Publications

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27. A. Konečná*, M. K. Schmidt, R. Hillenbrand, J. Aizpurua*:
“Probing the electromagnetic response of dielectric antennas by (vortex) electron beams”.
Physical Review Research 5 (2023), 023192.

 

26. M. Horák, A. Konečná, T. Šikola, V. Křápek:
“Spatio-spectral metrics in electron energy loss spectroscopy as a tool to resolve nearly degenerate plasmon modes in dimer plasmonic antennas”.
Nanophotonics 12 (2023), 3089-3098.

 

25. S. Chen, P. Leng, A. Konečná, E. Modin, M. Gutierrez-Amigo, E. Vicentini, B. Martín-García, M. Barra-Burillo, I. Niehues, C. Maciel Escudero, X. Xie, L. E. Hueso, E. Artacho, J. Aizpurua, I. Errea, M. Vergniory, A. Chuvilin, F. Xiu, R. Hillenbrand:
“Real-space observation of ultra-confined in-plane anisotropic acoustic THz plasmon polariton”.
Nature Materials 22 (2023), 860-866.
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24. A. Konečná, E. Rotunno, V. Grillo, F. J. García de Abajo, G. M. Vanacore:
“Electron Single-Pixel Imaging in Space and Time via a Photonic-based Free-Electron Modulator”.
ACS Photonics 10 (2023), 1462-1472.

 

23. P. Gallina, M. Kvapil, J. Liška, A. Konečná, V. Křápek, R. Kalousek, J. Zlámal, T. Šikola:
“Strong coupling in a Au plasmonic antenna-SiO2 layer system: a hybrid mode analysis”.
Physical Review B 107 (2023), 125144.

 

22. P. Gallina, A. Konečná*, J. Liška, J.-C. Idrobo, T. Šikola:
“Correlative electron and light spectroscopy of strongly-coupled infrared plasmon and phonon polaritons”.
Physical Review Applied 19 (2023), 024042.

 

21. K. Reidy, P. E. Majchrzak, B. Haas, D. Thomsen, A. Konečná, E. Park, J. Klein, A. Jones, K. Volckaert, D. Biswas, M. Watson, C. Cacho, P. Narang, C. Koch, S. Ulstrup, F. Ross, J.-C. Idrobo:
“Direct visualization of sub-nanometer variations in the excitonic spectra of MoS2/Au heterostructures”.
Nano Letters 23 (2023), 1068-1076.

 

20. A. Konečná, F. Iyikanat, F. J. García de Abajo:
“Entangling free electrons and optical excitations”.
Science Advances 8 (2022), eabo7853.

 

19. H. Yang, A. Konečná, X. Xu, S.-W. Cheong, P. Batson, F. J. García de Abajo, E. Garfunkel:
“Simultaneous Imaging of Dopants and Free Charge Carriers by STEM-EELS”.
ACS Nano 16 (2022), 18795.

 

18. H. Yang, A. Konečná, X. Xu, S.-W. Cheong, E. Garfunkel, F. J. García de Abajo, P. Batson:
“Low-loss tunable infrared plasmons in high mobility perovskite Ba1-xLaxSnO3”.
Small 18 (2022), 2106897.

 

17. R. Yu, A. Konečná, F. J. García de Abajo:
“Inelastic scattering of electron beams by nonreciprocal nanostructures”.
Physical Review Letters 127 (2021), 157404.

 

16. A. Konečná*, J. Li, J. H. Edgar, F. J. García de Abajo, J. A. Hachtel*:
“Revealing Nanoscale Confinement Effects on Hyperbolic Phonon Polaritons with an Electron Beam”.
Small 17 (2021), 2103404.
Featured on cover.

 

15. F. Iyikanat, A. Konečná, F. J. García de Abajo:
“Nonlinear tunable vibrational response in hexagonal boron nitride”.
ACS Nano 15 (2021), 13415-13426.

