The commercial success of radio-frequency acoustic filters in wireless communication
systems has launched aluminum nitride (AlN) as one of the most widely used …

Quantum mechanics promises to have a strong impact on many aspects of research and
technology, improving classical analogues via purely quantum effects. A large variety of …

Increasing demand for every faster information throughput is driving the emergence of
integrated photonic technology. The traditional silicon platform used for integrated …

This book is all about integrated ring resonators made out of optical waveguides in various
materials for different applications. Integrated ring resonators are used to build optical filters …

The refractive index of GaAs has been measured in the wavelength range from 0.97 to 17
μm, which covers nearly the entire transmission range of the material. Linear and quadratic …

Erbium-doped fibre lasers exhibit high coherence and low noise as required for fibre-optic
sensing, gyroscopes, LiDAR and optical frequency metrology. Endowing erbium-based gain …

Nanocavity devices enabling concentration of light in a very small volume have resulted in
several interesting applications over the past years. Of particular interest are the asymmetric …

We report on wavelength-sized GaAs optomechanical disk resonators showing ultrastrong
optomechanical interaction. We observe optical transduction of a disk mechanical breathing …

Optofluidics is an emerging field that involves the use of fluids to modify optical properties
and the use of optical devices to detect flowing media. Ultimately, its value is highly …

Third order nonlinear optical phenomena explored in the last half century have been
predicted to find wide range of applications in many walks of life, such as all-optical …