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physics.optics2026

Elastic and structural anisotropy in silica thin films for gravitational-wave detectors

Brenda Bracco, Michele Magnozzi, Stefano Colace +11

The thermal noise of mirror coatings for gravitational-wave detectors critically depends on the elastic properties of the constituent materials. Data analyses and theoretical model…

physics.optics2025

Structural color palette of disordered colloids in the Rayleigh scattering regime

Kevin Vynck, Amina Bensalah-Ledoux, Chirine Saadi +5

Structural coloration by Rayleigh scattering is widespread in nature and holds a prominent place in various art objects over a broad period of time. Beyond the common statement tha…

physics.optics2025

Modular multiscale approach to modelling high-harmonic generation in gases

Jan Vábek, Tadeáš Němec, Stefan Skupin +1

We present a modular user-oriented simulation toolbox for studying highharmonic generation in gases. The first release consists of the computational pipeline to 1) compute the unid…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Spatially-Controlled Planar Guided Crystallization of Low-Loss Phase Change Materials for Programmable Photonics

Fouad Bentata, Arnaud Taute, Capucine Laprais +14

Photonic integrated devices are progressively evolving beyond passive components into fully programmable systems, notably driven by the progress in chalcogenide phase-change materi…

physics.optics2024★ 27 cited

Scaling Up Purcell-Enhanced Self-Assembled Nanoplasmonic Perovskite Scintillators into the Bulk Regime

Michal Makowski, Wenzheng Ye, Dominik Kowal +14

Scintillators convert high-energy radiation into detectable photons and play a crucial role in medical imaging and security applications. The enhancement of scintillator performanc…

physics.optics2024

Universal properties of locally generated terahertz waveforms from polarization-controlled two- and multi-color ionizing fields

H. Alirezaee, S. Skupin, V. Vaicaitis +4

The polarization states of terahertz (THz) radiation generated in a photo-ionized gas driven by strong two- or multi-frequency fields with locally controlled polarization are studi…

physics.optics2024★ 37 cited

Acoustic Mode Hybridization in a Single Dimer of Gold Nanoparticles

Adrien Girard, Hélène Gehan, Alain Mermet +6

The acoustic vibrations of single monomers and dimers of gold nanoparticles were investigated by measuring for the first time their ultra-low frequency micro-Raman scattering. This…

physics.optics2023★ 148 cited

Minireview on Disordered Optical Metasurfaces

P. Lalanne, A. Dmitriev, C. Rockstuhl +2

The use of coherent wave phenomena to enhance device performance is a cornerstone of modern optics. In juxtaposition to (locally) periodic metasurfaces, their disordered counterpar…

physics.optics2023★ 43 cited

The Nanoplasmonic Purcell Effect in Ultrafast and High-Light-Yield Perovskite Scintillators

Wenzheng Ye, Zhihua Yong, Michael Go +8

The development of X-ray scintillators with ultrahigh light yields and ultrafast response times is a long sought-after goal. In this work, we theoretically predict and experimental…

physics.optics2023★ 9 cited

Control of light emission of quantum emitters coupled to silicon nanoantenna using cylindrical vector beams

Martin Montagnac, Yoann Brûlé, Aurélien Cuche +11

Light emission of europium (Eu3+) ions placed in the vicinity of optically resonant nanoantennas is usually controlled by tailoring the local density of photon states (LDOS). We sh…

physics.optics2023★ 14 cited

Chromatic aberrations correction of attosecond high-order harmonic beams by flat-top spatial shaping of the fundamental beam

K. Veyrinas, M. Plach, J. Peschel +16

Attosecond pulses created by high-order harmonic generation in gases often exhibit strong chromatic aberrations, arising from the broad bandwidth and wavelength-dependent nonlinear…

physics.optics2022★ 43 cited

Taming Friedrich-Wintgen interference in resonant metasurface: vortex laser emitting at on-demand tilted-angle

