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¹Dipartimento di Fisica- Politecnico di Milano and Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie - Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, I-20133 Milano, Italy. stefano.longhi@polimi.it

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Area of Science:

Quantum mechanics
Condensed matter physics
Photonics

Background:

Bound states in the continuum (BIC) are quantum states with energies within the continuous spectrum.
BIC have garnered significant interest for applications in quantum and classical transport.
Existing knowledge of BIC is primarily limited to static potentials.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and investigate a new class of BIC, termed Floquet BIC.
To explore the existence of Floquet BIC in time-periodic quantum systems.

Main Methods:

Theoretical introduction of Floquet BIC as normalizable Floquet states of time-periodic Hamiltonians.
Analysis of Floquet BIC appearance in a tight-binding lattice model.
Utilizing an ac field to drive the lattice model near the dynamic localization regime.

Main Results:

Demonstrated the existence of Floquet BIC states.
Identified Floquet BIC quasienergies embedded within the Floquet scattered states' spectrum.
Showcased Floquet BIC in a driven tight-binding lattice model.

Conclusions:

Floquet BIC represent a new paradigm for bound states in periodically driven quantum systems.
This discovery expands the potential applications of BIC to dynamic and time-dependent phenomena.
Further research into Floquet BIC could unlock new possibilities in quantum technologies and wave manipulation.