Optical nonlinearity of thin film lithium niobate: devices and recent progress

L Wang, H Du, X Zhang, F Chen - Journal of Physics D: Applied …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Thin film lithium niobate (TFLN), also known as lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI), is an
important integrated optical platform due to its broad transparency window (from ultraviolet …

Efficient photon-pair generation empowered by dual quasibound states in the continuum

T Liu, M Qin, S Feng, X Tu, T Guo, F Wu, S Xiao - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Here we demonstrate the efficient photon-pair generation via spontaneous parametric down
conversion from a semiconductor metasurface supporting dual quasibound states in the …

Tailoring topological nature of merging bound states in the continuum by manipulating structure symmetry of the all-dielectric metasurface

G Sun, Y Wang, Y Li, Z Cui, W Chen, K Zhang - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Photonic bound states in the continuum (BIC) promise a versatile platform for construction of
optical resonators with highly confined electromagnetic fields and ultralong radiative lifetime …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing second harmonic generation in lithium niobate metasurfaces through symmetric protection bound states in the continuum

Y Qi, Z Li, Z Zhou, Y Wang, X Wang - Physics Letters A, 2024 - Elsevier
In order to address the issue of high loss and low field effect in the generation process of
traditional second harmonic, we employ lithium niobate (LN), a highly efficient nonlinear …

Realization of Merged Topological Corner States in the Continuum in Acoustic Crystals

J Guo, Z Gu, J Zhu - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
Merging bound states in the continuum (BICs) has significant promise for wave manipulation
since it can provide an ultrahigh Q factor when compared to the isolated BICs. However, the …

Photonic spin-controlled self-hybridized exciton-polaritons in metasurfaces driven by chiral quasibound states in the continuum

H Zhou, M Qin, H Xu, G Wei, H Li, W Gao, J Liu, F Wu - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Bulk transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have found widespread applications on
nanophotonics, condensed matter physics, and quantum optics, due to their high refractive …

Second-harmonic and sum-frequency generation from dielectric metasurfaces empowered by multiple quasibound states in the continuum

T Liu, M Qin, X Tu, Y Liu, F Wu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
All-dielectric metasurfaces associated with the physics of bound states in the continuum
(BICs) provide a novel platform to enhance nonlinear effects at the nanoscale. In this work …

Multi-scenario refractive index sensor based on merging BIC in an all-dielectric metasurface

X Zhao, S Yang, C Zhang, L Li, K Zhang… - Optical Materials …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
In recent years, bound states in the continuum (BICs) in the all-dielectric metasurfaces have
attracted considerable attention due to the low radiation loss and large quality factor (Q …

Bound states in the continuum based on controlling the phase difference in dielectric corrugated structures

B Yan, S Zhang, B Zhang, X Jiang - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) with an infinite quality factor (Q factor) and lifetime are
demonstrated as far-field polarization singularities in momentum space. Unidirectional …

Efficient second-harmonic generation based on off-Γ merging bound states in the continuum

S Chen, X Dai, Y Xiang - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Ultracompact devices engineered for second-harmonic generation (SHG) hold a significant
promise across a diverse spectrum of applications. Here, we propose a merging bound state …