Photonic Crystals: Photonic Crystal Nanocavities Containing Plasmonic Nanoparticles Assembled Using a Laser‐Printing Technique (Advanced Optical Materials 12/2013)

Single gold nanoparticles are accurately positioned onto a submicrometer linear three-hole photonic crystal nanocavity by J. Rodríguez-Fernández, J. Feldmann, D. G. Lidzey, and co-workers via an optical printing technique. On page 946, this leads to a significant electromagnetic interaction between the cavity mode and the nanoparticles' localized surface plasmon in the hybrid structure. The versatile and scalable nature of this approach enables the routine construction of new types of photonic devices and sensors. Cover by Christoph Hohmann, Nanosystems Initiative Munich.