Research publication summary

  • 35 publications in international, peer-reviewed journals
  • 38 publications in national, international conference proceedings and abstracts
  • 2 national patent filing and 1 filed international patent

Total citations: 860 (740 without self citations)

H-index: 13 (12 without self citations)

Data taken from Scopus, name: Chon J. W. M., on 14 Nov. 2009.

Refereed journal articles

  1. B. J. Chick, J. W. M. Chon, and M. Gu, Polarization effects in a highly birefringent nonlinear photonic crystal fiber with two-zero dispersion wavelengths Opt. Express16, 20099-20105 (2009)
  2. K. Choi, J. W. M. Chon- Corresponding Author, M. Gu, Nino Malic, and Richard A. Evans, Low distortion holographic data storage mediausing free-radical ring-opening polymerization, accepted for publication, Adv. Funct. Mater.,19, 3560-3566 (2009)
  3. P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon- Corresponding Author and M. Gu, White light scattering spectroscopy and electron microscopy of laser induced melting in single gold nanorods, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 11, 5915 - 5921 (2009)
  4. P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon- Corresponding Author and M. Gu, Five-dimensional optical recording mediated by surface plasmons in gold nanorods, Nature459, 410-413 (2009)(featured on the cover of Nature, 21 May 2009 issue)
  5. X. Li, J. van Embden, J. W. M. Chon and M. Gu, Enhanced two-photon absorption of CdS nanocrystal rods, Appl. Phys. Lett.94, 103117(2009)
  6. X. Li, J. W. M. Chon, R. A. Evans, and M. Gu, Quantum-rod dispersed photopolymers for multidimensional photonic application, Opt. Express17, 2954-2961 (2009)
  7. B. J. Chick, J. W. M. Chon, and M. Gu, Polarization effects in a highly birefringent nonlinear photonic crystal fiber with two-zero dispersion wavelengths Opt. Express16, 20099-20105 (2008)
  8. P. Zijlstra, A. L. Tchebotareva, J. W. M. Chon- Corresponding AuthorM. Gu, and M. Orrit, Acoustic Oscillations and Elastic Moduli of Single Gold Nanorods, Nano Lett.8, 3493-3497 (2008)(featured on Nature Asia Materials Research highlight, 3 Dec. 2008)
  9. X. Li, J. W. M. Chon, and M. Gu, Confocal reflection readout thresholds in two-photon-induced optical recording, Appl. Opt.47, 4707-4713 (2008)
  10. K. Choi, P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon, M. Gu, Fabrication of Low-Threshold 3D, Void Structures inside a Polymer Matrix Doped with Gold Nanorods, Adv. Funct. Mater.18, 2237-2245 (2008) (featured on the inside front cover of Adv. Funct. Mater. 18, August 6, 2008)
  11. X. Li, J. W. M. Chon, and M. Gu, Nanoparticle-Based Photorefractive Polymers, Aust. J. Chem.61, 317–323 (2008)
  12. S. Kuriakose, D. Morrish, X. Gan, J. W. M. Chon, K. Dholakia, and M. Gu, Near-field optical trapping with an ultrashort pulsed laser beam, Appl. Phys. Lett.92, 081108 (2008)
  13. X. Li, J. W. M. Chon, R. A. Evans, and M. Gu, Two-photon energy transfer enhanced three-dimensional optical memory in quantum-dot and azo-dye doped polymers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 063309 (2008)(featured in Nature Photonics Research highlight, Nature Photonics 7, 402 2008)
  14. P. Zijlstra, J. W.M. Chon- Corresponding Author and M. Gu, Effect of heat accumulation on the dynamic range of a gold nanorod doped polymer nanocomposite for optical laser writing and patterning, Opt. Express,15, 12151-12160 (2007)
  15. K. Choi, J. W. M. Chon, M. Gu, and B. Lee, Characterization of a subwavelength-scale 3D void structure using the FDTD-based confocal laser scanning microscopic image mapping technique, Opt. Express, 15, 10767-10781 (2007)NB: This work was featured on the cover page of Optics Express 15, August 20, 2007.
  16. J. W. M. Chon, T. S. Kao, H. W. Hsu, Y. H. Fu, C. Bullen, D. P. Tsai, and M. Gu, “Metallic Nanorods Doped Optical Recording Media: The Use of Nanorods As Nano-Heat Sensitizers, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 46, 3952–3954 (2007)
