Research directions

1 Nanoplasmonics
2 Nonlinear Optical Microscopy
3 Two-Photon Laser Lithography
4 Magneto-Optics

Nanoplasmonics

Topic Description

Nanoplasmonics studies the interaction of light with metallic nanostructures, in which collective oscillations of electrons — plasmons — make it possible to localize the electromagnetic field at scales smaller than the wavelength of light. The optical response of such materials is determined not only by the choice of their chemical composition but also by their design and structural geometry. All this makes it possible to create media with properties unavailable to conventional optical materials, as well as to resonantly enhance various optical effects.

Laboratory Research Focus

In our research, special attention is paid to hyperbolic metamaterials (HMMs) — artificial composites consisting of metallic nanorods embedded in a dielectric matrix. Such structures possess a number of features: pronounced optical anisotropy, nonlocal optical response, etc. This leads to the emergence of unusual properties of such structures — for example, the existence of the Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) regime, in which one of the main components of the effective permittivity tensor becomes zero. Our laboratory has also conducted research on a number of other plasmonic nanostructures, such as magnetoplasmonic crystals, chiral plasmonic structures, and others.

Key Achievements

To date, the following key results have been obtained in this area:

Active control of the optical response of hybrid structures consisting of HMMs and liquid crystals has been implemented.
Generation of spatial and spatiotemporal optical vortices in HMMs has been demonstrated.
Experimental demonstration of light self-action and enhancement of second-harmonic generation in HMMs due to resonant electric-field enhancement in the spectral vicinity of ENZ.
Enhancement of magneto-optical effects in HMMs has been demonstrated.
Experimental observation of fast- and slow-light effects during the propagation of a laser pulse through HMMs.

Topics for Course and Diploma Projects

Students interested in research are offered the following tasks:

Plasmonic effects in metamaterials with near-zero permittivity.
Metamaterials with near-zero permittivity: optical properties.

Publications on this topic

Chirp-driven suppression of spatiotemporal optical vortex breakup in free-space propagation

V. B. Novikov

Nonlinear-optical effects in arrays of asymmetric Co/Au planar particles on crystalline garnet layers

Irina A. Kolmychek, Kirill A. Smirnov, Evgeniy I. Zhaboev, Andrey A. Dotsenko, Nikita S. Gusev, Evgeny V. Skorokhodov, Sergey A. Gusev, Vladimir B. Novikov, Vladimir I. Panov, Anton I. Maydykovskiy, Tatiana V. Murzina

Chirp-driven control over fast-slow light effects in epsilon-near-zero metamaterials

V. B. Novikov, A. A. Dotsenko, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Ion beam etching of anodic aluminium oxide barrier layer for Au nanorod-based hyperbolic metamaterials

A. P. Leontiev, S. V. Sotnichuk, A. A. Klimenko, I. V. Malysheva, I. A. Kolmychek, A. M. Mumlyakov, I. I. Tsiniaikin, T. V. Murzina, K. S. Napolskii

Nonlocality-mediated spatiotemporal optical vortex generation in nanorod-based epsilon-near-zero metamaterials

V. B. Novikov, T. V. Murzina

Collective lattice and plasmonic resonances in the enhancement of circular dichroism in disk–rod metasurface

A. M. Romashkina, V. B. Novikov, T. V. Murzina

Self-action effects in hyperbolic metamaterials based on gold nanorods

I. A. Kolmychek, I. V. Malysheva, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Nonlocality-driven switchable fast-slow light effect in hyperbolic metamaterials in epsilon-near-zero regime

V. B. Novikov, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Surface plasmon driven enhancement of linear and nonlinear magneto-optical kerr effects in bimetallic magnetoplasmonic crystals in conical diffraction

V. B. Novikov, A. M. Romashkina, D. A. Ezenkova, I. A. Rodionov, K. N. Afanasyev, A. V. Baryshev, T. V. Murzina

Optical properties of hyperbolic metamaterials (brief review)

