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Book Chapters and Review Monographs:

  1. Q. Zhan, “High Resolution Microellipsometry,” chapter in “Nondestructive Materials Characterization with Applications to Aircraft Materials” (Eds. Meyendorf, Nagy, Rokhlin), Springer, 2003.
  2. Q. Zhan, “Cylindrical vector beams: from mathematical concepts to applications,” Review article in the inaugural issue of Advances in Optics and Photonics, 1, 1-57 (2009).
  3. W. Chen, R. L. Nelson, D. C. Abeysinghe, Q. Zhan, “Optimal plasmon focusing with spatial polarization engineering,” Invited review article, Optics and Photonics News (OPN), 20(10) 36-41, (2009).
  4. Q. Zhan, “Recent developments in metallic subwavelength structures and their applications,” Invited review article, Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 46(10), 36-40, (2009).

Journal Publications:

  1. J. Wang, W. Chen and Q. Zhan, "Creation of uniform three-dimensional optical chain through tight focusing of space-variant polarized beams," J. Opt. 14 055004, (2012).
  2. W. Chen, R. L. Nelson, and Q. Zhan, "Efficient miniature circular polarization analyzer design using hybrid spiral plasmonic lens," Opt. Lett. 37, 1442-1444 (2012).
  3. W. Chen, R. L. Nelson, and Q. Zhan, "Geometrical phase and surface plasmon focusing with azimuthal polarization," Opt. Lett. 37, 581-583 (2012).
  4. B. Sun, A. Wang, L. Xu, C. Gu, Z.i Lin, H. Ming, and Q. Zhan, "Low-threshold single-wavelength all-fiber laser generating cylindrical vector beams using a few-mode fiber Bragg grating," Opt. Lett. 37, 464-466 (2012).
  5. Q. Zhan, "Trapping metallic Rayleigh particles with radial polarization: reply to comment," Opt. Express 20, 6058-6059 (2012).
  6. G. Rui, R. L. Nelson, and Q. Zhan, "Circularly polarized unidirectional emission via a coupled plasmonic spiral antenna," Opt. Lett. 36, 4533-4535 (2011).
  7. J. Gao, A. M. Sarangan, and Q. Zhan, "Experimental confirmation of strong fluorescence enhancement using one-dimensional GaP/SiO2 photonic band gap structure," Optics Materials Express 1, 1216-1223 (2011).
  8. G. Rui, H. Ming, and Q. Zhan, "Nanoantenna-assited extraordinary optical transmission under radial polarization illumination," Plasmonics 6, 521-525 (2011).
  9. J. Gao, Q. Zhan and A. M. Sarangan, "High-index low-loss gallium phosphide thin films fabricated by radio frequency magnetron sputtering," Thin Solid Film 519, 5424-5428 (2011).
  10. J. Wang, W. Chen, and Q. Zhan, "Three-dimensional focus engineering using dipole array radiation pattern," Optics Communications, 284, 2668-2671 (2011).
  11. L. L. Zhang, Q. Zhan, B. F. Yun, J. Y. Zhang, and Y. P. Cui, "Multichannel routing of diffraction-inhibited beams in two-dimensional photonics crystals," Opt. Express, 19, 9890-9895, (2011).
  12. W. Han, W. Cheng, and Q. Zhan, "Flattop focusing with full Poincare beams under low numerical aperture illumination," Opt. Lett. 36, 1605-1607, (2011).
  13. J. X. Chen, P. Wang, C. C. Chen, Y. H. Lu, H. Ming and Q. Zhan, "Plasmonic EIT-like switching on bright-darl-bright plasmon resonators," Opt. Express 19, 5970-5978 (2011).
  14. G. Rui, W. Chen and Q. Zhan, "High efficiency plasmonic probe design for parallel near-field optics applications," Opt. Express 19, 5187-5195 (2011).
