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most citedHot electron dynamics in a semiconductor nanowire under intense THz excitation

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physics.optics2026

Infrared light scattering and emission from epsilon near-zero hyperbolic phonon-polaritons in two-dimensional crystals

Flavio Henrique Feres, Martin Bearzatto, Adrien Debacq +24

This work presents the near-field super-scattering and the near-field thermal emission from 2D hyperbolic crystals as general optical phenomena that link near-field nanophotonics t…

physics.optics2026

Ultra-high THz-field-confinement at LaAlO3 twin walls

Jakob Wetzel, Javier Taboada-Gutiérrez, Matthias Roeper +13

The control and steering of light at nanometre length scales is crucial for the development of both fundamental science and nanophotonic technologies. Recent advancements have been…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Uncovering the properties of homo-epitaxial GaN devices through cross-sectional infrared nanoscopy

Hossein Zandipour, Felix Kaps, Robin Buschbeck +19

Validating material performance in electrical devices is crucial to product development. For Gallium Nitride (GaN) devices, evaluating material factors such as defects, dopant conc…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Tailoring phonon-driven responses in α-MoO3 through isotopic enrichment

Thiago S. Arnaud, Ryan W. Spangler, Johnathan D. Georgaras +29

The implementation of polaritonic materials into nanoscale devices requires selective tuning of parameters to realize desired spectral or thermal responses. One robust material is…

physics.optics2025

Spectral tuning of hyperbolic shear polaritons in monoclinic gallium oxide via isotopic substitution

Giulia Carini, Mohit Pradhan, Elena Gelzinyte +26

Hyperbolic phonon polaritons - hybridized modes arising from the ultrastrong coupling of infrared light to strongly anisotropic lattice vibrations in uniaxial or biaxial polar crys…

physics.optics2025

Ultraconfined THz Phonon Polaritons in Hafnium Dichalcogenides

R. A. Kowalski, N. S. Mueller, G. Álvarez-Pérez +18

The confinement of electromagnetic radiation to subwavelength scales relies on strong light-matter interactions. In the infrared (IR) and terahertz (THz) spectral ranges, phonon po…

cond-mat.mes-hall2024★ 4 cited

Hot electron dynamics in a semiconductor nanowire under intense THz excitation

Andrei Luferau, Maximilian Obst, Stephan Winnerl +8

We report THz-pump / mid-infrared probe near-field studies on Si-doped GaAs-InGaAs core-shell nanowires utilizing THz radiation from the free-electron laser FELBE. Upon THz excitat…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023

Polarization sensitivity in scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy -- towards nanoellipsometry

Felix G. Kaps, Susanne C. Kehr, Lukas M. Eng

Electric field enhancement mediated through sharp tips in scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM) enables optical material analysis down to the 10-nm length…

physics.optics2023

Terahertz Twistoptics -- engineering canalized phonon polaritons

Maximilian Obst, Tobias Nörenberg, Gonzalo Álvarez-Pérez +11

The terahertz (THz) frequency range is key to study collective excitations in many crystals and organic molecules. However, due to the large wavelength of THz radiation, the local…