English
Related papers

Related papers: Interference traps waves in open system: Bound sta…

200 papers

Whispering gallery resonators offer a versatile platform for manipulating the photonic transmission. Here, we study such a system, including periodically distributed pointlike impurities along the resonator with ring geometry. Based on an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-11-15 M. A. Figueroa , Vladimir Juricic , P. A. Orellana

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

Bound states in the continuum (BICs), which are confined optical modes exhibiting infinite quality factors and carrying topological polarization configurations in momentum space, have recently sparked significant interest across both…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-23 Xingqi Zhao , Jiajun Wang , Wenzhe Liu , Zhiyuan Che , Xinhao Wang , C. T. Chan , Lei Shi , Jian Zi

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

In this work, we develop a perturbation theory to analyze resonant states near a bound state in the continuum (BIC) in photonic crystal slabs. The theory allows us to rigorously determine the asymptotic behavior of $Q$-factor and the…

Optics · Physics 2024-12-10 Nan Zhang , Ya Yan Lu

Localised wave oscillations in an open system that do not decay or grow in time, despite their frequency lying within a continuous spectrum of radiation modes carrying energy to or from infinity, are known as bound states in the continuum…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-01-12 Ory Schnitzer , Richard Porter

We find the phase-controlled bound state out of the continuum~(BOC) and bound state in the continuum~(BIC) in an artificial giant atom dressed one-dimensional photonic waveguide where the giant atom couples to the waveguide via two distant…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Xiaojun Zhang , Mingjie Zhu , Zhihai Wang

Bound states in the continuum (BICs), known for their theoretically infinite quality (Q) factors and strong field localization, hold great promise for high-performance photonic devices. However, conventional true BICs typically rely on…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-25 Yiyun Yan , Yichao Liu , Fei Sun , Yuxin Zhou

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) emerge throughout Physics as leaky/resonant modes that remain however highly localized. They have attracted much attention in Optics and Photonics, and especially in metasurfaces, i.e. planar arrays of…

In recent years, bound states in continuum (BICs) have gained significant value for practitioners in both theoretical and applied photonics. This paper focuses on devices that utilize non-homogeneous thin patterned laminae. The properties,…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-11 Ovidiu-Zeno Lipan , Aldo De Sabata

A referential example of a physical system that supports bound states in the continuum (BICs) with an infinite quality factor ($Q$ factor) is a metasurface of discrete scatterers (resonators), whose response can be significantly modified by…

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) in photonic crystal slabs represent the resonances with an infinite quality(Q)-factor, occurring above the light line for an infinitely periodic structure. We show that a set of BICs can turn into…

Optics · Physics 2017-08-02 Alireza Taghizadeh , Il-Sug Chung

A bound state in the continuum (BIC) is a spatially bounded energy eigenstate lying in a continuous spectrum of extended eigenstates. While various types of single-particle BICs have been found in the literature, whether or not BICs can…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-12 Shoki Sugimoto , Yuto Ashida , Masahito Ueda

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) garnered significant for their potential to create new types of nanophotonic devices. Most prior demonstrations were based on arrays of dielectric resonators, which cannot be miniaturized beyond the…

In recent years, bound states in the continuum (BICs) have attracted extensive attentions in the sensing field due to their theoretically ultra-high resonance quality factors (Q-factors). Among them, Friedrich-Wintgen (F-W) BICs, which…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-07-16 Bowei Wu , BoyueSu , Shuanghuizhi Li , Tingfeng Ma

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are an excellent platform enabling highly efficient light-matter interaction in applications for lasing, nonlinear generation, and sensing. However, the current focus in implementing BICs has primarily…

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

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…

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have emerged as powerful tools to realize ultra-high-Q resonances in nanophotonics. While previous implementations have primarily relied on dielectric metasurfaces, their optical confinement remains…

Continuum-buried defect states in semiconductors are generally expected to be optically inactive due to their strong coupling to continuum bands. Here, we show that such defects can instead host radiative electronic bound states in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-27 Seong Yun Hong , Liang Z. Tan , Ki Hoon Lee , Youngho Kang , Yeonghun Lee