Whispering-gallery-mode sensors for biological and physical sensing

D Yu, M Humar, K Meserve, RC Bailey… - Nature reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The term whispering gallery mode (WGM) was first introduced to describe the curvilinear
propagation of sound waves under a cathedral dome. The physical concept has now been …

Micro-combs: A novel generation of optical sources

A Pasquazi, M Peccianti, L Razzari, DJ Moss, S Coen… - Physics Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
The quest towards the integration of ultra-fast, high-precision optical clocks is reflected in the
large number of high-impact papers on the topic published in the last few years. This interest …

Phototunable chip-scale topological photonics: 160 Gbps waveguide and demultiplexer for THz 6G communication

A Kumar, M Gupta, P Pitchappa, N Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The revolutionary 5G cellular systems represent a breakthrough in the communication
network design to provide a single platform for enabling enhanced broadband …

Optical whispering-gallery mode barcodes for high-precision and wide-range temperature measurements

J Liao, L Yang - Light: Science & Applications, 2021 - nature.com
Temperature is one of the most fundamental physical properties to characterize various
physical, chemical, and biological processes. Even a slight change in temperature could …

Integrated lithium niobate photonics

Y Qi, Y Li - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
Lithium niobate (LiNbO3) on insulator (LNOI) is a promising material platform for integrated
photonics due to single crystal LiNbO3 film's wide transparent window, high refractive index …

Observation of the exceptional-point-enhanced Sagnac effect

YH Lai, YK Lu, MG Suh, Z Yuan, K Vahala - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Exceptional points (EPs) are special spectral degeneracies of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians
that govern the dynamics of open systems. At an EP, two or more eigenvalues, and the …

Microresonator soliton dual-comb spectroscopy

MG Suh, QF Yang, KY Yang, X Yi, KJ Vahala - Science, 2016 - science.org
Measurement of optical and vibrational spectra with high resolution provides a way to
identify chemical species in cluttered environments and is of general importance in many …

Topological sensor on a silicon chip

A Kumar, M Gupta, P Pitchappa, YJ Tan… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
An ultrasensitive photonic sensor is vital for sensing matter with absolute specificity. High
specificity terahertz photonic sensors are essential in many fields, including medical …

Coherent perfect absorbers: linear control of light with light

DG Baranov, A Krasnok, T Shegai, A Alù… - Nature Reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
The absorption of electromagnetic energy by a material is a phenomenon that underlies
many applications, including molecular sensing, photocurrent generation and …

Earth rotation measured by a chip-scale ring laser gyroscope

YH Lai, MG Suh, YK Lu, B Shen, QF Yang, H Wang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Optical gyroscopes are among the most accurate rotation measuring devices and are widely
used for navigation and accurate pointing. Since the advent of photonic integrated …