Ultrafast polarization modulation with high-purity chiral quasi-BIC metasurfaces

Fangxing Lai; Yubin Fan; Xinbo Sha; Huachun Deng; Xiong Jiang; Shumin Xiao; Can Huang; Qinghai Song

doi:10.3788/COL202523.053605

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 5, 053605(2025)

Ultrafast polarization modulation with high-purity chiral quasi-BIC metasurfaces Fast Track

Fangxing Lai¹, Yubin Fan², Xinbo Sha¹, Huachun Deng¹, Xiong Jiang¹, Shumin Xiao^1,3, Can Huang^1,3、*, and Qinghai Song^1,3、**

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¹Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Optoelectronic Materials and Intelligent Photonic Systems, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China

²Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China

³Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Quantum Functional Materials and Sensor Devices, Harbin 150001, China

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Paper Information

Category: Nanophotonics, Metamaterials, and Plasmonics

Received: Apr. 22, 2025

Accepted: Apr. 25, 2025

Published Online: May. 7, 2025

The Author Email: Can Huang (huangcan@hit.edu.cn), Qinghai Song (qinghai.song@hit.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.053605

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.053605

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