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most citedTopologically Enabled Ultra-high-Q Guided Resonances Robust to Out-of-plane Scattering

719 citations · 975 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

physics.optics2025

Optical multistability in a compact microcavity enabled by near-exceptional coupling

Zhen Liu, Xuefan Yin, Andrey Bogdanov +5

Multistability -- the emergence of multiple stable states under identical conditions -- is a hallmark of nonlinear complexity and an enabling mechanism for multilevel optical memor…

physics.optics2025

Wave morphing and flat-top ground states in photonics systems driven by artificial gauge fields

Peishen Li, Xiaoyu Zhang, Feifan Wang +3

In quantum physics, classical optics, and many other wave systems, wave confinement in a potential well is associated with discrete oscillatory states, and the ground state is typi…

physics.optics2025

Orbital chiral lasing in twisted bilayer metasurfaces

Mingjin Wang, Nianyuan Lv, Zixuan Zhang +11

Chirality is a fundamental concept in physics that underpins various phenomena in nonlinear optics, quantum physics, and topological photonics. Although the spin of a photon natura…

physics.optics2024

Chiral emission of vortex microlasers enabled by collective modes of guided resonances

Ye Chen, Mingjin Wang, Jiahao Si +8

Vortex lasers have attracted substantial attention in recent years owing to their wide array of applications such as micromanipulation, optical multiplexing, and quantum cryptograp…

physics.optics2024

Observation of Berry curvature in non-Hermitian system from far-field radiation

Xuefan Yin, Ye Chen, Xiaoyu Zhang +3

Berry curvature that describes local geometrical properties of energy bands can elucidate many fascinating phenomena in solid-state, photonic, and phononic systems, given its conne…

physics.optics2023★ 1 cited

Origins and conservation of topological polarization defects in resonant photonic-crystal diffraction

Xuefan Yin, Takuya Inoue, Chao Peng +1

We present a continuative definition of topological charge to depict the polarization defects on any resonant diffraction orders in photonic crystal slab regardless they are radiat…

physics.optics2023★ 2 cited

Ultra-low-loss optical interconnect enabled by topological unidirectional guided resonance

Haoran Wang, Yi Zuo, Xuefan Yin +6

Grating couplers that interconnect photonic chips to off-chip components are of essential importance for various optoelectronics applications. Despite numerous efforts in past deca…

physics.optics2022★ 89 cited

Topological unidirectional guided resonances emerged from interband coupling

Xuefan Yin, Takuya Inoue, Chao Peng +1

Unidirectional guided resonances (UGRs) are optical modes in photonic crystal (PhC) slabs that radiate towards one side without the need for mirrors on the other, represented from…

physics.optics2022

Roadmap on Topological Photonics

Hannah Price, Yidong Chong, Alexander Khanikaev +20

Topological photonics seeks to control the behaviour of the light through the design of protected topological modes in photonic structures. While this approach originated from stud…

physics.optics2021★ 136 cited

Observation of miniaturized bound states in the continuum with ultra-high quality factors

Zihao Chen, Xuefan Yin, Jicheng Jin +6

Light trapping is a constant pursuit in photonics because of its importance in science and technology. Many mechanisms have been explored, including the use of mirrors made of mate…

physics.optics2019★ 4 cited

Observation of Unidirectional Bound States in the Continuum Enabled by Topological Defects

Xuefan Yin, Jicheng Jin, Marin Soljačić +2

Unidirectional radiation is important for a variety of optoelectronic applications. Many unidirectional emitters exist, but they all rely on the use of materials or structures that…

physics.optics2018★ 719 cited

Topologically Enabled Ultra-high-Q Guided Resonances Robust to Out-of-plane Scattering

Jicheng Jin, Xuefan Yin, Liangfu Ni +3

Due to their ability to confine light, optical resonators are of great importance to science and technology, yet their performances are often limited by out-of-plane scattering los…

physics.optics2017★ 10 cited

Analytical study of mode degeneracy in non-Hermitian photonic crystals with TM-like polarization

Xuefan Yin, Yong Liang, Liangfu Ni +3

We present an analytical study of the mode degeneracy in non-Hermitian photonic crystals (PC) with symmetry, from the perspective of the coupled-wave-theory (CWT). The wav…

physics.optics2017★ 14 cited

Analytical coupled-wave model for photonic crystal quantum cascade lasers

Zhixin Wang, Yong Liang, Xuefan Yin +3

A coupled-wave model is developed for photonic-crystal quantum cascade lasers. The analytical model provides an efficient analysis of full three-dimensional large-area device struc…