Polarization conversion spectroscopy of hybrid modes (2009)
Nikitin, A. Yu., Artigas, David, Torner, Lluis, Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Martin-Moreno, L.
Enhanced polarization conversion in reflection for the Otto and Kretschmann configurations is introduced as a new method for hybrid-mode spectroscopy. Polarization conversion in reflection appears...
Nikitin, A. Yu., Rodrigo, Sergio G., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Martin-Moreno, L.
Surface electromagnetic modes supported by metal surfaces have a great potential for uses in miniaturised detectors and optical circuits. For many applications these modes are excited locally. In the...
Nikitin, A. Yu., Zueco, D., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Martin-Moreno, L.
The non-resonant electromagnetic transmission of a normal-incident plane wave through a single hole in a perfect conductor metal slab of finite width is studied. The cases of rectangular and circular...
Brucoli, G., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Martin-Moreno, L.
The scattering of light and surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) by finite arrays of either holes or dimples in a metal film is treated theoretically. A modal expansion formalism, capable of handling...
Ab initio study of transport properties in defected carbon nanotubes: an O(N) approach (2008)
Biel, Blanca, Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Rubio, Angel, Flores, Fernando
A combination of ab initio simulations and linear-scaling Green's functions techniques is used to analyze the transport properties of long (up to one micron) carbon nanotubes with realistic disorder....
Spoof Surface Plasmon Polariton Modes Propagating Along Periodically Corrugated Wires (2008)
Fernandez-Dominguez, A. I., Martin-Moreno, L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Andrews, Steven R, Maier, S. A.
In this paper, we analyze in detail the characteristics of surface electromagnetic modes that can propagate along a periodically corrugated, perfectly conducting wire. We show how these modes, termed...
Modulation of surface plasmon coupling-in by one-dimensional surface corrugation (2007)
Lopez-Tejeira, F., Rodrigo, Sergio G., Martin-Moreno, L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Devaux, E., Dintinger, J., ...
Surface plasmon-polaritons have recently attracted renewed interest in the scientific community for their potential in sub-wavelength optics, light generation and non-destructive sensing. Given that...
Efficient unidirectional nanoslit couplers for surface plasmons (2007)
Lopez-Tejeira, F., Rodrigo, Sergio G., Martin-Moreno, L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Devaux, E., Ebbesen, T. W., ...
Plasmonics is based on surface plasmon polariton (SPP) modes which can be laterally confined below the diffraction limit, thereby enabling ultracompact optical components. In order to exploit this...
Channel plasmon-polaritons: modal shape, dispersion, and losses (2006)
Moreno, Esteban, Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Rodrigo, Sergio G., Martin-Moreno, L., Bozhevolnyi, Sergey I.
We theoretically study channel plasmon-polaritons (CPPs) with a geometry similar to that in recent experiments at telecom wavelengths (Bozhevolnyi et al., Nature 440, 508 (2006)). The CPP modal...
Bravo-Abad, J., Fernandez-Dominguez, A. I., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Martin-Moreno, L.
By using a theoretical formalism able to work in both real and k-spaces, the physical origin of the phenomenon of extraordinary transmission of light through quasi-periodic arrays of holes is...
Gomez-Navarro, C., De Pablo, P. J., Gomez-Herrero, J., Biel, B., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Rubio, A., ...
Carbon nanotubes are a good realization of one-dimensional crystals where basic science and potential nanodevice applications merge. Defects are known to modify the electrical resistance of carbon...
Anderson localization in carbon nanotubes: defect density and temperature effects (2005)
Biel, Blanca, Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Rubio, Angel, Flores, Fernando
The role of irradiation induced defects and temperature in the conducting properties of single-walled (10,10) carbon nanotubes has been analyzed by means of a first-principles approach. We find that...
Scattering of surface plasmons by one-dimensional periodic nanoindented surfaces (2005)
Lopez-Tejeira, F., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Martin-Moreno, L.
In this work, the scattering of surface plasmons by a finite periodic array of one-dimensional grooves is theoretically analyzed by means of a modal expansion technique. We have found that the...
On the transmission of light through a single rectangular hole (2005)
Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Moreno, E., Porto, J. A., Martin-Moreno, L.
