All-dielectric metamaterials and metasurfaces have been demonstrated as ideal platforms to
manipulate electromagnetic waves and enhance light–matter interaction. Analogous to …

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 …

It is well established that for symmetry‐protected bound states in the continuum (BICs),
introducing the broken geometry symmetry in a dielectric metasurface transforms such a BIC …

A quasi-bound state in the continuum (QBIC) has unique attraction in optical switch,
nonlinearity, communication, and sensing due to its ultrahigh radiation quality (Q) factor. The …

High quality (Q) factor optical resonators are indispensable for many photonic devices.
While very large Q-factors can be obtained theoretically in guided-mode settings, free-space …

Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs), embedded in the spectrum of free-space
waves, with diverging radiative quality factor, are topologically non-trivial dark modes in …

The low performance of sensors based on an all-dielectric metasurface limits their
application compared to metallic counterparts. Here, for the first time, an all-dielectric BIC …

Infrared spectroscopy provides unique information on the composition and dynamics of
biochemical systems by resolving the characteristic absorption fingerprints of their …

Optical bound states in the continuum (BICs) have recently stimulated a research boom,
accompanied by demonstrations of abundant exotic phenomena and applications. With …