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20242026
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9 papers

quant-ph2026

Rotational Vacuum Friction of Nonabsorbing Particles

F. Javier García de Abajo, Alejandro Manjavacas

A nonabsorbing particle rotating in vacuum can lose angular momentum only by converting mechanical energy into electromagnetic radiation. Here, we develop a quantum theory of rotat…

physics.optics2025

Near-field-driven Radiative Thermal Dynamics in Aperiodic Nanostructures

M. Prado, A. Manjavacas, F. A. Pinheiro +1

Harnessing structural correlations in near-field plasmonic and polaritonic systems hold untapped potential for controlling light-matter interactions at the nanoscale. By tuning the…

physics.optics2025

Lattice Resonances in Periodic Arrays of Time-Modulated Scatterers

María Blanco de Paz, Juan R. Deop-Ruano, Diego M. Solís +1

Lattice resonances are collective optical modes supported by periodic arrays of scatterers, arising from their coherent interaction enabled by the underlying periodicity. Owing to…

quant-ph2025

Quantum Nonlinear Response of Emitter Lattices

Blas Durá-Azorín, Antonio I. Fernández-Domínguez, Alejandro Manjavacas

We theoretically investigate the emergence of quantum nonlinearities in the optical response of lattices of two-level quantum emitters coherently driven by a laser. For subwaveleng…

physics.optics2025

Synthetic crystal rotation with spacetime metamaterials

Iñigo Liberal, Alejandro Manjavacas

The interaction of light with rotating bodies has been historically limited to rotation frequencies much smaller than optical frequencies. Here, we investigate synthetic crystal ro…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Roadmap for Photonics with 2D Materials

F. Javier García de Abajo, D. N. Basov, Frank H. L. Koppens +145

Triggered by the development of exfoliation and the identification of a wide range of extraordinary physical properties in self-standing films consisting of one or few atomic layer…