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most citedNonreciprocal thermal radiation in ultrathin magnetized epsilon-near-zero semiconductors

157 citations · 222 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.optics2026

Transient Chirp Dynamics in Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers

Xianglong Bi, Xuhong Ma, Wenjian Wan +9

Laser frequency chirp is a ubiquitous dynamical process in semiconductor lasers, vital for frequency-modulated photonic systems. In the mid-infrared (MIR) and terahertz (THz) range…

physics.optics2026

Reconfigurable Terahertz Multi-Harmonic Dual-Combs

Ma Xuhong, Qin Zhiwei, Bi Xianglong +7

Dual-comb spectroscopy, constructed from two frequency combs with slightly different repetition frequencies, enables real-time and high-precision measurements without mechanical sc…

physics.optics2026

Dual-polarization control of broadband nonreciprocal thermal radiation by combining local and nonlocal metasurfaces

Shuang Xia, Mengqi Liu, Wenjian Wan +10

Nonreciprocal thermal radiation offers a route to decouple spectral directional absorptivity and emissivity, thereby enabling new paradigms in thermal-photonic systems. However, in…

physics.optics2026

Correlating Quasi-Optical Coupling Efficiency with Measured Receiver Noise Temperature in Metalens Coupled THz HEB Mixer

Jingqi Hu, Rui Wang, Jiameng Wang +3

Quasi-optical coupling serves as the critical interface in terahertz (THz) heterodyne receiver systems, enabling efficient transfer of incident radiation to photomixers through a f…

physics.optics2024

Terahertz semiconductor laser chaos

Binbin Liu, Carlo Silvestri, Kang Zhou +12

Chaos characterized by its irregularity and high sensitivity to initial conditions finds various applications in secure optical communications, random number generations, light det…

physics.optics2024★ 15 cited

Farey tree locking of terahertz semiconductor laser frequency combs

Guibin Liu, Xuhong Ma, Kang Zhou +12

Frequency combs show various applications in molecular fingerprinting, imaging, communications, and so on. In the terahertz frequency range, semiconductor-based quantum cascade las…

physics.optics2022★ 157 cited

Nonreciprocal thermal radiation in ultrathin magnetized epsilon-near-zero semiconductors

Mengqi Liu, Shuang Xia, Wenjian Wan +5

Spectral/angular emissivity and absorptivity of an object are widely believed to be identical by Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation in reciprocal systems, but this introd…

physics.optics2021★ 15 cited

Real-time multimode dynamics of terahertz quantum cascade lasers via intracavity self-detection: observation of self mode-locked population pulsations

H. Li, W. Wan, Z. Li +7

Mode-locking operation and multimode instabilities in Terahertz (THz) quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) have been intensively investigated during the last decade. These studies have un…

physics.app-ph2020★ 35 cited

Active Stabilization of Terahertz Semiconductor Dual-Comb Laser Sources Employing a Phase Locking Technique

Yiran Zhao, Ziping Li, Kang Zhou +8

Dual-comb sources with equally spaced and low phase noise frequency lines are of great importance for high resolution spectroscopy and metrology. In the terahertz frequency range,…