• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 3, 391 (2024)
Fan Cheng1, Vladimir Shuvayev2, Mark Douvidzon3, Lev Deych4, and Tal Carmon1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
  • 2Physics Department, Queens College of CUNY, Flushing, Queens, New York 11367, USA
  • 3Solid State Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel
  • 4The Graduate Center of CUNY, New York, New York 10016, USA
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    DOI: 10.1364/PRJ.505164 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Fan Cheng, Vladimir Shuvayev, Mark Douvidzon, Lev Deych, Tal Carmon. Cavity continuum[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(3): 391 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We experimentally demonstrate and numerically analyze large arrays of whispering gallery resonators. Using fluorescent mapping, we measure the spatial distribution of the cavity ensemble’s resonances, revealing that light reaches distant resonators in various ways, including while passing through dark gaps, resonator groups, or resonator lines. Energy spatially decays exponentially in the cavities. Our practically infinite periodic array of resonators, with a quality factor (Q) exceeding 107, might impact a new type of photonic ensembles for nonlinear optics and lasers using our cavity continuum that is distributed, while having high-Q resonators as unit cells.
    Fan Cheng, Vladimir Shuvayev, Mark Douvidzon, Lev Deych, Tal Carmon. Cavity continuum[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(3): 391
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