  17. J. W. M. Chon, C. Bullen, P. Zijlstra, M. Gu, “Spectrum encoding on gold nanorods doped in silica sol-gel matrix and its application to high density optical data storage,” Adv. Funct. Mater.,17, 875-880 (2007)
  18. X. Li, J. W. M. Chon, S. Wu, R. E. Evans, and M. Gu, “Rewritable polarization-encoded multi-layer data storage in 2,5-dimethyl-4-(p-nitrophenylazo)anisole doped polymer,” Opt. Lett. 32, 277 (2007)
  19. X. Li, C. Bullen, J. W. M. Chon, R. A. Evans, and M. Gu, Two-photon-induced three-dimensional optical data storage in CdS quantum-dot doped photopolymer
    Appl. Phys. Lett.90, 161116 (2007)
  20. P. Zijlstra, C. Bullen, J. W. M. Chon- Corresponding Author and M. Gu “High-temperature seedless synthesis of gold nanorods,”J. Phys. Chem.B 110, 19315 (2006)
  21. S. Kuriakose, X. Gan, D. Morrish, J. W. M. Chon, and M. Gu, “Enhanced coupling to whispering gallery modes by two-photon absorption induced by a highly focused field,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 89 Art. No. 211125 (2006)
  22. S. Kuriakose, B. Jia, J. W. M. Chon, X. Gan and Min Gu, “Laser tweezers using focused evanescent illumination,” Asian Journal of Physics, 15, 295, (2006) – Invited Paper
  23. S. Kuriakose, X. Gan, J. W. M. Chon, and M. Gu, “Optical lifting force under focused evanescent wave illumination: A ray optics model,”Journal of Applied Physics 97, 1 (2005)
  24. R. Verberk, J. W. M. Chon, M. Gu, M. Orrit, “Environment dependent blinking of single semiconductor nanocrystals and statistical aging of ensemble,” Physica E, 26, 19 (2005)
  25. J. W. M. Chon, Peter Zijlstra, Min Gu, Joel van Embden, and Paul Mulvaney “Two-photon-induced photoenhancement of densely packed CdSe/ZnSe/ZnS nanocrystal solids and its application to multilayer optical data storage,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 5514 (2004)
  26. J. W. M. Chon, Min Gu, Craig Bullen, and Paul Mulvaney “Three-photon excited band edge and trap emission of CdS semiconductor nanocrystals,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4472 (2004)
  27. M. Gu, J. B. Haumonte, J. W. M. Chon, X. Gan, “Laser trapping and manipulation under focused evanescent wave illumination,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 4236 (2004)
  28. J. W. M. Chon and M. Gu, “Scanning total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy under one-photon and two-photon excitation: image formation,” Appl. Opt., 43, 1063 (2004).
  29. J. W. M. Chon, M. Gu, C. Bullen and P. Mulvaney, “Two-photon fluorescence scanning near-field microscopy based on a focused evanescent field under total internal reflection,” Opt. Lett., 28, 1930 (2003).
  30. H. B. Sun, M Maeda, K. Takada, J. W. M. Chon, M. Gu and S. Kawata, “Experimental investigation of single voxels for laser nanofabrication via two-photon photopolymerization,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 83, 819 (2003).
  31. D. Ganic, J. W. M. Chon and M. Gu, “Effect of numerical aperture on the spectral splitting feature near phase singularities of focused waves,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 82, 1527 (2003).
  32. J. W. M. Chon, X. Gan and M. Gu, Splitting of the focal spot of a high numerical-aperture objective in free space, Appl. Phys. Lett., 81, 1576 (2002).
  33. S. Boskovic, J. W. M. Chon, P. Mulvaney, and J. E. Sader, Rheological measurements using microcantilever, J. Rheol., 46, 891 (2002)
  34. J. W. M. Chon, P. Mulvaney, and J. E. Sader, Experimental validation of theoretical models for the frequency response of atomic force microscope cantilever beams immersed in fluids, J. Appl. Phys., 87, 3978 (2000).
  35. J. E. Sader, J. W. M. Chon and P. Mulvaney, Calibration of rectangular atomic force microscope cantilevers, Rev. Sci. Instrum., 70, 3967 (1999).

