Ngoc Diep Lai: Publications & Communications

Articles in peer-reviewed international journals

  • H. Fartas, S. Hassani, J.-P. Hermier, N. D. Lai, S. Buil, and A. Delteil, “Reproducible generation of green-emitting color centers in hBN using oxygen annealing,” Applied Physics Letters 127, 014001 (2025).
  • Q. T. Pham, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Unveiling optical properties of micropatterns based fluorescent gold nanoclusters and plasmonic nanoparticles in polymer thin films,” ACS Applied Optical Materials 3, 1324–1329 (2025).
  • Q. T. Pham, C. A. Dang, D. B. Do, I. Ledoux-Rak, V. M. Nguyen, and N. D. Lai, “Patterning of gold nanoparticles in large-area periodic polymer structures by two-beam interference technique,” Applied Physics A 131, 558 (2025).
  • Q. T. Pham, A. U. Fandino, G. L. Ngo, C. Lafargue, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Direct fabrication of rough gold nanoholes and investigation of their second-harmonic generation,” Physica Scripta 99, 105104 (2024).
  • Q. T. Pham, C. Lafargue, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Direct Laser Patterning of Polymeric Structures Containing Gold Nanoparticles and Demonstration of Its Nonlinear Optical Effect,” The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 128, 12669–12676 (2024).
  • Q. T. Pham, G. L. Ngo, C. T. Nguyen, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Unraveling the Dominant Size Effect in Polydisperse Solutions and Maximal Electric Field Enhancement of Gold Nanoparticles,” Photonics 11, 691 (2024).
  • T. Pogosian, I. Ledoux-Rak, I. Denisyuk, M. Fokina, and N. D. Lai, “Fabrication and Characterization of 2D Nonlinear Structures Based on DAST Nanocrystals and SU-8 Photoresist for Terahertz Application,” Micromachines 15, 203 (2024).
  • G. L. Ngo, X. P. Le, Q. T. Pham, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “High-directivity far-field radiation of quantum dot-based single-photon emitter coupled to polymeric circular waveguide resonant grating,” Nanotechnology 35, 165001 (2024).
  • T. L. La, B. N. Bui, T. T. N. Nguyen, T. L. Pham, Q. T. Tran, Q. C.Tong, A. Mikulich, T. P. Nguyen, T. T. T. Nguyen, and N. D. Lai, “Design and Realization of Polymeric Waveguide/Microring Structures for Telecommunication Domain,” Micromachines 14, 1068 (2023).
  • G. L. Ngo, L. Nguyen, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “On-Chip 3D Printing of Polymer Waveguide-Coupled Single-Photon Emitter Based on Colloidal Quantum Dots,” Polymers 15, 2201 (2023).
  • N.-A. Keriel, C. Delezoide, D. Chauvin, H. Korri-Youssoufi, N. D. Lai, I. Ledoux-Rak, and C.-T. Nguyen, “Optofluidic Sensor Based on Polymer Optical Microresonators for the Specific, Sensitive and Fast Detection of Chemical and Biochemical Species,” Sensors 23, 7373 (2023).
  • G. L. Ngo, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “Single-photon splitting by polymeric submicro- pillars structures,” AVS Quantum Sci. 5, 011403 (2023).
  • Q. T. Pham, G. L. Ngo, X. A. Nguyen, C. T. Nguyen, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Direct synthesis of gold nanoparticles in polymer matrix,” Polymers 15, 16 (2023).
  • D. T. Vu, Y.-C. Tsai, Q. M. Le, S.-W. Kuo, N. D. Lai, H. Benisty, J.-Y. Lin, H.-C. Kan, and C. C. Hsu, “A synergy approach to enhance upconversion luminescence emission of rare earth nanophosphors with million-fold enhancement factor,” Crystals 11, 1187 (2021).
  • F. Mao, G. L. Ngo, C. T. Nguyen, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Direct fabrication and characterization of gold nanohole arrays,” Opt. Express 29, 29841-29856 (2021).
