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Double-layer cross-shaped cylinder terahertz all-dielectric metasurface with a high quality factor and giant chiral response governed by bound states in the continuum |
| Xinrui Guo(郭昕蕊)1, Jingwei Lv(吕靖薇)1,†, Chao Liu(刘超)1, Qin Yu(俞钦)2, Jianing Shi(时佳宁)1, Qiang Liu(刘强)1, Jianxin Wang(王建鑫)1, Wei Liu(刘伟)1, and Paul K. Chu(朱剑豪)3 |
1 School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, Daqing 163318, China;
2 Dewert OKIN Technology Group Co., Ltd., Jiaxing 314015, China;
3 Department of Physics, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China |
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Abstract The combination of high-quality-factor ($Q$-factor) bound states in the continuum (BIC) and chiral metasurfaces has attracted much attention in the field of photonics. Here, we design and analyze a “sandwich” all-dielectric metasurface with two silicon cross-shaped cylinders distributed on the upper and lower surfaces of the silica. The transition from symmetry-protected BIC to chiral quasi-BIC (QBIC) is achieved by innovatively breaking both the mirror symmetry and the in-plane inversion symmetry of the structure, resulting in a transmittance-ratio circular dichroism (RCD) close to unity and a high $Q$-factor. In particular, three chiral QBICs (QBIC1, QBIC2, and QBIC3) are realized in the terahertz band without increasing the complexity of the structure at each layer. Multipole decomposition and near-field analysis demonstrate that QBIC1 and QBIC2 are dominated by the toroidal dipole and magnetic quadrupole, while QBIC3 is mainly affected by the electric quadrupole and magnetic quadrupole. In addition, the presence of positive and negative states due to the RCD values of the structure suggests a spin selectivity for different frequency bands. Theoretical assessment shows a maximum $Q$-factor of 3.94$\times10^{4}$, a maximum sensitivity of 245 GHz per refractive index unit (RIU), and a figure of merit of 7927 RIU$^{-1}$. The results reveal a novel approach for selectively modulating circularly polarized light, demonstrating significant potential in biomolecular detection, high-spectral-resolution chiral biosensors, and chemical analysis.
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Received: 18 December 2025
Revised: 07 March 2026
Accepted manuscript online: 13 March 2026
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PACS:
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78.67.Pt
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(Multilayers; superlattices; photonic structures; metamaterials)
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42.25.Ja
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(Polarization)
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33.55.+b
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(Optical activity and dichroism)
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| Fund: The work was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12304480), Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. JQ2023F001), and City University of Hong Kong Donation Research Grants, China (DON-RMG 9229021 and 9220061). |
Corresponding Authors:
Jingwei Lv
E-mail: lvjingwei2009123@126.com
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Cite this article:
Xinrui Guo(郭昕蕊), Jingwei Lv(吕靖薇), Chao Liu(刘超), Qin Yu(俞钦), Jianing Shi(时佳宁), Qiang Liu(刘强), Jianxin Wang(王建鑫), Wei Liu(刘伟), and Paul K. Chu(朱剑豪) Double-layer cross-shaped cylinder terahertz all-dielectric metasurface with a high quality factor and giant chiral response governed by bound states in the continuum 2026 Chin. Phys. B 35 067801
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