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Optomechanical Kitaev chain

Our work on an optomechanical realization of the bosonic Kitaev chain was published today in Nature. In the paper, we reports a metamaterial with a unique set of properties, including directional amplification and exponential...

PhD defense Jente Vandersmissen

Today Jente successfully defended his Thesis titled Optomechanical interactions in plasmonic gap resonators at the TU Eindhoven.Congratulations Dr. Vandermissen!

PhD defense René Barczyk

Today René successfully defended his Thesis titled Topological Control of Light in Photonic Crystals at the TU Eindhoven.Congratulations Dr. Barczyk!

Ewold Verhagen elected as Optica Fellow

Optica (formerly OSA) has elected Ewold Verhagen as Fellow.Optica elected Verhagen for “outstanding contributions to nanophotonics and optomechanics, and to the understanding of photonic systems with broken spatiotemporal symmetries.”Optica Fellows are selected based on...

PhD defense Roel Burgwal

Today Roel successfully defended his Thesis titled Nonlinear Optomechanics In Multimode Nanoscale Resonators at the TU Eindhoven.Congratulations Dr. Brugwal!

Demonstration of quadrature nonreciprocity

In a study published in Nature Physics today, we report a phenomenon of unidirectional signal transmission that challenges conventional wisdom about nonreciprocity: Instead of relying on magnetic fields that break time-reversal symmetry, it exploits...

PhD defense Jesse Slim

Jesse defended his thesis “Orchestrating nanomechanical motion with light” today. Congratulations dr. Slim! We’re extra proud for the fact that Jesse received the special cum laude distinction, which happens only rarely at Eindhoven University...

Ewold Verhagen receives ERC Consolidator grant

I am very honored to have been awarded an ERC Consolidator grant from the European Research Council. This will allow us to explore new frontiers in optomechanics and quantum measurement. A big thank you to...

Non-Hermitian chirality in optomechanical networks

Our work on new mechanisms to control the flow of sound with light was published in Nature today. Congratulations to Javier and Jesse! By using radiation pressure control, we break time-reversal symmetry and introduce...

Molecular upconversion turns infrared into visible light

The first demonstrations of coherent conversion of mid-infrared light to visible frequencies were reported in Science. The stunning experiments performed in Christophe Galland’s lab at EPFL show the principle of molecular optomechanical upconversion beautifully....