Role
Professor in Nano-technology, Optics and Photonics
- Leader of the Advanced Optics and Photonics (AOP) Lab (www.aoplab.com)
- UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellow (2021-2028)
- PI - ERC Conoloidator (2025-2030)
- Editorial Board - Opto-Electronic Advances
- IEEE Nanotechnology Council Distinguished Lecturer 2024 -2025.
Past:
- Royal Society Wolfson Fellow (2020-2025)
- Chair- IEEE Nanotechnology Council, UK & Ireland Section (2021-2023)
- The Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Visiting Fellow, 2023-2024.
Career overview
- See my story here.
- My career at a glance:
2025 – : Distinguished Professor, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
2022 – 2024: Professor, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
2020 – 2021: Associate Professor, Nottingham Trent University, UK.
2016 – 2020: Fellow (/Lecturer), Fellow (/Senior Lecturer) Australian National University, Australia.
2013 – 2015: Research Associate, Imperial College London, UK.
2009 – 2013: PhD scholar, National University of Singapore. Scholarship from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore.
2007 – 2009: MSc at National Technical University of Ukraine.
2000 – 2004: BEng at Iran Azad University.
Research areas
Nano-materials: Design, modelling, fabrication and engineering of various kind of nano-materials, including metallic, dielectric, semiconductor nano-particles.
Nonlinear nano-photonics: All-optical conversation of light frequencies (colours) via engineered nano-crystals for NIR imaging, night-vision, detection of species’ health, etc.
Optical nano-sensing: Modelling and developing ultrasensitive nano-scale materials for gas/liquid detection of low concentration substances/biomarkers.
External activity
Editorial Board:
Guest Editor Nanomaterials (2020-2022)
Associate Editor of Opto-Electronic Advances (2018 – present)
Outreach:
Regular seminars on "Why study Physics, Maths and Engineering?" for years 9 & 10 pupils (e.g. here and here)
Key Awards and Honors:
- 2020: Outstanding Editor Award, Opto-Electronic Advances (¥3,000 RMB);
- 2018: Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Careers for developing Tomorrow’s Technologies (AU$ 10,000);
- 2018: Australian Optical Society Geoff Opat Early Career Researcher Prize (AU$ 1,500);
- 2018: Australian National University Vice Chancellor’s Award for Early Career Academics;
- 2017: Young Scientist Medal and Prize from the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (established in 1922 in Brussels), for outstanding contribution to the “Fundamental Aspects of Laser Physics and Photonics” (€1,000).
Recent Research News
Publications
Patents (granted):
1. M. Rahmani, D. N. Neshev, H. Tan, C. Jagadish, F. Karouta, Y. Kivshar, "Frequency Conversion of Electromagnetic Radiation", Aust. Patent Grant No. 2017203205, US Patent Grant No. 10.698.293.
2. D. N. Neshev, M. Rahmani, A. Solntsev, G. Marino, L. Xu, A. Sukhorukov, H. H. Tan, C. Jagadish, Y. Kivshar, "Frequency Conversion Device", Aust. Patent Grant No. 2018265770, Europe Patent Grant No. EP18798715.1.
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Peer-reviewed Journal Papers
95. Z. Zheng, G. Sanderson, S. Sotoodeh, C. Clifton, C. Ying, M. Rahmani, and L. Xu, “Real-Time Programmable Nonlinear Wavefront Shaping with Si Metasurface Driven by Genetic Algorithm”, Engineering, DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2025.04.023 (2025). https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12239666/
94. S. Zargarbashi, L. Xu, CJ. Mellor, M. Rahmani, and C. Ying, “Monitoring Conformational Dynamics of Single Unmodified Proteins using Plasmonic Nanotweezers”, Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE), e68093 (2025). https://app.jove.com/t/68093/monitoring-conformational-dynamics-single-unmodified-proteins-using
93. Q. Yang, Z. Yao, L. Xu, Y. Dou, L. Ba, F. Huang, Q. Xu, L. Cong, J. Gu, J. Yang, M. Rahmani, J. Han, and I. Shadrivov, “Ultrasensitive Terahertz Fingerprint Retrieval with Multiple‐BIC‐Enabled Meta-Sensors”, Laser & Photonics Reviews 19 (2), 2400825 (2025). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lpor.202400825
