Journal Publications Other Articles Press Coverages



Selected Press Coverages
Metamaterial integration
Nature Photonics 15, 717 (2021) – link
Random access metamaterial enables ultimate spatial light control
nanotechweb.org, January 2017 – link
Exotic optics: Metamaterial world
News Feature – Lee Billings Nature 500, 138-140 (2013) – link
Southampton scientists change the colour of gold
BBC News, 24 Oct. 2012 –link
Journal Publications
* corresponding author †equal contribution
- Picophotonic localization metrology beyond thermal fluctuations
T. Liu, C-H. Chi, J. Y. Ou, J. Xu, E. A. Chan, K. F. MacDonald and N. I. Zheludev
Nat. Mater. (2023) doi: 10.1038/s41563-023-01543-y – pdf - Photonic metamaterial analogue of a continuous time crystal
T. Liu, J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
Nat. Phys. (2023) doi: 10.1038/s41567-023-02023-5 – pdf [Press coverage] - Microwatt volatile optical bistability via nanomechanical nonlinearity
D. Papas, J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, and N. I. Zheludev
Adv. Science 2300042 (2023) doi: 10.1002/advs.202300042 – pdf - Counting and mapping of subwavelength nanoparticles from a single shot scattering pattern
E. A. Chan, C. Rendón-Barraza, B. Wang, T. Pu, J. Y. Ou, H. Wei, G. Adamo, B. An, and N. I. Zheludev
Nanophotonics 130 (2023) doi: 10.1515/nanoph-2022-0612 - Broadband Solar Metamaterial Absorbers Empowered by Transformer‐Based Deep Learning
W. Chen, Y. Gao, Y. Li, Y. Yan, J. Y. Ou, W. Ma, & J. Zhu
Adv. Science, 10(13), 2206718 (2023) - Enhanced stimulated Brillouin scattering in the unsuspended silicon waveguide assisted with genetic algorithms
P. Li, S. Wang, G. Z. Mashanovich, J.-Y. Ou, and J. Yan
Opt. Express 31, 16162-16177 (2023) - Plasmonic anapole metamaterial for refractive index sensing
J. Yao†, J. Y. Ou†, V. Savinov, M. K. Chen, H. Y. Kuo, N. I. Zheludev, D. P. Tsai
PhotoniX 3, 23 (2022) doi: 10.1186/s43074-022-00069-x – pdf [Journal cover] - Optimization of metamaterials and metamaterial-microcavity based on deep neural networks
G. Lan, Y. Wang, J. Y. Ou*
Nanoscale Adv., 2022, 4, 5137 doi:10.1039/d2na00592a - Ballistic dynamics of flexural thermal movements in a nano-membrane revealed with subatomic resolution
T. Liu, *J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis, K. F. MacDonald, V. E. Gusev, and N. I. Zheludev
Sci. Adv. 8 (33), abn8007 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abn8007 [arXiv.org, 2205.02138 (2022) – link] - Non-contact optical magnetic field sensor based on metamaterial nanomechanics
G. Lan, *J. Y. Ou, D. Papas, N. I. Zheludev, and E. Plum
APL Photonics 7, 036101 (2022) doi: 10.1063/5.0081849 – pdf [Featured article] - Tailorable stimulated Brillouin scattering in a partially suspended aluminium nitride waveguide in the visible range
P. Li, J. Y. Ou, G. Z. Mashanovich, and J. Yan,
Opt. Express 30, 27092-27108 (2022) - Tunable angle-selective optical transparency induced by photonic topological transition in Dirac semimetals-based hyperbolic metamaterials
Q. Wang, L. Zhang, X. Cai, P. Cencillo-Abad, and J. Y. Ou
Opt. Express 30, 23102-23114 (2022) doi: 10.1364/OE.458584 - Method for optimising the performance of PML in anchor-loss limited model via COMSOL.
