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Denmark
2026

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Materials Science

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Citations
22116
World Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

N. Asger Mortensen is affiliated with the University of Southern Denmark in Denmark. Their research spans several interconnected fields including Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science.

The principal areas of study in their work include Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The research topics Mortensen is involved with cover a range of subjects related to nanophotonics and materials science. These include:

  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Strong Light-Matter Interactions
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications

Mortensen has contributed extensively to scientific literature. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Nanophotonic Structural Colors," 2020, published in ACS Photonics
  • "Plasmon-emitter interactions at the nanoscale," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Quantum Nanophotonics in Two-Dimensional Materials," 2021, published in ACS Photonics
  • "Mesoscopic electrodynamics at metal surfaces," 2021, published in Nanophotonics
  • "Strong Light-Matter Interactions Enabled by Polaritons in Atomically Thin Materials," 2020, published in Advanced Optical Materials

Frequent co-authors of Mortensen include Christos Tserkezis, Christian Wolff, N. M. R. Peres, Joel D. Cox, and Vladimir A. Zenin.

Mortensen's works are published predominantly in a set of recognized scientific venues such as Nanophotonics, arXiv (Cornell University), ACS Photonics, Advanced Optical Materials, and Physical Review B.

Best Publications

  • Plasmonic colour generation

    Anders Kristensen;Joel K. W. Yang;Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi;Stephan Link

  • Graphene antidot lattices: designed defects and spin qubits.

    Thomas Garm Pedersen;Christian Flindt;Christian Flindt;Jesper Pedersen;Niels Asger Mortensen

  • A generalized non-local optical response theory for plasmonic nanostructures

    N. Asger Mortensen;Søren Raza;Martijn Wubs;Thomas Søndergaard

  • Effective area of photonic crystal fibers

    Niels Asger Mortensen

  • Nonlocal optical response in metallic nanostructures

    Søren Raza;Sergey I Bozhevolnyi;Martijn Wubs;N Asger Mortensen

  • Modal cutoff and the V parameter in photonic crystal fibers

    Niels Asger Mortensen;Jacob Riis Folkenberg;Martin D Nielsen;Kim P Hansen

  • Plasmonic colour laser printing

    Xiaolong Zhu;Christoph Vannahme;Emil Højlund-Nielsen;N. Asger Mortensen

  • Reexamination of Hagen-Poiseuille flow: Shape dependence of the hydraulic resistance in microchannels

    Niels Asger Mortensen;Fridolin Okkels;Henrik Bruus

  • Plasmonic Metasurfaces for Coloration of Plastic Consumer Products

    Jeppe Sandvik Clausen;Emil Højlund-Nielsen;Alexander Bruun Christiansen;Sadegh Yazdi

  • Resonance shifts and spill-out effects in self-consistent hydrodynamic nanoplasmonics

    Giuseppe Toscano;Jakob Straubel;Alexander Kwiatkowski;Carsten Rockstuhl

  • Resonant laser printing of structural colors on high-index dielectric metasurfaces

    Xiaolong Zhu;Wei Yan;Uriel Levy;N. Asger Mortensen

  • Unusual resonances in nanoplasmonic structures due to nonlocal response

    Søren Raza;Giuseppe Toscano;Antti-Pekka Jauho;Martijn Wubs

  • Modified field enhancement and extinction by plasmonic nanowire dimers due to nonlocal response.

    Giuseppe Toscano;Søren Raza;Antti-Pekka Jauho;N. Asger Mortensen

  • Nanophotonic Structural Colors

    Soroosh Daqiqeh Rezaei;Zhaogang Dong;John You En Chan;Jonathan Trisno

  • Modified field enhancement in plasmonic nanowire dimers due to nonlocal response

    Giuseppe Toscano;Søren Raza;Antti-Pekka Jauho;N. Asger Mortensen

  • Enhanced light-matter interaction in graphene-covered gold nanovoid arrays

    Xiaolong Zhu;Lei Shi;Michael S. Schmidt;Anja Boisen

  • Improved large-mode-area endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibers

    N. A. Mortensen;M. D. Nielsen;J. R. Folkenberg;A. Petersson

  • Effective Electro-Optical Modulation with High Extinction Ratio by a Graphene–Silicon Microring Resonator

    Yunhong Ding;Xiaolong Zhu;Sanshui Xiao;Hao Hu

  • Blueshift of the surface plasmon resonance in silver nanoparticles studied with EELS

    Søren Raza;Nicolas Stenger;Shima Kadkhodazadeh;Søren Vang Fischer

  • Enhanced Light–Matter Interactions in Graphene-Covered Gold Nanovoid Arrays

    Xiaolong Zhu;Lei Shi;Michael Stenbæk Schmidt;Anja Boisen

  • Modal cut-off and the V-parameter in photonic crystal fibers

    N. A. Mortensen;J. R. Folkenberg;M. D. Nielsen;K. P. Hansen

Frequent Co-Authors

Sanshui Xiao
Sanshui Xiao Technical University of Denmark
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi
Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi University of Southern Denmark
Antti-Pekka Jauho
Antti-Pekka Jauho Technical University of Denmark
Anders Kristensen
Anders Kristensen Technical University of Denmark
Nuno M. R. Peres
Nuno M. R. Peres University of Minho
Yunhong Ding
Yunhong Ding Technical University of Denmark
Andrei V. Lavrinenko
Andrei V. Lavrinenko Technical University of Denmark
Kristian Sommer Thygesen
Kristian Sommer Thygesen Technical University of Denmark
Hao Hu
Hao Hu Technical University of Denmark
Ole Hansen
Ole Hansen Technical University of Denmark

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