2016 (71 papers) 532. A. Alù, “Designer Matter: Fascinating Interactions of Light and Sound with Metamaterials,” 2016 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29-December 2, 2016, (plenary talk).  531. A. Alù, “The Fascinating Optics of Plasmonics and Metamaterials,” 2016 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29-December 2, 2016, (tutorial talk).  530. V. Neder, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, M. Knight, A. Polman, and A. Alù, “Wide-Angle, Broadband Graded Metasurface for Back Reflection,” 2016 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 29-December 2, 2016. 529. A. Alù, “Breaking Reciprocity and Time-Reversal Symmetry with Metamaterials,” 2016 Mathematics and Physical Sciences Annual Meeting, Simons Foundation, New York, NY, October 20-21, 2016, (invited talk). 528. F. Ruesink, M. A. Miri, A. Alù, E. Verhagen, “Optomechanical Nonreciprocity and Magnetic-Free Photonic Isolation,” Frontiers in Optics, Rochester, NY, October 17-21, 2016. (pdf) 527. A. Alù, “Enhancing Metasurfaces and Metamaterials with Time-Modulation and Nonlinear Responses,” 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2016, Crete, Greece, September 17-22, 2016, (plenary talk). (web) 526. B. Orazbayev, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, M. Beruete, and A. Alù, “Ultrathin Carpet Cloak Based on Ring Resonators,” 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2016, Crete, Greece, September 17-22, 2016. 525. A. Monti, J. Soric, M. Barbuto, D. Ramaccia, S. Vellucci, F. Trotta, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Cloaking Receiving and Transmitting Antennas: Theoretical Aspects and Applications,” 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2016, Crete, Greece, September 17-22, 2016, (invited paper). (web) 524. M. Tymchenko, and A. Alù, “Circuit-Based Magnetless Floquet Topological Insulator,” 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2016, Crete, Greece, September 17-22, 2016. (web) 523. D. Ramaccia, D. Sounas, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Advancements in Doppler Cloak Technology: Manipulation of Doppler Effect and Invisibility for Moving Objects,” 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2016, Crete, Greece, September 17-22, 2016. (web) 522. R. Fleury, A. Khanikaev, and A. Alù, “Broadband Topological Non-Reciprocity in Time-Floquet Metamaterials,” 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2016, Crete, Greece, September 17-22, 2016. 521. D. L. Sounas, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Metasurfaces with Engineered Reflection and Transmission: Optimal Designs through Coupled-Mode Analysis,” 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2016, Crete, Greece, September 17-22, 2016. (web) 520. D. L. Sounas, L. Quan, Y. Hadad, and A. Alù, “Mechanical Motion and Spatiotemporal Modulation to Realize Non-Reciprocal and Active Metamaterials,” 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2016, Crete, Greece, September 17-22, 2016. (web) 519. N. Nookala, J. Lee, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, M. Tymchenko, F. Demmerle, G. Boehm, M. C. Amann, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Ultrathin Gradient Nonlinear Metasurfaces with Giant Nonlinear Response,” 10th International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics – Metamaterials 2016, Crete, Greece, September 17-22, 2016, (invited paper). 518. J. Yellowhair, H. Kwon, A. Alù, R. L. Jarecki, S. L. Shinde, “Metamaterial-Based High Efficiency Absorbers for Solar Applications,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, Photonic Innovations and Solutions for Complex Environments and Systems (PISCES) III, San Diego, CA, August 28-Sept. 1, 2016. (web) 517. J. Lee, N. Nookala, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, M. Tymchenko, F. Demmerle, G. Boehm, K. Lai, G. Shvets, M. C. Amann, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Ultrathin Gradient Nonlinear Metasurfaces with Giant Nonlinear Response,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, Photonic Innovations and Solutions for Complex Environments and Systems (PISCES) III, San Diego, CA, August 28-Sept. 1, 2016, (invited paper). (web) 516. A. Alù, “The Fascinating Optics of Metasurfaces,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, Photonic Innovations and Solutions for  Complex Environments and Systems (PISCES) III, San Diego, CA, August 28-Sept. 1, 2016, (plenary talk). (video) 515. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Breaking Rreciprocity in Nanophotonics,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, Photonic Innovations and Solutions for Complex Environments and Systems (PISCES) III, San Diego, CA, August 28-Sept. 1, 2016, (invited talk). (web) 514. J. S. Gomez-Diaz, and A. Alù, “Active Metasurfaces: Hyperbolic Plasmons, Parity-Time Symmetry and Non-Reciprocal Responses,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, Active Photonic Materials  VIII, San Diego, CA, August 28-Sept. 1, 2016, (invited talk). (web) 513. A. Alù, “Metamaterial Wave Phenomena Based on Nonlinearities,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2016, San Diego, CA, August 28-Sept. 1, 2016, (invited talk). (web) 512. A. Alù, “Fascinating Nonlinear Interactions in Metamaterials,” 2016 SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures (NWCS16), Philadelphia, PA, August 8-11, 2016, (plenary talk). 511. J. Lee, N. Nookala, M. Tymchenko, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, F. Demmerle, G. Boehm, K. Lai, G. Shvets, M. C. Amann, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Gradient Nonlinear Metasurfaces for Continuous Phase Control,” 37th Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2016), Shanghai, China, August 8-11, 2016, (invited paper). 510. A. Alù, “Breaking Reciprocity and Time-Reversal Symmetry with Metamaterials,” 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META’16), Malaga, Spain, July 25-28, 2016, (plenary talk). 509. B. Hopkins, F. Monticone, A. E. Miroshnichenko, A. Alù, and Y. Kivshar, “Utilizing Fano Resonances in Chiral and Dielectric Nanoparticle Oligomers,” 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META’16), Malaga, Spain, July 25-28, 2016. 508. R. Fleury, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Extreme Wave Manipulation with Parity-Time Symmetric Metasurfaces,” 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META’16), Malaga, Spain, July 25-28, 2016, (invited talk). 507. B. Orazbayev, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, M. Beruete, and A. Alù, “Ultrathin Metasurface Carpet Cloak,” 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META’16), Malaga, Spain, July 25-28, 2016, (invited paper). 506. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, M. Tymchenko, Y. Hadad, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Graded Metasurfaces for Advanced Wave Control,” 7th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META’16), Malaga, Spain, July 25-28, 2016, (invited talk). 505. A. Alù, “The Fascinating Optics of Metamaterials and Plasmonics,” 2016 SIAM Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, July 11-16, 2016, (invited talk). 504. A. Alù, “"Nonlinearity and Nonreciprocity with Plasmonic Nanostructures and Metasurfaces,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics & Nanophotonics, Sunday River, ME, July 10-15, 2016, (invited talk). 503. W. Chen, M. Tymchenko, A. Fafarman, S. H. Hoon, P. Gopalan, X. Ye, Y. Wu, M. Zhang, C. B. Murray, A. Alù, and C. R. Kagan, “Colloidal Au Nanocrystal-Based Ultrathin Polarizing Plasmonic Metasurfaces,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics & Nanophotonics, Sunday River, ME, July 10-15, 2016. 502. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Plasmonic Nanoparticles to Enable Parity-Time Symmetry Breaking at the Nanoscale,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics & Nanophotonics, Sunday River, ME, July 10-15, 2016. 501. M. Tymchenko, N. Nookala, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, J. Lee, M. A. Belkin, A. Alù, “Ultrathin Nonlinear Metasurfaces: Giant Efficiency and Advanced Phase Control,” 16th International Conference on Mathematical Methods in Electromagnetic Theory, Lviv, Ukraine, July 5-7, 2016, (invited talk). 500. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, and A. Alù, “Graphene-Based Gradient Metasurfaces for Extreme Wavefront Manipulation at Terahertz Frequencies,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 499. A. Kord, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Ultrathin Active Cloak with Balanced Loss and Gain,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 498. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Wave Propagation in Moving ENZ Media,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 497. J. S. Gomez-Diaz, and A. Alù, “Magnetically-Biased Graphene-Based Hyperbolic Metasurfaces,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC- URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 496. D. Correas-Serrano, A. Alvarez-Melcon, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, and A. Alù, “Strong Light-Matter Interactions in Thin Black Phosphorus Films,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 495. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Foster’s Reactance Theorem Implications for Scattering and Cloaking,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC- URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 494. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Boosting the Directivity of Optical Nanoantennas,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016, (invited talk). 493. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, J. C. Soric, and A. Alù, “Low-Scattering Sensor with Strong Absorption Properties,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 492. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Scattering and Radiation Singularities in Epsilon-Near-Zero Structures,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 491. A. Monti, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Optical Cloaking of Plasmonic Materials Through Nanoparticles-Based Metasurfaces,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 490. D. L. Sounas, J. C. Soric, and A. Alù, “Industry Applications of Metamaterials for Antenna Systems,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016, (invited talk). 489. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Fundamental Bounds on Asymmetrical Structures Stemming from Time-Reversal Symmetry,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 488. Y. Hadad, F. Koenderink, and A. Alù, “Theory of Distributed Feedback Lasers Based on Ordered and Disordered Plasmonic Arrays,”  2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 487. Y. Hadad, A. Khanikaev, J. C. Soric, and A. Alù, “Self-Induced Topological Transitions by Nonlinearities,”  2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 486. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, V. Neder, M. Knight, A. Polman, and A. Alù, “Efficient, Broadband Ultrathin Retroreflector Metasurface for Visible and Near-infrared Frequencies,”  2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 485. M. A. Miri, E. Verhagen, and A. Alù, “Isolation, Switching and Memory Based on Optomechanical Metamaterials,”  2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 484. M. Farhat, P. Y. Chen, S. Guenneau, H. Bagci, K. N. Salama, and A. Alù, “Cloaking in Diffusive Media using Scattering Cancellation Technique,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 483. J. C. Soric, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Non-Magnetic, Non-Linear Radio-Frequency Isolator with Large Isolation and Small Insertion Loss,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 482. D. Correas-Serrano, A. Alvarez-Melcon, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Leaky-Wave Antenna at THz Based on Spatiotemporally Modulated Graphene,” 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Fajardo, Puerto Rico, June 26-July 1, 2016. 481. C. F. Sieck, M. B. Muhlestein, A. Alù, and M. R. Haberman, “Physical Origins of Willis Coupling in Acoustic Metamaterials,” EuroRegio 2016, Porto, Portugal, June 13-15, 2016, (invited paper). (paper) 480. A, Alù, “Tailoring Radio-Waves, Light and Sound with Metamaterials,” Hilton Head Workshop 2016, Hilton Head Island, SC, June 5-9, 2016, (plenary talk). 479. A. Alù, “Topological Metamaterials for Light, RF and Sound,” Lorentz Workshop, Topological Matter at H-Zero: Photonic, Acoustic, and Mechanical Analogues of Electronic Topological Insulators, Leiden, Netherlands, May 9-13, 2016, (invited talk). 478. A. Alù, and F. Monticone, “Global and Local Bounds on the Bandwidth of Cloaking” 2016 SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Material Science, Philadelphia, PA, May 8-12, 2016, (invited talk). 477. A. Alù, and D. L. Sounas, “Time-Reversal Symmetry Bounds for Electromagnetic Devices,” 2016 SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Material Science, Philadelphia, PA, May 8-12, 2016, (invited talk). 476. A. Alù, “Parity-Time Symmetric Metasurfaces,” 2016 SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Material Science, Philadelphia, PA, May 8-12, 2016, (invited talk). 475. D. Correas-Serrano, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, D. L. Sounas, A. Alvarez-Melcon, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal THz Components Based on Spatiotemporally Modulated Graphene,” 2016 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016, (invited paper). 474. M. Tymchenko, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, J. Lee, M. A. Belkin, and A. Alù, “Ultrathin Nonlinear Metasurfaces with Continuous Phase Control at the Nanoscale,” 2016 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016, (invited talk). 473. B. Orazbayev, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, M. Beruete, and A. Alù, “Metasurface-Based Ultrathin Carpet Cloak,” 2016 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016. 472. C. A. Valagiannopoulos, A. Alù, A. Dimakis, and E. Marengo “Guessing the Texture of Magnetic Samples Assisted by Aharanov-Bohm Effect,” 2016 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016. 471. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Non-Linear Isolators: Fundamental Bounds and Optimal Designs,” 2016 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016. 470. R. Fleury, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Magnetless Circulators for Electromagnetic and Acoustic Waves,” 2016 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016. 469. Y. Hadad, J. C. Soric, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Spatiotemporal Modulation for Non-Reciprocal Radiation and Scattering,” 2016 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016, (invited talk). 468. J. S. Gómez-Díaz, and A. Alù, “Graphene-Based Hyperbolic Metasurfaces,” 2016 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016, (invited talk). 467. D. L. Souna464.s, R. Fleury, and A. Alù, “Parity-Time Symmetry for Cloaking and Negative Refraction,” 2016 European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Davos, Switzerland, April 10-15, 2016. 466. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Extraordinary Light Trapping in Plasmonic and Metamaterial Structures,” SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussles, Belgium, April 4-7, 2016, (invited talk). 465. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Breaking Reciprocity with Non-Linear Resonant Optical Metamaterials,” Materials Research Society Spring Meeting and Exhibit, Phoenix, AZ, March 28 - April 1, 2016, (invited talk). 464. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Fundamental Bounds for Nonlinearity-Based Optical Isolation,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, Feb. 13-18, 2016, (invited talk). 463. A. Alù, “From Cloaking to One-Way Propagation: the Fascinating Wave Interaction with Metamaterials,” 2016 TAMEST Annual Conference, Dallas, TX, January 20-22, 2016, (plenary talk). 462. A. Alù, “The Fascinating Optics of Plasmonic Metasurfaces,” Physics@FOM, Veldhoven, Netherlands, January 19-20, 2016, (invited talk). 2015 (61 papers) 461. S. Mann, R. R. Grote, A. Alù, and E. Garnett, “Optical Concentration in Nanostructures for Photovoltaic Voltage Enhancements,” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 29-Dec. 4, 2015. 460. A. Alù, “Nonlinear, Nonreciprocal, and Parity-Time Symmetric Metasurfaces,” Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Nov. 29-Dec. 4, 2015, (invited talk). 459. Y. Hadad, J. C. Soric, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Time-Modulated Antennas and Metasurfaces,” Lougborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, Loughborough, United Kingdom, November 3-4, 2015, (invited talk). [Link to video of the talk] 458. M. Muhlestein, C. F. Sieck, A. Alù, and M. Haberman, “Reciprocity, Passivity, and Causality in Media with Coupled Strain-Momentum Constitutive Relations,” 170th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Jacksonville, FL, Nov. 2-6, 2015. 457. C. Sieck, M. Muhlestein, A. Alù, and M. Haberman, “Source Driven Homogenization and Spatial Dispersion Effects in Acoustic Metamaterials,” 170th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Jacksonville, FL, Nov. 2-6, 2015, (invited paper). 456. A. Alù, “Fascinating Light Interactions with Metamaterials,” Nanoscale Quantum Optics 2015, Amsterdam, Netherlands, October 23, 2015, (plenary talk). 455. A. Monti, J. C. Soric, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Analytical Modeling for Microwave and Optical Metasurfaces,” International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2015), Rhodes, Greece, September 23-29, 2015. (web) 454. Y. Hui, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, A. Alù, M. Rinaldi, “Spectrally Selective Infrared Detector based on a Plasmonic Piezoelectric Nanoelectromechanical Metasurface,” Metamaterials 2015, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-12, 2015. 453. Y. Radi, D. L. Sounas, A. Alù, and S. A. Tretyakov, “Parity-Time Symmetric Tunnelling,” Metamaterials 2015, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-12, 2015. 452. M. Moccia, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Nonlocal Transformation Optics for Dispersion Engineering,” Metamaterials 2015, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-12, 2015. 451. D. Ramaccia, D. Sounas, A. Alù, A. Tobia, F. Bilotti, and A. Toscano, “Emulating Moving Objects through Linear Momentum-Biased Metamaterials: A Route to Artificial Doppler Effect and Velocity Cloaking,” Metamaterials 2015, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-12, 2015. 450. A. Monti, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Modeling and Design of Optical Mantle Cloaking Devices,” Metamaterials 2015, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-12, 2015. 449. A. Monti, L. Tenuti, G. Oliveri, J. Soric, A. Alù, A. Massa, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Recent Developments in the Design of Microwave Mantle Cloaks with Improved Performance and Relative Applications,” Metamaterials 2015, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-12, 2015. 448. F. Monticone, C. Valagiannopoulos, S. Savoia, R. Fleury, and A. Alù, “PT-Symmetric Metamaterial Systems for Aberration-Free Imaging and Wave Manipulation,” Metamaterials 2015, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-12, 2015. 447. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Leaky Waves, Wood’s Anomalies and Extraordinary Optical Trapping,” Metamaterials 2015, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-12, 2015. 446. R. Fleury, D. L. Sounas, A. Khanikaev, and A. Alù, “Breaking Temporal Symmetries in Acoustic Metamaterials,” Metamaterials 2015, Oxford, United Kingdom, September 7-12, 2015, (invited talk). 445. J. Lee, N. Nookala, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, M. Tymchenko, F. Demmerle, G. Boehm, M. C. Amann, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Highly-Nonlinear Quantum-Engineered Polaritonic Metasurfaces,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, USA, August 9-13, 2015, (invited paper). 444. B. Hopkins, D. S. Filonov, A. E. Miroshnichenko, F. Monticone, A. Alù, and Y. S. Kivshar, “The Design of the Fano Resonances in Oligomer-Like Structures,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, USA, August 9-13, 2015. 443. J. Lee, N. Nookala, M. Tymchenko, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, F. Demmerle, M. C. Amman, A. Alù, and M. Belkin, “Nonlinear Optics with Polaritonic Metasurfaces Coupled to Intersubband Transitions,” 6th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META’15), New York City, NY, USA, August 4-7, 2015. 442. J. C. Soric, and A. Alù, “Radio-Frequency Transparent Dual-Polarized Dipole Antennas,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 441. Y. Hadad, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Nonreciprocal Space-Time Gratings,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 440.. Y. Hadad, J. C. Soric, and A. Alù, “Spatiotemporally Modulated Antennas,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 439.. A. Monti, J. Soric, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Mantle Cloaking: Antenna Applications,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 438. D. L. Sounas, Y. Hadad, and A. Alù, “Large Non-reciprocity and Isolation with Time-Varying Zero-Index Electrical or Acoustical Channels,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 437. M. Moccia, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Dispersion Engineering via Nonlocal Transformation Optics,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 436. F. Monticone, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Linear and Nonlinear Optical Nano-Antennas,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015, (invited talk). 435. F. Monticone, C. Argyropoulos, and A. Alù, “MIMO Optical Wireless at the Nanoscale,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 434. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “'Realization and Operation of Modular 3-D Optical Nanocircuits,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015, (invited talk). 433. D. Ramaccia, F. Bilotti, A. Toscano, M. Barbuto, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Reciprocal and Non-Reciprocal Signal Manipulation Through Horn Antennas Loaded with Metamaterial-Inspired Particles,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015, (invited paper). 432. D. L. Sounas, R. Fleury, and A. Alù, “Time-Domain Response of Parity-Time Symmetric Structures: Causality, Stability and Bandwidth Considerations,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 431. D. L. Sounas, M. A. Belkin, and A. Alù, “Strong Non-Linear Non-Reciprocity Using Leaky-Waves on Multi Quantum Well Layers,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 430. J. S. Gomez-Diaz, and A. Alù, “Graphene Plasmonics: Theory and Experiments,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 429. D. Correas-Serrano, A. Alvarez-Melcon, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, and A. Alù, “Surface Plasmon Modes in Self-Biased Coupled Graphene-Coated Wires,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 428. J. S. Gomez-Diaz, J. Lee, M. Tymchenko, M. A. Belkin, and A. Alù, “Giant Nonlinear Processes in Plasmonic Metasurfaces,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 427. J. S. Gomez-Diaz, M. Tymchenko, and A. Alù, “Hyperbolic Metasurfaces,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 426. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Embedded Scattering Eigenstates: Light Trapping in 2D and 3D Systems,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 425. F. Monticone, C. Valagiannopoulos, and A. Alù, “'Aberration-Free Planar Focusing based on Parity-Time Symmetric Nonlocal Metamaterials,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 424. M. Tymchenko, and A. Alù, “Pancharatnam-Berry Metasurfaces with Giant Nonlinear Response,” 2015 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and North American Radio Science Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-25, 2015. 423. P. Gori, C. Guattari, A. Monti, D. Ramaccia, A. Alù, F. Bilotti, A. Toscano, “Design of Acoustic Metasurfaces for Mantle Cloaking,” The 22nd International Congress on Soundand Vibration, Florence, Italy, July 12-16, 2015. 422. M. Moccia, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Recent Progress in Nonlocal Transformation Optics,” Plasmonica 2015, Padova, Italy, July 1-3, 2015. 421. C. F. Sieck, M. R. Haberman, and A. Alù, “Physical Constraints nn Acoustic and Elastic Metamaterials of the Willis Form,” Applied Mechanics and Materials Conference, Seattle, WA, June 29-July 1, 2015. 420 F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Embedded Photonic Eigenstates: Towards Ideal Light Localization and Confinement in Open Nanostructures,” 11th International Conference on Optics of Surfaces and Interfaces (OSI-11), Austin, TX, USA, June 28-July 3, 2015. 419. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Wave Manipulation Using Metasurfaces,” 11th International Conference on Optics of Surfaces and Interfaces (OSI-11), Austin, TX, USA, June 28-July 3, 2015. 418. J. S. Gomez-Diaz, M. Tymchenko, J. Lee, M. A. Belkin, and A. Alù, “Giant Nonlinearities and Topological Transitions in Engineered Metasurfaces,” 11th International Conference on Optics of Surfaces and Interfaces (OSI-11), Austin, TX, USA, June 28-July 3, 2015, (invited talk). 417. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Linear- and Angular-Momentum Bias in Metamaterials,” Designer Matter Workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 22-24, 2015, (invited paper). 416. A. Alù, “Nonreciprocity and Topologically Nontrivial Dispersion in Angular-Momentum Biased Metamaterials,” Designer Matter Workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 22- 24, 2015, (invited talk).415. A. Alù, “Engineering the Nanoscale Optical Response with Metasurfaces,” Photonics North 2015, Montreal, Canada, June 9-11, 2015, (invited talk). 414. A. Alù, “Tailoring Scattering, Absorption, and Nonlinearity with Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” The 7th International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics (SPP7), Jerusalem, Israel, May 31-June 5, 2015, (invited talk). 413. Y. Hadad, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Transmission/Diffraction through Plasmonic Gratings Above a Time-Varying Medium,” The 7th International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics (SPP7), Jerusalem, Israel, May 31-June 5, 2015. 412. J. S. Gomez-Diaz, M. A. Belkin, and A. Alù, “Second and Third-Order Giant Non-Linear Processes in Plasmonic Metasurfaces,” URSI AT-RASC 2015, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, May 18-22, 2015. 411. J. S. Gomez-Diaz, and A. Alù, “Wave Propagation in Hyperbolic Metasurfaces,” URSI AT-RASC 2015, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, May 18-22, 2015. 410. N. Estep, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “On-Chip Non-Reciprocal Components Based on Angular-Momentum Biasing,” International Microwave Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, May, 17- 22, 2015. 409. A. Alù, “Recent Advances on Optical Metasurfaces,” E-MRS Spring Meeting, Lille, France, May 11-15, 2015, (invited talk). 408. J. Lee, N. Nookala, M. Tymchenko, J. S. Gomez-Diaz, F. Demmerle, G. Boehm, M.-C. Amann, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Giant nonlinear response of polaritonic metasurfaces coupled to intersubband transitions,”  CLEO: 2015, San Jose, CA, May 10-15, 2015. 407. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Parity-Time Symmetry Breaking and Amplifier-Absorber Transitions in Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” CLEO: 2015, San Jose, CA, May 10-15, 2015. 406. C. F. Sieck, A. Alù, and M. R. Haberman, “Dynamic Homogenization of Acoustic Metamaterials with Coupled Field Response,” 2015 International Congress on Ultrasonics, Metz, France, May 10-14, 2015. 405. F. Monticone, C. Valagiannopoulos, S. Savoia, R. Fleury, and A. Alù, “Parity-Time Symmetric Nonlocal Metamaterials for Focusing and Image Processing,” APS March Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2-6, 2015. 404. D. Strickland, A. Ayon, and A. Alù, “Electrodynamic Tensor Properties of Periodic Arrays,” APS March Meeting, San Antonio, TX, March 2-6, 2015. 403. J. Lee, M. Tymchenko, F. Lu, F. Demmerle, G. Boehm, M. C. Amann, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Nonlinear Optics with Quantum-Engineered Intersubband Metamaterials,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, February 7-12, 2015, (invited paper). 402. A. Alù, “Metasurfaces with Spatial and Temporal Modulation to Manipulate and Control Waves,” Spatial Transformations: From Fundamentals to Applications, The Royal Society at Chicheley Hall, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, January 26-27, 2015, (invited talk). 401. A. Alù, “Nonreciprocity, Nonlinearity and Gain: New Venues for Metamaterials and Plasmonics,” Nanometa 2015, Seefeld, Austria, January 5-8, 2015, (plenary alk). 2014 (51 papers) 400. A. N. Askarpoor, Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Optical Chirality Enhancement in Twisted Metamaterials,” 3rd Conference on Millimeter Wave & Terahertz Technologies, Tehran, Iran, December 30-January 1, 2015. 399. A. Alù, “Giant Nonreciprocity and Nonlinearity in Optical Metamaterials,” International Symposium on Photonic Nanomaterials, Jena, Germany, November 27-28, 2014, (keynote talk). 398. C. F. Sieck, M. R. Haberman, and A. Alù, “Acoustic Metamaterial Homogenization Based on Equivalent Fluid Media with Coupled Field Response,” 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, October 27-31, 2014. 397. A. J. Hicks, M. D. Guild, M. R. Haberman, A. Alù, and P. S. Wilson, “Cloaking Non-Spherical Objects and Collections of Objects Using the Scattering Cancellation Method,” 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, October 27-31, 2014. 396. M. D. Guild, A. Alù, and M. R. Haberman, “Cloaking of an Acoustic Sensor Using Scattering Cancellation,”168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, October 27-31, 2014. 395. R. Fleury, D. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Parity-Time Symmetric Metamaterials and Metasurfaces for Loss-Immune and Broadband Acoustic Wave Manipulation,” 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, October 27-31, 2014. 394. R. Fleury, D. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Acoustic Devices Based on Spatio-Temporal Angular-Momentum Modulation,” 168th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Indianapolis, IN, October 27-31, 2014. 393. D. J. Ironside, R. Salas, P. Y. Chen, K. Q. Le, A. Alù, S. R. Bank, “Employing Metamaterials for Enhanced THz Generation in Photomixers,” 2014 IEEE Photonics Conference, San Diego, CA, October 12-16, 2014. 392. A. Alù, R. Fleury, and D. Sounas, “Nonreciprocity, Nonlinearity and Parity-Time Symmetry in Optical Metasurfaces and Metamaterials,” 2014 IEEE Photonics Conference, San Diego, CA, October 12-16, 2014, (invited talk). 