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6 papers

physics.optics2026

Topological Control of Polaritonic Flatbands in Anisotropic van der Waals Metasurfaces

Connor Heimig, Thomas Weber, Cristina Cruciano +9

Anisotropic van der Waals (vdW) materials exhibit direction-dependent optical and electronic properties, making them valuable for tailoring directional light-matter interactions. R…

physics.chem-ph2026

Absolute Primary Nanothermometry Using Individual Stark Sublevels of Rare-Earth-doped Crystals

Allison R. Pessoa, Thomas Possmayer, Jefferson A. O. Galindo +4

We present two independent optical methods for absolute primary thermometry using rare-earth-doped nanoparticles. Both approaches rely exclusively on the internal energy levels and…

physics.chem-ph2025

Boltzmann Thermometry at Cryogenic Temperatures Exploiting Stark Sublevels in Er/Yb-Codoped Yttrium Oxide Nanoparticles

Thomas Possmayer, Allison R. Pessoa, Jefferson A. O. Galindo +4

The development of reliable luminescent nanothermometers for cryogenic applications is essential for advancing quantum technologies, superconducting systems, and other fields that…

physics.optics2025

Chiral Nonlinear Polaritonics with van der Waals Metasurfaces

Connor Heimig, Alexander A. Antonov, Dmytro Gryb +10

In the strong-coupling regime, the interaction between light and matter reaches a hybridization state where the photonic and material components are inseparably linked. Using tailo…

physics.optics2025

Ultrafast all-optical switching in nonlinear 3R-MoS van der Waals metasurfaces

Levin Seidt, Thomas Weber, Albert A. Seredin +7

Second-order nonlinear optical processes are fundamental to photonics, spectroscopy, and information technologies, with material platforms playing a pivotal role in advancing these…

physics.optics2025

Temporally symmetry-broken metasurfaces for ultrafast resonance creation and annihilation

Andreas Aigner, Thomas Possmayer, Thomas Weber +3

Active metasurfaces, compact platforms for nanoscale light manipulation, are transforming technologies like holography, quantum cryptography, and optical computing. Despite their v…