Publications

Publications

Publications of the group, including reviews and book chapters. The complete list is on Google Scholar and ORCID.

2026

• Thin film interference in diamond membranes for control of silicon vacancy center emission
  D. Acil, H. Li, M. H. Mikkelsen, Advanced Optical Materials 14, e01609 (2026) — front cover article
• Metasurface-enhanced thermal photodetector operating at gigahertz frequencies
  E. Shin, R. E. Bangle, N. C. Wilson, S. B. Nikodemski, J. H. Vella, M. H. Mikkelsen, Advanced Functional Materials 36, 2420953 (2026)

2025

• Real-time tuning of plasmonic nanogap cavity resonances through solvent environments
  E. Shin, R. E. Bangle, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nanophotonics 14, 3889–3895 (2025)
• Solution-processed ultrafast, room-temperature single-photon source at 1550 nm
  S. Zhang, A. J. Traverso, E. A. Dolgopolova, A. Singh, H. Kishida, M. Y. Livshits, C. J. Sheehan, E. G. Bowes, J. A. Hollingsworth, M. H. Mikkelsen, ACS Nano 19, 19035–19045 (2025)
• Room-temperature picosecond single photon emission from silicon vacancy center in diamond
  H. Li, D. Acil, A. Boyce, C. Pederson, S. Chakravarthi, N. Yama, K.-M. C. Fu, M. H. Mikkelsen, ACS Nano 19, 19310–19317 (2025) — cover article

2024

• Plasmonic diamond membranes for ultrafast silicon vacancy emission
  A. M. Boyce, H. Li, N. C. Wilson, D. Acil, A. Shams-Ansari, S. Chakravarthi, C. Pederson, Q. Shen, N. Yama, K.-M. C. Fu, M. Loncar, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 24, 3575–3580 (2024)

2023

• Tracking light-induced charge transport
  R. E. Bangle, M. H. Mikkelsen, Science 382, 6668 (2023)
• Ultrathin pyroelectric photodetector with integrated polarization-sensing metasurface
  N. C. Wilson, E. Shin, R. E. Bangle, S. B. Nikodemski, J. H. Vella, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 23, 8547–8552 (2023)
• Uncovering the mechanisms of triplet-triplet annihilation upconversion enhancement via plasmonic nanocavity tuning
  R. E. Bangle, H. Li, M. H. Mikkelsen, ACS Nano 17, 24022–24032 (2023)

2022

• Fluorescence enhancement in diagnostic biosensors for point-of-care and clinical testing: a review of recent technologies
  D. Semeniak, D. F. Cruz, A. Chilkoti, M. H. Mikkelsen, Advanced Materials 34, 2107986 (2022) · DOI — review
• Control of nanoscale heat generation with lithography-free metasurface absorbers
  J. W. Stewart, T. Nebabu, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 22, 5151–5157 (2022)
• Actively tunable metasurfaces via plasmonic nanogap cavities with sub-10 nm VO2 films
  A. M. Boyce, J. W. Stewart, J. Avila, Q. Shen, S. Zhang, V. D. Wheeler, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 22, 3525–3531 (2022)
• Ultrafast lifetime and bright emission from graphene quantum dots using plasmonic nanogap cavities
  H. Kishida, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 22, 904–910 (2022)

2021

• Low-loss plasmonic metasurface for ultrafast optoelectronics
  A. J. Traverso, J. Huang, T. Peyronel, G. Yang, T. G. Tiecke, M. H. Mikkelsen, Optica 8, 202–207 (2021)
• Ultra-sensitive point-of-care immunoassay for secreted glycoprotein detects Ebola infection earlier than PCR
  C. M. Fontes, B. D. Lipes, J. Liu, K. N. Agans, A. Yan, P. Shi, D. F. Cruz, G. Kelly, K. M. Luginbuhl, D. Y. Joh, S. L. Foster, J. Heggestad, A. Hucknall, M. H. Mikkelsen, C. F. Pieper, R. W. Horstmeyer, T. W. Geisbert, M. D. Gunn, A. Chilkoti, Science Translational Medicine 13, eabd9696 (2021)
• A metasurface-based diamond frequency converter using plasmonic nanogap resonators
  Q. Shen, A. Shams-Ansari, A. M. Boyce, N. C. Wilson, T. Cai, M. Loncar, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nanophotonics 10, 589–595 (2021) · DOI
• Nanophotonic engineering: a new paradigm for spectrally sensitive thermal photodetectors
  J. W. Stewart, N. C. Wilson, M. H. Mikkelsen, ACS Photonics 8, 71–84 (2021)

