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An optical resonator is often called fully tunable if its tunable range exceeds the spectral interval that contains the resonances at all the characteristic modes of this resonator. For the high Q-factor spheroidal and toroidal…

Optics · Physics 2016-04-13 M. Sumetsky , Y. Dulashko , R. S. Windeler

Realizing highly sensitive interferometry is essential to accurate observation of quantum properties. Here we study two kinds of Ramsey interference fringes in a whispering-gallery resonator, where the coherent phonons for free evolution…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-03-12 Xian-Fu Quan , Zhi-Rui Gong , Shuo Zhang , Liang Chen , Jian-Qi Zhang , Mang Feng

The mid-infrared spectral range (2 to 20 \mu m) is of particular importance for chemistry, biology and physics as many molecules exhibit strong ro-vibrational fingerprints. Frequency combs - broad spectral bandwidth coherent light sources…

A high Q-factor microwave resonator in a high magnetic field could be used in a wide range of applications, especially for enhancing the scanning speed in axion dark matter research. In this letter, we introduce a polygon-shaped resonant…

We report on the development of a frequency modulatable 795 nm semiconductor laser based on self-injection locking to a high quality factor whispering gallery mode microresonator. The laser is characterized with residual amplitude…

We report a new technique of scanning capacitance microscopy at microwave frequencies. A near field scanning microwave microscope probe is kept at a constant height of about 1nm above the samplewith the help of Scanning Tunneling Microscope…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Atif Imtiaz , Steven M. Anlage

Optical microcavities support Whispering Gallery Modes (WGMs) with a very high quality factor Q. However, WGMs typically display a far-field isotropic emission profile and modifying this far-field profile without spoiling the associated…

We report an approach to achieve deeply sub-diffractive mode volumes in all-dielectric ring resonators. Specifically, we leverage simultaneous usage of nanostructured subwavelength metamaterial waveguides and excitation of standing wave…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-04 Saddam Gafsi , Judson D. Ryckman

We analyze a whispering gallery mode biosensor with a metallic nanorod bound to its surface. It is found that a localized surface plasmon resonance in the nanorod can reduce the optical mode volume of the resonator by as much as four orders…

Optics · Physics 2017-02-01 Jon D. Swaim , Joachim Knittel , Warwick P. Bowen

The amplitude of self-oscillating mechanical resonators in cavity optomechanical systems is typically limited by nonlinearities arising from the cavity's finite optical bandwidth. We propose and demonstrate a feedback technique for…

Open Fabry-Perot microcavities represent a promising route for achieving a quantum electrodynamics (cavity-QED) platform with diamond-based emitters. In particular, they offer the opportunity to introduce high purity, minimally fabricated…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-11-06 Erika Janitz , Maximilian Ruf , Mark Dimock , Alexandre Bourassa , Jack Sankey , Lilian Childress

Whispering gallery mode (WGM) microcavities have been widely used for high-sensitivity ultrasound detection, due to their optical and mechanical resonances enhanced sensitivity. The ultrasound sensitivity of the cavity optomechanical system…

Quasi-transverse-electric and -transverse-magnetic fundamental whispering gallery modes in a polymer-coated silica microtoroid are theoretically investigated and demonstrated to possess very high-quality factors. The existence of a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-20 Yun-Feng Xiao , Chang-Ling Zou , Peng Xue , Lixin Xiao , Yan Li , Chun-Hua Dong , Zheng-Fu Han , Qihuang Gong

We demonstrate broadband tuning of an optomechanical microcavity optical resonance by exploring the large optomechanical coupling of a double-wheel microcavity and its uniquely low mechanical stiffness. Using a pump laser with only 13 mW at…

Multiple-post reentrant 3D lumped cavity modes have been realized to design the concept of discrete Whispering Gallery and Fabry-Perot-like Modes for multimode microwave Quantum Electrodynamics experiments. Using a magnon spin-wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-02-11 Nikita Kostylev , Maxim Goryachev , Michael E. Tobar

Optical reference resonators serve as a cornerstone in various scientific fields. In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for compact ultrastable reference resonators capable of operating in ambient environments, enabling…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-08 Xing Jin , Xuanyi Zhang , Fangxing Zhang , Zhenyu Xie , Shui-Jing Tang , Qi-Fan Yang

Length and g-factor are fundamental parameters that characterize optical cavities. We developed a technique to measure these parameters in-situ by determining the frequency spacing between the resonances of fundamental and spatial modes of…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-05 Alberto Stochino , Koji Arai , Rana X. Adhikari

A comprehensive investigation of the frequency-noise spectral density of a free-running mid-infrared quantum-cascade laser is presented for the first time. It provides direct evidence of the leveling of this noise down to a white noise…

To derive the best oscillator phase noise when implementing a high-Q resonator, the spectral line-shape must have high contrast and symmetry. Ideally, this line-shape is Lorentzian, however, in a high mode density spectral region, low-Q…

The semicylindrical microresonator with relatively simple excitation with a plane wave is studied. The resonator is formed on the base of the dielectric/metal/dielectric structure, where the wave energy penetrates into resonator through a…