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Bound states in the continuum (BICs), which are confined optical modes exhibiting infinite quality factors and carrying topological polarization configurations in momentum space, have recently sparked significant interest across both…
Graphene hosting a pair of collinear adatoms in the phantom atom configuration has pseudogap with cubic scaling on energy, $\Delta\propto|\varepsilon|^{3}$ which leads to the appearance of spin-degenerate bound states in the continuum…
We investigate the properties of a Fibonacci quasicrystal (QC) arrangement of a one-dimensional topological superconductor, such as a magnetic atom chain deposited on a superconducting surface. We uncover a general mutually exclusive…
Metasurface-mediated bound states in the continuum (BIC) provides a versatile platform for light manipulation at subwavelength dimension with diverging radiative quality factor and extreme optical localization. In this work, we employ…
Enhancing light-matter coupling in two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers remains a central challenge in nanophotonics due to their atomic thickness, which limits their interaction volume with…
We study high quality-factor (high Q) resonances supported by periodic arrays of Mie resonators from the perspectives of both Bloch wave theory and multiple scattering theory. We reveal that, unlike a common belief, the bound states in the…
Metasurface with bound states in the continuum (BICs) offer exceptional potential for optical sensing due to their inherently high quality (Q) factors. However, the detection of symmetry-protected BICs remains experimentally challenging due…
This work examines a symmetry-protected bound state in the continuum (BIC) supported unique all-dielectric dome-shaped metasurface (MS). The simple unit MS is made up of four dome-shaped nanobars of silicon in the top layer and silica glass…
Identifying, quantifying, and suppressing decoherence mechanisms in qubits are important steps towards the goal of engineering a quantum computer or simulator. Superconducting circuits offer flexibility in qubit design; however, their…
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have enabled lasers with rich momentum-space textures. However, the output patterns of quasi-BIC lasers remain largely static and confined to a few geometries. Here, a reconfigurable momentum-space…
The development of miniaturized light sources with tunable functionality is crucial for advancing integrated photonic devices, enabling applications in quantum computing, communications, and sensing. Achieving tunable light emission after…
A conventional optical cavity supports modes which are confined because they are unable to leak out of the cavity. Bound state in continuum (BIC) cavities are an unconventional alternative, where light can leak out, but is confined by…
Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs) are special localized and non-decaying states of a photonic system with a frequency embedded into the spectrum of scattered states. The simplest photonic structure displaying a single BIC is…
Light-actuated motors, vehicles, and even space sails have drawn tremendous attention for basic science and applications in space, biomedical, and sensing domains. Optical bound states in the continuum (BIC) are topological singularities of…
We introduce a novel optimization method to design the first examples of photonic quasicrystals with substantial, complete photonic band gaps (PBGs): that is, a range of frequencies over which electromagnetic wave propagation is forbidden…
Bound states in the continuum (BIC) are trapped eigenmodes with infinite $Q$ factors that are confined in the system. In this work, we propose a simple design for engineering a Friedrich-Wintgen BIC through the interference between a…
We show that by using a perturbed photonic Dirac-cone, one can realize ultra-narrow and finite Q-factor peak in the wavevector space, with both the peak value and the width separately tunable. We also discuss a lower bound in the minimal…
We investigate the strong coupling between the excitons and quasi-bound states in the continuum (BIC) resonance in a bulk WS$_2$ metasurface. Here we employ the bulk WS$_2$ to construct an ultrathin nanodisk metasurface, supporting the…
Optical Bound States in the Continuum are peculiar localized states within the continuous spectrum that are unaffected by any far-field radiation and intrinsic absorption, therefore possessing infinite mode lifetime and Q-factor. To date…
Moving media break time-reversal symmetry and exhibit intriguing optical nonreciprocity. This nonreciprocity is usually weak due to the much lower moving speed of media relative to the speed of light. We demonstrate that strong optical…