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Mohajan, Jewel, Pengning Chao, Weiliang Jin, Sean Molesky, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez. (2023) 2023. “Fundamental Limits on Radiative X(2) Second Harmonic Generation”. Opt. Express 31. Optica Publishing Group: 44212–44223. doi:10.1364/OE.513565.

Amaolo, Alessio, Pengning Chao, Thomas J. Maldonado, Sean Molesky, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez. (2023) 2023. “Can Photonic Heterostructures Provably Outperform Single-Material Geometries?”. Nanophotonics 10 (1515). Referenced from www.degruyter.com: Can photonic heterostructures provably outperform single-material geometries?

Chao, Pengning, Rodrick Kuate Defo, Sean Molesky, and Alejandro Rodriguez. 2022. “Maximum Electromagnetic Local Density of States via Material Structuring”. Nanophotonics 10. Referenced from doi.org: Maximum electromagnetic local density of states via material structuring.

Strekha, Benjamin, Sean Molesky, Pengning Chao, Matthias Krüger, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez. (2026) 2022. “Trace Expressions and Associated Limits for Nonequilibrium Casimir Torque”. Phys. Rev. A 106. American Physical Society: 042222. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.106.042222.

Chao, Pengning, Benjamin Strekha, Rodrick K. Defo, Sean Molesky, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez. 2022. “Physical Limits in Electromagnetism”. Nature Reviews Physics 4. Referenced from www.nature.com: Physical limits in electromagnetism.

Molesky, Sean, Pengning Chao, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez. 2021. “Causality, Passivity and Optimization: Strong Duality in Quadratically Constrained Quadratic Programs for Waves”. ArXiv:Xiv:2105.02154. Referenced from arxiv.org: Causality, passivity and optimization: Strong duality in quadratically constrained quadratic programs for waves.

Molesky, Sean, Pengning Chao, Jewel Mohajan, Wesley Reinhart, Heng Chi, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez. 2022. “T-Operator Limits on Optical Communication: Metaoptics, Computation, and Input-Output Transformations”. Phys. Rev. Research 4: 013020. Referenced from journals.aps.org: T-operator limits on optical communication: metaoptics, computation, and input-output transformations.

Molesky, Sean, Pengning Chao, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez. 2020. “Hierarchical Mean-Field T Operator Bounds on Electromagnetic Scattering: Upper Bounds on Near-Field Radiative Purcell Enhancement”. Phys. Rev. Research 2. Referenced from journals.aps.org: Hierarchical mean-field T operator bounds on electromagnetic scattering: Upper bounds on near-field radiative Purcell enhancement.

Molesky, Sean, Pengning Chao, Weiliang Jin, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez. 2020. “Global T-Operator Bounds on Electromagnetic Scattering: Upper Bounds on Far-Field Cross Sections”. Physical Review Research 2: 033172. Referenced from journals.aps.org: Global T-operator bounds on electromagnetic scattering: upper bounds on far-field cross sections.

Venkataram, Prashanth S., Sean Molesky, Pengning Chao, and Alejandro W. Rodriguez. 2020. “Fundamental Limits to Attractive and Repulsive Casimir–Polder Forces”. PRA 101: 052115. Referenced from journals.aps.org: Fundamental limits to attractive and repulsive Casimir–Polder forces.