  15. L. L. Zhang, Q. Zhan, J. Y. Zhang and Y. P. Cui, "Diffraction inhibition in two-dimensional photonic crystals," Opt. Lett. 36, 651-653 (2011).
  16. X. Wang, P. Wang, J. Chen, Y. Lu, H. Ming and Q. Zhan, "Theoretical and experimental studies of surface plasmons excited at metal-uniaxial dielectric interface," Appl. Phys. Lett., 98, 021113 (2011).
  17. W. Chen, W. Han, D. C Abeysinghe, R. L Nelson and Q. Zhan, "Generating cylindrical vector beams with subwavelength concentric metallic gratings fabricated on optical fibers" J. Opt. 13, 015003, (2011).
  18. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, "Three dimensional polarization control in 4Pi microscopy," Opt. Commun. 284, 52-56(2011).
  19. J. Wang, W. Chen and Q. Zhan, "Engineering of high purity ultra-long optical needle field through reversing the electric dipole array radiation," Opt. Express 18, 21965-21972 (2010).
  20. G. Rui, Y. Lu, P. Wang, H. Ming and Q. Zhan, "Generation of enhanced evanescent Bessel beam using band-edge resonance," J. Appl. Phys., 108, 074304 (2010).
  21. X. L. Wang, P. Wang, C. C. Chen, Y. H. Lu, H. Ming and Q. Zhan, "Plasmonic racetrack resonator with high extiction ratio under critical coupling condition," J. Appl. Phys. 107, 124517 (2010).
  22. W. Chen, D. C. Abeysinghe, R. L. Nelson, and Q. Zhan, "Experimental confirmation of miniature spiral plasmonic lens as a circular polarization analyzer," Nano Lett., 10, 2075-2079 (2010).
  23. Z. Wu, W. Chen, D. C. Abeysinghe, R. L. Nelson, and Q. Zhan, "Two-photon fluorescence characterization of spiral plasmonic lenses as circular polarization analyzers," Opt. Lett. 35, 1755-1757 (2010).
  24. X. L. Wang, P. Wang, C. C. Chen, J. X. Chen, Y. H. Lu, H. Ming and Q. Zhan, "Active modulation of plasmonic signal with a subwavelength metal/nonlinear dielectric materials/metal structure," Chinese Optics Letters, 8, 584-587 (2010).
  25. T. G. Brown and Q. Zhan, "Introduction: Unconventional Polarization States of Light Focus Issue," Opt. Express 18, 10775-10776 (2010). 
  26. R. Zhou, J. W. Haus, P. E. Powers, and Q. Zhan, "Vectorial fiber laser using intracavity axial birefringence," Opt. Express 18, 10839-10847 (2010).
  27. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, "Diffraction limited focus with controllable arbitrary three dimensional polarization," J. Opt., 12, 045707, (2010).
  28. A. Tschimwang and Q. Zhan, "High spatial-resolution nulling microellipsometer using rotational polarization symmetry," Appl. Opt. 49, 1574-1580, (2010).
  29. Q. Zhan, "Magnetic field distribution of a highly focused radially-polarized light beam: comment," Opt. Express 18, 765-766 (2010).
  30. G. Rui, Y. Lu, P. Wang, H. Ming and Q. Zhan, “Evanescent Bessel Beam Generation through Filtering Highly Focused Cylindrical Vector Beams with a Defect Mode One-Dimensional Photonic Crystal,” Opt. Commun., 283, 2272-2276 (2010).
  31. G. Rui, W. Chen, Y. Lu, P. Wang, H. Ming and Q. Zhan, “Plasmonic near-field probe using the combination of concentric rings and conical tip under radial polarization illumination,” J. Opt., 12, 035004 (2010).
  32. J. Chen, P. Wang, X. Wang, J. Hu, C. Chen, Y. Lu, H. Ming and Q. Zhan, “Sensitivity enhanced all-optical switching using prism-grating coupled surface plasmon modes,” Opt. Commun. 283, 151-154 (2010).
