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20232026
most citedMirrors without spatial boundaries

2 citations · 8 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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physics.optics2026

Generalized Time-Varying Drude Model for Dispersive and Lossy Modulations

Antonio Ganfornina-Andrades, J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano, Iñigo Liberal +1

We develop a generalization of the time-varying Drude model, treating carrier density, effective mass, and collision rate as explicit functions of time. We derive expressions for p…

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…

physics.optics2025

Generalized Epsilon-Near-Zero Polaritons on Uniaxial Metasurfaces

Francisco Javier Alfaro-Mozaz, Iñigo Liberal

Epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) thin films facilitate strong light-matter interactions with a widespread impact in nonlinear, quantum and thermal photonics. Here, we extend the scope of th…

physics.optics2025★ 2 cited

Mirrors without spatial boundaries

J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano, Victor Pacheco-Peña, Iñigo Liberal

Mirrors are one of the most elementary and ubiquitous components of optical systems. They use a sharp refractive index contrast to provide the basic capability of reflecting light.…

physics.optics2024

Dispersion effects in thermal emission from temporal metamaterials: High-frequency cut-offs

Amaia Vertiz-Conde, Iñigo Liberal, J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano

The latest breakthroughs in time-varying photonics are fueling novel thermal emission phenomena, for example, showing that the dynamic amplification of quantum vacuum fluctuations,…

physics.optics2024

Spatiotemporal symmetries and energy-momentum conservation in uniform spacetime metamaterials

Iñigo Liberal, Antonio Ganfornina-Andrades, J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano

Spacetime metamaterials (ST-MMs) are opening new regimes of light-matter interactions based on the breaking of temporal and spatial symmetries, as well as intriguing concepts assoc…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

Symmetries and conservation of spin angular momentum, helicity, and chirality in photonic time-varying media

Mohsen Mohammadi Jajin, J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano, Iñigo Liberal

Polarization-dependent dynamical properties of light as the spin angular momentum (SAM), helicity, and chirality are conserved quantities in free-space. Despite their similarities…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

A Review on the Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs in Thermal Emission Engineering

J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano, Iñigo Liberal

The emission of thermal radiation is a physical process of fundamental and technological interest. From different approaches, thermal radiation can be regarded either as one of the…

physics.optics2024★ 2 cited

Can thermal emission from time-varying media be described semiclassically?

Iñigo Liberal, J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano, Antonio Ganfornina-Andrades

Time-varying media, i.e., materials whose properties dynamically change in time, have opened new possibilities for thermal emission engineering by lifting the limitations imposed b…

physics.optics2023★ 2 cited

Quantum vacuum amplification in time-varying media with arbitrary temporal profiles

Antonio Ganfornina-Andrades, J. Enrique Vázquez-Lozano, Iñigo Liberal

In this work we address quantum vacuum amplification effects in time-varying media with an arbitrary time-modulation profile. To this end, we propose a theoretical formalism based…