Applications of bound states in the continuum in photonics

M Kang, T Liu, CT Chan, M Xiao - 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 …

Light management with patterned micro‐and nanostructure arrays for photocatalysis, photovoltaics, and optoelectronic and optical devices

W Wang, L Qi - Advanced Functional Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The design and fabrication of patterned micro‐and nanostructure arrays have been
demonstrated to be a powerful strategy toward efficient light management, which is of vital …

Nanophotonic nonlinear and laser devices exploiting bound states in the continuum

MS Hwang, KY Jeong, JP So, KH Kim… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
The quality factor (Q), describing the rate of energy loss from a resonator, is a defining
performance metric for nanophotonic devices. Suppressing cavity radiative losses enables …

Three-dimensional perovskite nanophotonic wire array-based light-emitting diodes with significantly improved efficiency and stability

Q Zhang, D Zhang, L Gu, KH Tsui, S Poddar, Y Fu… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Hybrid perovskites have emerged as promising candidates for highly efficient light-emitting
diodes in the past few years due to their excellent crystallinity, high color purity, wide-range …

High-index-contrast photonic structures: a versatile platform for photon manipulation

YB Kim, JW Cho, YJ Lee, D Bae, SK Kim - Light: Science & Applications, 2022 - nature.com
In optics, the refractive index of a material and its spatial distribution determine the
characteristics of light propagation. Therefore, exploring both low-and high-index …

The impact of engineered silver nanomaterials on the immune system

N Ninan, N Goswami, K Vasilev - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last decades there has been a tremendous volume of research efforts focused on
engineering silver-based (nano) materials. The interest in silver has been mostly driven by …

Morphology-graded silicon nanowire arrays via chemical etching: Engineering optical properties at the nanoscale and macroscale

FJ Wendisch, M Abazari, H Mahdavi… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
We report on a quick, simple, and cost-effective solution-phase approach to prepare
centimeter-sized morphology-graded vertically aligned Si nanowire arrays. Gradients in the …

Optical bound states in the continuum with nanowire geometric superlattices

S Kim, KH Kim, JF Cahoon - Physical Review Letters, 2019 - APS
Perfect trapping of light in a subwavelength cavity is a key goal in nanophotonics. Perfect
trapping has been realized with optical bound states in the continuum (BIC) in waveguide …

Photoactivated Second Harmonic Generation in Centrosymmetric Double Perovskites

B Zhang, Y Huang, F Ji, X Miao, F Gao, WM Chen… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
We report the first observation of second harmonic generation (SHG) from halide double
perovskites single crystals, a promising class of materials for low-cost and versatile …

Optical nonlinearity in silicon nanowires enabled by bound states in the continuum

JS Park, C Li, KH Kim, Y Tang, CGE Murphey… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Intense electromagnetic fields localized within resonant photonic nanostructures provide
versatile opportunities for engineering nonlinear optical effects on a subwavelength scale …