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The modification of light’s trajectory after refracting through a boundary separating two media is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature. The laws governing such refraction/reflection, known today as the Snell–Descartes ...

Light-matter interaction in plasmonic nanostructures is often treated within the realm of classical optics. However, recent experimental findings show the need to go beyond the classical models to explain and predict the...

The central theme of cavity quantum electrodynamics is the coupling of a single optical mode with a single matter excitation, leading to a doublet of cavity polaritons which govern the optical properties of the coupled s...

This book presents a systematic account of optical coherence theory within the framework of classical optics, as applied to such topics as radiation from sources of different states of coherence, foundations of radiometr...

Hybrid cavity-antenna systems have been proposed to combine the sub-wavelength light confinement of plasmonic antennas with microcavity quality factors Q. Here, we examine what confinement and Q can be reached in these h...

Abstract We establish an intuitive connection between transformation optics (TO) and the classical invariants of étendue and radiance. Through explicit application of the optical-metric formulation of TO, we demonstrate...

Optical metasurfaces, i.e. arrays of nanoantennas with sub-wavelength size and separation, enable the manipulation of light-matter interactions in miniaturized optical components with no classical counterparts. Six decad...

As a classical or quantum system undergoes a cyclic evolution governed by slow change in its parameter space, it acquires a topological phase factor known as the geometric or Berry phase. One popular manifestation of thi...

Quantum information science offers inherently more powerful methods for communication, computation, and precision measurement that take advantage of quantum superposition and entanglement. In recent years, theoretical an...

Quantum-enhanced sensing and metrology pave the way for promising routes to fulfil the present day fundamental and technological demands for integrated chips which surpass the classical functional and measurement limits....

From metamaterials to metasurfaces, optical nano-structure has been widely investigated for novel and high efficiency functionalities. Apart from the intrisinsic properties of composite material, rich capabilities can be...

Diamond has attracted great interest as an appealing material for various applications ranging from classical to quantum optics. To date, Raman lasers, single photon sources, quantum sensing and quantum communication hav...

Deflection, a basic functionality of wavefront manipulation is usually associated with the phase-gradient metasurfaces and the classical blazed gratings. We numerically and experimentally demonstrate an unusually wideban...

La detección de señales en coincidencia desempeña un rol importante en distintas aplicaciones tecnológicas de metrología o comunicación, y en particular en el campo de la óptica cuántica. En este sentido, la dete...

Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has emerged as a powerful platform for integrated nonlinear optics owing to its large χ (2) nonlinearity, tight confinement and flexible tunability. To fully excavate such superior nonli...

Quantum optics combines classical electrodynamics with quantum mechanics to describe how light interacts with material on the nanoscale, and many of the tricks and techniques used in nanophotonics can be extended to this...

Light encodes information in multiple degrees of freedom (e.g., frequency, amplitude, and phase), enabling high-speed, high-bandwidth communication through fiber optics. Unlike classical light, quantum light (single or e...

Spin angular momentum associated with circular polarization is a fundamental and important aspect of photons both in classical and quantum optics. The interaction of this optical spin with matter and structures results i...

Photonic skyrmions have applications in many areas, including the vectorial and chiral optics, optical manipulation, deep-subwavelength imaging and nanometrology. Much effort has been focused on the experimental characte...

Abstract This book treats the central physical concepts and mathematical techniques used to investigate the dynamics of open quantum systems. To provide a self-contained presentation, the text begins with a survey of cla...

Subjects / keywords: classical optics, physical optics, applied optics, industrial optics, atmospheric optics, geometrical optics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optic...

Subjects / keywords: classical and quantum optics, optical spectroscopy, photonics, optical communication, optical materials, nanooptics; Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Phy...

Two-dimensional materials have emerged as promising candidates to augment existing optical networks for metrology, sensing, and telecommunication, both in the classical and quantum mechanical regimes. Here, we review the...

Photonic quantum metrology enables the measurement of physical parameters with precision surpassing classical limits by using quantum states of light. However, generating states providing a large metrological advantage i...