High sensitivity nanoparticle detection using optical. Solitons are selfsustained wavepackets that occur in many physical systems. They are the basis of numerous applied and fundamental studies, such as cavity qed, photonics and sensing. Download microcavities are semiconductor, metal, or dielectric structures providing optical confinement in one, two or three dimensions. Of all resonant geometries, surface tensioninduced microcavities, such as silica microspheres, exhibit the highest qfactor to date of. Physics and device applications of optical microcavities. Optical microcavities are resonators that have at least one dimension on the order of a single optical wavelength. Optical microcavities confine light to small volumes by resonant recirculation. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. It is found, that microcavities with ultrahigh enter a regime where scattering of light into the degen. Quantum state transfer in optical microcavities plays an important role in quantum information processing and is essential in many optical devices such as optical frequency converters and diodes. Vahala california institute of technology, mail stop 12895, pasadena, california 91125, usa email. Nonlinear optics in highq microresonators kerry vahala.
Vahala s team studies light solitons by having them recirculate indefinitely in micrometerscale circular circuits called optical microcavities. In recent decades, various fabrication techniques of microcavities with higher quality factors q and smaller mode volumes v m have been developed, pushing forward studies from fundamental. Simulations of rolledup optical microcavities using comsol. Devices based on optical microcavities are already indispensable for a wide range of appl. Vahala, optical microcavities, nature 424, 839 2003. High sensitivity nanoparticle detection using optical microcavities tao lu, hansuek lee, tong chen, steven herchak, jihun kim, scott e. Optical microcavity sensors are renowned for ultrahigh sensitivities due to strongly enhanced light. Selected topics journal of quantum electronics, submit ted2004. Recent advances of organic solar cells with optical. Single nanoparticle detection using optical microcavities. Semantic scholar profile for kerry j vahala, with 261 highly influential citations and 276 scientific research papers.
They can, for example, modify the spatial distribution of radiation power, change the spectral width of the emitted light, and enhance or suppress the spontaneous emission. Optical microcavities are structures that enable confinement of light to microscale volumes. Optical microcavities trap light in compact volumes by the mechanisms of. Optical microcavities download optical microcavities ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. Here, a perturbed lagrangian approach is used to derive simple analytical expressions for the sfs and the soliton. Existing schemes are effective and realized by tuning the coupling strengths between modes. Request pdf optical microcavities optical microcavities confine light to small volumes by resonant. Flagan, kerry vahala proceedings of the national academy of sciences apr 2011, 108 15 59765979. Optical microcavities 9789812387752, 9789812565730. Click download or read online button to optical microcavities book pdf for free now. Kerry vahala at california institute of technology.
However, such approaches are severely restricted due to the small amount of strength that can be tuned and. Wgm optical microcavities confined by total internal reflection tir. For example, in a simple optical waveguide sensor, the input light has only one opportunity to. Xu yi, qifan yang, ki youl yang, kerry vahala submitted on 19 may 2018 abstract. Optical microcavities are structures that enable confinement of lightto microscale volumes. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. The name microcavity stems from the fact that it is often only a few micrometers thick, the spacer layer. About the editorkerry vahala is the ted and ginger jenkins professor of information science and technology and profes. Pdf imaging soliton dynamics in optical microcavities. Devices based on optical microcavities are already indispensable for a wide range of applications and studies. Dissipative kerr cavity solitons experience a socalled selffrequency shift sfs as a result of raman interactions. Nonlinear optics in ultrahighq whisperinggallery optical.
Polman, 2004 not only demonstrate very high wgmode q. At the end of the 20th century, microcavities have attracted attention due to the discovery of a strong excitonlight coupling regime allowing for the formation of superposition lightmatter quasiparticles. An optical microcavity or microresonator is a structure formed by reflecting faces on the two sides of a spacer layer or optical medium, or by wrapping a waveguide in a circular fashion to form a ring. Optical microcavities confine light at resonant frequencies for extended periods of time and fundamentally alter the interaction of light with matter. Optical microcavities by kerry vahala editor alibris. The raman process has also been shown numerically to influence the soliton pumping efficiency. Recent advances of organic solar cells with optical microcavities. State key laboratory of integrated optoelectronics, college of electronic science and engineering, jilin university, 2699 qianjin street, changchun, 012 p. The frequency shift has been observed in several microcavity systems. High sensitivity nanoparticle detection using optical microcavities tao lu a,b,1,2, hansuek leea,1, tong chena, steven herchakb, jihun kima, scott e. Optical microcavities advanced series in applied physics. Like a tuning fork for light, optical resonators have a characteristic set of frequencies. Download pdf optical microcavities free online new.
Recent journal publications caltech vahala research group. Optical microcavities download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Since 20 he has also served as the executive officer of the department of applied physics and materials science at caltech vahala studies the physics and applications of photonic devices called optical. California institute of technology, mail stop 12895, pasadena, california 91125, usa email. The universal importance of these structures has made them indispensable to a wide range of fields. Optical microcavities by vahala kerry and publisher world scientific. Subtle difference in optical absorption between d 2 o and h 2 o is magnified due to light circulation in cavity.
Osa theory and measurement of the soliton selffrequency. The former type is a standing wave cavity, and the latter is a traveling wave cavity. Kerry vahala california institute of technology, usa. Ultrasensitive detection of changes of refractive index. Optical microcavities have been proposed as a powerful method to achieve labelfree detection of single molecules because the resonant recirculation of light within a microcavity allows the light to sample target molecules many more times 1821. Solitons have applications in the creation of highly accurate optical clocks, and can be used in microwave oscillators that are. Optical microcavities are essential in numerous technologies and scientific disciplines. Optical microcavities by kerry vahala 9789812387752. Kerry vahala optical microcavities world of digitals. The universal importance of these structureshas made them indispensable to a wide range of fields. Optical microcavities advanced applied physics by kerry vahala editor isbn. Handbook of optical microcavities download ebook pdf.
Optical microcavities kerry vahala bok 9789812387752. Their recent demonstration in optical microresonators has provided a new platform for. Vahala is the ted and ginger jenkins professor of information science and technology and professor of applied physics at the california institute of technology caltech. Xu yi, qifan yang, ki youl yang, and kerry vahala theory and measurement of the soliton selffrequency shift and efficiency in optical microcavities optics letters 41, 34193422 2016 pascal delhaye, aurelien coillet, tara fortier, katja beha, daniel c. Osa frequencytuninginduced state transfer in optical. Optical microcavities have attracted strong research interests, for their unique property of confining photons for a long time in small volumes, which significantly enhances lightmatter interaction. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Flagand, and kerry vahalaa,2 adepartment of applied physics, mc 12895, california institute of technology, pasadena, ca 91125. For example, microcavities made of active iiiv semiconductor materials control laser emission spectra to enable longdistance transmission of data over optical fibres. For several years, optical microresonators mrs deserve a large attention due to their specific spectral and temporal optical properties required for a wide range of applications and studies such as filteringdemultiplexing wavelength, optical. Optical microcavities advanced series in applied physics by kerry vahala isbn. These structures enable one to control the optical emission properties of materials placed inside them.
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