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We introduce a new type of a bound state in the continuum (BIC) which appears in the photonic structure consisting of two coupled waveguides where one of them supports a discrete eigenmode spectrum embedded in the continuum of the other…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-13 Jiri Petracek , Vladimir Kuzmiak , Jiri Ctyroky , Ivan Richter

The photonic bound state in the continuum (BIC) is discovered in a hybrid photonic circuit with low refractive index waveguide on a high refractive index thin membrane, where the optical dissipation is forbidden because of the destructive…

We propose a unique framework to study the topological properties of an optical bound state in the continuum(BIC). We employ the interactions between proximity resonances undergoing avoided resonance crossing in a specialty optical…

Optics · Physics 2020-10-07 Harsh K. Gandhi , Arnab Laha , Somnath Ghosh

We derive boundary conditions for the electrically induced spin accumulation in a finite, disordered 2D semiconductor channel. While for DC electric fields these boundary conditions select spatially constant spin profiles equivalent to a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Mathias Duckheim , Dmitrii L. Maslov , Daniel Loss

The origin of spin-orbit interaction of light at a conventional optical interface lies in the transverse nature of the photon polarization: The polarizations associated with the plane-wave components experience slightly different rotations…

Within the framework of optical Dirac theory, we present a field-theoretical model of spin-orbit interaction and photonic spin/orbit Hall effects. Our approach reformulates light propagation along helical paths as solving the Maxwell…

Optics · Physics 2025-07-04 Lili Yang , Longlong Feng

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) defy conventional wisdom that assumes a spectral separation between propagating waves, that carry energy away, and spatially localized waves corresponding to discrete frequencies. They can be described…

Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs) have emerged as a versatile tool for enhancing light-matter interactions by strongly confining light fields. Chiral BICs are photonic resonances with a high degree of circular polarisation,…

The quantum Hall liquid is a novel state of matter with profound emergent properties such as fractional charge and statistics. Existence of the quantum Hall effect requires breaking of the time reversal symmetry caused by an external…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 B. Andrei Bernevig , Shou-Cheng Zhang

As widely studied topological singularities, bound states in the continuum (BICs) have revealed rich physical properties through their momentum-space topology. Here, we reveal and experimentally demonstrate that magnetically induced chiral…

Spin orbit interaction and the resulting Spin Hall effect of light are under recent intensive investigations because of their fundamental nature and potential applications. Here, we report an extraordinary spin specific beam shift of light…

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are quantum states with normalizable wave functions and energies that lie within the continuous spectrum for which extended or dispersive states are also available. These special states, which have shown…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-29 Ricardo Y. Díaz-Bonifaz , Carlos Ramírez

Topological magnetic insulators host chiral gapless edge modes. In the presence of strong interaction effects, the spin of these modes may fractionalize. Studying a 2D array of coupled insulating spin-1/2 chains, we show how spatially…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-01-03 Even Thingstad , Pierre Fromholz , Flavio Ronetti , Daniel Loss , Jelena Klinovaja

We demonstrate a fully integrable and reconfigurable platform for controlling quantum emission by harnessing chiral exceptional bound states in the continuum (BICs) as a higher-order non-Hermitian singularity. Our architecture employs…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-09 Jin Li , Kexun Wu , Qi Hao , Yan Chen , Jiawei Wang

Motivated by recent transport experiments, we theoretically study the quantum Hall effect in topological semimetal films. Owing to the confinement effect, the bulk subbands originating from the chiral Landau levels establish energy gaps…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-07-13 D. -H. -Minh Nguyen , Koji Kobayashi , Jan-Erik R. Wichmann , Kentaro Nomura

Electromagnetic mode coupling plays a key role in many resonant effects in nanophotonics. This coupling is also responsible for the appearance of bianisotropy, where electric and magnetic responses become interconnected through the…

We calculate the effect of spin waves on the properties of finite size spin chains with a chiral spin ground state observed on bi-atomic Fe chains deposited on Iridium(001). The system is described with a Heisenberg model supplemented with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-02-09 A. Roldán-Molina , M. J. Santander , Á. S. Núñez , J. Fernández-Rossier

Chiral bound states in the continuum (BICs) are confined photonic modes with infinite quality factors and chiral response, offering significant potential for chiral optics. Although a novel type of spin-orbital-locking chiral BIC was…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-03 Maohua Gong , Qiutong Zhen , Yujie Tang , Peng Hu , Qing-An Tu , Yan Meng , Peiheng Zhou , Zhen Gao

The twist phase of random light represents a nontrivial two-point phase, endowing the field with orbital angular momentum. Although the mutual transition of the spin and orbit angular momenta of coherent light has been revealed, the…

Optics · Physics 2025-05-13 Benli Li , Yahong Chen , Weimin Deng , Tongbiao Wang , Lipeng Wan , Tianbao Yu

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are localized electromagnetic modes within the continuous spectrum of radiating waves. Due to their infinite lifetimes without radiation losses, BICs are driving research directions in lasing, non-linear…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-02 Luca M. Berger , Martin Barkey , Stefan A. Maier , Andreas Tittl