92. M. Nauman, D. de Ceglia, J. Yan, L. Huang, M. Rahmani, C. De Angelis, A.E. Miroshnichenko, Y. Lu, and Dragomir Neshev, "Dynamic Control of Nonlinear Emission by Exciton-Photon Coupling in WS2 Metasurfaces", Science Advances 11, eady2108 (2025). https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.ady2108
91. H. Ren, Y. Zhang, Z. Zheng, C. Ying, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, and K.B. Whaley, “Error Mitigated Metasurface-Based Randomized Measurement Schemes”, Physical Review Research 6 (3), 033310 (2024). https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.033310
90. A. Yousefi, Z. Zheng, S. Zargarbashi, M. Assadipapari, G.J. Hickman, C. D.J. Parmenter, C. J. Bueno-Alejo, G. Sanderson, D. Craske, L. Xu, C. C. Perry, M. Rahmani, and C. Ying, “Structural Flexibility and Disassembly Kinetics of Single Ferritin Molecules Using Optical Nanotweezers”, ACS Nano 18 (24), 15617-15626 (2024). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsnano.4c01221
89. G. Sanderson, Z. Zheng, E. Melik-Gaykazyan, G. Gordon, R. Cousins, C. Ying, M. Rahmani, and L. Xu, “Infrared Imaging with Nonlinear Silicon Resonator Governed by High-Q Quasi-BIC States”, Journal of Optics 26, 6, 065505 (2024). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2040-8986/ad44a9
- Highlighted in Nature Photonics: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-024-01500-4
88. Z. Zheng, D. Smirnova, G. Sanderson, Y. Cuifeng, D. Koutsogeorgis, L. Huang, Z. Liu, R. Oulton, A. Yousefi, A. Miroshnichenko, D. Neshev, M. O’Neill, M. Rahmani and L. Xu, “Broadband Infrared Imaging Governed by Guided-Mode Resonance in Dielectric Metasurfaces”, Light: Science & Applications 13, 249 (2024). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-024-01535-w
87. S.A. Schulz, R. Oulton, M. Kenney, A. Alù, I. Staude, A. Bashiri, Z. Fedorova, R. Kolkowski, A. F. Koenderink, X. Xiao, J. Yang, W.J. Peveler, A. W. Clark, G. Perrakis, A. Tasolamprou, M. Kafesaki, A. Zaleska, W. Dickson, D. Richards, A. Zayats, H. Ren, Y. Kivshar, S. Maier, X. Chen, M. Afnan Ansari, Y. Gan, A. Alexeev, T. F Krauss, A. Di. Falco, S. D. Gennaro, T. Santiago-Cruz, I. Brener, M. V. Chekhova, R. Ma, V. V. Vogler-Neuling, H. C. Weigand, U. L. Talts, I. Occhiodori, R. Grange, M. Rahmani, L. Xu, S. Kamali, E. Arababi, A. Faraon, A. C. Harwood, S. Vezzoli, R. Sapienza, P. Lalanne, A. Dmitriev, C. Rockstuhl, A. Sprafke, K. Vynck, J. Upham, M. Zahirul Alam, I. D. Leon, R. W. Boyd, W. J. Padilla, J. M. Malof, A. Jana, Z. Yang, R. Colom, Q. Song, P. Genevet, K. Achouri, A. B. Evlyukhin, U. Lemmer, and I. Fernandez-Corbaton, “Roadmap on Photonic Metasurfaces”, Applied Physics Letters 124, 26 (2024). https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article/124/26/260701/3300335
86. Z. Gu, Y. Gao, K. Zhou, J. Ge, C. Xu, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, R. Jiang, Y. Chen, Z. Liu, C. Gu, Y. Ma, J. Qiu, and X. Shen, “Surface-Patterned Chalcogenide Glasses with High-Aspect-Ratio Microstructures for Long-Wave Infrared Metalenses”, Opto-Electronic Science 3 (10), 240017-1-240017-13 (2024). https://www.oejournal.org/oes/article/doi/10.29026/oes.2024.240017
85. X. Hu, X. Jia, K. Zhang, T. W. Lo, Y. Fan, D.Liu, J. Wen, H. Yong, M. Rahmani, L. Zhang, and D. Lei, “Deep-Learning-Augmented Microscopy for Super-Resolution Imaging of Nanoparticles”, Opt. Express 32, 879-890 (2024). https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-32-1-879
84. M. Zhou, S. You, L. Xu, M. Fan, J. Huang, W. Ma, M. Hu, S. Luo, M. Rahmani, Y. Cheng, L. Li, C. Zhou, L. Huang, and A. E. Miroshnichenko, “Bound States in the Continuum in All-Dielectric Metasurfaces with Scaled Lattice Constants.” Science China Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy 66, 12, 124212 (2023). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11433-023-2207-9
83. Z. Zheng, D. Rocco, H. Ren, O. Sergaeva, Y. Zhang, K.B. Whaley, C. Ying, D. de Ceglia, C. De-Angelis, M. Rahmani, and L. Xu, “Advances in Nonlinear Metasurfaces for Imaging, Quantum, and Sensing Applications”, Nanophotonics, 12, 4255-4281 (2023). https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0526/html
