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 …

Whispering gallery mode sensors

MR Foreman, JD Swaim, F Vollmer - Advances in optics and …, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We present a comprehensive overview of sensor technology exploiting optical whispering
gallery mode (WGM) resonances. After a short introduction we begin by detailing the …

Advances and prospects for whispering gallery mode microcavities

S Yang, Y Wang, H Sun - Advanced Optical Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Microlasers have experienced tremendous development in the past decade and become an
essential part in laser evolution, as miniature lasers provide strong optical confinement and …

Optical microcavities

KJ Vahala - nature, 2003 - nature.com
Optical microcavities confine light to small volumes by resonant recirculation. Devices based
on optical microcavities are already indispensable for a wide range of applications and …

Review Label-free detection with high-Q microcavities: a review of biosensing mechanisms for integrated devices

F Vollmer, L Yang - Nanophotonics, 2012 - degruyter.com
Optical microcavities that confine light in high-Q resonance promise all of the capabilities
required for a successful next-generation microsystem biodetection technology. Label-free …

Whispering gallery microcavity lasers

L He, ŞK Özdemir, L Yang - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical microresonators have attracted intense interests in
the past decades. The combination of high quality factors (Q) and small mode volumes of …

Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator

P Del'Haye, A Schliesser, O Arcizet, T Wilken… - Nature, 2007 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs,, provide equidistant frequency markers in the infrared, visible and
ultraviolet,, and can be used to link an unknown optical frequency to a radio or microwave …

Spherical whispering‐gallery‐mode microresonators

A Chiasera, Y Dumeige, P Feron… - Laser & Photonics …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Whispering‐gallery modes (WGM) on a spherical surface were first described by Lord
Rayleigh at the beginning of the last century, but only after the invention of laser did they …

Whispering gallery mode microresonators: fundamentals and applications

GC Righini, Y Dumeige, P Féron, M Ferrari… - La Rivista del Nuovo …, 2011 - Springer
Confinement of light into small volumes has become an essential requirement for photonic
devices; examples of this trend are provided by optical fibers, integrated optical circuits …

[PDF][PDF] Optical resonators with whispering gallery modes I: basics

AB Matsko, VS Ilchenko - IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron, 2006 - researchgate.net
Optical resonators with whispering gallery modes I: Basics Page 1 IEEE JSTQE VOL. 12, NO.
1, JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2006, PP.3-14 1 Optical resonators with whispering gallery modes I …