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Resonance coupling in non-Hermitian systems can lead to exotic features, such as bound states in the continuum (BICs) and exceptional points (EPs), which have been widely employed to control the propagation and scattering of light. Yet,…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-01 Zi-Lan Deng , Feng-Jun Li , Huanan Li , Xiangping Li , Andrea Alù

We demonstrate a fully integrable and reconfigurable platform for controlling quantum emission by harnessing chiral exceptional bound states in the continuum (BICs) as a higher-order non-Hermitian singularity. Our architecture employs…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-09 Jin Li , Kexun Wu , Qi Hao , Yan Chen , Jiawei Wang

We use numerical simulations to demonstrate third-harmonic generation with near-unity nonlinear circular dichroism (CD) and high conversion efficiency ($ 10^{-2}\ \text{W}^{-2}$) in asymmetric Si-on-SiO$_2$ metasurfaces. The working…

Optical chirality plays an essential role in chiral light-matter interactions with broad applications in sensing and spectroscopy. Conventional methods of generating optical chirality usually employ chiral structures or chiral excitations.…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-21 Shiqi Jia , Tong Fu , Jie Peng , Shubo Wang

Quasi-bound states in the continuum (q-BICs) are resonant states of suitably tailored nanostructures with long optical lifetimes controlled by symmetry-breaking perturbations. While in planarized ultrathin devices the resulting Fano…

Optics · Physics 2021-02-24 Adam Overvig , Nanfang Yu , Andrea Alu

We present the design and optical characterization of a plasmonic metasurface engineered to exhibit strong polarization anisotropy under both linearly and circularly polarized light. The metasurface consists of geometrically asymmetric gold…

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are ubiquitous in many areas of physics, attracting especial interest for their ability to confine waves with infinite lifetimes. Metasurfaces provide a suitable platform to realize them in photonics;…

The generation of arbitrary polarization states of light is essential for optical communication and photonic information processing. Photonic crystal and metasurface platforms supporting bound states in the continuum (BICs) provide a…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-13 Siyuan Gao , Guangtai Lu , Satoshi Iwamoto , Yasutomo Ota

Metasurfaces based on resonant subwavelength photonic structures enable novel ways of wavefront control and light focusing, underpinning a new generation of flat-optics devices. Recently emerged all-dielectric metasurfaces exhibit…

Distant interactions at arbitrary locations and their dynamic control are fundamentally important for realizing large-scale photonic and quantum circuits. Conventional approaches suffer from short coupling distance, poor controllability,…

The significance of bound states in the continuum (BICs) lies in their potential for theoretically infinite quality factors. However, their actual quality factors are limited by imperfections in fabrication, which lead to coupling with the…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-26 Guodong Zhu , Sen Yang , Justus C. Ndukaife

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) refer to physical states that possess intrinsic zero dissipation loss even though they are located in the continuous energy spectrum. BICs have been widely explored in optical and acoustic structures,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-09-21 Yue Yu , Xiang Xi , Xiankai Sun

This work presents a novel approach to create and dynamically control quasi-Bound States in the Continuum (BIC) resonances through the hybridization of 1D and 2D metasurfaces using micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). By introducing…

Dielectric metasurfaces supporting quasi-bound states in the continuum (qBICs) enable high field enhancement with narrow-linewidth resonances in the visible and near-infrared ranges. The resonance emerges when distorting the meta-atom's…

Nonlinear nanostructured surfaces provide a paradigm shift in nonlinear optics with new ways to control and manipulate frequency conversion processes at the nanoscale, also offering novel opportunities for applications in photonics,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-11-07 Kirill Koshelev , Yutao Tang , Kingfai Li , Duk-Yong Choi , Guixin Li , Yuri Kivshar

We present nonlinear optical four-wave mixing in a silicon nanodisk dimer metasurface. Under the oblique incident plane waves, the designed metasurface exhibits a multi-resonant feature with simultaneous excitations of three quasi-bound…

Optics · Physics 2023-03-02 Tingting Liu , Meibao Qin , Feng Wu , Shuyuan Xiao

As much as chiral metasurfaces are significant in stereochemistry and polarization control, tunable chiroptical response is important for their dynamic counterparts. A single metasurface device with invertible chiral states can selectively…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-07 Andrew S. Kim , Anjan Goswami , Mohammad Taghinejad , Wenshan Cai

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) defy conventional wisdom that assumes a spectral separation between propagating waves, that carry energy away, and spatially localized waves corresponding to discrete frequencies. They can be described…

Metasurfaces have attracted a lot of attention in recent years due to novel ways they provide for the efficient wavefront control and engineering of the resonant transmission. We discuss an approach allowing effectively control appearance…

Chiral nonlinear response has been explored for decades due to its extreme sensitivity to molecular and structural dissymmetry. Conventional approaches often require bulky systems and produce only static nonlinear chirality. Here, we report…