I. A. Kolmychek, I. V. Malysheva, V. B. Novikov, A. I. Maydykovskiy, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Experimental study of nonlinear absorption in hyperbolic metamaterials based on ordered arrays of nanorods

I. V. Malysheva, I. A. Kolmychek, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Resonant enhancement of the transverse magneto-optical effect in opal/cobalt/silver plasmonic heterostructures

I. A. Kolmychek, A. M. Romashkina, A. I. Maydykovskiy, S. A. Gusev, N. S. Gusev, M. V. Sapozhnikov, V. G. Golubev, T. V. Murzina

Magneto-optical effects in hyperbolic metamaterials based on ordered arrays of bisegmented gold/nickel nanorods

Irina V. Malysheva, Irina A. Kolmychek, Anastasia M. Romashkina, Alexey P. Leontiev, Kirill S. Napolskii, Tatiana V. Murzina

Resonant optical effects in composite Co/opal-based magnetoplasmonic structures

I. A. Kolmychek, E. A. Mamonov, N. S. Gusev, M. V. Sapozhnikov, V. G. Golubev, T. V. Murzina

Size effects in optical and magneto-optical response of opal-cobalt heterostructures

Irina A. Kolmychek, Ksenia A. Lazareva, Evgeniy A. Mamonov, Evgenii V. Skorokhodov, Maksim V. Sapozhnikov, Valery G. Golubev, Tatiana V. Murzina

Superluminal and slow femtosecond laser pulses in hyperbolic metamaterials in epsilon-near-zero regime

V. B. Novikov, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Оптические свойства гиперболических метаматериалов (миниобзор)

И. А. Колмычек, И. В. Малышева, В. Б. Новиков, А. И. Майдыковский, А. П. Леонтьев, К. С. Напольский, Т. В. Мурзина

Резонансное усиление поперечного магнитооптического эффекта в плазмонных гетероструктурах опал/кобальт/серебро

И. А. Колмычек, А. М. Ромашкина, А. И. Майдыковский, С. А. Гусев, Н. С. Гусев, М. С. Сапожников, В. Г. Голубев, Т. В. Мурзина

Phase-matched optical second harmonic generation in a hyperbolic metamaterial based on silver nanorods

I. A. Kolmychek, I. V. Malysheva, V. B. Novikov, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Optical effects in magnetoplasmonic crystals based on 1D metal-dielectric lattice

V. B. Novikov, A. M. Romashkina, D. A. Ezenkova, I. A. Rodionov, K. N. Afanas’ev, A. V. Baryshev, T. V. Murzina

Second-harmonic generation spectroscopy in gold nanorod-based epsilon-near-zero metamaterials

I. A. Kolmychek, V. B. Novikov, I. V. Malysheva, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Magneto-optical properties of plasmonic hyperbolic metamaterials

V. B. Novikov, I. A. Kolmychek, A. R. Pomozov, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Оптические эффекты в магнитоплазмонных кристаллах на основе 1D металл-диэлектрической решетки

В. Б. Новиков, А. М. Ромашкина, Д. А. Езенкова, И. A. Родионов, К. Н. Афанасьев, А. В. Барышев, Т. В. Мурзина

Magneto-optical effects in Au/Ni based composite hyperbolic metamaterials

I. A. Kolmychek, A. R. Pomozov, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Nonlinear magneto-optical kerr effect in Co/Pt and Co/Ta bilayer films

I. A. Kolmychek, K. A. Lazareva, V. V. Radovskaya, A. I. Maydykovskiy, M. P. Temiryazeva, A. G. Temiryazev, E. E. Shalygina, A. V. Sadovnikov, S. A. Nikitov, E. A. Karashtin, N. S. Gusev, A. A. Fraerman, T. V. Murzina

Anomalous birefringence and enhanced magneto-optical effects in epsilon-near-zero metamaterials based on nanorods' arrays

I. A. Kolmychek, A. R. Pomozov, V. B. Novikov, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Tuning the optical properties of hyperbolic metamaterials by controlling the volume fraction of metallic nanorods

