Two-dimensional photonic band-gap defect mode laser

O Painter, RK Lee, A Scherer, A Yariv, JD O'brien… - Science, 1999 - science.org
A laser cavity formed from a single defect in a two-dimensional photonic crystal is
demonstrated. The optical microcavity consists of a half wavelength–thick waveguide for vertical …

From micro-to nanofabrication with soft materials

SR Quake, A Scherer - science, 2000 - science.org
Soft materials are finding applications in areas ranging from microfluidic device technology
to nanofabrication. We review recent work in these areas, discuss the motivation for device …

Surface-plasmon-enhanced light emitters based on InGaN quantum wells

…, I Niki, A Shvartser, Y Narukawa, T Mukai, A Scherer - Nature materials, 2004 - nature.com
Since 1993, InGaN light-emitting diodes (LEDs) have been improved and commercialized 1
, 2 , but these devices have not fulfilled their original promise as solid-state replacements for …

Coupled-resonator optical waveguide:? a proposal and analysis

A Yariv, Y Xu, RK Lee, A Scherer - Optics letters, 1999 - opg.optica.org
We propose a new type of optical waveguide that consists of a sequence of coupled high-Q
resonators. Unlike other types of optical waveguide, waveguiding in the coupled-resonator …

Nonreciprocal light propagation in a silicon photonic circuit

…, YL Xu, MH Lu, YF Chen, Y Fainman, A Scherer - Science, 2011 - science.org
Optical communications and computing require on-chip nonreciprocal light propagation to
isolate and stabilize different chip-scale optical components. We have designed and …

30% external quantum efficiency from surface textured, thin‐film light‐emitting diodes

…, C Caneau, TJ Gmitter, A Scherer - Applied Physics …, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
There is a significant gap between the internal efficiency of light‐emitting diodes (LEDs) and
their external efficiency. The reason for this shortfall is the narrow escape cone for light in …

Monolithic microfabricated valves and pumps by multilayer soft lithography

MA Unger, HP Chou, T Thorsen, A Scherer, SR Quake - science, 2000 - science.org
Soft lithography is an alternative to silicon-based micromachining that uses replica molding
of nontraditional elastomeric materials to fabricate stamps and microfluidic channels. We …

Vacuum Rabi splitting in semiconductors

G Khitrova, HM Gibbs, M Kira, SW Koch, A Scherer - Nature physics, 2006 - nature.com
The recent development of techniques to produce optical semiconductor cavities of very high
quality has prepared the stage for observing cavity quantum-electrodynamic effects in solid-…

Vacuum Rabi splitting with a single quantum dot in a photonic crystal nanocavity

T Yoshie, A Scherer, J Hendrickson, G Khitrova… - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
Cavity quantum electrodynamics (QED) systems allow the study of a variety of fundamental
quantum-optics phenomena, such as entanglement, quantum decoherence and the quantum…

Experimental demonstration of a unidirectional reflectionless parity-time metamaterial at optical frequencies

…, JEB Oliveira, VR Almeida, YF Chen, A Scherer - Nature materials, 2013 - nature.com
Invisibility by metamaterials is of great interest, where optical properties are manipulated in
the real permittivity–permeability plane 1 , 2 . However, the most effective approach to …