NanophotonicsPub Date : 2026-07-21DOI: 10.1002/nap2.70219
Zengping Su,Jue Li,Haoye Qin,Wenjing Lv,Yongkang Wang,Wei Li,Linhan Lin,Bo Li,Qinghua Song
{"title":"High-Order Janus Bound States in the Continuum Assisted by Unidirectional Guided Resonances","authors":"Zengping Su,Jue Li,Haoye Qin,Wenjing Lv,Yongkang Wang,Wei Li,Linhan Lin,Bo Li,Qinghua Song","doi":"10.1002/nap2.70219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nap2.70219","url":null,"abstract":"A high-order Janus bound state in the continuum, featuring a q = −3 vortex in the upward radiation channel and a q = +1 vortex in the downward channel, is realized in truncated-cone photonic crystal slabs by merging unidirectional guided resonances with a symmetry-protected BIC, enabling direction-dependent control of topological light emission.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148564614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2026-07-20DOI: 10.1002/nap2.70213
Yuhao Zhang,Zihua Liang,Lu Liu,Jinsheng Hu,Peng Zhou,Gen Hu,Gaopu Hou,Mao Ye
{"title":"Sub-Ensemble Isolation in SERF Magnetometry Enabled by Micrometer-Scale Polarization Control","authors":"Yuhao Zhang,Zihua Liang,Lu Liu,Jinsheng Hu,Peng Zhou,Gen Hu,Gaopu Hou,Mao Ye","doi":"10.1002/nap2.70213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nap2.70213","url":null,"abstract":"Inter-channel crosstalk caused by atomic diffusion fundamentally limits the spatial resolution of single-cell multi-channel SERF magnetometers. In this work, a spatial-variant polarization metasurface is employed to achieve effective sub-ensemble isolation within a single SERF atomic ensemble, which enables the suppression of inter-channel crosstalk and demonstrates a promising route toward improved spatial resolution.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148564654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Selective Dispersion–Suppressed Metasurface for Dual-Polarization and Dual-Broadband Electromagnetic Window at Large Angles","authors":"Tiefu Li,Jinwei Chen,Cunqian Feng,Jian Liu,Yuxiang Jia,Chang Ding,Yajuan Han,Xinmin Fu,Jie Yang,Zhenxu Wang,Song Zhao,Zhaotang Liu,Zhihui Zhang,Jiafu Wang","doi":"10.1002/nap2.70166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nap2.70166","url":null,"abstract":"In this manuscript, we propose to suppress the metasurface's undesired dispersion to widen its working range, while preserving the desired one to preserve the function. As shown in the figure, through a method of reversed superimposition (RS), we have implemented the idea on a metasurface for the dual-band EM window at large angles (≥ 60°). The metasurface is originally only for transverse electric (TE) polarization and has a narrow effective band (EB). However, through selective dispersion suppression, it can work for dual polarization and dual broadband after the RS.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148564615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Suppressing Stitching Errors in Full-Sensor-Plane Color Routers via Optical Structural Similarity","authors":"Donghyun Kim,Junseo Han,Seunghyun Lee,Min Seok Jang,Haejun Chung","doi":"10.1002/nap2.70220","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nap2.70220","url":null,"abstract":"Angle-specific nanophotonic color routers are assembled from a library of inverse-designed unit cells matched to local incidence angles. Optical structural similarity (OSS) constrains neighboring permittivity profiles during optimization, suppressing inter-cell stitching errors without additional full-wave simulations and enabling oblique-incidence-robust color routing for CMOS image sensors.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148564652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2026-07-18DOI: 10.1002/nap2.70207
Guillermo Serrera,Pablo Albella
{"title":"Enhanced Enantioselective Optical Trapping Enabled by Longitudinal Mie Resonances in Silicon Nanodisks","authors":"Guillermo Serrera,Pablo Albella","doi":"10.1002/nap2.70207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nap2.70207","url":null,"abstract":"Longitudinal Mie resonances in silicon nanodisks, excited by an azimuthally–radially polarized beam, generate strong optical chirality gradients with minimal achiral background. Magnetic quadrupole modes enable selective enantiomer trapping, achieving predicted selectivities over 100 for and robust performance even for weakly chiral nanoparticles, offering a noninvasive route to optical enantioseparation.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"264 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robust Bound States in the Continuum in Mirror-Symmetric Terahertz Metasurfaces","authors":"Die Zou,Zhen Zhou,Xia Cao,Rui Zhu,Keyu Tan,Zhiyong Wang,Xiaohua Xing,Jianquan Yao,Jianing Chen,Liang Wu","doi":"10.1002/nap2.70221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nap2.70221","url":null,"abstract":"An ideal BIC, supported by local inversion symmetry in a mirror-symmetric metasurface, transforms into a QBIC by introducing an asymmetry parameter α. This transition yields a finite Q-factor following Q ∝ α−1.95, whereas the singular polarization state splits into two distinct circularly polarized points. This framework ensures robust BIC formation at the Γ-point, maintaining high performance even under spatial lattice displacements.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"30 2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2026-07-16DOI: 10.1002/nap2.70204
Yuzhen Chen,Xiaoyi Wang,Guo-Min Yang,Ya-Qiu Jin
{"title":"Space-Time-Coding Metasurfaces Enabling Programmable Range-Angle-Dependent Energy Auto-Scanning","authors":"Yuzhen Chen,Xiaoyi Wang,Guo-Min Yang,Ya-Qiu Jin","doi":"10.1002/nap2.70204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nap2.70204","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a novel energy auto-scanning system based on a space-time-coding metasurface. By applying progressive time-delayed, time-varying phase modulation, the system generates non-uniform, temporally evolving electromagnetic field distributions across both angle and range. Furthermore, a single-channel positioning system leveraging the MUSIC algorithm is demonstrated to estimate target angles and ranges using the proposed platform.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"348 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
NanophotonicsPub Date : 2026-07-15DOI: 10.1002/nap2.70208
Yi Tian,Qin Fu,Shuai Feng,Qingguo Du,Zhengying Li,Fei Xu
{"title":"Increasing of Q Factor of Quasi-Bound States in the Continuum With Increased Asymmetry Parameter in a Silicon Metasurface Array","authors":"Yi Tian,Qin Fu,Shuai Feng,Qingguo Du,Zhengying Li,Fei Xu","doi":"10.1002/nap2.70208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nap2.70208","url":null,"abstract":"Quasi-bound states in the continuum (qBICs) can support resonances with high quality (Q) factor. Traditionally, maintaining a high Q factor requires a small α, which brings significant challenges for nanofabrication. In contrast, our study finds an increase in the Q factor with increasing of α in a metasurface array composed of Si blocks with circular notch.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"25 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Three-Dimensional Array Multicasting of Cylindrical Vector Beams Using Spin-Multiplexed Dammann Vortex Metasurface","authors":"Zhiqiang Xie,Qingji Zeng,Huihua Huang,Zhibin Wu,Kai Niu,Junmin Liu,Shuqing Chen,Dianyuan Fan,Dingyuan Tang","doi":"10.1002/nap2.70215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/nap2.70215","url":null,"abstract":"This study demonstrates, for the first time, a 3D volumetric cylindrical vector beam (CVB) multicasting architecture that employs multichannel array modes with an operational dimension of 3 × 3 × 5 as information carriers. This approach offers substantial potential for high-capacity information dissemination in mode-multiplexed communication networks.","PeriodicalId":19027,"journal":{"name":"Nanophotonics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2026-07-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148476544","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}