Tunneling states limit quantum lifetimes in microresonators, impacting phonon decoherence.

In their proof-of-concept device, consisting of an array of 20 tunable microresonators, the team demonstrated that each multiplexed microresonator produced high-quality entangled photon pairs as compa...

Chaos in photonics is not always a nuisance but often a source of innovation. This Review surveys chaotic microcavity photonics across materials and architectures, highlighting opportunities to harnes...

Researchers in China have achieved a major leap in quantum photonics by generating a massive 60-mode entangled cluster state directly on a chip using optical microresonators. By leveraging a determini...

CU Boulder researchers have built high-performing optical microresonators, opening the door for new sensor technologies.

In a groundbreaking advancement poised to revolutionize photonic technology, researchers from Aston University have unveiled a novel class of optical microresonators exhibiting unprecedented tunability and ultra-low loss characteristics. Optical microresonators, integral components that confine and amplify light within microscopic dimensions, play a critical role in cutting-edge applications ranging from ultra-precise sensing to quantum information processing. This new innovation, emerging from the intersection of optical fiber engineering and nanoscale photonics, offers a transformative approach for manipulating light with unrivaled precision and scalability.

We begin by describing the photoinduced SHG in a Si 3 N 4 microresonator (Fig. 1b). When both the pump and its second-harmonic (SH) are doubly resonant, the initial weak light within the SH resonance seeds the CPE, and the...

Chip-scale lasers are in high demand for applications spanning from metrology and sensing to telecommunications. Brillouin lasers (BLs) are emerging as a promis

An optical reservoir computer architecture is presented that leverages optical frequency comb formation from modulation instability inside a Kerr microresonator. The proposed solution can enable GHz s...

By using Euler curves, in which curvature changes linearly, researchers “trick” light into staying in fundamental mode despite tight bends around a chalcogenide photonic integrated...