Photonic crystals enclosed by a circular boundary enable single-mode vortex lasing through momentum-space hybridization of guided resonances — a collective phenomenon distinct from individual resonator physics.
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Zhang, Q., Yuan, X. Vortex lasers through collective boundary scattering. Nat. Nanotechnol. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01970-9
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