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Optical microcavity

About: Optical microcavity is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2599 publications have been published within this topic receiving 72125 citations. The topic is also known as: optical microcavities.


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TL;DR: In this article, four archetypal geometries consisting of effectively one-dimensional sequences of coupled micro-resonators are considered, and two of these cases exhibit distributed feedback such as is found in a traditional multilayered structure supporting photonic bandgaps.
Abstract: Sequences of optical microresonators can be used to construct densely integrated structures that display slow group velocity, ultrahigh or low dispersion of controllable sign, enhanced self-phase modulation, and nonlinear optical switching. We consider four archetypal geometries consisting of effectively one-dimensional sequences of coupled microresonators. Two of these cases exhibit distributed feedback such as is found in a traditional multilayered structure supporting photonic bandgaps. The other two exhibit localized feedback and resonant enhancement but are free from photonic bandgaps. All of these structures offer unique properties useful for controlling the propagation of light pulses on a chip.

130 citations

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TL;DR: Realization of a microring resonator fabricated on lithium niobate (LiNbO3) makes the utilization of electro-optic tuning and nonlinear effects in the versatile photonic applications of microric resonators achievable.
Abstract: Electro-optical tuning of a microring resonator fabricated on lithium niobate (LiNbO3) is presented. The device structure, including microring resonator and couplers, is designed in detail and is produced by titanium diffusion on the wet-etched LiNbO3 ridge surface. The resonance wavelengths for TM and TE polarizations can be tuned by electro-optic effect. The output characteristics of through port and drop port in the microring resonators are measured, and the effect of applied voltage on the shift of resonant wavelength is discussed. The presented microring resonators have the features of fast tuning speed, high material stability, bidirection wavelength shift, and no heating interference. Realization of such a microring resonator on LiNbO3 makes the utilization of electro-optic tuning and nonlinear effects in the versatile photonic applications of microring resonators achievable.

129 citations

Patent
12 Jul 2001
TL;DR: In this article, an optical system consisting of a ringdown cavity cell and a resonant optical cavity is described, and a method for optical detection is also described as well as methods and apparatus for detecting a parameter of a sample.
Abstract: The present invention relates to optical heterodyne detection cavity ringdown spectroscopy. In one aspect the invention relates to an optical system (1) comprising a ringdown cavity cell (3) defining a resonant optical cavity, means for directing coherent light selected from the group consisting of continuous or quasi-continuous light into said optical cavity (8, 9, 10, 11 and 12), means for altering the resonant optical cavity so as to generate a frequency shift of the coherent light in the optical cavity (6, 7), means for coupling said coherent light into the optical cavity and means for decoupling the frequency shifted coherent light out of said optical cavity (5, 6, 7), means for optically combining (10, 11, 12) said decoupled frequency shifted coherent light with another portion of coherent light not in optical communication with the optical cavity and means for optical heterodyne detection (13) of the intensity of said combined light. A method for optical detection is also described as well as methods and apparatus for detecting a parameter of a sample.

127 citations

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TL;DR: It is believed that the strong coupling regime presents an opportunity to modify the energy transfer pathways within photosynthetic organisms without modification of the molecular structure.
Abstract: Strong exciton-photon coupling is the result of a reversible exchange of energy between an excited state and a confined optical field. This results in the formation of polariton states that have energies different from the exciton and photon. We demonstrate strong exciton-photon coupling between light-harvesting complexes and a confined optical mode within a metallic optical microcavity. The energetic anti-crossing between the exciton and photon dispersions characteristic of strong coupling is observed in reflectivity and transmission with a Rabi splitting energy on the order of 150 meV, which corresponds to about 1,000 chlorosomes coherently coupled to the cavity mode. We believe that the strong coupling regime presents an opportunity to modify the energy transfer pathways within photosynthetic organisms without modification of the molecular structure.

127 citations

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TL;DR: A new physical process is introduced that can perform a complete time-reversal operation on any electromagnetic pulse and can be used to compress or expand the spectrum of electromagnetic waves while completely preserving the coherent information.
Abstract: We introduce a new physical process that can perform a complete time-reversal operation on any electromagnetic pulse. The process uses only small refractive index modulations of linear optical elements. No nonlinear multiphoton effects such as four-wave mixing are required. The introduced process can be implemented on chip with standard semiconductor materials. Furthermore, the same process can be used to compress or expand the spectrum of electromagnetic waves while completely preserving the coherent information. We exhibit the time-reversal process by first-principles simulations of microcavity complexes in photonic crystals.

126 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202317
202220
202152
202063
201990
201846