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We present an optical mode solver for a whispering gallery resonator coupled to an adjacent arbitrary shaped nano-particle that breaks the axial symmetry of the resonator. Such a hybrid resonator-nanoparticle is similar to what was recently…

The relative intensity noise (RIN) of a solid state whispering-gallery-mode class-B laser is studied both theoretically and experimentally under different pumping regimes. In particular, we show that harmonics of the spiking frequency are…

Broadband mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectroscopy applications could greatly benefit from today's well-developed, highly scalable silicon photonics technology; however, this platform lacks broadband transparency due to its reliance on absorptive…

We report on the fabrication and characterization of single-photon-sensitive WSi superconducting detectors with wire widths from 1 {\mu}m to 3 {\mu}m. The devices achieve saturated internal detection efficiency at 1.55 {\mu}m wavelength and…

The PRobe far-Infrared Mission for Astrophysics (PRIMA) is under study as a potential far-IR space mission, featuring actively cooled optics, and both imaging and spectroscopic instrumentation. To fully take advantage of the low background…

Fiber based whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) microprobe, combining both the high optical field enhancement of the WGMs and the practicability of the fiber probe, is highly demanded in sensing and imaging. Here in this paper, we experimentally…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-21 Fangjie Shu , Xuefeng Jiang , Guangming Zhao , Lan Yang

In this letter we introduce a new type of infrared sensor, based on thermocouple nanoantennas, which enables the energy detection and gathering in the mid-infrared region. The proposed detector combines the Seebeck effect, as a transduction…

Galaxy and occupies perhaps a quarter of the volume of the Galactic disk. Decoding the spectrum of the Galactic diffuse ionizing field is of fundamental interest. This can be done via direct measurements of ionization fractions of various…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-07 S. R. Kulkarni , Charles Beichman , Michael E. Ressler

Spectroscopy and imaging in the mid-infrared (2.5 $\mu$m $\sim$ $\lambda$ $\sim$ 25 $\mu$m) is bedevilled by the presence of a strong 300 K thermal background at room temperature that makes IR detectors decades noisier than can be readily…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Yue Ma , Nathan Gemmell , Emma Pearce , Rupert Oulton , Chris Phillips

We present a design for a tunneling-current-assisted scanning near-field microwave microscope. For stable operation at cryogenic temperatures, making a small and rigid microwave probe is important. Our coaxial resonator probe has a length…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-13 Hideyuki Takahashi , yoshinori imai , Atsutaka Maeda

We present a compact current sensor based on a superconducting microwave lumped-element resonator with a nanowire kinetic inductor, operating at 4.2 K. The sensor is suitable for multiplexed readout in GHz range of large-format arrays of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-09-11 S. Doerner , A. Kuzmin , K. Graf , S. Wuensch , I. Charaev , M. Siegel

Infrared (IR) imaging is one of the significant tools for the quality control measurements of fabricated samples. Standard IR imaging techniques use direct measurements, where light sources and detectors operate at IR range. Due to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-09-01 Anna V. Paterova , Hongzhi Yang , Zi S. D. Toa , Leonid A. Krivitsky

In this work we compute the resonant wavelength of whispering gallery modes for bulk-fused silica microspheres including chromatic dispersion. This is done following two methods: by solving the exact characteristic equation and, on the…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-21 L. Velázquez-Ibarra , J. Barranco

We demonstrate position and energy-resolved phonon-mediated detection of particle interactions in a silicon substrate instrumented with an array of microwave kinetic inductance detectors (MKIDs). The relative magnitude and delay of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-06-12 D. C. Moore , S. R. Golwala , B. Bumble , B. Cornell , P. K. Day , H. G. LeDuc , J. Zmuidzinas

We have demonstrated higher-order optical resonance node detection by using an integrated disk microresonator from through port of the coupling bus waveguide. In addition to the fundamental mode, the disk resonator has higher-order…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-30 M. Ostrowski , P. Pignalosa , H. Smith , Yasha Yi

We present the characterization of 8-12 GHz whispering gallery mode resonators machined in high-quality sapphire crystals elaborated with different growth techniques. These microwave resonators are intended to constitute the reference…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2016-01-20 Vincent Giordano , Christophe Fluhr , Serge Grop , Benoit Dubois

Cooled infrared detectors with high sensitivity and high performance are widely applied in many fields. However, environmental disturbances such as intense light may cause a decline in their performance and even lead to permanent damage. In…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-04-01 Zi-Yi Zhang , Chen-Wu Wu

Mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectroscopy is a crucial workhorse for a plethora of analytical applications and is suitable for diverse materials, including gases, polymers or biological tissue. However, this technologically significant wavelength…

Optics · Physics 2022-02-23 Paul Kaufmann , Helen M. Chrzanowski , Aron Vanselow , Sven Ramelow

Infrared (IR) detectors are widely used due to their ability to sense thermal radiation. Recently, a room-temperature infrared detector known as the spintronic Poisson bolometer was introduced. While offering fast digital readout, its…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-02 Ziyi Yang , Leif Bauer , Zubin Jacob

We have developed a contact-less technique for the real time measurement of a-thermal (Cooper-pair breaking) phonons in an absorber held at sub-Kelvin temperatures. In particular, a thin-film aluminum superconducting resonator was realized…