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Enhancing the light-matter interaction in two-dimensional (2D) materials with high-$Q$ resonances in photonic structures has boosted the development of optical and photonic devices. Herein, we intend to build a bridge between the radiation…

Optics · Physics 2021-03-02 Xing Wang , Junyi Duan , Wenya Chen , Chaobiao Zhou , Tingting Liu , Shuyuan Xiao

Allowing a high quality factor (Q-factor) to a sub-wavelength dielectric resonator, quasi-bound states in the continuum (Q-BIC) has gained much interest. However, the Q-BIC resonance condition is too sensitive to the geometry of the…

Conventional Purcell theory emphasizes high quality factors (Q) for spontaneous emission (SE) enhancement in cavities, but overlooks collective Bloch mode effects in periodic nanostructures like photonic crystal slabs. We introduce a…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-24 Keren Wang , Jing Du , Wei Wang

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have been thoroughly investigated due to their formally divergent Q-factor, especially those emerging in all-dielectric, nanostructured metasurfaces from symmetry protection at the $\Gamma$ point…

Optics · Physics 2022-03-31 Diego R. Abujetas , Jorge Olmos-Trigo , José A. Sánchez-Gil

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) arise from destructive interference suppressing radiation despite spectral overlap with the continuum. Here we show that Friedrich--Wintgen interference naturally emerges from a bright--dark supermode…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-13 Sergio Balestrieri , Bruno Miranda , Silvia Romano , Gianluigi Zito

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

Photonic crystal (PhC) nanocavities have demonstrated unique capabilities in terms of light confinement and manipulation. As such, they are becoming attractive for the design of novel resonance-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs).…

When two nonorthogonal resonances are coupled to the same radiation channel, avoided crossing arises and a bound state in the continuum (BIC) appears in parametric space. This paper presents numerical and analytical results on the…

Optics · Physics 2020-07-02 Sun-Goo Lee , Seong-Han Kim , Chul-Sik Kee

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) provide a viable way of achieving high-Q resonances in both photonics and acoustics. In this work, we proposed a general method of constructing Friedrich-Wintgen (FW) BICs and accidental BICs in a…

We show how the recently found quasi-bound state in the continuum optical states in dielectric antennae can be utilized to engineer pillar microcavities design with the substantially optimized quality factor to mode volume ratio.

Optics · Physics 2020-05-20 Stanislav Kolodny , Ivan Iorsh

Finite-size effects occurring for quasi-bound states in the continuum (qBIC) formed in symmetric and asymmetric all-dielectric waveguide grating couplers are investigated using numerical simulations for different configuration parameters.…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-11 Torgom Yezekyan , Roza Gabrielyan , Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

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

Bound states in the continuum (BICs), an emerging type of long-lived resonances different from the cavity-based ones, have been explored in several classical systems, including photonic crystals and surface acoustic waves. Here, we reveal…

Optics · Physics 2019-04-02 Mengdi Zhao , Kejie Fang

We study Fabry-Perot bound states in the continuum (FP-BIC) in the GHz frequency range, formed by two ceramic discs placed inside a metallic-walled rectangular waveguide, that act as perfect reflectors at the resonant frequency. The energy…

Resonant metasurfaces driven by bound states in the continuum (BIC) offer an intriguing approach to engineer high-Q resonances. Merging multiple BICs in the momentum space could further enhance the Q-factor as well as its robustness to…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-21 Yixiao Gao , Junyang Ge , Zhaofeng Gu , Lei Xu , Xiang Shen , Lujun Huang

Dielectric metasurfaces supporting quasi-bound states in the continuum (qBICs) enable high field enhancement with narrow-linewidth resonances in the visible and near-infrared ranges. The resonance emerges when distorting the meta-atom's…

The strong chiral light-matter interaction is crucial for various important fields such as chiral optics, quantum optics, and biomedical optics, driving a quest for the extreme intrinsic chirality assisted by ultrahigh quality ($Q$-) factor…

Squeezing light into subwavelength dimensions is vital for on-chip integration of photonic technologies. One approach to overcome the diffraction limit is coupling light to material excitations, leading to polariton states. Here, we…

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

It is known that the superposition of two bound states in the continuum (BIC) leads to the phenomenon of an oscillating bound state, where excitations mediated by the continuum modes oscillate persistently. We perform exact calculations for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-02-20 Kian Hwee Lim , Wai-Keong Mok , Leong-Chuan Kwek