Publications

  1. J. M. Merlo and M. Hoag Carhart, In-plane radiation pattern generated by large particles in dielectric substrates. Journal of Optics 26, 085401 (2024). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2040-8986/ad5c7d
  2. J. M. Merlo and M. Hoag Carhart, In-situ momentum dispersion in a single crystal of MoS2. Accepted in Revista Mexicana de Física.
  3. J. M. Merlo, R. J. Ettinger-Finley, M. H. Carhart, F. Binny, L. Merlo-Ramírez, Simultaneous mapping of the magnetic field components using near-field microscopy. Journal of Optics 26, 025401 (2024). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2040-8986/ad21e0
  4. J. M. Merlo, C. Rhoads, and M. Hoag Carhart, Anisotropic Generation and Detection of Surface Plasmon Polaritons Using Near-Field Apertured Probes. IEEE Phot. Jour. 15, 5, 4800405 (2023). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10234094
  5. L. Thatcher, P. Fairfield, L. Merlo-Ramírez, J. M. Merlo, Experimental observation of topological phase transitions in a mechanical 1D-SSH model. Phys. Scr. 97, 035702 (2022).                  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/ac4ed2
  6. J. M. Merlo, X. Wu, K. Kempa, M. J. Naughton, All-optical logic gates based on anomalous Floquet photonic topological insulator structures. J. Opt. 23, 065001 (2021).   https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2040-8986/abf8cd/meta
  7. Yitzi M. Calm, Luke D’Imperio, Nathan T. Nesbitt, J. M. Merlo, Aaron H. Rose, Chaobin Yang, Krzysztof Kempa, Michael J. Burns, Michael J. Naughton, Optical confinement in the nanocoax: coupling to the fundamental TEM-like mode. Opt. Express 28, 32152-32164 (2020).   https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-28-21-32152&id=440996
  8. A. Rose, J. Dunklin, H. Zhang, J. M. Merlo, J. van de Lagemaat, Plasmon-mediated coherent superposition of discrete excitons under strong exciton-plasmon coupling in few-layer MoS2 at room temperature. ACS Photonics7, 1129–1134 (2020).   https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsphotonics.0c00233
  9. L. D’Imperio, A.E. Valera, J.R. Naughton, M.M. Archibald, J. M. Merlo, T.C. Connolly, M.J. Burns, T.C. Chiles, M.J. Naughton, An extended core nanocoax pillar architecture for enhanced molecular detection sensitivity. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 134, 1 (2019).  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0956566319302519?via%3Dihub
  10. C. Yang, J. M. Merlo, L. A. D’Imperio, A. H. Rose, Y. M. Calm, B. Han, J. Gao, G. Zhou, M. J. Burns, K. Kempa, M. J. Naughton, All-solution-processed micro/nanowires with electroplate welding as transparent conducting electrodes. Phys. Status Solidi 1900010 (2019).  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pssr.201900010
  11. S. Wu, F. Ye, J. M. Merlo, M. J. Naughton, K. Kempa, Topologically protected photonic edge states in the visible in plasmo-gyroelectric metamaterials. Adv. Opt. Mat. 1800119 (2018).   https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/adom.201800119
  12. C. Yang, J. M. Merlo, J. Kong, Z. Xian, B. Han, G. Zhou, J. Gao, M. J. Burns, K. Kempa, M. J. Naughton, All-solution-processed, scalable, self-cracking Ag network transparent conductor. Phys. Status Solidi A, 1700504(2017).  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pssa.201700504
  13. M. Calm, J. M. Merlo, M. J. Burns, M. J. Naughton, From Airy to Abbe: quantifying the effects of wide-angle focusing for scalar spherical waves. Journal of Optics 19, 105608 (2017).  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2040-8986/aa8965
  14. J. M. Merlo, N. T. Nesbitt, Y. M. Calm, A. H. Rose, L. D’Imperio, C. Yang, M. J. Burns, K. Kempa, M. J. Naughton, Wireless communication system via nanoscale plasmonic antennas. Scientific Reports 6, 31710 (2016).  https://www.nature.com/articles/srep31710
  15. T. Nesbitt, J. M. Merlo, A. H. Rose, Y. M. Calm, K. Kempa, M. J. Burns, M. J. Naughton, Aluminum Nanowire Arrays via Directed Assembly. Nano Letters 15, 7294–7299 (2015).  https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b02408
  16. Kong, A. H. Rose, C. Yang, J. M. Merlo, M. J. Burns, M. J. Naughton, and K. Kempa, Hot electron plasmonic-protected solar cell. Opt. Express 23, 1087- 1095 (2015).  https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-23-19-A1087&id=324014
  17. B. Rizal, J. M. Merlo, M. J. Burns, T. C. Chiles and M. J. Naughton, Nanocoaxes for optical and electronic devices. Analyst 140, 39-58 (2015) (JOURNAL COVER).  https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/an/c4an01447b
  18. J. M. Merlo, F. Ye, B. Rizal, M. J. Burns, M. J. Naughton, Leakage radiation microscope for observation of non-transparent samples. Opt. Express 22, 22895-22904 (2014).  https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-22-19-22895&id=301296
  19. J. M. Merlo, F. Ye, B. Rizal, M. J. Burns, M. J. Naughton, Near-field observation of light propagation in nanocoax waveguides. Opt. Express 22, 14148-14154 (2014).  https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-22-12-14148&id=289502
  20. F. Ye, J. M. Merlo, M. J. Burns, M. J. Naughton, Optical and electrical mapping of surface plasmon cavity modes. Nanophotonics 3, 1, 33-49 (2014).  https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/nanoph-2013-0038/html
  21. J. M. Merlo, V. Coello, R. Cortés, J. F. Aguilar, A. Flores-Rosas, Influence of the probe-sample interaction angle on image formation in apertureless scanning near field optical microscope. Modern Physics Letters B 28, 1450205 (2014).  https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0217984914502054
  22. J. M. Merlo, A. Flores-Rosas, D. Antonio-Torres, J. A. Reyes-Avendaño, S. Mendoza-Vazquez, Resonance frequency as a function of the time needed by epoxic glue to fix a probe. Rev. Mex. Fis. 60, 142 (2014).          https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57031047008
  23. J. M. Merlo, J. F. Aguilar, E. Martí-Panameño, R. Cortés, V. Coello, Angle dependence of the interaction distance in the shear force technique. Rev. Sci. Inst. 82, 083704 (2011).  https://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.3624691
  24. J. M. Merlo, J. F. Aguilar, H. González-Hernández, N. A. Caballero, Properties of the near field interactions produced by spherical nanoparticles. Proceedings of SPIE 8011, 801141 (2011).  https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/8011/1/Properties-of-the-near-field-interactions-produced-by-spherical-nanoparticles/10.1117/12.903412.short?SSO=1
  25. Cortes, V. Coello, P. Segovia, C. Garcia, J. M. Merlo, J. F. Aguilar, Interference in far-field radiation of evanescent fields. Surface Review and Letters 18, 261 (2011).  https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/S0218625X11014746