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Bound states in the continuum (BICs), a concept from quantum mechanics, are ubiquitous physical phenomena where waves will be completely locked inside physical systems without energy leaky. Such a physical phenomenon in optics will provide…

Higher-order topological insulators (HOTIs) are recently discovered topological phases, possessing symmetry-protected corner states with fractional charges. An unexpected connection between these states and the seemingly unrelated…

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…

For a periodic structure sandwiched between two homogeneous media, a bound state in the continuum (BIC) is a guided Bloch mode with a frequency in the radiation continuum. Optical BICs have found many applications, mainly because they give…

Optics · Physics 2021-04-14 Lijun Yuan , Ya Yan Lu

The pursuit of compact lasers with low-thresholds has imposed strict requirements on tight light confinements with minimized radiation losses. Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have been recently demonstrated as an effective mechanism to…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-19 Yuhao Ren , Peishen Li , Zhuojun Liu , Zihao Chen , You-Ling Chen , Chao Peng , Jin Liu

This work examines a symmetry-protected bound state in the continuum (BIC) supported unique all-dielectric dome-shaped metasurface (MS). The simple unit MS is made up of four dome-shaped nanobars of silicon in the top layer and silica glass…

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are widely studied for their ability to confine light, produce sharp resonances for sensing applications and serve as avenues for lasing action with topological characteristics. Recent experiments have…

Optical bound states in the continuum (BICs), which are exotic localized eigenstates embedded in the continuum spectrum and topological polarization singularity in momentum space, have attracted great attentions in both fundamental and…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-02 Qing-an Tu , Hongxin Zhou , Yan Meng , Maohua Gong , Zhen Gao

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are widely known spatially localized states experimentally implemented as quasi-BICs. Although they emerged as a promising solution for achieving high-quality resonances in photonic structures,…

Optical bound states in the continuum (BICs) provide a unique mechanism of light confinement that holds great potential for fundamental and applied research in optics and photonics. Of particular interest are merging BICs realized in planar…

Optics · Physics 2025-04-22 Huayu Bai , Andriy Shevchenko , Radoslaw Kolkowski

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have emerged as a revolutionary paradigm in terahertz (THz) photonics, enabling metasurfaces with theoretically infinite quality factors (Q-factors) and unprecedented light-matter control. This review…

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…

Photonic bound states in the continuum are spatially localised modes with infinitely long lifetimes that exist within a radiation continuum at discrete energy levels. These states have been explored in various systems where their emergence…

Optics · Physics 2024-06-07 Wenhui Wang , Antonio Günzler , Bodo D. Wilts , Matthias Saba

We propose a novel topological defect called Janus bound states in the continuum (BICs), featuring asymmetric topological charges in upward and downward radiation channels. Our approach involves a photonic crystal slab (PCS) that initially…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-15 Meng Kang , Meng Xiao , C. T. Chan

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

Continuum-buried defect states in semiconductors are generally expected to be optically inactive due to their strong coupling to continuum bands. Here, we show that such defects can instead host radiative electronic bound states in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-05-27 Seong Yun Hong , Liang Z. Tan , Ki Hoon Lee , Youngho Kang , Yeonghun Lee

A general symmetry-controlled mechanism is proposed for realizing dual flat-bands of bound state in the continuum (BIC) and its radiative counterpart in photonic crystal slabs. By breaking the vertical mirror symmetry of slab,…

Optics · Physics 2026-01-27 Jiayao Liu , Zimeng Zeng , Zhuoyang Li , Zelong He , Zhaona Wang

Chipscale micro- and nano-optomechanical systems, hinging on the intangible radiation-pressure force, have shown their unique strength in sensing, signal transduction, and exploration of quantum physics with mechanical resonators.…

Optics · Physics 2022-06-16 Shengyan Liu , Hao Tong , Kejie Fang

Elusive features in photonic and electronic devices can be detected by means of advanced, time-domain spectroscopic techniques. In this letter we introduce a novel kind of modulation spectroscopy, based on the optomechanical interaction of…

Bound states in the continuum (BICs) exist in a variety of physical systems where they appear as lossless propagating states surrounded by radiating modes. However, in the case of open systems, they coexist with continuous families of…