Lasing of carbon dots: Chemical design, mechanisms, and bright future

Y Zhang, S Lu - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Carbon dots (CDs) are a new solution-processable laser material. They offer advantages of
non-toxicity, low cost, and high stability, making them attractive for the sustainable …

Single-mode laser by parity-time symmetry breaking

L Feng, ZJ Wong, RM Ma, Y Wang, X Zhang - Science, 2014 - science.org
Effective manipulation of cavity resonant modes is crucial for emission control in laser
physics and applications. Using the concept of parity-time symmetry to exploit the interplay …

Direct laser writing of volumetric gradient index lenses and waveguides

CR Ocier, CA Richards, DA Bacon-Brown… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Direct laser writing (DLW) has been shown to render 3D polymeric optical components,
including lenses, beam expanders, and mirrors, with submicrometer precision. However …

Measurements of the refractive indices and thermo-optic coefficients of Si3N4 and SiOx using microring resonances

A Arbabi, LL Goddard - Optics letters, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We present a method for determining the core and cladding refractive indices of a microring
resonator from its measured quasi-transverse electric and magnetic resonant modes. We …

Parametric amplification induced giant nonreciprocal unconventional photon blockade in a single microring resonator

DW Liu, KW Huang, Y Wu, LG Si - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We theoretically propose an all-optical scheme to implement a giant nonreciprocal
unconventional photon blockade (UPB) in a single photonic device. By considering the …

Synthetic reflection self-injection-locked microcombs

AE Ulanov, T Wildi, NG Pavlov, JD Jost, M Karpov… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Laser-driven microresonators have enabled chip-integrated light sources with unique
properties, including the self-organized formation of ultrashort soliton pulses and frequency …

Folded digital meta-lenses for on-chip spectrometer

Z Zhang, Y Liu, Z Wang, Y Zhang, X Guo, S Xiao… - Nano Letters, 2023 - ACS Publications
In-plane diffractive optical networks based on meta-surfaces are promising for on-chip
application. The design constraints of regular antenna unit place ultimate limits on the …

Universal frequency engineering tool for microcavity nonlinear optics: multiple selective mode splitting of whispering-gallery resonances

X Lu, A Rao, G Moille, DA Westly, K Srinivasan - Photonics research, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Whispering-gallery microcavities have been used to realize a variety of efficient parametric
nonlinear optical processes through the enhanced light–matter interaction brought about by …

Reconfigurable long-range phonon dynamics in optomechanical arrays

A Xuereb, C Genes, G Pupillo, M Paternostro… - Physical Review Letters, 2014 - APS
We investigate periodic optomechanical arrays as reconfigurable platforms for engineering
the coupling between multiple mechanical and electromagnetic modes and for exploring …

Compact SOI optimized slot microring coupled phase-shifted Bragg grating resonator for sensing

CY Zhao, L Zhang, CM Zhang - Optics communications, 2018 - Elsevier
We propose a novel sensor structure composed of a slot microring and a phase-shifted
sidewall Bragg gratings in a slot waveguide. We first present a theoretical analysis of …