3 papers
physics.optics2026
Intrinsic plasmon canalization in the biaxial van der Waals crystal MoOCl
Farid Aghashirinov, Andrea Mancini, Lin Nan +4
Anisotropic polaritons in low-symmetry crystals allow for subwavelength confinement and directional routing of light. The most extreme form of such anisotropy arises at the topolog…
physics.optics2026
Skyrmions in scalar fields of non-Hermitian optical microcavities: spontaneous formation, nonlinear control, and optical forces
Jan Wingenbach, Roman Lebs, Xuekai Ma +5
Topological textures of light offer powerful routes for structuring optical fields, controlling wave transport, and manipulating matter. Skyrmions, long studied as topological soli…
physics.optics2026
Phonon-polaritonic skyrmions: Transition from bubble- to Néel-type
Florian Mangold, Enrico Baù, Lin Nan +6
Optical skyrmions are members of the emerging topological branch of solid-state physics and photonics, allowing for control over topological light textures through light-matter int…