Whispering gallery mode (WGM) optical microresonators have attracted intense interests in
the past decades. The combination of high quality factors (Q) and small mode volumes of …

Optofluidic biolasers are emerging as a highly sensitive way to measure changes in
biological molecules. Biolasers, which incorporate biological material into the gain medium …

Near-infrared (NIR) lasers are key components for applications, such as telecommunication,
spectroscopy, display, and biomedical tissue imaging. Inorganic III–V semiconductor (GaAs) …

Optofluidic lasers are an emerging technology for the development of miniaturized light
sources and biological and chemical sensors. However, most optofluidic lasers …

When light scatters off a sphere, it produces a rich Mie spectrum full of overlap**
resonances. Single resonances can be explained with a quantum analogy and result in …

Laser-based photonic technologies are widely used in medical applications for sensing and
diagnosis. Traditionally, optical medical devices are based on solid-state materials, such as …

We report single-mode and multimode lasing from isolated spherical liquid microcavities
containing CdSe/ZnS nanocrystal quantum dots. Lasing is observed at densities more than …

Fluorescent proteins are indispensable for selective, quantitative visualization of
localization, dynamics, and interactions of key molecular constituents of live cells …

We demonstrate efficient coupling to the optical whispering gallery modes (WGMs) of
nematic liquid crystal (NLC) microdroplets immersed in an immiscible aqueous environment …

We will review recent advances in the investigation of optical modes in single three‐
dimensional whispering‐gallery microcavities and coupled microresonators. Due to the …