{"id":"8aba8e17-18a0-4590-931f-598884792165","arxiv_id":"1908.00429","paper_version":1,"verdict":"CONDITIONAL","confidence":"MODERATE","novelty_score":6.0,"correctness_risk":"medium","formal_verification":"none","parameter_count":2,"one_line_summary":"Light is confined and routed in a patterned low-index polymer on a high-index LiNbO3 substrate via bound states in the continuum, enabling integrated photonic components without patterning the single crystal.","lead":"This paper shows that light can be guided and manipulated in a low-index polymer layer resting on a high-index lithium niobate crystal, without etching the crystal, using bound states in the continuum. The demonstrated waveguides, cavities, couplers, and modulators could let chip makers use hard-to-pattern single-crystal materials in integrated photonics.","discovery_kind":"new_application","skeptic_critique":null,"referee_report":null,"author_rebuttal":null,"desk_editor":null,"rs_alignment":null,"lean_confirmation":null,"pith_extraction":null,"created_at":"2026-08-14T15:58:12.905019+00:00","model_set":{"reader":"deepseek-v4-flash"},"falsifier":null,"supporting_citations":[],"review_version":1}