  33. R. Zhou, B. Ibarra-Escamilla, J. W. Haus, P. E. Powers  and Q. Zhan, “Self-phasemodulation effects and pulse propagation in gain-guided fibers,” Journal of the European Optical Society: Rapid publications, 4, 09051 (2009).
  34. W. Chen, R. L. Nelson, D. C. Abeysinghe and Q. Zhan, “Plasmonic Lens made of Multiple Concentric Metallic Rings under Radially Polarized Illumination,” Nano Lett.,9, 4320–4325, (2009).
  35. R. Zhou, B. Ibarra-Escamilla, P. E. Powers, J. W. Haus and Q. Zhan, “Fiber Laser Generating Switchable Radially and Azimuthally Polarized Beams with 140 mW Output Power at 1.6 µm Wavelength,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 95, 191111 (2009).
  36. W. Chen, R. L. Nelson, D. C. Abeysinghe and Q. Zhan, “Polymer underlayer assisted dewetting of a top metal nanfilm,” Nanotechnology, 20, 475301 (2009).
  37. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, “Creating spherical focal spot with spatially modulated radial polarization in 4Pi microscopy,” Opt. Lett. 34, 2444-2446 (2009). [Also in the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 4, Issue 10, (2009).]
  38. S. Yang, W. Chen, R. Nelson and Q. Zhan, "Miniature circular polarization analyzer with spiral plasmonic lens," Opt. Lett. 34, 3047-3049 (2009).
  39. S. Yang, P. Powers and Q. Zhan, “Experimental verification of the focusing properties of circularly polarized vortex beams,” Optics Communications, 282, 4657-4659 (2009).
  40. W. Cheng, J. W. Haus and Q. Zhan, "Propagation of vector vortex beams through a turbulent atmosphere," Opt. Express 17, 17829-17836 (2009).
  41. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, "Realization of an evanescent Bessel beam via surface plasmon interference excited by a radially polarized beam," Opt. Lett. 34, 722-724 (2009). [Also in the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 4, Issue 5, (2009)].
  42. J. Chen, P. Wang, X. Wang, Y. Lu, R. Zheng, H. Ming, and Q. Zhan, “Optical bistability enhanced by highly localized bulk plasmon polariton modes in subwavelength metal-nonlinear dielectric multilayer structure,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 081117 (2009)
  43. Z. Wu, R. L. Nelson, J. W. Haus and Q. Zhan, “Long-Range Surface Plasmon Devices Design using Subwavelength Metal Grating,” Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials, 17(4), (2008).
  44. Z. Wu, R. L. Nelson, J. W. Haus and Q. Zhan, “Plasmonic notch filter design based on long-range surface plasmon excitation along metal grating,” Plasmonics, 3, 103-108, (2008).
  45. Z. Wu, R. L. Nelson, J. W. Haus and Q. Zhan, “Plasmonic electro-optic modulator design using a resonant metal grating,” Opt. Lett., 33(6), 551-553 (2008).
  46. Z. Wu, P. E. Powers, A. M. Sarangan and Q. Zhan, “Optical characterization of wiregrid micropolarizers designed for infrared imaging polarimetry,” Opt. Lett., 33(15), 1653-1655 (2008).
  47. S. Yang and Q. Zhan, “Third-harmonic generation microscopy with tightly focused radial polarization,” Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 10(12), 125103 (2008).
  48. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, “Numerical study of an apertureless near field scanning optical microscope probe under radial polarization illumination,” Opt. Express, 15, pp. 4106-4111, (2007). [Also in the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 2, Issue 5, (2007). Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Vol 13, Issue 8, (2007). and  Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology, Vol. 15, Issue 15, (2007).
  49. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, “Field enhancement analysis of an apertureless near field scanning optical microscope probe with finite element method,” Invited for the publication in Chinese Optics Letters, (2007).
