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Bound states in the continuum (BICs) realized in two-dimensional (2D) photonic crystal slabs (PhCSs) have attracted considerable attentions, owing to the advantages in the fabrications and on-chip applications. The polarization vortex…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-25 Weimin Ye , Yang Gao , Jianlong Liu

Topological manipulation of light provides a versatile toolbox for photonic technologies. Here, we show that a topological atom array can induce photon localization in a waveguide via symmetry-protected light-matter interaction. Long-lived…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-01 Yue-Zhi Zhang , Leong-Chuan Kwek , Wei Nie

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 examine bulk and surface bound states in the continuum (BIC) that is, square-integrable, localized modes embedded in the linear spectral band of a discrete lattice including interactions to first-and second nearest neighbors. We suggest…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-18 N. A. Gallo , M . I. Molina

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

A photonic-crystal slab can support bound states in the continuum (BICs) which have infinite lifetimes but embedded into the continuous spectrum of optical modes in free space. The formation of BICs requires a total internal reflection…

Optics · Physics 2022-09-27 Peng Hu , Chongwu Xie , Qianju Song , Ang Chen , Hong Xiang , Dezhuan Han , Jian Zi

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have greatly impacted our ability to manipulate light-matter interaction at the nanoscale. However, in periodic structures, BICs are typically realized below the diffraction limit, thus leaving a broad…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-13 Ji Tong Wang , Nicolae C. Panoiu

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are polarization singularities in momentum space whose topological charges (TCs) govern advanced light-matter interactions. While lattice symmetry protects the existence of robust BICs at the…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-19 Keren Wang , Lujun Huang , Wei Wang

Optical bound state in the continuum (BIC) is characterized by infinitely high quality factor resulting in drastic enhancement of light-matter interaction phenomena. We study the optical response of a one-dimensional photonic crystal slab…

Optics · Physics 2018-07-04 S. D. Krasikov , A. A. Bogdanov , I. V. Iorsh

We consider bound states in the continuum (BICs) in a 1D multilayered system of an anisotropic defect layer embedded into an anisotropic photonic crystal. We analytically demonstrate that an anisotropic defect layer embedded into…

Optics · Physics 2022-03-23 Pavel S. Pankin , Dmitrii N. Maksimov , Ivan V. Timofeev

The question of how to continuously manipulate a photonic system between a radiating state and a bound state is an important challenge in photonics, as its solution promises broad technological relevance for optical sensors, modulators,…

Optics · Physics 2021-02-03 Andreas Henkel , Maik Meudt , Maximilian Buchmüller , Patrick Görrn

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

The discovery of the topological nature of free-space light and its quantum chiral behavior has recently raised large attention. This important scientific endeavor features spin-based integrated quantum technologies. Herein, we discuss a…

We investigate the band structure and the dynamics of topological singularities of magneto-optical Moir\'e bound states in the continuum (BICs), which originate from two overlapped conventional magneto-optical BIC gratings with mismatched…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-23 Shuo Wang

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

Bound states in the continuum (BIC) have been studied mainly in optics. Recently, electronic BIC have been proposed. They appear as points in the momentum space and are protected topologically by the Chern number. In this study, we propose…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 Manabu Takeichi , Shuichi Murakami

All-dielectric nanophotonics underpinned by the physics of bound states in the continuum (BICs) have demonstrated breakthrough applications in nanoscale light manipulation, frequency conversion and optical sensing. Leading BIC…

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) refer to physical states that possess intrinsic zero dissipation loss even though they are located in the continuous energy spectrum. BICs have been widely explored in optical and acoustic structures,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-09-21 Yue Yu , Xiang Xi , Xiankai Sun

We investigate the formation of photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs) in photonic crystal slabs from an analytical perspective. Unlike the stationary at-$\Gamma$ BICs which origin from the geometric symmetry, the tunable…

Optics · Physics 2014-07-22 Yi Yang , Chao Peng , Yong Liang , Zhengbin Li , Susumu Noda

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…