Wong Group, Optical Nanostructures Laboratory

Journal and book publications

1. C. Husko, S. Combrie, Q. V. Tran, F. Raineri, C. W. Wong, and A. De Rossi, Non-trivial scaling of self-phase modulation and three-photon absorption in III-V photonic crystal waveguides, Optics Express 17, 22442 (2009); also at: arxiv.org/abs/0911.4538 .

2. R. Bose, J. Gao, F. W. Sun, J. F. McMillan, A. D. Williams, and C. W. Wong, Cryogenic spectroscopy of ultra-low density colloidal lead chalcogenide quantum dots on chip-scale optical cavities towards single quantum dot near-infrared cavity QED, Optics Express 17, 22474 (2009); also at: arxiv.org/abs/0812.0222 .

3. J. Gao, J. F. McMillan, M.-C. WU, S. Assefa, and C. W. Wong, Demonstration of an air-slot mode-gap confined photonic crystal slab nanocavity with ultrasmall mode volumes, submitted for review (2009); also at: arxiv.org/abs/0910.4111 .

4. R. Bose, J. F. McMillian, J. Gao, and C. W. Wong, Solution-processed cavity and slow-light quantum electrodynamics in near-infrared silicon photonic crystals, Appl. Phys. Lett. 95, 131112 (2009); also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (October 12th 2009 issue). [URL]

5. S. Kocaman, R. Chatterjee, N. C. Panoiu, J. F. McMillan, M. B.Yu, R. M. Osgood, D. L. Kwong, and C. W. Wong, Observations of zero-order bandgaps in negative-index photonic crystal superlattices at the near-infrared, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 203905 (2009); also at: arxiv.org/abs/0904.2352 ; also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (June 8th 2009 issue). [URL]

6. X. Yang, M. Yu, D.-L. Kwong, and C. W. Wong, All-optical analogue to electromagnetically induced transparency in multiple coupled photonic crystal cavities, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 173902 (2009); also at: arxiv.org/abs/0804.2845 . [URL]

7. J. Y. Lee, B. H. Hong, W. Y. Kim, S. K. Min, Y. Kim, M. V. Jouravlev, R. Bose, K. S. Kim, I.-C. Hwang, L. J. Kaufman, C. W. Wong, P. Kim, and K. S. Kim, Near-field focusing and magnification through self-assembled nanoscale spherical lenses, Nature 460, 498 (2009); also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (August 3rd 2009 issue). [URL]

8. Y.-F. Xiao, X.-B. Zou, Q. Gong, G.-C. Guo, and C. W. Wong, Quantum electrodynamics in photonic crystal nanocavities towards quantum information processing, Advances in Lasers and Electro-optics, book chapter, publisher IN-TECH (ISBN 978-953-7619-X-X), Vienna, Austria, 2009.

9. C. A. Husko, A. de Rossi, S. Combrie, Q. V. Tran, F. Raineri, C. W. Wong, Ultrafast all-optical modulation in GaAs photonic crystal cavities, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 021111 (2009). [URL]

10. X. Yang, M. Yu, D.-L. Kwong, and C. W. Wong, Coupled resonances in multiple silicon photonic crystal cavities in all-optical solid-state analogy to electromagnetically-induced transparency, J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electr. (issue on silicon nanophotonics), 2009 (invited; to appear).

11. N. C. Panoiu, J. F. McMillan, and C. W. Wong, Theoretical Analysis of Pulse Dynamics in Silicon Photonic Crystal Wire Waveguides, J. Sel. Top. Quant. Electr. (issue on silicon nanophotonics), 2009 (accepted; to appear).

12. F. W. Sun and C. W. Wong, Indistinguishability of independent single photons, Phys. Rev. A 79, 013824 (2009); also at: arxiv.org/abs/0811.2739 . [URL]

13. J. F. McMillan, M. Yu, D.-L. Kwong, and C. W. Wong, Observations of spontaneous Raman scattering in silicon slow-light photonic crystal waveguides, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 251105 (2008); also at: arxiv:abs/0807.3388 . [URL]

