Photonics of time-varying media

E Galiffi, R Tirole, S Yin, H Li, S Vezzoli… - Advanced …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Time-varying media have recently emerged as a new paradigm for wave manipulation, due
to the synergy between the discovery of highly nonlinear materials, such as epsilon-near …

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 …

Quantum electrodynamics of time-varying gratings

SAR Horsley, JB Pendry - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - pnas.org
Gratings which are in apparent motion reveal some startling properties for classical
radiation, especially for luminal gratings traveling at or around the speed of light. We show …

A 6G meta-device for 3D varifocal

JC Zhang, GB Wu, MK Chen, X Liu, KF Chan… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The sixth-generation (6G) communication technology is being developed in full swing and is
expected to be faster and better than the fifth generation. The precise information transfer …

Temporal interfaces in complex electromagnetic materials: an overview

MH Mostafa, MS Mirmoosa, MS Sidorenko… - Optical Materials …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Time-varying metamaterials are currently at the forefront of research, offering immense
possibilities for intriguing wave manipulations. Temporal modulations of metamaterials have …

Synthetic axion response with space-time crystals

FR Prudêncio, MG Silveirinha - Physical Review Applied, 2023 - APS
Here, we show that space-time modulations provide an exciting route to realize complex
nonreciprocal couplings, and, in particular, the elusive axion response. We develop an …

Eigenpulses of dispersive time-varying media

SAR Horsley, E Galiffi, YT Wang - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We develop a compact theory that can be applied to a variety of time-varying dispersive
materials. The continuous-wave reflection and transmission coefficients are replaced with …

Strong and broadband pure optical activity in 3D printed THz chiral metamaterials

I Katsantonis, M Manousidaki… - Advanced Optical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Optical activity (polarization rotation of light) is one of the most desired features of chiral
media, as it is important for many polarization‐related applications. However, in the THz …

Electrodynamics of accelerated-modulation space-time metamaterials

A Bahrami, ZL Deck-Léger, C Caloz - Physical Review Applied, 2023 - APS
Space-time-varying metamaterials based on uniform-velocity modulation have spurred
considerable interest over the past decade. We present here an extensive investigation of …

Chiral-magic angle of nanoimprint meta-device

MK Chen, JC Zhang, CW Leung, L Sun, Y Fan… - …, 2023 - degruyter.com
The magic angle of Twistronics has attracted a lot of attention because of its peculiar
electrical characteristics. Moiré patterns formed by the superlattice of a twisted bilayer …