2020

• Active control of multiple, simultaneous nonlinear optical processes in plasmonic nanogap cavities
  Q. Shen, W. Jin, G. Yang, A. W. Rodriguez, M. H. Mikkelsen, ACS Photonics 7, 901–907 (2020)
• Ultrabright fluorescence readout of an inkjet-printed immunoassay using plasmonic nanogap cavities
  D. F. Cruz, C. M. Fontes, D. Semeniak, J. Huang, A. Hucknall, A. Chilkoti, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 20, 4330–4336 (2020) · DOI
• Ultrafast pyroelectric photodetection with on-chip spectral filters
  J. W. Stewart, J. H. Vella, W. Li, S. Fan, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nature Materials 19, 158–162 (2020) · DOI
• Unidirectional, ultrafast, and bright spontaneous emission source enabled by a hybrid plasmonic nanoantenna
  G. Yang, Q. Shen, Y. Niu, H. Wei, B. Bai, M. H. Mikkelsen, H.-B. Sun, Laser & Photonics Reviews 14, 1900213 (2020)

2019

• Polarization-controlled nanogap cavity with dual-band and spatially overlapped resonances
  Q. Shen, A. M. Boyce, G. Yang, M. H. Mikkelsen, ACS Photonics 6, 1916–1921 (2019)
• Extreme nanophotonics in ultrathin metallic junctions
  J. J. Baumberg, J. Aizpurua, M. H. Mikkelsen, D. R. Smith, Nature Materials 18, 668–678 (2019) · DOI — review
• Real-time tunable strong coupling: from individual nanocavities to metasurfaces
  J. Huang, A. J. Traverso, G. Yang, M. H. Mikkelsen, ACS Photonics 6, 838–843 (2019)

2018

• Surpassing single line width active tuning with photochromic molecules coupled to plasmonic nanoantennas
  W. M. Wilson, J. W. Stewart, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 18, 853–858 (2018)
• Tailored emission spectrum of 2D semiconductors using plasmonic nanocavities
  J. Huang, G. M. Akselrod, T. Ming, J. Kong, M. H. Mikkelsen, ACS Photonics 5, 552–558 (2018) · DOI — ACS Editors' Choice
• Probing the origin of highly-efficient third harmonic generation in plasmonic nanogaps
  Q. Shen, T. B. Hoang, G. Yang, V. D. Wheeler, M. H. Mikkelsen, Optics Express 26, 20718–20725 (2018)

2017

• Millimeter-scale spatial coherence from a plasmon laser
  T. B. Hoang, G. M. Akselrod, A. Yang, T. W. Odom, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 17, 6690–6695 (2017)
• Enhanced generation and anisotropic Coulomb scattering of hot electrons in an ultra-broadband plasmonic nanopatch metasurface
  M. E. Sykes, J. W. Stewart, G. M. Akselrod, X.-T. Kong, Z. Wang, D. J. Gosztola, A. B. F. Martinson, D. Rosenmann, M. H. Mikkelsen, A. O. Govorov, G. P. Wiederrecht, Nature Communications 8, 986 (2017)
• Temporal and spatial valley dynamics in two-dimensional semiconductors probed via Kerr rotation
  J. Huang, T. B. Hoang, T. Ming, J. Kong, M. H. Mikkelsen, Physical Review B 95, 075428 (2017)
• Toward multispectral imaging with colloidal metasurface pixels
  J. W. Stewart, G. M. Akselrod, D. R. Smith, M. H. Mikkelsen, Advanced Materials 29, 1602971 (2017) · DOI — back cover article
• Controlled radiative dynamics using plasmonic nanocavities
  G. M. Akselrod, M. H. Mikkelsen, Handbook of Metamaterials and Plasmonics (2017) — book chapter
• Controlled and enhanced fluorescence using plasmonic nanocavities
  G. M. Akselrod, D. R. Smith, M. H. Mikkelsen, Surface Plasmon Enhanced, Coupled and Controlled Fluorescence (2017) — book chapter

2016

• Efficient nanosecond photoluminescence from infrared PbS quantum dots coupled to plasmonic nanoantennas
  G. M. Akselrod, M. C. Weidman, Y. Li, C. Argyropoulos, W. A. Tisdale, M. H. Mikkelsen, ACS Photonics 3, 1741–1746 (2016)
• Ultrafast single photon emission from a quantum dot coupled to a plasmonic nanocavity
  T. B. Hoang, G. M. Akselrod, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 16, 270–275 (2016)
• Broad electrical tuning of plasmonic nanoantennas at visible frequencies
  T. B. Hoang, M. H. Mikkelsen, Applied Physics Letters 108, 183107 (2016)
• RIR-MAPLE deposition of plasmonic silver nanoparticles
  W. Ge, T. B. Hoang, M. H. Mikkelsen, A. D. Stiff-Roberts, Applied Physics A 122, 824 (2016)
• Probing the origin of excitonic states in monolayer WSe2
  J. Huang, T. B. Hoang, M. H. Mikkelsen, Scientific Reports 6, 22414 (2016)
• Colloidal synthesis of nanopatch antennas for applications in plasmonics and nanophotonics
  T. B. Hoang, J. Huang, M. H. Mikkelsen, Journal of Visualized Experiments 111, e53876 (2016)

