光学
Optical cavities are frequently used in quantum technologies to enhance light matter interactions, with applications including single photon generation and entanglement of distant emitters. The Fabry-P\'{e}rot resonator is a popular choice…
Integrated coherent sources of ultra-violet (UV) light are essential for a wide range of applications, from ion-based quantum computing and optical clocks to gas sensing and microscopy. Conventional approaches that rely on UV gain materials…
Color centers in diamond are a promising platform for quantum computing applications because of their optical and spin properties. However, diamond presents some technological challenges that limit its use in complex or large photonic…
We develop a compact theory of time-reversed Young (TRY) interference beyond the symmetric two-slit geometry by considering equally spaced three-slit, finite $N$-slit, and infinite periodic slit arrays. In the TRY configuration, a point…
Exciton-polariton lasers are coherent light sources which do not require the population inversion (transparency) condition to be fulfilled. They have been conceptualized at the end of the XXth century but until now they operate almost…
Precise and flexible control of structured light fields is essential for applications ranging from optical trapping and quantum simulation to microscopy and materials processing. Acousto-optical deflectors (AODs) are widely used in these…
We study electromagnetic wave propagation in homogeneous dielectrics endowed with a linear magnetoelectric (ME) response in the geometric-optics regime. Assuming isotropic permittivity and permeability while keeping a generic $3\times 3$ ME…
We present a numerical study of a divergent-beam Kretschmann surface plasmon resonance (SPR) platform for multiplexed malaria biosensing. A Powell-lens-generated angular fan enables camera-based angular interrogation of spatially separated…
Photonic stepped-frequency (SF) radar offers high range resolution and only requires low-speed driving electronics, but existing architectures face challenges in achieving low phase noise and uniform frequency steps simultaneously. Here, we…
We report a systematic methodology to obtain supermodes with equidistant effective index distribution and to excite arbitrary target supermodes with high precision. By employing a multi-well optical potential realized by a judiciously…
Light with complex structures in polarization, phase and amplitude, has attracted a lot of attention in a broad range of applications and fundamental studies in classical and quantum optics. Along with the increased interest in structured…
Metasurfaces have emerged as a powerful platform for compact optical sensors by replacing bulky lenses with flat arrays of subwavelength nanostructures. In precision optical metrology, the simultaneous mapping of a beam's polarization state…
We demonstrate a low noise, high-gain, resonant optical amplifier that combines injection locking with feed-forward cancellation of residual phase noise. The wavelength-agnostic architecture uses a commercial semiconductor diode laser as a…
We highlight the important role of the Fourier transform in deriving inversion formulas for the integral transforms of tomographic imaging. We demonstrate this principle by deriving inversion formulas for the divergent beam transform and…
Single-photon emitters (SPEs) are central to quantum communication, computing, and metrology, yet their development remains constrained by trade-offs in purity, indistinguishability, and tunability. This review presents a mechanism-based…
Laser beams with high optical power propagating in a Kerr medium can undergo self-focusing when their power exceeds a critical power determined by the optical properties of the medium. The highly concentrated energy close to the in the…
Brillouin microscopy is an emerging optical technique for probing mechanical properties with submicron resolution, offering fully non-contact, label-free operation. Despite its unique capabilities, broader adoption has been limited by slow…
Photoluminescence (PL) is a fundamental light-matter interaction in which absorbed photons are re-emitted, playing a key role in science and engineering. It is commonly modeled by introducing a non-zero chemical potential into Planck's law…
Deep frequency modulation interferometry (DFMI) resolves phase ambiguity in absolute distance measurements by jointly estimating two length-encoding parameters: the coarse and unambiguous effective modulation depth ($m$), and the fine but…
Optical images of transparent three-dimensional objects can be different from a replica of the object's cross section in the image plane due to refraction at the surface or in the body of the object. Simulations of the object's image are…