Near-zero-index materials for photonics

N Kinsey, C DeVault, A Boltasseva… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
The discovery, design and development of materials are critically linked to advances in
many areas of research, and optics is no exception. Recently, the spectral region in which …

Phonon-polaritonics: enabling powerful capabilities for infrared photonics

S Foteinopoulou, GCR Devarapu, GS Subramania… - …, 2019 - degruyter.com
Here, we review the progress and most recent advances in phonon-polaritonics, an
emerging and growing field that has brought about a range of powerful possibilities for mid …

Giant optical anisotropy in transition metal dichalcogenides for next-generation photonics

GA Ermolaev, DV Grudinin, YV Stebunov… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Large optical anisotropy observed in a broad spectral range is of paramount importance for
efficient light manipulation in countless devices. Although a giant anisotropy has been …

Photon acceleration using a time-varying epsilon-near-zero metasurface

C Liu, MZ Alam, K Pang, K Manukyan, O Reshef… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A light beam's frequency can blueshift when the beam travels through a medium that
exhibits a time-dependent decrease in the refractive index. Here we show that a …

Negative refraction in time-varying strongly coupled plasmonic-antenna–epsilon-near-zero systems

V Bruno, C DeVault, S Vezzoli, Z Kudyshev, T Huq… - Physical review …, 2020 - APS
Time-varying metasurfaces are emerging as a powerful instrument for the dynamical control
of the electromagnetic properties of a propagating wave. Here we demonstrate an efficient …

High contrast, femtosecond light polarization manipulation in epsilon-near-zero material coupled to a plasmonic nanoantenna array

K Wang, M Li, HH Hsiao, F Zhang, M Seidel… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ultrafast manipulation of light polarization is crucial in many nonlinear optic and
optoelectronic operations. However, most of the configurations are suffering from low …

Understanding all-optical switching at the epsilon-near-zero point: a tutorial review

C Fruhling, MG Ozlu, S Saha, A Boltasseva… - Applied Physics B, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials that operate in the spectral region where the real
part of the permittivity crosses zero have recently emerged as a promising platform for all …

Controlling the plasmon resonance via epsilon-near-zero multilayer metamaterials

M Habib, D Briukhanova, N Das, BC Yildiz… - …, 2020 - degruyter.com
Localized plasmon resonance of a metal nanoantenna is determined by its size, shape and
environment. Here, we diminish the size dependence by using multilayer metamaterials as …

Controlling of spontaneous emission of quantum dots based on hyperbolic metamaterials

Y Mao, H Zhang, J **ong, X Liu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The study of spontaneous emission has basic and supporting significance for enhancing the
interaction between light and matter, solid-state lighting and biosensors. Hyperbolic …

Enhanced optical nonlinearity of epsilon-near-zero metasurface by quasi-bound state in the continuum

W Shi, Z Wang, C Zhang, C Zhang, W Li, H Liu - Materials Today Nano, 2024 - Elsevier
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) provide a powerful way to enhance the nonlinear
properties of materials, epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials are considered as promising …