14. Y.-F. Xiao, J. Gao, X.-B. Zou, J. F. McMillan, X. Yang, Y.-L. Chen, Z.-F. Han, G.-C. Guo, and C. W. Wong, Coupled quantum electrodynamics in photonic crystal nanocavities, New J. of Phys. 10, 123013 (2008); also at: arxiv:quant-ph/0707.2632 . [URL]

15. R. Bose, J. F. McMillan, J. Gao, C. J. Chen, D. V. Talapin, C. B. Murray, K. M. Rickey, and C. W. Wong, Temperature-tuning of near-infrared (1.5-um) monodisperse quantum dot solids toward controllable Förster energy transfer, Nano Lett. 8, 2006 (2008); also at: arxiv.org/abs/0804.3311 . [URL]

16. J. Gao, F. Sun, and C. W. Wong, Implementation scheme for quantum controlled phase-flip gate through quantum dot in silicon slow-light photonic crystal waveguide, Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 151108 (2008); also at: arxiv.org/abs/0803.1017 ; also selected for Virt. J. of Quant. Info. (October 2008 issue); also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (October 27th 2008 issue). [URL]

17. F. W. Sun, B. H. Liu, C. W. Wong, G. C. Guo, Permutation asymmetry inducing entanglement between degrees of freedom in multi-photon states, Phys. Rev. A 78, 015804 (2008); also at: arxiv:quant-ph/0802.0689 . [URL]

18. R. Chatterjee, N. C. Panoiu, K. Liu, Z. Dios, M. Yu, M. T. Doan, L. J. Kaufman, R. M. Osgood, and C. W. Wong, Achieving subdiffraction imaging through bound surface states in negative refraction photonic crystals in the near-infrared range, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 187401 (2008); also at: arxiv:abs/0803.0986 ; also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (May 19th 2008 issue). [URL]

19. C. W. Wong, X. Yang, R. Chatterjee, S. Kocaman, J. F. McMillan, C. J. Chen, and C. A. Husko, Controlling dispersion and nonlinearities in mesoscopic silicon photonic crystals, VLSI Micro/Nanophotonics: Science, Technology, Applications, book chapter, publisher Marcel Dekker, New York, NY 10016, 2008.

20. Y.-F. Xiao, J. Gao, X. Yang, R. Bose, G.-C. Guo, and C. W. Wong, Nanocrystals in silicon photonic crystal standing-wave cavities as spin-photon phase gates for quantum information processing, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 151105 (2007); also at: arxiv:physics/0706.0064 ; also selected for Virt. J. of Quant. Info. (October 2007 issue); also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (October 22nd 2007 issue). [URL]

21. X. Yang, C. Husko, M. Yu, D.-L. Kwong, and C. W. Wong, Observation of femto-joule optical bistability involving Fano resonances in high-Q/Vm silicon photonic crystal nanocavities, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 051113 (2007); also at: arxiv:physics/0703132 ; also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (August 13th 2007 issue). [URL]

22. J. Gao, P. Heider, C. J. Chen, X. Yang, C. A. Husko, and C. W. Wong, Observations of whispering gallery modes in asymmetric optical resonators with rational caustics, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 181101 (2007); also at: arxiv:physics.optics/0707.2552 ; also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (November 12th 2007 issue). [URL]

23. X. Yang, C. J. Chen, C. A. Husko, and C. W. Wong, Digital resonance tuning of high-Q/Vm silicon photonic crystal nanocavities by atomic layer deposition, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 161114 (2007); also at: arxiv:cond-mat.mtrl-sci/0707.2412 ; also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (October 29th 2007 issue). [URL]

24. X. Yang and C. W. Wong, Coupled-mode theory for stimulated Raman scattering in high-Q/Vm photonic band gap defect cavity lasers, Optics Express 15, 4763 (2007); also at: arxiv:physics/0607052 ; [URL]

25. R. Bose, X. Yang, R. Chatterjee, J. Gao, and C. W. Wong, Weak coupling interactions of colloidal lead sulphide nanocrystals with silicon photonic crystal nanocavities near 1.55 um at room temperature, Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 111117 (2007); also at: arxiv:physics/0609174 ; also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (April 2007 issue). [URL]

26. J. F. McMillan, X. Yang, N. C. Panoiu, R. M. Osgood Jr. and C. W. Wong, Enhanced stimulated Raman scattering in slow-light photonic crystal waveguides, Optics Lett. 31, 1235 (2006); also at: arxiv:physics/0511040 . [URL]

