Epsilon-near-zero photonics: infinite potentials

J Wu, ZT Xie, Y Sha, HY Fu, Q Li - Photonics Research, 2021 - opg.optica.org
With its unique and exclusive linear and nonlinear optical characteristics, epsilon-near-zero
(ENZ) photonics has drawn a tremendous amount of attention in the recent decade in the …

Broadband mid-infrared non-reciprocal absorption using magnetized gradient epsilon-near-zero thin films

M Liu, S Xia, W Wan, J Qin, H Li, C Zhao, L Bi… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
The study of magneto-optical absorption has stimulated diverse energy-technology-related
explorations, showing potential in breaking the current theoretical efficiency limits of energy …

Light control with Weyl semimetals

C Guo, VS Asadchy, B Zhao, S Fan - Elight, 2023 - Springer
Weyl semimetals are topological materials whose electron quasiparticles obey the Weyl
equation. They possess many unusual properties that may lead to new applications. This is …

Broadband nonreciprocal thermal emission

Z Zhang, L Zhu - Physical Review Applied, 2023 - APS
The reciprocity between thermal emission and absorption in materials that satisfy the
Lorentz reciprocity places a fundamental constraint on photonic energy conversion and …

Epsilon‐negative materials with lower percolation threshold derived from segregated structures

Y Yuan, P Yang, Z Wang, Q He, K Sun… - Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Epsilon‐negative materials (ENM) at radio frequency, usually designed based on
percolation theory, recently drew much attention because of their potential applications in …

Evolution and nonreciprocity of loss-induced topological phase singularity pairs

M Liu, C Zhao, Y Zeng, Y Chen, C Zhao, CW Qiu - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Singular behaviors are increasingly being found in structures supporting bound states in the
continuum (BICs), while the nonreciprocity with spectral phase singularity has not been …

Hybrid plasmonic waveguides with tunable ENZ phenomenon supported by 3D Dirac semimetals

Y Cheng, W Cao, X He - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
By depositing a dielectric fiber on top of 3D Dirac semi‐metal (DSM) and Au layers, the
tunable propagation properties of hybrid modes are systematically investigated in the mid …

Giant tunable nonreciprocity of light in Weyl semimetals

OV Kotov, YE Lozovik - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
The propagation of light in Weyl semimetal films is analyzed. The magnetic family of these
materials is known by anomalous Hall effect, which, being enhanced by the large Berry …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced nonreciprocal radiation in Weyl semimetals by attenuated total reflection

X Wu, H Yu, F Wu, B Wu - AIP Advances, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Recent studies have suggested that Weyl semimetals were the promising materials to verify
Kirchhoff's law for nonreciprocal materials in experiment. Nevertheless, existing designs …

Hybrid plasmonic/photonic nanoscale strategy for multilevel anticounterfeit labels

V Caligiuri, A Patra, MP De Santo… - … applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Innovative goods authentication strategies are of fundamental importance considering the
increasing counterfeiting levels. Such a task has been effectively addressed with the so …