• Advanced Photonics
  • Vol. 5, Issue 5, 056005 (2023)
Wenhui Wang1、*, Antonio Günzler1, Bodo D. Wilts1、2, Ullrich Steiner1, and Matthias Saba1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1University of Fribourg, Adolphe Merkle Institute, Fribourg, Switzerland
  • 2University of Salzburg, Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, Salzburg, Austria
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    DOI: 10.1117/1.AP.5.5.056005 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Wenhui Wang, Antonio Günzler, Bodo D. Wilts, Ullrich Steiner, Matthias Saba. Unconventional bound states in the continuum from metamaterial-induced electron acoustic waves[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2023, 5(5): 056005 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Photonic bound states in the continuum (BICs) are spatially localized modes with infinitely long lifetimes, which exist within a radiation continuum at discrete energy levels. These states have been explored in various systems, including photonic and phononic crystal slabs, metasurfaces, waveguides, and integrated circuits. Robustness and availability of the BICs are important aspects for fully taming the BICs toward practical applications. Here, we propose a generic mechanism to realize BICs that exist by first principles free of fine parameter tuning based on non-Maxwellian double-net metamaterials (DNMs). An ideal warm hydrodynamic double plasma (HDP) fluid model provides a homogenized description of DNMs and explains the robustness of the BICs found herein. In the HDP model, these are standing wave formations made of electron acoustic waves (EAWs), which are pure charge oscillations with vanishing electromagnetic fields. EAW BICs have various advantages, such as (i) frequency-comb-like collection of BICs free from normal resonances; (ii) robustness to symmetry-breaking perturbations and formation of quasi-BICs with an ultrahigh Q-factor even if subject to disorder; and (iii) giving rise to subwavelength microcavity resonators hosting quasi-BIC modes with an ultrahigh Q-factor.
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    Wenhui Wang, Antonio Günzler, Bodo D. Wilts, Ullrich Steiner, Matthias Saba. Unconventional bound states in the continuum from metamaterial-induced electron acoustic waves[J]. Advanced Photonics, 2023, 5(5): 056005
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