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Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are radiationless localized states embedded in the part of the parameter space that otherwise corresponds to radiative modes. Many decades after their original prediction and early observations in…

Optics · Physics 2019-09-25 Jordi Gomis-Bresco , David Artigas , Lluis Torner

We show that lattices with higher-order topology can support corner-localized bound states in the continuum (BICs). We propose a method for the direct identification of BICs in condensed matter settings and use it to demonstrate the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-05-06 Wladimir A. Benalcazar , Alexander Cerjan

Bound states in the continuum (BICs), i.e. highly-localized modes with energy embedded in the continuum of radiating waves, have provided in the past decade a new paradigm in optics and photonics, especially at the nanoscale, with a range…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-26 Stefano Longhi

We introduce the novel concept of a bound state in the continuum (BIC) for a binary lattice satisfying the ${\mathcal{P T}}$ symmetry condition. We show how to build such state and the local potential necessary to sustain it. We find that…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2014-05-20 Mario I. Molina , Yuri S. Kivshar

We study bound states embedded into the continuum of edge states in two-dimensional topological insulators. These states emerge in the presence of a short-range potential of a structural defect coupled to the boundary. In this case the edge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-09 Vladimir A. Sablikov , Aleksei A. Sukhanov

We demonstrate the existence of tunable bound-states in continuum (BIC) in a 1-dimensional quantum wire with two impurities induced by an intense monochromatic radiation field. We found that there is a new type of BIC due to the Fano…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-09-05 Yingyue Boretz , Gonzalo Ordonez , Satoshi Tanaka , Tomio Petrosky

Bound states in the continuum (BICs), an emerging type of long-lived resonances different from the cavity-based ones, have been explored in several classical systems, including photonic crystals and surface acoustic waves. Here, we reveal…

Optics · Physics 2019-04-02 Mengdi Zhao , Kejie Fang

Bound states in continuum (BICs) are localized states of a system possessing significantly large life times with applications across various branches of science. In this work, we propose an expedient protocol to engineer BICs which involves…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-04-16 Qingtian Miao , Jayakrishnan M. P. Nair , Girish S. Agarwal

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are exotic, localized states even though their energy lies in the continuum spectra. Since its discovery in 1929, the quest to unveil these exotic states in charge transport experiments remains an active…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-14 D. Martínez , P. A. Orellana , L. Rosales , J. Dolado , M. Amado , E. Diez , F. Domínguez-Adame , R. P. A. Lima

We exploit the interaction between supported proximity resonances in an open non-uniformly pumped optical microcavity to host a Bound State in Continuum (BIC). Using the modeling of the S-matrix, we study the coupling between the…

Optics · Physics 2019-06-03 Harsh K. Gandhi , Arnab Laha , Somnath Ghosh

We present an analytic solution of bound states in the continuum (BICs) for photons and atoms in a one-dimensional coupled cavity array. These bound states are formed by two ensembles of twolevel atoms confined in separated cavities of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 P. T. Fong , C. K. Law

We study analytically and asymptotically as well as numerically ground states and dynamics of two-component spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) modeled by the coupled Gross-Pitaevskii equations (CGPEs). In fact, due to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-04-14 Weizhu Bao , Yongyong Cai

According to the "no-node" theorem, many-body ground state wavefunctions of conventional Bose-Einstein condensations (BEC) are positive-definite, thus time-reversal symmetry cannot be spontaneously broken. We find that multi-component…

Superconductivity · Physics 2011-08-10 Congjun Wu , Ian Mondragon-Shem , Xiang-Fa Zhou

We predict a dynamical resonant effect, which is driven by externally applied linear and quadratic Zeeman fields, in a spin-orbit-coupled spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate. The Bose-Einstein condensate is assumed to be initialized in some…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2021-01-04 Jingtao Fan , Gang Chen , Suotang Jia

The phases of a Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) with light-induced spin-orbit coupling (SOC) are studied within the mean-field approximation. The mixed BEC phase, in which the system condenses in a superposition of two plane wave states, is…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-06-16 Qin-Qin Lü , Daniel E. Sheehy

We propose a realistic semiconductor system containing bound states in the continuum (BICs) which allows for a practical realization. By varying the confinement strength of excitons in cuprous oxide quantum wells, we show that long-lived…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-14 Angelos Aslanidis , Jörg Main , Patric Rommel , Stefan Scheel , Pavel A. Belov

Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is an essential ingredient in topological materials, conventional and quantum-gas based alike.~Engineered spin-orbit coupling in ultracold atom systems --unique in their experimental control and measurement…

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are spatially localized modes embedded in the spectrum of extended states, typically stabilized by symmetry or interference. While extensively studied in single-particle and linear systems, the many-body…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-25 Walter Rieck , Anton Frisk Kockum , Guangze Chen

A spin-orbit-coupled Bose-Einstein-condensed cloud of atoms confined in an annular trapping potential shows a variety of phases that we investigate in the present study. Starting with the non-interacting problem, the homogeneous phase that…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-02-17 E. Ö. Karabulut , F. Malet , A. L. Fetter , G. M. Kavoulakis , S. M. Reimann

Using an approach that allows us to probe the electronic structure of strongly pinched-off quantum point contacts (QPCs), we provide evidence for the formation of self-consistently realized bound states (BSs) in these structures. Our…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-11-13 Y. Yoon , L. Mourokh , T. Morimoto , N. Aoki , Y. Ochiai , J. L. Reno , J. P. Bird