2015

• Large-area metasurface perfect absorbers from visible to near-infrared
  G. M. Akselrod, J. Huang, T. B. Hoang, P. T. Bowen, L. Su, D. R. Smith, M. H. Mikkelsen, Advanced Materials 27, 8028–8034 (2015) · DOI — front cover article
• Ultrafast spontaneous emission source using plasmonic nanoantennas
  T. B. Hoang, G. M. Akselrod, C. Argyropoulos, J. Huang, D. R. Smith, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nature Communications 6, 7788 (2015) · DOI
• Leveraging nanocavity harmonics for control of optical processes in 2D semiconductors
  G. M. Akselrod, T. Ming, C. Argyropoulos, T. B. Hoang, Y. Lin, X. Ling, D. R. Smith, J. Kong, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 15, 3578–3584 (2015)
• Ultrafast self-action of surface plasmon polaritons at an air/metal interface
  A. Baron, T. B. Hoang, C. Fang, M. H. Mikkelsen, D. R. Smith, Physical Review B 91, 195412 (2015)
• Real-time tunable lasing from plasmonic nanocavity arrays
  A. Yang, T. B. Hoang, M. Dridi, C. Deeb, M. H. Mikkelsen, G. C. Schatz, T. W. Odom, Nature Communications 6, 6939 (2015)
• High Purcell factor due to coupling of a single emitter to a dielectric slot waveguide
  P. Kolchin, N. Pholchai, M. H. Mikkelsen, J. Oh, S. Ota, M. S. Islam, X. Yin, X. Zhang, Nano Letters 15, 464–468 (2015)

2014

• Probing the mechanisms of large Purcell enhancement in plasmonic nanoantennas
  G. M. Akselrod, C. Argyropoulos, T. B. Hoang, C. Ciraci, C. Fang, J. Huang, D. R. Smith, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nature Photonics 8, 835–840 (2014) · DOI
• Control of radiative processes using tunable plasmonic nanopatch antennas
  A. Rose, T. B. Hoang, F. McGuire, J. J. Mock, C. Ciraci, D. R. Smith, M. H. Mikkelsen, Nano Letters 14, 4797–4802 (2014)
• Third-harmonic generation enhancement by film-coupled plasmonic stripe resonators
  J. B. Lassiter, X. Chen, X. Liu, C. Ciraci, T. B. Hoang, S. Larouche, S.-H. Oh, M. H. Mikkelsen, D. R. Smith, ACS Photonics 1, 1212–1217 (2014)

2011

• Plasmonic Luneburg and Eaton lenses
  T. Zentgraf, Y. Liu, M. H. Mikkelsen, J. Valentine, X. Zhang, Nature Nanotechnology 6, 151–155 (2011) · DOI

2009

• Ultrafast optical manipulation of single electron spins in quantum dots
  M. H. Mikkelsen, J. Berezovsky, D. D. Awschalom, Solid State Communications 149, 1451–1457 (2009) — invited article

2008

• Picosecond coherent optical manipulation of a single electron spin in a quantum dot
  J. Berezovsky, M. H. Mikkelsen, N. G. Stoltz, L. A. Coldren, D. D. Awschalom, Science 320, 349–352 (2008) · DOI — cover article
• Zero-field optical manipulation of magnetic ions in semiconductors
  R. C. Myers, M. H. Mikkelsen, J.-M. Tang, A. C. Gossard, M. E. Flatte, D. D. Awschalom, Nature Materials 7, 203–208 (2008)
• Single spin coherence in semiconductors
  M. H. Mikkelsen, R. C. Myers, G. D. Fuchs, D. D. Awschalom, Spintronics (2008) — book chapter

2007

• Optically detected coherent spin dynamics of a single electron in a quantum dot
  M. H. Mikkelsen, J. Berezovsky, N. G. Stoltz, L. A. Coldren, D. D. Awschalom, Nature Physics 3, 770–773 (2007) · DOI

2006

• Nondestructive optical measurements of a single electron spin in a quantum dot
  J. Berezovsky, M. H. Mikkelsen, O. Gywat, N. G. Stoltz, L. A. Coldren, D. D. Awschalom, Science 314, 1916–1920 (2006) · DOI