Publications
Peer-reviewed research in photonics, aerospace engineering, and nanotechnology. Sourced from the group's Google Scholar profile .
Anomalous reflection of sunlight for solar sailing
T. Joly-Jehenne, A. R. Davoyan
Physical Review Applied
Breaking refractive index records with layered van der Waals GeS2 for blue and near-ultraviolet photonics
P. Shafirin, M. Hossain, A. Davoyan
Light: Science & Applications
Kirigami/Origami Actuators for Solar Sail Attitude Control
H. Jo, M. Sincer, C. Le, C. Chan, B. Ly, A. Davoyan
AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum
Resonantly Enhanced Second Harmonic Generation in van der Waals Metasurfaces
H. Ling, Y. Tang, X. Tian, P. Shafirin, M. Hossain, P. P. Vabishchevich, et al.
IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference
Soft Electrothermal Meta-Actuator for Robust Multifunctional Control
H. Jo, P. Shafirin, C. Le, C. Chan, A. Davoyan
arXiv preprint
Nonlinear van der Waals metasurfaces with resonantly enhanced light generation
H. Ling, Y. Tang, X. Tian, P. Shafirin, M. Hossain, P. P. Vabishchevich, et al.
Nano Letters
Ultrafast Plasmon Dynamics Under High-Intensity Laser Excitation
D. P. Khatua, P. Shafirin, T. Joly-Jehenne, A. R. Davoyan
CLEO: Applications and Technology
Signal-to-noise ratio of a thermoelectric sensor of a single-photon detector operating at different temperatures
A. Kuzanyan, V. Nikoghosyan, A. Davoyan, A. Kuzanyan
Applied Optics
Plasmon excitation under extreme-intensity laser pulses
D. P. Khatua, P. Shafirin, T. Joly-Jehenne, A. Davoyan
SMT 2025
Modeling nanosecond thermo-optic coupling dynamics in nanoscale resonators
P. Shafirin, P. Feng, T. Joly-Jehenne, A. Davoyan
SMT 2025
MEMS micro-mirror switch for thermal emissivity control
M. Hossain, H. Jo, P. Shafirin, A. Davoyan
APS Global Physics Summit 2025
Soft Bidirectional Electrothermal Actuators
H. Jo, C. Le, C. Chan, A. Davoyan
SMT 2025
Extreme Metamaterial Solar Sails for Breakthrough Space Exploration — NIAC Phase II Final Report
A. Davoyan, H. Helvajian, L. Johnson, M. Velli
NASA NIAC Final Report
Dielectric resonances of hexagonal boron nitride nanodisks
M. Nourbakhsh, H. Ling, V. R. Whiteside, A. Davoyan, J. G. Tischler
2D Photonic Materials and Devices VII
Emergent nanophotonics with bulk van der Waals materials
A. R. Davoyan
2D Photonic Materials and Devices VII
Technology development for a low-mass solar system and interstellar communications system
P. Mauskopf, R. Angel, H. Atwater, E. Bazzanid, K. Berggren, P. Blase, et al.
Free-Space Laser Communications XXXVI
Near-unity light-matter interaction in mid-infrared van der Waals metasurfaces
H. Ling, M. Nourbakhsh, V. R. Whiteside, J. G. Tischler, A. R. Davoyan
Nano Letters
Plasmon-driven high-energy light-matter interaction
D. Khatua, P. Shafirin, A. Davoyan
APS March Meeting Abstracts 2024
Second harmonic generation enabled by van der Waals metasurfaces
H. Ling, P. Shafirin, Y. Tang, X. Tian, H. Harutyunyan, A. Davoyan
APS March Meeting Abstracts 2024
Nanosecond light-matter interaction with structured targets in ablation regime
P. Shafirin, D. Prasad, A. Davoyan
APS March Meeting Abstracts 2024
Taming mid-infrared light-matter interaction with van der Waals nanostructures
H. Ling, M. Nourbakhsh, V. Whiteside, J. Tischler, A. Davoyan
APS March Meeting Abstracts
Modelling transient thermo-optic coupling in resonant nanophotonic structures
P. Shafirin, P. Feng, A. Davoyan
APS March Meeting Abstracts
Scalable Van Der Waals Superlattices For Absorbers And Emitters
D. Jariwala, J. Lynch, P. Kumar, F. Barrera, A. Davoyan
US Patent App. 18/181,302
A mission to nature's telescope for high-resolution imaging of an exoplanet
L. D. Friedman, D. Garber, S. G. Turyshev, H. Helvajian, T. Heinsheimer, et al.
Experimental Astronomy
Deeply subwavelength integrated excitonic van der Waals nanophotonics
H. Ling, A. Manna, J. Shen, H. T. Tung, D. Sharp, J. Früch, S. Dai, A. Majumdar, et al.
Optica
All-van der Waals metadevices
A. R. Davoyan
Active Photonic Platforms (APP)