Refereed Conference Papers

  1. Kyongsik Choi,Peter Zijlstra, James W. M.Chon, Min Gu, Numerical optimisation of gold-dielectricnanoparticleheterostructures for surfaceplasmon resonanceengineering, Proc SPIE,6988 (2008)69880R (Presentation onPhotonics Europe, Strasbourg,France, April 8-10, 2008)
  2. J. W. M. Chon, et. al., “Low Threshold Photothermal Recording ofPhase-change Media Doped with Metallic Nanorods” International Symposium on Optical Memory, ISOM07 Tech. Digest pp 8-9, 21-25 Oct 2007, Singapore – invited presentation
  3. B. J. Chick, J. W. M. Chon and M. Gu, “Optical read out of nanoparticle fluorescence using supercontinuum generation for optical data storage,” The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO/Europe 2007, 17-22 June 2007, Munich, Germany
  4. X. Li, R.A Evans, M. Gu, C. Bullen and J. W. M Chon, “Two-photon induced refractive index change in quantum dot doped photorefractive polymer,”The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO/Europe 2007, 17-22 June 2007, Munich, Germany
  5. P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon and M. Gu, “Wavelength multiplexed optical storage in plasmonic gold nanorods,” The European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO/Europe 2007, 17-22 June 2007, Munich, Germany
  6. J. W. M. Chon, et. al., “Metallic nanorods doped optical recording media – the use of nanorods as nano-heat sensitizers,” International symposium on optical memory, Oct 2006, Kagawa, Japan
  7. X. Li, J. W. M. Chon, S. Wu, C, Bullen and M. Gu, “Two-photon induced optical recording in quantum-dot based photorefractive materials,” International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ICONN 2006, July 2006, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
  8. P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon, C. Bullen, and M. Gu, “Functionalisation of gold nanorods and its application to optical data storage,” International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ICONN 2006, July 2006, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
  9. J. W. M. Chon, C. Bullen and Min Gu “Femtosecond pulsed laser induced shape change of metallic nanoparticles and its applications to optical data storage”, 2nd Pacific International Conference on Applications of Lasers and Optics, April 2006 Melbourne- Plenary presentation
  10. J. W. M. Chon, C. Bullen, J. Moser and M. Gu, “Use of semiconductor nanocrystals for spectrally encoded high density optical data storage”, Optical Data Storage 2005, OSA topical meetings, July 2005 Honolulu, USA, Technical Digest MP13, 2005
  11. J. W. M. Chon, C. Bullen and Min Gu “Spectral encoding using nanorods for high density optical data storage” Optical Data Storage 2005, OSA topical meetings, July 2005 Honolulu, USA, Technical Digest PD5, 2005
  12. J. W. M. Chon and M. Gu, “Recent progress in multi-dimensional bit optical data storage,” Tech. Dig. ISOM2004, pp50-51 (2004). –Invited presentation
  13. J. W. M. Chon & M. Gu, “Use of Quantum dot nanocrystals for spectrally encoded optical data storage,” The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Taipei, Taiwan 15-19 December 2003.
  14. M. Gu, D. Ganic, J. W. M. Chon and X. Gan, “New features of light focusing by high numerical aperture objective,” Focus on Microscopy, Genova, Italy 13-16 April 2003.
  15. J. W. M. Chon, T. Ung and P. Mulvaney, Scanning probe microscopy of nanoparticles, STM 99, 10th international conference of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and related proximal techniques, Seoul, Korea, July 25-28, 1999.
  16. J. W. M. Chon, P. Mulvaney, and J. E. Sader, Frequency response of AFM cantilever beams immersed in fluids and calibration of spring constants, STM 99, 10th international conference of Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and related proximal techniques, Seoul, Korea, July 25-28, 1999.

