Frontiers of Optoelectronics, Volume. 18, Issue 1, 3(2025)

Performance optimization of planar photonic crystal bound states in the continuum cavities: mitigating finite‑size effects

Hao Ran, Ye Bilin, Xu Jinhong, and Zou Yonggang
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Category: RESEARCH ARTICLE

Received: Nov. 24, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 30, 2025

Published Online: Apr. 30, 2025

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DOI:10.1007/s12200-025-00147-5

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