Special Issue "Nonlinear and Quantum Optics in Coupled Structures: Fundamentals and Applications"
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Quantum Photonics and Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2022) | Viewed by 10505
Special Issue Editors

Interests: quantum optics; nonlinear dynamics; quantum many-body physics; quantum measurement and sensing

Interests: AMO physics; photonics; optical imaging; condensed matter
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With recent advances in technology, it has been possible to fabricate microresonators and waveguides with ultra-high quality factor Q, in which myriads of effects due to the confined light field can be approached and realized. One example is the enhancement of optical nonlinearity. High Q factor increases the interaction time for the light inside a micro-cavity, and its reduced volume to a very small scale significantly augments the field intensity. The combination of these two factors can create a strong nonlinearity out of the light–matter interaction inside a micro-cavity.
The light confined to a small space also acts through various different interfaces, such as superconductors, mechanical resonators, and others, which are found to be applications in optical signal processing, quantum computing, and supersensitive sensing. Especially, more novelties display in coupled microrenators or waveguides with large nonlinearity, thus making them a testbed for probing quantum many-body systems in condensed matter physics. Meanwhile, various hybrid light–matter systems involving coupled micro-structures have been proposed for both interests in fundamental research and practical applications. These topics reveal important research areas for the future.
This Special Issue of Photonics, entitled “Nonlinear and Quantum Optics in Coupled Structures: Fundamentals and Applications”, will focus on new developments of research on classical and quantum optical effects in micro-structures. This multi-disciplinary endeavor encompasses both fundamentals and applied sciences. We expect to cover the topics such as circuit QED, nonlinear optics in micro-cavity, quantum optomechanics, quantum simulation with coupled microresonators and waveguides, the experimental fabrication of devices, as well as quantum measurement and other studies based on light–matter interaction in a cavity setting.
Dr. Bing He
Dr. Jianming Wen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- circuit quantum electrodynamics
- micro-cavity quantum optics
- optical hybrid system
- photonic device fabrication
- quantum optomechanics
- quantum sensing
- quantum simulation
- strong optical nonlinearity