P. Li, J. -Y. Ou and J. Yan
IET Sci. Meas. Technol. 16, 327– 336 (2022). 10.1049/smt2.12107 - Thermal fluctuations of the optical properties of nanomechanical photonic metamaterials
J. Li, D. Papas, T. Liu, *J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, E. Plum, and N. I. Zheludev
Adv. Opt. Mater. 202101591 (2021) doi: 10.1002/adom.202101591 – pdf - Optomechanical metamaterial nanobolometer
D. Papas, *J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, and N. I. Zheludev
APL Photonics 6, 126110 (2021) doi: 10.1063/5.0073583 – pdf [Featured article] - Visualization of Sub-atomic Movements in Nanostructures
T. Liu, *J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
Nano Lett. 21 (18), 7746-7752 (2021) doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02644 – pdf - Fiber-integrated phase change metasurfaces with switchable group delay dispersion
T. Martins, Y. Cui, B. Gholipour, J. Y. Ou, O. Frazão, and K. F. MacDonald
Adv. Opt. Mater., 2100803 (2021) doi: 10.1002/adom.202100803 – pdf - Detection of sub-atomic movement in nanostructures
T. Liu, *J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
Nanoscale Adv. 3, 2213 (2021) doi: 10.1039/d0na01068e – pdf [inside front cover] arXiv:2005.05160 (2020) – arXiv - Decay rate enhancement of diamond NV-centers on diamond thin films
H. Li, J. Y. Ou, V. A. Fedotov and N. Papasimakis
Opt. Express 29, 25626 (2021) doi: 110.1364/OE.425706 – pdf - Engineering the collapse of lifetime distribution of nitrogen-vacancy centers in nanodiamonds
H. Li, J. Y. Ou, B. Gholipour, J. K. So, D. Piccinotti, V. A. Fedotov and N. Papasimakis
Appl. Phys. Lett. 118, 261103 (2021) doi: 10.1063/5.0054780 – pdf - Gigahertz Nano-Optomechanical Resonances in a Dielectric SiC-Membrane Metasurface Array
I. A. Ajia, J. Y. Ou, N. J. Dinsdale, H. J. Singh, T. Chen-Sverre, T. Liu, N. I. Zheludev, and O. L. Muskens
Nano Lett. 11, 4563-4569 (2021) doi: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c00205 – pdf - Electrogyration in metamaterials: Chirality and polarization rotatory power that depend on applied electric field
Q. Zhang, E. Plum, J. Y. Ou, H. Pi, J. Li , K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
Adv. Opt. Mater., 9 (4), 2001826 (2021) doi: 10.1002/adom.202001826 – pdf - Enhancing ultra-wideband THz fingerprint sensing of unpatterned 2D carbon-based nanomaterials
S. Ding, J.Y. Ou, L. Du, L. Zhu, S.A. Khan, H. Chen, J. Zhu
Carbon 179, 666-676(2021) doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.04.084 - Spectroscopic study of gap-surface plasmons in a metallic convex groove array and their applications in nanofocusing and plasmonic sensing
D. Li†, J. Y. Ou†, P. Xie, Z. Liang, W. Wang, W. Wang, H. Zhang, and X. Kuang
Phys. Rev. B 103, 245404 (2021) doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.103.245404 - Unlabeled Far-Field Deeply Subwavelength Topological Microscopy (DSTM)
T. Pu, J. Y. Ou V. Savinov G. Yuan N. Papasimakis and N. I. Zheludev
Adv. Sci. 2002886 (2020) doi: 10.1002/advs.202002886 – pdf - Label-free deeply subwavelength optical microscopy
T. Pu, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis and N. I. Zheludev
Appl. Phys. Lett. 116 131105 (2020) doi: 10.1063/5.0003330 – pdf - Selective light trapping of plasmonic stack metamaterials by circuit design
J. Zhu, L. Zhang, S. Jiang , J. Y. Ou, & Q. H. Liu
Nanoscale 12, 2057-2062 (2020) - Imprinted plasmonic measuring nanocylinders for nanoscale volumes of materials
J. Zhu, X. Chen, Y. Xie, J. Y. Ou, H. Chen, and Q. H. Liu
Nanophotonics 9, 167–176 (2020) - Mechanochromic Reconfigurable Metasurfaces
A. Karvounis, N. Aspiotis,I. Zeimpekis, J. Y. Ou, C. C. Huang, D. Hewak, and N. I. Zheludev
Advanced Science, 1900974 (2019) doi:10.1002/advs.201900974 - Perfect light absorption in graphene by two unpatterned dielectric layers and potential applications
J. Zhu, C. Li, J. Y. Ou and Q. H. Liu
Carbon 142, 430-437 (2019) doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2018.10.073 - High-sensitivity refractive index sensors using coherent perfect absorption on graphene in the Vis-NIR region
C. Li, J. Qiu, J. Y. Ou, Q.H. Liu, J. Zhu
ACS Applied Nano Materials 2, 3231-3237 (2019) doi:10.1021/acsanm.9b00523 - Electronic and hyperbolic dielectric properties of ZrS2/HfS2 heterostructuresL. Zhang, W. Yu, Q. Wang, J. Y. Ou, B Wang, G Tang, X Jia, X Yang, G Wang, and X. Cai
Phys. Rev. B 100 (16), 165304 (2019) doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.165304 - Optical addressing of nanomechanical metamaterials with subwavelength resolution
*J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, and N. I. Zheludev
Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 081104 (2018) doi:10.1063/1.5036966 - Optical bistability in shape-memory nanowire metamaterial array
Y. Nagasaki, B. Gholipour, *J. Y. Ou, M. Tsuruta, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, J. Takahara, and N. I. Zheludev
Appl. Phys. Lett. 113, 021105 (2018) doi: 10.1063/1.5025400 - Optical Gating of Graphene on Photoconductive Fe: LiNbO3
