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Bound States in the Continuum in Photonics

D. C. Marinica, A. G. Borisov, and S. V. Shabanov
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 183902 – Published 8 May 2008

Abstract

With examples of two parallel dielectric gratings and two arrays of thin parallel dielectric cylinders, it is shown that the interaction between trapped electromagnetic modes can lead to scattering resonances with practically zero width. Such resonances are the bound states in the radiation continuum first discovered in quantum systems by von Neumann and Wigner. Potential applications of such photonic systems include: large amplification of electromagnetic fields within photonic structures and, hence, enhancement of nonlinear phenomena, biosensing, as well as perfect filters and waveguides for a particular frequency, and impurity detection.

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  • Received 14 December 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.183902

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

D. C. Marinica and A. G. Borisov*

  • Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et Moléculaires, UMR CNRS-Université Paris-Sud 8625, Bâtiment 351, Université Paris-Sud, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France

S. V. Shabanov

  • Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville Florida 32611, USA

  • *Corresponding author. andrei.borissov@u-psud.fr

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Vol. 100, Iss. 18 — 9 May 2008

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