Photonics of time-varying media

E Galiffi, R Tirole, S Yin, H Li, S Vezzoli… - Advanced …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
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 …

3D metamaterials

M Kadic, GW Milton, M van Hecke… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
Metamaterials are rationally designed composites aiming at effective material parameters
that go beyond those of the ingredient materials. For example, negative metamaterial …

Non-reciprocal phase transitions

M Fruchart, R Hanai, PB Littlewood, V Vitelli - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Out of equilibrium, a lack of reciprocity is the rule rather than the exception. Non-reciprocity
occurs, for instance, in active matter,,,,–, non-equilibrium systems,–, networks of neurons …

Two-dimensional topological photonics

AB Khanikaev, G Shvets - Nature photonics, 2017 - nature.com
Originating from the studies of two-dimensional condensed-matter states, the concept of
topological order has recently been expanded to other fields of physics and engineering …

Microwave photonics with superconducting quantum circuits

X Gu, AF Kockum, A Miranowicz, Y Liu, F Nori - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
In the past 20 years, impressive progress has been made both experimentally and
theoretically in superconducting quantum circuits, which provide a platform for manipulating …

Non-reciprocal photonics based on time modulation

DL Sounas, A Alù - Nature Photonics, 2017 - nature.com
Reciprocity is a fundamental principle in optics, requiring that the response of a transmission
channel is symmetric when source and observation points are interchanged. It is of major …

Electromagnetic nonreciprocity

C Caloz, A Alu, S Tretyakov, D Sounas, K Achouri… - Physical Review …, 2018 - APS
We aim at providing a global perspective on electromagnetic nonreciprocity and clarifying
confusions that arose in recent developments of the field. We provide a general definition of …

Non-reciprocal robotic metamaterials

M Brandenbourger, X Locsin, E Lerner… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Non-reciprocal transmission of motion is potentially highly beneficial to a wide range of
applications, ranging from wave guiding to shock and vibration dam** and energy …

Metasurface-based realization of photonic time crystals

X Wang, MS Mirmoosa, VS Asadchy, C Rockstuhl… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Photonic time crystals are artificial materials whose electromagnetic properties are uniform
in space but periodically vary in time. The synthesis of these materials and experimental …

Controlling sound with acoustic metamaterials

SA Cummer, J Christensen, A Alù - Nature Reviews Materials, 2016 - nature.com
Acoustic metamaterials can manipulate and control sound waves in ways that are not
possible in conventional materials. Metamaterials with zero, or even negative, refractive …