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modified <span class="updated">February 28, 2025</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/observation-of-landau-levels-in-photonic-crystals/" rel="bookmark">Observation of Landau levels in photonic crystals</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>Published today in Nature Photonics: our observation of Landau levels in silicon photonic crystals. By introducing synthetic strain to the crystal geometry, photons are stopped in their tracks as if they were electrons in...</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-938" class="group post-standard grid-item excerpt post-938 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-update"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/optomechanical-kitaev-chain/"> <img width="320" height="320" src="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bkc_hor-320x320.jpg" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard no-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bkc_hor-320x320.jpg 320w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bkc_hor-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/bkc_hor-80x80.jpg 80w" sizes="(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-meta group"> <p class="post-date"> <time class="published updated" datetime="2024-03-28 01:07:10">March 28, 2024</time> </p> <p class="post-byline" style="display:none"> by <span class="vcard author"> <span class="fn"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span> </span> · Published <span class="published">March 28, 2024</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/optomechanical-kitaev-chain/" rel="bookmark">Optomechanical Kitaev chain</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>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...</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-934" class="group post-standard grid-item excerpt post-934 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-update"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/phd-defense-jente-vandersmissen/"> <img width="320" height="320" src="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/081223-Vandersmissen-9-320x320.jpg" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard no-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/081223-Vandersmissen-9-320x320.jpg 320w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/081223-Vandersmissen-9-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/081223-Vandersmissen-9-80x80.jpg 80w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-meta group"> <p class="post-date"> <time class="published updated" datetime="2023-12-08 09:03:44">December 8, 2023</time> </p> <p class="post-byline" style="display:none"> by <span class="vcard author"> <span class="fn"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span> </span> · Published <span class="published">December 8, 2023</span> · Last modified <span class="updated">March 15, 2024</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/phd-defense-jente-vandersmissen/" rel="bookmark">PhD defense Jente Vandersmissen</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>Today Jente successfully defended his Thesis titled Optomechanical interactions in plasmonic gap resonators at the TU Eindhoven.Congratulations Dr. Vandermissen!</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-906" class="group post-standard grid-item excerpt post-906 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-update"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/phd-defense-rene-barczyk/"> <img width="320" height="320" src="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-06-at-09.59.10_copy-320x320.jpeg" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard no-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-06-at-09.59.10_copy-320x320.jpeg 320w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-06-at-09.59.10_copy-150x150.jpeg 150w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-06-at-09.59.10_copy-80x80.jpeg 80w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-meta group"> <p class="post-date"> <time class="published updated" datetime="2023-11-10 00:00:00">November 10, 2023</time> </p> <p class="post-byline" style="display:none"> by <span class="vcard author"> <span class="fn"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span> </span> · Published <span class="published">November 10, 2023</span> · Last modified <span class="updated">December 6, 2023</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/phd-defense-rene-barczyk/" rel="bookmark">PhD defense Ren茅 Barczyk</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>Today Ren茅 successfully defended his Thesis titled Topological Control of Light in Photonic Crystals at the TU Eindhoven.Congratulations Dr. Barczyk!</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-900" class="group post-standard grid-item excerpt post-900 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-update"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/ewold-verhagen-elected-as-optica-fellow/"> <img width="320" height="130" src="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/optica-320x130.png" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard no-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-meta group"> <p class="post-date"> <time class="published updated" datetime="2023-11-03 00:00:00">November 3, 2023</time> </p> <p class="post-byline" style="display:none"> by <span class="vcard author"> <span class="fn"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span> </span> · Published <span class="published">November 3, 2023</span> · Last modified <span class="updated">December 5, 2023</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/ewold-verhagen-elected-as-optica-fellow/" rel="bookmark">Ewold Verhagen elected as Optica Fellow</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>Optica (formerly OSA) has elected Ewold Verhagen as Fellow.Optica elected Verhagen for 鈥渙utstanding contributions to nanophotonics and optomechanics, and to the understanding of photonic systems with broken spatiotemporal symmetries.鈥漁ptica Fellows are selected based on...</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-891" class="group post-standard grid-item excerpt post-891 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-update"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/phd-defense-roel-burgwal/"> <img width="320" height="320" src="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/080923-Burgwal-5-320x320.jpg" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard no-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/080923-Burgwal-5-320x320.jpg 320w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/080923-Burgwal-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/080923-Burgwal-5-80x80.jpg 80w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-meta group"> <p class="post-date"> <time class="published updated" datetime="2023-09-08 23:30:00">September 8, 2023</time> </p> <p class="post-byline" style="display:none"> by <span class="vcard author"> <span class="fn"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span> </span> · Published <span class="published">September 8, 2023</span> · Last modified <span class="updated">December 5, 2023</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/phd-defense-roel-burgwal/" rel="bookmark">PhD defense Roel Burgwal</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>Today Roel successfully defended his Thesis titled Nonlinear Optomechanics In Multimode Nanoscale Resonators at the TU Eindhoven.Congratulations Dr. Brugwal!