By Dr Michael P. Nielsen

Journal articles

Grinblat G; Nielsen MP; Dichtl P; Li Y; Oulton RF; Maier SA, 2019, 'Ultrafast sub–30-fs all-optical switching based on gallium phosphide', Science Advances, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aaw3262

Dichtl P; Abdelwahab I; Grinblat G; Leng K; Chi X; Park IH; Nielsen MP; Oulton RF; Loh KP; Maier SA, 2019, 'Giant and tunable optical nonlinearity in single-crystalline 2D perovskites due to excitonic and plasma effects', Optics Infobase Conference Papers, Part F144-FiO 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2019.FTu5F.3.pdf

Grinblat G; Berté R; Nielsen MP; Li Y; Oulton RF; Maier SA, 2018, 'Sub-20 fs All-Optical Switching in a Single Au-Clad Si Nanodisk', Nano Letters, 18, pp. 7896 - 7900, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03770

Güsken NA; Nielsen MP; Nguyen NB; Maier SA; Oulton RF, 2018, 'Nanofocusing in SOI-based hybrid plasmonic metal slot waveguides', Optics Express, 26, pp. 30634 - 30643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.030634

Nguyen NB; Nielsen MP; Lafone L; Clarke E; Fry P; Oulton RF, 2017, 'Hybrid gap plasmon GaAs nanolasers', Applied Physics Letters, 111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.5008320

Nielsen MP; Shi X; Dichtl P; Maier SA; Oulton RF, 2017, 'Giant nonlinear response at a plasmonic nanofocus drives efficient four-wave mixing', Science, 358, pp. 1179 - 1181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aao1467

Grinblat G; Li Y; Nielsen MP; Oulton RF; Maier SA, 2017, 'Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing in a Multiresonant Germanium Nanodisk', ACS Photonics, 4, pp. 2144 - 2149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00631

Grinblat G; Li Y; Nielsen MP; Oulton RF; Maier SA, 2017, 'Efficient Third Harmonic Generation and Nonlinear Subwavelength Imaging at a Higher-Order Anapole Mode in a Single Germanium Nanodisk', ACS Nano, 11, pp. 953 - 960, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b07568

Grinblat G; Li Y; Nielsen MP; Oulton RF; Maier SA, 2016, 'Enhanced third harmonic generation in single germanium nanodisks excited at the anapole mode', Nano Letters, 16, pp. 4635 - 4640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01958

Nielsen MP; Lafone L; Rakovich A; Sidiropoulos TPH; Rahmani M; Maier SA; Oulton RF, 2016, 'Adiabatic Nanofocusing in Hybrid Gap Plasmon Waveguides on the Silicon-on-Insulator Platform', Nano Letters, 16, pp. 1410 - 1414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04931

Duffin TJ; Nielsen MP; Diaz F; Palomba S; Maier SA; Oulton RF, 2016, 'Degenerate four-wave mixing in silicon hybrid plasmonic waveguides', Optics Letters, 41, pp. 155 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.41.000155

Grinblat G; Li Y; Nielsen MP; Oulton RF; Maier SA, 2016, 'Enhanced Third Harmonic Generation in Single Germanium Nanodisks Excited at the Anapole Mode', NANO LETTERS, 16, pp. 4635 - 4640, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01958

Nielsen MP; Elezzabi AY, 2015, 'Erratum: Nanoplasmonic distributed Bragg reflector resonators for monolithic integration on a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor platform (Appl. Phys. Lett. (2013) 103 (051107) (2013))', Applied Physics Letters, 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4936181

García De Abajo FJ; Sapienza R; Noginov M; Benz F; Baumberg J; Maier S; Graham D; Aizpurua J; Ebbesen T; Pinchuk A; Khurgin J; Matczyszyn K; Hugall JT; Van Hulst N; Dawson P; Roberts C; Nielsen M; Bursi L; Flatté M; Yi J; Hess O; Engheta N; Brongersma M; Podolskiy V; Shalaev V; Narimanov E; Zayats A, 2015, 'Plasmonic and new plasmonic materials: General discussion', Faraday Discussions, 178, pp. 123 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5fd90022k