82. A. Yousefi, C. Ying, C. Parmenter, M. Assadipapari, G. Sanderson, Z. Zheng, L. Xu, S. Zargarbashi, G. Hickman, R. Cousins, C. Mellor, M. Mayer, and M. Rahmani, “Optical Monitoring of In Situ Iron Loading into Single, Native Ferritin Proteins”, Nano Letters 23, 3251–3258 (2023). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00042
81. Z. Zheng, L. Xu, L. Huang, D. Smirnova, K. Kamali, A. Yousefi, F. Deng, R. Camacho-Morales, C. Ying, A. Miroshnichenko, D. Neshev, and M. Rahmani, "Third-Order Infrared Upconversion Imaging with Silicon Metasurfaces", Opto-Electronic Advances 6, 220174 (2023). https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/publications/third-order-infrared-upconversion-imaging-with-silicon-metasurfac-2
80. S. You, M. Zhou, L. Xu, D. Chen, M. Fan, W. Ma, S. Luo, M. Rahmani, C. Zhou, and A. E. Miroshnichenko, “Quasi-Bound States in the Continuum with a Stable Resonance Wavelength in Dimer Dielectric Metasurfaces”, Nanophotonics 12, 2051-2060 (2023). https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/nanoph-2023-0166/html
79. K. Akshpreet, A. Gupta, C. Ying, M. Rahmani, and G. Sapra. “Smart Wearable Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-Powered Bioelectronics and Therapeutics.”, Microelectronic Engineering 275, 111992 (2023). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167931723000576
78. K. Zanganeh Kamali, L. Xu, N. Gagrani, H. Tan, C. Jagadish, A. Miroshnichenko, D. Neshev, and M. Rahmani, “Electrically Programmable Solid-State Metasurfaces via Flash Localised Heating”, Light: Science and Application 12, 40 (2023). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-023-01078-6
77. L. Xu, D. Smirnova, R. Camacho-Morales, R. Aoni, K. Kamali, M. Cai, C. Ying, Z. Zheng, A. Miroshnichenko, D. N Neshev and M. Rahmani, “Enhanced Four-Wave Mixing from Multi-Resonant silicon Dimer-Hole Membrane Metasurfaces”, New Journal of Physics 24, 035002 (2022). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1367-2630/ac55b2
76. L. Xu, and M. Rahmani, “Programmable Structured Surfaces Can Change the Future of Wireless Communications”, Light Science & Applications 11, 196 (2022). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-022-00878-6
75. P. Hong, L. Xu, and M. Rahmani, “Dual Bound States in the Continuum Enhanced Second Harmonic Generation with Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Monolayer”, Opto-Electronic Advances 2022, 5, 200097 (2022). https://www.oejournal.org/oea/article/doi/10.29026/oea.2022.200097
74. M. A. Weissflog, M. Cai, M. Parry, M. Rahmani, L. Xu, D. Arslan, A.Fedotova, G. Marino, M. Lysevych, H. Hoe Tan, C. Jagadish, A. Miroshnichenko, G. Leo, A. Sukhorukov, F. Setzpfandt. T. Pertsch, I. Staude, and D. Neshev, “Far-Field Polarization Engineering from Nonlinear Nanoresonators”, Laser & Photonics Rev. 2022, 2200183 (2022). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/lpor.202200183
73. C. Zhou, L. Huang, R. Jin, L. Xu, G. Li, M. Rahmani, X. Chen, W. Lu, and A. Miroshnichenko. “Bound States in the Continuum in Asymmetric Dielectric Metasurfaces”, Laser & Photonics Reviews 2022, 2200564 (2022). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lpor.202200564
72. Z. Zheng, L. Xu, L. Huang, D. Smirnova, P. Hong, C. Ying, and M. Rahmani, “Boosting Second-Harmonic Generation in the LiNbO3 Metasurface Using High-Q Guided Resonances and Bound States in the Continuum”, Physical Review B, 106, 125411 (2022). https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.125411
71. P. Hong, L. Xu, C. Ying, and M. Rahmani, “Flatband Mode in Photonic Moiré Superlattice for Boosting Second-Harmonic Generation with Monolayer Van Der Waals Crystals”, Optics Letters 47, 2326-2329 (2022). https://opg.optica.org/ol/fulltext.cfm?uri=ol-47-9-2326&id=472298
70. L. Zhang, K. Gao, F. Lu, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, L. Sun, F. Gao, W. Zhang, and T. Mei, “Visible-Band Chiroptical Meta-Devices with Phase-Change Adjusted Optical Chirality”, Nano Letters 22,7628-7635 (2022). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02739
69. R. Camacho-Morales, L. Xu, H. Zhang, S. Ha, L. Krivitsky, A. Kuznetsov, M. Rahmani, and D. Neshev, “Sum-Frequency Generation in High-Q GaP Metasurfaces Driven by Leaky-Wave Guided Modes”, Nano Letters 22, 6141–6148 (2022). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c01349
