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Resolving complex subwavelength grating structures using topologically structured light
Articles

T. A. Grant, E. Plum, N. I. Zheludev, and K. F. MacDonald

arXiv.org, 2509.22135 (2025)
Electron-beam-controlled volatile nanomechanical bistability
Articles

T. Thomas, K. F. MacDonald, and E. Plum

arXiv.org, 2509.20564
Control of nanomechanical resonances by an electron beam
Articles

T. Thomas, K. F. MacDonald, and E. Plum

arXiv.org, 2509.10302
Controlling the flow of information in optical metrology
Articles

M. Weimar, H. Zhou, L. Neubacher, T. A. Grant, J. Hüpfl, K. F. MacDonald, S. Rotter, and N. I. Zheludev

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.13640
Far-field optical classification of subwavelength objects
Articles

S. Kurdiumov, N. Papasimakis, J. Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev

Optics Express 7,15380-15389
Localization of nanoscale objects with light singularities
Articles

T. Grant, A. N. Vetlugin, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev

Nanophotonics 14(7), 915 (2025)
Picophotonics goes to higher dimensions
Articles

Y. Shen and N. I. Zheludev

Adv. Photon.7(1), 010502 (2025)
The 2024 active metamaterials roadmap
Articles

S. A. Pope, D. J. Roth, A. Bansal, M. Mousa, A. Rezanejad, A. E. Forte, G. R. Nash, L. Singleton, F. Langfeldt, J. Cheer, S. Henthorn, I. R. Hooper, E. Hendry, A. W. Powell, A. Souslov, E. Plum, K. Sun, C. H. de Groot, O. L. Muskens, J. Shields, C. R. De Galarreta, C. D. Wright, C. Kocabas, M. S. Ergoktas, J. Xiao, S. A. Schulz, A. Di Falco, A. V. Krasavin, A. V. Zayats, and E. Galiffi

arXiv.org, 2411.09711 (2024)
Robust optical picometrology through data diversity
Articles

C-H. Chi, E. Plum, N. I. Zheludev, and K. F. MacDonald

Opt. Mater. Express, in press (2024)
Retrieving positions of closely packed sub-wavelength nanoparticles from their diffraction patterns
Articles

B. Wang, R. An, E. A. Chan, G. Adamo, J. K. So, Y. Li, Z. Shen, B. Au and N. I. Zheludev

Appl. Phys. Lett. 124 151105 (2024)
Nonclassical spin-multiplexing metasurfaces enabled multifunctional meta-scope
Articles

C. Sun, Z. Wang, K. S. Kiang, O. Buchnev, D. Tang, J. Yan, J.-Y. Ou

Small, 2404003 (2024)
2D super-resolution metrology based on superoscillatory light
Articles

Y. Wang, E. A. Chan, C. Rendón-Barraza, Y. Shen, E. Plum, and J. Y. Ou

Adv. Sci. 11(38), 2404607 (2024)
Roadmap for optical metasurfaces
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A. I. Kuznetsov, M. L. Brongersma, J. Yao, M. K. Chen, U. Levy, D. P. Tsai, N. I. Zheludev, A. Faraon, A. Arbabi, N. Yu, D. Chanda, K. B. Crozier, A. V. Kildishev, H. Wang, J. K. W. Yang, J. G. Valentine, P. Genevet, J. A. Fan, O. D. Miller, A. Majumdar, J. E. Fröch, D. Brady, F. Heide, A. Veeraraghavan, N. Engheta, A. Alù, A. Polman, H. A. Atwater, P. Thureja, R. Paniagua-Dominguez, S. T. Ha, A.I. Barreda, J. A. Schuller, I. Staude, G. Grinblat, Y. Kivshar, S. Peana, S. F. Yelin, A. Senichev, V. M. Shalaev, S. Saha, A. Boltasseva, J. Rho, D. Kyo Oh, J. Kim, J. Park, R. Devlin, and R. A. Pala

ACS Photonics (2024)
3D positional metrology of a virus-like nanoparticle with topologically structured light
Articles

Y. Wang, E. A. Chan, C. Rendón-Barraza, Y. Shen, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, J. Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev

Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 221102 (2024)
Near-infrared metalens empowered dual-mode high resolution and large FOV microscope
Articles

C. Sun, H. Pi, K. S. Kiang, J. Yan, and J. Y. Ou

Adv. Opt. Mater. 12(21), 2400512 (2024)
Tunable on-chip optical traps for levitating particles based on single-layer metasurface
Articles

