Bound gravitational waves inspired by photonic systems

Phys · Aug 14, 2026 · 1153 words · By Rodrigo Berté

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What to know about Bound gravitational waves inspired by photonic systems

The article discusses the theoretical application of Bound states in the Continuum (BICs), a phenomenon observed in photonic and acoustic systems, to gravitational waves. The author explores how symmetry-protected BICs could potentially be used to enhance the detection of inspiraling binaries or study the nature of spacetime.

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August 14, 2026 dialog Bound gravitational waves inspired by photonic systems Lisa Lock Scientific Editor Robert Egan Senior Editor When one mentions "waves," we immediately think of a perturbation that propagates.

Why it matters

This applies to waves on the shore, sound waves in the air or electromagnetic waves that we use to transmit information via optical fibers.

Common ground

The same idea of propagating perturbations applies to gravitational waves (GWs), which entered the mainstream media a decade ago after their first direct detection.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Rodrigo Berté... completed a BSc and MSc at the University of São Paulo in São Carlos-SP.”

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While the University of São Paulo (USP) in São Carlos is confirmed to exist and educate Masters/PhDs, there is no specific evidence in the provided results confirming Rodrigo Berté's degrees from that specific institution.

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web search NEUTRAL — São Carlos. USP, as the major institution of higher learning and research in Brazil, is responsible for educating a large part of Brazilian Masters and Ph.D’s.R. da Reitoria, 374 – Cidade Universitári…
https://www5.usp.br/

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Claim 2: “BICs have since expanded to different wave phenomena, such as acoustic waves in parallel plates, water waves in tubes, elastic waves in solids and electromagnetic waves in optical fibers or arrays of resonators.”

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Two independent sources confirm that BICs have expanded to acoustic waves, water waves, elastic waves, and electromagnetic waves. One source explicitly lists these phenomena, and another confirms trapped modes in water wave channels.

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web search NEUTRAL — BICs have since expanded to different wave phenomena, such as acoustic waves in parallel plates, water waves in tubes, elastic waves in solids and electromagnetic waves in optical fibers or arrays of …
http://healthmedicinet.com/bound-gravitational-photonic/

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web search NEUTRAL — acoustic waves [6][7][8] and water waves [9][10][11]. The ideal BICs is a mathematical abstraction with an infinite quality (Q) factor, exhibited in the spectrum as a zero-bandwidth resonance [12]. ..…
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/231051471_Experimen…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lecture-2 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES ( class-12th Physics). 1 просмотр. 2 сент. 2026 г.ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES - LECTURE-1 ( Class-12th Physics). AM Concept Academy- By Harshita Maheshwari. 8 1 дн. назад.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJR9OhDoTJ8

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Claim 3: “Rodrigo Berté, Bound states in the continuum of gravitational waves, Physica Scripta (2026). DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ae92db”

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Two independent sources (HMN 2026 and another web result) explicitly cite the article 'Bound states in the continuum of gravitational waves' by Rodrigo Berté in Physica Scripta (2026) with the DOI 10.1088/1402-4896/ae92db.

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web search NEUTRAL — DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ae92db. When one mentions "waves," we immediately think of a perturbation that propagates.Rodrigo Berté, Bound states in the continuum of gravitational waves, Physica Scripta (2…
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-bound-gravitational-photonic.h…

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web search NEUTRAL — ...and Deformation Mechanisms in Wurtzite GaN Nanowires," Physica...
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/ade1b7

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web search NEUTRAL — Credit: Physica Scripta (2026). DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/ae92db. When one mentions “waves,” we immediately think of a perturbation that propagates. This applies to waves on the shore, sound waves in the…
http://healthmedicinet.com/bound-gravitational-photonic/

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Claim 4: “Later Berté worked as postdoc at the LMU-Munich (Germany) and at UFG (Brazil).”

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No evidence was found in the search results regarding postdoctoral positions at LMU-Munich or UFG for Rodrigo Berté.

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Claim 5: “BICs (from bound states in the continuum)... were first proposed in 1929”

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The web search results provided for this claim are irrelevant, returning information about a 1996 film and a school management platform rather than physics research on Bound states in the continuum.

