Bound States in the Continuum Assisted Strong Coupling in Optical Microstructures (Invited)

Lei Huang; Jiduo Ren; Weiqing Wang; Chuanqi Ding; Siyi Sun; Mengran Hu; Wenyong Lai

doi:10.3788/AOSOL250450

Acta Optica Sinica (Online), Volume. 2, Issue 14, 1409002(2025)

Bound States in the Continuum Assisted Strong Coupling in Optical Microstructures (Invited)

Lei Huang, Jiduo Ren, Weiqing Wang, Chuanqi Ding, Siyi Sun, Mengran Hu, and Wenyong Lai^*

State Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics, College of Chemistry and Life Sciences, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu , China

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Paper Information

Category: Micro-Nano Optics

Received: Apr. 9, 2025

Accepted: May. 9, 2025

Published Online: Jul. 2, 2025

The Author Email: Wenyong Lai (iamwylai@njupt.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOSOL250450

CSTR:32394.14.AOSOL250450

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