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Existence of bound states in the continuum (BIC) manifests a general wave phenomenon firstly predicted in quantum mechanics in 1929 by J. von Neumann and E. Wigner. Today it is being actively explored in photonics, radiophysics, acoustics,…

We demonstrate experimentally a new type of Bound state In the Continuum (BIC) which is induced by the vertical symmetry breaking of a photonic crystal slab. Such BIC emerges from the hybridization between Bloch resonances of opposite…

The excitation of bound states in the continuum (BICs) in two- or multi-qubit systems lies at the heart of entanglement generation and harnessing in Waveguide Quantum Electrodynamics platforms. However, the generation of qubit pair BICs…

We explain the origin of bound states in the continuum (BICs) in a planar grating waveguide, in particular, a mechanism for formation of degenerate BICs, via the analytical theory of the infinite-grating eigenmodes. Conventional…

Optics · Physics 2023-08-15 Cole Reynolds , Vladimir Kocharovsky , Vitaly Kocharovsky

Optical bound-states in the continuum (BICs) have greatly enriched the field of nonlinear optics with novel ways to control and manipulate light-matter interaction at the nanoscale. This has been made possible by their unique physical…

Optics · Physics 2025-03-17 Ji Tong Wang , Nicolae C. Panoiu

In this paper, we present a novel universal coupled theory for metamaterial Bound states in the continuum (BIC) or quasi-Bound states in the continuum (quasi-BIC) which provides ultra-high Q resonance for metamaterial devices. Our theory…

Optics · Physics 2021-09-22 Wei Huang , Songyi Liu , Jiaguang Han , Yu Cheng , Shan Yin , Wentao Zhang

Bound states of two interacting particles moving on a lattice can exhibit remarkable features that are not captured by the underlying single-particle picture. Inspired by this phenomenon, we introduce a novel framework by which genuine…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-24 Grazia Salerno , Giandomenico Palumbo , Nathan Goldman , Marco Di Liberto

We consider E polarized bound states in the radiation continuum (BICs) in circular periodical arrays of $N$ infinitely long dielectric rods. We find that each true BIC which occurs in an infinite linear array has its counterpart in the…

Optics · Physics 2018-03-21 Evgeny N. Bulgakov , Almas F. Sadreev

Bound states in the continuum (BICs), with the ability of trapping and manipulating waves within the radiation continuum, have gained significant attention for their potential applications in optics and acoustics. However, challenges arise…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-03 Shunda Yin , Zhenyu Wang , Liping Ye , Hailong He , Manzhu Ke , Weiyin Deng , Jiuyang Lu , Zhengyou Liu

We investigate the robustness of bound states in the continuum (BICs) in a bilayer dielectric rod array against geometric and material perturbations. Our analysis focuses on both symmetry-protected and Fabry-P\'erot BICs, examining their…

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

Being a general wave phenomenon, bound states in the continuum (BICs) appear in acoustic, hydrodynamic, and photonic systems of various dimensionalities. Here, we report the first experimental observation of an accidental electromagnetic…

A theory based on the superposition principle is developed to uncover the basic physics of the wave behavior in a finite grating of N unit cells. The theory reveals that bound states in the continuum (BICs) of infinite quality factor…

Optics · Physics 2024-11-20 Huawei Liang , Yuanzhi Liu , Yu-Jia Zeng , Yangjian Cai , Tingyin Ning

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have attracted much attention in recent years due to the infinite quality factor (Q-factor) resonance and extremely localized field. In this study, BICs have been demonstrated by dielectric metasurfaces…

Driven non-equilibrium lattice models have wide-ranging applications in contexts such as mass transport, traffic flow, and transport in biological systems. In this work, we investigate the steady-state properties of a one-dimensional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-16 Swastik Majumder , Mustansir Barma

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…

We demonstrate that bound states in the continuum (BICs) form continuous lines along high-symmetry directions of momentum space in a simple phononic crystal slab. Contrary to common sense, these BICs are symmetry-protected (SP) BICs not…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-04-08 Lin Yang , Riyi Zheng , Sheng Zhang , Wenshuai Zhang , Qiujiao Du , Pai Peng , Ziyu Wang , Manzhu Ke , Xueqin Huang , Fengming Liu

Stable bound quantum states are ubiquitous in nature. Mostly, they result from the interaction of only pairs of particles, so called two-body interactions, even when large complex many-particle structures are formed. We show that…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-09-15 Gary Schmiedinghoff , Leanna Müller , Umesh Kumar , Götz S. Uhrig , Benedikt Fauseweh

One-dimensional crystals serve as a versatile platform for engineering nontrivial states, which can be easily explored in transport configurations. In this work, we analyze the properties of a periodic structure composed of an H-shaped unit…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-19 Sofía Pinto , P. A. Orellana , Sergio Bravo

We study a quantum mechanical system consisting of up to three identical dipoles confined to move along a helical shaped trap. The long-range interactions between particles confined to move in this one dimension leads to an interesting…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-08-17 J. K. Pedersen , D. V. Fedorov , A. S. Jensen , N. T. Zinner