Photonic bound states in the continuum: from basics to applications

SI Azzam, AV Kildishev - Advanced Optical Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The introduction of bound states in the continuum (BICs) to photonics has revolutionized the
way cavity design and light–matter interactions are thought about in general. BICs can have …

Bound states in the continuum in resonant nanostructures: an overview of engineered materials for tailored applications

S Joseph, S Pandey, S Sarkar, J Joseph - Nanophotonics, 2021 - degruyter.com
From theoretical model to experimental realization, the bound state in the continuum (BIC) is
an emerging area of research interest in the last decade. In the initial years, well-established …

Ion-cut lithium niobate on insulator technology: Recent advances and perspectives

Y Jia, L Wang, F Chen - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Lithium niobate (LiNbO3 or LN) is a well-known multifunctional crystal that has been widely
applied in various areas of photonics, electronics, and optoelectronics. In the past …

Merging bound states in the continuum at off-high symmetry points

M Kang, S Zhang, M Xiao, H Xu - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) confine resonances embedded in a continuous
spectrum by eliminating radiation loss. Merging multiple BICs provides a promising …

Bound states in the continuum in photonic structures

KL Koshelev, ZF Sadrieva, AA Shcherbakov… - Phys.-Usp, 2023 - ufn.ru
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are a striking example of how a solution to a simple
problem of quantum mechanics, obtained about a century ago, can serve as an incentive to …

Low‐threshold bound state in the continuum lasers in hybrid lattice resonance metasurfaces

JH Yang, ZT Huang, DN Maksimov… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) have attracted considerable research attention due to
their infinite quality factor (Q‐factor) and extremely localized fields, which drastically …

Steerable merging bound states in the continuum on a quasi-flatband of photonic crystal slabs without breaking symmetry

X Qi, J Wu, F Wu, M Ren, Q Wei, Y Wang… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Optical resonators with high quality (Q) factors are paramount for the enhancement of light–
matter interactions in engineered photonic structures, but their performance always suffers …

Elastic bound state in the continuum with perfect mode conversion

L Cao, Y Zhu, Y Xu, SW Fan, Z Yang… - Journal of the Mechanics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The partial or complete confinement of waves in an open system is omnipresent in nature
and in wave-based materials and technology. Here, we theoretically analyze and …

Light-matter interactions enhanced by quasi-bound states in the continuum in a graphene-dielectric metasurface

TY Zeng, GD Liu, LL Wang, Q Lin - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we propose a graphene-dielectric metasurface to enhance the light-matter
interactions in graphene. The dielectric metasurface consists of periodically arranged silicon …

Extreme sound confinement from quasibound states in the continuum

S Huang, T Liu, Z Zhou, X Wang, J Zhu, Y Li - Physical Review Applied, 2020 - APS
Extreme confinement of incident acoustic waves remains challenging due to the conflict
between reflection elimination and weak dissipation. In this study, by realizing a Friedrich …