Science opportunities with solar sailing smallsats
S. G. Turyshev, D. Garber, L. D. Friedman, A. M. Hein, N. Barnes, K. Batygin, et al.
Planetary and Space Science
Anomalous Reflection Under Ambient Sunlight: Accessing In-Plane Radiation Pressure for Solar Sailing
T. Joly-Jehenne, A. R. Davoyan
arXiv preprint
Scalable and Low Cost Exploration of the Interstellar Neighborhood with 50 AU/year Fast Transit Solar Sail Missions
A. Davoyan, M. Velli, H. Helvajian, L. Johnson, S. Turyshev
Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics 2024-2033
Nanophotonic Control of High Energy Light-Materials Interaction
P. Shafirin, P. Feng, D. Prasad, A. Davoyan
CLEO: Applications and Technology
Taming mid-IR resonances with naturally hyperbolic hBN
H. Ling, M. Nourbakhsh, V. R. Whiteside, J. G. Tischler, A. R. Davoyan
Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)
One-way light flow by spatio-temporal modulation
M. A. A. Abouelatta, M. A. Swillam, A. R. Davoyan, A. M. Mahmoud
Optics Express
Exciton assisted deeply subwavelength nano-photonics
H. Ling, A. Manna, J. Shen, H. T. Tung, D. Sharp, J. Früch, S. Dai, A. Majumdar, et al.
arXiv preprint
Solar Sail Propulsion by 2050: An Enabling Capability for Heliophysics Missions
L. Johnson, N. Barnes, M. Ceriotti, T. Y. Chen, A. Davoyan, L. Friedman, et al.
arXiv preprint
Fast transit interstellar probe mission with extreme solar sailing
A. Davoyan
AIAA SCITECH Forum
Non-nuclear exploration of the solar system study
J. Brophy, S. Pellegrino, P. Lubin, L. Alkalai, H. Atwater, A. Biswas, A. Boca, et al.
Technical report
Freestanding specular reflective carbon nanotube thin film for solar sailing
H. T. Tung, A. Davoyan
Nanoengineering: Fabrication, Properties, Optics, Thin Films, and Devices
Thermoelectric photodetectors for low power and quantum light
A. A. Kuzanyan, A. Davoyan, V. Nikoghosyan, A. Kuzanyan, S. Harutyunyan
Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging XX
Deeply subwavelength photonics enabled by high index Van der Waals materials
H. Ling, A. R. Davoyan
Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems
Nanophotonics with Van der Waals metastructures
A. Davoyan
Active Photonic Platforms
Metamaterials for breakthrough space exploration
A. R. Davoyan
Metamaterials, Metadevices, and Metasystems 2022
Atomic-void van der Waals channel waveguides
H. Ling, J. B. Khurgin, A. R. Davoyan
Nano Letters
The Heliosphere From Top to Bottom: Close Out of the Ecliptic Solar Orbiter Now and Then Beyond the Heliopause
S. G. Turyshev, S. Gibson, M. Velli, et al.
White paper for Decadal Survey on Solar and Space Physics
Enabling 4D Mapping of the Inner Corona at High Latitudes and Poles with Extreme Solar Sailing
A. Davoyan, M. Velli, L. Johnson, H. Helvajian
White paper for Decadal Survey on Solar and Space Physics
A fast response mission to rendezvous with an interstellar object
D. Garber, L. D. Friedman, A. Davoyan, et al.
Experimental Astronomy
Light control with atomically thin magnets
H. Ling, A. R. Davoyan
Nature Photonics
Highly accurate, reliable, and non-contaminating two-dimensional material transfer system
C. Patil, H. Dalir, J. H. Kang, et al.
Applied Physics Reviews
Framework for expediting discovery of optimal solutions with blackbox algorithms in non-topology photonic inverse design
J. Digani, P. W. C. Hon, A. R. Davoyan
ACS Photonics
Light-matter coupling in large-area van der Waals superlattices
P. Kumar, J. Lynch, B. Song, et al.
Nature Nanotechnology
Low-power laser sailing for fast-transit space flight
H. T. Tung, A. R. Davoyan
Nano Letters
Fast Transit Interplanetary Exploration with Extreme Solar Sail Missions
A. Davoyan
ASCEND 2022
Bulk Transition Metal Dichalcogenides For Integrated Nanophotonics
A. Davoyan
2021 IEEE Photonics Conference
Integrated nanooptics with bulk transition metal dichalcogenides
A. Davoyan
Active Photonic Platforms XIII
Plasmonic metaplatforms for enhanced light control
A. Davoyan
Plasmonics: Design, Materials, Fabrication, Characterization
Light-sail photonic design for fast-transit Earth orbital maneuvering and interplanetary flight
H. T. Tung, A. Davoyan
arXiv preprint
Spatiotemporal imaging of thickness-induced band-bending junctions
J. Wong, A. Davoyan, B. Liao, et al.
Nano Letters
A Framework for Discovering Optimal Solutions in Photonic Inverse Design
J. Digani, P. Hon, A. R. Davoyan
arXiv preprint
Photonic materials for interstellar solar sailing
A. R. Davoyan, J. N. Munday, N. Tabiryan, G. A. Swartzlander Jr, L. Johnson
Optica
Light-Matter Coupling in Scalable Van der Waals Superlattices
P. Kumar, J. Lynch, B. Song, et al.
arXiv preprint
All van der Waals integrated nanophotonics with bulk transition metal dichalcogenides
H. Ling, R. Li, A. R. Davoyan
ACS Photonics
Plasmonic Terahertz Lasing in an Array of Graphene Nanocavities
V. V. Popov, O. V. Polischuk, A. R. Davoyan, V. Ryzhii, T. Otsuji, M. S. Shur
Graphene-Based Terahertz Electronics and Plasmonics
Active Guiding of Dirac Plasmons in Graphene
M. Y. Morozov, A. R. Davoyan, I. M. Moiseenko, A. Satou, T. Otsuji, V. V. Popov
Graphene-Based Terahertz Electronics and Plasmonics
Extreme Solar Sailing for Fast Transit Exploration of Solar System and Interstellar Medium
A. Davoyan
ASCEND 2021
63 publications