we exploit the resonance inside the slab to boost the second-harmonic generation from the lithium niobate half-etching-slab metasurface system, which hosts two kinds of BIC states formed by TE and TM odd modes. We reveal the mechanisms of the formation of the two BIC states and three main processes that influence the conversion efficiency from the pump light into the SH radiation. This approach of constructing boosted second-harmonic generation can be applied in any low-index nonlinear materials, which can expand a range of the applications, such as nonlinear imaging, quantum light source, and high-resolution sensing.
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