{"id":216283,"date":"2025-06-20T02:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/ultralow-loss-optical-microresonators-pave-way-for-miniaturized-tunable-photonic-systems"},"modified":"2025-06-20T02:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T07:15:13","slug":"ultralow-loss-optical-microresonators-pave-way-for-miniaturized-tunable-photonic-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/ultralow-loss-optical-microresonators-pave-way-for-miniaturized-tunable-photonic-systems","title":{"rendered":"Ultralow loss optical microresonators pave way for miniaturized, tunable photonic systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/ultralow-loss-optical-microresonators-pave-way-for-miniaturized-tunable-photonic-systems.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aston University researchers have developed a new class of optical microresonators, miniature optical devices that strongly confine and enhance light in microscopic dimensions. They are essential components in a wide range of systems, including ultra-precise optical sensors and information processors.<\/p>\n<p>The University researchers discovered that unique optical microresonators can be introduced at the intersection of two optical fibers. These devices have potential applications in communication, computing, sensing and more.<\/p>\n<p>The new ultralow loss optical microresonators can be finely tuned by simply rotating two intersecting optical fibers. Unlike current monolithic microresonators, these devices have a widely tunable free spectral range (FSR) and allow for their <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/precise+control\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">precise control<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aston University researchers have developed a new class of optical microresonators, miniature optical devices that strongly confine and enhance light in microscopic dimensions. They are essential components in a wide range of systems, including ultra-precise optical sensors and information processors. The University researchers discovered that unique optical microresonators can be introduced at the intersection of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1694],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-216283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-electronics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=216283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216283\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}