2009 Publications

Matt Eichenfield, Ryan Camacho, Jasper Chan, Kerry J. Vahala and Oskar Painter

"A picogram- and nanometre-scale photonic-crystal optomechanical cavity"

Nature online advanced publication  doi:10.1038/nature08061.
 

Eric P. Ostby and Kerry J. Vahala

"Yb-doped glass microcavity laser operation in water"

Optics Letters 34, 1153-1155 (2009)

Takao Aoki, A.S. Parkins, D.J. Alton, C.A. Regal, Barak Dayan, E. Ostby, K.J. Vahala, and H.J. Kimble
"Efficient Routing of Single Photons by One Atom and a Microtoroidal Cavity"

Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 083601 (2009)

Tao Lu  Lan Yang , Rob V.A. van Loon , Albert Polman, and Kerry J. Vahala
"On-chip green silica upconversion microlaser"
Optics Letters 34, 482-484 (2009)

Bumki Min, Eric Ostby, Volker Sorger, Erick Ulin-Avila, Lan Yang, Xiang Zhang and Kerry Vahala,

"High-Q surface-plasmon-polariton whispering-gallery microcavity"

Nature 457, 455-458 (22 January 2009)

2008 Publications

• Mani Hossein-Zadeh and K.J. Vahala
  " Observation of injection locking in an optomechanical RF oscillator"
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 93,191115, November 2008.

• Kerry J. Vahala
  " Back-action limit of linewidth in an optomechanical oscillator"

  Physical Review A, Volume 78,023832, August 2008.

   

• T.J. Kippenberg and Kerry J. Vahala

   "Cavity Optomechanics: Back-Action at the Mesoscale"

  Science, Volume 321,1172-1176, August 2008.

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• Tal Carmon, Harald G. L. Schwefel, Lan Yang, Mark Oxborrow, A. Douglas Stone, and Kerry J. Vahala
  " Static Envelope Patterns in Composite Resonances Generated by Level Crossing in Optical Toroidal Microcavities"
  Physical Review Letters, Volume 100,10935, March 2008.

• B. Dayan, A.S. Parkins, T. Aoki, E.P. Ostby, K.J. Vahala and H.J. Kimble
  "A Photon Turnstile Dynamically Regulated by One Atom"
  Science, Volume 319, No. 5866, February 2008, Page(s):1062-1065.

• M. Hossein-Zadeh and K.J. Vahala
  "Photonic RF Down-Converter Based on Optomechanical Oscillation"
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 20, No. 4, February 2008, Page(s):234-236.

2007 Publications

• T.J. Kippenberg and K.J. Vahala
  "Cavity Opto-Mechanics"
  Optics Express, Volume 15, No. 25, December 2007.

• E. Ostby, L. Yang and K. J. Vahala
  "Ultralow threshold Yb³⁺:SiO₂ glass laser fabricated by the solgel process"
  Optics Letters, Volume 32, No. 18, September 2007.

• B. Min, L. Yang, and K. J. Vahala
  "Perturbative analytic theory of an ultrahigh-Q toroidal microcavity"
  Physical Review A, Volume 76, No. 013823, October 2007.

• M. Hossein-Zadeh and K. J. Vahala
  "Importance of intrinsic-Q in microring-based optical filters and dispersion-compensation devices"
  Photonics Technology Letters, Volume 19, issue 14, July 2007.

• A. M. Armani, R. P. Kulkarni, S. E. Fraser, R. C. Flagan, and K. J. Vahala
  "Label-free, single-molecule detection with optical microcavities"
  published in Science Express, July 5 2007. (link to pdf)

• M. Hossein-Zadeh and K. J. Vahala
  "Observation of optical spring effect in a microtoroidal optomechanical resonator"
  Optics Letters, Volume 32, issue 12, June 2007.

• A. M. Armani, A. Srinivasan, and K. J. Vahala
  "Soft lithographic fabrication of high Q polymer microcavity arrays"
  Nano Letters, Volume 7, issue 6, June 2007.

• T. Carmon, S. Y. T. Wang, E. P. Ostby, and K. J. Vahala
  "Wavelength-independent coupler from fiber to an on-chip cavity, demonstrated over an 850nm span"
  Optics Express, Volume 15, issue 12, June 2007.

