collaborators

5 papers

physics.optics2026

Three-dimensional confinement of light in photonic crystals without bandgaps

Manxi Shi, Sachin Vaidya, Ali Ghorashi +2

We demonstrate that confinement of light in three dimensions is possible in photonic crystals without a complete photonic bandgap. Our approach exploits symmetry-protected quadrati…

physics.optics2026

Plasmonic coated scatterers for tunable coherent perfect absorption

Ali Ghorashi, Ali H. Alhulaymi, A. Douglas Stone

We derive, in closed-form, the surface conductivity required for coated subwavelength-scale spherical and cylindrical scatterers to perfectly absorb incident coherent light of fixe…

physics.optics2025

Symbolic Learning of Topological Bands in Photonic Crystals

Ali Ghorashi, Sachin Vaidya, Ziming Liu +4

Topological photonic crystals (PhCs) that support disorder-resistant modes, protected degeneracies, and robust transport have recently been explored for applications in waveguiding…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Alkali Intercalation of Moire Heterostructures for Low-Loss Plasmonics

Ali Ghorashi, Nicholas Rivera, Ravishankar Sundararaman +3

Two-dimensional metals generically support gapless plasmons with wavelengths well below the wavelength of free-space radiation at the same frequency. Typically, however, this subst…

cs.LG2025

Multimodal Foundation Models for Material Property Prediction and Discovery

Viggo Moro, Charlotte Loh, Rumen Dangovski +7

Artificial intelligence is transforming computational materials science, improving the prediction of material properties, and accelerating the discovery of novel materials. Recentl…