68. D. Rocco, R. Morales, L. Xu, A. Zilli, V. Vinel, M. Finazzi, M. Celebrano, G. Leo, M. Rahmani, C. Jagadish, H. Tan, D. Neshev, and C. De Angelis, “Second Order Nonlinear Frequency Generation at the Nanoscale in Dielectric Platforms”, Advances in Physics: X 7, 2022992 (2022). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23746149.2021.2022992
67. A. Komar, R. Aoni, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, A. Miroshnichenko, and D.N. Neshev, “Edge Detection with Mie-Resonant Dielectric Metasurfaces”, ACS Photonics 8, 864-871 (2021). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01874
66. M. Nauman, J. Yan, D. de Ceglia, M. Rahmani, K. Zangeneh Kamali, C. De Angelis, A. E. Miroshnichenko, Y. Lu, and D. N. Neshev, “Tunable Unidirectional Nonlinear Emission from Transition-Metal-Dichalcogenide Metasurfaces”, Nature Communications 12, 5597 (2021). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-25717-x
65. R. Aoni, S. Manjunath, B. Karawdeniya, K. Zangeneh Kamali, L. Xu, A. Damry, C. Jackson, A. Tricoli, A. Miroshnichenko, M. Rahmani, and D.N. Neshev, “Resonant Dielectric Metagratings for Response Intensified Optical Sensing”. Advanced Functional Materials, 2103143 (2021). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.202103143
64. R. Camacho-Morales, D. Rocco, L. Xu, V. Gili, N. Dimitrov, L. Stoyanov, Z. Ma, A. Komar, M. Lysevych, F. Karouta, A. Dreischuh, H. Tan, G. Leo, C. De Angelis, C. Jagadish, A. E. Miroshnichenko, M. Rahmani, and D.N. Neshev, “Infrared Upconversion Imaging in Nonlinear Metasurfaces”, Advanced Photonics 3, 036002 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.AP.3.3.036002
63. Z. Zheng, A. Komar, K. Zangeneh Kamali, J. Noble, L. Whichello, A. Miroshnichenko, M. Rahmani, D. Neshev, and L. Xu, “Planar Narrow Band-Pass Filter Based on Si Resonant Metasurface”, Journal of Applied Physics 130, 053105 (2021). https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jap/article-abstract/130/5/053105/1063385
62. A. Canós Valero, E. Gurvitz, F. Benimetskiy, D. Pidgayko, A. Samusev, A. Evlyukhin, V. Bobrovs, D. Redka, M. Tribelsky, M. Rahmani, K. Kamali, A. Pavlov, A. Miroshnichenko, and A. Shalin, “Theory, Observation, and Ultrafast Response of the Hybrid Anapole Regime in Light Scattering”, Laser & Photonics Reviews 15, 2100114 (2021). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lpor.202100114
61. Y. Zhan, L. Zhang, M. Rahmani, V. Giannini, A. Miroshnichenko, M. Hong, X. Li, S. A. Maier, and D. Lei. “Synthetic Plasmonic Nanocircuits and the Evolution of Their Correlated Spatial Arrangement and Resonance Spectrum”, ACS Photonics 8, 166-174 (2021). (IF: 6.88). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01756
60. L. Huang, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, D. Neshev, and A. Miroshnichenko, “Pushing the Limit of High-Q Mode of a Single Dielectric Nanocavity”, Advanced Photonics 3, 016004 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.AP.3.1.016004
59. Z. Fusco, M. Rahmani, T. Thanh, C. Ricci, A. Kiy, P. Kluth, E. Della Gaspera, N. Motta, D. Neshev, and A. Tricoli, “Photonic Fractal Metamaterials: A Metal–Semiconductor Platform with Enhanced Volatile‐Compound Sensing Performance”, Advanced Materials 32, 2002471 (2020). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.202002471
58. L. Xu, M. Rahmani, Y. Ma, D. Smirnova, K. Kamali, F. Deng, Y. Chiang, L. Huang, H. Zhang, S. Gould, D. N Neshev, and A. E. Miroshnichenko, “Enhanced Light-Matter Interactions in Dielectric Nanostructures via Machine-Learning Approach”, Advanced Photonics 2, 026003 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.AP.2.2.026003
57. Y. Tanaka, P. Albella, M. Rahmani, V. Giannini, S. Maier, and T. Shimura, “Plasmonic Linear Nanomotor Using Lateral Optical Forces”, Science Advances 6, eabc3726 (2020). https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/sciadv.abc3726
56. S. Lung, K. Wang, K. Kamali, J. Zhang, M. Rahmani, D. Neshev, and A. Sukhorukov, “Complex-Birefringent Metasurfaces for Arbitrary Polarisation-Pair Transformations”, ACS Photonics 7, 3015-3022 (2020). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.0c01044
