the electromagnetic spectrum. While 2D-layered materials hold promise for next-generation photon-conversion intrinsic limitations and challenges exist that shall be overcome. Here we discuss the intrinsic limitations as well as application opportunities of this new class of materia...

There has been significant interest in nanophotonics for global on-chip communication and for inter-socket communication between processors and/or main memory. Our goal in this short paper is to motivate future research on nanophotonic systemin-package (NSiP): an integration strategy that uses CMOScompatible nanophotonic devices to implement an efficient package-level network for high-performan...

Optical and nonlinear-optical properties of negativeindex nanocomposite as well as the feasibility of a design of novel photonic microdevices and all-optical data processing chips are numerically simulated. Keywords—Numerical simulation, nano materials and nanostructures, negative-index metamaterials, nanophotonics, nano and micro devices, all-optical switches, optical frequency narrow-band fil...

We design and numerically simulate a photonic crystal waveguide cavity with a nanoslot structure for single nanoparticle trapping. A 135x enhancement of optical gradient trapping force compared to plain waveguide trapping devices has been achieved. ©2009 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (350.4855) Optical tweezers or optical manipulation; (350.4238) Nanophotonics and photonic crystals