  • G. L. Ngo, Q. T. Pham, D. B. Do, and N. D. Lai, “Interference patterns produced by an evaporating droplet on a horizontal surface,” American Journal of Physics 89, 862 (2021).
  • D. T. Vu, T. N. Pham, C. C. Hsu, H. Benisty, and N. D. Lai, “Elaboration and characterization of nanoporous SU-8 template using PMMA as porogen,” Journal of Porous Materials 28, 813–823 (2021).
  • D. T. Vu, T.T Vu Le, C. C. Hsu, N. D. Lai, C. Hecquet, and H. Benisty, “Positive role of the long luminescence lifetime of upconversion nanophosphors on resonant surfaces for ultra-compact filter-free bio-assays,” Biomedical Optics Express 12, 1-19 (2021).
  • T. L. Pham, D. T. Vu, N. D. Lai, T. H. Nguyen, T. K. Hoang, T. N. A. Nguyen, X. N. Vu, K. A. Tran, R. Tomala, and Q. M. Le, “Characterization of Gd2O3 :Eu3+ Nanocomplexes conjugate with IGG for the identification of CES tumor cell,” Materials Transactions 61, 1575-1579 (2020).
  • Mao F., Pham T. N., Nguyen B. M., Li Z., Au T. H., Nguyen D. T. T., Tong Q. C., Pham T. L., Nguyen T. H., Tran Q. T., and N. D. Lai, “One-photon absorption based direct laser writing for fabrication of multi-dimensional photonic and plasmonic nanostructures,” Int. J. Nanotechnology (IJNT) 17, 550 (2020).
  • T. H. Au, J. Audibert, D. T. Trinh, D. B. Do, S. Buil, X. Quélin, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “Controllable movement of single-photon source in multifunctional magneto- photonic structures,” Scientific Reports 10, 4843 (2020).
  • I. Denisyuk, I. Ozheredov, A. Sinko, M. Fokina, T. Pogosian, I. Ignateva, N. D. Lai, I. Ledoux-Rak, “Optical Properties of Photobleached DAST Molecular Crystals in Terahertz Domain,” Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves 41, 1082–1088 (2020).
  • T. H. Au, S. Buil, X. Quélin, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “High Directional Radiation of Single Photon Emission in a Dielectric Antenna,” ACS Photonics 6, 3024–3031 (2019).
  • T.-P. Nguyen, Q. T. Tran, Q. C. Tong and N. D. Lai, “An Optimization of Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals at Low Refractive Index Material,” Crystals 9, 442 (2019).
  • T. H. Au, S. Buil, X. Quélin, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “Photostability and long- term preservation of colloidal semiconductor-based single photon emitter in polymeric photonic structures,” Nanoscale Adv. 1, 3225-3231 (2019).
  • R. Geng, H. M. Luong, M. T. Pham, R. Das, K. S. Repa, J. Robles-Garcia, T. A. Duong, H. T. Pham, T. H. Au, N. D. Lai, G. K. Larsen, M.-H. Phan and T. D. Nguyen“Magnetically tunable organic semiconductors with superparamagnetic nanoparticles,” Materials Horizons 6, 1913–1922 (2019).
  • D. T. T. Nguyen and N. D. Lai, “Deterministic Insertion of KTP Nanoparticles into Polymeric Structures for Efficient Second-Harmonic Generation,” Crystals 9, 365 (2019).
  • T. Pogosian, I. Yu. Denisyuk, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Holographic recording in photopolymerized nanocomposite with DAST nanocrystals,” Scientific and Technical J. Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics 19, 374–376 (2019).
  • T. Pogosian, I. Yu. Denisyuk, N. D. Lai, and I. Ledoux-Rak, “Photobleaching of Submicron DAST Crystals in a PMMA Film by Direct Laser Writing,” Optics and Spectroscopy 127, 735–737 (2019).
  • T. Pogosian, I. Yu. Denisyuk, and N. D. Lai, “The Influence of Dimensional Parameters of DAST Nanocrystals on Their Linear and Nonlinear Optical Parameters,” Optics and Spectroscopy 126, 262–264 (2019).
