Conditional robustness of propagating bound states in the continuum on biperiodic structures

Abstract

For a periodic structure sandwiched between two homogeneous media, a bound state in the continuum (BIC) is a guided Bloch mode with a frequency in the radiation continuum. Optical BICs have found many applications, mainly because they give rise to resonances with ultra-high quality factors. If the periodic structure has a relevant symmetry, a BIC may have a symmetry mismatch with incoming and outgoing propagating waves of the same frequency and compatible wavevectors, and is considered as protected by symmetry. Propagating BICs with nonzero Bloch wavevectors have been found on many highly symmetric periodic structures. They are not protected by symmetry in the usual sense (i.e., there is no symmetry mismatch), but some of them seem to depend on symmetry for their existence and robustness. In this paper, we show that the low-frequency propagating BICs (with only one radiation channel) on biperiodic structures with an inversion symmetry in the plane of periodicity and a reflection symmetry in the perpendicular direction are robust to symmetry-preserving structural perturbations. In other words, a propagating BIC continues its existence with a slightly different frequency and a slightly different Bloch wavevector, when the biperiodic structure is perturbed slightly preserving the inversion and reflection symmetries. Our study enhances theoretical understanding for BICs on periodic structures and provides useful guidelines for their applications.

arXiv comment0 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1911.03612

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