55. S. Manjunath, M. Liu, V. Raj, R. A. Aoni, D. Powell, I. Shadrivov, and M. Rahmani, “Dual-Region Resonant Meander Metamaterial”, accepted in Advanced Optical Materials (2020). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adom.201901658
54. L. Xu, G. Saerens, M. Timofeeva, D. A Smirnova, I. Volkovskaya, M. Lysevych, R. Camacho-Morales, M. Cai, K. Zangeneh, L. Huang, F. Karouta, H. Tan, C. Jagadish, A. E. Miroshnichenko, R. Grange, D. Neshev, and M. Rahmani, “Forward and Backward Switching of Nonlinear Unidirectional Emission from GaAs Nanoantennas”, ACS Nano 14, 2, 1379–1389 (2020). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsnano.9b07117
53. S. Koutsares, S. Tanyi, R. Daniel, M. Savelev, M. Rahmani, D. Neshev, I. Shadrivov, and M. Noginov, “Low-Loss Volume Modes in a Lamellar Hyperbolic Metamaterial Slab”, JOSA B 37, 1065-1072, (2020). https://opg.optica.org/josab/abstract.cfm?uri=josab-37-4-1065
52. J. Sautter, L. Xu, A. Miroshnichenko, M. Lysevych, I. Volkovskaya, D. Smirnova, R. Camacho, K. Kamali, F. Karouta, K. Vora, H. Tan, M. Kauranen, I. Staude, C. Jagadish, D. Neshev, and M. Rahmani, “Tailoring Second-Harmonic emission from (111)-GaAs Nanoantennas”, Nano Letters 19, 3905-3911 (2019). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b01112
51. K. Zangeneh Kamali, L. Xu, J. Ward, K. Wang, S. Manjath, G. Li, D. Neshev, A. Miroshnichenko, and M. Rahmani, “Reversible Image Contrast Manipulation with Termally Tunable Dielectric Metasurfaces”, Small 15, 1805142 (2019). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.201805142
50. M. Rahmani, G. Leo, I. Brener, A. Zayats, S. Maier, C. De Angelis, H. Tan, V. Flavio Gili, F. Karouta, R. Oulton, K. Vora, M. Lysevych, I. Staude, L. Xu, A. Miroshnichenko, C. Jagadish, and D. Neshev, “Nonlinear Frequency Conversion in Optical Nanoantennas and Metasurfaces: Materials Evolution and Fabrication”, Opto-Electronic Advances 1, 180021, (2019). https://www.oejournal.org/oea/article/doi/10.29026/oea.2018.180021
49. L. Xu, and M. Rahmani, “Surface that Perceives Depth: 3D Imaging with Metasurfaces”, Advanced Photonics 1, 030501 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.AP.1.3.030501
48. R. Aoni, M. Rahmani, L. Xu, K. Zangeneh Kamali, A. Komar, J. Yan, D. Neshev and A. Miroshnichenko, “High-Efficiency Visible Light Manipulation Using Dielectric Metasurfaces”, Scientific Reports 9,6510 (2019). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42444-y
47. M. Liu, Q. Yang, A. Rifat, V. Raj, A. Komar, J. Han, M. Rahmani, H. T Hattori, D. Neshev, D. Powell and I. Shadrivov, “Deeply Subwavelength Metasurface Resonators for Terahertz Wavefront Manipulation”, Advanced Optical Materials 7, 1900736 (2019). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adom.201900736
46. R. Camacho, G. Bautista, X. Zang, L. Xu, L. Turquet, A. Miroshnichenko, H. Tan, A. Lamprianidis, M. Rahmani, C. Jagadish, D. Neshev, and M. Kauranen, “Resonant Harmonic Generation in AlGaAs Nanoantennas Probed by Vector Beams”, Nanoscale 11, 1745 (2019). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2019/nr/c8nr08034h/unauth
45. G. Marino, A. Solntsev, L. Xu, V. Gili, L. Carletti, A. Poddubny, M. Rahmani, D. Smirnova, H. Chen, A. Lemaître, G. Zhang, A. Zayats, C. De Angelis, G. Leo, A. Sukhorukov, and D. Neshev, “Spontaneous Photon-Pair Generation from a Dielectric Nanoantenna”, Optica 6, 1416-1422 (2019). https://opg.optica.org/optica/fulltext.cfm?uri=optica-6-11-1416&id=422796
44. M. Morshed, Z. Li, B. C Olbricht, L. Fu, A. Haque, L. Li, A. A Rifat, M. Rahmani, A. Miroshnichenko, and H. T. Hattori, “High Fluence Chromium and Tungsten Bowtie Nano-Antennas”, Scientific Reports 9, 1-11 (2019). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-49517-y
43. J. Ward, K. Z. Kamali, L. Xu, G. Zhang, A. E. Miroshnichenko, and M. Rahmani, “High-Contrast and Reversible Scattering Switching via Hybrid Metal-Dielectric Metasurfaces”, Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology, 9, 460–467 (2018). https://www.beilstein-journals.org/bjnano/articles/9/44