  • T. H. Au, S. Buil, X. Quélin, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “Suppression of grey state and optimization of the single photon emission of a colloidal semiconductor at room temperature,” Applied Physics Letters 113, 111105 (2018).
  • X. Wu, N. D. Lai, and Q. Li, “A method for numerical calculation of point spread function of an irregular aperture objective lens,” Physica Scripta 93, 085101 (2018).
  • F. Mao, A. Davis, Q. C. Tong, M. H. Luong, C. T. Nguyen, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Direct Laser Writing of Gold Nanostructures : Application to Data Storage and Color Nanoprinting,” Plasmonics 13, 2285–2291 (2018).
  • T. M. O. Le, T. H. Lam, T. N. Pham, T. C. Ngo, N. D. Lai, D. B. Do, and V. M. Nguyen, “Enhancement of Rhodamine B Degradation by Ag Nanoclusters-Loaded g-C3N4 Nanosheets,” Polymers 10, 633 (2018).
  • D. T. T. Nguyen, O. Del Guercio, T. H. Au, D. T. Trinh, N. P. T. Mai, and N. D. Lai, “Optical lithography of three-dimensional magnetophotonic microdevices,” Optical Engineering 57(4), 041406 (2018).
  • T. H. Au, D. T. Trinh, D. B. Do, D. P. Nguyen, Q. C. Tong, and N. D. Lai, “Free-floating magnetic microstructures by mask photolithography,” Physica B : Condensed Matter 532, 59–63 (2018).
  • Le T. M. O., Lam T. H., N.D.Lai, Nguyen T. P., Dao V. T., Nguyen M. H., Do D. B., Nguyen V. M., “Influence of annealing temperature on physical properties and photocatalytic ability of g-C3N4 nanosheets synthesized through urea polymerization in Ar atmosphere,” Physica B : Condensed Matter 532, 48–53 (2018).
  • Nguyen M.H., Le T.M.O., Do D.B., N.D. Lai, Nguyen T.T., Du T.X.T., Nguyen V. M., “Influence of Fluorine on Structure, Morphology, Optical and Photocatalytic Properties of ZnWO4 Nanostructures,” Materials Transactions 58, 1245–1249 (2017).
  • V. Kalappattil, R. Geng, S.H. Liang, D. Mukherjee, J. Devkota, A. Roy, M.H. Luong, N. D. Lai, L.A. Hornak, T.D. Nguyen, W.B. Zhao, X.G. Li, N.H. Duc, R. Das, S. Chan- dra, H. Srikanth, M.H. Phan, “Role of the magnetic anisotropy in organic spin valves,” Journal of Science : Advanced Materials and Devices 2, 378-384 (2017).
  • Q. C. Tong, M. H. Luong, J. Remmel, M. T. Do, D. T. T. Nguyen, and N. D. Lai, “Rapid direct laser writing of desired plasmonic nanostructures,” Opt. Lett. 42, 2382-2385 (2017).
  • T.V.P. Vu, M.T. Nguyen, D.T.T. Nguyen, T.D. Vu, D.L. Nguyen, N.M. An, M. H. Nguyen, C. D. Sai, V. D. Bui, C. H. Hoang, T. T. Truong, N. D. Lai, T. Nguyen-Tran, “Three-Photon Absorption Induced Photoluminescence in Organo-Lead Mixed Halide Perovskites,” J. Electron. Mater. 46, 3622 (2017).
  • Q. C. Tong, M. H. Luong, T. M. Tran, J. Remmel, M. T. Do, D. M. Kieu, R. Ghasemi, T. Nguyen, and N. D. Lai, “Realization of desired plasmonic structures by direct laser writing technique,” J. Electron. Mater. 46, 3695 (2017).
  • T.H. Au, D.T. Trinh, Q.C. Tong, D.B. Do, D.P. Nguyen, M.H. Phan, and N.D. Lai, “Direct Laser Writing of Magneto-Photonic Sub-Microstructures for Prospective Applications in Biomedical Engineering,” Nanomaterials 7, 105 (2017).
