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20242026
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9 papers

physics.optics2026

Toward nanophotonic platforms for solid-state Th nuclear clocks

Sandro Kraemer, Karen Mamian, Toby Bi +18

While the Th nuclear isomer has recently been observed and laser-excited, converting optical nuclear manipulation into a chip-scale solid-state frequency standard remains a…

physics.optics2026

Fourth-harmonic UV light generation in integrated silicon nitride microresonators

Alekhya Ghosh, Arghadeep Pal, Haochen Yan +6

Integrated silicon nitride (Si3N4) resonators have emerged as a leading platform for nonlinear photonics, yet generating light at wavelength in the ultraviolet (UV) has remained el…

physics.optics2026

Color symmetry breaking in a nonlinear optical microcavity

Luca O. Trinchão, Alekhya Ghosh, Arghadeep Pal +8

Spontaneous symmetry breaking leads to diverse phenomena across the natural sciences, from the Higgs mechanism in particle physics to superconductors and collective animal behavior…

physics.optics2025

Scattering Induced Mode Chirality in Ring Resonators

Haochen Yan, Xu Guo, Arghadeep Pal +15

Non-Hermitian physics can be used to break time reversal symmetry and is important for interactions in a wide range of systems, from active matter and neural networks to metamateri…

physics.optics2025

Visualization of nonlinear optics in a microresonator

Hao Zhang, Haochen Yan, Alekhya Ghosh +10

A precise understanding of nonlinear optical phenomena in whispering gallery mode (WGM) microresonators is crucial for developing next-generation integrated photonic devices. Appli…

physics.optics2025

Simplified Aluminum Nitride Processing for Low-Loss Integrated Photonics and Nonlinear Optics

Haochen Yan, Shuangyou Zhang, Arghadeep Pal +12

Aluminum nitride (AlN) is an extremely promising material for integrated photonics because of the combination of strong \c{hi}2 and \c{hi}3 nonlinearities. However, the intrinsic h…