  50. M. Rothmayer, W. Dultz, Q. Zhan, D. Tierney and H. Schmitzer, “Nonlinearity in the Rotational Dynamics of   Haidinger’ Brushes,” Applied Optics, 46, pp7244-7251 (2007). [Also in the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, Vol. 2, Issue 11, (2007).]
  51. X. Li, W. Chen, Q. Zhan, L. Dai, L. Sowards, M. Pender and R. R. Naik, “Direct measurements of interactions between polypeptides and carbon nanotubes,” J. Phys. Chem., 110 (25), 12621 -12625, (2006).
  52. J. W. Haus, Z. Mozumder and Q. Zhan, “Azimuthal modulation instability for a cylindrically polarized wave in a nonlinear Kerr Medium,” Opt. Express, pp. 4757-4764, (2006).
  53. Q. Zhan, “Evanescent Bessel Beam generation via surface Plasmon resonance by radially polarized beam,” Optics Letters, 31, pp.1726-1728, (2006).
  54. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, "Three dimensional focus shaping with cylindrical vector beams," accepted by Optics Communications, (2006).
  55. Q. Zhan, “Properties of Circularly Polarization Vortex Beams,” Opt. Lett., 31, pp. 867-869, (2006).
  56. Y. L. Zhang , Y. Q. Zhao, Q. Zhan, and Y. P.Li, “Design of DOE to control 3D optical chain with highly focused vector polarized beam,” Acta Physica Sinica, 55, 1253-1258 (2006).
  57. Y. Q. Zhao, Q. Zhan, Y. L. Zhang, and Y. P.Li, “Creation of a three-dimensional optical chain for controllable particle delivery,” Opt. Lett., 30, pp. 848-850, (2005).
  58. Q. Zhan, “Second-order tilted wave interpretation of the Gouy phase shift under high numerical aperture uniform illumination,” Opt. Commun., 242, pp. 351-360, (2004).
  59. Q. Zhan, “Trapping metallic Rayleigh particles with radial polarization,” Opt. Express, 12, pp. 3377-3382, (2004).
  60. N. Meyendorf and Q. Zhan, “High resolution nondestructive evaluation methods: micro- and nano-materials applications,” Micromaterials and Nanomaterials, 3, pp. 64-79 (2004).
  61. Q. Zhan, “Radiation forces on a dielectric sphere produced by highly focused cylindrical vector beams,” J. Opt. A: pure appl. opt., 5, pp. 229-232 (2003).
  62. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “Near-field nano-ellipsometer for ultrathin film characterization,” J. of Microsc. 210, pp. 214-219 (2003).
  63. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “Focus shaping using cylindrical vector beams,” Opt. Express, 10, pp. 324-331, (2002).
  64. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “Interferometric measurement of Berry’s phase in space-variant polarization manipulations,” Opt. Commun., 213, pp.241-245, (2002).
  65. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “Microellipsometer with radial symmetry,” Appl. Opt., 41, pp. 4630-4637, (2002).
  66. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “A high resolution imaging ellipsometer,” Appl. Opt., 41 pp. 4443-4450, (2002).
  67. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “Measurement of surface features beyond the diffraction limit using an imaging ellipsometer,” Opt. Lett., 47, pp. 821-823, (2002).

Conference Proceedings (partial list):

  1. Q. Zhan, “Optical imaging instrumentation with spatially engineered polarization,” in the proceedings of the Frontier in Optics Conference, San Jose, 2009.
  2. W. Chen, S. Yang and Q. Zhan, “Tailoring Optical Focal Field through Laser Beam Polarization Engineering,” in the Proceedings of CLEO-PR, Shanghai, 2009.
  3. W. Cheng, J. W. Haus and Q. Zhan, “Propagation of scalar and vector vortex beams through turbulent atmosphere,” SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7200, Atmospheric Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves III, (Olga Korotkova, Editors,) 720004, 2009.
