Van der Waals quaternary oxides for tunable low-loss anisotropic polaritonics

T Sun, R Chen, W Ma, H Wang, Q Yan, J Luo… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The discovery of ultraconfined polaritons with extreme anisotropy in a number of van der
Waals (vdW) materials has unlocked new prospects for nanophotonic and optoelectronic …

Atomic-force-microscopy-based time-domain two-dimensional infrared nanospectroscopy

Q **e, Y Zhang, E Janzen, JH Edgar, XG Xu - Nature Nanotechnology, 2024 - nature.com
For decades, infrared (IR) spectroscopy has advanced on two distinct frontiers: enhancing
spatial resolution and broadening spectroscopic information. Although atomic force …

Exploring van der Waals materials with high anisotropy: geometrical and optical approaches

AS Slavich, GA Ermolaev, MK Tatmyshevskiy… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
The emergence of van der Waals (vdW) materials resulted in the discovery of their high
optical, mechanical, and electronic anisotropic properties, immediately enabling countless …

Time-domain-filtered terahertz nanoscopy of intrinsic light–matter interactions

X Zhang, X Zhang, Z Zhang, T Zhang, X Xu, F Tang… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Terahertz (THz) technology holds great potential across diverse applications, including
biosensing and information communications, but conventional far-field techniques are …

Applications of ultrafast nano-spectroscopy and nano-imaging with tip-based microscopy

Z Zhao, V Kravtsov, Z Wang, Z Zhou, L Dou, D Huang… - eLight, 2025 - Springer
Innovation in microscopy has often been critical in advancing both fundamental science and
technological progress. Notably, the evolution of ultrafast near-field optical nano …

Tunable hyperbolic polaritons with plasmonic phase-change material In3SbTe2

D Lu, Y Zeng, Q Yan, Q Chen, W Ma, X Luo, M Xu… - …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Hyperbolic polaritons that originate from the extreme optical anisotropy in van der Waals
(vdW) crystals have gained much attention for their potential in controlling nanolight. For …

Beating resonance patterns and extreme power flux skewing in anisotropic elastic plates

DA Kiefer, S Mezil, C Prada - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Elastic waves in anisotropic media can exhibit a power flux that is not collinear with the wave
vector. This has notable consequences for waves guided in a plate. Through laser-ultrasonic …

Electronic interactions in Dirac fluids visualized by nano-terahertz spacetime interference of electron-photon quasiparticles

S Xu, Y Li, RA Vitalone, R **g, AJ Sternbach… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Ultraclean graphene at charge neutrality hosts a quantum critical Dirac fluid of interacting
electrons and holes. Interactions profoundly affect the charge dynamics of graphene, which …

Electronic interactions in Dirac fluids visualized by nano-terahertz spacetime interference of electron-photon quasiparticles

S Xu, Y Li, RA Vitalone, R **g, AJ Sternbach… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Ultraclean graphene at charge neutrality hosts a quantum critical Dirac fluid of interacting
electrons and holes. Interactions profoundly affect the charge dynamics of graphene, which …

Tunable waveguide mode of hyperbolic phonon polaritons in α-MoO3 flake/gold slit composite structure

N Deng, Z Huang, K Wang, K Wang, X Han… - Photonics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) in van der Waals layered polar crystals exhibit
extreme light confinement capability, providing an unprecedented research opportunity to …