J. Gorecki, V. Apostolopoulos, J. Y. Ou, S. Mailis, and N. Papasimakis.
ACS NANO 12(6) 5940-5945 (2018) doi:10.1021/acsnano.8b02161 - Optical properties of single crystal silver thin films on mica for high performance plasmonic devices
T. Uchino, T. Koiwa, J. Y. Ou, and V. A. Fedotov
Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1642-1649 (2018) doi:10.1364/OME.8.001642 [OMEx Editor’s Pick] - Midinfrared one-dimensional photonic crystal constructed from two-dimensional electride material
L. Zhang, W. Yu, J. Y. Ou, Q. Wang, X. Cai, B. Wang, X. Li, R. Zhao, and Y. Liu
Phys. Rev. B 98, 075434 (2018) doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.075434 - Near unity ultraviolet absorption in graphene without patterning
J. Zhu, S. Yan, N. Feng, L. Ye, J. Y. Ou, and Q. H. Liu
Appl. Phys. Lett. 112,153106 (2018) doi:10.1063/1.5022768 - Portable tumor biosensing of serum by plasmonic biochips in combination with nanoimprint and microfluidics
J. Zhou, F. Tao, J Zhu, S Lin, Z Wang, X Wang, J. Y. Ou, Y Li, Q.H. Liu
Nanophotonics 8(2), pp.307-316 (2018) doi:10.1515/nanoph-2018-0173 - Fano resonance and Rabi splitting in MDM side-coupled cavities systems
L. Zhang, X. Wang, W. Qiao, J. Y. Ou, Q. Gu, L. He, Q. Wang, Y. Liu, Y. Zhu, W. Li
Opt. Commun. 421, 66-72 (2018) doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2018.03.077 - Planar array with bidirectional elements for tunnel environments
R. Wang, B-Z. Wang, X. Ding, and J. Y. Ou
Sci. Rep. 7, 15421 (2017) doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-15817-4 - Electro-mechanical light modulator based on controlling the interaction of light with a metasurface
P. Cencillo-Abad, J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, and Nikolay I. Zheludev
Sci. Rep.7, 5405 (2017) doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-05906-9 - Coherent selection of invisible high-order electromagnetic excitations
M. L. Tseng, X. Fang, V. Savinov, P. C. Wu, J. Y. Ou, N. I. Zheludev, and D. P. Tsai
Sci. Rep.7, 44488 (2017) doi: 10.1038/srep44488 - Active counter electrode in a-SiC electrochemical metallization memory
K. A. Morgan, J. Fan, R. Huang, L. Zhong, R. Gowers, J. Y. Ou, L. Jiang and C.H. De Groot
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50, 325102 (2017) doi:10.1088/1361-6463/aa7bbe - Random access actuation of nanowire grid metamaterial
P. Cencillo-Abad, J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, J. Valente, and N. I. Zheludev
Nanotechnology 27, 485206 (2016) doi: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/48/485206 - Giant nonlinearity of an optically reconfigurable plasmonic metamaterial
J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, J. Zhang, and N. I. Zheludev
Adv. Mater.28, 729-733 (2016) doi: 10.1002/adma.201504467 - Nano-optomechanical nonlinear dielectric metamaterials
A. Karvounis, J. Y. Ou, W. Wu, K. F. MacDonald, N. I. Zheludev
Appl. Phys. Lett.107, 191110 (2015) doi: 10.1063/1.4935795 - A magneto-electro-optical effect in a plasmonic nanowire material
J. Valente, J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, I. J. Youngs, and N. I. Zheludev
Nat. Commun.6, 7021 (2015) doi: 10.1038/ncomms8021 - Reconfiguring photonic metamaterials with currents and magnetic fields
J. Valente, J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, I. J. Youngs, and N. I. Zheludev
Appl. Phys. Lett.106, 111905 (2015) doi: 10.1063/1.4913609 - Scalable high-mobility MoS 2 thin films fabricated by an atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition process at ambient temperature