42. Z. Fusco, M. Rahmani, R. Bo, T. Tran, M. Lockrey, N. Motta, D. Neshev and A. Tricoli, “High Temperature Large-Scale Self-Assembly of Faceted Monocrystalline Au Metasurfaces”, Advanced Functional Materials 30, 1806387 (2018). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201806387
41. Z. Fusco, M. Rahmani, R. Bo, R. Verre, N. Motta, M. Käll, D. Neshev and A. Tricoli, “Nanostructured Dielectric Fractals on Resonant Plasmonic Metasurfaces for Selective and Sensitive Optical Sensing of Volatile Compounds”, Advanced Materials 30, 1800931 (2018). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adma.201800931
40. L. Xu, M. Rahmani (equal first author), K. Zangeneh Kamali, A. Lamprianidis, L. Ghirardini, J. Sautter, R. Camacho-Morales, H. Chen, M. Parry, I. Staude, G. Zhang, D. Neshev, and A. Miroshnichenko “Boosting Third-Harmonic Generation by a Mirror-Enhanced Anapole Resonator”, Light: Science & Applications 7, 44 (2018). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41377-018-0051-8
39. R. Aoni, M. Rahmani, L. Xu, and A. Miroshnichenko, “Hybrid Metasurface Based Tunable Near-Perfect Absorber and Plasmonic Sensor”, Materials 11 (7), 1091 (2018). https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/items/f6c4e282-1914-4be9-b256-c9bee96ba560
38. L. Xu, M. Rahmani, D. Smirnova, K. Zangeneh, G. Zhang, D. Neshev, and A. Miroshnichenko, “Highly-Efficient Longitudinal SHG from Doubly-Resonant AlGaAs Nanoantennas”, Photonics 5, 29 (2018). https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/5/3/29
37. S. Chen, M. Rahmani, K. Li, A. Miroshnichenko, T. Zentgraf, G. Li, D. Neshev, and S. Zhang, “Third Harmonic Generation Enhanced by Multipolar Interference in Complementary Metasurfaces”, ACS Photonics 5, 1671–1675 (2018). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01423
36. E. Melik-Gaykazyan, S. S. Kruk, R. Camacho-Morales, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, K. Zangeneh Kamali, A. Lamprianidis, A. E. Miroshnichenko, A. Fedyanin, D. Neshev, and Y. Kivshar, “Selective Third-Harmonic Generation by Structured Light in Mie-Resonant Nanoparticles”, ACS Photonics, 5, 728–733 (2018). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b01277
35. G. Della, B. Hopkins, L. Ganzer, T. Stoll, M. Rahmani, S. Longhi, Y. Kivshar, C. De Angelis, D. Neshev, and G. Cerullo, “Nonlinear Anisotropic Dielectric Metasurfaces for Ultrafast Nanophotonics”, ACS Photonics 2017, 4, 2129−2136 (2017). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00544
34. M. Rahmani, L. Xu, A. Miroshnichenko, A. Komar, R. Camacho-Morales, H. Chen, Y. Zarate, S. Kruk, G. Zhang, D. Neshev, and Y. Kivshar, “Reversible Thermal Tuning of All-Dielectric Metasurfaces”, Advanced Functional Materials 27, 1700580 (2017). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adfm.201700580
33. S. Kruk, R. Camacho-Morales, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, D. Smirnova, L. Wang, H. Tan, C. Jagadish, D. Neshev, and Y. Kivshar, “Nonlinear Optical Magnetism Revealed by Second-Harmonic Generation in Nanoantennas”, Nano Letters 17, 3914-3918 (2017). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01488
32. L. Wang, S. Kruk, L. Xu, M. Rahmani, D. Smirnova, I. Kravchenko, D. Neshev, and Y. Kivshar, “Shaping the Third-Harmonic Radiation from Silicon Nanodimers”, Nanoscale 9, 2201-2206 (2017). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2017/nr/c6nr09702b/unauth
31. M. Rahmani, A. Shorokhov, B. Hopkins, A. Miroshnichenko, M. Shcherbakov, R. Camacho, A. Fedyanin, D. Neshev, and Y. Kivshar, “Nonlinear Symmetry Breaking in Symmetric Oligomers”, ACS Photonics 4, 454–461 (2017). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00902
30. S. Gennaro, M. Rahmani (equal first author), V. Giannini, H. Aouani, T. Sidiropoulos, M. Navarro, S. A. Maier, and R. F. Oulton, “The Interplay of Symmetry and Scattering Phase in Second Harmonic Generation from Gold Nanoantennas”, Nano Letters 16, 5278-5285 (2016). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b02485
29. R. Camacho-Morales, M. Rahmani, S. Kruk, L. Wang, L. Xu, D. Smirnova, A. Solntsev, A. Miroshnichenko, H. Tan, F. Karouta, S. Naureen, K. Vora, L. Carletti, C. De Angelis, C. Jagadish, Y. Kivshar, and D. Neshev, “Nonlinear Generation of Vector Beams from AlGaAs Nanoantennas”, Nano Letters 16, 7191–7197 (2016). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b03525
