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Nanomechanics, nanoacoustics, and nanophononics refer to the engineering of acoustic phonons and elastic waves at the nanoscale and their interactions with other excitations such as magnons, electrons, and photons. This engineering enables…
The abrupt phase change of light at metasurfaces provides high flexibility in wave manipulation without the need of accumulation of propagating phase through dispersive materials. In the linear optical regime, one important application…
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In recent years there has been significant fundamental research into phonon polaritons, owing to their ability to compress light to extremely small dimensions, low-losses, and ability to support anisotropic propagation. In this perspective,…
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Nonlinear optics underpins a broad range of photonic technologies, from classical and quantum light sources to emerging nonlinear photonic neural networks. Yet, conventional nonlinear optical devices exhibit static functionality: their…
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Photonics and optoelectronics are at the foundations of widespread technologies, from high-speed Internet to systems for artificial intelligence, automotive LiDAR, and optical quantum computing. Light enables ultrafast speeds and low energy…
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Plasmonics represents a unique approach to confine and enhance electromagnetic radiation well below the diffraction limit, bringing a huge potential for novel applications, for instance in energy harvesting, optoelectronics, and nanoscale…
The extraordinary properties of resonant four-wave mixing of backward waves in doped negative-index materials are investigated. The feasibility of independent engineering of negative refractive index and nonlinear optical response as well…