C. C. Huang, F. Al-Saab, Y. Wang, J. Y. Ou, J. C. Walker, S. Wang, B. Gholipour, R. E. Simpson and D. W. Hewak
Nanoscale 6 (21), 12792 (2014) doi:10.1039/C4NR04228J - Ultraviolet and visible range plasmonics in the topological insulator Bi1.5Sb0.5Te1.8Se1.2
J. Y. Ou, J. K. So, G. Adamo, A. Sulaev, L. Wang, and N. I. Zheludev
Nat. Commun., 5, 5139 (2014) doi: 10.1038/ncomms6139 - Ultrafast all-optical switching via coherent modulation of metamaterial absorption
X. Fang, M. L. Tseng, J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, D. P. Tsai, and N. I. Zheludev
Appl. Phys. Lett.104, 141102 (2014) doi: 10.1063/1.4870635 - An electromechanically reconfigurable plasmonic metamaterial operating in the near-infrared
J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, J. Zhang, and N. I. Zheludev
Nature Nanotech.8, 252-255 (2013) doi: 10.1038/NNANO.2013.25 - Electro-optical control in a plasmonic metamaterial hybridised with a liquid-crystal cell
O. Buchnev, J. Y. Ou, M. Kaczmarek, N. I. Zheludev, and V. A. Fedotov
Opt. Express 21(2), 1633 (2013) doi: 10.1364/OE.21.001633 - Germanium antimony lateral nanowire phase change memory by chemical vapor depositionB. Gholipour, C. C. Huang, J. Y. Ou, D. W. Hewak
Physica status solidi (b) 250 (5), 994 (2013) doi:10.1002/pssb.201248515 - Electron-beam-driven collective-mode metamaterial light source
G. Adamo, J. Y. Ou, J. K. So, S. D. Jenkins, F. De Angelis, K. F. MacDonald, E. Di Fabrizio, J. Ruostekoski, and N. I. Zheludev
Phys. Rev. Lett.109, 217401 (2012) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.217401 - Optical response of plasmonic relief meta-surfaces
J. Zhang, J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald and N. I. Zheludev
J. Opt.14, 114002 (2012) doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/14/11/114002 - “Digitally” addressable focusing of light into a subwavelength hot spot
T. S. Kao, E. T. F. Rogers, J. Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev
Nano Lett.12, 2728 (2012) doi: 10.1021/nl2043437 - Low-loss plasmonic metamaterial based on epitaxial gold monocrystal film
V. A. Fedotov, T. Uchino, and J. Y. Ou
Opt. Express20(9), 9545 (2012) doi: 10.1364/OE.20.009545 - Efficient light confinement with nanostructured optical microfiber tipsM. Ding, O. Fenwick, F. Di Stasio, J. Y. Ou, N. Sessions, Y. Jung, F. Cacialli and G. BrambillaOptics Communications 285 (23), 4688 (2012) doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2012.05.006
- Deposition and characterization of CVD-grown Ge-Sb thin film device for phase-change memory applicationC. C Huang, B. Gholipour, K. Knight, J. Y. Ou, D. W. Hewak Advances in OptoElectronics 2012, 840348 (2012) doi:10.1155/2012/840348
- Continuous metal plasmonic frequency selective surfaces
J. Zhang, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis, Y. Chen, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
Opt. Express 19(23), 23279 (2011) doi: 10.1364/OE.19.023279 - Nanostructured plasmonic medium for terahertz bandwidth all-optical switching
M. Ren, B. Jia, J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, J. Zhang, K. F. MacDonald, A. E. Nikolaenko, J. Xu, M. Gu, N. I. Zheludev
Adv. Mater. 23, 5540 (2011) doi: 10.1002/adma.201103162 - Reconfigurable photonic metamaterials
*J. Y. Ou, E. Plum, L. Jiang, and N. I. Zheludev
