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Niek F. van Hulst
Researcher at ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences
Publications - 193
Citations - 13595
Niek F. van Hulst is an academic researcher from ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences. The author has contributed to research in topics: Plasmon & Nanophotonics. The author has an hindex of 53, co-authored 178 publications receiving 12400 citations. Previous affiliations of Niek F. van Hulst include MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology & Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies.
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Antennas for light
Lukas Novotny,Niek F. van Hulst +1 more
TL;DR: Optical antennas are devices that convert freely propagating optical radiation into localized energy, and vice versa as mentioned in this paper, and hold promise for enhancing the performance and efficiency of photodetection, light emission and sensing.
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Unidirectional emission of a quantum dot coupled to a nanoantenna
Alberto G. Curto,Giorgio Volpe,Tim H. Taminiau,Mark P. Kreuzer,Romain Quidant,Niek F. van Hulst +5 more
TL;DR: An optical antenna is designed, a shrunk-down version of the Yagi-Uda design used in microwave and radio communication, and it is shown that coupling the quantum dot to the antenna provides control over the direction of the emitted light.
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Tapping mode atomic force microscopy in liquid
TL;DR: In this article, the authors show that standard silicon nitride cantilevers can be used for tapping mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) in air, provided that the energy of the oscillating cantilever is sufficiently high to overcome the adhesion of the water layer.
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Spectroscopic Mode Mapping of Resonant Plasmon Nanoantennas
TL;DR: Spatially resolved spectral mode mapping of resonant plasmon gap antennas using two-photon luminescence microspectroscopy is presented and shows a dynamical charge redistribution due to the near-field coupling between the two arms.
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A plasmonic /`antenna-in-box/' platform for enhanced single-molecule analysis at micromolar concentrations
Deep Punj,Mathieu Mivelle,Satish Babu Moparthi,Thomas S. van Zanten,Hervé Rigneault,Niek F. van Hulst,Maria F. Garcia-Parajo,Jérôme Wenger +7 more
TL;DR: A novel 'antenna-in-box' platform that is based on a gap-antenna inside a nanoaperture that combines fluorescent signal enhancement and background screening, offering high single-molecule sensitivity at micromolar sample concentrations and zeptolitre-range detection volumes.