Optical nanofibers for signal delaying

Tunable photon lifetime in photonic molecules: a concept for delaying an optical signal.

We experimentally and theoretically studied the photon lifetime spectral distribution in two coherently coupled spherical microcavities of 3-16 microm diameter forming a photonic molecule, which shows a multipeak narrowband modal structure resulting from lifting of the mode degeneracy with respect to the azimuthal quantum number. The results demonstrate the feasibility of photonic molecules as ...

Ultrahigh transmission optical nanofibers

Optical Properties of GaSb Nanofibers

Amorphous GaSb nanofibers were obtained by ion beam irradiation of bulk GaSb single-crystal wafers, resulting in fibers with diameters of ~20 nm. The Raman spectra and photoluminescence (PL) of the ion irradiation-induced nanofibers before and after annealing were studied. Results show that the Raman intensity of the GaSb LO phonon mode decreased after ion beam irradiation as a result of the fo...

Modal interference in optical nanofibers for sub-Angstrom radius sensitivity

FREDRIK K. FATEMI,* JONATHAN E. HOFFMAN, PABLO SOLANO, ELIOT F. FENTON, GUY BEADIE, STEVEN L. ROLSTON, AND LUIS A. OROZCO Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA Joint Quantum Institute, Department of Physics, University of Maryland and National Institute of Standards and Technology, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375, USA *Correspon...

Optical Nanofibers: a new platform for quantum optics

The development of optical nanofibers (ONF) and the study and control of their optical properties when coupling atoms to their electromagnetic modes has opened new possibilities for their use in quantum optics and quantum information science. These ONFs offer tight optical mode confinement (less than the wavelength of light) and diffraction-free propagation. The small cross section of the trans...