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 …

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 …

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 …

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) can confine light with a theoretically infinite Q factor.
However, in practical on-chip resonators, scattering loss caused by inevitable fabrication …

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) confine resonances embedded in a continuous
spectrum by eliminating radiation loss. Merging multiple BICs provides a promising …

Unidirectional radiation is important for various optoelectronic applications, such as lasers,
grating couplers and optical antennas. However, almost all existing unidirectional emitters …

Because of their ability to confine light, optical resonators,–are of great importance to
science and technology, but their performance is often limited by out-of-plane-scattering …

Optical vortices, beams with spiral wavefronts and screw phase dislocations, have been
attracting increasing interest in various fields. Here, we theoretically propose and …

Nonradiating sources of energy have traditionally been studied in quantum mechanics and
astrophysics but have received very little attention in the photonics community. This situation …