  • T. Pogosian and N. D. Lai, “Theoretical investigation of three-dimensional quasi-phase matching photonic structures,” Phys. Rev. A 94, 063821 (2016).
  • T. K. Hoang, T. H. Tran, K. T. Do, T. T. Phung, T. B. Nguyen, Q. M. Le, K. A. Tran, N. D. Lai, T. H. L. Nghiem, A. T. Pham, “Study of a Strong Luminescent Core Shell Nanocomposite of Europium Complex Coated on Gold Nanoparticles : Synthesis and Properties,” J. Electron. Mater. 45, 4400–4406 (2016).
  • Q. C. Tong, M. T. Do, M. H. Luong, B. Journet, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Direct laser writing of polymeric nanostructures via optically induced local thermal effect,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 183104 (2016).
  • D. T. T. Nguyen, T. H. Au, Q. C. Tong, M. H. Luong, A. Pelissier, K. Montes, H. M. Ngo, M. T. Do, D. B. Do, D. T. Trinh, T. H. Nguyen, B. Palpant, C. C. Hsu, I. Ledoux- Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Coupling of a single active nanoparticle to a polymer-based photonic structure,” Journal of Science : Advanced Materials and Devices 1, 18-30 (2016).
  • M. T. Do, Q. C. Tong, A. Lidiak, M. H. Luong, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Nano- patterning of gold thin film by thermal annealing combined with laser interference techniques,” Appl. Phys. A 122, 360 (2016).
  • H. M. Ngo, N. D. Lai, and I. Ledoux-Rak, “High second-order nonlinear response of platinum nanoflowers : the role of surface corrugation,” Nanoscale 8, 3489-3495 (2016).
  • D. T. T. Nguyen, Q. C. Tong, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “One-step fabrication of submicrostructures by low one-photon absorption direct laser writing technique with local thermal effect,” J. Appl. Phys. 119, 013101 (2016).
  • M. T. Do, Q. C. Tong, M. H. Luong, A. Lidiak, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Fabrication and characterization of large-area unpatterned and patterned plasmonic gold nanostructures,” J. Electron. Mater. 45, 2347-2353 (2016).
  • M. H. Luong, T. T. N. Nguyen, C. T. Nguyen, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Study of all-polymer-based waveguide resonant grating and its application for optimization of second-harmonic generation,” J. Phys. D : Appl. Phys. 48, 365302 (2015).
  • M. T. Do, D. T. T. Nguyen, H. M. Ngo, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Controlled coupling of a single nanoparticle in polymeric microstructure by low one- photon absorption– based direct laser writing technique,” Nanotechnology 26, 105301(2015).
  • Q. Li, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Influence of incident beam polarization on intensity and polarization distributions of tight focusing spot,” Adv. Device Mater. 1, 4-10 (2015).
  • M. T. Do, Q. Li, T. T. N. Nguyen, H. Benisty, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “High aspect ratio sub-micrometer two-dimensional structures fabricated by one-photon absorption direct laser writing,” Microsystem Technologies 20, 2097–2102 (2014).
  • Q. Li, M. T. Do, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “A novel concept for three-dimensional optical addressing by ultralow one-photon absorption method,” Opt. Lett. 38, 4640-4643 (2013).
  • M. T. Do, T. T. N. Nguyen, Q. Li, H. Benisty, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Submicro- meter 3D structures fabrication enabled by one-photon absorption direct laser writing,” Opt. Express 21, 20964-20973 (2013).
  • N. D. Lai, O. Faklaris, D. Zheng, V. Jacques, H.-C. Chang, J.-F. Roch, and F. Treussart, “Quenching nitrogen-vacancy center photoluminescence with infrared pulsed laser,” New J. Phys. 15, 033030 (2013).
  • T. T. N. Nguyen, Q. L. Nguyen, J. Zyss, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Optimization of thickness and uniformity of photonic structures fabricated by interference lithography,” Appl. Phys. A 111, 297-302 (2013).
  • X. Wu, T. T. N. Nguyen, D. Sun, I. Ledoux-Rak, C. T. Nguyen, and N. D. Lai, “Incoherent UV/VIS lasers assisted surface relief grating formation,” Advanced Materials Research 560-561, 456-461 (2012).
