Coherent Control of an Embedded Bound State Without a Spectral Gap

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2606.17685v1
• Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:50:54 GMT
• Title: Coherent Control of an Embedded Bound State Without a Spectral Gap
• Abstract summary: Bound states in the continuum (BICs) can confine excitation photonics in open systems without conventional cavities or band gaps.<n>They are dark to incident photons, and they lack spectral-gap protection from the surrounding continuum.<n>We overcome both limitations in a giant atom coupled to a one-dimensional waveguide using two temporal control knobs.
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• Abstract: Bound states in the continuum (BICs) can confine photonic excitations in open systems without conventional cavities or band gaps, making them natural candidates for long-lived quantum storage and single-photon control. Their use is limited, however, by two obstacles: they are dark to incident photons, and they lack spectral-gap protection from the surrounding continuum. We overcome both limitations in a giant atom coupled to a one-dimensional waveguide using two temporal control knobs. Atomic-frequency modulation breaks and restores the destructive-interference condition, enabling deterministic capture and release of mode-matched single photons. Coupling modulation instead preserves the BIC condition while tuning the atomic and photonic weights of the stored state. A key result is that this embedded state can nevertheless be controlled adiabatically despite the absence of a spectral gap, with an intrinsic leakage probability linear in the ramp rate. By separating radiative access from BIC-preserving deformation, the protocol turns a dark BIC into a single-photon memory whose fidelity is set by the intrinsic continuum-induced leakage law, providing a route to embedded-state control in open photonic platforms.

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