Applications of bound states in the continuum in photonics

M Kang, T Liu, CT Chan, M Xiao - Nature Reviews Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have attracted attention in photonics owing to their
interesting properties. For example, BICs can effectively confine light in a counterintuitive …

Resonant metasurfaces for generating complex quantum states

T Santiago-Cruz, SD Gennaro, O Mitrofanov… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Quantum state engineering, the cornerstone of quantum photonic technologies, mainly
relies on spontaneous parametric downconversion and four-wave mixing, where one or two …

[HTML][HTML] Photonic flatband resonances for free-electron radiation

Y Yang, C Roques-Carmes, SE Kooi, H Tang, J Beroz… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Flatbands have become a cornerstone of contemporary condensed-matter physics and
photonics. In electronics, flatbands entail comparable energy bandwidth and Coulomb …

Fundamentals and applications of topological polarization singularities

F Wang, X Yin, Z Zhang, Z Chen, H Wang, P Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Radiations towards the continuum not only brings non-Hermicity to photonic systems but
also provides observable channels for understanding their intrinsic physics underneath. In …

Realizing symmetry-guaranteed pairs of bound states in the continuum in metasurfaces

CF Doiron, I Brener, A Cerjan - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have received significant attention for their ability to
enhance light-matter interactions across a wide range of systems, including lasers, sensors …

Infinite-Q guided modes radiate in the continuum

K Sun, H Wei, W Chen, Y Chen, Y Cai, CW Qiu, Z Han - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Guided modes in photonic structures, with broadband infinite-quality factors, are
inaccessible from the far field due to the momentum mismatch. They become leaky modes in …

Customizing 2.5 D Out‐of‐Plane Architectures for Robust Plasmonic Bound‐States‐in‐the‐Continuum Metasurfaces

Z Wang, J Sun, J Li, L Wang, Z Li, X Zheng… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have a superior ability to confine electromagnetic
waves and enhance light–matter interactions. However, the quality‐factor of quasi‐BIC is …

Achieving asymmetry parameter-insensitive resonant modes through relative shift–induced quasi-bound states in the continuum

T Sang, Q Mi, C Yang, X Zhang, Y Wang, Y Ren… - Nanophotonics, 2024 - degruyter.com
High-Q resonances in metasurfaces, stemming from symmetry-protected bound states in the
continuum (BICs), have proven to be effective for achieving high-performance optical …

Quasi-guided modes resulting from the band folding effect in a photonic crystal slab for enhanced interactions of matters with free-space radiations

K Sun, Y Cai, U Levy, Z Han - Beilstein Journal of …, 2023 - beilstein-journals.org
We elucidate that guided modes supported by a regular photonic crystal slab structure
composed of a square lattice of air holes in a silicon slab will transition into quasi-guided …

Photonic topological subspace-induced bound states in the continuum

W Yan, W Liu, W Cheng, F Chen - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are intriguing localized states that possess
eigenvalues embedded within the continuum of extended states. Recently, a combination of …