As a fundamental optical approach to interferometry, Sagnac interference has been widely
used for reflection manipulation, precision measurements, and spectral engineering in …

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 …

Driven by narrow-linewidth bench-top lasers, coherent optical systems spanning optical
communications, metrology and sensing provide unrivalled performance. To transfer these …

The scaling of many photonic quantum information processing systems is ultimately limited
by the flux of quantum light throughout an integrated photonic circuit. Source brightness and …

The extraordinary sensitivity of plasmonic sensors is well-known in the optics and photonics
community. These sensors exploit simultaneously the enhancement and the localization of …

High-speed optical interconnects of data centers and high performance computers (HPC)
have become the rapid development direction in the field of optical communication owing to …

Herein, recent progress in fiber optofluidic lasers and their applications in biochemical
detection are reviewed. The unique properties of optical fibers are introduced for the …

The Year 2022 marks 100 years since Leon Brillouin predicted and theoretically described
the interaction of optical waves with acoustic waves in a medium. Accordingly, this resonant …

Coherent optomechanical interaction known as stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) can
enable ultrahigh resolution signal processing and narrow-linewidth lasers. SBS has recently …

Optical microresonators with high quality (Q) factors are essential to a wide range of
integrated photonic devices. Steady efforts have been directed towards increasing …