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 …

Optical microcavities that confine light in high-Q resonance promise all of the capabilities
required for a successful next-generation microsystem biodetection technology. Label-free …

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

High-and ultrahigh-Q whispering-gallery mode resonators have the capability to trap
photons by total internal reflection for a duration ranging from nanoseconds to milliseconds …

Whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators have attracted extensive attention and their
unique characteristics have led to some remarkable achievements. In particular, when …

Whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators have been exploited as a highly sensitive and
efficient sensing technique in the past few years. They offer the advantages of ultrahigh …

Ionised gas, ie, plasma, is a medium where electrons-ions dynamics are electrically and
magnetically altered. Electric and magnetic fields can modify plasma's optical loss …

Whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) microbubble resonators are ideal optical sensors due to
their high quality factor, small mode volume, high optical energy density, and …

Soap bubbles are simple, yet very unique and marvelous objects. They exhibit a number of
interesting properties such as beautiful interference colors and the formation of minimal …

Aerostatic tuning of whispering gallery modes (WGMs) in a microbubble resonator is
demonstrated. The optical modes are redshifted over hundreds of gigahertz (GHz) simply by …