In this Letter we show that a single rectangular hole exhibits transmission resonances that appear near the cutoff wavelength of the hole waveguide. For light polarized with the electric field...
Extraordinary optical transmission without plasmons: the s-polarization case (2005)
Moreno, Esteban, Martin-Moreno, L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J.
It is shown that extraordinary optical transmission through perforated metallic films is possible for s-polarization. Although surface plasmons do not exist for this polarization, their role can be...
Resonant transmission of light through finite chains of subwavelength holes (2004)
Bravo-Abad, J., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Martin-Moreno, L.
In this paper we show that the extraordinary optical transmission phenomenon found before in 2D hole arrays is already present in a linear chain of subwavelength holes, which can be considered as the...
Theory of Plasmon-Assisted Transmission of Entangled Photons (2004)
Moreno,E., Garcia-Vidal,F. J., Erni,D., Cirac,J. Ignacio, Martin-Moreno,L.
Optical bistability in subwavelength apertures containing nonlinear media (2004)
Porto, J. A., Martin-Moreno, L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J.
We develop a self-consistent method to study the optical response of metallic gratings with nonlinear media embedded within their subwavelength slits. An optical Kerr nonlinearity is considered. Due...
Theory of Plasmon-Assisted Transmission of Entangled Photons (2004)
Moreno, E., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Erni, D., Cirac, J. Ignacio, Martin-Moreno, L.
Bravo-Abad, J., Martin-Moreno, L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J.
In this work we explore the transmission properties of a single slit in a metallic screen. We analyze the dependence of these properties on both slit width and angle of incident radiation. We study...
Enhanced millimiter wave transmission through subwavelength hole arrays (2003)
Beruete, M., Sorolla, M., Campillo, I., Dolado, J. S., Martin-Moreno, L., Bravo-Abad, J., ...
In this letter we explore, both experimentally and theoretically, the existence in the millimeter wave range of the phenomenon of extraordinary light transmission though arrays of subwavelength...
Bravo-Abad, J., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Martin-Moreno, L.
In this paper we explore the transmission properties of single subwavelength apertures perforated in thin metallic films flanked by asymmetric configurations of periodic arrays of indentations. It is...
Enhanced transmission and beaming of light via photonic crystal surface modes (2003)
Moreno, Esteban, Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Martin-Moreno, L.
Surface modes are generally believed to be an undesirable feature of finite photonic crystals (PC), unlike point or line defect modes. However, it is possible to make the surface mode radiate by...
Theory of Plasmon-assisted Transmission of Entangled Photons (2003)
Moreno, Esteban, Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Erni, Daniel, Cirac, J. Ignacio, Martin-Moreno, L.
The recent surface plasmon entanglement experiment [E. Altewischer et al., Nature (London) 418, 304 (2002)] is theoretically analyzed. The entanglement preservation upon transmission in the...
Optical absorption and energy-loss spectra of aligned carbon nanotubes (2001)
Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Pitarke, J. M.
Optical-absorption cross-sections and energy-loss spectra of aligned multishell carbon nanotubes are investigated, on the basis of photonic band-structure calculations. A local graphite-like...
Theory of ballistic electron emission microscopy (2001)
De Andres,P. L., Garcia-Vidal,F. J., Reuter,Karsten, Flores,F.
Theory of ballistic electron emission microscopy (2001)
De Andres, P. L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Reuter, Karsten, Flores, F.
Electronic response of aligned multishell carbon nanotubes (2000)
Pitarke, J. M., Garcia-Vidal, F. J.
We report calculations of the effective electronic response of aligned multishell carbon nanotubes. A local graphite-like dielectric tensor is assigned to every point of the multishell tubules, and...
Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Miranda, R.
Co islands grown on Cu(111) with a stacking fault at the interface present a conductance in the empty electronic states larger than the Co islands that follow the stacking sequence of the Cu...
Theory of extraordinary optical transmission through subwavelength hole arrays (2000)
Martin-Moreno, L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Lezec, H. J., Pellerin, K. M., Thio, T., Pendry, J. B., ...
We present a fully three-dimensional theoretical study of the extraordinary transmission of light through subwavelength hole arrays in optically thick metal films. Good agreement is obtained with...
Transmission resonances on metallic gratings with very narrow slits (1999)
Porto, J. A., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Pendry, J. B.
