Publications

2026

Floquet-Bloch theory for dispersive time-varying metasurfaces

Floquet-Bloch Theory for Dispersive Time-Varying Metasurfaces

M. M. Sadafi, S. Inampudi, H. Mosallaei

Under review at Nanophotonics (2026)

Photonic time crystals in Moiré superlattices

Photonic Time Crystals in Moiré Superlattices

M. M. Sadafi, H. Mosallaei

Under review at Newton (2026)

Sideband generation and beam shaping

Efficient Sideband Generation and Beam Shaping in Strongly Coupled Graphene-Based Spatiotemporal Metasurfaces

O. Poordashtban, M. M. Sadafi, H. Mosallaei

Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 43(8), 1538–1546

Excitonic hyperbolicity in carbon nanotubes

Electrically Tunable Excitonic-Hyperbolicity in Chirality-Pure Carbon Nanotubes

J. Lynch, P. Shapturenka, M. M. Sadafi, Z. Liu, T. Ruth, K. Jha, Z. Fakhraai, H. Mosallaei, N. Engheta, J. A. Fagan, D. Jariwala

ACS Nano, 20(27), 19807–19819

Quantum light radiation shaping

Dynamic Quantum-Light Radiation Shaping with Time-Modulated BTO-Driven Nanoantennas Array

A. F. da Mota*, M. M. Sadafi*, H. Mosallaei

npj Nanophotonics, 3, Article 50 (2026)

* Equal contribution (co-first authors)

Causal Floquet-Bloch approach

Dynamic Light Scattering from Dispersive Time-Varying Metasurfaces: A Causal Floquet-Bloch Approach

M. M. Sadafi, O. Poordashtban, H. Mosallaei

Metamaterials 2026, pp. 240–242

Graphene integrated metasurface

Graphene-Integrated Metasurface for Full 2π Mid-Infrared Phase Modulation via GMR-Plasmon Strong Coupling

O. Poordashtban, M. M. Sadafi, H. Mosallaei

Metamaterials 2026, pp. 216–218

2025

Lindblad and Maxwell-Bloch equations

Dynamics of Time-Modulated Quantum Systems via Integrated Lindblad and Maxwell–Bloch Equations

A. F. da Mota, M. M. Sadafi, W.-C. Chiu, B. Barbiellini, M. N. Leuenberger, A. Bansil, H. Mosallaei

APL Quantum, 2(3), 036107

Time varying Mie resonators

Time-Varying Mie Resonators for Real-Time Manipulation of Quantum Emitter Radiation

M. M. Sadafi, A. F. da Mota, H. Mosallaei

Physical Review B, 111(12), 125419

2024

Electrostatic orientation of Janus particles

Electrostatic Orientation of Optically Asymmetric Janus Particles

M. M. Sadafi, A. F. da Mota, H. Mosallaei

ACS Omega, 9(50), 49172–49187

Asymmetric imaging with Janus particles

Asymmetric Imaging through Engineered Janus Particle Obscurants Using a Monte Carlo Approach for Highly Asymmetric Scattering Media

A. F. da Mota, M. M. Sadafi, H. Mosallaei

Scientific Reports, 14, Article 3850

2023

Dynamic light scattering

Dynamic Control of Light Scattering in a Single Particle Enabled by Time Modulation

M. M. Sadafi, A. F. da Mota, H. Mosallaei

Applied Physics Letters, 123(10), 101702

Optical manipulation of nanoparticles

Optical Manipulation of Nanoparticles: A Selective Excitation Approach Using Highly Focused Orbital Angular Momentum Beams

M. M. Sadafi, M. Taghavi, A. F. da Mota, H. Mosallaei

Advanced Photonics Research, 4(7), 2200224

2021

Graphene metal metamaterial absorber

A Tunable Hybrid Graphene-Metal Metamaterial Absorber for Sensing in the THz Regime

M. M. Sadafi, H. Karami, M. Hosseini

Current Applied Physics, 31, 132–140