Ultra-High-Q Optical Microcavities

By Chang-Ling Zou, Qi-Huang Gong, Yun-Feng Xiao

Confinement and manipulation of photons using microcavities have triggered intense research interest in both basic and applied physics for more than a decade. Prominent examples are whispering gallery microcavities which confine photons by means of continuous total internal reflection along a curved and smooth surface. The long photon lifetime, strong field confinement, and in-plane emission characteristics make them promising candidates for enhancing light-matter interactions on a chip. In this book, we will introduce different ultra-high-Q whispering gallery microcavities, and focus on their applications in enhancing light-matter interaction, such as ultralow-threshold microlasing, highly sensitive optical biosensing, nonlinear optics, cavity quantum electrodynamics and cavity optomechanics.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814566063
• ISBN13: 9789814566063
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.6"