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Heat-assisted nonreciprocity

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One-way light transmission can be realized by embracing, rather than mitigating, thermal effects in carefully engineered metasurfaces.

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Fig. 1: Nonreciprocity in metasurfaces through heat.

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    Sander A. Mann

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Rodriguez, S.RK., Mann, S.A. Heat-assisted nonreciprocity. Nat. Photon. 18, 5–6 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-023-01355-1

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