About us
We are the Research Group Functional Nanophotonics at LMU Munich led by Prof. Andreas Tittl. Working in state-of-the-art facilities in the recently established Nanoinstitute Munich, we aim to realize and develop new nanophotonic functionalities through advances in optical metasurfaces, with applications ranging from biochemical spectroscopy, strong light-matter coupling, energy conversion, and quantum light generation. A central focus of our research is the emerging concept of photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs), which allow us to develop spectrally selective metasurfaces with ultrasharp resonances ideally suited for boosting photonic interactions at the nanoscale.
Our Research
We implement diverse experimental and numerical methods to push the limits of light-matter interactions.
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Meet us
We are a multi-national team passionate about scientific discovery and collaboration.
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Publications
We are dedicated to sharing our results with the community through preprints and open access publications.
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Now published in Nature - Optical control of temporal symmetry-breaking in metasurfacesWe show how ultrafast optical pumping can break the metasurface symmetry, toggling resonances in real time for fast photonic switching.
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New dual-gradient metasurface design out in Nature Nanotechnology!We introduce dual-gradient metasurfaces with continuously varying resonances that encode both spectral and coupling information in small footprints.
Are you interested in joining us?
We are always looking for motivated and scientifically curious people to join our team.