Harnessing optical bound states in the continuum for ultrafast, reconfigurable, long-range photonic networks

Jiantao Ma; Ying Yu; Jin Liu

doi:10.1038/s41377-025-02071-x

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Harnessing optical bound states in the continuum for ultrafast, reconfigurable, long-range photonic networks

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- Harnessing optical bound states in the continuum for ultrafast, reconfigurable, long-range photonic networks
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 15, Issue 3, Pages: 704-706(2026)
- Affiliations：
  
  State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
- Author bio：
  
  Ying Yu (yuying26@mail.sysu.edu.cn)
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- DOI：10.1038/s41377-025-02071-x
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- Online First：04 January 2026，
  
  Published：31 March 2026
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Ma, J. T., Yu, Y. & Liu, J. Harnessing optical bound states in the continuum for ultrafast, reconfigurable, long-range photonic networks. Light: Science & Applications, 15, 704-706 (2026).
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Ma, J. T., Yu, Y. & Liu, J. Harnessing optical bound states in the continuum for ultrafast, reconfigurable, long-range photonic networks. Light: Science & Applications, 15, 704-706 (2026). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-025-02071-x.

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Abstract

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) provide a route to strong

long-range photonic coupling with dynamic tunability. Recent advances demonstrate that BIC metasurfaces enable reconfigurable two-dimensional coupling between arbitrarily positioned resonators

with the added capability of ultrafast all-optical control.

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