Welcome to the Laboratory of Nanophotonics & Metamaterials!
Main activities of the group relate to the nanophotonics and nano-optics of different types of nanostructures including metamaterials.

Main activities of the group relate to the nanophotonics and nano-optics of different types of nanostructures including metamaterials.
Advanced experimental and theoretical studies of surface states in photonic bandgap nanostructures: optical and nonlinear-optical spectroscopy with femtosecond time resolution, photonic-force microscopy with resolution down to units of femtonewtons!
Optical tweezers allow the manipulation and measuring the interaction forces of microscopic objects from single living cells to magnetic micro-particles in magnetic fluids. Forces measurements give new insights in mechanics of single living cells and can characterize the interaction between micron-sized objects.
Congratulations to our colleagues who have won the "UMNIK" award:
- junior researcher Tigran Baluyan, Development of the x-ray refractive optical elements produced by pyrolysis of the polymerized structures project;
- junior researcher Nikita Shchelkunov, Device development for personal tuning of drug delivery agents. Increasing efficiency and reducing toxicity of the method project;
- student Pavel Kashkarov, Development of all optical switching based on one-dimensional photonic crystals for optical and quantum computing applications project.
The paper Third-harmonic light polarization control in magnetically resonant silicon metasurfaces written by Andrea Tognazzi, Kirill I. Okhlopkov, Attilio Zilli, Davide Rocco, Luca Fagiani, Erfan Mafakheri, Monica Bollani, Marco Finazzi, Michele Celebrano, Maxim R. Shcherbakov, Andrey A. Fedyanin, and Costantino De Angelis has been published in Optics Express.
The paper Optical Third-Harmonic Generation in Hexagonal Boron Nitride Thin Films written by Anna A. Popkova, Ilya M. Antropov, Johannes E. Fröch, Sejeong Kim, Igor Aharonovich, Vladimir O. Bessonov, Alexander S. Solntsev, and Andrey A. Fedyanin has been published in ACS Photonics.
Congratulations to our colleagues Dr. Alexander Musorin, Dr. Alexander Shorokhov and Varvara Zubyuk on winning the competition for awards of the Moscow Government for young scientists for 2020! Their research Development and creation of reconfigurable nanodevices for processing optical signals was recognized as the winner in the Information and communication technologies nomination.
The paper Effect of pyrolysis on microstructures made of various photoresists by two-photon polymerization: comparative study written by M.I. Sharipova, T.G. Baluyan, K.A. Abrashitova, G.E. Kulagin, A.K. Petrov, A.S. Chizhov, T.B. Shatalova, D. Chubich, D.A. Kolymagin, A.G. Vitukhnovsky, V.O. Bessonov, and A.A. Fedyanin has been published in Optical Materials Express.
Congratulations to our colleague junior researcher Daniil Shilkin on receiving a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for state support of young PhD Russian scientists! The project is Asymmetric dimers of silicon particles with Mie resonances for spectrally selective control of optical radiation.
The paper Single-walled carbon nanotube membranes as non-reflective substrates for nanophotonic applications written by Denis M. Zhigunov, Daniil A. Shilkin, Natalia G. Kokareva, Vladimir O. Bessonov, Sergey A. Dyakov, Dmitry A. Chermoshentsev, Aram A. Mkrtchyan, Yury G. Gladush, Andrey A. Fedyanin and Albert G. Nasibulin has been published in Nanotechnology.
The paper Virtual Image within a Transparent Dielectric Sphere written by A.R. Bekirov, B.S. Luk’yanchuk, and A.A. Fedyanin has ben published in JETP Letters.
The paper Ultrafast Magneto-Optics in Nickel Magnetoplasmonic Crystals written by I.A. Novikov, M.A. Kiryanov, P.K. Nurgalieva, A.Yu. Frolov, V.V. Popov, T.V. Dolgova, and A.A. Fedyanin has been published in Nano Letters.
The paper Engineering of optical, magneto-optical and magnetic properties of nickel-based one-dimensional magnetoplasmonic crystals written by V.K. Belyaev , D.V. Murzin, A.G. Kozlov, A.A. Grunin, A.S. Samardak, A. V. Ognev, A.A. Fedyanin, M. Inoue, and V.V. Rodionova has been published in Japanese Journal of Applied Physics.
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