C. Sun, H. Pi, K. S. Kiang, T. S. Georgescu, J. Y. Ou, H. Ulbricht, and J. Yan

Nanophotonics 13(15), 2791-2801 (2024)
Shape classification of objects too small to see
Conferences

S. Kurdiumov, J.Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis and N.I. Zheludev

Scottish Conference in Optical Technologies (SCOT), St Andrews, UK, 22 - 24 Apr 2024
Roadmap on label-free super-resolution imaging
Articles

V. N. Astratov, Y. B. Sahel, Y. C. Eldar, L. Huang, A.Ozcan, N. I. Zheludev, J. Zhao, Z.Burns, Z. Liu, E. Narimanov, N. Goswami, G. Popescu, E. Pfitzner, P. Kukura, Y.T. Hsiao, C.L. Hsieh, B. Abbey, A. Diaspro, A. LeGratiet, P. Bianchini, N. T. Shaked, B. Simon, N. Verrier, M. Debailleul, O. Haeberlé, S. Wang, M. Liu, Y. Bai, J.X. Cheng, B. S. Kariman, K. Fujita, M. Sinvani, Z. Zalevsky, X. Li, G.J. Huang, S.W. Chu, O. Tzang, D. Hershkovitz, O. Cheshnovsky, M. J. Huttunen, S. G. Stanciu, V. N. Smolyaninova, I. I. Smolyaninov, U. Leonhardt, S. Sahebdivan, Z. Wang, B. Luk’yanchuk, L. Wu, A. V. Maslov, B. Jin, C. R. Simovski, S.Perrin, P. Montgomery, S. Lecle

Laser and Photonics Reviews (2023)
[Press coverage: Advanced Science News]

(plenary) Optical topological metrology with sub-atomic resolution
Conferences

N. I. Zheludev

Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics International Conference 2023 (NANOP 2023), Barcelona, Spain, 27-29 Nov 2023
The birth of picophotonics
Articles

N. I. Zheludev and K. F. MacDonald

Optics and Photonics News , September (2023)
Label-free optical classification of objects too small to see
Conferences

S. Kurdiumov, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis and N. I. Zheludev

17th International Congress on Artificial Materials for Novel Wave Phenomena (Metamaterials’2023), Crete, Greece, 11–16 Sept 2023
An ultra-compact metasurface-based chromatic confocal sensor
Articles

J. H. T. Chan, D. Tang, J. Williamson, H. Martin, A. J. Henning, and X. Jiang

CIRP Annals Manufacturing Technology 72(1), 465-468 (2023)
Picophotonic localization metrology beyond thermal fluctuations
Articles

T. Liu, C-H. Chi, J. Y. Ou, J. Xu, E. A. Chan, K. F. MacDonald and N. I. Zheludev

Nat. Mater. 22, 844–847 (2023)
[Press coverage: phys.org]

(plenary) The birth of picophotonics
Conferences

N.I.Zheludev

International Conference on Photonics 2023, Bangalore, India, 5-8 July, 2023
Metasurface confocal – enabling a shift in optical instrumentation
Conferences

D. J. Townend, J. Williamson, D. Tang, N. Sharma, A. J. Henning, H. Martin, and X. Jiang

CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
Subatomic optical localization and metrology with topologically structured light
Conferences

T. Liu, C-H.Chi, J.Y. Ou, K.F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev

CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
Nanometric position metrology with topologically structured light
Conferences

R. T. Sam, J.Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev

CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
Nano-optical metrology with phase singularities
Conferences

T. Grant, E. Plum, K. F. MacDonald, and N. I. Zheludev

CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
(poster) Deeply sub-wavelength 2D optical metrology with superoscillatory light
Conferences

J. K. So, Y. Wang, E. A. Chan, C. Rendón-Barraza, B. Wang, G. Adamo, E. Plum, K. MacDonald, J. Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev

CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023, Munich, Germany, 26 - 30 June 2023
Counting and mapping of subwavelength nanoparticles from a single shot scattering pattern
Articles

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)
Towards miniaturised instrumentation realised via metasurfaces
Conferences

J. Kendrick, A. J. Henning, H. Martin, J. Williamson, D. Tang, N. Sharma, and X. Jiang

Euspen’s 23rd International Conference & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 – 16 June 2023
(invited) Picophotonics – subatomic optical localization beyond thermal fluctuations
Conferences

T. Liu, C-H.Chi, J. Y. Ou, K. F. MacDonald and N. I. Zheludev

MRS Spring Meeting 2023, San Francisco, CA, USA, 10-14 Apr 2023
(invited) Hyperspectral visualization of picometric motion
Conferences

