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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

[PDF][PDF] Liquid crystal-integrated metasurfaces for an active photonic platform

D Kang, H Heo, Y Yang, J Seong, H Kim… - Opto-Electronic …, 2024 - researching.cn
Metasurfaces have opened the door to next-generation optical devices due to their ability to
dramatically modulate electromagnetic waves at will using periodically arranged …

Diffractive nonlocal metasurfaces

A Overvig, A Alù - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Metasurfaces are ushering in an era of multifunctional control over optical wavefronts
realized with ultrathin planarized devices. Recent advances have been enabling …

Optical metasurfaces for energy conversion

E Cortés, FJ Wendisch, L Sortino, A Mancini… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
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: 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 …