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 …

Observation of intrinsic chiral bound states in the continuum

Y Chen, H Deng, X Sha, W Chen, R Wang, YH Chen… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Photons with spin angular momentum possess intrinsic chirality, which underpins many
phenomena including nonlinear optics, quantum optics, topological photonics and …

Brillouin zone folding driven bound states in the continuum

W Wang, YK Srivastava, TCW Tan, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Non-radiative bound states in the continuum (BICs) allow construction of resonant cavities
with confined electromagnetic energy and high-quality (Q) factors. However, the sharp …

Bound states in the continuum in asymmetric dielectric metasurfaces

C Zhou, L Huang, R **, L Xu, G Li… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Artificial intelligence in meta-optics

MK Chen, X Liu, Y Sun, DP Tsai - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Recent years have witnessed promising artificial intelligence (AI) applications in many
disciplines, including optics, engineering, medicine, economics, and education. In particular …

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 …

Planar chiral metasurfaces with maximal and tunable chiroptical response driven by bound states in the continuum

T Shi, ZL Deng, G Geng, X Zeng, Y Zeng, G Hu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Optical metasurfaces with high quality factors (Q-factors) of chiral resonances can boost
substantially light-matter interaction for various applications of chiral response in ultrathin …

Chiral bound states in the continuum in plasmonic metasurfaces

Y Tang, Y Liang, J Yao, MK Chen, S Lin… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) offer novel mechanisms to boost the quality factor (Q‐
factor) of resonances. Unfortunately, current studies on chiral BICs metasurfaces suffer from …

Revisiting the design strategies for metasurfaces: fundamental physics, optimization, and beyond

S So, J Mun, J Park, J Rho - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last two decades, the capabilities of metasurfaces in light modulation with
subwavelength thickness have been proven, and metasurfaces are expected to miniaturize …