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Chiral Light-matter Interactions in Nonlocal Metasurfaces 1

Session Organizers

Yuri Kivshar
Australian National University
Zhanghua Han
Shandong Normal University
Maxim V. Gorkunov
National University of Science and Technology MISiS

Session Chairs

Yuri Kivshar
Australian National University
Maxim V. Gorkunov
National University of Science and Technology MISiS

Session Information

Chirality --- geometric asymmetry that distinguishes left- from right-handed systems --- underpins a wealth of light-matter phenomena, from enantioselective molecular recognition to topological photonics and quantum optical activity. In nanophotonic metasurfaces, optical chirality is traditionally engineered using local, resonant architectures. However, nonlocal electromagnetic responses profoundly alter chiral light-matter interactions, often invalidating conventional design paradigms. This special session places chirality at the forefront, exploring how nonlocality enhances, suppresses, or even redefines chiroptical effects such as circular dichroism, optical activity, spin-selective transmission, and chiral emission spanning the visible to mid-infrared range, encompassing both luminescent and thermal radiation. We welcome contributions on the following but not limited to: (i) nonlocal theories of chiral electromagnetic response; (ii) experimental observation of nonlocal chiral signatures in plasmonic and dielectric metasurfaces; (iii) computational models that capture quantum and spatially dispersive chirality; and (iv) applications in ultrasensitive chiral biosensing, chiral quantum light sources, mid-infrared chiral thermal emitters, and symmetry-breaking nanodevices. By centering chirality in the nonlocal regime, this session aims to chart a new path toward beyond-local chiral nanophotonics.

Submitted Articles

Note: The following submitted articles are not guaranteed to be scheduled in the final program at this stage. The final presentation type and arranged session will be decided by Technical Program Committee.
Note: +: Presenting Author, *: Corresponding Author
Presenting Author Talk Time Paper Title | Authors | Abstract Session Date / Room
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Spin-Momentum-Locked Chiral Emission from Nonlocal Metasurfaces
+*Shaojun Wang (Soochow University)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Invited
Metalasers with Arbitrary Wave Front
+*Qinghai Song (Harbin Institute of Technology)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Terahertz Metasurface by Laser-induced Graphene and Its Chiral Applications
+*Bin Hu (Beijing Institute of Technology), Xudong Wu (Beijing Institute of Technology), Haoyang Li (Beijing Institute of Technology), Bowen Deng (Beijing Institute of Technology), Zongyuan Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Opening the Polarization Channel in Nonlinear Chiroptical Scattering
+*Ventsislav K. Valev (University of Bath)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Tunable Geometric-phase Metasurface for Active Beam Switching in Tamm Plasmon-polariton Structures
+*Dmitrii A. Pykhtin (Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center-Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Science), Rashid Gelmedinovich Bikbaev (Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center-Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Science), Kuo-Ping Chen (National Tsing Hua University), Wei Lee (National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University), Ivan Vladimirovich Timofeev (Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center KSC SB RAS)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Mueller-matrix Polarimetry as a Universal Tool for Chiral Light-matter Interactions
+*Minghao Li (University of Basel)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Flexible Metasurface Stickers with Nonlocal Coupling
+*Shunsuke Murai (Osaka Metropolitan University), Jiayang He (Kyoto University), Tienyang Lo (Kyoto University), J. T. Y. Tse (Kyoto University), Katsuhisa Tanaka (Kyoto University), Koichi Okamoto (Osaka Metropolitan University)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Chiral Plasmonic Materials with Strong and Dynamically Programmable Chiroptical Responses
+*Chunhong Ye (ShanghaiTech University)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Keynote
Recent Advances in Chiral Nonlinear Metaphotonics
+*Yuri Kivshar (Australian National University)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Invited
Chiral Collective Oscillations in Photonic Crystal Slab
Nianyuan Lv (Peking University), Ye Chen (Peking University), Zixuan Zhang (Peking University), +*Chao Peng (Peking University)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20
00:00

Casimir Effect in Twisted Photonic Gratings with In-plane Chirality
*Natalia S. Salakhova (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology), +Sergey A. Dyakov (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology), Ilia M. Fradkin (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology), Nikolay A. Gippius (Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology)
2A_17
2026-07-29
AM
Room: 17 - CR 20

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