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Recently, man-made dielectric materials composed of finite-sized dielectric constituents have emerged as a promising platform for quasi-bound states in the continuum (QBICs). These states allow for an extraordinary confinement of light…

We introduce a novel optimization method to design the first examples of photonic quasicrystals with substantial, complete photonic band gaps (PBGs): that is, a range of frequencies over which electromagnetic wave propagation is forbidden…

Optics · Physics 2010-07-22 Marian Florescu , Salvatore Torquato , Paul J. Steinhardt

Optical fibers typically confine light through total internal reflection or through photonic bandgaps. Here we show that light can be perfectly guided in optical fibers through a different mechanism based on bound states in the continuum…

Optics · Physics 2020-02-18 Xingwei Gao , Bo Zhen , Marin Soljačić , Hongsheng Chen , Chia Wei Hsu

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) in a periodic structure sandwiched between two homogeneous media have interesting properties and useful applications in photonics. The topological nature of BICs was previously revealed based on a…

Optics · Physics 2021-04-28 Amgad Abdrabou , Ya Yan Lu

Ordered lattices of emitters with subwavelength periodicities support unconventional forms of light-matter interactions arising from collective effects. Here, we propose the realization and control of subradiant optical states within the…

Optics · Physics 2023-02-28 Paloma A. Huidobro , Maria Blanco de Paz

We develop a formalism, based on the mode expansion method, to describe the guided resonances and bound states in the continuum (BICs) in photonic crystal slabs with one-dimensional periodicity. This approach provides analytic insights to…

The realization of lossless metasurfaces with true chirality crucially requires the fabrication of three-dimensional structures, constraining their feasibility for experiments and hampering practical implementations. Even though the…

Recently, optical bound states in continuum in various passive photonic crystals have been identified and similar structures incorporated with optical gain have been reported to exhibit lasing. However, no explicit control over the type of…

Over the last few decades, the study of Bound States in the Continuum, their formation, and properties has attracted lots of attention, especially in optics and photonics. It is particularly noticeable that most of these investigations base…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-08 Sofía Pinto , Rafael A. Molina , Pedro A. Orellana

This paper presents a rigorous mathematical analysis for symmetry-based Bound States in the Continuum (BICs) in optical waveguide arrays. Different from existing research, we consider a finite system of horizontally and equidistantly…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-25 Xin Feng , Wei Wu

A technique for obtaining efficient bulk second order susceptibility in non centro-symmetric Photonic Crystals (PC) made from centro-symmetric materials is discussed. The effect is based on the electric quadrupole effect, strong…

Optics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Feigel , Z. Kotler , B. Sfez

We study a class of bound states in the continuum (BICs) in all-dielectric periodic structures, near which resonant states approach ideal circularly polarized states (CPSs). We term these BICs {\em asymptotically circularly polarized BICs}…

Optics · Physics 2025-11-18 Nan Zhang , Ya Yan Lu

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

Photonic integrated devices are progressively evolving beyond passive components into fully programmable systems, notably driven by the progress in chalcogenide phase-change materials (PCMs) for non-volatile reconfigurable nanophotonics.…

Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs) are special localized and non-decaying states of a photonic system with a frequency embedded into the spectrum of scattered states. The simplest photonic structure displaying a single BIC is…

Optics · Physics 2021-05-05 Stefano Longhi

The concept of optical bound states in the continuum (BICs) underpins the existence of strongly localized waves embedded into the radiation spectrum that can enhance the electromagnetic fields in subwavelength photonic structures. Early…

Photonic crystals (PCs) with localized optical cavity modes arising from topological domain-wall line defects are simulated for optical biosensing by numerical solution of Maxwell's equations. These consist of a square lattice of square…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-06 Zhengzheng Zhai , Sajeev John

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…

Optics · Physics 2025-09-01 Xinhao Wang , Zhaochen Wu , Jiajun Wang , Lei Shi , Jian Zi

Chiral quasi-bound states in the continuum (q-BICs) have recently emerged in metaphotonics as resonances that combine ultrahigh quality factors with near-unity circular polarization. However, these states are typically confined to the…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-29 Dmitrii Gromyko , Cheng-Wei Qiu , Kirill Koshelev , Lin Wu

Optical bound states in the continuum (BICs), which are exotic localized eigenstates embedded in the continuum spectrum and topological polarization singularity in momentum space, have attracted great attentions in both fundamental and…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-02 Qing-an Tu , Hongxin Zhou , Yan Meng , Maohua Gong , Zhen Gao