🔬 Science May 13, 2026 · Paul Mabey

Trapping light in open space

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Photonic crystal slabs are periodic structures that confine light in two dimensions while allowing it to leak in the third. Their in‑plane periodicity forces light to behave like an electron in a crystal, forming bands rather than isolated modes.
These objects can host an array of novel physical phenomena, from ultra‑sharp resonances to exotic singularities such as exceptional points. Among the most intriguing are bound states in the continuum (BICs). These are modes that, despite lying in an en

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