Here, we review the progress and most recent advances in phonon-polaritonics, an
emerging and growing field that has brought about a range of powerful possibilities for mid …

Passive radiative cooling, which pumps heat to outer space via thermal radiation, has been
a promising energy free technology to maintain the earth surface temperature. Nighttime …

Inspired by moth eyes, nature's most powerful antireflex, we present a subwavelength SiC
micropyramid design, which operates in the reststrahlen band of SiC, namely, the spectral …

In this paper, we investigate aperiodic multilayer structures for use as narrow-angular
absorbers. The layer thicknesses and materials are optimized using a genetic global …

Graphene attracts enormous interest for photonic applications as it provides a degree of
freedom to manipulate electromagnetic waves. In this paper, we present new graphene …

The passive radiative cooling approach refers to the physical process that pumps heat into
outer space via the atmospheric window (8–13 μm) without energy input. The ability to …

This chapter focuses on some unique mid-infrared (IR) radiative properties enabled by
doped-Si nanostructures and metamaterials for applications in plasmonic sensing …

Highly asymmetric effects in the photonic responses of structured materials have been
attracting increasing attention recently, since they enable a higher degree of directional …

In this thesis, we focus on the optimization and analysis of one-dimensional nanophotonic
structures. We begin with an introduction to nanophotonics with and outline a transfer-matrix …

In this dissertation, we begin with a brief introduction to nanophotonics. In particular, we will
focus on the theory of computational electricity and magnetism, specifically, the method used …