  4. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, “Direct imaging of surface plasmon excitation with radially polarized beam” SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7192 Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine VI, Tuan Vo-Dinh; Joseph R. Lakowicz, Editors, 71920A, 2009.
  5. K. Drain, Q. Zhan, “Efficient T/R switch design for beam steering with liquid crystal spatial light modulator,” SPIE Proceedings Vol. 7339 Enabling Photonics Technologies for Defense, Security, and Aerospace Applications V, Michael J. Hayduk; Peter J. Delfyett, Jr.; Andrew R. Pirich; Eric J. Donkor, Editors, 73390E, 2009.
  6. W. Chen, D. C. Abeysinghe and Q. Zhan, “Surface Plasmon Excitation on Annular Metallic Slits With Radially Polarized Illumination,” in the Proceedings of the OSA Topical Conference on Nanophotonics, Harbin, China, May 2009.
  7. Z. Wu, J. W. Haus and Q. Zhan, “Long-range Surface Plasmon Excitations on Gain Assisted Metal Gratings,” in the Proceedings of the OSA Topical Conference on Nanophotonics, Harbin, China, May 2009.
  8. A. M. Sarangan, Q. Zhan, “Wiregrid micro-polariazers for mid-infrared applications,” (vol. 6959, pp. 695915). SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008.
  9. J. Dai and Q. Zhan, In Andrew Forbes; Todd E. Lizotte (Ed.), “Beam shaping with vectorial vortex beams under low numerical aperture illumination condition” (vol. 7062, pp. 70620D). Seattle, WA: SPIE Proceedings/SPIE, 2008.
  10. J. Gao, A. Widjaja, A., M. Pan, A. M. Sarangan and Q. ZhanIn Manijeh Razeghi; Hooman Mohseni (Ed.), “Design and fabrication of an omnidirectional reflector as ultra-sensitive biochemical sensing platform,” (vol. 7035, pp. 70350W), 2008.
  11. D. P. Forrai, D. W. Endres, J. W. Devitt, A. M. Saragan, Q. Zhan, A. Mahfoud-Familia, R. T. Mack and J. S. Harris, “Development of a MWIR Polarimetric FPA,” to appear in the SPIE Proceedings, San Diego, CA, August, 2007
  12. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, “Field Enhancement due to Optimal Plasmonic Focusing in a Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope Probe,” in the Proceedings of the OSA Topical Conference on Nanophotonics, Hangzhou, China, June 2007
  13. S. Yang and Q. Zhan, “Third Harmonic Generation Microscopy with Tightly Focused Radially Polarized Beam,” in the Proceedings of the OSA Topical Conference on Nanophotonics, Hangzhou, China, June 2007
  14. Q. Zhan, “Optimal Plasmonic Focusing and Field Enhancement for Semiconductor Metrology Applications,” invited, in the proceedings for the 6th Asia Pacific Near-field Optics conference (APNFO6), Yellow Mountain, China, June, 2007
  15. Q. Zhan, “Polarization engineering of light and potential applications in fluorescence imaging,” invited, in the proceeding for CERMACS2007-the Central Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Covington, KY, May, 2007
  16. Q. Zhan, “Enhancement of fluorescence signal with one dimensional photonic band gap structure,” in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6444 Ultrasensitive and Single-Molecule Detection Technologies II, (Jorg Enderlein; Zygmunt K. Gryczynski, Editors), 644408, (2007)
  17. W. Chen and Q. Zhan, “Optimal plasmonic focusing with radial polarization,” in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6450, Plasmonics in Biology and Medicine IV, (Tuan Vo-Dinh and Joseph R. Lakowicz, Editors), 64500D, (2007).
  18. Q. Zhan, “Nanometrology Using Spatially-Variant Polarization,” invited, in the proceedings of the Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science XXII conference, Rochester, NY, October, (2006).