391. A. Monti, J. Soric, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Advances in Mantle Cloaking Design,” 2014 European Microwave Week, Roma, Italy, October 5-10, 2014. 390. A. Silva, F. Monticone, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Metamaterial-Based Analog Computing,” 20th IMEKO TC-4 International Symposium, Benevento, Italy, Sep. 15-17, 2014, (invited paper). 389. A. Alù, “Metamolecules, Metasurfaces and Metamaterials to Control Light at the Nanoscale in Unprecedented Ways,” 23rd Congress of the International Commission for Optics (ICO-23), August 25-29, 2014, (plenary talk). 388. D. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Devices Enabled by Metamaterials,” Metamaterials 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-28, 2014. 387. A. Monti, L. Tenuti, G. Oliveri, A. Alù, A. Massa, A. Toscano, F. Bilotti, “Design of Multi-Layer Mantle Cloaks,” Metamaterials 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-28, 2014. 386. C. Della Giovampaola, B. Edwards, A. Silva, F. Monticone, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Recent Progress in Metamaterials That Perform Mathematical Operations,” Metamaterials 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-28, 2014. 385. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Scattering Engineering: from Broadband Cloaking and Resonance Effects to Embedded Scattering Eigenvalues in 3D Nanostructures,” Metamaterials 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-28, 2014. 384. R. Fleury, and A. Alù, “Parity-Time Acoustic Metamaterials and Unidirectional Invisible Sensors,” Metamaterials 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-28, 2014. 383. D. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Strong Linear and Magnetic-Free Non-Reciprocity Using Angular-Momentum Biasing,” Metamaterials 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 25-28, 2014, (invited keynote talk). 382. J. Lee, C. Argyropoulos, P. Y. Chen, M. Tymchenko, F. Lu, F. Demmerle, G. Boehm, M. C. Amann, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Giant Nonlinear Response from Plasmonic Metasurfaces Coupled to Intersubband Polaritons,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, August 17-21, 2014, (invited paper). 381. A. Monti, J. Soric, R. Fleury, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Mantle Cloaking and Related Applications in Antennas,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’14), Palm Beach, Aruba, August 3-9, 2014. 380. R. Fleury, D. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Parity-Time-Symmetric Metasurfaces and Metamaterials,” CMDS-13, Salt Lake City, UT, July 21-25, 2014, (invited talk). 379. S. Savoia, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Parity-Time-Symmetric Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials,” 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014. 378. F. Monticone, V. Galdi, N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “‘Computing Metasurfaces’ to Perform    Mathematical Operations,” 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014. 377. N. A. Estep, D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Magnetic-Free, Fully Integrated, Compact Microwave Circulator Using Angular-Momentum Biasing,” 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014. 376. J. Soric, and A. Alù, “Radiation Patterning Enabled by ε-Near-Zero Reconfigurable Metamaterial Lenses,” 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014, (invited talk). 375. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Angular-Momentum Biasing: A New Paradigm for Linear, Magnetic-Free, Non-Reciprocal Devices,” 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014. 374. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Unidirectional Invisibility with 3D Parity-Time Symmetric Structures,” 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014. 373. A. N. Askarpoor, and A. Alù, “Electromagnetic Wave Interaction with 3D Arrays of Quadrupolar Inclusions,” 2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014. 372. D. L. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Frequency and Spatial Filtering by Means of Advanced Optical Funneling,” 2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014. 371. C. Della Giovampaola, B. Edwards, A. Silva, F. Monticone, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Waveguide-based Metamaterials as a Platform for Mathematical Operations,” 2014 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Memphis, TN, July 6-12, 2014. 370. J. Kim, Y. Zhao, A. Dutta, S. M. Choudhury, A. V. Kildishev, A. Alù, and A. Boltasseva, “Nanostructured Transparent Conductive Oxide Films for Plasmonic Metasurfaces to Control Polarization,” CLEO 2014, San Jose, CA, June 8-13, 2014. 369. J. Lee, C. Argyropoulos, P. Y. Chen, M. Tymchenko, F. Lu, F. Demmerle, G. Boehm, M. Amann, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Giant Nonlinear Response from Plasmonic Metasurfaces Coupled to Intersubband Transitions,” CLEO 2014, San Jose, CA, June 8-13, 2014. 368. A. Alù, “Inducing Giant Nonreciprocal Effects in Metamolecules, Metasurfaces and Metamaterials,” CLEO 2014, San Jose, CA, June 8-13, 2014, (invited talk). 367. J. Lee, S. Jung, P. Y. Chen, F. Lu, F. Demmerle, G. Boehm, M. Amann, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Ultrafast Voltage-Tunable Plasmonic Metamaterials Based on Intersubband Polaritons,”  CLEO 2014, San Jose, CA, June 8-13, 2014. 366. Y. Zhao, A. N. Askarpour, L. Sun, J. Shi, X. Li, and A. Alù, “High-Sensitivity Chiral Molecular Sensing with Optical Metasurfaces,” CLEO 2014, San Jose, CA, June 8-13, 2014. 365. A. Silva, F. Monticone, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Metamaterial-Based Analog Computing,” Third Mediterranean Photonics Conference, Trani, Italy, May 7- 9, 2014. 364. C. F. Sieck, M. R. Haberman, and A. Alù, “Physical Constraints on Lossy Acoustic Metamaterials with Complex Effective Properties,” 167th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Providence, RI, May 5-9, 2014. 363. A. Alù, “Tailoring Scattering, Absorption and Radiation with Plasmonic Nanoantennas and Metasurfaces,” 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 21-25, 2014, (invited talk). 362. N. Moahhamdi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Superabsorbers with Minimized Scattering: How to Hide A Good Receiver,” 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 21-25, 2014. 361. N. Moahhamdi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Towards Efficient Nanoscale Wave Manipulation with Graded Plasmonic Metareflectors,” 2014 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 21-25, 2014. 360. S. Savoia, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Wave Tunneling Through Parity-Time-Symmetric Epsilon-Near-Zero Bi-Layers,” 8th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), The Hague, The Netherlands, April 6-11, 2014. 359. N. Estep, D. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Angular-Momentum-Biasing for Non-Reciprocal Radio-Frequency Components,” 2014 Texas Symposium on Wireless & Microwave Circuits & Systems, Waco, TX, April 3-4, 2014, (invited talk). 358. Y. Wu, C. Zhang, J. Kim, M. Zhang, C. K. Shih, X. Li, Y. Zhao, N. Mohammadi Estakhri, X. X. Liu, A. Alù, and G. Pribil, “Extraordinary SPP Propagation Distance in Epitaxially Grown Silver Film,” 2014 APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 3-7, 2014. 357. F. Shafiei, F. Monticone, K. Q. Le, X. X. Liu, T. Hartsfield, A. Alù, and X. Li, “Plasmonic Magnetic Nanostructure,” 2014 APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 3-7, 2014. 356. J. Shi, S. Elias, F. Monticone, Y. Wu, D. Ratchford, X. Li, and A. Alù, “Assembling Three-Dimensional Optical Stereo-Nanocircuits,” 2014 APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 3-7, 2014. 355. D. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Integrated Nanophotonic Isolator Without Magnetism: Angular-Momentum Biased Metamaterials,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, February 1- 6, 2014, (invited talk). 354. D. Strickland, A. Alù, and A. Ayón, “Magnetoelectric Coupling in Cylindrical Inclusions,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, February 1-6, 2014. 353. J. Soric, and A. Alù, “Wideband Tunable and Non-Foster Mantle Cloaks,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 8-11, 2014. 352. J. Soric, and A. Alù, “Impedance Matching, Energy Squeezing and Reconfigurable Lenses Based on ENZ Metamaterials,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 8-11, 2014. 351. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Graded Metareflectors for Wave Manipulation and Control at the Nanoscale,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 8-11, 2014. 350. D. Sounas, and A. Alù, “Giant Nonreciprocal and Nonlinear Effects in Metamolecules, Metasurfaces and Metamaterials,” 44th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics, Snowbird, UT, January 5-9, 2014, (invited talk). 2013 (52 papers) 349. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Controlling the Nanoscale Optical Transmission with Single and Stacked Metasurfaces,” OSA Frontiers in Optics 2013, Orlando, FL, October 6-10, 2013. 348. F. Monticone, X. Li, and A. Alù, “Boosting Optical Magnetism with Symmetry Breaking in a Subwavelength Plasmonic Metamolecule,” OSA Frontiers in Optics 2013, Orlando, FL, October 6-10, 2013. 347. C. Argyropoulos, G. D’Aguanno, and A. Alù, “Nonlinear Optical Effects in Epsilon-Near-Zero Plasmonic Waveguides and Metamaterials,” OSA Frontiers in Optics 2013, Orlando, FL, October 6-10, 2013. 346. G. Castaldi, S. Savoia, V. Galdi, A. Alù, N. Engheta, “Complex-Coordinate Transformation Optics and PT-Symmetric Metamaterials,” Metamaterials 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013. 345. N. A. Estep, A. N. Askarpour, and A. Alù, “Design and Operation of a Negative-Index Parallel-Plate Metamaterial,” Metamaterials 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013. 344. A. Monti, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and F. Bilotti, “Design and Simulations of Dual-Polarized Mantle Cloaking Devices,” Metamaterials 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013. 343. D. Strickland, A. Alù, and A. Ayón, “Dynamic Polarizability Tensor for Cylindrical Rods and their Application to the Homogenization of Uniaxial Metamaterials,” Metamaterials 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013. 342. J. Lee, P. Y. Chen, C. Argyropoulos, A. Alù, and M. A. Belkin, “Metamaterials Based on Intersubband Polaritons,” Metamaterials 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013, (invited paper). 341. A. Silva, F. Monticone, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Mathematical Manipulation with Metamaterials,” Metamaterials 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013, (invited paper). 340. Y. R. Padooru, P. Y. Chen, A. B. Yakovlev, and A. Alù, “Graphene Metasurface Makes the Thinnest Possible Cloak in the Terahertz Spectrum,” Metamaterials 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013. 339. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “On the Physical Bounds of Cloaking and Invisibility,” Metamaterials 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013. 338. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, R. Fleury, J. Soric, and A. Alù, “Passivity Limitations on Absorption Properties of Low-Scattering Objects,” Metamaterials 2013, Bordeaux, France, September 16-19, 2013.. 337. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, R. Fleury, and A. Alù, “Superabsorbers and Invisible Sensors,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 336. C. Argyropoulos, G. D’Aguanno, and A. Alù, “Temporal Soliton Propagation and Second Harmonic Generation in Epsilon-Near-Zero Plasmonic Waveguides,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 335. D. Sounas, C. Caloz, and A. Alù, “Non-Reciprocal Metamaterials with Angular Momentum Biasing,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7- 12, 2013. 334. C. Argyropoulos, and A. Alù, “Nonlinear and Active Hyperbolic Metamaterials,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 333. A. Silva, F. Monticone, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Metastructures for Signal Manipulation,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 332. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Molding the Optical Transmission with a Meta-Transmitarray,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 331. F. Monticone, R. Fleury, and A. Alù, “Physical Bounds and Limitations of Cloaking and Invisibility Using Passive Metamaterials,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 330. G. Castaldi, S. Savoia, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Complex-Coordinate Transformation Optics as a Route to PT-Metamaterials,” 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 329. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Nanoantenna-Enhanced Optical Heterodyning and Photoemission Nanodevices,” 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 328. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Controlling the Optical Wave Propagation Using Engineered Nanoscale Metasurfaces,” 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 327. F. Monticone, X. Li, and A. Alù, “Strong Optical Magnetism and Fano Resonances in Asymmetric Plasmonic Metamolecules,” 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013. 326. A. Monti, F. Bilotti, A. Toscano, J. Soric, and A. Alù, “Mantle Cloak Devices for TE and TM Polarizations,” 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Lake Buena Vista, FL, July 7-12, 2013.C35. 325. F. Shafiei, F. Monticone, K. Le, X. Liu, T. Hartsfield, A. Alù, and X. Li, “Subwavelength Plasmonic Metamolecule Exhibiting Magnetic-Based Optical Fano Resonance,” CLEO 2013, San Jose, CA, USA, June 9-14, 2013. 324. J. Kim, Y. Zhao, G. V. Naik, N. K. Emani, U. Guler, A. V. Kildishev, A. Alù, and A. Boltasseva, “Nanostructured Transparent Conductive Oxide Films for Plasmonic Applications,” CLEO 2013, San Jose, CA, USA, June 9-14, 2013. 323. A. Silva, F. Monticone, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Metamaterial Analog Computing,” in Proceedings of the 2013 SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Philadelphia, PA, June 8-12, 2013, (invited paper). 322. A. Alù, and F. Monticone, “Physical Bounds, Potential and Limitations of Metamaterial Cloaks,” 2013 SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science, Philadelphia, PA, June 8-12, 2013, (invited talk). 321. C. F. Sieck, R. Fleury, M. R. Haberman, and A. Alù, “Acoustic Supercoupling and Enhancement of Nonlinearities in Density-Near-Zero (DNZ) Metamaterial Channels,” 21st International Congress on Acoustics, Montreal, Canada, June 2-7, 2013, (invited talk). 320. Y. Zhao, A. Askarpour, and A. Alù, “Generalized Bloch Analysis of Twisted Plasmonic Metamaterials with Superchiral Properties,” 6th International Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics, Ottawa, Canada, May 26-31, 2013. 319. A. Yaghjian, A. Alù, and M. G. Silveirinha, “Causality of Diamagnetic Materials,” European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, (EuCAP 2013), Goteborg, Sweden, April 8- 12, 2013. 318. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “All-Graphene Terahertz and Analog Nanodevices and Nanocircuits,” European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, (EuCAP 2013), Goteborg, Sweden, April 8-12, 2013, (invited talk). 317. A. Alù, “Modeling Optical Nanontennas for Nonlinearity Enhancement, Polarization Control, Communications and Energy Harvesting,” European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, (EuCAP 2013), Goteborg, Sweden, April 8-12, 2013, (invited keynote talk). 