activity
20242026
collaborators

5 papers

physics.optics2026

Pulse-driven photonic transitions and nonreciprocity in space-time modulated metasurfaces

Zeki Hayran, John B. Pendry, Prasad P. Iyer +1

Time-varying photonic systems open new possibilities for controlling light, enabling photonic time crystals, time reflection and refraction, frequency conversion, synthetic gauge f…

physics.optics2025

Space-time refraction of space-time wave packets

Zeki Hayran, John B. Pendry

Space-time modulation of refractive index can produce synthetically moving interfaces with arbitrary apparent velocities, including superluminal motion, offering new ways to contro…

physics.optics2025

Chirality-driven all-optical image differentiation

Stefanos Fr. Koufidis, Zeki Hayran, Francesco Monticone +2

Optical analog computing enables powerful functionalities, including spatial differentiation, image processing, and ultrafast linear operations. Yet, most existing approaches rely…

physics.optics2025

Broadband Low-loss Unidirectional Reflection On-chip with Asymmetric Dielectric Metasurface

Heijun Jeong, Zeki Hayran, Yuan Liu +6

Metasurface has emerged as a powerful platform for controlling light at subwavelength thickness, enabling new functionalities for imaging, polarization manipulation, and angular mo…

physics.optics2024

Observation of broadband super-absorption of electromagnetic waves through space-time symmetry breaking

Matteo Ciabattoni, Zeki Hayran, Francesco Monticone

Using time as an additional design parameter in electromagnetism, photonics, and wave physics is attracting considerable research interest, motivated by the possibility to explore…