{"id":10197,"date":"2024-06-12T08:09:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/?page_id=10197"},"modified":"2026-05-06T09:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T13:39:48","slug":"photonic-metamaterials","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/research\/photonic-metamaterials\/","title":{"rendered":"Photonic Metamaterials"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href='https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/research-themes\/photonic-metamaterials\/' class='button button-primary'>See Related Posts<\/a><div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><br \/>\n<h2 class=\"display-posts-title\">Recent News<\/h2>\n<div class=\"display-posts-listing\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/06\/29\/zhang-elected-2026-asme-honorary-member\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics\/files\/2023\/11\/xin-zhang-18-1849-ZHANG-022-730x1024-1-e1700670545715-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2023\/11\/xin-zhang-18-1849-ZHANG-022-730x1024-1-e1700670545715-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2023\/11\/xin-zhang-18-1849-ZHANG-022-730x1024-1-e1700670545715-189x189.jpg 189w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2023\/11\/xin-zhang-18-1849-ZHANG-022-730x1024-1-e1700670545715-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/eng\/2026\/06\/29\/zhang-elected-2026-asme-honorary-member\/\">Zhang Elected 2026 ASME Honorary Member<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(7\/1\/2026)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2026\/fast-company-boston-university-sound-shield-award\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics\/files\/2026\/06\/crop-PGUOM-Xin-Zhang-Photo-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/06\/crop-PGUOM-Xin-Zhang-Photo-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/06\/crop-PGUOM-Xin-Zhang-Photo-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/06\/crop-PGUOM-Xin-Zhang-Photo-6-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/06\/crop-PGUOM-Xin-Zhang-Photo-6-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/06\/crop-PGUOM-Xin-Zhang-Photo-6-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2026\/06\/crop-PGUOM-Xin-Zhang-Photo-6-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2026\/fast-company-boston-university-sound-shield-award\/\">Fast Company Names Boston University\u2013Designed Sound Shield a \u201cWorld Changing Idea\u201d<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(6\/19\/2026)<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2025\/best-of-brink-inspiring-inventions-impactful-ideas\/?utm_campaign=bu_today&#038;utm_source=email_20251217_full&#038;utm_medium=2_must_read_1&#038;utm_content=research_brain\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-710x710.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/files\/2025\/12\/best-of-brink-inventions_featcrop-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2025\/best-of-brink-inspiring-inventions-impactful-ideas\/?utm_campaign=bu_today&#038;utm_source=email_20251217_full&#038;utm_medium=2_must_read_1&#038;utm_content=research_brain\">Xin Zhang, Irving Bigio, and More Featured in &#8220;Best of The Brink 2025&#8221; Inventions List<\/a> <span class=\"date\">(12\/17\/2025)<\/span><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<\/div><\/h4>\n<p>Metamaterials research at the Photonics Center focuses on using photonic metamaterials to manipulate the wavelengths of light and sound on a scale smaller than the wavelengths themselves.<\/p>\n<h4>Faculty Labs:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/nano\/\"><span>Nanomaterials &amp; Nanostructures Optics<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Luca Dal Negro)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/paiella\/\"><span>Paiella Research Group<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Roberto Paiella)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/reinhardlab\/\"><span>Nano-Bio Interface Laboratory<\/span><\/a><span>\u00a0(Bj\u00f6rn Reinhard)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/people.bu.edu\/xinz\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Laboratory for Microsystems Technology<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Xin Zhang)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metamaterials research at the Photonics Center focuses on using photonic metamaterials to manipulate the wavelengths of light and sound on a scale smaller than the wavelengths themselves. 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