Applications of bound states in the continuum in photonics

M Kang, T Liu, CT Chan, M **ao - 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 leaky modes in all-dielectric metasystems: Fundamentals and applications

L Huang, L Xu, DA Powell, WJ Padilla… - Physics Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
All-dielectric metamaterials and metasurfaces have been demonstrated as ideal platforms to
manipulate electromagnetic waves and enhance light–matter interaction. Analogous to …

Realizing Ultrahigh‐Q Resonances Through Harnessing Symmetry‐Protected Bound States in the Continuum

L Huang, S Li, C Zhou, H Zhong, S You… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Harnessing the power of symmetry‐protected bound states in the continuum (SP BICs) has
become a focal point in scientific exploration, promising many interesting applications in …

Topological photonic crystals: physics, designs, and applications

GJ Tang, XT He, FL Shi, JW Liu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent research in topological photonics has not only proposed and realized novel
topological phenomena such as one‐way broadband propagation and robust transport of …

Bound states in the continuum in resonant nanostructures: an overview of engineered materials for tailored applications

S Joseph, S Pandey, S Sarkar, J Joseph - Nanophotonics, 2021 - degruyter.com
From theoretical model to experimental realization, the bound state in the continuum (BIC) is
an emerging area of research interest in the last decade. In the initial years, well-established …

Photonic bound states in the continuum: from basics to applications

SI Azzam, AV Kildishev - Advanced Optical Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of bound states in the continuum (BICs) to photonics has revolutionized the
way cavity design and light–matter interactions are thought about in general. BICs can have …

Metasurface-driven optically variable devices

C Jung, G Kim, M Jeong, J Jang, Z Dong… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Optically variable devices (OVDs) are in tremendous demand as optical indicators against
the increasing threat of counterfeiting. Conventional OVDs are exposed to the danger of …

Recent advances in tunable metasurfaces: materials, design, and applications

OAM Abdelraouf, Z Wang, H Liu, Z Dong, Q Wang… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Metasurfaces, a two-dimensional (2D) form of metamaterials constituted by planar meta-
atoms, exhibit exotic abilities to tailor electromagnetic (EM) waves freely. Over the past …

Merging bound states in the continuum at off-high symmetry points

M Kang, S Zhang, M **ao, H Xu - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) confine resonances embedded in a continuous
spectrum by eliminating radiation loss. Merging multiple BICs provides a promising …

Bound states in the continuum

CW Hsu, B Zhen, AD Stone, JD Joannopoulos… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are waves that remain localized even though they
coexist with a continuous spectrum of radiating waves that can carry energy away. Their very …