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Front Cover: Whispering‐gallery microcavities with unidirectional laser emission (Laser Photonics Rev. 10(1)/2016)
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
laser and photonics reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.778
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1863-8899
pISSN - 1863-8880
DOI - 10.1002/lpor.201670015
Subject(s) - photonics , whispering gallery wave , laser , cover (algebra) , front cover , physics , whispering gallery , optics , optoelectronics , laser science , engineering physics , engineering , mechanical engineering
Optical whispering gallery microcavities enhance significantly the light‐matter interaction, and become an excellent platform for studying both fundamental and applied physics. This review summarizes the progress in such microcavities towards unidirectional laser emission and important applications of high‐performance photonic devices. (Picture: Xue‐Feng Jiang et al., 10.1002/lpor.201500163 pp. 40–61, in this issue)