An overview is presented of the current state‐of‐the‐art in silicon nanophotonic ring
resonators. Basic theory of ring resonators is discussed, and applied to the peculiarities of …

Focus Serial: Frontiers of Nonlinear Optics Several kinds of nonlinear optical effects have
been observed in recent years using silicon waveguides, and their device applications are …

The unique linear and massless band structure of graphene in a purely two-dimensional
Dirac fermionic structure has led to intense research in fields ranging from condensed matter …

Unlike conventional optics, plasmonics enables unrivaled concentration of optical energy
well beyond the diffraction limit of light. However, a significant part of this energy is …

We propose a scheme for bifurcation control in micro-cavities based on the interplay
between the ultrafast Kerr effect and a slow nonlinearity, such as thermo-optical, free …

Photonic implementations of reservoir computing (RC) promise to reach ultra-high
bandwidth of operation with moderate training efforts. Several optoelectronic demonstrations …

Synchronization in oscillatory systems is a frequent natural phenomenon and is becoming
an important concept in modern physics. Nanomechanical resonators are ideal systems for …

" a detailed, cognizant account of numerous crucial aspects of optical microring resonators"–
Amr S. Helmy, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Toronto" an …

We report the fabrication and experimental characterization of an ultra-high Q microdisk
resonator in a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) platform. We examine the role of the substrate in the …

Experimental demonstration of record optical quality factor of (6.3±0.8)× 10 10
corresponding to cavity ring-down time of τ≃ 36 μ s is made possible by avoiding nonlinear …