This Colloquium describes a new paradigm for creating strong quantum interactions of light
and matter by way of single atoms and photons in nanoscopic lattices. Beyond the …

Optical microcavities confine light to small volumes by resonant recirculation. Devices based
on optical microcavities are already indispensable for a wide range of applications and …

Materials engineered at the micro-and nanometer scales have had a tremendous and
lasting impact in photonics and phononics. At much larger scales, natural soils civil …

An approach to optimizing the Q factors of two-dimensional photonic crystal (2D-PC)
nanocavities based on deep learning is hereby proposed and demonstrated. We prepare a …

A new class of composite materials has emerged which provides a means to control and
manipulate light. These materials, known as photonic crystals, are periodic arrays of …

Photonic cavities that strongly confine light are finding applications in many areas of physics
and engineering, including coherent electron–photon interactions, ultra-small filters,, low …

Quantum simulation with cold atoms in optical lattices is an attractive avenue for
explorations of quantum many-body physics. A principal challenge in the field is to increase …

Photonic crystal nanobeam cavities are versatile platforms of interest for optical
communications, optomechanics, optofluidics, cavity QED, etc. In a previous work [Appl …

Photonic crystal nanocavities that simultaneously possess small modal volumes and high
quality (Q) factors have opened up novel research areas in photonics during this decade …

High-quality factor (Q) photonic nanocavities that strongly confine photons in volumes of
optical-wavelength dimension are attracting much attention in various fields, including …