Time-varying media have recently emerged as a new paradigm for wave manipulation, due
to the synergy between the discovery of highly nonlinear materials, such as epsilon-near …

In the past 20 years, we have reached a broad understanding of many light-driven
phenomena in nanoscale systems. The temporal dynamics of the excited states are instead …

Abstract Magneto-optical (MO) effects, viz. magnetically induced changes in light intensity or
polarization upon reflection from or transmission through a magnetic sample, were …

With its unique and exclusive linear and nonlinear optical characteristics, epsilon-near-zero
(ENZ) photonics has drawn a tremendous amount of attention in the recent decade in the …

In the continuously evolving realm of nonlinear optics, epsilon near zero (ENZ) materials
have captured significant scientific interest, becoming a compelling focal point over the past …

Ultrafast all-optical switches based on epsilon-near-zero (ENZ)-enhanced nonlinear
refraction in transparent conducting oxides have achieved exciting results in realizing large …

The engineering of the spatial and temporal properties of both the electric permittivity and
the refractive index of materials is at the core of photonics. When vanishing to zero, those …

Nonlinear optical effects have enabled numerous applications such as laser frequency
conversion, ultrafast electro-optical, and all-optical modulation. Both gaseous and bulk …

Molecular polaritons are hybrid light-matter states that emerge when a molecular transition
strongly interacts with photons in a resonator. At optical frequencies, this interaction unlocks …

Plasmonics represents a unique approach to confine and enhance electromagnetic
radiation well below the diffraction limit, bringing a huge potential for novel applications, for …