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Electromagnetic Materials Group

Our research focus is on the interaction between light and matter, where we have a particularly strong interest in the fundamental study of electromagnetic materials that incorporate structure from the nanometre to centimetre scale.

Plasmonics

Plasmon-mediated light-matter interactions; bio-sensing.
WL Barnes, JR Sambles

Spintronics

Magnetoresistance; spin transfer torque; current induced dynamics.
RJ Hicken, VV Kruglyak
 

Microwave photonics

Metamaterials; absorbers; plasmonics; FSS.
AP Hibbins, JR Sambles

Photonics in Nature

Optical effects in animals and plants; biomimetics.
P Vukusic

Terahertz

Plasmonics and photonics: metals; graphene and semiconductors
E Hendry, WL Barnes, ME Portnoi

Magnetic Materials and Dynamics

Magnetic materials; switching..
RJ Hicken, FY Ogrin, VV Kruglyak

Ultrafast Phenomena

Electron, phonon and spin dynamics; spectroscopy and microscopy; data storage
RJ Hicken, VV Kruglyak

Nanoscale Magnonics

Excitation, detection, propagation, scattering and confinement; spin wave logic; devices.
VV Kruglyak, RJ Hicken

Advanced Photonic Materials

Theory and modeling of metamaterials, photonic crystals and plasmonic nanostructures.
S Foteinopoulou

Biomedical Applications

Magnetic micro-motors; functional nanomagnets.
FY Ogrin, PG Petrov

Liquid Crystals

Optical characterization; display devices; microwave control.
JR Sambles, F Yang

 

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