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7 papers

physics.optics2026

Ultrafast Third-Harmonic Spectral Modulation and Self-Action in Resonant Nonlocal Metasurfaces

Alfonso Nardi, Sonia Freddi, Michael Scalora +8

Quasi-bound states in the continuum enable exceptional field confinement, strongly reducing the pump intensity threshold for nonlinear light-matter interaction in dielectric metasu…

quant-ph2026

Efficient photon-pair emission from a nanostructured resonator and its theoretical description

Michael Poloczek, Alberto Paniate, Attilio Zilli +12

Spontaneous parametric down-conversion (SPDC) in subwavelength nanostructures is a promising source of quantum light, owing to its multifunctionality and ability to generate comple…

physics.optics2026

Polarization-Multiplexed Bloch Surface Wave Sensing of Single-Strand DNA Growth

Jonathan Barolak, Erika Mogni, Giovanni Pellegrini +8

Refractometric biosensing is a vital label-free tool for the real time detection and interaction analysis of biological and chemical substances. Nanophotonic platforms like Surface…

physics.optics2026

Efficient and tunable narrowband second-harmonic generation by a large-area etchless lithium niobate metasurface

Yaping Hou, Yigong Luan, Yu Fan +8

Optical resonances in nanostructures enable strong enhancement of nonlinear processes at the nanoscale, such as second-harmonic generation (SHG), with high- modes providing inte…

physics.optics2026

Electro-optical modulation of light polarization in a nonlocal lithium niobate metasurface

Agostino Di Francescantonio, Alessandra Sabatti, Eleni Prountzou +6

We report the experimental realization of a LiNbO3 metasurface for electro-optic modulation of light polarization in the telecommunication band. High-Q quasi-bound states in the co…

physics.optics2024

All-optical polarization control and routing by nonlinear interferometry at the nanoscale

Yigong Luan, Attilio Zilli, Agostino Di Francescantonio +7

Optical metasurfaces are rapidly establishing as key-enabling platforms for nanophotonics applications. Along with the ability of taming light in subwavelength thicknesses, they ca…