  • X. Wu, T. T. N. Nguyen, I. Ledoux-Rak, C. T. Nguyen, and N. D. Lai, “UV beam-assisted efficient formation of surface relief grating on azobenzene polymers,” Appl. Phys. B 107, 819-822 (2012).
  • J. H. Lin, Y. C. Huang, N. D. Lai, H. C. Kan, and C. C. Hsu, “Optical modulation of guided mode resonance in the waveguide grating structure incorporated with azo-doped- poly(methylmethacrylate) cladding layer,” Opt. Express 20, 377-384 (2012).
  • D. B. Do, J. H. Lin, N. D. Lai, H. C. Kan, and C. C. Hsu, “Fabrication of three- dimensional polymer quadratic nonlinear grating structures by layer-by-layer direct laser writing technique,” Appl. Opt. 50, 4664-4670 (2011).
  • D. B. Do, N. D. Lai, C. Y. Wu, J. H. Lin, and C. C. Hsu, “Fabrication of ellipticity- controlled microlens arrays by controlling parameters of multiple-exposure two-beam interference technique,” Appl. Opt. 50, 579-585 (2011).
  • N. D. Lai, D. Zheng, F. Treussart, and J.-F. Roch, “Optical determination and magnetic manipulation of single nitrogen-vacancy color center in diamond nanocrystal,” Adv. Nat. Sci : Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 1, 015014 (2010).
  • N. D. Lai, T. S. Zheng, D. B. Do, J. H. Lin, and C. C. Hsu, “Fabrication of desired three- dimensional structures by holographic assembly technique,” Appl. Phys. A 100, 171-175 (2010).
  • N. D. Lai, D. Zheng, F. Jelezko, F. Treussart, and J.-F. Roch, “Influence of a static magnetic field on the photoluminescence of an ensemble of nitrogen-vacancy color centers in a diamond single-crystal,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 133101 (2009). (selected for virtual journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology – 2009).
  • C. Y. Wu, T. H. Chiang, N. D. Lai, D. B. Do, and C. C. Hsu, “Fabrication of SU- 8 microlens arrays by multi-exposure two-beam interference technique,” Appl. Opt. 48, 2473-2479 (2009).
  • N. D. Lai, Y. D. Huang, D. B. Do, J. H. Lin, and C. C. Hsu, “Fabrication of periodic nanovein structures by holography lithography technique,” Opt. Express 17, 3362-3369 (2009).
  • V. Jacques, N. D. Lai, A. Dreau, D. Zheng, D. Chauvat, F. Treussart, P. Grangier, and J.-F. Roch, “Illustration of quantum mechanics complementarity using diffraction of single photons by a grating,” New J. Phys. 10, 113035 (2008). (selected to be one of best papers of New J. Physics – 2008)
  • J. H. Lin, N. D. Lai, C. H. Chiu, C. Y. Lin, G. W. Rieger, J. F. Young, F. S. S. Chien, and C. C. Hsu, “Fabrication of spatial modulated second order nonlinear structures and quasi- phase matched second harmonic generation in a poled azocopolymer planar waveguide,” Opt. Express 16, 7832-7841 (2008).
  • C. Y. Wu, N. D. Lai, and C. C. Hsu, “Rapidly self-assembling three-dimensional opal photonic crystals,” J. Korean Phys. Soc. 52, 1585-1588 (2008).
  • N. D. Lai, J. H. Lin, and C. C. Hsu, “Realization of highly rotational symmetric quasi- periodic structures by multi-exposure of three-beam interference technique,” Appl. Opt. 46, 5645-5648 (2007).
  • N. D. Lai, J. H. Lin, Y. Y. Huang, and C. C. Hsu, “Fabrication of two- and three- dimensional quasi-periodic structures with 12-fold symmetry by interference technique,” Opt. Express 14, 10746-10752 (2006).