316. G. Castaldi, S. Savoia, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Transformation-Optics PT Metamaterials,”European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, (EuCAP 2013), Goteborg, Sweden, April 8-12, 2013. 315. A. Alù, “Linear and Nonlinear Operation of Optical Nanoantennas,” 2013 MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 1-5, 2013, (invited talk). 314. Y. R. Padooru, A. B. Yakovlev, P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Analytical Modeling of Realistic Conformal Metasurface Cloaks with a Line-Source Excitation,” 4th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, March 18-22, 2013, (invited paper). 313. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Adaptable and Bandwidth-Configurable All-Graphene Terahertz Nanocircuits,” 4th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, March 18-22, 2013, (invited paper). 312. F. Shafiei*, F. Monticone*, K. Q. Le, X. X. Liu, T. Hartsfield, A. Alù, and X. Li, “A Subwavelength Magnetic Metamolecule,” 2013 American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MA, March 18-22, 2013. 311. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Cost-Effective Photo-Thermo-Electric Conversion Devices for Solar and Thermal Radiation Energy Harvesting,” 3rd Annual UT Energy Forum, Austin, TX, February 21-22, 2013. 310. N. Mohammmadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Manipulating Optical Wave Propagation with Engineered Nanoscale Thin Metasurfaces for Light Trapping Solar Cells,” 3rd Annual UT Energy Forum, Austin, TX, February 21-22, 2013. [Awarded at the Texas Energy Research Competition (4th place)] 309. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “THz Beamforming Using Graphene Devices,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, Austin, TX, January 20-23, 2013. 308. Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Optical Nanoantennas and Their Applications,” IEEE Radio and Wireless Week, Austin, TX, January 20-23, 2013, (invited talk). 307. X. X. Liu, and A. Alù, “Homogenization Theory, Generalized Retrieval and Inverse Design for Periodic Metamaterials,” URSI-USNC National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 9-12, 2013. 306. N. Mohammadi Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Optical Composite Nanoparticles with Broadband Finite Absorption in the Limit of Infinitesimally Small Losses,” URSI-USNC National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 9-12, 2013. 305. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Fundamental Passivity and Causality Bounds on Metamaterial Cloaking,” URSI-USNC National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 9-12, 2013. 304. C. Argyropoulos, and A. Alù, “Ultra-Broadband Absorption in Metallic Gratings at the ‘Plasmonic Brewster Angle’,” URSI-USNC National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 9-12, 2013. 303. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Circuit Modeling of AC Performance of Graphene Nanodevices,” URSI-USNC National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 9-12, 2013. 302. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Terahertz Nanocircuits Based on Active Graphene Transmission-Lines,” URSI-USNC National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, January 9-12, 2013. 301. A. Alù, “Fundamental Bounds on Cloaking Using Passive Metamaterials,” 2013 Electromagnetics Contractor Meeting, Washington, DC, January 9-10, 2013, (invited/ talk). 300. A. Alù, C. Argyropoulos, P. Y. Chen, F. Monticone, N. M. Estakhri, Y. Zhao “Nanoantenna Arrays to Tailor Absorption, Polarization and Nonlinear Effects,” 4th International Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (NanoMeta 2013), Seefild, Austria, January 3-6, 2013, (invited talk). 299. A. Alù, F. Monticone, and R. Fleury, “Fundamental Physical Bounds on Metamaterial Cloaking,” 4th International Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (NanoMeta 2013), Seefild, Austria, January 3-6, 2013, (invited talk). 298. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Manipulating the Nanoscale Optical Transmission with a Meta-Transmitarray,” 4th International Topical Meeting on Nanophotonics and Metamaterials (NanoMeta 2013), Seefild, Austria, January 3-6, 2013. 2012 (54 papers) 297. A. Monti, J. Soric, A. Alù, F. Bilotti, A. Toscano, and L. Vegni, “Reduction of the Mutual Blockage Between Electrically Close Antennas by Using the Mantle Cloaking Technique to Relax the Constraints of Antenna Co-siting,” 2012 IEEE International Conference on Wireless Information Technology and Systems (ICWITS), Honolulu, HI, USA, November 11- 16, 2012. 296. R. Fleury, C. Sieck, M. Haberman, and A. Alù, “Acoustic Supercoupling Through a Density-Near-Zero Metamaterial Channel,” 164th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Kansas City, MO, USA, October 22-26, 2012. 295. C. Argyropoulos, G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, M. J. Bloemer, and A. Alù, “Ultra-Broadband Matching and Funneling of Light at the Plasmonic Brewster Angle,” Frontiers in Optics 2012, Rochester, NY, USA, October 14-18, 2012. 294. G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, A. Alù, C. Argyropoulos, J. V. Foreman, and M.J. Bloemer, “Metamaterials for Thermal Emission,” Frontiers in Optics 2012, Rochester, NY, USA, October 14-18, 2012. 293. R. Fleury, C. F. Sieck, M. R. Haberman, A. Alù, “Anomalous Transmission Properties of Ultranarrow, Zero-Density Acoustic Metachannels,” Metamaterials 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 17-22, 2012. 292. A. Monti, A. Alù, and F. Bilotti, “Cloaked Half-Wave Dipole Antennas Using the Mantle-Cloaking Approach,” Metamaterials 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 17-22, 2012. 291. Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Twisted Plasmonic Metamaterials” Metamaterials 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 17-22, 2012, (invited talk). 290. C. Argyropoulos, and A. Alù, “Broadband Selective Thermal Emitters and Absorbers Based on Brewster Plasmonic Funneling,” Metamaterials 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 17-22, 2012. 289. Y. R. Padooru, A. B. Yakovlev, P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Analytical Modeling of Conformal Metasurface Mantle Cloaks for Cylindrical Objects,” Metamaterials 2012, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 17-22, 2012. 288. I. A. D. Williamson, K. N. Parrish, A. Alù, D. Akinwande, “Flexible Dielectric Photonic Band Gap Interconnects for Sub-THz,” 14th Annual TechCon, Austin, TX, USA, September 11-12, 2012. 287. A. Alù, “Metamaterials and Plasmonics: from RF to Optical Applications,” XIX Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo (RiNEm 2012), Roma, Italy, September 10-14, 2012, (plenary talk). 286. G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Nonlocal Transformation Optics,” XIX Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo (RiNEm 2012), Roma, Italy, September 10-14, 2012. 285. A. D. Yaghjian, A. Alù, and M. G. Silveirinha, “Anisotropic Representation for Spatial Dispersion in Periodic Metamaterial Arrays,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’12), Cape Town, South Africa, September 2-7, 2012. 284. A. Alù, Y. Zhao, P. Y. Chen, B. Memarzadeh, G. V. Naik, A.V. Kildishev, H. Mosallaei, A. Boltasseva, V. Shalaev, and N. Engheta, “Low-Loss Optical Metamaterials and Metasurfaces,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 283. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Electrodynamic Modeling of Nanostructured Graphene Metasurfaces and Their Applications,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012, (invited talk). 282. A. Alù, C. Argyropoulos, G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, N. Akozbek, and M. J. Bloemer, “Focusing of Ultra-Broadband Radiation in Subwavelength Slits at the ‘Plasmonic Brewster Angle’,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 281. A. N. Askarpour, X. X. Liu, and A. Alù, “Overcoming the Bandwidth Limitations of Optical Nanoparticles and Metamaterials Using Nonlinearities,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 280. C. Argyropoulos, and A. Alù, “Overcoming the Bandwidth Limitations of Optical Nanoparticles and Metamaterials Using Nonlinearities,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 279. Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “An Ultrathin Quarter-Wave Nano-Plate Based on Detuned Plasmonic Nanoantennas,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 278. N. M. Estakhri, and A. Alù, “Large Absorption Efficiency in Ultralow Loss, Composite Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 277. Y. R. Padooru, A. B. Yakovlev, P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Mantle Cloaking Using Sub-Wavelength Conformal Metallic Meshes and Patches,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 276. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Multi-Layered Plasmonic Cloaks to Engineer the Scattering Signature of Resonant Nanoparticles,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 275. G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Controlling Nonlocal Light-Matter Interactions via Spectral-Domain Transformation Optics,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 274. V. Galdi, G. Castaldi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Scattering vs. Absorption Tradeoff Revisited in the Presence of Transformation Media,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 273. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Integrated Infrared Nanodevices Based on Graphene Monolayers,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 272. J. Soric, A. Alù, A. Kerkhoff, and D. Rainwater, “Experimental Demonstration of a Conformal Mantle Cloak for Radio-Waves,” 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Chicago, IL, USA, July 8-14, 2012. 271. A. Alù, “Plasmonic Nanoantennas to Control Light at the Nanoscale: Giant Nonlinear Effects, Localized Phase and Polarization Control,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics: Light Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Colby College, ME, USA, June 10-15, 2012, (invited talk). 270. N. Liu, F. Wen, Y. Wang, P. Nordlander, N. Halas, Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Optical Circuitry Using Plasmonic Antenna with Nanoloads,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics: Light Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Colby College, ME, USA, June 10-15, 2012. 269. A. Alves, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, F. Monticone, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Signal-Processing Metamaterials and Non-Local Transformation Optics,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics: Light Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Colby College, ME, USA, June 10-15, 2012. 268. Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Plasmonic Metasurfaces: Route to Manipulate Light Polarization at the Nanoscale,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics: Light Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Colby College, ME, USA, June 10-15, 2012. 267. F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Multi-Layered Plasmonic Cloaks to Engineer the Scattering Signature of Resonant Nanoparticles,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics: Light Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Colby College, ME, USA, June 10-15, 2012. 266. C. Argyropoulos, and A. Alù, “Enhanced Nonlinearities and Improved Bandwidth Performance for Plasmonic Nanoparticles and Metamaterial Gratings,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics: Light Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Colby College, ME, USA, June 10-15, 2012. 265. N. Estakhri, and A. Alù, “The Paradox of Finite Absorption in ‘Zero’-Loss Composite Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics: Light Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Colby College, ME, USA, June 10-15, 2012. 264. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Optical Conjugate Matching with Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” Gordon Research Conference on Plasmonics: Light Matter Interaction at the Nanoscale, Colby College, ME, USA, June 10-15, 2012. 263. G. D’Aguanno, K. Q. Le, A. Alù, N. Mattiucci, N. Akozbek, R. Trimm, A. D. Mathias, and M. J. Bloemer, “Broadband Sound Concentration and Focusing at the Intromission Angle of an Acoustic Metamaterial,” Euronoise 2012, Prague, Czech Republic, June 10-13, 2012. 262. A. Alù, “Exotic Optical Response of Plasmonic Nanoparticles and Metamaterials,” Triservice Metamaterials Program Review, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, May 22-25, 2012, (invited talk). 261. A. Alù, F. Monticone, and C. Argyropoulos, “Multilayered Plasmonic Cloaks to Engineer Scattering, Absorption and Emission Spectra of Nanoparticles for Sensing and Energy Applications,” European Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2012, Strasbourg, France, May 14-18, 2012, (invited talk). 260. M. D. Guild, M. R. Haberman, and A. Alù, “Achieving a Broadband Plasmonic-Type Acoustic Cloak Using Multilayered, Spherically Isotropic Elastic Shells,” Acoustics 2012, Hong Kong, May 13-18, 2012, (invited paper). 259. Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Plasmonic Metasurfaces: Manipulating Light on a Surface,” CLEO 2012, San Jose, CA, USA, May 6-11, 2012. 258. C. Argyropoulos, F. Monticone, and A. Alù, “Plasmonic Composite Nanoparticles to Engineer the Optical Scattering Spectra,” CLEO 2012, San Jose, CA, USA, May 6-11, 2012. 257. K. Q. Le, and A. Alù, “Plasmonic Gratings for Enhanced Light-Trapping in Thin-Film Organic Solar Cells,” CLEO 2012, San Jose, CA, USA, May 6-11, 2012. 256. A. Alù, and R. Fleury, “Exotic Properties and Applications of Quantum Metamaterials,” META 2012, Paris, France, April 19-22, 2012, (invited talk). 255. G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Nonlocal Transformation-Optics Metamaterials,” META 2012, Paris, France, April 19-22, 2012. 254. A. Alù, C. Argyropoulos, and P. Y. Chen, “Enhanced Nonlinear Effects in Metamaterials and Plasmonics,” META 2012, Paris, France, April 19-22, 2012, (invited talk). 253. A. Alù, C. Argyropoulos, and K. Q. Le, “Plasmonic Brewster Angle for Broadband Absorption, Enhanced Nonlinearities and Directional Emitters,” SPIE Photonics Europe 2012, Brussels, Belgium, April 16-20, 2012, (invited talk). 252. P. C. Li, Y. Zhao, A. Alù, and E. T. Yu, “Wide Angle, Wavelength-Selective Plasmonic Multilayer Metasurfaces,” Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 9-13, 2012. 251. A. Alù, “Enhanced Nonlinearities and Tunability in Plasmonic Metamaterials,” 5th International Workshop on Electromagnetic Metamaterials (IWEM-V), Albuquerque, NM, USA, March 26-27, 2012, (invited talk). 250. J. C. Soric, and A. Alù, “Microwave Applications of Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials,” 2012 Mini-Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS 2012), Waco, TX, USA, March 23, 2012. (Best paper award, 1st prize) 249. A. Alù, P. Y. Chen, and X. X. Liu, “Optical Nanontennas for Enhancing Nonlinearities, Sensing, Optical Communications and Energy Harvesting,” 2012 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT): Small Antennas and Unconventional Applications, Tucson, AZ, USA, March 5-7, 2012, (invited keynote talk). 248. A. Alù, and C. Argyropoulos, “Enhanced Nonlinear Effects in Metamaterials and Plasmonic Materials,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 21-26, 2012. (invited talk) 247. A. Alù, “Exotic Scattering Response of Linear and Nonlinear Composite Plasmonic Particles,” 2012 Electromagnetics Contractor Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 18-19, 2011, (invited talk). 