Welcome to Bo Zhen’s group in the Physics Department at the University of Pennsylvania! Our research focuses on the intersection between condensed matter physics and quantum electrodynamics. More specifically, a few topics we are current working on include: (1) nano-photonics, (2) topological physics, (3) non-Hermitian physics, and (4) their optoelectronic applications. For more details, please visit the corresponding pages under “Research”. We are always excited to have talented and motivated members to join us, so please contact me if you are interested!
News
11-2023 | Our paper on topological electromagnetic waves in plasma crystals appears in Scientific Reports.
11-2023 | Our experimental paper on the electrical control over cavity exciton polaritons is posted on arXiv.
11-2023 | Our experimental paper on nonlinear optical metamaterials from twisted TMD interfaces appears in Nature Photonics.
06-2023 | Our paper on the observation of Landau levels in strained photonic crystals is posted on arXiv.
06-2023 | Our paper on widely tunable narrow-linewidth THz-FIR light sources using a new phase-matching mechanism in thin-film LiNbO3 is posted on arXiv.
04-2023 | Our paper on the observation of Floquet Chern insulators of light is posted on arXiv.
04-2023 | Our paper on topological surface magnon polaritons is posted on arXiv.
02-2023 | Our paper on general duality and magnet-free Chern insulators appears in Nature Comm.
01-2023 | Our paper on 2D polariton Chern insulators appears in PRL.
08-2022 | Our paper on the Floquet quadrupole photonic crystals appears in PRL.
02-2022 | Our paper on the demonstration of miniaturized BICs appears in Science Bulletin.
11-2021 | We receive a DARPA contract to work on next-generation night vision goggles.
10-2021 | Bo receives the International Commission for Optics Prize 2021. [link]
10-2021 | Our paper on resonance-forbidden second harmonic generation appears in Nanophotonics.
10-2021 | Our paper on nonlinear optics in AlScN appears in APL Materials.
09-2021 | Yue joins the group.
06-2021 | Zhi joins the group.
05-2021 | Bo receives Young Investigator Award from the Office of Naval Research [News].
03-2021 | Our paper on the Floquet dipole phases in nonlinear photonic crystals appears in PRL.
03-2021 | Bo is named Fellow for Advancing Bioimaging Scialog Initiative by RCSA and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
02-2021 | Bo is awarded the Sloan Fellowship. [Penn Today].
12-2020 | Bumho joins the group.
10-2020 | Our paper on non-Abelian generalizations of the Hofstadter model appears in Light: Science and Applications.
06-2020 | Our paper on quadrupole topological photonic crystals appears in Nature Comm.
04-2020 | Our paper on the observation of unidirectional guided resonances appears in Nature. [Penn News] [ARO News]
10-2019 | Our paper on topologically-enabled ultra-high-Q resonances appears in Nature. [Nature news] [Penn News]
09-2019 | Our paper on Floquet Chern insulators of light appears in Nature Communications. [News]
09-2019 | Our paper on the synthesis and observation of non-Abelian gauge fields in real space appears in Science. [News]
07-2019 | Jian, Jicheng, Longqing join the group.
05-2019 | A profile article about our group is featured on Penn Today.
04-2019 | Valerie is awarded the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship! [News]
02-2019 | Our paper on exceptional surfaces appears in Optica.
01-2019 | Bo is awarded ECASE by the ARO.
08-2018 | Bo is awarded New Investigator grant by the Kaufman Foundation. [News]
07-2018 | Li & Valerie join the group.
04-2018 | Our paper on non-Hermitian topological band theory appears in PRL.
03-2018 | Our paper on bulk Fermi arcs appeared in Science. [News]
02-2018 | Bo is awarded the AFOSR YIP. [link].
01-2018 | Bo joins the UPenn faculty [link] and was awarded Elliman Fellowship [link].