Dielectric constant (ε, epsilon) is one of the basic physical parameters for materials,
determining the response of materials to electromagnetic waves or electrical field; its value …

Rapid progress in photonics and nanotechnology brings many examples of resonant optical
phenomena associated with the physics of Fano resonances, with applications in optical …

Metamaterials are composed of periodic subwavelength metal/dielectric structures that
resonantly couple to the electric and/or magnetic components of the incident …

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 …

Dielectric metamaterials based on ceramics have attracted considerable interest in the past
few years owing to their low dielectric loss, simple structure, excellent multifield tunability …

Spherical silicon nanoparticles with sizes of a few hundreds of nanometers represent a
unique optical system. According to theoretical predictions based on Mie theory they can …

Photonic metamaterials are man-made structures composed of tailored micro-or
nanostructured metallodielectric subwavelength building blocks. This deceptively simple yet …

Metamaterials offer unprecedented flexibility for manipulating the optical properties of
matter, including the ability to access negative index,,,, ultrahigh index and chiral optical …

Most optical metamaterials fabricated and studied to date employ metallic components
resulting in significant losses, heat and overall low efficiencies. A new era of metamaterial …

Abstract 2D optics is gradually emerging as a frontier in modern optics. Plasmons in
graphene provide a prominent platform for 2D optics in which the light is squeezed into …