246. X. X. Liu, and A. Alù, “Generalized Retrieval Procedure to Determine Local Effective Parameters of Metamaterials Based on First-Principle Homogenization Theory,” USNC- URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, USA, January 4-7, 2012. 245. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Ultra-Broadband Mantle Cloak Using Non-Foster Negative-Impedance Metasurfaces,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, USA, January 4-7, 2012. 244. J. C. Soric, and A. Alù, “Cylindrical Antennas Based on ε-Near-Zero Metamaterial Channels,” USNC-URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, USA, January 4-7, 2012. 2011 (26 papers) 243. A. Abass, K. Q. Le, P. Bienstman, A. Alù, B. Maes, and M. Burgelman, “Combining Front and Back Grating Structures for Broadband Absorption Enhancement in Thin-Film Silicon Solar Cells,” Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (PV), Austin, TX, USA, November 2-4, 2011. 242. K. Q. Le, A. Abass, B. Maes, P. Bienstman, and A. Alù, “Using Localized Plasmon Resonances to Enhance Absorption Efficiency in Thin-Film Organic Solar Cells,” Optical Nanostructures and Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics (PV), Austin, TX, USA, November 2-4, 2011. 241. C. Argyropoulos, A. Alù, G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, M. J. Bloemer, “Brewster Angle for Plasmonic Gratings,” Metamaterials 2011, Barcelona, Spain, October 10-15, 2011. 240. Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Bandwidth Optimization for Applications of Metasurfaces in Broadband Circular Polarizers,” Metamaterials 2011, Barcelona, Spain, October 10-15, 2011. 239. M. Farhat, P. Y. Chen, S. Guenneau, S. Enoch, and A. Alù, “Frequency-Selective Surface Cloaking for Acoustic Waves,” Metamaterials 2011, Barcelona, Spain, October 10-15, 2011. 238. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Atomic-Scale Mantle Cloak Using a Graphene Monolayer,” Metamaterials 2011, Barcelona, Spain, October 10-15, 2011. 237. A. Alù, A. D. Yaghjian, R. A. Shore, and M. G. Silveirinha, “Inherent Noncausal Features in the Maxwell-Garnett Homogenization of Metamaterials,” Metamaterials 2011, Barcelona, Spain, October 10-15, 2011, (invited keynote talk). 236. A. Di Falco, Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Flexible Metamaterials at Visible Frequencies and Applications,” Metamaterials 2011, Barcelona, Spain, October 10-15, 2011. 235. G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta “Electromagnetic Tunneling in Heterostructures Containing Single-Negative and Double-Positive Media,” Metamaterials 2011, Barcelona, Spain, October 10-15, 2011. 234. G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta “Invisibility, Cloaking and Metamaterials,” ESF OPTDE Workshop, Fast Solvers for Simulation, Inversion, and Control of Wave Propagation Problems, Würzburg, Germany, September 26-28, 2011, (invited paper). 233. A. D. Yaghjian, R. A. Shore, and A. Alù, “A General Macroscopic Anisotropic Representation for Spatially Dispersive Media,” XXX URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of International Union of Radio Science (GASS 2011), Istanbul, Turkey, August 13-20, 2011, (invited paper). 232. A. Alù, Y. Zhao, and X. X. Liu, “Chirality and Bianisotropy Effects in Plasmonic Metasurfaces and Their Application to Realize Ultrathin Optical Circular Polarizers,” XXX URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of International Union of Radio Science (GASS 2011), Istanbul, Turkey, August 13-20, 2011, (invited talk). 231. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Mantle Cloaking Using Metasurfaces,” 7th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ICIAM 2011), Vancouver, Canada, July 18-22, 2011, (invited talk). 230. G. Castaldi, I. Gallina, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Tunneling Effects Through Asymmetrical Single-Negative/Double-Positive Tri-Layers,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Spokane, WA, USA, July 3-8, 2011. 229. M. Wu, X. X. Liu, A. Alù, and A. Yilmaz “A Fast Surface Integral Equation Solver for Composite Structures with Metamaterial Regions,” 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Spokane, WA, USA, July 3-8, 2011. 228. Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Broadband Circular Polarizers Using Plasmonic Metasurfaces,” 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Spokane, WA, USA, July 3-8, 2011. 227. X. X. Liu, and A. Alù, “First-Principle Homogenization of Magnetodielectric Metamaterial Arrays,”  2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Spokane, WA, USA, July 3-8, 2011. 226. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Optical Nonlinear Metasurfaces Formed by Plasmonic Nanoantennas,”  2011 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Spokane, WA, USA, July 3-8, 2011. 225. A. Alù, P. Y. Chen, C. Argyropoulos, “Metamaterial Cloaking Using Passive Metamaterials and Metasurfaces,” Applied Inverse Problems Conference, Minisymposium on Cloaking, College Station, TX, USA, May 23-27, 2011, (invited talk). 224. M. D. Guild, M. R. Haberman, and A. Alù, “Design of an Ideal Spherical Hydrophone Using a Plasmonic Acoustic Cloak,” 161st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, WA, USA, May 23-27, 2011. 223. A. Alù, G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, and M. J. Bloemer, “Plasmonic Brewster Angle: Broadband Extraordinary Transmission Through Optical Gratings,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO Europe 2011), Munich, Germany, May 22-26, 2011. 222. G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, M. J. Bloemer, D. de Ceglie, M. A. Vincenti, and A. Alù, “Transmission Resonances in Plasmonic Gratings,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO Europe 2011), Munich, Germany, May 22-26, 2011. 221. G. D’Aguanno, N. Mattiucci, A. Alù, and M. J. Bloemer, “Quenched Optical Transmission in Ultrathin, Plasmonic Gratings,” Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO Europe 2011), Munich, Germany, May 22-26, 2011. 220. X. X. Liu, and A. Alù, “Leaky-wave Radiation From Subwavelength Metamaterial or Plasmonic Arrays,” 5th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP 2011), Roma, Italy, April 11-15, 2011, (invited talk). 219. Y. Zhao, and A. Alù, “Broadband Circular Polarizer Formed by Stacked Plasmonic Metasurfaces,” SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 22-27, 2011, (invited talk). 218. A. Alù, A. Yaghjian, and R. A. Shore, “Causality Relations in the Homogenization of Electromagnetic Metamaterials,” 2011 Electromagnetics Contractor Meeting, San Antonio, TX, January 4-6, 2011, (invited talk). 2010 (33 papers) 217. I. Gallina, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Image Formation/Displacement and Field Tunneling in Metamaterial Transformation Slabs,” 5th Italian Workshop on Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and TLC, Roma, Italy, December 13-15, 2010. 216. M. D. Guild, A. Alù, and M. R. Haberman, “Exponential Amplification of Evanescent Acoustic Waves and Transparency through Periodic Stacks of Planar Surfaces,” 160th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico, November 15-19, 2010, (invited paper). 215. M. D. Guild, A. Alù, and M. R. Haberman, “Experimental Design and Evaluation of Particulate Composite Materials for Use as Acoustic Scattering Cancellation Layers,” 160th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico, November 15-19, 2010, (invited paper). 214. M. D. Guild, A. Alù, and M. R. Haberman, “Cancellation of the Acoustic Field Scattered From an Elastic Sphere Using Periodic Isotropic Elastic Layers,” 160th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Cancun, Mexico, November 15-19, 2010, (invited paper). 213. Y. Sun, B. Edwards, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Experimental Verification of the Concept of Lumped Optical Circuit Elements at IR Wavelengths,” Frontiers in Optics 2010, Rochester, NY, USA, October 24-28, 2010. 212. A. Alù, “Spatial and Frequency Dispersion Effects in the Homogenization of Metamaterial Arrays,” Metamaterials 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 16-19, 2010, (invited talk). 211. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Electromagnetic Modeling and Limitations in the Homogenization of Metamaterials and Metasurfaces,” Metamaterials 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 16-19, 2010, (invited talk). 210. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Optical Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Formed by Nanoantennas Loaded by Nonlinear Materials,” Metamaterials 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 16-19, 2010. 209. P. Y. Chen, M. Farhat, and A. Alù, “Tunable and Bistable Negative Optical Index with Square Loops Loaded with Nonlinear Materials,” Metamaterials 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 16-19, 2010. 208. D. Rainwater, A. Alù, and A. Kerkhoff, “Plasmonic Cloaking of Finite Cylinders,” Metamaterials 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 16-19, 2010. 207. G. Castaldi, I. Gallina, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “General classes of anisotropic metamaterial transformation slabs,” Metamaterials 2010, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 16-19, 2010, (invited talk). 206. I. Gallina, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Approaches to Sensor Cloaking,” XVIII Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo (RiNEM) and 1st National Meeting of URSI Commission B 2010, Benevento, Italy, September 6-10, 2010. 205. I. Gallina, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “A Transformation-Optics-Inspired Route to Sensor Invisibility Based on Cloak/Anti-Cloak Interactions,”  URSI Commission B Electromagnetic Theory Symposium 2010, Berlin, Germany, August 16-19, 2010. 204. A. Alù, and N. Engheta “Extremely Anisotropic Boundary Conditions and Their Optical Applications,” URSI Commission B Electromagnetic Theory Symposium 2010, Berlin, Germany, August 16-19, 2010, (invited talk). 203. A. Alù, “Optical Leaky-Wave Nanoantenna: Complex Modes along Linear Arrays of Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” URSI Commission B Electromagnetic Theory Symposium 2010, Berlin, Germany, August 16-19, 2010, (invited talk). 202. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Homogenization of 2D and 3D Sub-diffractive Arrays of Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” CNC/USNC/URSI Radio Science Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 11- 17, 2010, (invited talk). 201. E. Kallos, C. Argyropoulos, Y. Hao, and A. Alù, “Frequency Response of Plasmonic Cloaking Devices under Non-Monochromatic Illumination,” CNC/USNC/URSI Radio Science Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 11-17, 2010. 200. B. Edwards, A. Alù, M. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta, “Experimental Verification of Metamaterial Cloaking at Microwave Frequencies Using the Scattering Cancellation Technique,” CNC/USNC/URSI Radio Science Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 11-17, 2010. 199. I. Gallina, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “A General Class of Transformation-Optics-Inspired Metamaterial Slabs,” CNC/USNC/URSI Radio Science Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 11-17, 2010. 198. A. Polemi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Nanocircuit Loading of Optical Plasmonic Waveguides,” CNC/USNC/URSI Radio Science Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 11-17, 2010. 197. X. X. Liu, and A. Alù, “Plasmonic Low-Profile Nanoantenna Reflectors,” 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Toronto, Canada, July 11-17, 2010. 196. P. Y. Chen, and A. Alù, “Patterned Metallic Surfaces to Realize 1-D, 2-D and 3-D Ultrathin Invisibility Cloaks,” 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, Toronto, Canada, July 11-17, 2010. 195. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Anti-Resonant Transparency with Plasmonic Shells,” Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2010, Cambridge, MA, USA, July 5-8, 2010, (invited talk). 194. A. Alù, “Contribution of Higher-Order Multipole Radiation to Spatial Dispersion and Radiation Losses in Metamaterials,”  Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2010, Cambridge, MA, USA, July 5-8, 2010, (invited talk). 193. A. Alù, and S. Maslovski, “A Simplified Analytical Model for Receiving Wire Antennas Consistent with Power Conservation,” Days on Diffraction 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 8-11, 2010, (invited talk). 192. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “The Paradox of Zero Forward-Scattering in Relation with the Optical Theorem,” Days on Diffraction 2010, St. Petersburg, Russia, June 8-11, 2010, (invited talk). 191. A. Alù, “Optical Nanoantennas: Matching, Tuning and Wireless Communications in the Visible,” International Conference for Young Scientists, Low Temperature Physics, Kharkov, Ukraine, June 7-11, 2010, (invited talk). 190. I. Gallina, G. Castaldi, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, "Selected Applications of Transformation Electromagnetics," 5th Forum on New Materials (CIMTEC), Montecatini Terme, Italy, June 6-18, 2010, (invited paper). 189. A. Alù, and N. Engheta “Resonant Properties of Complementary Filled Nanospheres and Nanocylinders: Optical Nanoswitch, Focusing and Extreme Anisotropy,” SIAM Conference on Mathematical Aspects of Materials Science (MS10), Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., May 23-26, 2010, (invited talk). 188. M. D. Guild, A. Alù, and M. R. Haberman, “On the Cancellation of Acoustic Waves Scattered from an Elastic Sphere,” 159th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Baltimore, MD, April 19-23, 2010, Journal of Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 127, 1952 (2010). 187. A. Alù, and N. Engheta “Non-scattering nano-antenna receiver,” SPIE Photonics Europe, Brussels, Belgium, April 12-16, 2010, (invited talk). 186. A. Alù, and N. Engheta “Tailoring the Nanoantenna Geometry for Improved Efficiency and Bandwidth,” 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Barcelona, Spain, April 12-16, 2010, (invited talk). 185. A. Alù, S. Maci, and N. Engheta “Multi-Band Cylindrical Antenna Realized by ENZ Gap Launchers,” 4th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Barcelona, Spain, April 12-16, 2010, (invited talk). 2009 (21 papers) 184. A. Alù, “Metamaterial Antennas: From Radio to THz and Optical Frequencies,” Tri-Service Metamaterials 2009, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A., December 8-10, 2009. 183. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Can Optical Nanoantenna Links Compete with Plasmonic Waveguide Connections?,” Frontiers in Optics (FiO 2009), San Jose, CA, U.S.A., October 11- 15, 2009. 182. M. D. Guild, M. R. Haberman, and A. Alù, “Acoustic Wave Scattering Cancellation Using Auxetic Materials and Layers with Negative Stiffness Inclusions,” 6th International Workshop on Auxetics and Related Systems, Bolton, United Kingdom, September 14-17, 2009, (best student paper award) 181. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Peculiar and Anomalous Cloaking Features of Plasmonic Materials,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’09), Turin, Italy, September 14-18, 2009. (invited talk) (web) 180. G. Castaldi, I. Gallina, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “A Study of Cloak/Anti-Cloak Interactions,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’09), Turin, Italy, September 14-18, 2009. (web) 179. N. Engheta, A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, and B. Edwards, "Supercoupling and Enhanced Transmission in ENZ Structures," 3rd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (Metamaterials'2009), London, United Kingdom, August 30-September 4, 2009. 