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Optics in 2D, Bloch surface wave phenomena and applications

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Spatial quantum-interference landscapes of multi-site-controlled quantum dots coupled to extended photonic cavity modes

All-Dielectric Nanophotonic via Glass Fluid Instabilities

Room-Temperature Quantum Optomechanics and Free-Electron Quantum Optics

Low-loss and high-index contrast ultraviolet-C free-standing waveguides made of thermal silicon oxide

Parametric Wavelength Conversion in Waveguiding Structures: Efficiency, Bandwidth and Polarization

Emergent nonlinear dynamics in photonic lattices

Ultraviolet to mid-infrared optical properties of sputtered Al(Sc)N-on-SiO2 thin films and experimental demonstration of AlN integrated photonic devices in the telecom C-band

Silicon nitride electric-field poled microresonator modulator

Dataset to accompany publication "Quantum-mechanical effects in photoluminescence from thin crystalline gold films"

Piezoelectric actuation for integrated photonics

Foundry compatible, efficient wafer-scale manufacturing of ultra-low loss, high-density Si3N4 photonic integrated circuits

Quantum-mechanical effects in photoluminescence from thin crystalline gold films

Thermo-optic epsilon-near-zero effects

Quench Detection and Temperature Measurement With Fiber Optic Sensors

Space-time wave packets with reduced divergence and tunable group velocity generated in free space after multi-mode fiber propagation

Enabling Wide Bandwidth in Substrate-Integrated Waveguide Slot Antennas by Using Low-Index Metamaterials

Linear and nonlinear applications of miniaturized silicon nitride microresonators

Nanoscale local modification of PMMA refractive index by tip-enhanced femtosecond pulsed laser irradiation

A heterogeneously integrated lithium niobate-on-silicon nitride photonic platform

Domain Imaging and Switching Dynamics in BaTiO3-Based Photonic Integrated Devices