Hyperuniform states of matter

S Torquato - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
Hyperuniform states of matter are correlated systems that are characterized by an
anomalous suppression of long-wavelength (ie, large-length-scale) density fluctuations …

Light in correlated disordered media

K Vynck, R Pierrat, R Carminati, LS Froufe-Pérez… - Reviews of Modern …, 2023 - APS
The optics of correlated disordered media is a conceptually rich research topic emerging at
the interface between the physics of waves in complex media and nanophotonics. Inspired …

Hyperuniform disordered solids with morphology engineering

D Wan, T Li, S Chen, W Chen, H Hu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Hyperuniform disordered solid (HUDS) structures can provide large, uniform, complete, and
isotropic light confinement at the nanoscale after precise design. Based on the HUDS …

Isotropic band gaps and freeform waveguides observed in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids

W Man, M Florescu, EP Williamson… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Recently, disordered photonic media and random textured surfaces have attracted
increasing attention as strong light diffusers with broadband and wide-angle properties. We …

High-density hyperuniform materials can be transparent

O Leseur, R Pierrat, R Carminati - Optica, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We show that materials made of scatterers distributed on a stealth hyperuniform point
pattern can be transparent at densities for which an uncorrelated disordered material would …

Ensemble theory for stealthy hyperuniform disordered ground states

S Torquato, G Zhang, FH Stillinger - Physical Review X, 2015 - APS
It has been shown numerically that systems of particles interacting with isotropic “stealthy”
bounded long-ranged pair potentials (similar to Friedel oscillations) have classical ground …

Tailored disorder in photonics: learning from nature

M Rothammer, C Zollfrank, K Busch… - Advanced Optical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Disorder and photonics have long been seen as natural adversaries and designers of
optical systems have often driven systems to perfection by minimizing deviations from the …

Photonic band gap in isotropic hyperuniform disordered solids with low dielectric contrast

W Man, M Florescu, K Matsuyama, P Yadak… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We report the first experimental demonstration of a TE-polarization photonic band gap (PBG)
in a 2D isotropic hyperuniform disordered solid (HUDS) made of dielectric media with a …

Observation of protected photonic edge states induced by real-space topological lattice defects

Q Wang, H Xue, B Zhang, YD Chong - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Topological defects (TDs) in crystal lattices are elementary lattice imperfections that cannot
be removed by local perturbations, due to their real-space topology. In the emerging field of …

Computational design of anisotropic stealthy hyperuniform composites with engineered directional scattering properties

W Shi, D Keeney, D Chen, Y Jiao, S Torquato - Physical Review E, 2023 - APS
Disordered hyperuniform materials are an emerging class of exotic amorphous states of
matter that endow them with singular physical properties, including large isotropic photonic …