Surface bound states in the continuum

Mario I. Molina*, Andrey E. Miroshnichenko, Yuri S. Kivshar

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    Abstract

    We introduce a novel concept of surface bound states in the continuum, i.e., surface modes embedded into the linear spectral band of a discrete lattice. We suggest an efficient method for creating such surface modes and the local bounded potential necessary to support the embedded modes. We demonstrate that the surface embedded modes are structurally stable, and the position of their eigenvalues inside the spectral band can be tuned continuously by adding weak nonlinearity.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number070401
    JournalPhysical Review Letters
    Volume108
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 13 Feb 2012

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