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Peter Johansson

Position: Professor School/office: School of Science and Technology

Email: cGV0ZXIuam9oYW5zc29uO29ydS5zZQ==

Phone: +46 19 303275

Room: T2117

Research subject

Physics

About Peter Johansson

Peter Johansson is a Professor of Physics.

Research

Peter Johansson's research is in theoretical solid state physics. In recent years he has primarily worked on plasmonics, the study of optical and electromagnetic properties of nanoparticles and nanostructures, usually made out of noble metals. These systems can be used to control, manipulate, and concentrate light at very short length scales, shorter than the light wavelength. Plasmonic effects have applications, for example in the study of various biomolecules with optical techniques such as Raman scattering. Most of the work is carried out in collaboration with experimental groups, in particular at Chalmers University of Technology in Göteborg.

Active projects

Theoretical nanoplasmonics

Research groups

Solid State Physics

Publications

Articles in journals | Articles, reviews/surveys |

Articles in journals

Johansson, P. , Käll, M. & Šípová-Jungová, H. (2025). Depolarized Forward Light Scattering for Subnanometer Precision in Biomolecular Layer Analysis on Gold Nanorods. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, 16 (5), 1288-1295. [BibTeX]
Shanei, M. , Wang, G. , Johansson, P. , Volpe, G. & Käll, M. (2025). Harnessing Photon Recoil for Enhanced Torque on Light-Driven Metarotors. Nano Letters. [BibTeX]
Engay, E. , Shanei, M. , Mylnikov, V. , Wang, G. , Johansson, P. , Volpe, G. & Käll, M. (2025). Transverse optical gradient force in untethered rotating metaspinners. Light: Science & Applications, 14 (1). [BibTeX]
Cui, X. , Mylnikov, V. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2024). Synchronization of optically self-assembled nanorotors. Science Advances, 10 (10). [BibTeX]
Länk, N. O. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2020). Optical Tweezing and Photothermal Properties of Resonant Dielectric and Metallic Nanospheres. ACS Photonics, 7 (9), 2405-2412. [BibTeX]
Andrén, D. , Länk, N. O. , Sípová-Jungová, H. , Jones, S. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2019). Surface Interactions of Gold Nanoparticles Optically Trapped against an Interface. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 123 (26), 16406-16414. [BibTeX]
Länk, N. O. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2018). Directional scattering and multipolar contributions to optical forces on silicon nanoparticles in focused laser beams. Optics Express, 26 (22), 29074-29085. [BibTeX]
Shao, L. , Andrén, D. , Jones, S. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2018). Optically controlled stochastic jumps of individual gold nanorod rotary motors. Physical Review B, 98 (8). [BibTeX]
Hajizadeh, F. , Shao, L. , Andrén, D. , Johansson, P. , Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. & Käll, M. (2017). Brownian fluctuations of an optically rotated nanorod. Optica, 4 (7), 746-751. [BibTeX]
Aissaoui, N. , Moth-Poulsen, K. , Käll, M. , Johansson, P. , Wilhelmsson, L. M. & Albinsson, B. (2017). FRET enhancement close to gold nanoparticles positioned in DNA origami constructs. Nanoscale, 9 (2), 673-683. [BibTeX]
Odebo Länk, N. , Verre, R. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2017). Large-Scale Silicon Nanophotonic Metasurfaces with Polarization Independent Near-Perfect Absorption. Nano letters (Print), 17 (5), 3054-3060. [BibTeX]
Andrén, D. , Shao, L. , Länk, N. O. , Acimovic, S. S. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2017). Probing Photothermal Effects on Optically Trapped Gold Nanorods by Simultaneous Plasmon Spectroscopy and Brownian Dynamics Analysis. ACS Nano, 11 (10), 10053-10061. [BibTeX]
Shao, L. , Yang, Z. , Andren, D. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2015). Gold Nanorod Rotary Motors Driven by Resonant Light Scattering. ACS Nano, 9 (12), 12542-12551. [BibTeX]
Wersäll, M. , Verre, R. , Svedendahl, M. , Johansson, P. , Käll, M. & Shegai, T. (2014). Directional Nanoplasmonic Antennas for Self-Referenced Refractometric Molecular Analysis. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118 (36), 21075-21080. [BibTeX]
