Anisotropic medium sensing controlled by bound states in the continuum in polarization-independent metasurfaces

JY Gao, J Liu, HM Yang, HS Liu, G Zeng, B Huang - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) with infinite quality factor (Q-factor) and significant field
enhancement pave the way for realizing highly sensitive optical sensors with enhanced light …

Radial bound states in the continuum for polarization-invariant nanophotonics

L Kühner, L Sortino, R Berté, J Wang, H Ren… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
All-dielectric nanophotonics underpinned by the physics of bound states in the continuum
(BICs) have demonstrated breakthrough applications in nanoscale light manipulation …

A multi-mode super-fano mechanism for enhanced third harmonic generation in silicon metasurfaces

D Hähnel, C Golla, M Albert, T Zentgraf… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
We present strong enhancement of third harmonic generation in an amorphous silicon
metasurface consisting of elliptical nano resonators. We show that this enhancement …

Nonlinear photonics with metasurfaces

P Vabishchevich, Y Kivshar - Photonics Research, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Nonlinear optics is a well-established field of research that traditionally relies on the
interaction of light with macroscopic nonlinear media over distances significantly greater …

High-efficiency optical frequency mixing in an all-dielectric metasurface enabled by multiple bound states in the continuum

T Liu, M Qin, F Wu, S **ao - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We present nonlinear optical four-wave mixing in a silicon nanodisk dimer metasurface.
Under the oblique incident plane waves, the designed metasurface exhibits a multiresonant …

Enhanced sum-frequency generation from etchless lithium niobate empowered by dual quasi-bound states in the continuum

S Feng, T Liu, W Chen, F Wu, S **ao - Science China Physics, Mechanics …, 2023 - Springer
The miniaturization of nonlinear light sources is central to the integrated photonic platform,
driving a quest for high-efficiency frequency generation and mixing at the nanoscale. In this …

Boosting second harmonic generation by merging bound states in the continuum

Q Liu, L Qu, Z Gu, D Zhang, W Wu, W Cai, M Ren, J Xu - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Ultracompact devices for second harmonic generation (SHG) have broad applications in
various fields. In this study, we numerically demonstrate efficient SHG from a merged bound …

High-Q Fano resonances in all-dielectric metastructures for enhanced optical biosensing applications

H Chen, X Fan, W Fang, B Zhang, S Cao… - Biomedical Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Fano resonance with high Q-factor is considered to play an important role in the field of
refractive index sensing. In this paper, we theoretically and experimentally investigate a …

Polarization-insensitive and polarization-controlled dual-band third-harmonic generation in silicon metasurfaces driven by quasi-bound states in the continuum

M Qin, G Wei, H Xu, R Ma, H Li, W Gao, J Liu… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
High-refractive-index nanostructures offer versatile opportunities for nonlinear optical effects,
due to their ability to strongly confine field into a subwavelength scale. Herein, we propose a …

Homogeneous and Significant Near‐Field Enhancement in All‐Dielectric Metasurfaces for Sensing Applications

G Li, Y Liu - Advanced Optical Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
All‐dielectric metasurfaces supporting high‐Q resonances have emerged as a promising
platform for sensing applications. However, the greatly enhanced near‐fields are usually …