• T. Carmon and K. J. Vahala
  "Visible continuous emission from a silica microphonic device by third-harmonic generation"
  Nature Physics, Volume 3, 430-435, May 2007.

• T. Carmon, M. C. Cross and K. J. Vahala
  "Chaotic quivering of micron-scaled on-chip resonators excited by centrifugal optical pressure"
  Physical Review Letters, Volume 98, 167203, April 2007.

• T. Carmon and K. J. Vahala
  "Modal spectroscopy of optoexcited vibrations of a micron-scaled on-chip resonator at greater than 1GHz frequency"
  Physical Review Letters, Volume 98, 123901, March 2007.

• M. Hossein-Zadeh and K. J. Vahala
  "Free ultra-high-Q microtoroid: a tool for designing photonic devices"
  Optics Express, Volume 15, issue 1, January 2007.

2006 Publications

• H. Rokhsari, M. Hossein-Zadeh, A. Hajimiri, and K. J. Vahala
  "Brownian noise in radiation-pressure-driven micromechnical oscillators"
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 89, Art. No 261109, December 2006.

• A. Schliesser, P. Del’Haye, N. Nooshi, K. J. Vahala, and T. J. Kippenberg
  "Radiation pressure cooling of a micromechanical oscillator using dynamical backaction"
  Physical Review Letters, Volume 97, Art. No. 243905, December 2006.

• T. J. Kippenberg, J. Kalkman, A. Polman, and K. J. Vahala
  "Demonstration of an erbium-doped microdisk laser on a silicon chip"
  Physical Review A, Volume 74, Art. No. 051802, November 2006.

• B. Min, S. Kim, K. Okamoto, L. Yang, A. Scherer, H. A. Atwater, K. J. Vahala
  "Ultralow threshold on-chip microcavity nanocrystal quantum dot lasers"
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 89, November 2006.

• M. Hossein-Zadeh, K. J. Vahala
  "Fiber-taper coupling to Whispering-Gallery modes of fluidic resonators embedded in a liquid medium"
  Optics Express, Volume 14, issue 22, October 2006.

• T. Aoki, B. Dayan, E. Wilcut, W. P. Bowen, A. S. Parkins, T. J. Kippenberg, K. J. Vahala, and H. J. Kimble
  "Observation of strong coupling between one atom and a monolithic microresonator"
  Nature, Volume 442, issue 712, October 2006.

• M. Hossein-Zadeh, H. Rokhsari, A. Hajimiri, and K. J. Vahala, 
  "Characterization of a radiation-pressure-driven micromechanical oscillator"
  Physical Review A, Volume 74, Art. No. 023813, July 2006.

• Y. B. Park, B. Min, K. J. Vahala, and H. A. Atwater,
  "Integration of single-crystal LiNbO₃ thin film on silicon by laser irradiation and ion implantation-induced layer transfer"
  Advanced Materials, Volume 18, issue 12, June 2006.

• A. M. Armani and K. J. Vahala, 
  "Heavy water detection using ultra-high-Q microcavities"
  Optics Letters, Volume 31, issue 12, June 2006.

• J. Kalkman, A. Tchebotareva, A. Polman, T. J. Kippenberg, B. Min, and K. J. Vahala, 
  "Fabrication and characterization of erbium-doped toroidal microcavity lasers"
  Journal of Applied Physics, Volume 99, 083103, 2006.

• J. Kalkman, A. Polman, T. J. Kippenberg, K. J. Vahala, and M. L. Brongersma,
  "Erbium-implanted silica microsphere laser"
  Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B, Volume 242, issue 1-2, January 2006.

• W. Liang, L. Yang, J. K. S. Poon, Y. Y. Huang, K. J. Vahala, and A. Yariv,
  "Transmission characteristics of a Fabry-Perot etalon-microtoroid resonator coupled system"
  Optics Letters, Volume 31, issue 4, February 2006.

