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physics.optics2016★ 7 cited

Nonlinear adiabatic optical isolator

Andon Rangelov, Stefano Longhi

We theoretically propose a method for optical isolation based on adiabatic nonlinear sum frequency generation in a chirped quasi-phase-matching crystal with strong absorption at th…

physics.optics2016★ 10 cited

Magneto-optical switching in microcavities based on a TGG defect sandwiched between periodic and disordered one-dimensional photonic structures

Ilka Kriegel, Francesco Scotognella

The employment of magneto-optical materials to fabricate photonic crystals gives the unique opportunity to achieve optical tuning by applying a magnetic field. In this study we hav…

physics.optics2016★ 58 cited

Chiral Surface Waves for Enhanced Circular Dichroism

Giovanni Pellegrini, Marco Finazzi, Michele Celebrano +2

We present a novel chiral sensing platform that combines a one-dimensional photonic crystal design with a birefringent surface defect. The platform sustains simultaneous transverse…

physics.optics2016★ 23 cited

Correlated spontaneous emission of fluorescent emitters mediated by single plasmons

Dorian Bouchet, Emmanuel Lhuillier, Sandrine Ithurria +5

Manipulating the spontaneous emission of a fluorescent emitter can be achieved by placing the emitter in a nanostructured environment. A privileged spot is occupied by plasmonic st…

physics.optics2016★ 32 cited

-symmetric mode-locking

Stefano Longhi

Parity-time () symmetry is one of the most important accomplishments in optics over the past decade. Here the concept of mode-locking of a laser is int…

physics.optics2016★ 1 cited

Projecting light beams with 3D waveguide arrays

Andrea Crespi, Francesca Bragheri

Free-space light beams with complex intensity patterns, or non-trivial phase structure, are demanded in diverse fields, ranging from classical and quantum optical communications, t…

physics.optics2016★ 36 cited

Bidirectional invisibility in Kramers-Kronig optical media

Stefano Longhi

A broad class of planar dielectric media with complex permittivity profiles that are fully invisible, for both left and right incidence sides, is introduced. Such optical media are…

physics.optics2016★ 8 cited

Black Phosphorus based One-dimensional Photonic Crystals and Microcavities

I. Kriegel, S. Toffanin, F. Scotognella

The latest achievements in the fabrication of black phosphorus thin layers, towards the technological breakthrough of a phosphorene atomically thin layer, are paving the way for a…

physics.optics2016★ 13 cited

Coherent perfect absorption in photonic structures

Lorenzo Baldacci, Simone Zanotto, Alessandro Tredicucci

The ability to drive a system with an external input is a fundamental aspect of light-matter interaction. The coherent perfect absorption (CPA) phenomenon extends to the general mu…

physics.optics2016★ 184 cited

A Single-Photon Imager Based on Microwave Plasmonic Superconducting Nanowire

Qing-Yuan Zhao, Di Zhu, Niccolò Calandri +6

Detecting spatial and temporal information of individual photons by using single-photon-detector (SPD) arrays is critical to applications in spectroscopy, communication, biological…

physics.optics2016★ 85 cited

Enhancement and Inhibition of Spontaneous Photon Emission by Resonant Silicon Nanoantennas

Dorian Bouchet, Mathieu Mivelle, Julien Proust +9

Substituting noble metals for high-index dielectrics has recently been proposed as an alternative strategy in nanophotonics to design broadband optical resonators and circumvent th…

physics.optics2016★ 118 cited

Diamond photonics platform enabled by femtosecond laser writing

Belen Sotillo, Vibhav Bharadwaj, J. P. Hadden +14

We demonstrate the first buried optical waveguides in diamond using focused femtosecond laser pulses. The properties of nitrogen vacancy centers are preserved in the waveguides, ma…

physics.optics2016★ 253 cited

Monolithic AlGaAs second-harmonic nanoantennas

V. F. Gili, L. Carletti, A. Locatelli +9

We demonstrate monolithic aluminum gallium arsenide (AlGaAs) optical anoantennas. Using a selective oxidation technique, we fabricate such epitaxial semiconductor nanoparticles on…

physics.optics2016★ 31 cited

Mid-infrared surface plasmon polariton chemical sensing on fiber-coupled ITO coated glass

Javier Martinez, Airan Rodenas, Magdalena Aguilo +3

A novel fiber-coupled ITO coated glass slide sensor for performing surface plasmon polariton chemical monitoring in the 3.5 um mid-IR range is reported. Efficient mid-IR fiber coup…

physics.optics2016★ 29 cited

phase control in circular multicore fibers

Stefano Longhi

We consider light dynamics in a circular multicore fiber with balanced gain and loss core distribution, and show that transition from unbroken to broken phases can b…

physics.optics2016★ 3 cited

Optical parametric amplification and oscillation assisted by low-frequency stimulated emission

Stefano Longhi

Optical parametric amplification/oscillation provide a powerful tool for coherent light generation in spectral regions inaccessible to lasers. Parametric gain is based on a frequen…

physics.optics2016★ 48 cited

Non equilibrium optical properties in semiconductors from first--principles: a combined theoretical and experimental study of bulk silicon

Davide Sangalli, Stefano Dal Conte, Cristian Manzoni +2

The calculation of the equilibrium optical properties of bulk silicon by using the Bethe--Salpeter equation solved in the Kohn--Sham basis represents a cornerstone in the developme…

physics.optics2016★ 65 cited

Reconfigurable photonic integrated mode (de)multiplexer for SDM fiber transmission

Daniele Melati, Andrea Alippi, Andrea Melloni

A photonic integrated circuit for mode multiplexing and demultiplexing in a few-mode fiber is presented and demonstrated. Two 10 Gbit/s channels at the same wavelength and polariza…

physics.optics2016

Periodic transmission peak splitting in one dimensional disordered photonic structures

I. Kriegel, F. Scotognella

In the present paper we present ways to modulate the periodic transmission peaks arising in disordered one dimensional photonic structures with hundreds of layers. Disordered struc…