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 …

Intrinsic strong light-matter coupling with self-hybridized bound states in the continuum in van der Waals metasurfaces

T Weber, L Kühner, L Sortino, A Ben Mhenni… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs) provide a standout platform for strong light-
matter coupling with transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) but have so far mostly been …

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 …

Ultrahigh-Q guided mode resonances in an All-dielectric metasurface

L Huang, R **, C Zhou, G Li, L Xu, A Overvig… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

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 …

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 …

Exciton polariton condensation from bound states in the continuum at room temperature

X Wu, S Zhang, J Song, X Deng, W Du, X Zeng… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Exciton–polaritons (polaritons) resulting from the strong exciton–photon interaction
stimulates the development of novel low-threshold coherent light sources to circumvent the …

Merging bound states in the continuum by harnessing higher-order topological charges

M Kang, L Mao, S Zhang, M **ao, H Xu… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
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 …