We present a new approach which allows one to insert a silica nanosphere with a single quantum dot into a highQ photonic crystal slab nanocavity with an asymmetric nanohole in the center. The high Q cavity is optimized by adjusting air holes around the L3-type cavity based on three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain simulation. High Q value of 48 700 in this asymmetric cavity is achieved...

In this work, we are demonstrating resonant light transmission through hybrid multi-layered plasmonic crystals, which are formed by a coupled nanohole and a nanoparticle array. This structures are shown to provide the conventional extraordinary optical transmission (EOT) peaks and also a newly found cavity-based mode is introduced with an emphasis to its high sensing capabilities. Plasmon hybri...

Artificial nanomembranes may be defined as synthetic freestanding structures with a thickness below 100 nm and a very large aspect ratio, of at least a few orders of magnitude. Being quasi-2D, they exhibit a host of unusual properties useful for various applications in energy harvesting, sensing, optics, plasmonics, biomedicine, etc. We review the main approaches to nanomembrane functionalizati...

Recently, significant interest has been attracted by the potential use of aluminum nanostructures as plasmonic color filters to be great alternatives to the commercial color filters based on dye films or pigments. These color filters offer potential applications in LCDs, LEDs, color printing, CMOS image sensors, and multispectral imaging. However, engineering the optical characteristics of thes...

The flow of liquid helium through a single nanohole with radius smaller than 25 nm was studied. Mass flow was induced by applying a pressure difference of up to 1.4 bar across a 50 nm thick Si(3)N(4) membrane and was measured directly by means of mass spectrometry. In liquid He I, we experimentally show that the fluid is not clamped by the short pipe with diameter-to-length ratio D/L≃1, despite...