Optical microcavities confine light to small volumes by resonant recirculation. Devices based on optical microcavities are already indispensable for a wide range of applications and studies. For ...

Microcavities: Does Earliest Decay Need Filling? Some dentists drill these early spots; others try alternatives.

A team of researchers has developed a novel method for using cholesteric liquid crystals in optical microcavities. The ...

These are microscope images of WGM microcavities fabricated by femtosecond laser 3-D processing. (© Science China Press) Femtosecond laser direct writing has attracted a lot of attention in recent ...

Optical microcavities with compact structures can trap resonant photons within microscale confines for extended resonant durations, significantly bolster light-matter interactions and have ...

The team then created a stack of N microcavities separated by semi-transparent mirrors to make a device with a photonic band structure analogous to that in a photonic crystal.

These scanning electron microscopy images show 3D micro-printed Limacon-shaped whispering-gallery-mode microcavities with different amounts of deformation. (i) array of microcavities, (ii ...

The direct approach to microcavities Date: May 9, 2014 Source: The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) Summary: A robust micrometer-scale structure for trapping light enhances ...

A novel tunable microcavity deterministically coupled to single quantum dots achieves highly efficient, pure and indistinguishable single photon generation, overcoming key roadblocks to scalable ...