Baumberg J; Nielsen M; Bozhevolnyi S; Podolskiy V; Ebbesen T; Lin K; Kornyshev AA; Khurgin J; Hutchison J; Matczyszyn K; George J; Cortes E; Hugall JT; Salomon A; Dawson P; Martin O; Kotni S; García De Abajo FJ; Flatté M; Moskovits M; Graham D; Maier S; Futamata M; Oh SH; Aizpurua J; Schultz Z; Sapienza R, 2015, 'Surface plasmon enhanced spectroscopies and time and space resolved methods: General discussion', Faraday Discussions, 178, pp. 253 - 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5fd90023a

Sidiropoulos TPH; Nielsen MP; Roschuk TR; Zayats AV; Maier SA; Oulton RF, 2014, 'Compact Optical Antenna Coupler for Silicon Photonics Characterized by Third-Harmonic Generation', ACS Photonics, 1, pp. 912 - 916, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ph5002796

Nielsen MP; Elezzabi AY, 2013, 'Silicon-based nanoplasmonic disc resonator on CMOS platform', Electronics Letters, 49, pp. 1241 - 1243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/el.2013.2209

Nielsen MP; Elezzabi AY, 2013, 'Ultrafast all-optical modulation in a silicon nanoplasmonic resonator', Optics Express, 21, pp. 20274 - 20279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.020274

Nielsen MP; Elezzabi AY, 2013, 'Nanoplasmonic distributed Bragg reflector resonators for monolithic integration on a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor platform', Applied Physics Letters, 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4817547

Nielsen MP; Elezzabi AY, 2013, 'An ultrafast nanoplasmonic InGaAs amplifier', Journal of Optics United Kingdom, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/15/7/075202

Nielsen MP; Ashfar A; Cadien K; Elezzabi AY, 2013, 'Plasmonic materials for metal-insulator-semiconductor-insulator-metal nanoplasmonic waveguides on silicon-on-insulator platform', Optical Materials, 36, pp. 294 - 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2013.09.011

Nielsen M; Elezzabi AY, 2012, 'Frequency-selective 3-D integration of nanoplasmonic circuits on a Si platform', Optics Express, 20, pp. 8592 - 8597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.008592

Sederberg S; Driedger D; Nielsen M; Elezzabi AY, 2011, 'Ultrafast all-optical switching in a silicon-based plasmonic nanoring resonator', Optics Express, 19, pp. 23494 - 23503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.023494

Conference Papers

Mishra R; Mo A; Shah SHU; McNab S; Tayebjee MJ; Hoex B; Nielsen MP, 2026, 'Nonlinear optical metrology of electronic interfaces for advanced semiconductor devices', in Betz M; Elezzabi AY (ed.), Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXX, SPIE, pp. 26 - 26, presented at Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXX, 17 January 2026 - 23 January 2026, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3079024

Bailey C; Ho-Baillie A; Lun-Leung T; Liao C; Mena A; de Clercq D; Sloane N; Palomba S; Nielsen M; McKenzie D; Schmidt T; McCamey D; Yi J, 2026, 'Influencing Magneto-Optical Properties of 2D Perovskites', in Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific International Conference on Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics, FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO, presented at Asia-Pacific International Conference on Perovskite, Organic Photovoltaics and Optoelectronics, 13 January 2026 - 15 January 2026, http://dx.doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.iperop.2026.011

Nielsen MP; McNab S; Pearce PM; Beves J; Schmidt T; Cho Y; Baldacchino AJ; Tong J; Brett MW; Carwithen BP; Jiang JY; Hoex B; Ciesla AM; McCamey DR; Tayebjee MJY; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2025, 'Organic multi exciton generation augmented silicon (OMEGA): Elucidating hybrid inorganic-organic energy transfer', in 2025 IEEE 53RD PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, PVSC, IEEE, CANADA, Montreal, pp. 172 - 172, presented at 53rd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference-PVSC-Annual, CANADA, Montreal, 08 June 2025 - 13 June 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC59419.2025.11133118

Nielsen MP; Radchenkov V; Harrison JA; Sazzad MH; Pearce PM; Pusch A; Bremner SP; Reece PJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2025, 'Raising the Temperature: Comparing HgCdTe and III-V Thermoradiative Diodes', in 2025 IEEE 53RD PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, PVSC, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), CANADA, Montreal, pp. 0097 - 0097, presented at 2025 IEEE 53rd Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), CANADA, Montreal, 08 June 2025 - 13 June 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc59419.2025.11132943

