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physics.optics2026

In-plane vector-field imaging of propagating surface phonon polaritons

Richarda Niemann, Dorothée S. Mader, Gonzalo Alvarez-Pérez +9

Polariton interferometry through optical near-field microscopy has become a powerful tool in nanophotonics, enabling direct spatial access to the propagation characteristics of str…

physics.optics2025

Spectral tuning of hyperbolic shear polaritons in monoclinic gallium oxide via isotopic substitution

Giulia Carini, Mohit Pradhan, Elena Gelzinyte +26

Hyperbolic phonon polaritons - hybridized modes arising from the ultrastrong coupling of infrared light to strongly anisotropic lattice vibrations in uniaxial or biaxial polar crys…

physics.optics2025

Ultraconfined THz Phonon Polaritons in Hafnium Dichalcogenides

R. A. Kowalski, N. S. Mueller, G. Álvarez-Pérez +18

The confinement of electromagnetic radiation to subwavelength scales relies on strong light-matter interactions. In the infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) spectral ranges, phonon po…

physics.optics2025

Visualization of topological shear polaritons in gypsum thin films

Pablo Díaz-Núñez, Christian Lanza, Ziwei Wang +10

Low symmetry crystals have recently emerged as a platform for exploring novel light-matter interactions in the form of hyperbolic shear polaritons. These excitations exhibit unique…

physics.optics2024

Surface Phonon Polariton Ellipsometry

Giulia Carini, Richarda Niemann, Niclas Sven Mueller +2

Surface phonon polaritons (SPhPs) have become a key ingredient for infrared nanophotonics, owing to their long lifetimes and the large number of polar dielectric crystals supportin…

physics.optics20231 cited

Spectroscopic and Interferometric Sum-Frequency Imaging of Strongly Coupled Phonon Polaritons in SiC Metasurfaces

Richarda Niemann, Niclas S. Mueller, Sören Wasserroth +4

Phonon polaritons enable waveguiding and localization of infrared light with extreme confinement and low losses. The spatial propagation and spectral resonances of such polaritons…