Thomas Antoni

Thomas Antoni is a researcher affiliated with the Laboratory Light, Matter and Interfaces. His work focuses on surface phonon-polaritons, thermal conductivity in nanostructures, and optomechanical systems.

• Thermal transport via surface phonon-polaritons in polar materials
• Mechanisms of heat transfer in asymmetric and anisotropic nanoenvironments
• Mid-infrared quantum cascade laser engineering
• Optomechanical nanoparticle detection

Recent publications (2024) highlight his contributions to:

• Quantized thermal conductance in nanowires
• Broadband surface wave excitation in SiO2 films
• Optical coupling structures for infrared detectors

The Laboratory Light, Matter and Interfaces explores fundamental interactions between light and nanoscale matter, with Antoni contributing to advancements in thermal and optomechanical technologies.