Nielsen MP; McNab S; Baldacchino AJ; Jones A; Ciesla A; Hoex B; Tayebjee MJY; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2025, 'Interfacial band alignment and triplet energy transfer in singlet fission silicon solar cells', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO, presented at 12º nternational Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, 12 May 2025 - 14 May 2025, http://dx.doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2025.019

Xia D; Sharma ASS; Pusch A; Tayebjee MJY; Nielsen MP; Rougieux FE; Dorman KR; Mishima TD; Santos MB; Sellers IR; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Krich JJ, 2024, 'Global analysis of valley photovoltaic devices demonstrates challenges of current designs', in 2024 IEEE 52ND PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALIST CONFERENCE, PVSC, IEEE, WA, Seattle, pp. 0494 - 0494, presented at 52nd Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, WA, Seattle, 15 November 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC57443.2024.10749061

de Clercq D; Carwithen B; Hosseinabadi P; Nielsen M; Brett M; Prasad S; Farahani A; Li H; Feng J; Beves J; Ekins-Daukes N; Cole J; Thordarson P; Tayebjee M; Schmidt T; Sanders S, 2024, 'Resolving the emissive intermediate in singlet fission', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO, presented at International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics, 12 May 2024 - 15 May 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.hopv.2024.011

Schmidt T; Ishwara T; de Clercq D; Nielsen M, 2024, 'Triplet Fusion Upconversion in Solutions, Liquids and Solids', in Proceedings of the MATSUS Spring 2024 Conference, FUNDACIO DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA SCITO, presented at MATSUS Spring 2024 Conference, 04 March 2024 - 08 March 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2024.339

Nielsen MP; Hanif M; Dubajic M; Conibeer G; Bremner S, 2024, 'Engineering phononic cavities: ultrafast phonon and carrier dynamics', in Betz M; Elezzabi AY (ed.), Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXVIII, SPIE, pp. 14 - 14, presented at Ultrafast Phenomena and Nanophotonics XXVIII, 27 January 2024 - 01 February 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3001946

Schmidt TW; Tayebjee MJY; Nielsen MP; McCamey DR; Ekins-Daukes N; Baldacchino A; Mo A; Brett MW; Pearce PM; Ciesla AM; Chang NL; Hoex B; Beves JE; Jiang Y; McNab S; Carwithen BP; de Clercq DM; Tong J, 2024, 'Singlet fission solar cells', in Freundlich A; Hinzer K; Collin S; Sellers IR (eds.), Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices XIII, SPIE, pp. 2 - 2, presented at Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices XIII, 27 January 2024 - 01 February 2024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3003348

Güsken NA; Fu M; Zapf M; Nielsen MP; Clark AS; Maier SA; Ronning C; Brongersma ML; Oulton RF, 2024, 'Emission enhancement of erbium in a hybrid waveguide platform', in Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3003604

Harrison J; Pearce P; Yang F; Nielsen M; Brindley H; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2024, 'Evaluating Power Output of Terrestrial Thermoradiative Diodes with Atmospheric Modelling', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1366 - 1369, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC57443.2024.10748806

Nielsen MP; Sazzad MH; Pusch A; Pearce PM; Reece PJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2023, 'A direct comparison between thermoradiative and thermophotovoltaic operation of HgCdTe photodiodes', in Munday JN; Bermel P (ed.), New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion V, SPIE, pp. 15 - 15, presented at New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion V, 20 August 2023 - 25 August 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2677744

Schmidt TW; Ekins-Daukes NJ; Tayebjee M; Nielsen MP; McCamey DR; Jiang JY; Hoex B; Ciesla A; Pearce PM; Chang N; Beves JE, 2023, 'Organic multiple exciton generation and silicon (OMEGA Si)', in Munday JN; Bermel P (ed.), New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion V, SPIE, pp. 8 - 8, presented at New Concepts in Solar and Thermal Radiation Conversion V, 20 August 2023 - 25 August 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2677760

Kaleem A; Tayebjee M; Nielsen MP; Schmidt T, 2023, 'Concentration, polarization and power dependence study of TIPS-pentacene concentrated solutions using femtosecond stimulated Raman spectroscopy.', in Musser AJ; Baran D (ed.), Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces XXII, SPIE, pp. 10 - 10, presented at Physical Chemistry of Semiconductor Materials and Interfaces XXII, 20 August 2023 - 25 August 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2677231