• H. Rokhsari, T. J. Kippenberg, T. Carmon, and K. J. Vahala, 
  "Theoretical and Experimental Study of Radiation Pressure-Induced Mechanical Oscillations (Parametric Instability) in Optical Microcavities"
  IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Volume 12, issue 1, January/February 2006.

2005 Publications

• B. Min, L. Yang, and K. J. Vahala,
  "Controlled transition between parametric and Raman oscillations in ultrahigh-Q silica toroidal microcavities"
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 87, issue 18, October 2005.

• A. M. Armani, D. K. Armani, B. Min, K. J. Vahala, and S. M. Spillane
  "Ultra-high-Q microcavity operation in H₂O and D₂O"
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 87, issue 15, October 2005.

• H. Rokhsari, T. J. Kippenberg, T. Carmon, and K. J. Vahala
  “Radiation-pressure-driven micro-mechanical oscillator”
  Optics Express, Volume 13, No. 14, July 2005.

• T. J. Kippenberg, H. Rokhsari, T. Carmon, A. Scherer, and K. J. Vahala
  “Analysis of Radiation-Pressure Induced Mechanical Oscillation of an Optical Microcavity”
  Physical Review Letters, Volume 95, 033901, July 2005.

• T. Carmon, H. Rokhsari, L. Yang, T. J. Kippenberg, and K. J. Vahala
  “Temporal Behavior of Radiation-Pressure-Induced Vibrations of an Optical Microcavity Phonon Mode”
  Physical Review Letters, Volume 94, 223902, June 2005.

• T. Carmon, T. J. Kippenberg, L. Yang, H. Rokhsari, S. M. Spillane, and K. J. Vahala
  “Feedback control of ultra-high-Q microcavities: application to micro-Raman lasers and microparametric oscillators”
  Optics Express, Volume 13, No. 9, May 2005.

• L. Yang, T. Carmon, B. K. Min, S. M. Spillane, and K. J. Vahala
  “Erbium-doped and Raman microlasers on a silicon chip fabricated by the sol-gel process”
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 86, 091114, February 2005.

• S. M. Spillane, T. J. Kippenberg, K. J. Vahala, K. W. Goh, E. Wilcut, and H. J. Kimble
  “Ultrahigh-Q toroidal microresonators for cavity quantum electrodynamics”
  Physics Review A, Volume 71, No. 1, Art. No. 013817, January 2005.

• H. Rohksari and K. J. Vahala
  “Observation of Kerr nonlinearity in microcavities at room temperature”
  Optics Letters, Volume 30, No. 4, 427-429 February 15, 2005.

2004 Publications

• T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane, B. K. Min, and K. J. Vahala
  “Theoretical and experimental study of stimulated and cascaded Raman scattering in ultrahigh-Q optical microcavities”
  IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, Volume 10, No. 5, 1219-1228, September-October 2004.

• T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane, and K. J. Vahala
  “Demonstration of ultra-high-Q small mode volume toroid microcavities on a chip”
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 85, No. 25, 6113-6115 December 20, 2004.

• D. K. Armani, B. K. Min, A. L. Martin, and K. J. Vahala
  “Electrical thermo-optic tuning of ultrahigh-Q microtoroid resonators”
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 85, No. 22, 5439-5441 November 29, 2004.

• H. Rokhsari, S. M. Spillane, and K. J. Vahala
  “Loss characterization in microcavities using the thermal bistability effect”
  Applied Physics Letters, Volume 85, No. 15, 3029-3031 October 11, 2004.

• T. Carmon, L. Yang, and K. J. Vahala
  “Dynamical thermal behavior and thermal self-stability of microcavities” 
  Optics Express, Volume 12, No. 20, 4742-4750 October 4, 2004.

• B. K. Min, T. J. Kippenberg, L. Yang, K. J. Vahala, J. Kalkman, and A. Polman
  “Erbium-implanted high-Q silica toroidal microcavity laser on a silicon chip”
  Physical Review A, Volume 70, No. 3, Art. No. 033803, September 2004.

• T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane, and K. J. Vahala
  “Kerr-nonlinearity optical parametric oscillation in an ultrahigh-Q toroid microcavity”
  Physical Review Letters, Volume 93, No. 8, 083904 August 20, 2004.

