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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

Tunable bound states in the continuum (BICs) in metasurfaces offer powerful opportunities to control light-matter interactions, yet the role of out-of-plane symmetry breaking remains poorly understood. Here, we reveal a mechanism that…

Optics · Physics 2026-05-12 Hao Song , Yanming Sun , Jian Li , Wanlin Wang , Ming Chun Tang

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) 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…

Harnessing bound states in the continuum (BICs) for guiding light in leaky environments has unlocked new possibilities in photonic integrated circuits. BIC confinement enables low-loss waveguiding of leaky transverse-magnetic (TM) modes in…

Chiral quasi-bound states in the continuum (q-BICs) have recently emerged in metaphotonics as resonances that combine ultrahigh quality factors with near-unity circular polarization. However, these states are typically confined to the…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-29 Dmitrii Gromyko , Cheng-Wei Qiu , Kirill Koshelev , Lin Wu

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have attracted attention in photonics owing to their interesting properties. For example, BICs can effectively confine light in a counter-intuitive way and the far-field radiation of photonic structures…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-30 Meng Kang , Tao Liu , C. T. Chan , Meng Xiao

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) defy conventional wisdom that assumes a spectral separation between propagating waves, that carry energy away, and spatially localized waves corresponding to discrete frequencies. They can be described…

Photonic metasurfaces offer exceptional control over light at the nanoscale, facilitating applications spanning from biosensing, and nonlinear optics to photocatalysis. Many metasurfaces, especially resonant ones, rely on periodicity for…

Optical metasurfaces have revolutionized analog computing and image processing at sub-wavelength scales with faster speed and lower power consumption. They typically involve spatial differentiation with engineered angular dispersion.…

Bound states in the continuum (BIC) holds significant promise in manipulating electromagnetic fields and reducing losses in optical structures, leading to advancements in both fundamental research and practical applications. Despite their…

Optics · Physics 2024-09-04 Shuai Liu , Bo-Han Wu , Jeffrey Huang , Zheshen Zhang

Light-actuated motors, vehicles, and even space sails have drawn tremendous attention for basic science and applications in space, biomedical, and sensing domains. Optical bound states in the continuum (BIC) are topological singularities of…

Optics · Physics 2022-04-06 Haoye Qin , Walid Redjem , Boubacar Kante

Bound-states-in-the-continuum (BIC)is a wave-mechanical concept that generates resonances with vanishing spectral linewidths. It has many practical applications in Optics, such as narrow-band filters, mirror-less lasing, and nonlinear…

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

We exploit the interaction between supported proximity resonances in an open non-uniformly pumped optical microcavity to host a Bound State in Continuum (BIC). Using the modeling of the S-matrix, we study the coupling between the…

Optics · Physics 2019-06-03 Harsh K. Gandhi , Arnab Laha , Somnath Ghosh

Recent progress in nanophotonics is driven by the desire to engineer light-matter interaction in two-dimensional (2D) materials using high-quality resonances in plasmonic and dielectric structures. Here, we demonstrate a link between the…

Metasurfaces offer a powerful platform for effective light manipulation, which is crucial for advanced optical technologies. While designs of polarization-independent structures have reduced the need for polarized illumination, they are…

Bound states in the continuum (BiCs) convert dissipative open systems into effectively closed quantum subspaces through destructive interference. We show that two identical giant atoms coupled to a one-dimensional waveguide support BICs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-27 Alexis R. Legón , Mario Miranda Rojas , Pedro Orellana , Ariel Norambuena

Bound states in the continuum (BICs), referring to spatially localized bound states with energies falling within the range of extended modes, have been extensively investigated in single-particle systems, leading to diverse applications in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-17 Na Sun , Weixuan Zhang , Hao Yuan , Xiangdong Zhang

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…