Conference abstracts

  1. Anna L. Tchebotareva, Paul Ruijgrok, Michel Orrit, Peter Zijlstra, James W. M. Chon, Min Gu “Optical Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of Single Gold Nanoparticles”,Nanophotonics Down Under 2009, 21- 24 June Melbourne Australia 2009
  2. Peter Zijlstra, James W.M. Chon, Min Gu “Five-dimensional optical recording using surface plasmon mediated gold nanorods” Nanophotonics Down Under 2009, 21- 24 June Melbourne Australia 2009
  3. Brendan J. Chick, James W.M. Chon, Min Gu“High Numerical Aperture Diffraction of a Supercontinuum”, Nanophotonics Down Under 2009, 21- 24 June Melbourne Australia 2009
  4. Xiangping Li, James W.M. Chon, Min Gu“Enhanced two-photon absorption cross-sections of CdS quantum rods for four-dimensional optical data storage”, Nanophotonics Down Under 2009, 21- 24 June Melbourne Australia 2009
  5. Adam Taylor, James W. M. Chon, Min Gu, “FDTD Based Investigation of the truncation induced evolution of the Plasmon absorption in Ag nanoparticles”, Nanophotonics Down Under 2009, 21- 24 June Melbourne Australia 2009
  6. James W. M. Chon, Five-dimensional optical recording mediated by surface plasmons in gold nanorods, (Presentation on the Optical Data Storage,Orlando, Florida, USA, May 10-13,2009) –Invited presentation
  7. Brendan J. Chick,James W. M. Chon, Min Gu Polarised pulse propagation inhighly birfringent photoniccrystal fibre,(Presentation on the Congressof the InternationalCommission for Optics,Sydney, Australia, July 7-10,2008).
  8. Xiangping Li, JamesW. M. Chon, Richard A.Evans, Min Gu Three-dimensional opticalmemory in nanocrystal andazo-dye dispersed polymersvia two-photon energytransfer, (Presentationon the Congress of theInternational Commission forOptics, Sydney, Australia, July7-10, 2008).
  9. M. Orrit, A. Tchebotareva, P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon and M. Gu, Invited speech at the SPIE Optics and Photonics San Diego USA Aug.2008 –Invited presentation
  10. P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon and M. Gu, “Thermal stability of gold nanorod doped nanocomposites for optical patterning,” International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ICONN 2008, Feb. 2008, Melbourne, Australia
  11. K. Choi, J. W.M. Chon, M. Gu, “Photothermal Energy Conversion And Its Applications Of The Localized Surface Plasmon Enhancement Effect Inside Gold Nanoparticle-Polymer Composites,” International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ICONN 2008, Feb. 2008, Melbourne, Australia
  12. X. Li, J. W. M Chon R.A Evans and M. Gu, “Two-photon induced photoluminescence of CdS quantum rod ensembles,” International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology ICONN 2008, Feb. 2008, Melbourne, Australia
  13. J. W. M. Chon, et. al., “Recent Progress in Recording ofPhase-change Media Doped with Metallic Nanorods” Centre for Information Storage Devices Annual Meeting, CISD 2008 15-16 Feb. 2008, Jeju, Korea – invited presentation
  14. J. W. M. Chon, et. al., “Low threshold photothermal recording on Ge2Sb2Te5 doped with gold nanorods,” International SUper-RENS and Plasmon Science & Technology Symposium ISPS07, Feb. 2007, Tsukuba, Japan– invited presentation
  15. X. Li, J. W. M. Chon, S. Wu, R. E. Evans, and M. Gu, “Rewritable polarization-encoded multi-layer data storage in 2,5-dimethyl-4-(p-nitrophenylazo)anisole doped polymer,” Australian Optical Society meeting, July 2006, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
  16. S. Kuriakose, M. Gu, X. Gan, and J. W. M. Chon, Near-field optical tweezersProc. SPIE5930 1, (2005) –Invited presentation
  17. J. W. M. Chon, C. Bullen, J. Moser and M. Gu, “Spectral encoding of semiconductor nanocrystals embedded in polymer matrix”, 7th Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy 2005, Rotorua, New Zealand, 5-9 Dec 2005
  18. J. W. M. Chon & M. Gu, “The effect of fluorescence intermittency on ensemble fluorescence of semiconductor nanocrystals: Bleaching due to blinking,” 2004 Annual Conference of the Australian Optical Society, ANU, Canberra, Australia 5-8 July (2004).
  19. J. W. M. Chon, Roberto Calati & M. Gu, “Three photon excited fluorescence of CdS semiconductor nanocrystals,” Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy, The University of Melbourne, Australia, 1-4 December 2003. –Invited presentation
  20. M. Gu & J. W. M. Chon, “Multiphoton fluorescence imaging and spectroscopy of nanocrystal quantum dots,” Asia Pacific Nanotechnology Forum, 2nd Annual Conference, Cairns, Australia, 19-21 November 2003.
  21. J. W. M. Chon, X. Gan and M. Gu, Splitting of the focal spot of a high numerical-aperture in a free space, Australian Optical Society conference, Sydney, Australia, July 2002.
  22. J. W. M. Chon, X. Gan and M. Gu, Scanning total internal reflection microscopy using an objective of NA=1.65, Multi-dimensional Microscopy (MDM) 2001, Melbourne, AustraliaNov 25-28, 2001.

