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In recent years, the large electric field enhancement and tight spatial confinement supported by the so-called epsilon near-zero (ENZ) mode has attracted significant attention for the realization of efficient nonlinear optical devices.…
In recent years, the large electric field enhancement and tight spatial confinement supported by the so-called epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) mode have attracted significant attention for the realization of efficient nonlinear optical devices.…
In recent years, particular physical phenomena enabled by non-Hermitian metamaterial systems have attracted significant research interests. In this paper, a non-Hermitian three-dimensional metamaterial near the exceptional point (EP) is…
In the context of electromagnetic absorption, it is obvious that for an infinite planar periodic structure illuminated by a plane wave, the maximum attainable absorptance, i.e., perfect absorption, is theoretically limited to 100% of the…
Absorbing boundaries are frequently employed in real-time propagation of the Schr\"odinger equation to remove spurious reflections and efficiently emulate outgoing boundary conditions. These conditions are a fundamental ingredient for an…
Absorption of terahertz waves by a metasurface comprising a biperiodic array of pixellated meta-atoms on top of a dielectric substrate backed by a perfect electric conductor was simulated using a commercial software, with either all or a…
A simple design paradigm for making broad-band ultra-thin plasmonic absorbers is introduced. The absorber's unit cell is composed of sub-units of various sizes, resulting in nearly 100% absorbance at multiple adjacent frequencies and high…
We obtain analytical solutions for positive-to-negative transition materials with a smooth transition profile "$\tanh$". The fields are expressed in terms of hypergeometric functions. The final expressions for reflection and transmission…
Periodic metallic structures are known to support resonant extraordinary transmission (EOT). When covered with graphene, these structures can be employed to effectively manipulate the light. In this work, we propose an analytical circuit…
Near perfect infrared light absorption at multi-spectral wavelengths has been experimentally demonstrated by using multiplexed metal square plasmon resonance structures. Optical power absorption over 95% has been observed in dual-band…
The requirement for metamaterial perfect absorbers (MPA) based on doped semiconductors is steadily increasing due to the available matured fabrication and simulation technology. There is a particular interest in developing terahertz (THz)…
We report that a longitudinal epsilon-near-zero (LENZ) film leads to giant field enhancement and strong radiation emission of sources in it and that these features are superior to what found in previous studies related to isotropic ENZ.…
We study a $d=2$ discrete solid--on--solid model of complete wetting of a rough substrate with random self--affine boundary, having roughness exponent $\zeta_s$. A suitable transfer matrix approach allows to discuss adsorption isotherms, as…
Designing broadband metamaterial perfect absorbers is challenging due to the intrinsically narrow bandwidth of surface plasmon resonances. Here, the paper reports an ultra-broadband metamaterial absorber by using space filling Gosper curve.…
Terahertz (THz) anisotropic absorption in graphene could be significantly modified upon applying a static magnetic field on its ultra-fast 2D Dirac electrons. In general, by deriving the generalized Fresnel coefficients for monolayer…
Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials have emerged as viable platforms for strong nonlinear optical (NLO) interactions. The NLO phase shift in materials exhibiting an ENZ condition is extremely large, however, direct experimental measurements…
Using the density functional theory of electronic structure, we compute the anisotropic dielectric response of bulk black phosphorus subject to strain. Employing the obtained permittivity tensor, we solve Maxwell's equations and study the…
In this work, we study the electrodynamics of metamaterials that consist of resonant non-magnetic inclusions embedded in an epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) host medium. It is shown that the inclusions can be designed in such a way that both the…
The wetting properties of solid substrates with customary (i.e., macroscopic) random roughness are considered as a function of the microscopic contact angle of the wetting liquid and its partial pressure in the surrounding gas phase.…
We suggest a principle for isolation of circularly polarized waves in magnetically active extreme-parameter metamaterials. Using theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, we show that metamaterials with extreme parameters, such as…