Abstract
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) in photonic crystal slabs are characterized as vortex centers in far-field polarization and infinite quality (Q) factors, which can be dynamically manipulated in momentum space to construct the singularity configurations with functionalities such as merging BICs for further suppress scattering loss of nearby resonance. However, the vast majority of research focuses on two types of intrinsic BICs for simplicity, because these polarization singularities affect each other, and are even prone to annihilation. Here, we introduce the extrinsic (Fabry-Pérot) BICs and combine them with the intrinsic BICs to merge diverse BICs in momentum space. The extrinsic BICs can move independently of the intrinsic BICs, providing an unprecedented degree of freedom to reduce the complexity of constructing merging BIC configurations. Interestingly, an interaction of oppositely charged BICs that is collision beyond annihilation is revealed, which only exchanges the topological charge of BICs but not affect their existence. Following the proposed strategy, four-types-BICs merging and steerable three-types merging are achieved at the Γ and off-Γ points, further boosting the Q factor scaling rule up to Q∝k x −14 and Q∝k x −6 respectively. Our findings suggest a systematic route to arrange abundant BICs, may facilitate some applications including beam steering, optical trapping and enhancing the light-matter interactions.
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