K. F. MacDonald, T. Liu, J.-Y. Ou, and N. I. Zheludev

Microscopy Conference 2023 , Darmstadt, Germany, 26 Feb – 2 Mar 2023
Plasmonic anapole metamaterial for refractive index sensing
Articles

J. Yao, J. Y. Ou, V. Savinov, M. K. Chen, H. Y. Kuo, N. I. Zheludev, and D. P. Tsai

PhotoniX 3, 23 (2022)

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Next generation metrology driven by nanophotonics, ultra-compact sensors to help realise ‘Industrie 4.0’
Conferences

D. Townend, J.H.-T. Chan, J. Kendrick, P. Yang, J. Williamson, D. Tang, N. Sharma, A. J. Henning, H. Martin, F. Gao, P. Scott, X. Jiang

UK metamaterials Network Showcase, NPL, 9 Dec 2022
(keynote) The technology of optical superoscillations
Conferences

N. I. Zheludev

Structured Light and Spin-Orbit Photonics, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Bangalore, India , 29 Nov - 02 Dec 2022
Ballistic dynamics of flexural thermal movements in a nanomembrane revealed with subatomic resolution
Articles

T. Liu, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis, K. F. MacDonald, V. E. Gusev, and N. I. Zheludev

Sci. Adv. 8 (33), eabn8007 (2022)
Super-resolution diffractive imaging enabled by artificial intelligence
Conferences

S. Kurdiumov, J. Y. Ou, N. Papasimakis, and N. I. Zheludev

5th Nanophotonics and Micro/Nano Optics International Conference (NANOP 2022): Functional Nanophotonics, Paris, France, 25 - 27 Oct 2022
(invited) Research in the Future Metrology Hub, Materials in Manufacturing the Future
Schools, Industry Events, etc.

X. Jiang

Manchester, UK, 27 Oct 2022
Metamaterials, metalenses and beyond
Articles

E. Plum

Ingenia 91, 19-23 (2022)
(keynote) Precision Metrology: from bulk optics towards metasurface optics
Schools, Industry Events, etc.

X. Jiang

Oxford Photonics Day, Oxford, UK, 28 Sept 2022
Optical control of nanomechanical Brownian motion eigenfrequencies in metamaterials
Articles

J.Li, K. F. MacDonald, and N.I. Zheludev

Nano Letters 22, 4301-4306 (2022)
Optimised design of a metasurface based spectrometer for industrial applications
Conferences

J. Kendrick, A. J. Henning, H. Martin, and X. Jiang

IOP Photon 2022, Nottingham, UK, 30 Aug – 2 Sept 2022
Deep learning-assisted focused ion beam nanofabrication
Articles

O. Buchnev, J. A. Grant-Jacob, R. W. Eason, N. I. Zheludev, B. Mills, and K. F. MacDonald

Nano Lett. 22, 2734-2739 (2022)
(poster) Metalenses for Metrological Applications
Schools, Industry Events, etc.

D.J. Townend. A.J. Henning, H. Martin and X. Jiang

UK Metamaterials Network Summer School, St Andrews, UK, 15 - 19 Aug 2022
(poster) Ultra-compact metrology systems using nanophotonics elements
Schools, Industry Events, etc.

J.H.T. Chan, H. Martin, A.J. Henning, and X. Jiang

UK Metamaterials Network Summer School, St Andrews, UK, 15 - 19 Aug 2022
(poster) Ultra-compact metasurface spectrometer for metrology
Schools, Industry Events, etc.

J. Kendrick. X. Jiang, A.J. Henning, and H. Martin

UK Metamaterials Network Summer School, St Andrews, UK, 15 - 19 Aug 2022
(poster) Miniaturizing Focus Variation Sensors for Optical Metrology Using Metalenses
Schools, Industry Events, etc.

P. Yang. H. Martin, A.J. Henning, and X. Jiang

UK Metamaterials Network Summer School, St Andrews, UK, 15 - 19 Aug 2022
(invited) Superoscillation and super-resolution
Conferences

K. F. MacDonald

EPS Symposium on the Third Generation of Metamaterials, Cetraro, Italy, 2-5 Aug 2022
Non-contact optical magnetic field sensor based on metamaterial nanomechanics
Articles

G. Lan, J. Y. Ou, D. Papas, N. I. Zheludev, and E. Plum

APL Photonics 7, 036101 (2022)
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