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Intracavity dynamics-based gain-assisted sensing with microtubule Raman microlaser

APL Photonics, 2023
Microcavity lasers show excellent performance as a miniaturized microsensor in various applications. However, their relatively weak power may be easily submerged in system noises and disturbed by environmental fluctuations, rendering them ineffective at ...
Mingfang Li, Zongren Dai, Mingwang Tian, Yidong Tan   +3 more
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Guiding and Manipulating Light Fields in Microstructured Liquid Crystals

Advanced Physics Research, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent advances in guided‐wave optics enabled by microstructured liquid crystal (LC) devices, covering their fundamental material properties, key degree of freedom for dynamic light field manipulations. The advances of linear guided‐wave optics, nonlinear‐optics with spatial optical solitons, and microlasers in LC‐based devices ...
Shan‐shan Chang, Yong‐shuai Li, Jin‐hui Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optical Frequency Comb Generation in Highly Nonlinear Fiber With Dual-Mode Square Microlasers

IEEE Photonics Journal, 2018
Optical frequency comb (OFC) generation based on four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear fiber (HNLF) is investigated using dual-transverse-mode square microlaser as a seed source.
Hai-Zhong Weng, Yong-Zhen Huang, Xiu-Wen Ma, Yue-De Yang, Jin-Long Xiao, Jun-Yuan Han, Ming-Long Liao   +6 more
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Fluorene‐based blue emitters: On the path to electrically pumped organic lasers

FlexMat, EarlyView.
Electrically pumped efficient operation remains unrealized, a major challenge in optoelectronics. Fluorene‐based blue‐emitting semiconductors are promising gain media, thanks to their structural tunability and favorable emission properties. This review summarizes recent advances, highlights their reliability and versatility in lasing, and outlines key ...
Yong Yan, Hao Li, Mengna Yu, Huiyin Wang, Jiangqiang He, Menghan Wu, Quanyou Feng, Linghai Xie   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recent Advances in Photonic Bound States in the Continuum: From Fundamentals to Engineering and Implementation

Laser &Photonics Reviews, EarlyView.
This review summarizes recent progress in meta‐photonics with a focus on bound states in the continuum (BICs) as a powerful platform for light confinement and control. It covers fundamental concepts, design strategies across optical regimes, symmetry breaking for practical quasi‐BICs, tunable and AI‐assisted BIC devices, and emerging applications in ...
Hafiz Saad Khaliq, Hak‐Rin Kim
wiley   +1 more source

Biological micro resonators for whispering gallery mode lasing via droplet drying techniques

Communications in Physics
In this study, we report the manufacturing and performance evaluation of biolasers based on the Whispering Gallery Mode (WGM) resonance effect, employing a solution composed of the natural protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) and the fluorescent dye ...
Hanh Mai Hong, Tran Anh Duc, Van Anh Nguyen, Nguyen Minh Nguyet, Cao Dinh Son, Loc Quang Do, Mai Thuy Quynh, Pham Van Thanh   +7 more
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Stimuli‐Responsive Hydrogels for Optical Applications: Mechanisms, Architectures, and Translational Challenges

Aggregate, Volume 7, Issue 6, June 2026.
The review discusses stimuli‐responsive hydrogels as soft optical materials that translate physical, chemical, and biological cues into refractive‐index, scattering, birefringence, diffraction, and transparency changes. It examines major stimulus classes and photonic architectures for biosensing, waveguiding, adaptive lenses, smart windows, and therapy.
Andrés Bernal‐Ballén, Alexandr Dejneka, Oleg Lunov   +2 more
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“Optochemistry”, when chemistry meets optics

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials
In this review, we propose a term, ‘optochemistry’, a combination of optics and chemistry. In comparison with photochemistry that relates to photon aspect of light, optochemistry is a chemistry that relates to optics in which light is considered as wave ...
Yohei Yamamoto, Soh Kushida
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Cavity mode manipulated by single gold nanoparticles

APL Photonics, 2020
The ability to manipulate microlaser performance is highly desirable so as to promote on-chip classical and quantum information-processing technology. Here, we demonstrate that mode manipulation of bottle microresonators is enabled by precise deposition ...
Yipeng Lun, Ziyu Zhan, Fuxing Gu, Pan Wang, Huakang Yu, Zhi-yuan Li   +5 more
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Observation of Linear and Nonlinear Light Trapping on Topological Dislocations

Laser &Photonics Reviews, Volume 20, Issue 8, 17 April 2026.
Topological dislocations are global lattice defects found in various systems ranging from crystals to photonic lattices. This work reports the first observation at optical frequencies of linear modes with tunable localization bound to edge dislocations and their nonlinear counterparts ‐ dislocation solitons. These results reveal an intriguing interplay
S. K. Ivanov, A. V. Kireev, K. Sabour, N. S. Kostyuchenko, S. A. Zhuravitskii, N. N. Skryabin, I. V. Dyakonov, A. A. Kalinkin, V. O. Kompanets, S. P. Kulik, S. V. Chekalin, A. Ferrando, V. N. Zadkov, Y. V. Kartashov   +13 more
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