Experimental evidence for tipping points in social convention

D Centola, J Becker, D Brackbill, A Baronchelli - Science, 2018 - science.org
Theoretical models of critical mass have shown how minority groups can initiate social
change dynamics in the emergence of new social conventions. Here, we study an artificial …

A silicon Brillouin laser

NT Otterstrom, RO Behunin, EA Kittlaus, Z Wang… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Brillouin laser oscillators offer powerful and flexible dynamics as the basis for mode-locked
lasers, microwave oscillators, and optical gyroscopes in a variety of optical systems …

[HTML][HTML] Brillouin optomechanics in nanophotonic structures

GS Wiederhecker, P Dainese, TP Mayer Alegre - APL photonics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The interaction between light and mesoscopic mechanical degrees of freedom has been
investigated under various perspectives, from spectroscopy in condensed matter, optical …

Si/Organic Integrated Narrowband Near‐Infrared Photodetector

Z Xu, C Sun, S Min, Z Ye, C Zhao, J Li, Z Liu, Y Liu… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Spectrally selective narrowband photodetection is critical for near‐infrared (NIR) imaging
applications, such as for communicationand night‐vision utilities. It is a long‐standing …

Taming Brillouin Optomechanics Using Supermode Microresonators

M Wang, ZG Hu, C Lao, Y Wang, X Jin, X Zhou, Y Lei… - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
Electrostrictive Brillouin scattering provides a ubiquitous mechanism to optically excite high-
frequency (> 10 GHz), bulk acoustic phonons that are robust to surface-induced losses …

Brillouin cavity optomechanics sensing with enhanced dynamical backaction

GQ Qin, M Wang, JW Wen, D Ruan, GL Long - Photonics Research, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Based on the dispersive interaction between a high quality factor microcavity and nano-
objects, whispering-gallery-mode microcavities have been widely used in highly sensitive …

Compact ring resonators of silicon nanorods for strong optomechanical interaction

F Wang, J Yuan, S Yang, AA Potapov, X Zhang… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Optomechanical interaction in microstructures plays a more and more important role in the
fields of quantum technology, information processing, and sensing, among others. It is still a …

Gbps physical random bit generation based on the mesoscopic chaos of a silicon photonics crystal microcavity

B Shi, C Luo, JG Flor Flores, G Lo, DL Kwong, J Wu… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We present an experimental and theoretical physical random bit (PRB) generator using the
mesoscopic chaos from a photonic-crystal optomechanical microcavity with a size of∼ 10µm …

Coupling ideality of standing-wave supermode microresonators

M Wang, Y Lei, ZG Hu, C Lao, Y Wang, X Zhou… - Photonics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Standing-wave supermode microresonators that are created through the strong coupling
between counter-propagating modes have emerged as versatile platforms for sensing and …

[HTML][HTML] Bound states in the continuum for antisymmetric lamb modes in composite plates made of isotropic materials

N Gao, RM Abraham-Ekeroth, D Torrent - Wave Motion, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we report a numerical design and observation of bound states in the continuum
(BICs) for Lamb waves. BICs for elastic-wave systems, especially in non-periodic …