  • N. D. Lai, J. H. Lin, W. P. Liang, C. C. Hsu, and C. H. Lin, “Precisely introducing defects into periodic structures by using a double-step laser scanning technique,” Appl. Opt. 45, 5777-5782 (2006). (selected for virtual journal for Biomedical Optics – 2006).
  • J. H. Lin, N. D. Lai, and C. C. Hsu, “Optical control of recovery speed of photoinduced third-harmonic generation in azo-copolymer thin films,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 131111 (2006). (selected for virtual Ultrafast Science journal – 2006).
  • N. D. Lai, J. H. Lin, P. W. Chen, J. L. Tang, and C. C. Hsu, “Controlling aspect ratio of focal spots of micro-focus-region of high numerical aperture objective lens in multi-photon absorption process,” Opt. Commun. 258, 167-172 (2006).
  • I. V. Kityk, I. Fuks-Janczarek, E. Gondek, J. H. Lin, N. D. Lai, C. C. Hsu, and P. Schlachcic, “Origin of photoinduced third harmonic generation anisotropy for several quinoline derivatives molecules embedded into polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) polymer matrix,” Chem. Phys. Lett. 418, 277-281 (2006).
  • N. D. Lai, W. P. Liang, J. H. Lin, C. C. Hsu, and C. H. Lin, “Fabrication of two- and three-dimensional periodic structures by multi-exposure of two-beam interference technique,” Opt. Express 13, 9605-9611 (2005).
  • N. D. Lai, W. P. Liang, J. H. Lin, and C. C. Hsu, “Rapid fabrication of large-area periodic structures containing well-defined defects by combining holography and mask techniques,” Opt. Express 13, 5331-5337 (2005).
  • N. D. Lai, W. L. Wang, J. H. Lin, and C. C. Hsu, “Optical manipulation of third- harmonic generation via either one- or two-photon excitation in diarylethene-polymethyl methacrylate polymer thin films,” Appl. Phys. B 80, 569-572 (2005).
  • N. D. Lai, F. Bretenaker, and M. Brunel, “Coherent of pulsed microwave signals carried by two-frequency solid-state lasers,” IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 3037-3042 (2003).
  • N. D. Lai, M. Brunel, and F. Bretenaker, “Green two-frequency pulsed laser : intracavity doubling of helicoidal eigenstates,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 20, 662-669 (2003). (selected for virtual Ultrafast Science journal – 2003).
  • N. D. Lai, M. Brunel, F. Bretenaker, B. Ferrand, and L. Fulbert, “Two-frequency Er-Yb : glass microchip laser passively Q-switched by a Co : ASL saturable absorber,” Opt. Lett. 28, 328-330 (2003).
  • L. Morvan, N. D. Lai, D. Dolfi, J.-P. Huignard, M. Brunel, F. Bretenaker, and A. Le Floch, “The building blocks for a two-frequency laser LIDAR-RADAR : a preliminary study,” Appl. Opt. 41, 5702-5712 (2002).
  • N. D. Lai, M. Brunel, F. Bretenaker, and O. Emile, “Control of the pulse duration in one- and two-axis passively Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state lasers,” Eur. Phys. J. D 19, 403-410 (2002).
  • N. D. Lai, M. Brunel, F. Bretenaker, and A. Le Floch, “Stabilization of the repetition rate of passively Q-switched diode-pumped solid-state lasers,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 1073-1075 (2001).

Book/Chapters

  • Q. C. Tong, F. Mao, M. H. Luong, M. T. Do, R. Ghasemi, Q. T. Tran, T. D. Nguyen, and N. D. Lai, “Arbitrary form plasmonic structures : Optical realization, numerical analysis and demonstration applications,” Chapter 5, book title “Plasmonics”, INTECH, 65–85 (2018).

  • D. T. T. Nguyen, M. T. Do, Q. Li, Q. C. Tong, T. H. Au, and N. D. Lai, “One-photon absorption-based direct laser writing of three-dimensional photonic crystals,” Chapter 7, book title “Theoretical Foundations and Application of Photonic Crystals”, INTECH, 133–157 (2017).

