no code implementations • 17 Feb 2021 • Le Yang, Gabriele Vajente, Mariana Fazio, Alena Ananyeva, GariLynn Billingsley, Ashot Markosyan, Riccardo Bassiri, Kiran Prasai, Martin M. Fejer, Carmen S. Menoni
Herein, we show the atomic arrangement of strong network forming GeO2 glass is modified at medium range (< 2 nm) through vapor deposition at elevated temperatures.
Materials Science
no code implementations • 10 Feb 2021 • Timothy P. McKenna, Hubert S. Stokowski, Vahid Ansari, Jatadhari Mishra, Marc Jankowski, Christopher J. Sarabalis, Jason F. Herrmann, Carsten Langrock, Martin M. Fejer, Amir H. Safavi-Naeini
We observe highly-enhanced effective third-order nonlinearities caused by cascaded second-order processes resulting in parametric oscillation.
Optics Quantum Physics
no code implementations • 8 Oct 2020 • Le Yang, Mariana Fazio, Gabriele Vajente, Alena Ananyeva, GariLynn Billingsley, Ashot Markosyan, Riccardo Bassiri, Martin M. Fejer, Carmen S. Menoni
Internal friction in oxide thin films imposes a critical limitation to the sensitivity and stability of ultra-high finesse optical cavities for gravitational wave detectors.
Materials Science