Research group of Ewold Verhagen
by admin · Published February 16, 2021 · Last modified February 17, 2021
Photonic topological insulators are currently at the forefront of on-chip photonic research due to their potential for loss-free information transport. Realized in photonic crystals, they enable robust propagation of optical states along domain walls....
by admin · Published July 2, 2020 · Last modified November 17, 2020
Giada La Gala successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis entitled “Glanching at tiny vibrations” on the 2nd of July 2020 at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Congratulations to Giada!
by admin · Published March 6, 2020 · Last modified March 17, 2020
From Amolf.nl: Topology protects light propagation in photonic crystal Researchers of AMOLF and TU Delft have seen light propagate in a special material without it suffering from reflections. The material, a photonic crystal, consists...
by admin · Published February 9, 2020 · Last modified March 17, 2020
We are happy to announce that our most recent publication in Nature Nanotechnology is featured on the cover! Read the publication Read the press release
by admin · Published February 3, 2020 · Last modified March 17, 2020
From Amolf.nl: Using light to couple the strings of a nanoscopic guitar AMOLF physicists have made mechanical vibrations on a chip behave as if they were electrical currents flowing in a magnetic field. Because...
by admin · Published July 20, 2019 · Last modified March 15, 2020
Nikhil Parappurath successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Chiral flow of light in photonic crystals with broken symmetries” on 3rd July 2019 at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Congratulations to Nikhil!
by admin · Published January 8, 2019
Robin Buijs won second prize for his poster presented at the 7th International Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (NANOMETA 2019) held in Seefeld, Austria. Congratulations to Robin!
by admin · Published May 3, 2018 · Last modified January 8, 2019
We published our work on building an on-chip optical circulator in Nature Communications. This work was done in collaboration with our colleagues at UT Austin. We were able to demonstrate tunable optical circulation at...
by admin · Published November 28, 2017 · Last modified January 8, 2019
Freek Ruesink successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Manipulating light with ring resonators coupled to antennas and mechanical motion” on 23rd October, 2017 at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Congratulations to Freek!
by admin · Published October 27, 2017 · Last modified January 8, 2019
In a first for the Photonic Forces group, Rick Leijssen successfully defended his PhD thesis titled “Measuring mechanical motion using light confined at the nanoscale” on 19th October, 2017 at the Eindhoven...