  • X. Wu, T. T. N. Nguyen, I. Ledoux-Rak, C. T. Nguyen, and N. D. Lai, “Optically formation of one- and two-dimensional holographic surface relief grating,” Chapter 7, book title “Holography - Basic principles and Contemporary applications”, INTECH, 147–170 (2013).

  • N. D. Lai, J. H. Lin, D. B. Do, W. P. Liang, Y. D. Huang, T. S. Zheng, Y. Y. Huang, and C. C. Hsu, “Fabrication of two- and three-dimensional photonic crystals and photonic quasi-crystals by interference technique,” Chapter 12, book title “Holography, Research and Technologies”, INTECH, 253-278 (2011).

Referred conference proceedings

  • G. L. Ngo, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “Combining single-photon signals by determi- nistic coupling of CdSe/CdS quantum dots into submicropillars structures,” Proc. SPIE 12430, Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XIX, 1243010 (2023); doi : 10.1117/12.2651650.
  • A. Perry, T. H. Au, D. T. Trinh, D. B. Do, S. Buil, X. Quélin, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “Mask lithography of 2D fluorescent magneto-photonic microstructures for biomedical and quantum applications,” Proc. SPIE 10892, Colloidal Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications XIV, 1089211 (2019) ; doi : 10.1117/12.2509446.
  • T. H. Au, S. Buil, X. Quélin, J.-P. Hermier, and N. D. Lai, “Coupling of a single photon source based on a colloidal semiconductor nanocrystal into polymer-based photonic structures,” Proc. SPIE 10672, Nanophotonics VII, 1067234 (2018).
  • F. Mao, A. Davis, Q. C. Tong, M. H. Luong, C. T. Nguyen, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Direct laser coding of plasmonic nanostructures for data storage applications,” Proc. SPIE 10672, Nanophotonics VII, 106722Z (2018).
  • T. Pogosian, T. N. A. Mai, I. Denisyuk, and N. D. Lai, “Synthesis and nonlinear optics characterization of DAST submicron crystals in polymerized thin films,” Proc. SPIE 10681, Micro-Structured and Specialty Optical Fibres V, 106811A (2018).
  • F. Mao, Q. C. Tong, D. T. T. Nguyen, T. H. Au, R. Odessey, F. Saudrais, and N. D. Lai, “LOPA-based direct laser writing of multi-dimensional & multi-functional photonic sub-microstructures,” Proc. SPIE 10115, Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics X, 1011509 (2017).
  • D. T. T. Nguyen, A. Pelissier, K. Montes, Q. C. Tong, H. M. Ngo, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Deterministic embedding of a single gold nanoparticle into polymeric microstructures by direct laser writing technique,” Proc. SPIE 9884, Nanophotonics VI, 98842C (2016).
  • Q. C. Tong, M. T. Do, B. Journet, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Fabrication of controllable form submicrometer structures on positive photoresist by one-photon absorption direct laser writing technique,” Proc. SPIE 9885, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices XII, 988519 (2016).
  • T. T. N. Nguyen, M. H. Luong, M. T. Do, D. M. Kieu, Q. Li, D. T. T. Nguyen, Q. C. Tong, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Micro and nanostructuration of polymer materials and applications,” Proc. SPIE, Nanobiosystems : Processing, Characterization, and Applications VII, 9171, 91710O (2014). doi : 10.1117/12.2064653
  • M. T. Do, Q. Li, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Optimization of LOPA-based direct laser writing technique for fabrication of submicrometric polymer two- and three-dimensional structures,” Proc. SPIE, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices XI, 9127, 912703 (2014). doi :10.1117/12.2051910
  • Q. Li, M. T. Do, I. Ledoux-Rak, and N. D. Lai, “Three-dimensional optical addressing by ultra low one-photon absorption microscopy,” Proc. SPIE, Optical Modelling and Design III, 9131, 91310Q, doi :10.1117/12.2051916 (2014).
  • J. H. Lin, N. D. Lai, W. L. Wang, and C. C. Hsu, “Photoreactive third-harmonic gene- ration via either one- or two-photon excitation in diarylethene-polymethylmethacrylate polymer thin films : theory and experiment,” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5935, 593511 (2005).
