Singular optics empowered by engineered optical materials

H Barati Sedeh, NM Litchinitser - Nanophotonics, 2023 - degruyter.com
The rapid development of optical technologies, such as optical manipulation, data
processing, sensing, microscopy, and communications, necessitates new degrees of …

Highly sensitive terahertz sensor based on graphene metamaterial absorber

S Ma, P Zhang, X Mi, H Zhao - Optics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we theoretically propose a highly sensitive terahertz sensor based on a
graphene metamaterial absorber in the THz region. The numerical analysis of the proposed …

Graphene-based metamaterial absorber for refractive index sensing applications in terahertz band

MR Nickpay, M Danaie, A Shahzadi - Diamond and Related Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
A tunable triple-band absorption-based refractive index (RI) sensor with a combined
graphene pattern in the terahertz (THz) band has been proposed in this paper. The …

Graphene-based tunable quad-band fan-shaped split-ring metamaterial absorber and refractive index sensor for THz spectrum

MR Nickpay, M Danaie, A Shahzadi - Micro and Nanostructures, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel quad-band, fan-shaped split-ring metamaterial absorber and refractive index sensor
for THz spectrum is presented in this paper. The structure is based on periodic graphene …

Ultrahigh-Q polarization-independent terahertz metamaterial absorber using pattern-free graphene for sensing applications

Y Chen, G Sun, J Wei, Y Miao, W Zhang, K Wu… - Nanomaterials, 2024 - mdpi.com
In contrast to noble metals, graphene exhibits significantly lower loss, especially useful for
optical sensing applications that require ultrahigh Q factors, and offer wide range tunability …

Dynamic control of light scattering in a single particle enabled by time modulation

MM Sadafi, AF da Mota, H Mosallaei - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The interaction of light with time-varying materials offers intriguing opportunities for
controlling light scattering and wavefront manipulation, thereby unlocking fascinating …

Terahertz optical modulator and highly sensitive terahertz sensor governed by bound states in the continuum in graphene-dielectric hybrid metamaterial

S Ma, S Wen, X Mi, H Zhao - Optics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
We propose a graphene-dielectric hybrid metamaterial (GDHM) that supports the quasi-
bound state in the continuum (BIC). By rotating one of the LiTaO 3 bars, the quasi-BIC …

Graphene-enhanced polarization-independent high-Q terahertz metamaterial absorber with tunability for sensing applications

Y Chen, G Sun, J Wei, W Zhang, K Wu, Q Wang - Optics Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
Terahertz metamaterial absorber (TMMA) has broad prospects for sensing applications. To
achieve high sensitivities and low detection limits in practice, a TMMA should exhibit a high …

Bifunctional terahertz sensor based on tunable graphene metamaterial absorber

S Ma, S Wen, X Mi, H Zhao, J Zhao - Optics Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we propose a tunable graphene metamaterial absorber (TGMA) as a
bifunctional terahertz sensor. The TGMA can excite one peak with a maximum absorption of …

From non-scattering to super-scattering with Mie-tronics

H Barati Sedeh, NM Litchinitser - Photonics Research, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Electric anapoles, arising from the destructive interference of primitive and toroidal electric
dipole moments, have recently emerged as a fundamental class of non-scattering sources …