Members: Research Fellows > Ramón y Cajal

Biographical Info

• 2022-Present, Ramón y Cajal Fellow, UAM.
• 2019-2022, FCT Research Fellow, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Tecnico-University of Lisbon.
• 2018-2019 Research Fellow, Imperial College London.
• 2016-2018 Marie Curie Fellow, Imperial College London.
• 2014-2016 Research Associate, Imperial College London.
• 2013 PhD, UAM.
• 2009 Degree in Physics, UAM.

Honors and Awards

• 2022 Ramón y Cajal Fellowship
• 2021 FCT Associate Researcher Fellowship
• 2019 FCT Junior Researcher Fellowship
• 2016 Marie Curie Individual Fellowship
• 2016 Dan David Prize scholarship for young researchers
• 2014 Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado (Extraordinary Prize of PhD Thesis)

Research Interests

• Nano and quantum optics
• Plasmonics and metamaterials
• Topological physics

Relevant/Recent Publications

1. An Archimedes’ screw for light, Emanuele Galiffi, Paloma A. Huidobro, and J. B. Pendry, Nature Communications 13, 2523 (2022). [URL]
2. Homogenisation theory of space-time metamaterials, Paloma A. Huidobro, Mario G. Silveirinha, Emanuele Galiffi and J. B. Pendry, Physical Review Applied 16, 014044 (2021). [URL]
3. Wood Anomalies and Surface-Wave Excitation with a Time Grating, Emanuele Galiffi, Yao-Ting Wang, Zhen Lim, J. B. Pendry, Andrea Alù, and Paloma A. Huidobro, Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 127403, (2020). [URL]
4. On the robustness of topological corner modes in photonic crystals, Matthew Proctor, Paloma A Huidobro, Barry Bradlyn, Maria Blanco de Paz, Maia G. Vergniory, Dario Bercioux, Aitzol Garcia-Etxarri, Physical Review Research, 2, 042038(R) (2020). [URL]
5. Fresnel drag in space-time modulated metamaterials, P. A. Huidobro, E. Galiffi, S. Guenneau, R. V. Craster, and J. B. Pendry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(50), 24943-24948, (2019). [URL]
6. Exciting Pseudospin Dependent Edge States in Plasmonic Metasurfaces, M. Proctor, R. V. Craster, S. A. Maier, V. Giannini, and P. A. Huidobro, ACS Photonics 6(11), 2985-2995, (2019). [URL]
7. Compacted dimensions and singular plasmonic surfaces, J. B. Pendry, P. A. Huidobro, Y. Luo, and E. Galiffi, Science. 358-6365, pp.915-917 (2017). [URL]
8. Graphene as a Tunable Anisotropic or Isotropic Plasmonic Metasurface, P. A. Huidobro, M. Kraft, S. A. Maier and J. B. Pendry, ACS Nano 10(5), 5499-5506, (2016). [URL]
9. Magnetic Localized Surface Plasmons, Paloma A. Huidobro, Xiaopeng Shen, J. Cuerda, Esteban Moreno, L. Martin-Moreno, F. J. Garcia-Vidal, Tie Jun Cui, and J. B. Pendry, Phys. Rev. X 4, 021003, (2014). [URL]
10. Transformation Optics for Plasmonics, P. A. Huidobro, M. L. Nesterov, L. Martín-Moreno, and F. J. García-Vidal, Nano Letters, 10(6), 1985-90 (2010). [URL]