Polaritons are a hybrid class of quasiparticles originating from the strong and resonant
coupling between light and matter excitations. Recent years have witnessed a surge of …

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 …

Polariton pulses—transient light-matter hybrid excitations—traveling through anisotropic
media can lead to unusual optical phenomena in space and time. However, studying these …

The efficient control of optical light at the nanoscale level attracts marvelous applications,
including thermal imaging, energy harvesting, thermal photovoltaics, etc. These applications …

Next‐generation holographic displays have promising applications in medical science,
augmented/virtual reality, smart security, data encryption, etc. Although metasurfaces …

Birefringence is at the heart of photonic applications. Layered van der Waals materials
inherently support considerable out-of-plane birefringence. However, funnelling light into …

dB couplers, which are commonly used in photonic integrated circuits for on-chip information
processing, precision measurement, and quantum computing, face challenges in achieving …

Graphene-based metamaterials are gaining popularity for develo** various
reconfigurable and electrically tunable optical devices–especially in terahertz (THz) and …

Polaritons are quasi-particles that combine light with matter, enabling precise control of light
at deep subwavelength scales. The excitation and propagation of polaritons are closely …

Featuring shorter wavelengths and high photon energy, ultraviolet (UV) light enables many
exciting applications including photolithography, sensing, high-resolution imaging, and …