Author(s): H. Flayac, M. Minkov, and V. SavonaThe outstanding progress in nanostructure fabrication and cooling technologies allows what was unthinkable a few decades ago: bringing single-mode mechanical vibrations to the quantum regime. The coupling between photon and phonon excitations is a natural source of nonclassical states of light and m… [Phys....

Author(s): Peter MarkošWe show that the frequency spectrum of two-dimensional photonic crystals is strongly influenced by Fano resonances which can be excited already in the linear array of dielectric cylinders. To support this claim, we calculate the transmission of an electromagnetic wave through a linear array of diele… [Phys. Rev. A 92, 043814]...

Author(s): V. Mocella and S. RomanoA giant field enhancement factor, defined as the ratio between the intensity of the resonant and the incident fields, is achievable in a photonic crystal (PhC) slab realized in a low contrast dielectric medium. The key point is the careful control of some parameters, first among all the slab thickne… [Phys. Rev. B...

Author(s): A. B. Young, A. C. T. Thijssen, D. M. Beggs, P. Androvitsaneas, L. Kuipers, J. G. Rarity, S. Hughes, and R. OultonEntangled states of spin orientation and directional photons could be created by carefully placing of a quantum dot in a photonic crystal waveguide. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 153901] Published Tue Oct 06, 2015

Author(s): Martin A. Finger, Timur Sh. Iskhakov, Nicolas Y. Joly, Maria V. Chekhova, and Philip St. J. RussellAn optical-fiber scheme generates a bright “twin beam”—a pair of quantum-correlated beams that could be used in high-precision metrology. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 143602] Published Wed Sep 30, 2015

Author(s): A. Ermolov, K. F. Mak, M. H. Frosz, J. C. Travers, and P. St. J. RussellWe report on the generation of a three-octave-wide supercontinuum extending from the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) to the near infrared, spanning at least 113–1000 nm (i.e., 11−1.2eV ), in He-filled hollow-core kagome-style photonic crystal fiber. Numerical simulations confirm...