2019/05/01 by Le, Ngoc Duc, Bouteyre, Paul, Kheir-Aldine, Ali +7 · 1 citation
#FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics)
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1905.00215
In this work, we theoretically propose and experimentally demonstrate the formation of a super bound state in a continuum (BIC) on a photonic crystal flat band. This unique state simultaneously exhibits an enhanced quality factor and near-zero group velocity across an extended region of the Brillouin zone. It is achieved at the topological transition when a symmetry-protected BIC pinned at k=0 merges with two Friedrich-Wintgen quasi-BICs, which arise from destructive interference between lossy photonic modes of opposite symmetries. As a proof-of-concept, we employ the super flat BIC to demonstrate three-dimensional optical trapping of individual particles. Our findings present a novel approach to engineering both the real and imaginary components of photonic states on a subwavelength scale for innovative optoelectronic devices.