Nielsen MP; Sazzad MH; Pusch A; Pearce PM; Reece PJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2023, 'A direct comparison of thermoradiative and thermophotovoltaic operation of HgCdTe photodiodes', in 2023 IEEE 50TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, PVSC, IEEE, PR, San Juan, presented at IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), PR, San Juan, 11 June 2023 - 16 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359604

Hanif M; Dubajic M; Bremner SP; Nielsen MP; Shrestha S; Conibeer GJ, 2023, 'Controlling Photoexcited Carrier Relaxation through Phonon Management in GaAs/AlAs Superlattices', in 2023 IEEE 50TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, PVSC, IEEE, PR, San Juan, presented at IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), PR, San Juan, 11 June 2023 - 16 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359937

Hanif M; Bremner S; Nielsen MP; Dubajic M; Conibeer GJ, 2023, 'Ultrafast Dynamics of Photoexcited Carriers and Phonons in Tailored 1D Acoustic Phonon Potentials', in 2023 IEEE 50TH PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, PVSC, IEEE, PR, San Juan, presented at IEEE 50th Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), PR, San Juan, 11 June 2023 - 16 June 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC48320.2023.10359540

Oulton RF; Fu M; Gusken N; Nielsen MP; Jacassi A; Mota M; Dichtl PM; Xiao X; Maier SA, 2022, 'Enhanced light matter interaction in waveguides with extreme nanofocussing', in Lu Y-J; Tanaka T; Tsai DP (eds.), Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications XX, SPIE, pp. 45 - 45, presented at Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization, and Applications XX, 21 August 2022 - 26 August 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2633325

Ekins-Daukes NJ; Nielsen MP; Pusch A; Sazzad MH; Pearce PM; Reece PJ, 2022, 'Demonstrating the Thermoradiative Diode: Generating Electrical Power Through Radiative Emission', in 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), IEEE, pp. 0959 - 0959, presented at 2022 IEEE 49th Photovoltaics Specialists Conference (PVSC), 05 June 2022 - 10 June 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/pvsc48317.2022.9938647

Güsken NA; Fu M; Zapf M; Nielsen MP; Dichtl P; Röder R; Maier SA; Ronning C; Brongersma ML; Oulton RF, 2022, 'Fluorescence enhancement of Er3+-ions using reverse hybrid plasmonic nano-focusing', in Optics Infobase Conference Papers

Nielsen MP; Pusch A; Sazzad MH; Pearce PM; Reece PJ; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2022, 'Demonstrating the thermoradiative diode: Generating electrical power through radiative emission', in Proceedings of SPIE the International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2631707

Güsken NA; Fu M; Zapf M; Nielsen MP; Dichtl P; Roder R; Maier SA; Ronning C; Brongersma ML; Oulton RF, 2022, 'Fluorescence enhancement of Er3+-ions using reverse hybrid plasmonic nano-focusing', in 2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics CLEO 2022 Proceedings

Steiner MA; France RM; Buencuerpo J; Geisz JF; Nielsen MP; Pusch A; Olavarria WJ; Young M; Ekins-Daukes NJ, 2021, '32.9% efficient tandem solar cell with strain-balanced GaInAs/GaAsP quantum wells', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, pp. 1084 - 1085, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC43889.2021.9518819

Oulton RF; Gusken N; Nielsen MP; Dichtl PM; Maier SA; Shi X, 2021, 'Controlling light-matter interactions at a deep subwavelength nanofocus', in He S; Vivien L (ed.), Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XXIII, SPIE, pp. 35 - 35, presented at Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits XXIII, 06 March 2021 - 12 March 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2591233

Thapa B; Dubajic M; Nielsen MP; Patterson R; Conibeer G; Shrestha S, 2020, 'Hot carrier dynamics in nitrogen - rich hafnium nitride thin film', in 2020 47TH IEEE PHOTOVOLTAIC SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE (PVSC), IEEE, ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 793 - 797, presented at 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), ELECTR NETWORK, 15 June 2020 - 21 August 2020

Ekins-Daukes NJ; Sazzad MH; Kiyumi LA; Nielsen MP; Reece P; Mellor A; Green MA; Pusch A, 2020, 'Generating Power at Night Using a Thermoradiative Diode, How is this Possible?', in Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE, Calgary, AB, Canada, pp. 2214 - 2218, presented at 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), Calgary, AB, Canada, 15 June 2020 - 21 August 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PVSC45281.2020.9300980

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