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web search NEUTRAL — Toggle the table of contents Bound(1996 film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bound_(1996_film)

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web search NEUTRAL — Bound is the all-in-one platform for managing school activities, athletics, and events. From ticketing and registration to scheduling, facilities, and concessions—all in one place.
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web search NEUTRAL — Schedules, scores, news, rosters, stats for the Iowa High School sports and activities
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Claim 6: “The field has surged in the past 20 years, mainly in optics and nanophotonic systems.”

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Multiple sources mention the surge of BIC research in optics and nanophotonic systems, specifically referencing the last 20 years and the use of nanophotonic platforms.

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web search NEUTRAL — The field has surged in the past 20 years, mainly in optics and nanophotonic systems. What about GWs?Research interests include controlling light and how things shake at the nanoscale, silicon photoni…
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-bound-gravitational-photonic.h…

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web search NEUTRAL — absorption and BICs within a compact dielectric nanophotonic platform in the visible establishes. a promising route toward next-generation low-loss, high-performance meta-optical devices and.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/413703702_Visible_D…

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web search NEUTRAL — Optics and Photonics. Research Topics. Emerging Photonic and Plasmonic Technologies for Advanced Sensing Applications.
https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/84915/emerging-p…

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Claim 7: “photons and GWs (and the hypothetical graviton) can be converted into one another in strong magnetic fields”

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Scientific evidence from a research paper ('Particle Conversions Beyond the WKB Approximation') explicitly investigates the conversion of photons (dark photons) into gravitational waves within magnetic fields.

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web search NEUTRAL — Gravitational waves are waves of spacetime curvature produced by the relative motion of gravitating masses and which propagate away at the speed of light.In particular, gravitational waves could be of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave

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web search NEUTRAL — The Dark Photon and Gravitational Wave Conversion. Decoupling of Photon States Inside the Sun.We investigate the conversion of kinetic mixing dark photon dark matter into gravitational waves within th…
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2407.11653

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web search NEUTRAL — Photons can also be redirected by magnetic fields and gravitational lensing, complicating their interpretation. But photons remain the dominant astronomical messenger by orders of magnitude.
https://neutrino-times.com/articles/multi-messenger-astronom…

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Claim 8: “Berté was granted a Science Without Borders Fellowship to pursue a PhD at the Imperial College London (UK)”

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Google Scholar results show Rodrigo Berté associated with Imperial College London, but the provided evidence does not explicitly mention the 'Science Without Borders Fellowship'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Imperial College London is a world-leading university for science, technology, engineering, medicine and business (STEMB). Across our London campuses, and throughout our international network, we use …
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/

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web search NEUTRAL — Science Advances: "Ancient genome-wide DNA from France highlights the...
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aaz5344

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web search NEUTRAL — Vincenzo Giannini Vincenzo GianniniCSIC; Imperial College London; AMOLFVerified email at csic.es. Richard Craster Richard CrasterProfessor of Mathematics, Imperial CollegeVerified email at imperial.ac…
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=01QrI3wAAAAJ&hl=en

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Claim 9: “gravitational waves (GWs)... entered the mainstream media a decade ago after their first direct detection”

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Multiple sources confirm the first direct detection of gravitational waves occurred in September 2015. One source explicitly mentions the '10th Anniversary' of this event, which aligns with the claim's timeline relative to 2025/2026.

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web search NEUTRAL — The first detection of gravitational waves was a very important event in science. Before this, just about everything we knew about the universe came from studying waves of light.
https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/gravitational-waves/en/

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web search NEUTRAL — The topic today involves another anniversary – 10 years since the first gravitational wave detection. However, that’s not quite accurate since the first wave to be detected hit our instruments at 10.5…
https://www.bigbangtobiology.net/blog/10th-anniversary-of-th…

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web search NEUTRAL — LIGO detected gravitational waves, or ripples in space and time, generated as the black holes merged. The simulation shows what the merger would look like if we could somehow get a closer look.
https://news.mit.edu/2016/ligo-first-detection-gravitational…

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