This review provides an insight into the recent developments of photonic crystal (PhC)-
based devices for sensing and imaging, with a particular emphasis on biosensors. We focus …

The recent progress in integrated quantum optics has set the stage for the development of
an integrated platform for quantum information processing with photons, with potential …

The development of inverse design, where computational optimization techniques are used
to design devices based on certain specifications, has led to the discovery of many compact …

Harnessing the full complexity of optical fields requires the complete control of all degrees of
freedom within a region of space and time—an open goal for present-day spatial light …

Gradient-based inverse design in photonics has already achieved remarkable results in
designing small-footprint, high-performance optical devices. The adjoint variable method …

Spatial differentiation is important in image-processing applications such as image
sharpening and edge-based segmentation. In these applications, of particular importance is …

An approach to optimizing the Q factors of two-dimensional photonic crystal (2D-PC)
nanocavities based on deep learning is hereby proposed and demonstrated. We prepare a …

Nanotechnology enables in principle a precise mapping from design to device but relied so
far on human intuition and simple optimizations. In nanophotonics, a central question is how …

We propose the generation of 3D linear light bullets propagating in free space using a single
passive nonlocal optical surface. The nonlocal nanophotonics can generate space–time …

Nanoscale photonic systems involve a broad variety of light–matter interaction regimes
beyond the diffraction limit and have opened the path for a variety of application …