178. M. D. Guild, A. Alù, and M. R. Haberman, "A Scattering Cancellation Approach for Acoustic Waves," 3rd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (Metamaterials'2009), London, United Kingdom, August 30-September 4, 2009. 177. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, "Cloaking a Sensor with Plasmonic Materials," 3rd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (Metamaterials'2009), London, United Kingdom, August 30-September 4, 2009. (invited talk) 176. S. Tricarico, F. Bilotti, A. Alù, and L. Vegni, "Design of Plasmonic Covers to Cloak Arbitrarily-Shaped Objects," 3rd International Congress on Advanced Electromagnetic Materials in Microwaves and Optics (Metamaterials'2009), London, United Kingdom, August 30-September 4, 2009. 175. D. A. Powell, A. Alù, B. Edwards, A. Vakil, Y. Kivshar, and N.Engheta, “Tunable Tunnelling in ε-Near-Zero Channels,” 26th PIERS 2009, Moscow, Russia, August 18-21, 2009. 174. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Magnetically-Coupled Nanoscale Channels in Optical Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) Substrates,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, USA, August 2-6, 2009. 173. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Linear Arrays of Quadrupolar Plasmonic Nanoparticles as Optical Nanotransmission Lines,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Charleston, SC, USA, June 1-5, 2009. (invited talk) 172. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Plasmonic Optical Nanolauncher for Enhanced Molecular Emission,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Charleston, SC, USA, June 1-5, 2009.  (invited talk) 171. G. Castaldi, I. Gallina, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “A Study of Cloak/Anti-Cloak Interactions,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, Charleston, SC, USA, June 1-5, 2009.  (invited talk) 170. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Transient Response in Optical ENZ Nanocircuit Boards,” 29th Conference on Lasers and Electro Optics (CLEO), Baltimore, MD, USA, May 31-June 5, 2009. (web) 169. A. Alù, “Plasmonic and Metamaterial Cloaking: Fundamental Principles, Salient Features and Future Trends,” Days on Diffraction, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 26-29, 2009. (invited plenary talk) 168. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Guided Modes and Power Relationships for Linear Arrays of Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” Days on Diffraction, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 26-29, 2009. (invited talk) 167. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Resonances and Bandwidth Issues in Finite Arrays of Coupled Plasmonic Nanoantennas,” Days on Diffraction, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 26-29, 2009. (invited talk) 166. D. A. Powell, A. Alù, B. Edwards, A. Vakil, Y. Kivshar, and N.Engheta, “Energy Coupling Through Nonlinear ε-Near-Zero Channels,” 8th International Photonic & Electromagnetic Crystal Structures Meeting (PECS VIII), Sydney, Australia, April 5-9, 2009. 165. N. Engheta, and A. Alù “Manipulating, Extending, and Re-Routing Optical Near Fields Using Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials in Nano-Optics,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, March 16-20, 2009. 164. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Antenna Matching in ε-Near-Zero Metamaterial Channels,” International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT2009): "Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials", Santa Monica, CA, March 2-4, 2009. (invited talk) (web) 2008 (28 papers) 163. G. Castaldi, I. Gallina, V. Galdi, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Pairing Invisibility Cloaks and Anti-Cloaks,” 4th National Workshop on Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and TLC (MMSM’08), Napoli, Italy, December 18-19, 2008. 162. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Loading Babinet Optical Nanoantennas with Nanocircuit Elements,” Plasmonics and Metamaterials (META) Topical Meeting in Frontiers in Optics 2008, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Rochester, NY, Paper No. MWD7, October 19-24, 2008. 161. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Re-Routing Optical Fields in Channels Carved in Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) Nanocircuit Boards,” Plasmonics and Metamaterials (META) Topical Meeting in Frontiers in Optics 2008, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Rochester, NY, Paper No. MWD1, October 19-24, 2008. 160. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “ENZ-Inspired Optical Tunneling through Arbitrarily-Shaped Plasmonic Narrow Channels and Sharp Bends,” Plasmonics and Metamaterials (META) Topical Meeting in Frontiers in Optics 2008, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Rochester, NY, Paper No. MWB7, October 19-24, 2008. 159. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Matching Optical Nanoantennas by Nanocircuit Elements,” Frontiers in Optics 2008 the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America, Rochester, NY, Paper No. JWA73, October 19-24, 2008. 158. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Plasmonic Cloaking: Fundamentals and Novel Potential Applications,” Metamaterials’2008, Pamplona, Spain, pp. 753-755, September 23-26, 2008. (invited talk) 157. A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta, “Transmission-Line Modeling of ENZ-based Supercoupling in Waveguide Transition Channels and Bends,” Metamaterials’2008, Pamplona, Spain, pp. 513-514, September 23-26, 2008. 156. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Manipulating Optical Nanoantennas with Optical Nanocircuits,” Metamaterials’2008, Pamplona, Spain, pp. 98-99, September 23-26, 2008. 155. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Nanoscale Grooves and Channels in Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) Nonocircuit Boards,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, USA, August 10-14, 2008. 154. A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta, “Squeezing Light through ε-Near-Zero Plasmonic Channels,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, USA, August 10-14, 2008. 153. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Comparison between Loading and Tuning of Nanodipoles and Nanodimers as Optical Nanoantennas,” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, USA, August 10-14, 2008. 152. B. Edwards, A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta, “Comparison Between ε-Near-Zero and Fabry-Perot Resonant Transmission Through Waveguide Bends and Channels,” URSI General Assembly, Chicago, IL, USA, p. 303, August 8-16, 2008. 151. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Limitations of Plasmonic Cloaking at Microwave and Optical Frequencies,” URSI General Assembly, Chicago, IL, USA, p. 83, August 8-16, 2008. 150. M. G. Silveirinha, A. Alù, B. Edwards, and N. Engheta, “Overview of Theory and Applications of Epsilon-Near-Zero Materials,” URSI General Assembly, Chicago, IL, USA, p. 44, August 8-16, 2008. 149. N. Engheta, A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, J. Li, and B. Edwards, “Metaplasmonic Structures, Optical Nanocircuits, and Wireless Nanosystems,” URSI General Assembly, Chicago, IL, USA, p. 28, August 8-16, 2008. 148. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Matching Optical Nanoantennas Using Optical Lumped Nanocircuit Elements,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, July 5-12, 2008. 147. B. Edwards, A. Alù, M. Young, M. G. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta, “Microwave Experiments and Applications of Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterial-Inspired Waveguide Channels,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, July 5-12, 2008. 146. A. Alù, B. Edwards, M. G. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta, “Antennas in Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials Filling Narrow Waveguide Channels and Bends,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, July 5-12, 2008. 145. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Isotropic Low-Loss Negative-Index Metamaterial at Optical Frequencies: Theory and Simulations,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, July 5-12, 2008. 144. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Dependence and Sensitivity of Plasmonic Cloaking upon Size and Geometry,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, July 5-12, 2008. 143. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Metamaterial and Plasmonic Cloaking: Potentials and Physical Insights,” USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Diego, CA, USA, July 5-12, 2008. 142. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Three-Dimensional Plasmonic Nanoswitch: Extreme Variation of Scattering Properties upon Rotation,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, San Diego, CA, USA, July 5-12, 2008. (web) 141. M. G. Silveirinha, A. Alù, B. Edwards, and N. Engheta, “Overview of Tunneling Through Narrow Tight Channels Using ENZ Materials,” Days on Diffraction, St. Petersburg, Russia, pp. 61-62, June 3-6, 2008. 140. B. Edwards, A. Alù, M. Young, M. G. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta, “Experimental Verification of Supercoupling in Epsilon-Near-Zero Ultranarrow Channels and Bends,” NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Metamaterials for Secure Information and Communication Technologies, Marrakech, Morocco, p. 70, May 7-10, 2008. 139. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Scattering Cancellation Using Plasmonic Cloaks,” NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Metamaterials for Secure Information and Communication Technologies, Marrakech, Morocco, p. 31, May 7-10, 2008. 138. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Metal-Dielectric Layered Nanostructures as Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) Circuit Boards for Optical Nanocircuits,” Conference on Lasers and Electro- Optics, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (CLEO QELS’08), San Jose, CA, USA, May 4-9, 2008. (web) 137. N. Engheta, A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, J. Li, A. Salandrino, and B. Edwards, “Metaplasmonics and Epsilon-Near-Zero Metamaterials for Optical Nanocircuits, Wave-Bending Tunneling Elements, and Nanoantennas,” American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, March 10-14, 2008. 136. B. E. Edwards, A. Alù, M. Young, M. Silveirinha, and N. Engheta, “Experimental Demonstration of Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) Behavior of Waveguide at Cutoff and Its Tunneling and Squeezing Characteristics,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, CO, USA, January 3-6, 2008. 2007 (26 papers) 135. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Leaky-Wave Metamaterial Antennas: Conical and Pencil Beam Radiation,” 2nd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2007), Edinburgh, UK, November 11-16, 2007. 134. N. Engheta, A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, J. Li, A. Salandrino, and B. Edwards, “Metamaterial Plasmonics for Optical Nanocircuits, Cloaking, Squeezing Light, and Supermicroscopy,” Metamaterials’2007, Roma, Italy, pp. 594-597, October 22-26, 2007. 133. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Dispersion Characteristics of Metamaterial Cloaking Structures,” Metamaterials’2007, Roma, Italy, pp. 482-485, October 22-26, 2007. 132. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Cloaking an Object Near an Obstacle with Plasmonic Materials,” 2007 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, San Jose, CA, USA, Paper No. FThU5, September 16-20, 2007. 131. M. G. Silveirinha, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “IR and Optical Cloaking with Metamaterials with Plasmonic Implants: Theory and Simulations,” 2007 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, San Jose, CA, USA, Paper No. FTHU4, September 16-20, 2007. 130. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Nanoconnectors at Optical Frequencies,” 2007 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, San Jose, CA, USA, Paper No. FThR2, September 16-20, 2007. 129. N. Engheta, and A. Alù “Tailoring Filtering Functions at Nanoscale: Optical Nanofilters,” 2007 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, San Jose, CA, USA, Paper No. FThC3, September 16-20, 2007. 128. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Optical Nanocircuit Loading of Nanoantenna Structures,” SPIE Optics and Photonics 2007, San Diego, CA, USA, Vol. 6642, p. 45, August 26-30, 2007. 127. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Plasmonic Materials for Cloaking Structures,” SPIE Optics and Photonics 2007, San Diego, CA, USA, Vol. 6641, p. 32, August 26-30, 2007. 126. N. Engheta, A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, J. Li, A. Salandrino, and B. Edwards, “Plasmonic Metamaterials: the Tale of Two Phenomena,” SPIE Optics and Photonics 2007, San Diego, CA, USA, Vol. 6638, p. 4, August 26-30, 2007. 125. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Nanovortices around Resonant Optical Nanoantennas with Higher Directivities,” International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation (ISAP2007), Toki Messe, Niigata, Japan, p. 238, August 20-24, 2007. 124. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Intrinsic Robustness over Variations of the Design Parameters in Metamaterial Cloaking,” International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS 2007), Ottawa, ON, Canada, July 26-28, 2007. 123. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Q-Factor of Metamaterial and Plasmonic ‘Complementary’ Resonances,” International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory (EMTS 2007), Ottawa, ON, Canada, July 26-28, 2007. 122. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Plasmonic Capacitor for Realization of a Compact Inductor,” USNC/CNC/URSI North American Radio Science Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Canada, July 22- 26, 2007. 121. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Plasmonic Waveguides with Lateral Confinement: a Comparison among Different Geometries,”  USNC/CNC/URSI North American Radio Science Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Canada, July 22-26, 2007. 120. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Transparency and Cloaking for Collections of Particles with Plasmonic Metamaterial Covers,” USNC/CNC/URSI North American Radio Science Meeting, Ottawa, ON, Canada, July 22-26, 2007. 119. N. Engheta, A. Alù, and M. G. Silveirinha, “Metamaterials for Transparency and Total Scattering Reduction,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, pp. 4985-4986, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 10-15, 2007. (web) 118. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “On Role of Random Disorders and Imperfections on Performance of Metamaterials,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, pp. 2897-2900, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, June 10-15, 2007. (web) 117. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Multi-frequency Cloaking with Metamaterial Layered Shells,” Photonic Metamaterials: From Random to Periodic (META), Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, June 4-7, 2007. 116. