Trapping photons with optical black hole

You-Ling Chen; Qi-Tao Cao; Yun-Feng Xiao

doi:10.1038/s41377-023-01122-5

Light: Science & Applications (Mar 2023)

Trapping photons with optical black hole

You-Ling Chen,
Qi-Tao Cao,
Yun-Feng Xiao

Affiliations

You-Ling Chen: State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qi-Tao Cao: Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics & School of Physics, Peking University
Yun-Feng Xiao: Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics & School of Physics, Peking University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-023-01122-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 2

Abstract

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Abstract An optical black-hole cavity based on transformation optics enables Q-factor enhancement and strong field confinement, by eliminating the intrinsic radiation loss of the conventional whispering-gallery modes, holding potential for applications in energy harvesting and optoelectronics.

Published in Light: Science & Applications

ISSN: 2047-7538 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
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