Bound states in the continuum
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 phe...
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| author | Hsu, Chia Wei Stone, A. Douglas Zhen, Bo Joannopoulos, John Soljacic, Marin |
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| description | 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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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1084002022-09-30T07:55:59Z Bound states in the continuum Hsu, Chia Wei Stone, A. Douglas Zhen, Bo Joannopoulos, John Soljacic, Marin Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics Zhen, Bo Joannopoulos, John Soljacic, Marin 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. National Science Foundation (U.S.) (Grants DMR-1307632) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies (Contract W911NF-13-D- 0001) United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science. Solid-State Solar Thermal Energy Conversion Center (Grant DE-SC0001299) United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation (Award 2013508) 2017-04-25T18:30:33Z 2017-04-25T18:30:33Z 2016-07 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 2058-8437 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/108400 Hsu, Chia Wei et al. “Bound States in the Continuum.” Nature Reviews Materials 1.9 (2016): 16048. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7572-4594 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7244-3682 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7184-5831 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/natrevmats.2016.48 Nature Reviews Materials Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Nature Publishing Group MIT Web Domain |
| spellingShingle | Hsu, Chia Wei Stone, A. Douglas Zhen, Bo Joannopoulos, John Soljacic, Marin Bound states in the continuum |
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