  19. W. Chen, L. Sun, A. Sarangan and Q. Zhan, “Characterization of silicon micro-optic structures with a near-infrared Near-field Scanning Optical Microscope,” in the proceedings of the Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science XXII conference, Rochester, NY, October, (2006).
  20. Y. Zhao, Q. Zhan, and Y. Li, “Design of DOE for beam shaping with highly NA focused cylindrical vector beam,” to appear in the proceedings of SPIE Photonics Asia, Beijing, China, (2004).
  21.  Y. Zhao, Q. Zhan and Y. Li, “Focus shaping with high NA cylindrical vector beams illumination in SIL systems,” to appear in the Proc. SPIE - Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., SPIE annual meeting, Denver, (2004)
  22.  Y. Zhao, Q. Zhan and Y. Li, “Design of DOE for the control of optical bubble generated by highly focused radially polarized beam,” to appear in the Proc. SPIE - Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., SPIE annual meeting, Denver, (2004).
  23. N. Meyendorf, S. Sathish, C. Druffner, J. Blackshire, J. Hoffman, Q. Zhan, R. Andrews, “High-resolution nondestructive evaluation at the Center for Materials Diagnostics,”  Proc. SPIE – Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., Testing, Reliability, and Application of Micro- and Nano-Material Systems, Vol. 5392, pp. 256-265, (2004).
  24. Y. Hor and Q. Zhan, “Calibration of an electro-optical variable circular retarder with application in a nulling microellipsometer,” Proc. SPIE - Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., Testing, Reliability, and Application of Micro- and Nano-Material Systems, Vol. 5392, pp. 179-185, (2004).
  25.  Q. Zhan, “Optical tweezers using cylindrical polarization symmetry,” conference proceedings of the Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science XIX conference, Tucson, AZ, October, 2003.
  26. Q. Zhan, “Cylindrical polarization generation in optical fiber and its applications,” conference proceeding of the Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science XIX conference, Tucson, AZ, October, 2003.
  27. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “Design and implementation of a rotationally symmetric microellipsometer”. J. R., Proceedings of the SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Advanced Characterization Techniques for Optical, Semiconductor, and Data Storage Components, Vol. 4779, pp. 83-89, (2002).
  28. Q. Zhan, “Cylindrical polarization symmetry for nondestructive nano-characterization,” Proc. SPIE - Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., Testing, Reliability, and Application of Micro- and Nano-Material Systems, Vol. 5045, pp. 85-92, (2003).
  29. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “Measuring unresolved surface features using imaging ellipsometric polarization signatures,” (peer reviewed) in DOMO technical digest, pp. 101-103, (2002).
  30. Q. Zhan and James R. Leger, “Imaging ellipsometry for high-spatial-resolution metrology,” Invited paper, SPIE proceedings Vol. 4435, “Wave Optics and VLSI photonic devices for information processing”, pp. 65-76, (2001).

Patents and Patent Applications:

  1. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, "Optics apparatus and method using solid immersion tunnelling," US patent 6,934,024 (2005, 31 claims).
  2. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “A novel imaging ellipsometry,”US patent 6,798,511, (2004, 44 claims).
  3. Q. Zhan and J. R. Leger, “Ellipsometry using radial symmetry,”US patent 6,693,711, (2003, 34 claims).
  4. Q. Zhan, “Methods of Polarization Engineering and Their Applications,”Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) US Serial # 60/805,370, filed with more than 20 countries, June 2007.
  5. Q. Zhan and R. L. Nelson, “Miniature circular polarization analyzer with spiral plasmonic lens” US Provisional Patent, (2009).
  6. Q. Zhan, J. W. Haus, P. E. Powers and R. Zhou, “Fiber Laser Generating Switchable Radially and Azimuthally Polarized Beams,” US Provisional Patent, (2009).

Dissertation:

bulletDoctoral dissertation: “Novel polarization measurement and manipulation techniques for nanometer scale applications”. (Advisor: Prof. James R. Leger, Univ. of Minnesota).
     

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