 

14. A. Konečná, F. Iyikanat, F. J. García de Abajo:
“Theory of Atomic-Scale Vibrational Mapping and Isotope Identification with Electron Beams”.
ACS Nano 15 (2021), 9890-9899.

 

13. F. J. García de Abajo, A. Konečná:
“Optical Modulation of Electron Beams in Free Space”.
Physical Review Letters 126 (2021), 123901.
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12. C. Maciel-Escudero, A. Konečná, R. Hillenbrand, J. Aizpurua:
“Probing and steering bulk and surface phonon polaritons in uniaxial materials using fast electrons: Hexagonal boron nitride”.
Physical Review B 102 (2020), 115431.

 

11. A. Konečná, F. J. García de Abajo:
“Electron Beam Aberration Correction Using Optical Near Fields”.
Physical Review Letters 125 (2020), 030801.

 

10. M. Hrtoň, A. Konečná, M. Horák, T. Šikola, V. Křápek:
“Plasmonic Antennas with Electric, Magnetic, and Electromagnetic Hot Spots Based on Babinet’s Principle”.
Physical Review Applied 13 (2020), 0540145.

 

9. A. Konečná, V. Di Giulio, V. Mkhitaryan, C. Ropers, F. J. García de Abajo:
“Nanoscale Nonlinear Spectroscopy with Electron Beams”.
Featured on ACS Photonics cover.

 

8. T. Sannomiya, A. Konečná, T. Matsukata, Z. Thollar, T. Okamoto, F. J. García de Abajo, N. Yamamoto:
“Cathodoluminescence phase extraction of the coupling between nanoparticles and surface plasmon polaritons”.
Nano Letters, 20 (2020), 592-598.

 

7. V. Křápek, A. Konečná, M. Horák, F. Ligmajer, M. Stöger-Pollach, M. Hrtoň, J. Babocký, T. Šikola:
“Independent engineering of individual plasmon modes in plasmonic dimers with conductive and capacitive coupling”.
Nanophotonics, 9 (2019), 623-632.

 

6. M. Horák, V. Křápek, M. Hrtoň, A. Konečná, F. Ligmajer, M. Stöger-Pollach, T. Šamořil, A. Paták, Z. Édes, O. Metelka, J. Babocký, T. Šikola:
“Limits of Babinet’s principle for solid and hollow plasmonic antennas”.
Scientific Reports 9 (2019), 4004.

 

5. A. Konečná, K. Venkatraman, K. March, P. A. Crozier, R. Hillenbrand, P. Rez, and J. Aizpurua:
“Vibrational electron energy loss spectroscopy in truncated dielectric slabs”.
Physical Review B 98 (2018), 205409.

 

4. J. R. Jokisaari, J. A. Hachtel, X. Hu, A. Mukherjee, C. Wang, A. Konečná, T. C. Lovejoy, N. Dellby, J. Aizpurua, O. L. Krivanek, J.-C. Idrobo, and R. F. Klie:
“Vibrational Spectroscopy of Water with High Spatial Resolution”.
Advanced Materials 30 (2018), 1802702.

 

3. A. Konečná, T. Neuman, J. Aizpurua, and R. Hillenbrand:
“Surface-Enhanced Molecular Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy”.
ACS Nano 12 (2018), 4775-4786.

 

2. A. A. Govyadinov*, A. Konečná*, A. Chuvilin, S. Velez, I. Dolado, A. Y. Nikitin. S. Lopatin, F. Casanova. L. E. Hueso, J. Aizpurua, and R. Hillenbrand:
“Probing low-energy hyperbolic polaritons in van der Walls crystal with an electron microscope”.
Nature Communications 8 (2017), 95.

 

1.  M. J. Lagos, A. Reyes-Coronado, A. Konečná, P. M. Echenique, J. Aizpurua, and P. E. Batson:
“Attosecond and femtosecond forces exerted on gold nanoparticles induced by swift electrons”.
Physical Review B 93 (2016), 205440.