The term whispering gallery mode (WGM) was first introduced to describe the curvilinear
propagation of sound waves under a cathedral dome. The physical concept has now been …

Plasmonic biosensing has been used for fast, real-time, and label-free probing of
biologically relevant analytes, where the main challenges are to detect small molecules at …

Sensors play an important part in many aspects of daily life such as infrared sensors in
home security systems, particle sensors for environmental monitoring and motion sensors in …

Optical sensors are widely used for refractive index measurement in chemical, biomedical,
and food processing industries. Due to specific field distribution of the resonances, optical …

Recent progress in nanoscale optical physics is associated with the development of a new
branch of nanophotonics exploring strong Mie resonances in dielectric nanoparticles with a …

Plant pathogens massively affect crop productivity and are one of the significant challenges
in attaining sustainable development goals related to agriculture, food production, and …

We present a comprehensive overview of sensor technology exploiting optical whispering
gallery mode (WGM) resonances. After a short introduction we begin by detailing the …

Optical whispering-gallery mode (WGM) microresonators, confining resonant photons in a
microscale volume for long periods of time, strongly enhance light-matter interactions …

Detection of nanoscale objects is highly desirable in various fields such as early‐stage
disease diagnosis, environmental monitoring and homeland security. Optical microcavity …

High-and ultrahigh-Q whispering-gallery mode resonators have the capability to trap
photons by total internal reflection for a duration ranging from nanoseconds to milliseconds …