Alexey P. Leontiev, Olga YU Volkova, Irina A. Kolmychek, Anastasia V. Venets, Alexander R. Pomozov, Vasily S. Stolyarov, Tatiana V. Murzina, Kirill S. Napolskii

Magnetization-induced chirality in second harmonic generation response of U-shaped permalloy nanostructures

I. A. Kolmychek, I. A. Dolgikh, X. Zhou, A. O. Adeyeye, T. V. Murzina

Enhancement of optical second harmonic generation in hybrid plasmonic–photonic microcavities

V. B. Novikov, A. A. Nasonov, A. I. Maydykovskiy, T. V. Murzina

Magneto-optical effects in hyperbolic metamaterials

I. A. Kolmychek, A. R. Pomozov, A. P. Leontiev, K. S. Napolskii, T. V. Murzina

Magnetoplasmonic crystal waveguide

A. L. Chekhov, P. N. Naydnov, M. N. Smirnova, V. A. Ketsko, A. I. Stognij, T. V. Murzina

Polarization effects in optical second harmonic generation from chiral nanostructures

I. A. Kolmychek, E. A. Mamonov, T. V. Murzina

Surface plasmon-mediated nanoscale localization of laser-driven sub-terahertz spin dynamics in magnetic dielectrics

Alexander L. Chekhov, Stognij Alexander I, Takuya Satoh, Murzina Tatiana V, Ilya Razdolski, Andrzej Stupakiewicz

Enhancement of nonlinear optical effects in porous composite plasmonic structures

N. V. Mitetelo, S. E. Svyakhovskiy, A. D. Gartman, A. A. Kudrinskii, T. V. Murzina, A. I. Maydykovskiy

Усиление генерации второй оптической гармоники гибридными плазмон-фотонными микрорезонаторами

В. Б. Новиков, А. А. Насонов, А. И. Майдыковский, Т. В. Мурзина

Усиление нелинейно-оптических эффектов в пористых композитных плазмонных структурах

Н. В. Митетело, C. E. Свяховский, А. Д. Гартман, А. А. Кудринский, Т. В. Мурзина, А. И. Майдыковский

Magnetization-induced effects in second harmonic generation under the lattice plasmon resonance excitation

I. A. Kolmychek, A. N. Shaymanov, A. V. Baryshev, T. V. Murzina

Magnetization-induced effects in second harmonic generation under the lattice plasmon resonance excitation

I. A. Kolmychek, A. N. Shaimanov, A. V. Baryshev, T. V. Murzina

Surface plasmon-driven second harmonic generation asymmetry in anisotropic plasmonic crystals

A. L. Chekhov, I. Razdolski, A. Kirilyuk, TH Rasing, A. I. Stognij, T. V. Murzina

High-quality Au/BIG/GGG magnetoplasmonic crystals fabricated by a combined ion-beam etching technique

A. L. Chekhov, V. L. Krutyanskiy, V. A. Ketsko, A. I. Stognij, T. V. Murzina

Optical second harmonic generation in nanostructures with inhomogeneous magnetization

I. A. Kolmychek, V. L. Krutyanskiy, T. Murzina, E. A. Karashtin, M. V. Sapozhnikov, A. A. Fraerman

Исследование магнитооптического отклика двумерных магнитных плазмонных структур на основе золотых нанодисков в слое феррит-граната

И. А. Колмычек, А. Н. Шайманов, А. В. Барышев, Т. В. Мурзина

Wide tunability of magnetoplasmonic crystals due to excitation of multiple waveguide and plasmon modes

A. L. Chekhov, V. L. Krutyanskiy, A. N. Shaimanov, A. I. Stognij, T. V. Murzina

Second harmonic generation in core (shell) γ-Fe2O3 (Au) nanoparticles

I. A. Kolmychek, T. V. Murzina, S. Fourier, J. Wouters, V. K. Valev, T. Verbiest, O. A. Aktsipetrov