Polarization holography has been extensively applied in many fields, such as optical science, metrology, and biochemistry, due to its property of polarization modulation. However, the modulated polarization state of diffracted light corresponds strictly to that of incident light one by one. Here, a kind of tunable polarization holographic grating has been designed in terms of Jones matrices, and intensity-based polarization manipulation has been realized experimentally. The proposed tunable polarization holographic grating is recorded on an azobenzene liquid-crystalline film by a pair of coherent light beams with orthogonal polarization states and asymmetrically controlled intensities. It is found that the diffracted light can be actively manipulated from linearly to circularly polarized based on the light intensity of the recording holographic field when the polarization state of incident light keeps constant. Our work could enrich the field of light manipulation and holography.

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) in artificial photonic structures have received considerable attention since they offer unique methods for the extreme field localization and enhancement of light-matter interactions. Usually, the symmetry-protected BICs are located at high symmetric points, while the positions of accidental BICs achieved by tuning the parameters will appear at some points in momentum space. Up to now, to accurately design the position of the accidental BIC in momentum space is still a challenge. Here, we theoretically and experimentally demonstrate an accurately designed accidental BIC in a two-coupled-oscillator system consisting of bilayer gratings, where the optical response of each grating can be described by a single resonator model. By changing the interlayer distance between the gratings to tune the propagation phase shift related to wave vectors, the position of the accidental BIC can be arbitrarily controlled in momentum space. Moreover, we present a general method and rigorous numerical analyses for extracting the polarization vector fields to observe the topological properties of BICs from the polarization-resolved transmission spectra. Finally, an application of the highly efficient second harmonic generation assisted by quasi-BIC is demonstrated. Our work provides a straightforward strategy for manipulating BICs and studying their topological properties in momentum space.

Metasurfaces with spin-selective transmission play an increasingly critical role in realizing optical chiral responses, especially for strong intrinsic chirality, which is limited to complex three-dimensional geometry. In this paper, we propose a planar metasurface capable of generating maximal intrinsic chirality and achieving dual-band spin-selective transmission utilizing dual quasi-bound states in the continuum (quasi-BICs) caused by the structural symmetry breaking. Interestingly, the value of circular dichroism (CD) and the transmittance of two kinds of circular polarization states can be arbitrarily controlled by tuning the asymmetry parameter. Remarkable CD approaching unity with the maximum transmittance up to 0.95 is experimentally achieved in the dual band. Furthermore, assisted by chiral BICs, the application in polarization multiplexed near-field image display is also exhibited. Our work provides a new avenue to flexibly control intrinsic chirality in planar structure and offers an alternative strategy to develop chiral sensing, multiband spin-selective transmission, and high-performance circularly polarized wave detection. The basic principle and design method of our experiments in the microwave regime can be extended to other bands, such as the terahertz and infrared wavelengths.

基于TCAD数值仿真软件，建立了异面结构砷化镓光导开关（GaAs PCSS）的二维数值计算模型，研究了触发区域宽度对GaAs PCSS输出特性影响。首先分析了PCSS的瞬态导通特性，结果表明，急剧增加的载流子浓度与快速演化的空间电离畴使PCSS工作在超快速导通模式。基于此，研究了触发区域宽度对PCSS输出特性影响，结果表明，宽度变大会促进载流子密度急剧倍增和雪崩电离畴的快速演化，缩短PCSS的延迟时间和导通时间。研究分析了不同触发位置对延迟时间与导通时间影响，结果表明，阴极触发的延迟时间明显低于阳极触发，而导通时间受触发位置的影响不显著。

铌酸锂薄膜光子集成技术在高速光电子领域不断凸显，被广泛用于各种片上功能实现，如电光调制、光频梳、滤波器、非线性光学频率转换器、非线性量子光源、激光器等。在铌酸锂薄膜光子集成技术发展过程中，目前面临的一个重要的技术瓶颈就是铌酸锂薄膜纳米波导与单模光纤的高效耦合。针对这一问题，设计了一种基于SiO₂、SiON锥形结构以及双层铌酸锂锥形结构的模斑转换器，实现铌酸锂薄膜纳米波导与单模光纤之间模式和能量的高效传递与转换。采用三维有限差分光束传播法对器件结构进行了模拟仿真，并优化了结构参数，可实现与铌酸锂薄膜波导与单模光纤的高效耦合，耦合效率在82.2%~89.0%之间，同时，得到了±1.8 µm光纤耦合对准容差，可为下一步制备出高效耦合的铌酸锂薄膜光子器件提供参考。

Optical resonators with high quality (Q) factors are paramount for the enhancement of light–matter interactions in engineered photonic structures, but their performance always suffers from the scattering loss caused by fabrication imperfections. Merging bound states in the continuum (BICs) provide us with a nontrivial physical mechanism to overcome this challenge, as they can significantly improve the Q factors of quasi-BICs. However, most of the reported merging BICs are found at Γ point (the center of the Brillouin zone), which intensively limits many potential applications based on angular selectivity. To date, studies on manipulating merging BICs at off-Γ point are always accompanied by the breaking of structural symmetry that inevitably increases process difficulty and structural defects to a certain extent. Here, we propose a scheme to construct merging BICs at almost an arbitrary point in momentum space without breaking symmetry. Enabled by the topological features of BICs, we merge four accidental BICs with one symmetry-protected BIC at the Γ point and merge two accidental BICs with opposite topological charges at the off-Γ point only by changing the periodic constant of a photonic crystal slab. Furthermore, the position of off-Γ merging BICs can be flexibly tuned by the periodic constant and height of the structure simultaneously. Interestingly, it is observed that the movement of BICs occurs in a quasi-flatband with ultra-narrow bandwidth. Therefore, merging BICs in a tiny band provide a mechanism to realize more robust ultrahigh-Q resonances that further improve the optical performance, which is limited by wide-angle illuminations. Finally, as an example of application, effective angle-insensitive second-harmonic generation assisted by different quasi-BICs is numerically demonstrated. Our findings demonstrate momentum-steerable merging BICs in a quasi-flatband, which may expand the application of BICs to the enhancement of frequency-sensitive light–matter interaction with angular selectivity.

Recently, the concepts of parity–time (PT) symmetry and band topology have inspired many novel ideas for light manipulation in their respective directions. Here we propose and demonstrate a perfect light absorber with a PT phase transition via coupled topological interface states (TISs), which combines the two concepts in a one-dimensional photonic crystal heterostructure. By fine tuning the coupling between TISs, the PT phase transition is revealed by the evolution of absorption spectra in both ideal and non-ideal PT symmetry cases. Especially, in the ideal case, a perfect light absorber at an exceptional point with unidirectional invisibility is numerically obtained. In the non-ideal case, a perfect light absorber in a broken phase is experimentally realized, which verifies the possibility of tailoring non-Hermiticity by engineering the coupling. Our work paves the way for novel effects and functional devices from the exceptional point of coupled TISs, such as a unidirectional light absorber and exceptional-point sensor.