Structures with near-zero parameters (for example, media with near-zero relative permittivity
and/or relative permeability, and thus a near-zero refractive index) exhibit a number of …

The discovery, design and development of materials are critically linked to advances in
many areas of research, and optics is no exception. Recently, the spectral region in which …

Single-aperture cavities are a key component of lasers that are instrumental for the
amplification and emission of a single light mode. However, the appearance of high-order …

Metamaterials are artificial structures that are usually described by effective medium
parameters on the macroscopic scale, and these metamaterials are referred to as 'analog …

Metasurfaces are a topic of significant research and are used in various applications due to
their unique ability to manipulate electromagnetic waves in microwave and optical …

Metamaterials are artificial structures with the ability of exhibiting unusual and exotic
electromagnetic properties such as the realisation of negative permittivity and permeability …

Metasurfaces, composed of 2-D planar arrays of sub-wavelength metallic or dielectric
scatterers, have provided unprecedented freedoms in manipulating electromagnetic (EM) …

Materials engineered at the micro-and nanometer scales have had a tremendous and
lasting impact in photonics and phononics. At much larger scales, natural soils civil …

Microwave-absorbing materials are widely utilized in military and civilian applications.
Moreover, their environmental potential to refine electromagnetic pollution has promoted …

Abstract Epsilon‐near‐zero (ENZ) photonics is the study of light–matter interactions in the
presence of structures with near‐zero permittivity and has been emerging as an important …