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 …

Electromagnetic metasurfaces: physics and applications

S Sun, Q He, J Hao, S Xiao, L Zhou - Advances in Optics and …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Metasurfaces are ultrathin metamaterials consisting of planar electromagnetic (EM)
microstructures (eg, meta-atoms) with pre-determined EM responses arranged in specific …

Broadband frequency translation through time refraction in an epsilon-near-zero material

Y Zhou, MZ Alam, M Karimi, J Upham, O Reshef… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Space-time duality in paraxial optical wave propagation implies the existence of
intriguing effects when light interacts with a material exhibiting two refractive indexes …

Near-zero refractive index photonics

I Liberal, N Engheta - Nature Photonics, 2017 - nature.com
Structures with near-zero parameters (for example, media with near-zero relative permittivity
and/or relative permeability, and thus a near-zero refractive index) exhibit a number of …

Quantum entanglement of the spin and orbital angular momentum of photons using metamaterials

T Stav, A Faerman, E Maguid, D Oren, V Kleiner… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Metamaterials constructed from deep subwavelength building blocks have been used to
demonstrate phenomena ranging from negative refractive index and ε-near-zero to cloaking …

Temporal aiming

V Pacheco-Peña, N Engheta - Light: Science & Applications, 2020 - nature.com
Deflecting and changing the direction of propagation of electromagnetic waves are needed
in multiple applications, such as in lens–antenna systems, point-to-point communications …

All-dielectric metamaterials

S Jahani, Z Jacob - Nature nanotechnology, 2016 - nature.com
The ideal material for nanophotonic applications will have a large refractive index at optical
frequencies, respond to both the electric and magnetic fields of light, support large optical …

Large optical nonlinearity of indium tin oxide in its epsilon-near-zero region

MZ Alam, I De Leon, RW Boyd - Science, 2016 - science.org
Nonlinear optical phenomena are crucial for a broad range of applications, such as
microscopy, all-optical data processing, and quantum information. However, materials …

Nonlinear metasurfaces: a paradigm shift in nonlinear optics

A Krasnok, M Tymchenko, A Alù - Materials Today, 2018 - Elsevier
Frequency conversion processes, such as second-and third-harmonic generation, are
commonly realized in nonlinear optics, offering opportunities for applications in photonics …

Tunable and reconfigurable metasurfaces and metadevices

A Nemati, Q Wang, M Hong, J Teng - Opto-Electronic Advances, 2018 - researching.cn
Metasurfaces, two-dimensional equivalents of metamaterials, are engineered surfaces
consisting of deep subwavelength features that have full control of the electromagnetic …