Time-Domain Bound States in the Continuum
Optics
2024-08-15 v2
Abstract
We present the concept of time-domain bound states in continuum. We show that a rapid judiciously-designed temporal modulation of the refractive index in a spatially homogenous medium gives rise to a bound state in time embedded in a continuum of wavenumbers. Mathematically, these bound states in the continuum (BIC) are analytic solutions of the Maxwell equations in time and one-dimensional space. Our results show the potential to extend known wave phenomena in space to the temporal domain, providing new avenues for light-matter interactions in time-varying media.
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@article{arxiv.2408.06771,
title = {Time-Domain Bound States in the Continuum},
author = {Oded Schiller and Yonatan Plotnik and Ohad Segal and Mark Lyubarov and Mordechai Segev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.06771},
year = {2024}
}