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Using finite difference time domain and band structure computer simulations, we show that it is possible to construct optical cavities and waveguide architectures in hyperuniform disordered photonic solids that are unattainable in photonic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-12 Marian Florescu , Salvatore Torquato , Paul Steinhardt

We study photon creation in a cavity with two perfectly conducting moving mirrors. We derive the dynamic equations of the modes and study different situations concerning various movements of the walls, such as translational or breathing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Paula I. Villar , Alejandro Soba , Fernando C. Lombardo

Optical cavities are an enabling technology of modern quantum science: from their essential role in the operation of lasers, to applications as fly-wheels in atomic clocks and interaction-enhancing components in quantum optics experiments,…

Optics · Physics 2021-08-04 Matt Jaffe , Lukas Palm , Claire Baum , Lavanya Taneja , Jonathan Simon

We employ a combined shape- and topology-optimization strategy to design manufacturable two-dimensional photonic crystal-based optical nanocavities that confine light to length scales well below the resonance wavelength. We present details…

Confining ultracold gases in cavities creates a paradigm of quantum trapping potentials. We show that this allows to bridge models with global collective and short-range interactions as novel quantum phases possess properties of both. Some…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2015-12-14 Santiago F. Caballero-Benitez , Igor B. Mekhov

Optical cavities are one of the best ways to increase atom-light coupling and will be a key ingredient for future quantum technologies that rely on light-matter interfaces. We demonstrate that traveling-wave "ring" cavities can achieve a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-09-24 Kevin C. Cox , David H. Meyer , Nathan A. Schine , Fredrik K. Fatemi , Paul D. Kunz

Near-concentric optical cavities of spherical mirrors can provide technical advantages over the conventional near-planar cavities in applications requiring strong atom-light interaction, as they concentrate light in a very small region of…

Exciton-polariton III-V semiconductor microcavities provide a robust platform for emulating complex Hamiltonians, enabling topological photonics and quantum simulation for advanced photonic functionalities. Here, we introduce two novel…

Overlaying commensurate optical lattices with various configurations called superlattices can lead to exotic lattice topologies and, in turn, a discovery of novel physics. In this study, by overlapping the maxima of lattices, a new isolated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-10-26 Xinhao Zou , Baoguo Yang , Xia Xu , Pengju Tang , Xiaoji Zhou

Photonic inverse design and, especially, topology optimization, enable dielectric cavities with deeply sub-diffraction mode volumes and high quality factors, thus offering a powerful platform for enhanced light-matter coupling. Here, we…

The multiple-pass optical cell is an important tool for laser absorption spectroscopy and its many applications. For most practical applications, such as trace-gas detection, a compact and robust design is essential. Here we report an…

Optics · Physics 2015-05-19 Dipankar Das , Andrew C. Wilson

Miniaturized and rationally assembled nanostructures exhibit extraordinarily distinct physical properties beyond their individual units. This review will focus on structured small-scale optical cavities that show unique electromagnetic near…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-25 Danqing Wang , Ankun Yang

We investigate the physics of a gas of ultracold atoms coupled to three single-mode optical cavities and transversely pumped with a laser. Recent work has demonstrated that, for two cavities, the $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ symmetries of each cavity…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2018-08-22 Ezequiel Rodríguez Chiacchio , Andreas Nunnenkamp

Cavity optomechanics explores the coupling between the optical field and the mechanical oscillation to induce cooling and regenerative oscillation in a mechanical oscillator. So far, optomechanics relies on the detuning between the cavity…

We have realized a suspended, high-reflectivity focusing metamirror ($f\approx 10$ cm, $\mathcal{R} \approx 99\%$) by non-periodic photonic crystal patterning of a Si$_3$N$_4$ membrane. The design enables construction of a stable, short…

Optics · Physics 2024-02-22 A. R. Agrawal , J. Manley , D. Allepuz-Requena , D. J. Wilson

Neutral atom arrays and optical cavity QED systems have developed in parallel as central pillars of modern experimental quantum science. While each platform has demonstrated exceptional capabilities-such as high-fidelity quantum logic in…

The engineering of specialty lasers with unconventional mode structures is one of the modern challenges in the development of integrated coherent sources. Examples include the use of bound states in the continuum, microlasers with orbital…

We present a novel microfabricated optical cavity, which combines a very small mode volume with high finesse. In contrast to other micro-resonators, such as microspheres, the structure we have built gives atoms and molecules direct access…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Trupke , E. A. Hinds , S. Eriksson , E. A. Curtis , Z. Moktadir , E. Kukharenka , M. Kraft

As part of the R&D toward the production of high flux of polarised Gamma-rays we have designed and built a non-planar four-mirror optical cavity with a high finesse and operated it at a particle accelerator. We report on the main challenges…

We investigate long-range pairing interactions between ultracold fermionic atoms confined in an optical lattice which are mediated by the coupling to a cavity. In the absence of other perturbations, we find three degenerate pairing…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-10-02 Frank Schlawin , Dieter Jaksch