Nano Lett.11(5), 2142-2144 (2011) doi: 10.1021/nl200791r - Laser-induced forward transfer of focussed ion beam pre-machined donors
K. S. Kaur, M. Feinäugle, D. P. Banks, J. Y. Ou, F. Di Pietrantonio, E. Verona, C. L. Sones, and R. W. Eason
Appl. Surf. Sci.257, 6650 (2011) doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.02.094 - Electrical phase change of CVD-grown Ge-Sb-Te thin film device
C. C. Huang, B. Gholipour, J. Y. Ou, K. J. Knight, and D. W. Hewak
Electron. Lett.47, 288 (2011) doi: 10.1049/el.2010.3276 - Multifold enhancement of quantum dot luminescence in plasmonic metamaterials
K. Tanaka, E. Plum, J. Y. Ou, T. Uchino, and N. I. Zheludev
Phys. Rev. Lett.105, 227403 (2010) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.227403 - Fabrication and characterization of microscaled on-chip toroidal inductorsJ. Y. Ou, S. H. Chen, H. M. Lee, J. C. WuIEEE Transactions on Magnetics 45 (10), 4767 (2010) doi:10.1109/TMAG.2009.2023916
- Current driven magnetization reversal in microstructured spin valve with current-in-plane configurationC. Y. Kuo, C. T. Chao, J. Y. Ou, L. Horng, J. C. Wu, T. H. Wu, M. Tsunoda and M. Takahashi
Journal of Applied Physics 105 (7), 07D118 (2009) doi: 10.1063/1.3068483 - A Novel Bottom-Up Fabrication Process for Controllable Sub-100 nm Magnetic Multilayer DevicesM. Y. Kao, J. Y. Ou, L. Horng, J. C. Wu
IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 44 (11), 2734-2736 (2008) doi:10.1109/TMAG.2008.2001502 - Layer-and lateral-resolved magnetization studies using photoemission electron microscopyD. H. Wei, Y. J. Hsu, C. C. Lin, C. H. Lai, J. Y. Ou, J. C. Wu Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials 282, 49-52 (2004) doi:10.1016/j.jmmm.2004.04.011
Other Articles and Conference Proceedings
- Control of metal color using surface relief metamaterial nanostructuring
J. Zhang, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis, Y. Chen, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev
SPIE Newsroom (2012) doi: 10.1117/2.1201202.004119 - Observation of multiple transitions on permalloy ring by magnetic force microscopy
L. K. Lin, C. Y. Kao, J. Y. Ou, C. C. Chang, C. R. Chang, L. Horng and J. C. Wu Physica Status Solidi (C) 4(12), 4360-4363 (2007) doi:10.1002/pssc.200777205 - Investigation of magnetization reversal in chains of permalloy ellipses via magnetoresistance measurement and magnetic force microscopy
C. T. Chao, J. Y Ou., Y. C. Chang, C. C. Chang, H. M. Lee and J. C. Wu Physica Status Solidi (C) 4(12), 4356-4359 (2007) doi:10.1002/pssc.200777212 - Soft X-Ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy Station with Polarized Radiation
D.H. Wei, Y.J. Hsu, G.C. Yin, Y.S. Wu, S.C. Chuang, K.L. Tsang, J. Y. Ou and J.C. Wu
AIP Conference Proceedings 705, 905 (2004) doi:10.1063/1.1757942
- Random access metamaterial enables ultimate spatial light control
nanotechweb.org, January 2017 – link - Exotic optics: Metamaterial world
News Feature – Lee Billings
Nature 500, 138-140 (2013) – link - Metamaterial with adjustable optical properties
R&Dmag.com, 19 March 2013 – link - Electrical signals dictate optical properties
LaserFocusWorld, 19 March 2013 – link
ScienceDaily, 19 March 2013 – link
Nanotechnology Now, 19 March 2013 – link
ScienceBlog, 19 March 2013 – link - Variable-property metamaterial has optical application potential
the ENGINEER, Mar 2013 – link - Raising the gold standard
FT Magazine, Dec 2012 – link Southampton scientists change the colour of gold
BBC News, 24 Oct. 2012 –link