Micro/Nano Photonics and Metamaterials: From Research to Applications
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editors
Interests: metamaterials; nanophotonics; non-Hermitian physics; topological photonics
2. New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
Interests: micro-nano photonics; topological photonics; integrated photonics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metamaterials are artificially engineered materials designed to have electromagnetic properties that are absent in natural substances. By arranging subwavelength unit cells into precise structures, they manipulate light, sound, and other waves in unprecedented ways, enabling extraordinary phenomena such as negative refraction, invisibility cloaking, and superlensing. Driven by breakthroughs in nanofabrication, 3D printing technology, and artificial-intelligence-aided inverse design technology, the metamaterials community is now exploring cutting-edge frontiers in physics and applications. These include topology physics for robust wave manipulation, super-resolution imaging beyond the diffraction limit, ultra-sensitive sensing, next-generation photonic circuits for optical computing, nonlinear enhancement for high-efficiency frequency conversion, non-Hermitian physics for unconventional dispersion, and dynamically tunable metamaterials via spatiotemporal modulation, advancing both fundamental research and practical applications in these areas.
In light of these advancements, we are pleased to announce a Special Issue addressing advances in applications and unique physics using micro- and nano-devices and metamaterials/metasurfaces. We invite submissions of papers on various topics, including novel, topological and non-Hermitian physics in metamaterials/metasurfaces and photonic and phononic crystals, optical imaging, sensing and holograms, on-chip circuits, time-varying metamaterials, wavefront shaping in complex media, nonreciprocal wave manipulation, and programmable metamaterials/metasurfaces. We also welcome research on theoretical and computational models that provide deeper insights into the behavior and potential of these advanced materials. These innovations are poised to flourish in prospective applications across wave manipulation, detection and trapping, real-world applications in telecommunications, information technology, quantum technologies, and nonlinear optics.
Dr. Fuxin Guan
Dr. Wange Song
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metamaterials/metasurfaces
- photonic integrated platform
- topological and non-Hermitian physics
- micro/nano-scale manufacturing techniques
- time-varying media
- nonlinear optical devices
- complex media
- photonic and phononic crystals
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