28. G. Geraci, B. Hopkins, A. Miroshnichenko, B. Erkihun, D. Neshev, Y. Kivshar, S. Maier, and M. Rahmani, “Polarisation-Independent Scattering by Tailoring Asymmetric Plasmonic Systems”, Nanoscale 8, 6021-6027 (2016). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2016/nr/c6nr00029k/unauth
27. F. D. Picca, R. Berte, M. Rahmani, P. Albella, J. Bujjamer, M. Poblet, E. Cortes, S. Maier, and A. Bragas, “Tailored Hyper-Sound Generation in Single Plasmonic Nanoantennas”, Nano Letters 16, 1428–1434 (2016). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04991
26. P. Nielsen, L. Lafone, A. Rakovich, T. P. H. Sidiropoulos, M. Rahmani, S. A. Maier, and R. F. Oulton, “Adiabatic Nanofocusing in Hybrid Gap Waveguides on the Silicon-on-Insulator Platform”, Nano Letters 16, 1410–1414 (2016). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04931
25. W. Zhang, M. Rahmani, W. Niu, S. Ravaine, M. Hong, and X. Lu, “Tuning Interior Nanogaps of Double-Shelled Au/Ag Nanoboxes for Enhanced Raman Scattering”, Scientific Reports 5, 8382 (2015). https://www.nature.com/articles/srep08382
24. M. Caldarola, P. Albella, E. Cortés, M. Rahmani, T. Roschuk, G. Grinblat, R. F. Oulton, A. Bragas, and S. A. Maier, “Non-Plasmonic Nanoantennas for Surface Enhanced Spectroscopies with Ultra-Low Heat Conversion”, Nature Communications 6, 7915 (2015). https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms8915
23. H. Aouani, M. Navarro-Cía, M. Rahmani, and S. A. Maier, “Unveiling the Origin of Third Harmonic Generation in Hybrid ITO–Plasmonic Crystals”, Advanced Optical Materials 3, 1059-1065 (2015). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adom.201500112
22. W. A. Okell, T. Witting, D. Fabris, C. A. Arrell, J. Hengster, S. Ibrahimkutty, A. Seiler, M. Barthelmess, S. Stankov, D. Y. Lei, M. Rahmani, T. Uphues, S. A. Maier, J. P. Marangos, and J. W. G. Tisch, “Temporal Broadening of Attosecond Photoelectron Wavepackets from Solid Surfaces”, Optica 2, 383-387 (2015). https://opg.optica.org/optica/fulltext.cfm?uri=optica-2-4-383&id=315348
21. H. Aouani, M. Rahmani (equal first author), M. Navarro-Cia, and S. Maier, “Third Harmonic Upconversion Enhancement from a Single Semiconductor Nanoparticle Coupled to a Plasmonic Antenna”, Nature Nanotechnology 9, 290–294 (2014). https://www.nature.com/articles/nnano.2014.27
20. M. König, M. Rahmani (equal first author), D. Y. Lei, L. Zhang, T. R. Roschuk, V. Giannini, C. Qiu, M. Hong, S. Schlücker, and S. Maier, “Unveiling the Correlation between Nanometer-Thick Molecular Monolayer Sensitivity and Near-Field Enhancement in Coupled Plasmonic Oligomers”, ACS Nano 8, 9188–9198 (2014). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn5028714
19. G. Grinblat, M. Rahmani, E. Cortés, M. Caldarola, D. Comedi, S. Maier, and A. Bragas, “High-Efficiency Second Harmonic Generation from a Single Hybrid ZnO Nanowire/Au Plasmonic Oligomer”, Nano Letters 14, 6660–6665 (2014). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl503332f
18. A.Kuznetsov, A. E. Miroshnichenko, Y. Fu, V. Viswanathan, M. Rahmani, V. Valuckas, Y. Kivshar, D. Pickard, and B. Lukiyanchuk, “Split-Ball Resonator as a 3D Analogue of Planar Split-Rings”, Nature Communications 5, 3104 (2014). https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms4104
17. A. Kiani, M. Rahmani, S. Manickam, and B. Tan, “Nanoceramics: Synthesis, Characterisation, and Applications”, Journal of Nanomaterials, 2, 528348 (2014). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2014/528348
16. M. Rahmani, E. Yoxall, B. Hopkins, Y. Sonnefraud, Y. Kivshar, M. Hong, C. Phillips, S. A. Maier and A. E. Miroshnichenko, “Plasmonic Nanoclusters with Rotational Symmetry: Polarization-Invariant Far-Field Response vs. Changing Near Field Distribution”, ACS Nano 7, 11138–11146 (2013). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn404869c
15. H. Aouani, M. Rahmani, H. Šípová, V. Torres, K. Hegnerová, M. Beruete, J. Homola, M. Hong, M. Navarro-Cía, and S. A. Maier, “Plasmonic Nanoantennas for Multispectral Surface-Enhanced Spectroscopies”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 117,18620-18626 (2013). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jp404535x