27. P. T. Rakich, J. T. Gopinath, H. Sotobayashi, C. W. Wong, S. G. Johnson, J. D. Joannopoulos, S.-G. Kim, and E. P. Ippen, Nano-scale photonic crystal microcavity characterization with an all-fiber based 1.2 - 2.0 m supercontinuum, Optics Exp. 13, 821 (2005); also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (May 9th 2005 issue). [URL]

28. X. Yang and C. W. Wong, Design of photonic band gap nanocavities for stimulated Raman amplification in monolithic silicon, Optics Exp. 13, 4723 (2005); also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (October 10th 2005 issue). [URL]

29. C. W. Wong, P. Rakich, S. G. Johnson, M. Qi, H. I. Smith, L. C. Kimerling, E. P. Ippen, Y.-B. Jeon, G. Barbastathis, S.-G. Kim, Strain-tunable Silicon Photonic Band Gap Microcavities in Optical Waveguides, Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 1242 (2004); also selected for Virt. J. of Nanoscale Sci. and Tech. (March 1st 2004 issue). [URL]

Selected Recent Conferences and Invited Talks

(30+ invited talks and 45+ conference papers since 2004.)

1. C. W. Wong et al. Nonlinear and quantum optics in photonic nanostructures, SPIE Proceedings of Photonics West, San Francisco, California, January 2010 (invited).

2. C. W. Wong, Controlling single photons in nanostructures, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Moscow, Russia, August 2009 (invited).

3. C. W. Wong, Nonlinear dynamics of engineered photons in nanostructures, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, February 2009 (invited).

4. C. W. Wong and J. F. McMillan, Observations of enhanced Raman scattering in silicon slow-light photonic crystal waveguides and nanophotonics, in SPIE Proceedings of Optics and Photonics: Nanophotonics, San Diego, California, 2008 (invited).

5. C. W. Wong, R. Chatterjee, J. Gao, C. J. Chen, J. F. McMillan, X. Yang, R. Bose, and Y.-F. Xiao, Coherent interactions in photonic crystal nanostructures: controlling dispersion and efforts towards quantum information processing, European Materials Research Society Spring 2008 meeting, Strasbourg, France, May 2008 (invited).

6. C. W. Wong et al., Controlling Light with Photonic Crystal Nanostructures: Dispersion, Nonlinearities and Quantum, in SPIE Proceedings of Optics and Photonics: Nanophotonics, San Diego, California, 2007 (invited).

7. R. Bose. R. Chatterjee, X. Yang, J. Gao, C. W. Wong, Weak coupling interactions of silicon photonic crystals with PbS nanocrystals at room temperature, in Proceedings of Conference of Lasers and Electro-Optics / Quantum Electronics and Laser Sciences, Baltimore, Maryland, 2007.

8. C. W. Wong, J. F. McMillan, C. A. Husko. X. Yang, K. Liu, R. Chatterjee, R. Bose, Photonic crystal nanostructures and silicon photonics, in Proc. of Photonics West, San Jose, California, 2006 (invited).

9. C. W. Wong, C. A. Husko, J. F. McMillan. X. Yang, C. J. Chen, R. Bose, and J. Gao, Nonlinearities and non-classical emission in photonic band gap nanostructures, in Proceedings of SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves and Coherent Structures, Seattle, Washington, 2006 (invited).

10. C. W. Wong, R. Chatterjee, K. Liu, C. J. Chen, and C. A. Husko, Negative refraction and nonlinearities in photonic band gap nanostructures, in SPIE Proceedings of Optics and Photonics: Nanophotonics (NP208), San Diego, California, 2006 (invited).

11. P. T. Rakich, H. Sotobayashi, J. T. Gopinath, J. W. Sickler, C. W. Wong, M. Qi, S. G. Johnson, E. Lidorikis, J. D. Joannopoulos, H. I. Smith, and E. P. Ippen, Broadband optical studies of 1D and 3D photonic crystals, in Proc. of Optics East, Boston, Cambridge, 2005 (invited).

Patents

8 provisional and 7 awarded patents on nonlinear optics, nonclassical optics, nanophotonics, silicon photonics, and photonic band gap nanostructures.