Raphael Mermet-Lyaudoz, Clémentine Symond, Florian Berry +7

Friedrich-Wintgen (FW) interference is an atypical coupling mechanism that grants loss exchange between leaky resonances in non-Hermitian classical and quantum systems. Intriguingl…

physics.optics2022★ 4 cited

Specular reflection and transmission of electromagnetic waves by disordered metasurfaces

Kevin Vynck, Armel Pitelet, Louis Bellando +1

Planar, disordered assemblies of small particles incorporated in layered media -- sometimes called ``disordered metasurfaces'' in the recent literature -- are becoming widespread i…

physics.optics2022★ 2 cited

Effective medium description of dense clusters of plasmonic nanoparticles with spatial dispersion

Ranjeet Dwivedi, Ashod Aradian, Virginie Ponsinet +2

We study the electromagnetic behaviour of dense, spherical clusters made of hundreds of plasmonic nanoparticules under illumination by a plane wave. Using high-precision T-matrix n…

physics.optics2022★ 9 cited

Phase-matched high-order harmonic generation in pre-ionized noble gases

O. Finke, J. Vábek, M. Nevrkla +8

One of the main difficulties to efficiently generating high-order harmonics in long neutral-gas targets is to reach the phase-matching conditions. One issue is that the medium cann…

physics.optics2021★ 4 cited

Air-photonics terahertz platform with versatile micro-controller based interface and data acquisition

E. Prost, V. Loriot, E. Constant +4

We present a recently developed terahertz platform. An air plasma produced by an ultrashort two-color laser pulse serves as a broadband terahertz source, with electric field that h…

physics.optics2021★ 122 cited

Light in correlated disordered media

Kevin Vynck, Romain Pierrat, Rémi Carminati +5

The optics of correlated disordered media is a fascinating research topic emerging at the interface between the physics of waves in complex media and nanophotonics. Inspired by pho…

physics.optics2021★ 25 cited

Strong and fast rising pressure waves emitted by plasmonic vapor nanobubbles

Julien Lombard, Julien Lam, Francois Detcheverry +2

Plasmonic vapour nanobubbles are currently considered for a wide variety of applications ranging from solar energy harvesting and photoacoustic imaging to nanoparticle-assisted can…

physics.optics2021★ 31 cited

Tamm Cavity in the Terahertz Spectral Range

Simon Messelot, Clémentine Symonds, Joël Bellessa +5

Electromagnetic resonators, which are based on optical cavities or electronic circuits, are key elements to enhance and control light-matter interaction. In the THz range, current…

physics.optics2020★ 7 cited

Evolution of vortices created by conical diffraction in biaxial crystals versus orbital angular momentum

A Brenier

Light states evolution versus their fractional orbital angular momentum (OAM) has been analyzed in the conical diffraction process occurring through biaxial crystals. Experimental…

physics.optics2020★ 52 cited

Terahertz pulse generation by two-color laser fields with circular polarization

C. Tailliez, A. Stathopulos, S. Skupin +4

We study the influence of the polarization states of femtosecond two-color pulses ionizing gases on the emitted terahertz radiation. A local-current model and plane-wave evaluation…

physics.optics2019★ 34 cited

Anisotropy and controllable band structure in supra-wavelength polaritonic metasurfaces

K. Chevrier, J. M. Benoit, C. Symonds +3

In this letter we exploit the extended coherence length of mixed plasmon/exciton states to generate active metasurfaces. For this purpose, periodic stripes of organic dye are depos…

physics.optics2019★ 46 cited

Observation of a Correlation Between Internal friction and Urbach Energy in Amorphous Oxides Thin Films

Alex Amato, Silvana Terreni, Massimo Granata +5

We have investigated by spectroscopic ellipsometry (SE, 190-1700 nm) the optical properties of uniform, amorphous thin films of Ta2O5 and Nb2O5 as deposited and after annealing, an…

physics.optics2018★ 53 cited

Tamm plasmon Photonic Crystals : from Bandgap Engineering to Defect Cavity

Lydie Ferrier, Hai Son Nguyen, Cécile Jamois +4

We report for the first time the bandgap engineering of Tamm plasmon photonic crystals - Tamm plasmon structures of which the metalic layer is periodically patterned into lattice o…