Roberto Fernandez Garcia, Ph.D.

Research interests:

Nano-optics, Plasmonics, Biophotonics, Heat assisted magnetic Recording.

Professional activities:

R&D Optical design engineer, Seagate Technology 2015-2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratoire de Physique de Lasers, Universite Paris 13 Nord 2014-2015

Education:

Phd in Physics, Nanophotonics, Imperial College London 2009-2013
Funded by EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
Phd in Physics, Materials science, UAM –CSIC Madrid 2006-2009
Funded by MIND (“Multifunctional and Integrated Piezoelectric Devices”. European Network of Excellence)
Master of Advanced studies (DEA) in Physics of Materials, UAM –CSIC Madrid 2006-2008
Bsc in Physics, University of Oviedo 1999-2003 

Publications:

1. R. Fernandez Garcia, Lei Zeng, Samira Khadir, Mahmoud Chakaroun, Alexis P. A. Fischer, and Azzedine Boudrioua, "Enhanced electroluminescence of an organic light-emitting diode by localized surface plasmon using Al periodic structure," J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 33, 246-252 (2016)
2. R. Fernandez-Garcia, Y. Sonnefraud, A. Fernandez-Dominguez, V.Giannini, Stefan A.Maier “Design considerations for near-field enhancement in optical antennas”. Contemporary Physics 2013, 55,1,2014  
3. S. Heeg, A. Oikonomou, R. Fernandez-Garcia, S. A.Maier, A. Vijayaraghavan, S. Reich “Strained graphene as a local probe for plasmon-enhanced Raman scattering by gold nanostructures" Phys. Status Solidi RRL, 2013 
4. S. Heeg, A. Oikonomou, R. Fernandez-Garcia, C. Lehmann, S. A.Maier, A. Vijayaraghavan, S. Reich “Controlled optical coupling of carbon nanotubes into plasmonic cavities probed by surface Enhanced Raman scattering”. Nanoletters 14, 1762-1768, 2014 
5. S. Heeg, R Fernandez-Garcia, A Oikonomou, F. Schedin, R. Narula, S. A. Maier, A Vijayaraghavan, and S. Reich, “Polarized Plasmonic Enhancement by Au Nanostructures Probed through Raman Scattering of Suspended Graphene”   Nano Letters 13 (1), 301-308 2013   
6. R. Fernandez-Garcia, M. Rahmani,  M. Hong, S. A.Maier  and Y. Sonnefraud, “Use of a gold reflecting-layer in optical antenna substrates for increase of photoluminescence enhancement”  Opt. Express 2013 . 21,10, pp. 12552  
7. U. Chettiar, R. Fernández-Garcia, S. Maier, and N. Engheta, “Enhancement of radiation from dielectric waveguides using resonant plasmonic coreshells,”  Opt. Express  20, 16104-16112 2012. 
8. V. Giannini, A. I. Fernández-Domínguez, Y. Sonnefraud, T. Roschuk, R.Fernández-García,  S. A. Maier, “Controlling Light Localization and Light–Matter Interactions with Nanoplasmonics” small, 6, No. 22, 2498–2507 2010 
9. R. Fernández, R. Jiménez, S. Holgado, M.L. Calzada, J. Ricote, “Functional ultrathin capacitors obtained by Chemical Solution Deposition with tailored grain size”. (Ferroelectrics Volume 405, 220 – 226 (2010)) 
10. R. Fernández, M. L Calzada, R. Jiménez. J. Ricote, “Effects of the crystallization parameters on the fabrication of ultrathin capacitors of PbTiO3”. Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Cerámica y Vidrio (Bol. Soc. Esp. Ceram. V. 49, 1, 75-80 (2010)) 
11. R. Fernández, S. Holgado, H, Zhaorong, M.L. Calzada, J. Ricote “Use of the solvent chemistry for the control of the critical thickness of PbTiO3 ultrathin film” (J. Mater. Res., Vol. 25, No. 5, May 2010) 
12. J. Ricote, S. Holgado, Z. Huang, P. Ramos, R. Fernández, M.L. Calzada, “Fabrication of continuous ultrathin ferroelectric films by chemical solution deposition methods”. Journal of Materials Research 23, 2787-2795 (2008)