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20192026
most citedElectrically Driven Varifocal Silicon Metalens

122 citations · 159 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

physics.optics2026

Electro-Optical Metalens for Near-Surface Cooling of a Levitated Particle

Pedro Rosso Gomez, Bruno Melo, Adeel Afridi +3

Advanced levitation optomechanics in the quantum regime requires sophisticated quantumengineered protocols operating at shorter length and time scales, demanding an increasing cont…

physics.optics2026

3D trapping of a meta-atom in an intensity minimum

Bin Lu, Adeel Afridi, Nadine Meyer +1

High-refractive-index particles have recently attracted a growing interest in optical levitation experiments, offering the ability to further engineer optical forces through electr…

physics.optics2025

Controlling the sign of optical forces using metaoptics

Adeel Afridi, Bruno Melo, Nadine Meyer +1

Precise manipulation of small objects using light holds transformative potential across diverse fields. While research in optical trapping and manipulation predominantly relies on…

physics.optics2022★ 37 cited

Ultra-thin Tunable Optomechanical Metalens

Adeel Afridi, Jan Gieseler, Nadine Meyer +1

Reconfigurable metasurfaces offer great promises to enhance photonics technology by combining integration with improved functionalities. Recently, reconfigurability in otherwise st…

physics.optics2019★ 122 cited

Electrically Driven Varifocal Silicon Metalens

Adeel Afridi, Josep Canet-Ferrer, Laurent Philippet +3

Optical metasurfaces have shown to be a powerful approach to planar optical elements, enabling an unprecedented control over light phase and amplitude. At that stage, where wide va…