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Floquet topological insulators are systems in which the topology emerges out of equilibrium when a time periodic perturbation is applied. In these systems one can define quasi-energy states which replace the quilibrium stationary states.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-01-27 Aaron Farrell , T. Pereg-Barnea

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…

Periodically driven systems can host so called anomalous topological phases, in which protected boundary states coexist with topologically trivial Floquet bulk bands. We introduce an anomalous version of reflection symmetry protected…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-02 Konstantinos Ladovrechis , Ion Cosma Fulga

We propose a new paradigm for realizing bound states in the continuum (BICs) by engineering the environment of a system to control the number of available radiation channels. Using this method, we demonstrate that a photonic crystal slab…

Optics · Physics 2019-07-17 Alexander Cerjan , Chia Wei Hsu , Mikael C. Rechtsman

Topological states of matter are robust quantum phases, characterised by propagating or localised edge states in an insulating bulk. Topological boundary states can be triggered by various mechanisms, for example by strong spin-orbit…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-01 S. E. Freeney , J. J. van den Broeke , A. J. J. Harsveld van der Veen , I. Swart , C. Morais Smith

In topology, one averages over local geometrical details to reveal robust global features. This approach proves crucial for understanding quantized bulk transport and exotic boundary effects of linear wave propagation in (meta-)materials.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-06-25 Greta Villa , Javier del Pino , Vincent Dumont , Gianluca Rastelli , Mateusz Michałek , Alexander Eichler , Oded Zilberberg

A unified method to analyze the dynamics and topological structure associated with a class of Floquet topological insulators is presented. The method is applied to a system that describes the propagation of electromagnetic waves through the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-06-14 Mark Ablowitz , Justin T. Cole , Sean Nixon

Robust states emerging at the boundary of a system constitute a hallmark for topological band structures. Other than in closed systems, topologically protected states can occur even in systems with a trivial band structure, if exposed to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-16 Helene Wetter , Michael Fleischhauer , Stefan Linden , Julian Schmitt

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 consider bound states in the continuum (BICs) in low-contrast dielectric gratings (DGs). It is demonstrated that the BICs originate from the reduced guided modes on the effective dielectric slab with the permittivity equal to the average…

Optics · Physics 2018-11-28 Evgeny N. Bulgakov , Dmitrii N. Maksimov

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are localized states existing within a continuous spectrum of delocalized waves. Emerging multilayer photonic integrated circuit (PIC) platforms allow implementation of low index 1D guided modes within a…

Optics · Physics 2024-05-22 Kyunghun Han , Thomas W. LeBrun , Vladimir A. Aksyuk

Floquet topological photonic insulators characterized by periodically-varying Hamiltonians are known to exhibit much richer topological behaviors than static systems. In a Floquet insulator, the phase evolution of the Floquet-Bloch modes…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-19 Shirin Afzal , Vien Van

Topological insulators are unique devices supporting unidirectional edge states at their interfaces. Due to topological protection, such edge states persist in the presence of disorder and do not experience backscattering upon interaction…

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 theoretically investigate and experimentally demonstrate that genuine bound states in the continuum (BICs) -- polarization-protected BICs -- can be completely localized within finite-size solid resonators. This bound mode is realized in…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Yeongtae Jang , Seokwoo Kim , Dongwoo Lee , Eunho Kim , Junsuk Rrho

We show that point defects in two-dimensional photonic crystals can support bound states in the continuum (BICs). The mechanism of confinement is a symmetry mismatch between the defect mode and the Bloch modes of the photonic crystal. These…

We report on a non-linear scattering effect that challenges the notion of topological protection for wave packets propagating in chiral edge modes. Specifically, in a Floquet topological system close to resonant driving and with a…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2023-08-30 Benjamin Michen , Jan Carl Budich

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have been extensively exploited to enhance light--matter interactions in metamaterials, yet their emergence and utility in multi-atom waveguide platforms remain far less explored. Here we study…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-12-09 Xiang Guo , Xiaojun Zhang , Mingzhu Weng , Qian Bin , Hao-di Liu , Hai-Jun Xing , Xin-You Lü , 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

Band structure analysis is central to understanding wave propagation in periodic media; however, it becomes challenging in open systems owing to energy leakage. Photonic crystal (PhC) slabs exemplify such systems, featuring periodicity in…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-20 Jie Liu , Ziyun Peng , Qianju Song , Ang Chen , Liping Yang , Chunxiong Zheng , Dezhuan Han