Kunal Shastri

@Cornell ECE PhD Student @CornellEng
Applied Physics research with @FMResearchGroup
Product Developer with @HeatInverse

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

Ending the year on a high note - Our review article on "Nonlocal Flat Optics" has been published today in @NaturePhotonics! 1/4
With recent PhD graduate, Dr. Kunal Shastri @kunal___s , @CornellECE @CornellEng
Link: https://t.co/SXYqLIafCT
SharedIt link: https://t.co/5UQBLWLkkG

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

Nice article on New Scientist on our latest #OSA_Optica paper on optical #spaceplates !

With Kunal Shastri @kunal___s , @Orad Reshef, Robert Boyd, and Jeff @LundeenOttawa.

Optica 9, 7, 738-745 (2022) https://t.co/J2OMUaTWKi

@CornellECE @CornellEng

https://t.co/fYRimea1AS

[Kunal Shastri @kunal___s]

*New paper alert* We derived the bandwidth limits of space compression devices. Read on to know more...

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

To what extent can free space be compressed using nonlocal flat optics ('spaceplates')? We answer this question in a new paper published today in #OSA_Optica, work led by @kunal___s @CornellECE @CornellEng, and with @Orad, R. Boyd, & @LundeenOttawa. 1/4

https://t.co/P7yBd6DTlz

[Kunal Shastri @kunal___s]

@FMResearchGroup @CornellECE @CornellEng Thank you Francesco!

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

Our group @CornellECE has a few new arXiv preprints on several different topics: invisible NSOM probes, nonlocal metasurface spaceplates, bandwidth bounds on metalenses, quantum transport in nonreciprocal media, and time-varying systems. Comments and feedback are welcome!🧵1/6

[Kunal Shastri @kunal___s]

@Orad @BoydNLOLab Congratulations Orad, and good luck for your new role!

[Kunal Shastri @kunal___s]

@FMResearchGroup @USNavyResearch @CornellECE @CornellEng Congratulations Francesco!!

[Orad Reshef, PhD @Orad]

1/2 What a wonderfully Khurgin abstract:
"While the photonic community is being occupied with exotic concepts portending a grand future and fame if not a fortune, I respectfully entertain the possibility that a humble concept of simply increasing refractive index...

#photonics

[Kunal Shastri @kunal___s]

Thanks for sharing @FMResearchGroup and @CornellGrad !

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

Nice "Student Spotlight", by the Cornell University Graduate School @CornellGrad, on my PhD student, Kunal Shastri, and his recent research on #meta-optics!
@CornellECE @CornellEng

https://t.co/UGUaJWPMJ0

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

Special Issue "Plasmonic Metasurfaces". Thanks Sergey Bozhevolnyi and Fei Ding for the kind invitation! https://t.co/0BkqtlNrmW

[Orad Reshef, PhD @Orad]

My answer to a question I often receive from students:

What's the difference between Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials?

#photonics

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

Check out our two invited talks at #SPIE #PhotonicsWest this week! Q&A via Slack or email!

"New frontiers for metasurfaces: from ultra-broadband metalenses to nonlocal meta-optics" https://t.co/B0WmRdEJYC

"Unidirectional plasmonics" https://t.co/qIVvPQL0rU

#Photonics

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

J. B. Khurgin, Y. Sebbag, E. Edrei, R. Zektzer, K. Shastri, U. Levy, F. Monticone, "Emulating exceptional-point encirclements using imperfect (leaky) photonic components" https://t.co/jCWM7Ia9jw @kunal___s

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

Our group has a few new arXiv preprints on several topics: dynamic BiCs, exceptional points & omnipolarizers, broadband invisibility, time-varying media, and nonlocal flat-optics. Check them out if you are interested. Comments and feedback are certainly welcome!

See thread below

[Steven Strogatz @stevenstrogatz]

Our @Cornell math department colleague Prof. Mike Morley passed away a few days ago, but before he left us, he wrote his own obituary, which captures something of his inimitable spirit. https://t.co/jLtlVDi5TT

[John Preskill @preskill]

Arthur Ashkin 1922-2020. A Nobel Laureate at age 96 for inventing optical tweezers, “the closest thing to a tractor beam that humans have ever produced.” A huge legacy that still reverberates.
https://t.co/dP2w7yvIvf

[Albert Polman @albert_polman]

Beautiful article on ⁦@NaderEngheta⁩ life and pioneering metamaterials - with an inspiring quote at the end: “When I talk to inspire young scientists about curiosity, I say, ‘Ask questions without an application in mind. Application will come.’” https://t.co/3R1bCR6hh5

[Francesco Monticone @FMResearchGroup]

F. Monticone, "A truly one-way lane for surface plasmon polaritons," Nat. Photonics 14, 461–465 (2020).

Check out our new Commentary Article just published in
@NaturePhotonics. @CornellECE

https://t.co/ZDdYcP9vLj
https://t.co/7zRhzx3XsJ

[Cornell Duffield College of Engineering @CornellEng]

Can you squeeze light into dimensions smaller than its wavelength? A new paper from @CornellECE Assistant Professor Francisco Monticone published in @NaturePhotonics details how to control and route light at the nanoscale. https://t.co/nCo62yGPjB

[Cornell Duffield College of Engineering @CornellEng]

The @Cornell registrar noted in 1883 that "the rapid development of the applications of electricity has created a demand for thoroughly trained engineers." Thus, the nation's first course of study in electrical engineering was born, 137 years ago. @CornellECE