We have characterized the fundamental photoluminescence (PL) properties of individual, isolated indium phosphide (InP) nanowires to define their potential for optoelectronics. Polarization-sensitive measurements reveal a striking anisotropy in the PL intensity recorded parallel and perpendicular to the long axis of a nanowire. The order-of-magnitude polarization anisotropy was quantitatively ex...

We report here on significant enhancement of the photochemical etching of p-type gallium phosphide (GaP) by Au plasmonic nanostructures. The photochemical etching rate of defect (dislocation) states of Au-coated p-GaP samples is ten times higher than blank samples when irradiated with 532 nm laser. It is confirmed that the enhancement of photochemical etching is wavelength selective. Only 532 n...

Relating to the catalytic dehydrocoupling of secondary phosphine substrates, zirconium phosphide complexes supported by triamidoamine and pentamethylcyclopentadienyl ligands exhibit different stability that is attributed to β-hydride elimination.

The smallest structures that conventional lenses are able to optically resolve are of the order of 200 nm. We introduce a new type of lens that exploits multiple scattering of light to generate a scanning nanosized optical focus. With an experimental realization of this lens in gallium phosphide we imaged gold nanoparticles at 97 nm optical resolution. Our work is the first lens that provides a...

We have experimentally measured the distribution of the second-harmonic intensity that is generated inside a highly-scattering slab of porous gallium phosphide. Two complementary techniques for determining the distribution are used. First, the spatial distribution of second-harmonic light intensity at the side of a cleaved slab has been recorded. Second, the total second-harmonic radiation at e...