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20222026
most citedMultiple and spectrally robust photonic magic angles in reconfigurable α-MoO3 trilayers

109 citations · 162 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

physics.optics2026

Twistoptics in Planar Heterostructures with an Arbitrary Number of Rotated 3D Thin Layers and 2D Conductive Sheets

Christian Lanza, José Álvarez-Cuervo, Kirill V. Voronin +5

Twistoptics has recently emerged as a branch of nano-optics that explores light propagation in stacks of thin anisotropic layers rotated relative to one another. The concept is par…

physics.optics2026

Fast Programming of In-Plane Hyperbolic Phonon Polariton Optics Through van der Waals Crystals using the Phase-Change Material In3SbTe2

Lina Jäckering, Umberto Saldarelli, Aaron Moos +8

The high directionality of hyperbolic phonon polaritons (HPhPs) has opened radically new ways to route and steer the flow of energy at the nanoscale. However, launching HPhPs requi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025★ 13 cited

Directional strong coupling at the nanoscale between hyperbolic polaritons and organic molecules

Ana I. F. Tresguerres-Mata, Olga G. Matveeva, Christian Lanza +17

Strong coupling (SC) is a fundamental concept in physics that describes extreme interactions between light and matter. Recent experiments have demonstrated SC at the nanometer scal…

physics.optics2025

Visualization of topological shear polaritons in gypsum thin films

Pablo Díaz-Núñez, Christian Lanza, Ziwei Wang +10

Low symmetry crystals have recently emerged as a platform for exploring novel light-matter interactions in the form of hyperbolic shear polaritons. These excitations exhibit unique…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024★ 12 cited

Unveiling the Mechanism of Phonon-Polariton Damping in α-MoO_3

Javier Taboada-Gutiérrez, Yixi Zhou, Ana I. F. Tresguerres-Mata +14

Phonon polaritons (PhPs) (light coupled to lattice vibrations) in the highly anisotropic polar layered material molybdenum trioxide (α-MoO_3) are currently the focus of intense res…

physics.optics2024★ 2 cited

Canalization-based super-resolution imaging using a single van der Waals layer

Jiahua Duan, Aitana Tarazaga Martin-Luengo, Christian Lanza +7

Canalization is an optical phenomenon that enables unidirectional propagation of light in a natural way, i.e., without the need for predefined waveguiding designs. Predicted years…

physics.optics2024★ 25 cited

Unidirectional Ray Polaritons in Twisted Asymmetric Stacks

J. Álvarez-Cuervo, M. Obst, S. Dixit +25

The vast repository of van der Waals (vdW) materials supporting polaritons offers numerous possibilities to tailor electromagnetic waves at the nanoscale. The development of twisto…

physics.optics2023★ 109 cited

Multiple and spectrally robust photonic magic angles in reconfigurable α-MoO3 trilayers

J. Duan, G. Álvarez-Pérez, C. Lanza +8

The assembling of twisted stacks of van der Waals (vdW) materials had led to the discovery of a profusion of remarkable physical phenomena in recent years, as it provides a means t…

physics.optics2023

Fundamentals of polaritons in strongly anisotropic thin crystal layers

Kirill V. Voronin, Gonzalo Álvarez-Pérez, Christian Lanza +2

Polaritons in strongly anisotropic thin layers have recently captured the attention in nanophotonics because of their directional propagation at the nanoscale, which offers unique…

physics.optics2022★ 1 cited

Twist-tunable Polaritonic Nanoresonators in a van der Waals Crystal

O. G. Matveeva, A. I. F. Tresguerres-Mata, R. V. Kirtaev +8

Optical nanoresonators are fundamental building blocks in a number of nanotechnology applications (e.g. in spectroscopy) due to their ability to efficiently confine light at the na…