Patents

  1. R. Evans, N. Malic, M. Gu, K. Choi, and J. W. M. Chon, Holographc photopolymer recording medium, US patent 60/924719 filed on 2008
  2. K. Choi, J. W. M. Chon, R. Evans, N. Malic, M. Gu, Method and apparatus for recording optical information, Patent Application No. 2007902139 (2007).
  3. P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon and M. Gu, "Recording process, system and medium"Patent Application No. 30773583/RAB/SPM (2009)

Featured research highlights in scientific magazines

  1. P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon- Corresponding Author and M. Gu, Five-dimensional optical recording mediated by surface plasmons in gold nanorods,
    Nature459, 410-413 (2009)(featured on the cover of Nature, 21 May 2009 issue)
  2. P. Zijlstra, A. L. Tchebotareva, J. W. M. Chon- Corresponding AuthorM. Gu, and M. Orrit, Acoustic Oscillations and Elastic Moduli of Single Gold Nanorods, Nano Lett.8, 3493-3497 (2008)(featured on Nature Asia Materials Research highlight, 3 Dec. 2008)
  3. K. Choi, P. Zijlstra, J. W. M. Chon, M. Gu, Fabrication of Low-Threshold 3D, Void Structures inside a Polymer Matrix Doped with Gold Nanorods, Adv. Funct. Mater.18, 2237-2245 (2008) (featured on the inside front cover of Adv. Funct. Mater. 18, August 6, 2008)
  4. X. Li, J. W. M. Chon, R. A. Evans, and M. Gu, Two-photon energy transfer enhanced three-dimensional optical memory in quantum-dot and azo-dye doped polymers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 063309 (2008)(featured in Nature Photonics Research highlight, Nature Photonics 7, 402 2008)
  5. K. Choi, J. W. M. Chon, M. Gu, and B. Lee, Characterization of a subwavelength-scale 3D void structure using the FDTD-based confocal laser scanning microscopic image mapping technique, Opt. Express, 15, 10767-10781 (2007)NB: This work was featured on the cover page of Optics Express 15, August 20, 2007.
  6. “Five-Dimensional DVD Could Store 1.6 Terabytes” IEEE spectrum, May 2009
  7. “OPTICAL DATA STORAGE: Polarization and wavelength-resolved recording comes of age” Laser Focus World 45 Issue 4 July 2009
  8. “Data storage enters the fifth dimension” Physics World May 2009
  9. Gold nanorods enable five dimensional optical recording, MRS Bulletin news, Vol. 34 Aug 2009
  10. “A new dimension” Nature Photonics p.370 Vol.3 July 2009
  11. “DVD to harness hyperspace” Nature news, May 20 2009
  12. “Information storage: The fifth dimension” Nature Nanotechnology, Research highlight, 22 May 2009
  13. “Laser 2005, CLEO/EUROPE Preview” Laser Focus World p. 141, May (2005)
  14. “Optical tweezers: Near-field technique reduces trapping volume,” Laser Focus World, August (2004).
  15. “Objective allows near-field two-photon microscopy,” Biophotonics International, June (2003).