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20172026
most citedOptical manipulation with metamaterial structures

188 citations · 549 across the 26 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

physics.optics2026

Probing topological edge states in multilayer dielectric photonic nanostructures

Eva Otero, Ivan Toftul, Michael Scalora +3

Topological photonics has recently attracted a significant attention, leading to many theoretical studies and predictions. However, direct experimental demonstrations of topology-d…

physics.optics2026

Enhanced chiral response of hybrid photonic structures empowered by Mie resonances

Xingguang Liu, Wenzhe Hao, Ivan Toftul +3

Chiroptical response provides a powerful route to control light-matter interactions through light handedness, with crucial importance in polarization control, chiral sensing, and n…

physics.optics2026

Optical chirality of membrane metasurfaces with broken in-plane symmetry

Ivan Toftul, Brijesh Kumar, Yuri Kivshar

We study chiroptical properties of single-layer dielectric membrane metasurfaces with broken in-plane symmetry. Although chiral optics was long tied to structures lacking any mirro…

physics.optics2026

Intrinsic chirality of dielectric metasurfaces unlocked by resonant chiral modes

Brijesh Kumar, Pavel Tonkaev, Ivan Toftul +7

Controlling optical chirality at the subwavelength scales is essential for many applications of nanophotonic structures in polarization optics, sensing, and nonlinear photonics. Ac…

physics.optics2026★ 1 cited

Nonlinear chiral response governed by meta-atom rotation

Dhruv Hariharan, Pavel Tonkaev, Felix Ulrich Brikh +5

Chiral photonics provides powerful routes for controlling the light handedness, yet nonlinear chiral responses are typically associated with intricate three-dimensional systems. He…

physics.optics2025

Nonlinear chiral light generation from resonant metasurfaces

Fangxing Lai, Jun Yin, Ivan Toftul +6

Chiral nonlinear response has been explored for decades due to its extreme sensitivity to molecular and structural dissymmetry. Conventional approaches often require bulky systems…