Nonlinear optical effects in epsilon-near-zero media

O Reshef, I De Leon, MZ Alam, RW Boyd - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Efficient nonlinear optical interactions are essential for many applications in modern
photonics. However, they typically require intense laser sources and long interaction …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Roadmap on photonic metasurfaces

SA Schulz, R Oulton, M Kenney, A Alù, I Staude… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
Here we present a roadmap on Photonic metasurfaces. This document consists of a number
of perspective articles on different applications, challenge areas or technologies underlying …

Large optical nonlinearity of nanoantennas coupled to an epsilon-near-zero material

MZ Alam, SA Schulz, J Upham, I De Leon, RW Boyd - Nature Photonics, 2018 - nature.com
The size and operating energy of a nonlinear optical device are fundamentally constrained
by the weakness of the nonlinear optical response of common materials. Here, we report …

Epsilon‐near‐zero photonics: a new platform for integrated devices

X Niu, X Hu, S Chu, Q Gong - Advanced Optical Materials, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Epsilon‐near‐zero (ENZ) photonics is the study of light–matter interactions in the
presence of structures with near‐zero permittivity and has been emerging as an important …

Adiabatic frequency conversion using a time-varying epsilon-near-zero metasurface

K Pang, MZ Alam, Y Zhou, C Liu, O Reshef… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
A time-dependent change in the refractive index of a material leads to a change in the
frequency of an optical beam passing through that medium. Here, we experimentally …

Spontaneous emission in micro-or nanophotonic structures

Z Qian, L Shan, X Zhang, Q Liu, Y Ma, Q Gong, Y Gu - PhotoniX, 2021 - Springer
Single-photon source in micro-or nanoscale is the basic building block of on-chip quantum
information and scalable quantum network. Enhanced spontaneous emission based on …

Zero-index and hyperbolic metacavities: fundamentals and applications

Z Guo, H Jiang, H Chen - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
As a basic building block, optical resonant cavities (ORCs) are widely used in light
manipulation. They can confine electromagnetic waves and improve the interaction between …

Coupling of epsilon-near-zero mode to gap plasmon mode for flat-top wideband perfect light absorption

JR Hendrickson, S Vangala, C Dass, R Gibson… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials, when probed at or near wavelengths corresponding to
their zero permittivity crossing points, have unique and interesting properties that can be …

Enhanced Nonlinearity of Epsilon‐Near‐Zero Indium Tin Oxide Nanolayers with Tamm Plasmon‐Polariton States

T Shubitidze, WA Britton… - Advanced Optical Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, materials with vanishingly small permittivity, known as epsilon‐near‐zero (ENZ)
media, emerged as promising candidates to achieve nonlinear optical effects of …