Bound States in the Continuum in Photonics, Plasmonics, and Terahertz Technology
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optoelectronics and Optical Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 April 2025 | Viewed by 80
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanophotonics; bound states in the continuum; light-matter interaction; optical metasurface; nonlinear optics
Interests: nanophotonics; plasmonics; two-dimensional materials; light-matter interaction; bound states in the continuum
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The concept of bound states in the continuum (BICs) originated from quantum mechanics in the early 20th century. It describes a class of non-radiative states embedded in the radiation continuum. Basically, BICs provide a widely applicable scheme for reducing radiative loss. High quality factor quasi-BICs can be obtained by perturbing the ideal condition of BICs, which is important for generating sharp resonances. In practice, the competition between radiative and dissipative losses should be considered. By adjusting the ratio of radiative to dissipative losses of quasi-BICs, one can access under-, critical-, and over-coupled regimes for the coupling between quasi-BICs and incident light. Therefore, the mechanism of BICs provides a powerful tool for enhancing light-matter interaction.
In addition, optical field manipulation empowered by BICs has attracted intensive interest. Representative results include strong circular dichroism produced by chiral BICs, topological-defect-induced unidirectional guided resonances, near-perfect absorption of tightly focused light achieved by flat-band BICs, and so on. The in-depth study of BICs will promote the development of optical devices with a wide range of applications.
The Special Issue aims to present cutting-edge research on the fundamentals and applications of BICs in photonics, plasmonics, and terahertz technology. We welcome broad, visionary contributions of original research articles and review papers. We are glad to invite researchers to submit their contributions to this Special Issue.
Dr. Zhuo Wang
Dr. Fu Deng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bound states in the continuum
- optical field enhancement
- light-matter interaction
- polarization manipulation
- metamaterial
- nonlinear effect
- photonic device
- plasmonic device
- terahertz device
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