Ogier, R. , Fang, Y. , Svedendahl, M. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2014). Macroscopic Layers of Chiral Plasmonic Nanoparticle Oligomers from Colloidal Lithography. ACS Photonics, 1 (10), 1074-1081. [BibTeX]
Lehmuskero, A. , Li, Y. , Johansson, P. & Johansson, M. (2014). Plasmonic particles set into fast orbital motion by an optical vortex beam. Optics express, 22 (4), 4349-4356. [BibTeX]
Zengin, G. , Johansson, G. , Johansson, P. , Antosiewicz, T. J. , Käll, M. & Shegai, T. (2013). Approaching the strong coupling limit in single plasmonic nanorods interacting with J-aggregates. Scientific Reports, 3. [BibTeX]
Svedendahl, M. , Johansson, P. & Kall, M. (2013). Complete light annihilation in an ultrathin layer of gold nanoparticles. Nano letters (Print), 13 (7), 3053-3058. [BibTeX]
Schneider, N. L. , Johansson, P. & Berndt, R. (2013). Hot electron cascades in the scanning tunneling microscope. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 87 (045409). [BibTeX]
Lehmuskero, A. , Ogier, R. , Gschneidtner, T. , Johansson, P. & Kall, M. (2013). Ultrafast spinning of gold nanoparticles in water using circularly polarized light. Nano letters (Print), 13 (7), 3129-3134. [BibTeX]
Schwind, M. , Miljkovic, V. D. , Zäch, M. , Gusak, V. , Käll, M. , Zoric, I. & Johansson, P. (2012). Diffraction from Arrays of Plasmonic Nanoparticles with Short-Range Lateral Order. ACS Nano, 6 (11), 9455-9465. [BibTeX]
Shegai, T. , Johansson, P. , Langhammer, C. & Kall, M. (2012). Directional scattering and hydrogen sensing by bimetallic Pd-Au nanoantennas. Nano letters (Print), 12 (5), 2464-2469. [BibTeX]
Miljkovic, V. D. , Shegai, T. , Johansson, P. & Kall, M. (2012). Simulating light scattering from supported plasmonic nanowires. Optics Express, 20 (10), 10816-10826. [BibTeX]
Shegai, T. , Chen, S. , Miljkovic, V. D. , Zengin, G. , Johansson, P. & Kall, M. (2011). A bimetallic nanoantenna for directional colour routing. Nature Communications, 2, 481. [BibTeX]
Johansson, P. (2011). Electromagnetic Green's function for layered systems: applications to nanohole interactions in thin metal films. Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 83 (19), 195408. [BibTeX]
Miljkovic, V. D. , Shegai, T. , Käll, M. & Johansson, P. (2011). Mode-specific directional emission from hybridized particle-on-a-film plasmons. Optics Express, 19 (14), 12856-12864. [BibTeX]
Tong, L. , Miljkovic, V. D. , Johansson, P. & Kall, M. (2011). Plasmon hybridization reveals the interaction between individual colloidal gold nanoparticles confined in an optical potential well. Nano letters (Print), 11 (11), 4505-4508. [BibTeX]
Shegai, T. , Miljkovic, V. D. , Bao, K. , Xu, H. , Nordlander, P. , Johansson, P. & Kall, M. (2011). Unidirectional broadband light emission from supported plasmonic nanowires. Nano letters (Print), 11 (2), 706-711. [BibTeX]
Miljkovic, V. D. , Pakizeh, T. , Sepulveda, B. , Johansson, P. & Kall, M. (2010). Optical Forces in Plasmonic Nanoparticle Dimers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114 (16), 7472-7479. [BibTeX]
Schull, G. , Neel, N. , Johansson, P. & Berndt, R. (2009). Electron-Plasmon and Electron-Electron Interactions at a Single Atom Contact. Physical Review Letters, 102 (5), 057401. [BibTeX]
Alegret, J. , Johansson, P. & Käll, M. (2008). Green’s tensor calculations of plasmon resonances of single holes and hole pairs in thin gold films. New Journal of Physics, 10 (105004). [BibTeX]
Sepulveda, B. , Alaverdyan, Y. , Alegret, J. , Käll, M. & Johansson, P. (2008). Shape effects in the localized surface plasmon resonance of single nanoholes in thin metal films. Optics Express, 16 (8), 5609-5616. [BibTeX]
Alegret, J. , Käll, M. & Johansson, P. (2007). Top-down extended meshing algorithm and its applications to Green's tensor nano-optics calculations. Physical Review E. Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics: Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics, 75 (4). [BibTeX]

Articles, reviews/surveys

Lehmuskero, A. , Johansson, P. , Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. , Tong, L. & Käll, M. (2015). Laser trapping of colloidal metal nanoparticles. ACS Nano, 9 (4), 3453-3469. [BibTeX]