Bound states in the continuum
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Author(s)
Hsu, Chia Wei
Stone, A. Douglas
Zhen, Bo
Joannopoulos, John
Soljacic, Marin
Date Issued
July 2016
Journal
Nature Reviews Materials
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Nature Publishing Group
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Hsu, Chia Wei et al. “Bound States in the Continuum.” Nature Reviews Materials 1.9 (2016): 16048.
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Abstract
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are waves that remain localized even though they coexist with a continuous spectrum of radiating waves that can carry energy away. Their very existence defies conventional wisdom. Although BICs were first proposed in quantum mechanics, they are a general wave phenomenon and have since been identified in electromagnetic waves, acoustic waves in air, water waves and elastic waves in solids. These states have been studied in a wide range of material systems, such as piezoelectric materials, dielectric photonic crystals, optical waveguides and fibres, quantum dots, graphene and topological insulators. In this Review, we describe recent developments in this field with an emphasis on the physical mechanisms that lead to BICs across seemingly very different materials and types of waves. We also discuss experimental realizations, existing applications and directions for future work.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics
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https://doi.org/10.1038/natrevmats.2016.48
