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Dark-State Coherent Control of Excitons in TMD Monolayers: A Reduced Intravalley Lindblad Framework for WSe$_2$
Dark-state coherence in driven three-level systems underlies electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and stimulated Raman adiabatic passage (STIRAP).A nonlinear interface for phase transduction
Broadband nonlinear frequency conversion mixes multiple input frequencies, complicating the transfer of programmed spectral phase between widely separated spectral bands.Stable dissipative topological solitons in media with even-order dispersion
The formation and dynamics of dissipative solitons are governed by the interplay of dispersion and nonlinearity, alongside the gain-loss balance.Ultrafast Moiré Exciton Dynamics Revealed by Two-Dimensional Coherent Spectroscopy
Moiré superlattices of van der Waals heterostructures confine excitons into discrete energy levels in finite-sized samples, yet their internal relaxation pathways remain obscured by inhomogeneous…Experimental demonstration of dual-polarization nonreciprocal thermal emission at moderate magnetic fields
Conventional thermal emitters obey Kirchhoff's law of thermal radiation, which requires emissivity and absorptivity to be equal at each wavelength, angle, and polarization.Multi-Channel Non-Abelian Edge Pumping via Multi-Degeneracy Encircling
Non-Abelian operations enable sequence-dependent control of light, yet experimental realizations in wave systems have remained confined to local bulk or same-boundary modes and have often required…Simulation of Refraction Through Voxel Volumes
Ray tracing in X-ray science has typically been limited to descriptions where refraction occurs only at interfaces, ignoring the refraction occurring due to the continuous variations in index of…Unified design of short mode-evolution couplers
Short mode-evolution couplers have been designed with several seemingly different approaches, including fast quasi-adiabatic dynamics (FAQUAD), counter-diabatic (CD) driving realized by tailoring…Laser fabrication of vibrating microcavities on silicon: Formation dynamics and frequency tunability
Laser processing of silicon has long since become a standard method for wafer dicing, surface texturing, re-crystallization after ion implantation, as well as surface amorphization, to name a few…Bringing Dark States to Light after Frustrated Tunneling Ionization
High-harmonic generation (HHG) in gases is typically regarded as a sub-laser-cycle process, well described by the semiclassical three-step model.Spectrotemporal imaging of ultrafast electron dynamics
We demonstrate a spectrotemporal imaging technique that maps ultrafast electron dynamics onto energy- and angle-resolved photoelectron distributions in a single measurement.Continuum Photonic Axion Insulators
Here, I study the conditions for realizing an axion topology in a homogeneous inversion-symmetric electromagnetic continuum, in the absence of a crystalline lattice.A Passive Intelligent Metasurface: A Network Model
Intelligent metasurfaces enable advanced wave manipulation, including negative refraction, focusing, beam splitting and beam steering, with significant potential for practical applications.Phase-Matched Design of Pinching-Antenna Elements on a 60-GHz Dielectric Rod Waveguide
The radiation of pinching antennas, dielectric elements placed on a dielectric waveguide, depends on the element shape.Hybrid integration of a SESAM with a silicon nitride photonic integrated circuit
The realization of high-performance femtosecond lasers on photonic integrated circuits (PICs) requires robust, low-loss coupling between a saturable absorber and a photonic waveguide.Thermal Inverse Design: Tailoring the Transient Response of Resistive Micro-Heaters
Microheaters underpin a broad range of applications that require localized and dynamic thermal control.Photonic Exceptional Topological Bound States in the Continuum
Exceptional bound states in the continuum (EBICs) arise when bound states in the continuum (BICs) with distinct intrinsic losses coalesce at exceptional points (EPs), combining continuum-embedded…Characterization and Suppression of Parasitic Back-Reflection Noise in Transponder-Type Heterodyne Interferometry
Transponder-type heterodyne interferometry is a versatile metrological technique for high-precision measurements, with applications in Earth's gravity-field recovery, space-based gravitational-wave…Goos-Hänchen Shifts at 458 nm from DUV Dichroic Laser Mirrors
We report polarization- and angle-dependent lateral beam shifts observed at 458~nm upon reflection from a deep-ultraviolet (DUV) dichroic multilayer mirror.An Agent-Driven, Cross-Validated Inverse-Design Pipeline for Dielectric Metasurfaces
Inverse design of dielectric metasurfaces is powerful but labour-intensive: each new target requires choosing a parameterization and a figure of merit, managing compute resources, and critically…
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