Time-varying media have recently emerged as a new paradigm for wave manipulation, due
to the synergy between the discovery of highly nonlinear materials, such as epsilon-near …

BACKGROUND Metasurfaces have opened up a number of remarkable new approaches to
manipulate light. These flat optical elements are constructed from a dense array of strongly …

Photonic time crystals (PTCs), materials with a dielectric permittivity that is modulated
periodically in time, offer new concepts in light manipulation. We study theoretically the …

Metasurfaces, a two-dimensional (2D) form of metamaterials constituted by planar meta-
atoms, exhibit exotic abilities to tailor electromagnetic (EM) waves freely. Over the past …

Efficient nonlinear optical interactions are essential for many applications in modern
photonics. However, they typically require intense laser sources and long interaction …

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 …

Scattering of electromagnetic waves by subwavelength objects is accompanied by the
excitation of electric and magnetic Mie resonances that may modify substantially the …

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 …

Compared with conventional optical elements, 2D photonic metasurfaces, consisting of
arrays of antennas with subwavelength thickness (the 'meta-atoms'), enable the …

Frequency conversion processes, such as second-and third-harmonic generation, are
commonly realized in nonlinear optics, offering opportunities for applications in photonics …