Meta-optics inspired surface plasmon devices

Q Xu, Y Lang, X Jiang, X Yuan, Y Xu, J Gu… - Photonics …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Surface plasmons (SPs) are electromagnetic surface waves that propagate at the interface
between a conductor and a dielectric. Due to their unique ability to concentrate light on two …

Advances in ultrafast plasmonics

AN Koya, M Romanelli, J Kuttruff… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In the past 20 years, we have reached a broad understanding of many light-driven
phenomena in nanoscale systems. The temporal dynamics of the excited states are instead …

Continuous-wave frequency upconversion with a molecular optomechanical nanocavity

W Chen, P Roelli, H Hu, S Verlekar, SP Amirtharaj… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Coherent upconversion of terahertz and mid-infrared signals into visible light opens new
horizons for spectroscopy, imaging, and sensing but represents a challenge for conventional …

An interlinked prediction-experiment paradigm discovering deep-ultraviolet fluorooxoborates with desired optical nonlinearity and birefringence

J Zhang, C Wu, H Shi, C **e, Z Yang, S Pan - Matter, 2023 - cell.com
Exploring new materials that meet urgent needs via advanced paradigms is still a challenge.
Herein, aiming at deep-ultraviolet optical functional materials with targeted properties …

Recent advances and perspective of photonic bound states in the continuum

G Xu, H **ng, Z Xue, D Lu, J Fan, J Fan, PP Shum… - Ultrafast …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Recent advancements in photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs) have opened up
exciting new possibilities for the design of optoelectronic devices with improved …

All-optical free-space routing of upconverted light by metasurfaces via nonlinear interferometry

A Di Francescantonio, A Zilli, D Rocco, V Vinel… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
All-optical modulation yields the promise of high-speed information processing. In this field,
metasurfaces are rapidly gaining traction as ultrathin multifunctional platforms for light …

Monolithic metamaterial-integrated graphene terahertz photodetector with wavelength and polarization selectivity

M Chen, Y Wang, Z Zhao - Acs Nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
The frequency spectra and polarization states of terahertz waves can convey significant
information about physical interactions and material properties. Compact and miniaturized …

Design and synthesis of chromophores with enhanced electro-optic activities in both bulk and plasmonic–organic hybrid devices

H Xu, DL Elder, LE Johnson, W Heni, Y de Coene… - Materials …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This study demonstrates enhancement of in-device electro-optic activity via a series of
theory-inspired organic electro-optic (OEO) chromophores based on strong (diarylamino) …

Terahertz waveform synthesis in integrated thin-film lithium niobate platform

A Herter, A Shams-Ansari, FF Settembrini… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bridging the “terahertz gap “relies upon synthesizing arbitrary waveforms in the terahertz
domain enabling applications that require both narrow band sources for sensing and few …

Pockels modulation in integrated nanophotonics

M Thomaschewski, SI Bozhevolnyi - Applied Physics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Electro-optic modulators provide the electrical control of the intensity, frequency, and phase
of an optical signal. They became an indispensable part of our telecommunication network …