• H. Rokhsari, and K. J. Vahala
  "Ultralow Loss, High Q, Four Port Resonant Couplers for Quantum Optics and Photonics"
  Physical Review Letters, Volume 92, No. 25, 253905, June 2004.

• T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane, D. K. Armani, and K. J. Vahala
  "Ultralow-threshold microcavity Raman laser on a microelectronic chip"
  Optics Letters, Volume 29, No. 11, 1224-1227, June 2004.

• A. L. Martin, D. K. Armani, L. Yang and K. J. Vahala
  "Replica-molded high-Q polymer microresonators"
  Optics Letters, Volume 29, No 6, 533-535, March 2004.

• A. Polman, B. Min, J. Kalkman, T. J. Kippenberg and K. J. Vahala
  "Ultra-low-threshold erbium-implanted toroidal microlaser on silicon"
  Applied Physics Letters, vol.84, No. 7, 1037-1039 February 2004.

2003 Publications

• B. Min, T. J. Kippenberg and K. J. Vahala
  "Compact, fiber-compatible, cascaded Raman laser"
  Optics Letters, vol. 28, No. 17, September 2003.

• K. J. Vahala
  "Optical microcavities"
  Nature, vol. 424, No. 6950, August 2003.

• L. Yang, D. K. Armani and K. J. Vahala
  "Fiber-coupled Erbium Microlasers on a chip"
  Applied Physics Letters, vol. 83, No. 5, 825-826, August 2003.

• T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane, D. K. Armani, and K. J. Vahala
  "Fabrication and coupling to planar high-Q silica disk microcavities"
  Applied Physics Letters, vol. 83, No. 4, 797-799, July 2003.

• S. M. Spillane, T. J. Kippenberg, O. J. Painter, and K. J. Vahala
  "Ideality in a Fiber-Taper-Coupled Microresonator System for Application to Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics"
  Physical Review Letters, vol. 91, No. 4, 043902, July 2003.

• L. Yang and K. J. Vahala
  "Gain functionalization of silica microresonators"
  Optics Letters, vol. 28, No. 8, 592-594, April 2003.

• D. K. Armani, T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane and K. J. Vahala
  "Ultra-high-Q toroid microcavity on a chip"
  Nature, vol. 421, pp. 925-929, 27 February 2003.

2002 Publications

• T. J. Kippenberg, S. M. Spillane and K. J. Vahala,
  "Modal coupling in traveling-wave resonators"
  Optics Letters, vol. 27, No. 19, pp. 1669, October 2002.

• S. M. Spillane, T. J. Kippenberg, and K. J. Vahala
  "Ultralow-threshold Raman laser using a spherical dielectric microcavity"
  Nature, vol. 415, pp. 621-623, 7 February 2002.

2001 Publications

• M. Cai and K. J. Vahala
  "Highly efficient hybrid fiber taper coupled microsphere laser"
  Optics Letters, vol. 26, No. 12, pp. 884-886, June 2001.

• A. Bhardwaj, P. O. Hedekvist, and K. J. Vahala,
  "All-optical logic circuits based on polarization properties of non-degenerate four-wave mixing"
  J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 657-665, May 2001.

• P. O. Hedekvist, A. Bhardwaj, K. J. Vahala and H. Andersson,
  "Advanced All-Optical Logic on a Spectral Bus"
  Appl. Opt., vol. 40, No. 11, pp. 1761-1766, April 2001.

2000 Publications

• M. Cai, O. Painter, K. J. Vahala and P. C. Sercel,
  "Fiber-coupled microsphere laser"
  Optics Letters, vol. 25, pp. 1430-1432, Oct. 2000.

• M. Cai, O. Painter and K. J. Vahala,
  "Observation of critical coupling in a fiber taper to silica-microsphere whispering gallery mode system"
  Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 85, No. 1, pp. 74-77, July 2000.

• M. Cai and K. J. Vahala,
  "Highly efficient optical power transfer to whispering gallery modes using a symmetrical dual-coupling configuration"
  Optics Letters, vol. 25, No. 4, pp. 260-262, Feb. 15, 2000.

Papers before 2000