Exceptional points and non-Hermitian photonics at the nanoscale

A Li, H Wei, M Cotrufo, W Chen, S Mann, X Ni… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Exceptional points (EPs) arising in non-Hermitian systems have led to a variety of intriguing
wave phenomena, and have been attracting increased interest in various physical platforms …

Applications of bound states in the continuum in photonics

M Kang, T Liu, CT Chan, M **ao - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have attracted attention in photonics owing to their
interesting properties. For example, BICs can effectively confine light in a counterintuitive …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces

SA Schulz, R Oulton, M Kenney, A Alù, I Staude… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Here we present a roadmap on Photonic metasurfaces. This document consists of a number
of perspective articles on different applications, challenge areas or technologies underlying …

Singular dielectric nanolaser with atomic-scale field localization

YH Ouyang, HY Luan, ZW Zhao, WZ Mao, RM Ma - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Compressing the optical field to the atomic scale opens up possibilities for directly observing
individual molecules, offering innovative imaging and research tools for both physical and …

Reconfigurable moiré nanolaser arrays with phase synchronization

HY Luan, YH Ouyang, ZW Zhao, WZ Mao, RM Ma - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
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High-power and high-beam-quality photonic-crystal surface-emitting lasers: a tutorial

S Noda, T Inoue, M Yoshida, J Gelleta… - Advances in Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Realization of single-mode, high-power and high-beam-quality (namely, high-brightness)
semiconductor lasers, which can rival or even replace bulky lasers such as gas, solid, and …

All-silicon quantum light source by embedding an atomic emissive center in a nanophotonic cavity

W Redjem, Y Zhiyenbayev, W Qarony, V Ivanov… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Silicon is the most scalable optoelectronic material but has suffered from its inability to
generate directly and efficiently classical or quantum light on-chip. Scaling and integration …

High-brightness scalable continuous-wave single-mode photonic-crystal laser

M Yoshida, S Katsuno, T Inoue, J Gelleta, K Izumi… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Realizing large-scale single-mode, high-power, high-beam-quality semiconductor lasers,
which rival (or even replace) bulky gas and solid-state lasers, is one of the ultimate goals of …

Programmable integrated photonics for topological Hamiltonians

MB On, F Ashtiani, D Sanchez-Jacome… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
A variety of topological Hamiltonians have been demonstrated in photonic platforms, leading
to fundamental discoveries and enhanced robustness in applications such as lasing …

New horizons in near-zero refractive index photonics and hyperbolic metamaterials

M Lobet, N Kinsey, I Liberal, H Caglayan… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
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 …