  • N. D. Lai, W. P. Liang, J. H. Lin, and C. C. Hsu, “Rapid fabrication of large-area photo- nic crystals containing arbitrary defects by combining the interference and multi-photon polymerization techniques,” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5931, 593108 (2005).
  • N. D. Lai, W. P. Liang, J. H. Lin, and C. C. Hsu, “Rapid fabrication of two- and three- dimensional photonic crystals using multiple-exposure of two-beam interference pattern technique,” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5931, 593109 (2005).
  • N. D. Lai, J. H. Lin, P. W. Chen, J. L. Tang, and C. C. Hsu, “Three-dimensional super- resolution of focus-region of high numerical aperture objective lens : applied for multi- photon-absorption irradiation,” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5931, 593118 (2005).
  • M. Brunel, N. D. Lai, M. Vallet, A. Le Floch, F. Bretenaker, L. Morvan, D. Dolfi, J.-P. Huignard, S. Blanc, and T. Merlet, “Generation of tunable high-purity microwave and terahertz signals by two-frequency solid-state lasers,” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 5466, 131-139 (2004).
  • N. D. Lai and M. Brunel, “Génération de seconde harmonique d’un laser bi-fréquence à 1,55 μm accordable sur plusieurs THz dans un cristal composite à quasi-accord de phase,” J. Phys. IV France 119, 247-248 (2004).
  • L. Morvan, N. D. Lai, D. Dolfi, J.-P. Huignard, M. Brunel, F. Bretenaker, and A. Le Floch, “The building blocks for a pulsed dual-frequency LIDAR-RADAR : concept and preliminary experimental results,” Proc. SPIE Int. Soc. Opt. Eng. 4833, 153-163 (2003).
  • M. Brunel, F. Bretenaker, N. D. Lai, M. Alouini, M. Vallet, O. Emile, and A. Le Floch, “Microwave signal generation with high spectral purity using two-frequency solid-state lasers,” IEEE, MWP’2003 Proc., p.183-188 (2003).
  • M. Alouini, F. Bretenaker, M. Brunel, D . Chauvat, O. Emile, A. Le Floch, N. D. Lai, G. Ropars, and M. Vallet, “Two-frequency lasers : from quantum excess noise to RF photonics applications,” Acta Physica Polonica A 101, 7-32 (2002).
  • L. Morvan, N. D. Lai, D. Dolfi, J.-P. Huignard, M. Brunel, F. Bretenaker, et A. Le Floch, “Lidar-radar bifréquence impulsionnel à pré-amplification optique,” J. Phys. IV France 12, Pr5-369-Pr5-370 (2002).
  • N. D. Lai, L. Morvan, M. Brunel, F. Bretenaker, D. Dolfi, et A. Le Floch, “Doublage d’un laser bi-fréquence impulsionnel pour la génération de micro-ondes,” J. Phys. IV France 12, Pr5-367-Pr5-368 (2002).

Review Articles and Technical Reports

  • N. D. Lai, “One-photon absorption excitation for high-resolution nanoscopy”, SPIE News-room, doi : 10.1117/2.1201407.005523 (2014).
  • J. J. Greffet, J. P. Hugonin, M. Besbes, N. D. Lai, F. Treussart, and J. F. Roch, “Diamond particles as nanoantennas for nitrogen-vacancy color centers”, arXiv 1107.0502v1 (2011).
  • S. Liu, T.H. Tsai, P.W. Chen, J.H. Lin, N.D. Lai, C.Y. Wu, and C.C. Hsu,“Fabrication of CdSe micro/nano structures by two-photon absorption induced polymerization technique cooperated with electrochemical deposition technique,” Instrument Today 29 (# 164), 7-19 (2008).
  • N. D. Lai, J. H. Lin, W. P. Liang, and C. C. Hsu, “Fabrication of large area two- and three-dimensional periodic structures by holography interference technique,” Instrument Today 28 (# 157), 65-72 (2007).