Abstract Epsilon‐near‐zero (ENZ) materials, exhibiting unique physical characteristics such
as near‐zero refraction, have aroused extensive interest and exhibit great potentials in novel …

Metamaterials, from optics to radio frequencies and acoustics, have attracted significant
attention over the last few decades, with promising applications in a wide range of …

Surface plasmon polaritons and phonon polaritons offer a means of surpassing the
diffraction limit of conventional optics and facilitate efficient energy storage, local field …

Plasma ignition is critical in various scientific and industrial applications, demanding an
efficient and robust execution mechanism. In this work, we present an innovative approach …

Sensors have emerged as indispensable analytical tools across a wide range of important
fields, encompassing environmental monitoring, food safety, and public health. They …

Non-Hermitian skin effect (NHSE) is an intrinsic non-Hermitian phenomenon where an
extensive number of eigenmodes, called skin modes, are localized at the boundary of a …

Critical coupling in integrated photonic devices enables the efficient transfer of energy from
a waveguide to a resonator, a key operation for many applications. This condition is …

Recent experiments have demonstrated that synthesized complex-frequency waves can
impart a virtual gain to molecule sensing systems, which can effectively restore information …

Photonics is crucial for communication and computing, as it involves controlling how light
scatters. Recent breakthroughs like bound states in the continuum (BICs) and parity-time …

Scanning focused light with corrected aberrations holds great importance in high-precision
optical systems. However, conventional optical systems, relying on additional dynamical …