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Recent Publications

Magnetic Dipole and Electric Quadrupole Transitions in the Trivalent Lanthanide Series: Calculated Emission Rates and Oscillator Strengths
C. Dodson, R. Zia
Physical Review B 86, 125102 (2012). [PDF]

Quantifying the Magnetic Nature of Light Emission
T.H. Taminiau, S. Karaveli, N.F. van Hulst, R. Zia
Nature Communications 86, 125102 (2012). [PDF]
Also Featured in a Nature Physics Research Highlight .

Spectral Tuning by Selective Enhancement of Electric and Magnetic Dipole Emission
S. Karaveli, R. Zia
Physical Review Letters 106, 193004 (2011). [PDF]

Strong Enhancement of Magnetic Dipole Emission in a Multilevel Electronic System
S. Karaveli, R. Zia
Optics Letters 35, 3318 (2010). [PDF]

Optical Antennas: Redirecting Single Molecules
R. Zia
Nature Photonics 2, 213 (2008).
News & Views article highlighting the work of Tim Taminiau et al. in the laboratory of Prof. Niek van Hulst.

Dielectric Metamaterials Based on Electric and Magnetic Resonances of Silicon Carbide Particles
J.A. Schuller, R. Zia, T. Taubner, M.L. Brongersma
Physics Review Letters 99, 107401 (2007). [PDF]
Selected as a "PRL Editors' Suggestion".

Surface Plasmon-Polariton Analogue to Young's Double Slit Experiment
R. Zia, M.L. Brongersma
Nature Nanotechnology 2, 426-429 (2007).

Near-Field Characterization of Guided Polariton Propagation and Cutoff in Surface Plasmon Waveguides
R. Zia, J.A. Schuller, M.L. Brongersma
Physical Review B 72, 165415 (2006). [PDF]

Plasmonics (invited review)
R. Zia, J.A. Schuller, A. Chandran, M.L. Brongersma
Materials Today 9, 20-27 (2006). [PDF]

Dielectric Waveguide Model for Guided Surface Polaritons
R. Zia, A. Chandran, M.L. Brongersma
Optics Letters 30, 1473-1475 (2005). [PDF]

Leaky and Bound Modes of Surface Plasmon Waveguides
R. Zia, M.D. Selker, M.L. Brongersma
Physical Review B 71, 165431 (2005). [PDF]