Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources

A Pasquazi, M Peccianti, L Razzari, DJ Moss, S Coen… - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
The quest towards the integration of ultra-fast, high-precision optical clocks is reflected in the
large number of high-impact papers on the topic published in the last few years. This interest …

On-chip silicon photonic signaling and processing: a review

J Wang, Y Long - Science Bulletin, 2018 - Elsevier
The arrival of the big data era has driven the rapid development of high-speed optical
signaling and processing, ranging from long-haul optical communication links to short-reach …

Topological protection of photonic mid-gap defect modes

J Noh, WA Benalcazar, S Huang, MJ Collins… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Defect modes in two-dimensional periodic photonic structures have found use in diverse
optical devices. For example, photonic crystal cavities confine optical modes to …

Mid-infrared frequency comb via coherent dispersive wave generation in silicon nitride nanophotonic waveguides

H Guo, C Herkommer, A Billat, D Grassani, C Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Mid-infrared optical frequency combs are of significant interest for molecular spectroscopy
due to the large absorption of molecular vibrational modes on the one hand, and the ability …

Mid-infrared octave spanning supercontinuum generation to 8.5 μm in silicon-germanium waveguides

M Sinobad, C Monat, B Luther-Davies, P Ma… - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Efficient on-chip molecule and bio-agent detection can be achieved by accessing strong
molecular absorption lines in the mid-infrared, but it requires high output power broadband …

Axion and hidden photon dark matter detection with multilayer optical haloscopes

M Baryakhtar, J Huang, R Lasenby - Physical Review D, 2018 - APS
A well-motivated class of dark matter candidates, including axions and dark photons, takes
the form of coherent oscillations of a light bosonic field. If the dark matter couples to standard …

Ultrafast electro-optic light with subcycle control

DR Carlson, DD Hickstein, W Zhang, AJ Metcalf… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Light sources that are ultrafast and ultrastable enable applications like timing with
subfemtosecond precision and control of quantum and classical systems. Mode-locked …

Recent advances in high-contrast metastructures, metasurfaces, and photonic crystals

P Qiao, W Yang, CJ Chang-Hasnain - Advances in Optics and …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
In the past decade, the research field that uses arrays of high-index-contrast near-
wavelength dielectric structures on flat surfaces, known as high-contrast metastructures …

Machine learning analysis of extreme events in optical fibre modulation instability

M Närhi, L Salmela, J Toivonen, C Billet… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
A central research area in nonlinear science is the study of instabilities that drive extreme
events. Unfortunately, techniques for measuring such phenomena often provide only partial …

Broadband coherent Raman scattering microscopy

D Polli, V Kumar, CM Valensise… - Laser & Photonics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Spontaneous Raman (SR) microscopy allows label‐free chemically specific imaging based
on the vibrational response of molecules; however, due to the low Raman scattering cross …