14. Y. Xiao, Y. Francescato, V. Giannini, M. Rahmani, T. Roschuk, A. Gilbertson, Y. Sonnefraud, C. Mattevi, M. Hong, L. Cohen, and S. A. Maier, “Probing the Dielectric Response of Graphene via Dual-Band Resonators”, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 15, 5395-5399 (2013). https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2013/cp/c3cp43896a/unauth
13. E. Yoxall, M. Navarro-Cia, M. Rahmani, S. Maier and C. Phillips, “Widely Tunable Scattering-Type SNOM Using Pulsed Quantum Cascade Lasers”, Applied Physics Letters 103, 213110 (2013). https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apl/article-abstract/103/21/213110/24741
12. R. Fernandez-Garcia, M. Rahmani, M. Hong, Stefan A. Maier, and Y. Sonnefraud, “Use of a Gold Reflecting-Layer in Optical Antenna Substrates for Photoluminescence Enhancement”, Optics Express 21, 12552-12561 (2013). https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-21-10-12552&id=253602
11. M. Rahmani, A. E. Miroshnichenko, D. Y. Lei, B. Luk'yanchuk, M. I. Tribelsky, A. I. Kuznetsov, Y. S. Kivshar, Y. Francescato, V. Giannini, M. Hong, and S. A. Maier, “Beyond the Hybridisation Effects in Plasmonic Nanoclusters: Diffraction-Induced Enhanced Absorption and Scattering”, Small 10, 576–583 (2013). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/smll.201301419
10. H. Aouani, H. Sipova, M. Rahmani, M. Navarro-Cia, K. Hegnerova, J. Homola, M. Hong, and S. Maier, “Ultrasensitive Broadband Probing of Molecular Vibrational Modes with Multifrequency Optical Antennas”, ACS Nano7, 669–675 (2013). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nn304860t
9. H. Aouani, M. Navarro-Cia, M. Rahmani, T. Sidiropoulos, M. Hong, R. Oulton, and S. A. Maier, “Multiresonant Broadband Optical Antennas as Tunable Nanosources of Second Harmonic Light”, Nano Letters 12, 4997–5002 (2012). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl302665m
8. M. Rahmani, D. Lei, V.Giannini, B. Lukiyanchuk, M. Ranjbar, T. F. Liew, M. Hong, and S. Maier, “Subgroup Decomposition of Resonances in Oligomers: Modeling the Resonance Lineshape”, Nano Letters 12, 2101-2106 (2012). https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/nl3003683
7. Z. Chen, M. Rahmani, G. Yandong, C. Chong, and M. Hong, “Realisation of Variable 3D Terahertz Metamaterials Tubes for Passive Resonance Tunability”, Advanced Materials 24, OP143–OP147 (2012). https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adma.201104575
6. J. Yang, M. Rahmani, J. H. Teng, and M.H. Hong, “Magnetic-Electric Interference in Metal-Dielectric-Metal Oligomers: Generation of Fano Resonance”, Optical Materials Express 2, 1407-1415 (2012). https://opg.optica.org/ome/fulltext.cfm?uri=ome-2-10-1407&id=242398
5. M. Rahmani, B. Lukiyanchuk, and M. H. Hong, “Fano Resonances in Novel Plasmonic Nanostructures”, Laser & Photonics Reviews 7, 329–349 (2012). https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/lpor.201200021
4. M. Rahmani, T. Tahmasebi, Y. Lin, B. Lukiyanchuk, T. Liew, and M. H. Hong, “Influence of Plasmon Destructive Interferences on Optical Properties of Gold Planar Quadrumers”, Nanotechnology 22, 245204 (2011). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0957-4484/22/24/245204/meta
3. M. Rahmani, B. Lukiyanchuk, T. Nguyen, T. Tahmasebi, Y. Lin, T. Liew, and M.H. Hong, “Influence of Symmetry Breaking in Pentamers on Fano Resonance and Near-Field Energy Localization”, Optical Materials Express 1, 1409-1415 (2011). https://opg.optica.org/ome/fulltext.cfm?uri=ome-1-8-1409&id=224118
2. M. Rahmani, B. Lukiyanchuk, T. Tahmasebi, Y. Lin, T. Liew, and M.H. Hong, “Polarisation-Controlled Spatial Localisation of Near-Field Energy in Symmetric Oligomers”, Applied Physics A 107, 23-30 (2011). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00339-011-6732-2
1. M. Rahmani, B. Lukiyanchuk, B. Ng, A. K. G. Tavakkoli, Y. F. Liew, and M. H. Hong, “Generation of Pronounced Fano Resonances and Tuning of Spatial Light Distribution in Plasmonic Pentamers”, Optics Express19, 4949-4956 (2011). https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-19-6-4949&id=210531