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Observation of Trapped Light Within the Radiation Continuum

Chia Wei Hsu, Bo Zhen, J. Lee, S. L. Chua, Steven G. Johnson, John D. Joannopoulos, Marin Soljačić

2013 · 90 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

We present the first experimental observation that light can be confined within a planar photonic crystal slab even though its frequency lies inside the continuous spectrum of extended states of the same symmetry group.

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Analysis of guided resonances in photonic crystal slabs

Shanhui Fan, John D. Joannopoulos · Physical review. B, Condensed matter · 2002 · 1.4K citations

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Bound States in the Continuum in Photonics

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Experimental Observation of Optical Bound States in the Continuum

Yonatan Plotnik, Or Peleg, Felix Dreisow et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2011 · 791 citations

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Observation and Differentiation of Unique High-<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mml:mi>Q</mml:mi></mml:math>Optical Resonances Near Zero Wave Vector in Macroscopic Photonic Crystal Slabs

Jeongwon Lee, Bo Zhen, Song-Liang Chua et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2012 · 424 citations · Full text

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