Nonlinear optical effects in epsilon-near-zero media

O Reshef, I De Leon, MZ Alam, RW Boyd - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Efficient nonlinear optical interactions are essential for many applications in modern
photonics. However, they typically require intense laser sources and long interaction …

Near-zero-index materials for photonics

N Kinsey, C DeVault, A Boltasseva… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
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 …

Large optical nonlinearity of nanoantennas coupled to an epsilon-near-zero material

MZ Alam, SA Schulz, J Upham, I De Leon, RW Boyd - Nature Photonics, 2018 - nature.com
The size and operating energy of a nonlinear optical device are fundamentally constrained
by the weakness of the nonlinear optical response of common materials. Here, we report …

Enhanced Nonlinear Refractive Index in -Near-Zero Materials

L Caspani, RPM Kaipurath, M Clerici, M Ferrera… - Physical review …, 2016 - APS
New propagation regimes for light arise from the ability to tune the dielectric permittivity to
extremely low values. Here, we demonstrate a universal approach based on the low linear …

Epsilon‐near‐zero photonics: a new platform for integrated devices

X Niu, X Hu, S Chu, Q Gong - Advanced Optical Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Femtosecond optical polarization switching using a cadmium oxide-based perfect absorber

Y Yang, K Kelley, E Sachet, S Campione, TS Luk… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Ultrafast control of the polarization state of light may enable a plethora of applications in
optics, chemistry and biology. However, conventional polarizing elements, such as …

Perfect and broadband acoustic absorption by critically coupled sub-wavelength resonators

V Romero-García, G Theocharis, O Richoux… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Perfect absorption is an interdisciplinary topic with a large number of applications, the
challenge of which consists of broadening its inherently narrow frequency-band …

Theory of epsilon-near-zero modes in ultrathin films

S Campione, I Brener, F Marquier - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
The physics of the epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) mode, which is supported by a nanolayer at the
frequency where the dielectric permittivity vanishes, has recently been a subject of debate …

Role of epsilon-near-zero substrates in the optical response of plasmonic antennas

J Kim, A Dutta, GV Naik, AJ Giles, FJ Bezares, CT Ellis… - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Radiation patterns and the resonance wavelength of a plasmonic antenna are significantly
influenced by its local environment, particularly its substrate. Here, we experimentally …

Epsilon-near-zero photonics: infinite potentials

J Wu, ZT **e, Y Sha, HY Fu, Q Li - Photonics Research, 2021 - opg.optica.org
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 …