Enhancing the sensitivity of frequency and energy splitting detection by using exceptional points: application to microcavity sensors for single-particle detection

J Wiersig - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
Several types of sensors used in physics are based on the detection of splittings of resonant
frequencies or energy levels. We propose here to operate such sensors at so-called …

Sensors operating at exceptional points: General theory

J Wiersig - Physical review A, 2016 - APS
A general theory of sensors based on the detection of splittings of resonant frequencies or
energy levels operating at so-called exceptional points is presented. Exploiting the complex …

Structure of whispering-gallery modes in optical microdisks perturbed by nanoparticles

J Wiersig - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and Optical …, 2011 - APS
It is a well-known fact that a single nanoparticle placed in the evanescent field of an optical
microdisk leads to coherent backscattering of light between counterpropagating whispering …

Resonant-state expansion applied to three-dimensional open optical systems

MB Doost, W Langbein, EA Muljarov - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
The resonant-state expansion (RSE), a rigorous perturbative method in electrodynamics, is
developed for three-dimensional open optical systems. Results are presented using the …

Excitation mechanisms of whispering gallery modes with direct light scattering

X Zambrana‐Puyalto, D D'Ambrosio… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In optics, whispering gallery modes (WGMs) are modes of light that arise in cylindrically
symmetric structures. Their intensity profile is strongly confined around the interface of the …

Simulation of enhanced optical trap** in a perforated dielectric microsphere amplified by resonant energy backflow

YE Geints, IV Minin, OV Minin - Optics Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Optical energy flow inside a dielectric microsphere exposed to an optical wave is usually
codirected with its wave vector. At the same time, if the optical field in a microparticle is in …

Theory of resonance shifts of whispering gallery modes by arbitrary plasmonic nanoparticles

MR Foreman, F Vollmer - New Journal of Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Shifts of the resonance frequency of high Q whispering gallery modes (WGMs) in spherical
dielectric microresonators by plasmonic nanoparticles can be greater than the WGM line …

Modulation of high quality factors in rolled-up microcavities

Y Fang, S Li, Y Mei - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
We systematically investigate the evolution of resonant modes in a rolled-up microcavity as
the overlap length between structural notches increases, which presents a modulation …

Directional emission of dielectric disks with a finite scatterer in the THz regime

S Preu, SI Schmid, F Sedlmeir, J Evers… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
In the Terahertz (THz) domain, we investigate both numerically and experimentally the
directional emission of whispering gallery mode resonators that are perturbed by a small …

Comprehensive T-matrix reference database: a 2009–2011 update

NT Zakharova, G Videen, NG Khlebtsov - Journal of Quantitative …, 2012 - Elsevier
The T-matrix method is one of the most versatile and efficient theoretical techniques widely
used for the computation of electromagnetic scattering by single and composite particles …