A new dielectric metamaterial building block based on high refractive index silicon spherical nanocavities with Mie resonances appearing in the near infrared optical region is prepared and characterized. It is demonstrated ...
Garín Escrivá, Moisés; Fenollosa Esteve, Roberto; Alcubilla, Ramón; Shi, Lei; Marsal, L. F.; Meseguer Rico, Francisco Javier(Nature Publishing Group, 2014-03)
[EN] Silicon is the material of choice for visible light photodetection and solar cell fabrication. However, due to the intrinsic band gap properties of silicon, most infrared photons are energetically useless. Here, we ...
Shi, Lei; Meseguer Rico, Francisco Javier(Optical Society of America, 2012-09-04)
[EN] The magnetic field component of light in dielectric materials generally plays a negligible role at optical frequency values. However, it is a key component of metal based metamaterials. Here we report on the dominant ...
[EN] It is generally accepted that the magnetic component of light has a minor role in the light-matter interaction. The recent discovery of metamaterials has broken this traditional understanding, as both the electric and ...
Rodríguez, Marie-Isabelle; Shi, Lei; Lu, Xiaotang; Korgel, Brian; Alvarez -Puebla, Ramon; Meseguer Rico, Francisco Javier(Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014-06-07)
[EN] In this communication we demonstrate the large amplification values of the Raman signal of organic molecules attached to silicon nanoparticles (SiNPs). Light induced Mie resonances of high refractive index particles ...