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 …

Manipulating Light with Bound States in the Continuum: from Passive to Active Systems

Y Zeng, X Zhang, X Ouyang, Y Li… - Advanced Optical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The manipulation of light has become the focus of various modern optical technologies. The
emergence of bound states in the continuum (BICs) offers an alternative platform for …

Dynamics and asymmetric behavior of loss-induced bound states in the continuum in momentum space

Q Song, Z Yi, H Xiang, D Han - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are peculiar discrete states embedded in the
continuous spectrum. It has been reported that BICs still exist and exhibit new features when …

Chiral spectral singularities spawning from quasi-bound states in the continuum in PT-symmetric dielectric metasurfaces

X Chen, Y Chu, K Chen, K Zhang, X Wang… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We investigate the chiral spectral singularities, ie, laser threshold modes, in PT-symmetric
dielectric metasurfaces originating from quasi-bound states in the continuum. The poles …

CPA-lasing associated with the quasibound states in the continuum in asymmetric non-Hermitian structures

DV Novitsky, AC Valero, A Krotov, T Salgals… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Non-Hermitian photonic systems with loss and gain attract much attention due to their
exceptional abilities in molding the flow of light. Introducing asymmetry to the PT-symmetric …

Enhanced spin Hall effect of light in the PT-symmetric trilayer structure containing epsilon-near-zero materials

Y Song, Y Shu, T Jiang, J Liu… - Journal of Physics D …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We systematically study the spin Hall effect of light (SHEL) in the parity-time (PT)-symmetric
trilayer structure containing epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials, and design a high sensitivity …

Actively manipulating the temperature characteristics of photonic spin Hall effect in quasi-PT symmetric structure

Y Song, J Liu, T Jiang, Y Zhang, Z Luo - Optics Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
The photonic spin Hall effect (PSHE) manifests itself as the spin-dependent transverse shift,
and has many applications including precise metrology and optical sensing. However, some …

Giant Goos-Hänchen shifts with high reflection driven by Fabry-Perot quasibound states in the continuum in double-layer gratings

F Wu, T Liu, M Luo, H Li, S Xiao - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Herein, we achieve giant Goos-Hänchen (GH) shifts driven by Fabry-Perot quasibound
states in the continuum (quasi-BICs) in double-layer gratings. Based on the hybrid coupling …

Exceptional points in -symmetric layered structures with an anisotropic defect

M Ramanovich, A Novitsky, V Bobrovs, AS Shalin… - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Exceptional points are the most intriguing features of non-Hermitian photonics, providing
clues for enhanced sensitivity, asymmetric light reflection, laser-absorber effect, topological …

Abnormal Unidirectional Lasing from the Combined Effect of non‐Hermitian Modulated Bound States in the Continuum and Fabry–Pérot Resonance

Y Fang, F Bu, S He - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
To transform bound state‐in‐continuum (BIC)‐related unidirectional radiation into BIC‐
related unidirectional lasing, a 1‐D grating with a parity‐time (PT)‐symmetry configuration is …