Vectorial microlasers with designable topological charges based on Möbius-like correspondence in quasi-BICs

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Main Authors: Wang, Xinhao, Wu, Zhaochen, Wang, Jiajun, Shi, Lei, Zi, Jian
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Published: 2025
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author Wang, Xinhao
Wu, Zhaochen
Wang, Jiajun
Shi, Lei
Zi, Jian
author_facet Wang, Xinhao
Wu, Zhaochen
Wang, Jiajun
Shi, Lei
Zi, Jian
contents The ability to control topological properties of laser emission represents a fundamental advancement in photonic technology. Achieving topological laser in a single compact photonic structure is crucial for device integration and miniaturization but faces significant challenges for designing both the high-quality (high-Q) mode and radiative topological configurations. Recently, bound states in the continuum (BICs), as extraordinary states possessing both ultrahigh Q factors and polarization topological charges, have been demonstrated as a promising platform for compact topological lasers. However, as the cornerstone of BIC lasing's non-trivial properties, topological charges of BICs are protected by real-space structural symmetries, which simultaneously impose fundamental limitations that hinder their designability of lasing topological charges. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a compound cavity design method based on the Möbius-like correspondence in quasi-BICs (q-BICs), by which compact vectorial microlasers with designable topological charges can be realized. We reveal the hidden connection between real-space symmetry breaking and eigen-polarizations of q-BICs from the triangular photonic crystal (PhC) slab, manifesting as a Möbius-like correspondence. By splicing PhC slab sectors utilizing this Möbius-like correspondence, we establish a one-to-one correspondence between compound cavities and their lasing topological charges. Vectorial lasing with designable topological charges from $-5$ to $+5$ were experimentally realized. Our work establishes a novel BIC-based platform that enables designable topological lasing, providing a promising route toward compact topological sources.
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spellingShingle Vectorial microlasers with designable topological charges based on Möbius-like correspondence in quasi-BICs
Wang, Xinhao
Wu, Zhaochen
Wang, Jiajun
Shi, Lei
Zi, Jian
Optics
The ability to control topological properties of laser emission represents a fundamental advancement in photonic technology. Achieving topological laser in a single compact photonic structure is crucial for device integration and miniaturization but faces significant challenges for designing both the high-quality (high-Q) mode and radiative topological configurations. Recently, bound states in the continuum (BICs), as extraordinary states possessing both ultrahigh Q factors and polarization topological charges, have been demonstrated as a promising platform for compact topological lasers. However, as the cornerstone of BIC lasing's non-trivial properties, topological charges of BICs are protected by real-space structural symmetries, which simultaneously impose fundamental limitations that hinder their designability of lasing topological charges. Here, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a compound cavity design method based on the Möbius-like correspondence in quasi-BICs (q-BICs), by which compact vectorial microlasers with designable topological charges can be realized. We reveal the hidden connection between real-space symmetry breaking and eigen-polarizations of q-BICs from the triangular photonic crystal (PhC) slab, manifesting as a Möbius-like correspondence. By splicing PhC slab sectors utilizing this Möbius-like correspondence, we establish a one-to-one correspondence between compound cavities and their lasing topological charges. Vectorial lasing with designable topological charges from $-5$ to $+5$ were experimentally realized. Our work establishes a novel BIC-based platform that enables designable topological lasing, providing a promising route toward compact topological sources.
title Vectorial microlasers with designable topological charges based on Möbius-like correspondence in quasi-BICs
topic Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21626