Non-Hermitian optics is a burgeoning field at the intersection of quantum physics,
electrodynamics, and nanophotonics. It provides a new perspective of the role of gain and …

Cavity optomechanical systems enable interactions between light and mechanical
resonators, providing a platform both for fundamental physics of macroscopic quantum …

Ultrasonography and photoacoustic,(optoacoustic) tomography have recently seen great
advances in hardware and algorithms. However, current high-end systems still use a matrix …

Ultrasound and optical imagers are used widely in a variety of biological and medical
applications. In particular, multimodal implementations combining light and sound have …

Optical whispering-gallery mode (WGM) microresonators, confining resonant photons in a
microscale volume for long periods of time, strongly enhance light-matter interactions …

Optomechanical sensing based on the coupling between mechanical motions and optical
resonances has attracted huge interest in sensor applications due to its small footprint, high …

Aerospace technologies are crucial for modern civilization; space-based infrastructure
underpins weather forecasting, communications, terrestrial navigation and logistics …

Liquid-crystal microcavity lasers have attracted considerable attention because of their
extraordinary tunability and sensitive response to external stimuli, and because they operate …

Optical cavities are essential for enhancing the sensitivity of molecular absorption
spectroscopy, which finds widespread high-sensitivity gas sensing applications. However …

We propose and demonstrate experimentally the strong dissipative acousto-optic interaction
between a suspended vibrating microfiber and a whispering-gallery microcavity. On the one …