Engineering and Technology

Observation of mechanical bound states in the continuum in an optomechanical microresonator

Y. Yu, X. Xi, et al.

This groundbreaking research by Yue Yu, Xiang Xi, and Xiankai Sun unveils the experimental observation of bound states in the continuum (BICs) using a versatile micromechanical optomechanical microresonator. These BICs, stemming from destructive interference, promise to enhance phonon trapping, leading to significant advancements in mechanical oscillators and quantum information processing.