</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-923" class="group post-standard grid-item excerpt post-923 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-update"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/demonstration-of-quadrature-nonreciprocity/"> <img width="320" height="320" src="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dualCarraigeWay-320x320.jpg" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard no-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dualCarraigeWay-320x320.jpg 320w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dualCarraigeWay-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/dualCarraigeWay-80x80.jpg 80w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-meta group"> <p class="post-date"> <time class="published updated" datetime="2023-07-13 21:25:00">July 13, 2023</time> </p> <p class="post-byline" style="display:none"> by <span class="vcard author"> <span class="fn"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span> </span> · Published <span class="published">July 13, 2023</span> · Last modified <span class="updated">December 10, 2023</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/demonstration-of-quadrature-nonreciprocity/" rel="bookmark">Demonstration of quadrature nonreciprocity</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>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...</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-842" class="group post-standard grid-item excerpt post-842 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-update"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/phd-defense-jesse-slim/"> <img width="320" height="320" src="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jesse_verdediging-320x320.jpg" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard no-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jesse_verdediging-320x320.jpg 320w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jesse_verdediging-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jesse_verdediging-80x80.jpg 80w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-meta group"> <p class="post-date"> <time class="published updated" datetime="2023-03-09 21:00:05">March 9, 2023</time> </p> <p class="post-byline" style="display:none"> by <span class="vcard author"> <span class="fn"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span> </span> · Published <span class="published">March 9, 2023</span> · Last modified <span class="updated">March 19, 2023</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/phd-defense-jesse-slim/" rel="bookmark">PhD defense Jesse Slim</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>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...</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-847" class="group post-standard grid-item excerpt post-847 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-update"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/ewold-verhagen-received-erc-consolidator-grant/"> <img width="320" height="98" src="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ercwithmotto.jpg" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard no-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ercwithmotto.jpg 650w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ercwithmotto-300x92.jpg 300w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ercwithmotto-270x83.jpg 270w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-meta group"> <p class="post-date"> <time class="published updated" datetime="2023-02-02 21:07:29">February 2, 2023</time> </p> <p class="post-byline" style="display:none"> by <span class="vcard author"> <span class="fn"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span> </span> · Published <span class="published">February 2, 2023</span> · Last modified <span class="updated">March 19, 2023</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/ewold-verhagen-received-erc-consolidator-grant/" rel="bookmark">Ewold Verhagen receives ERC Consolidator grant</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>I am very honored to have been awarded an聽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...</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article id="post-826" class="group post-standard grid-item excerpt post-826 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-update"> <div class="post-inner post-hover"> <div class="post-thumbnail"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/non-hermitian-chirality-in-optomechanical-networks/"> <img width="320" height="320" src="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/render_nanobeams_v1-320x320.jpg" class="attachment-thumb-standard size-thumb-standard no-lazy wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/render_nanobeams_v1-320x320.jpg 320w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/render_nanobeams_v1-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.optomechanics.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/render_nanobeams_v1-80x80.jpg 80w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px" /> </a> </div> <div class="post-content"> <div class="post-meta group"> <p class="post-date"> <time class="published updated" datetime="2022-06-01 15:29:57">June 1, 2022</time> </p> <p class="post-byline" style="display:none"> by <span class="vcard author"> <span class="fn"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/author/admin/" title="Posts by admin" rel="author">admin</a></span> </span> · Published <span class="published">June 1, 2022</span> </p> </div> <h2 class="post-title entry-title"> <a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/update/non-hermitian-chirality-in-optomechanical-networks/" rel="bookmark">Non-Hermitian chirality in optomechanical networks</a> </h2> <div class="entry excerpt entry-summary"> <p>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...</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> </div> <nav class="pagination group"> <ul class="group"> <li class="prev left"></li> <li class="next right"><a href="https://www.optomechanics.nl/news/page/2/" >Next Page »</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </main> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer id="footer"> <section class="container" id="footer-bottom"> <div class="container-inner"> <a id="back-to-top" href="#"><i class="fas fa-angle-up"></i></a> <div class="hu-pad group"> <div class="grid one-half"> <div id="copyright"> <p>Photonic Forces © 2025. 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