光学
We investigate the ultrafast electron dynamics of a model of a wide-bandgap material with inner, valence, and conduction bands excited by an intense few-femtosecond pump and monitored by a delayed attosecond extreme-ultraviolet probe pulse.…
Self-injection-locked (SIL) narrow-linewidth lasers based on high-Q microresonators are promising sources for frequency-modulated continuous-wave (FMCW) LiDAR, but the SIL mechanism as well as its key characteristics such as the frequency…
A planar chiral plasmonic nanoantenna exhibiting an excitation-chirality-dependent hot spot in a nanogap is numerically investigated. Additionally, the underlying design principles are examined, providing a broadly applicable framework for…
Tunable directional edge enhancement facilitates the acquisition of distinct morphological features from objects, a capability that plays a vital role in enhancing the reliability and safety of autonomous driving systems. However, building…
The controlled fabrication and chiroptical characterization of microscale chiral structures remain central challenges in photonics, sensing, and metamaterial engineering. Here we demonstrate an accessible, low-cost platform that combines…
A central challenge in plasmonic upconversion is coupling between near-field engineering at the pump wavelength and local-density-of-optical-states (LDOS) engineering at the emission wavelengths. Here we show that a corrugated SU8/Au/Al2O3…
Micropipes are among the most detrimental defects in SiC wafer and are closely linked to catastrophic device failure. However, the microscopic defect nature of their internal sidewalls and the mechanism of the associated leakage current…
The ability to engineer localized surface plasmon resonances at large scale usually relies on precise nanoscale patterning. Here, we demonstrate that mid-infrared plasmonic responses can instead emerge in unpatterned polysilicon films…
Superconducting electronics have emerged as a promising platform for advanced information processing, offering unique opportunities for on chip computation and signal manipulation at cryogenic temperatures. These devices hold particular…
Hemispherical amorphous silicon nanoparticles exhibit asymmetric optical scattering for forward illumination (base-to-apex) and backward illumination (apex-to-base). There exists an anapole mode only for backward propagation, not for…
We design a system-level architecture for approaching the shot noise limit for passive triangulation of a quasi-monochromatic point source. Our emphasis is not in the novelty of the basic physics, but that existing systems lose fundamental…
We present a systematic study of high-contrast dielectric gratings operating as broadband quarter-wave plates in the terahertz range. Using higher-order effective medium theory, we identify an achromatic operating regime characterized by a…
Ferroelectric materials have colossal optical nonlinearities, but their integration into quantum photonic chips is made challenging by the additional loss mechanisms that they introduce. Here we present a perturbative theory that expresses…
Quantitative phase microscopy (QPM) enables label-free measurement of local optical path length variations, providing critical insight into the structure and dynamics of transparent biological specimens. Here, a highly sensitive lateral…
Optical beam steering is an essential technology for free-space optical communication, reconfigurable optical networks and quantum information systems. Yet conventional steering methods either require bulky mechanical mechanisms, or rely on…
Optically addressable spin defects in silicon carbide, including the neutral divacancy (VV$^0$) and the negative nitrogen-vacancy (NV$^-$), are among leading building blocks of solid-state quantum technologies. Integrating these defects…
Single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays have transformed optical imaging by enabling photon-counting sensitivity, picosecond resolution, and high frame-rate operation. These capabilities, however, have remained confined to the visible…
Snapshot full-Stokes polarimetry across multiple wavelengths remains challenging because conventional architectures rely on multiplexed measurements and bulky optics. We present an end-to-end framework that reconstructs RGB full-Stokes…
The terahertz (THz) spectral regime offers unique opportunities for next-generation biochemical sensing due to its non-destructive, label-free probing capability and strong sensitivity to molecular vibrations. However, conventional THz…
Applications for ultra-stable lasers outside controlled laboratory environments require compact and robust optical resonators with reduced sensitivity to temperature fluctuations. The low thermal expansion coefficient (CTE) and the high…