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Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are trapped or guided modes with their frequencies in the frequency intervals of the radiation modes. On periodic structures, a BIC is surrounded by a family of resonant modes with their quality factors…

Optics · Physics 2018-04-18 Lijun Yuan , Ya Yan Lu

We develop a theory of bound states in the continuum (BICs) in multipolar lattices -- periodic arrays of resonant multipoles. We predict that BICs are completely robust to changes in lattice parameters remaining pinned to specific…

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 state in the continuum (BIC) is a mathematical concept with an infinite radiative quality factor (Q) that exists only in an ideal infinite array. It was first proposed in quantum mechanics, and extended to general wave phenomena such…

Optics · Physics 2019-01-17 Longqing Cong , Ranjan Singh

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) and exceptional points (EPs), as two distinct physical singularities represented by complex frequencies in non-Hermitian systems, have garnered significant attention and clear definitions in their…

Breaking the reciprocity of light propagation in photonic integrated circuits (PIC) - especially in the CMOS-compatible silicon-on-insulator platform - is a topic of intense research. However, a practical solution for monolithic integrating…

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…

A bound state in the continuum (BIC) on a periodic structure sandwiched between two homogeneous media is a guided mode with a frequency and a wavenumber such that propagating plane waves with the same frequency and wavenumber exist in the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-01-01 Lijun Yuan , Ya Yan Lu

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) and exceptional points (EPs) have been the subjects of recent intensive research as they exhibit exotic phenomena that are significant for both fundamental physics and practical applications. We…

Optics · Physics 2020-08-26 Ryo Kikkawa , Munehiro Nishida , Yutaka Kadoya

We demonstrate a fully integrable and reconfigurable platform for controlling quantum emission by harnessing chiral exceptional bound states in the continuum (BICs) as a higher-order non-Hermitian singularity. Our architecture employs…

Optics · Physics 2026-03-09 Jin Li , Kexun Wu , Qi Hao , Yan Chen , Jiawei Wang

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have some unusual properties and important applications in photonics. A periodic structure sandwiched between two homogeneous media is the most popular platform for observing BICs and realizing their…

Optics · Physics 2021-09-01 Lijun Yuan , Ya Yan Lu

We reveal that finite-size solid acoustic resonators can support genuine bound states in the continuum (BICs) completely localized inside the resonator. The developed theory provides the multipole classification of such BICs in the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Ilya Deriy , Ivan Toftul , Mihail Petrov , Andrey Bogdanov

On a lossless periodic dielectric structure sandwiched between two homogeneous media, bound states in the continuum (BICs) with real frequencies and real Bloch wavevectors may exist, and they decay exponentially in the surrounding…

Optics · Physics 2020-01-15 Zhen Hu , Lijun Yuan , Ya Yan Lu

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

Highly compact lasers with ultra-low threshold and single-mode continuous wave (CW) operation have been a long sought-after component for photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs), due to their…

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) exhibit significant electric field confinement capabilities and have recently been employed to enhance nonlinear optics response at the nanoscale. In this study, we achieve substantial enhancement of…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-14 Meibao Qin , Feng Wu , Tingting Liu , Dandan Zhang , Shuyuan Xiao

We propose and experimentally realize a class of quasi-one-dimensional topological lattices whose unit cells are constructed by coupled multiple identical resonators, with uniform hopping and inversion symmetry. In the presence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-15 Jun Li , Yaping Yang , C. M. Hu

Flat-band bound states in the continuum (BICs) are topological states with suppressed group velocity and robustness against radiation loss, offering a powerful platform for the exploration of non-Hermitian, nonlinear, topological phenomena…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-26 Fuhuan Shen , Jiahao Ren , Zhiyi Yuan , Kai Wu , Sai Yan , Kunal Parasad , Hai Son Nguyen , Rui Su

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

This work presents a novel approach to create and dynamically control quasi-Bound States in the Continuum (BIC) resonances through the hybridization of 1D and 2D metasurfaces using micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS). By introducing…