In this paper we show how transmission metallic gratings with very narrow and deep enough slits can exhibit transmission resonances for wavelengths larger than the period of the grating. By using a...
Self-Assembled Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces as moulds for Photonic Band Gap Materials (1998)
Martin-Moreno, L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Somoza, A. M.
We propose systems with structures defined by self-assembled triply periodic minimal surfaces (STPMS) as candidates for photonic bandgap materials. To support our proposal we have calculated the...
Reuter, K., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., De Andres, P. L., Flores, F., Heinz, K.
Applying a Keldysh Green`s function method it is shown that hot electrons injected from a STM-tip into a CoSi${}_2$/Si(111) system form a highly focused beam due to the silicide band structure. This...
Interface modes of two-dimensional composite structures (1998)
Pitarke, J. M., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Pendry, J. B.
The surface modes of a composite consisting of aligned metallic wires with square cross sections are investigated, on the basis of photonic band structure calculations. The effective long-wavelength...
Surface shape resonances in lamellar metallic gratings (1998)
Lopez-Rios, T., Mendoza, D., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Sanchez-Dehesa, J., Pannetier, B.
The specular reflectivity of lamellar gratings of gold with grooves 0.5 microns wide separated by a distance of 3.5 microns was measured on the 2000 cm$^{-1}$ - 7000 cm$^{-1}$ spectral range for...
Silver Filled Carbon Nanotubes used as Spectroscopic Enhancers (1998)
Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Pitarke, J. M., Pendry, J. B.
We analyse from a theoretical point of view the optical properties of arrays of carbon nanotubes filled with silver. Dependence of these properties on the different parameters involved is studied...
Reuter, K., De Andres, P. L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Flores, F., Hohenester, U., Kocevar, P.
Using a Green's function approach, we investigate band structure effects in the BEEM current distribution in reciprocal space. In the elastic limit, this formalism provides a 'parameter free'...
Reuter, K., De Andres, P. L., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Sestovic, D., Flores, F., Heinz, K.
We present a Green's function approach based on a LCAO scheme to compute the elastic propagation of electrons injected from a STM tip into a metallic film. The obtained 2D current distribution in...
Effective electronic response of a system of metallic cylinders (1998)
Pitarke, J. M., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Pendry, J. B.
The electronic response of a composite consisting of aligned metallic cylinders in vacuum is investigated, on the basis of photonic band structure calculations. The effective long-wavelength...
De Andres, P. L., Reuter, K., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Sestovic, D., Flores, F.
We analyze BEEM experiments. At low temperatures and low voltages, near the threshold value of the Schottky barrier, the BEEM current is dominated by the elastic component. Elastic scattering by the...
Effective medium theory of the optical properties of aligned carbon nanotubes (1997)
Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Pitarke, J. M., Pendry, J. B.
We present an effective medium theory in order to analyze the reported optical properties of aligned carbon nanotube films (W.A. de Heer et al., Science 268, 845 (1995)). This methodology is based on...
Noise in a Superconducting Quantum Point Contact (1996)
Martin-Rodero, A., Yeyati, A. Levy, Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Cuevas, J. C.
This manuscript contains a Comment on "Supercurrent Noise in Quantum Point Contacts" by D. Averin and H.T. Iman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 3814 (1996) [cond-mat/9511128].
Thermal noise in superconducting quantum point-contacts (1995)
Martin-Rodero, A., Yeyati, A. Levy, Garcia-Vidal, F. J.
We present a theory for the frequency-dependent current fluctuations in superconducting quantum point-contacts (SQPC) within the dc transport regime. This theory is valid for any barrier transparency...
Self-Consistent Theory of Superconducting Mesoscopic Weak Links (1994)
Yeyati, A. Levy, Martin-Rodero, A., Garcia-Vidal, F. J.
A microscopic model for describing a superconducting mesoscopic weak link is presented. We consider a model geometry consisting of a narrow channel coupled to wider superconducting electrodes which...
Microscopic Theory of Josephson Mesoscopic Constrictions (1993)
Martin-Rodero, A., Garcia-Vidal, F. J., Levy-Yeyati, A.
We present a microscopic theory for the d.c. Josephson effect in model mesoscopic constrictions. Our method is based on a non-equilibrium Green function formalism which allows for a self-consistent...