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Filters and Feedbacks in Metamaterial Nanocircuits,” Photonic Metamaterials: From Random to Periodic (META), Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, June 4-7, 2007. 115. M. G. Silveirinha, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “’Anti-Phase’ Plasmonic and/or Metamaterial ‘Satellites’ for Induced Transparency and Cloaking,” Photonic Metamaterials: From Random to Periodic (META), Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, June 4-7, 2007. 114. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Double-negative, Single-Negative, and Negative-Index Metamaterials in Far Infrared and THz Regimes,” Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 9-13, 2007. 113. J. Li, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Wave Propagation Along Periodic Arrays and Lattices of Metamaterial Particles with Dominant Higher-Order Multipolar Polarizabilities,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’07), Beijing, China, p. 466, March 26-30, 2007. 112. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Cylindrical Metamaterial Sub-Wavelength Antennas Supporting Higher-Order Leaky Modes for Cellular and Satellite Applications,” 23rd International Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics (ACES 2007), Verona, Italy, March 19-23, 2007. 111. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Filtering Components in Optical Nanocircuits Using Plasmonic Metamaterials,” American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, CO, USA, March 5- 9, 2007. (web) 110. N. Engheta, M. G. Silveirinha, A. Alù, J. Li, and A. Salandrino, “ENZ Nanometamaterials for Optical Nanocircuits, Squeezing Light, and Rerouting Energy,” NanoMeta 2007, Tirol, Austria, p. 39, January 8-11, 2007. 2006 (18 papers) 109. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Miniaturized Circular Patch Antenna with Metamaterial Loading,” European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP’06), Nice, France, November 6-10, 2006. (web) 108. N. Engheta, A. Alù, A. Salandrino, J. Li, M. G. Silveirinha, and B. E. Edwards, “From Plasmonic Nanocircuit Elements to Volumetric Photonic Negative-Refraction Metamaterials,” 2006 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, Rochester, NY, USA, Paper No. FMH2, October 8-12, 2006. 107. A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, A. Salandrino, and N. Engheta, “Source Interaction with Epsilon-Near-Zero Materials,” 2006 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, Rochester, NY, USA, Paper No. JWD18, October 8-12, 2006. 106. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Isotropic Negative Permeability at Optical Frequencies,” 2006 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, Rochester, NY, USA, Paper No. JWD19, October 8-12, 2006. 105. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Coupled Resonances to Increase Bandwidths of Metamaterial Antennas,” 2006 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, Rochester, NY, USA, Paper No. FTuC2, October 8-12, 2006. 104. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, N. Engheta, A. Toscano, and L. Vegni, “Metamaterial Based Microwave Components with Enhanced Features and Miniaturized Dimensions,” Mediterranean Microwave Symposium 2006, Genova, Italy, September 19-21, 2006. 103. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and L. Vegni, “Assorbitori Compatti a Microonde Realizzati con Metamateriali,” XVI Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo Applicato (RiNEm), Genova, Italy, September 18-21, 2006. (pdf) 102. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Salient Features of Cylindrical Leaky-Wave Antennas with Metamaterial Loadings,” 2006 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, USA, p. 699, July 9-14, 2006. 101. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Dispersion Properties of Volumetric Optical Nanotransmission-Line Metamaterials with Negative Refraction,” 2006 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, USA, p. 542, July 9-14, 2006. 100. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Compact Microwave Absorbers Utilizing Single Negative Metamaterial Layers,” 2006 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, USA, p. 152, July 9-14, 2006. 99. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Metamaterials in the Far Infrared: Ideas for Left-Handed Metamaterials and Micro- and Nanocircuit Elements in the Terahertz Regime,” 2006 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, USA, pp. 2407-2410, July 9-14, 2006. (web) 98. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Plasmonic Resonances in an ε-Negative Host Medium: Metamaterials at Optical Frequencies for Nano-Optics and Nanotechnology,” 2006 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, USA, pp. 745-748, July 9-14, 2006. (web) 97. N. Engheta, A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, A. Salandrino, and J. Li, “DNG, SNG, ENZ, and MNZ Metamaterials and Their Potential Applications,” 13th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON 2006), Torremolinos, Spain, pp. 258-261, May 16-19, 2006. (web) 96. N. Engheta, A. Alù, M. G. Silveirinha, and A. Salandrino, “DNG, SNG, and ENZ Materials for Optical Nanocircuits and Transparency,” 2006 Materials Research Society (MRS) Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A., April 11-12, 2006. 95. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, N, Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Metamaterial Complementary Pairs for Antenna Size Reduction,” 2006 Loughborough Antennas and Propagation Conference, Loughborough, United Kingdom, pp. 273-276, April 4-6, 2006. 94. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Features of a Metamaterial Based Microwave Absorber,” III Workshop on Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and TLC, Roma, Italy, p. 60, March 30-31, 2006. 93. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Chain of Metamaterial Nanospheres as Nano Leaky-Wave Antennas at Optical Frequencies,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’06), Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., March 26-29, 2006. 92. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “1-D, 2-D and 3-D Negative-Refraction Metamaterials at Optical Frequencies: Optical Nano-Transmission-Line and Circuit Theory,” 2006 American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A., March 13-17, 2006. (web) 2005 (32 papers) 91. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Metamaterial Sub-Wavelength Absorbers,” Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 2005 (NN2005), Monteporzio Catone, Italy, November 14-16, 2005. 90. N. Engheta, A. Alù, and A. Salandrino “Double-Negative and Single-Negative Metamaterials at Optical Frequencies,” 28th General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), New Delhi, India, Paper No. 899, October 23-29, 2005. (pdf) 89. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Low-Damping Guided Modes along Nano-Transmission Lines with Chains of Quadrupolar Resonant Plasmonic Nano-Particles,” 28th General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), New Delhi, India, Paper No. 99, October 23-29, 2005. (pdf) 88. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, L. Vegni, and P. Baldonero, “Single Arm Hexagonal Spiral Element for Ultra Wide Band Phased Antenna Arrays,” 18th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECOM’05), Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 553-556, October 12-14, 2005. (web) 87. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “COMetAs: Design of Conformal Omnidirectional Metamaterial Antennas,” 18th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECOM’05), Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 337-340, October 12-14, 2005. (web) 86. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Metamaterial Grounded Planar Bilayers Supporting Leaky-Waves: Principles and Applications,” 18th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECOM’05), Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 333-336, October 12-14, 2005. (web) 85. N. Engheta, A. Alù, and A. Salandrino, “Negative Refraction in the IR and Visible Frequencies,” 18th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECOM’05), Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 309-312, October 12-14, 2005. (web) 84. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Anomalous Radiation Properties of Cylindrical Metamaterial Leaky-Wave Antennas,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’05), Turin, Italy, pp. 575-578, September 12-16, 2005. 83. N. Engheta, M. G. Silveirinha, A. Alù, and A. Salandrino, “Scattering and Reflection Properties of Low-Epsilon Metamaterial Shells and Bends,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’05), Turin, Italy, pp. 101-104, September 12-16, 2005. 82. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “A Thin Absorbing Screen Employing Metamaterial Complementary Pairs,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’05), Turin, Italy, pp. 75-78, September 12-16, 2005. 81. N. Engheta, A. Alù, and A. Salandrino, “Optical Negative-Refraction Metamaterials, Nano-Layers and Nano-Transmission Lines,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’05), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, p. 232, August 22-26, 2005. 80. N. Engheta, A. Salandrino, and A. Alù, “Series and Parallel Arrangements of Optical Nanocircuit Elements,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’05), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, p. 111, August 22-26, 2005. 79. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Directive Beams from Small Apertures Loaded with Negative-Parameter Metamaterials,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’05), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, p. 21, August 22-26, 2005. 78. M. G. Silveirinha, A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Design and Applications of ε-Negative (ENG) Metamaterials for RCS Reduction at Microwave Frequencies,” 2005 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, p. 273, July 3-8, 2005. 77. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Radiation Properties of Sub-Wavelength Resonant Patch Antennas Filled with a Pair of DPS, DNG, and/or SNG Metamaterial Blocks,” 2005 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, p. 113, July 3-8, 2005. 76. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Can Negative-Parameter Metamaterials Provide High Directivity for Small Apertures and Antennas?,” 2005 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, p. 99, July 3-8, 2005. 75. N. Engheta, A. Salandrino, and A. Alù, “Conjoined Nanoparticles as Parallel or Series Circuit Elements at Optical Frequencies,” 2005 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, p. 14, July 3-8, 2005. 74. A. Alù, A. Salandrino, and N. Engheta, “Ring of Plasmonic Nanoparticles as an Inclusion with Negative Magnetic Response at Optical Frequencies,” 2005 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Washington, DC, USA, p. 13, July 3-8, 2005. 73. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Sub-wavelength Focusing and Negative Refraction along Positive-Index and Negative-Index Plasmonic Nano-Transmission Lines and Nano-Layers,” 2005 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, Washington, DC, USA, Vol. 1A, pp. 35-38, July 3-8, 2005. (upenn, web) 72. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni, “Analysis of Conformal Antennas in Spheroidal Geometries: a Mapping into Planar Components,” 11th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM’05), Saint-Malò, France, pp. 160-161, June 15-17, 2005. 71. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Compact Leaky-Wave Components Using Metamaterials,” IEEE MTT-S 2005 International Microwave Symposium (IMS’05), Long Beach, California, USA, pp. 1733-1736, June 12-17, 2005. (web) 70. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni, “Numerical Study of Conformal Spheroidal Antennas,” 28th ESA Antenna Workshop on Space Antenna Systems and Technologies, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Vol. 2, pp. 1069-1072, May 31-June 3, 2005. 69. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Conformal Omni-Directional Leaky-Wave Radiators with Down-Tilted Beams Employing Cylindrical Metamaterial Covers,” 4th European Workshop on Conformal Antennas, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 117-120, May 23-24, 2005. 68. L. Vegni, F. Bilotti, and A. Alù, “Analisi e Progetto di un’Antenna Attiva per Wi-Fi da Montare su Schede PCMCIA,” V Congresso Nazionale CIRIAF, Perugia, Italy, pp. 39-46, April 8-9, 2005. 67. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “A Sub-Wavelength Omni-Directional Leaky-Wave Antenna Made of a Resonant Cylindrical Metamaterial Shell,” Loughborough Antenna and Propagation Conference, Loughborough, United Kingdom, pp. 63-66, April 4-6, 2005. 66. F. Urbani, F. Bilotti, A. Alù, and L. Vegni, “Low Cost Compact Active Integrated Antenna with a Reactive Impedance Surface,” 2005 IEEE/ACES International Conference on Wireless Communications and Applied Computational, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, pp. 257-260, April 3-7, 2005. (web) 65. N. Engheta, A. Alù, and A. Salandrino, “Nanocircuit Elements, Left-Handed Nano-Transmission-Lines and Layered Metamaterials at Optical Frequencies,” 2005 American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Vol. 2, p. 1298, March 21-25, 2005. (web) 64. N. Engheta, A. Alù, and A. Salandrino, “Negative Magnetic Response and Left-Handed Metamaterials in the Optical Domain Using Plasmonic Nanostructures,” 2005 American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Vol. 1, p. 178, March 21-25, 2005. (web) 63. N. Engheta, A. Alù, and A. Salandrino, “Nanocircuit Elements, Nano-Transmission Lines and Nano-Antennas Using Plasmonic Materials in the Optical Domain,” International Workshop on Antenna Technology (IWAT’05): Small Antennas and Novel Metamaterials, Singapore, pp. 165-168, March 7-9, 2005. (web) 62. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Potential Antenna Applications of Metamaterials,” European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) Action 284, 7th Management Committee Business Meeting, Chexbres, Switzerland, March 2-4, 2005. (web) 61. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “A Review of Some Potential Applications of DNG and SNG Metamaterials at Microwave and Optical Frequencies,” EPFL LATSIS Symposium 2005, Lausanne, Switzerland, p. 76, February 28-March 2, 2005. 60. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “More on Transparency of Objects Using Plasmonic Metamaterials,” 2005 URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA, p. 31, January 4-8, 2005. 2004 (25 papers) 59. L. Vegni, A. Toscano, F. Bilotti, A. Alù, and A. Salandrino, “Research Activities on Complex Media, Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Currently Developed at the Applied Electromagnetics Laboratory of the University of Roma Tre,” 1st Workshop of the Network of Excellence METAMORPHOSE, Lille, France - Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgum, November 24-26, 2004. 58. N. Engheta, A. Alù, A. Salandrino, and N. Blyzniuk, “Circuit Element Representation of Optical Energy Transport along a Chain of Plasmonic Nanoparticles,” 2004 OSA Annual Meeting, Frontiers in Optics, Rochester, NY, USA, p. FWH47, October 10-14, 2004. 57. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni, “Analysis and Design of Polygonal Patch Antennas for GSM, UMTS and WLAN Terminals,” 5th International Congress “Energy, 57. & Technological Innovation” (EETI2004), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 4-7, 2004. 56. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Metamaterials and Plasmonic Media: Theory and Potential Applications,” NATO Advanced Research Workshop BIANISOTROPICS’04, 10th International Conference on Electromagnetic Complex Media, Het Pand, Gent, Belgium, pp. 2-6, September 22-24, 2004. 55. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni “Scattering Anomalo da Cavità per Antenne Caricate con Metamateriali,” XV Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo Applicato, Cagliari, Italy, pp. 405-408, September 13-16, 2004. 54. A. Alù, and F. Bilotti, “L’impiego di Metamateriali per Aumentare Considerevolmente la Trasmissione attraverso un Piccolo Foro in uno Schermo Opaco,” XV Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo Applicato, Cagliari, Italy, pp. 370-380, September 13-16, 2004. 53. N. Engheta, N. Blyzniuk, and A. Alù, “Interaction between Plasmonic and Non-Plasmonic Nanospheres and Their Equivalent Nano-Circuit Elements,” 2004 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Monterey, CA, USA, p. 276, June 20-26, 2004. 52. A. Alù, N. Engheta, and R. W. Ziolkowski, “FDTD Simulation of Tunneling and ‘Growing Exponential’ in a Pair of ε-negative and μ-negatives slabs,” 2004 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Monterey, CA, USA, p.18, June 20-26, 2004. 51. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Reducing Scattering from Cylinders and Spheres Using Metamaterials,” 2004 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Monterey, CA, USA, p. 231, June 20-26, 2004. 50. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Strong Quadrupole Scattering from Ultra Small Metamaterial Spherical Nano-Shells,” 2004 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Monterey, CA, USA, p. 210, June 20-26, 2004. 49. A. Alù, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Metamaterial Bilayers for Enhancement of Wave Transmission through a Small Hole in a Flat Perfectly Conducting Screen,” 2004 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, Monterey, CA, USA, Vol. 3, pp. 3163-3166, June 20-26, 2004. (web) 48. A. Alù, F Bilotti, A Toscano and L Vegni, “Controllo dell'integrità di segnale e delle emissioni elettromagnetiche per sistemi digitali ad alta velocità,” II Giornata di Studio su Il Metodo degli Elementi Finiti nelle Applicazioni dell’Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione, Genova, Italy, June 3-4, 2004. 47. A. Alù, and N. Engheta “Tunneling and ‘Growing Exponential Envelopes’ in a Pair of Cascaded Sets of Frequency Selective Surfaces in their Band Gaps,” 2004 URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Pisa, Italy, pp. 90-92, May 23-27, 2004. 46. A. Alù, and N. Engheta “Polarizabilities and Effective Parameters for Collection of Spherical Nano-Particles Containing Concentric Double-Negative or Single-Negative Shells,” 2004 URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory, Pisa, Italy, pp. 24-26, May 23-27, 2004. 45. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, A. Toscano, and L. Vegni “Analysis of Cavity Antennas with Complex Dielectrics and Metamaterials via a FEM-BEM Numerical Approach,” 7th Workshop on Finite Elements for Microwave Engineering - Antennas, Circuits and Devices, Madrid, Spain, May 20-21, 2004. 44. A. Alù, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Salient Features and Potential Applications of Metamaterials and Plasmonic Media,” 323rd Wilhelm und Else Heraeus Seminar, From Photonic Crystals to Metamaterials – Artificial Materials in Optics, Bad Honnef, Germany, April 26-30, 2004. 43. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Peculiar Radar Cross Section Properties of Double-Negative and Single-Negative Metamaterials,” 2004 IEEE Radar Conference, Philadelphia, PA, USA, pp. 91-93, April 26-29, 2004. (upenn, web) 42. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, A. Toscano, and L. Vegni “A New Application of the Boundary Element Method to the Study of Metallic EBG Structures,” 26th World Conference on Boundary Elements and Other Mesh Reduction Methods, Bologna, Italy, April 19-21, 2004. 41. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Metamaterial Monolayers and Bilayers for Enhanced Transmission through a Sub-Wavelength Aperture in a Flat Perfectly Conducting Screen,” IX Workshop on Microwave Engineering, Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and TLC, Roma, Italy, p. 7, April 5, 2004. 40. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Selected Features of Metamaterials and Plasmonic Media,” IX Workshop on Microwave Engineering, Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and TLC, Roma, Italy, p. 4, April 5, 2004. 39. L. Vegni, G. Schettini, A. Toscano, F. Bilotti, and A. Alù, “Attività di Ricerca sull’Inquinamento Elettromagnetico Svolta dall’Unità di Roma Tre del C.I.R.I.A.F. nel Biennio 2002- 2004,” IV Congresso Nazionale CIRIAF, Sviluppo Sostenibile Tutela dell’Ambiente e della Salute Umana, Perugia, Italy, pp. 139-151, April 2-3, 2004. 38. A. Alù, and N. Engheta “Anomalies in the Surface Wave Propagation along Double-Negative and Single-Negative Cylindrical Shells,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’04), Pisa, Italy, March 28-31, 2004. 37. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, and L. Vegni “Analysis of Dipole and Patch Radiators in Presence of Artificial magnetic and Impedance Reflectors and Ground Planes: Preliminary Results,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’04), Pisa, Italy, March 28-31, 2004. 36. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, A. Salandrino, and L. Vegni “On Equiangular Spiral Patches and Other Rotational Antennas,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’04), Pisa, Italy, March 28-31, 2004. 35. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Image De-Blurring Using Double-Negative (DNG) or Single-Negative (SNG) Metamaterial Layers,” URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, USA, p. 17, January 4-8, 2004. 2003 (23 papers) 34. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “How Metamaterials May Significantly Affect the Wave Transmission through Sub-Wavelength Hole in a Flat Perfectly Conducting Screen,” IEE Seminar on Metamaterials for Microwave and (Sub) millimetre Wave Applications: Photonic Bandgap and Double Negative Designs, Components and Experiments, London, UK, pp. 11/1-11/6, November 24, 2003. (web) 33. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni, “Conformal Antennas and Complex Materials: a Method of Line Numerical Analysis,” 3rd European Workshop on Conformal Antennas (EWCA’03), Bonn, Germany, pp. 41-44, October 22-23, 2003. 32. L. Vegni, F. Bilotti, and A. Alù, “Some New Theoretical Insights in the Modeling of Microstrip Antennas with High Impedance Ground Planes,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’03), Honolulu, Waikiki, Hawaii, USA, p. 397, October 13-16, 2003. 31. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “Reconstruction of Evanescent Waves Using Double-Negative (DNG) or Single-Negative (SNG) Media,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’03), Honolulu, Waikiki, Hawaii, USA, p. 382, October 13-16, 2003. 30. N. Engheta, and A. Alù, “May Cavities and Waveguides be Ultra-Thin and Still Support Resonant Modes When They Contain Double-Negative (DNG) or Single-Negative (SNG) Media?,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’03), Honolulu, Waikiki, Hawaii, USA, p. 381, October 13-16, 2003. 29. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “’Ideal’ Virtual Image Formation and Wave Tunneling in a Lens Made of a Pair of Epsilon-Negative (ENG) and Mu-Negative (MNG) Slabs,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’03), Honolulu, Waikiki, Hawaii, USA, p.19, October 13-16, 2003. 28. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Sub-Wavelength Resonant Structures Containing Double-Negative (DNG) or Single-Negative (SNG) Media: Planar, Cylindrical and Spherical Cavities,” Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS’03), Honolulu, Waikiki, Hawaii, USA, p. 12, October 13-16, 2003. 27. A. Alù, L. Vegni, and F. Bilotti, “Current Density Dominant Mode on Spiral Patch Antennas,” 17th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECOM’03), Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 175-178, October 1-3, 2003. (web) 26. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, M. Manzini, and L. Vegni, “Polygonal Patch Antennas for UMTS and WLAN Terminals,” 17th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECOM’03), Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 156-159, October 1-3, 2003. (web) 25. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Power-Transmission Enhancement through a Sub-Wavelength Hole in a Perfect Conductor by Employing Metamaterials,” New Frontiers in Radiation and Guidance Phenomena, Rome, Italy, September 29-30, 2003. 24. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Resonances in Sub-wavelength Cylindrical Structures Made of Pairs of Double-Negative and Double-Positive or ε-Negative and μ-Negative Coaxial Shells,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’03), Turin, Italy, pp. 435-438, September 8-12, 2003. 23. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni, “Method of Lines Algorithm Applied to Conformal Microwave Components with Complex Loading Media,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’03), Turin, Italy, pp. 217-220, September 8-12, 2003. 22. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, and L. Vegni, “New Accurate Formula for the Characteristic Impedance of a Microstrip Line with a Dielectric Overlay,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’03), Turin, Italy, pp. 135-138, September 8-12, 2003. 21. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Distributed-Circuit-Element Description of Guided-Wave Structures and Cavities Involving Double-Negative or Single-Negative Media,” SPIE Annual Meeting 2003, Complex Mediums IV: Beyond Linear Isotropic Dielectrics, San Diego, CA, USA, Martin W. McCall, Graeme Dewar, Editors, Vol. 5218, pp. 145-155, August 3-8, 2003. (web) 20. L. Vegni, A. Alù, and F. Bilotti, “Method of Line Algorithm for the Analysis of Stratified Components with Complex Loading Media,” XII International Symposium on Theoretical Electrical Engineering (ISTET 03), Warsaw, Poland, Vol. II, pp. 519-522, July 6-9, 2003. 19. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Circuit Equivalence of “Growing Exponential” in Pendry’s Lens,” 2003 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Columbus, OH, USA, p. 22, June 22-27, 2003. 18. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Resonance Phenomenon in Paired Epsilon-Negative and Mu-Negative Bilayers,” 2003 USNC/CNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Columbus, OH, USA, p. 19, June 22-27, 2003. 17. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Mode Excitation by a Line Source in a Parallel-Plate Waveguide Filled with a Pair of Parallel Double-Negative and Double-Positive Slabs,” 2003 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, Columbus, OH, USA, Vol. 3, pp. 359-362, June 22-27, 2003. (upenn, web) 16. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, M. Manzini, and L. Vegni “Design of Polygonal Patch Antennas with a Broad-Band Behavior via a Proper Perturbation of Conventional Rectangular Radiators,” 2003 IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society (AP-S) International Symposium, Columbus, OH, USA, Vol. 2, pp. 268-271, June 22-27, 2003. (web) 15. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Mono-Modal Waveguides Filled with a Pair of Parallel Epsilon-Negative (ENG) and Mu-Negative (MNG) Metamaterial Layers,” IEEE MTT-S 2003 International Microwave Symposium (IMS’03), Philadelphia, PA, pp. 313-316, June 8-13, 2003. (upenn, web) 14. F. Bilotti, L. Vegni, and A. Alù, “Efficient Analysis of Sinuous Antennas via a Method of Moment Algorithm Employing Entire Domain Basis Functions,” 3rd ESA Workshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Applications: Circuits, Systems, and Measurement Techniques, Espoo, Finland, pp. 395-398, May 21-23, 2003. 13. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni, “Chiral and EBG Materials: Electromagnetic Applications,” 1st Workshop on Metamaterials and Special Materials for Electromagnetic Applications and TLC, Florence, Italy, p. 12, April 16, 2003. 12. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, and L. Vegni, “Recent Developments of Theoretical and Numerical Methods for Studying Integrated Conformal Antennas and Circuits,” European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) Action 284, 3rd Management Committee Business Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, April 6-8, 2003. (web) 2002 (7 papers) 11. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni, “Some Recent Developments in the Modeling of Integrated Antennas,” European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research (COST) Action 284, 2nd Management Committee Business Meeting, Nice, France, p.23, November 11-12, 2002. (web) 10. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, N. Engheta, and L. Vegni, “Il Ruolo dei Materiali Complessi nel Progetto di Componenti a Microonde di Nuova Generazione,” XIV Riunione Nazionale di Elettromagnetismo Applicato, Ancona, Italy, pp. 416-419, September 16-19, 2002. 9. A. Alù, and N. Engheta, “Anomalous Mode Coupling in Guided-Wave Structures Containing Metamaterials with Negative Permittivity and Permeability,” 2002 IEEE Conference on Nanotechnology, Washington DC, USA, pp. 233-234, August 26-28, 2002. (upenn, web) 8. L. Vegni, F. Bilotti, and A. Alù, “Method of Lines Solution of Integrated Structures Involving Complex Dielectrics,” 26th General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Maastricht, The Netherlands, Paper No. 1714, August 17-24, 2002. (pdf) 7. F. Bilotti, A. Alù, and L. Vegni, “Effect of Complex Material Cover on Microstrip Patch Antennas,” 2002 USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, p.114, June 16-21, 2002. 6. A. Alù, L. Vegni, and F. Bilotti, “Microwave Conformal Components with Bianisotropic Media,” 2002 USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, San Antonio, TX, USA, p.113, June 16-21, 2002. 5. L. Vegni, A. Alù, and F. Bilotti, “Complex Media and Complex Geometries: Latest Frontier in Integrated Circuits,” NATO Advanced Research Workshop BIANISOTROPICS’02, 9th International Conference on Electromagnetic Complex Media, Marrakech, Morocco, p. 49, May 8-11, 2002. (web) 2001 (4 papers) 4. L. Vegni, A. Alù, and F. Bilotti, “Some New Theoretical Developments on Conformal Integrated Antenna Theory,” 16th International Conference on Applied Electromagnetics and Communications (ICECOM’01), Dubrovnik, Croatia, pp. 120-123, October 1-3, 2001. 3. F. Bilotti, L. Vegni, and A. Alù, “Generalized Transmission Line and Helmholtz Equations for the Analysis of Integrated Conformal Circuits and Antennas,” International Conference on Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA’01), Turin, Italy, pp. 259-262, September 10-14, 2001. 2. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni, “Analysis of Conformal Integrated Antennas for Aircraft and Land Vehicle Communications,” 8th International Conference on Advances in Communications and Control (COMCON 8), Crete, Greece, pp. 281-286, June 25-29, 2001. (web) 1. A. Alù, F. Bilotti, and L. Vegni, “Analysis of Conformal Antennas in the Generalized Curvilinear Reference System with Bianisotropic Inhomogeneous Substrates,” 2nd European Workshop on Conformal Antennas (EWCA’01), The Hague, The Netherlands, April 24-25, 2001.