Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light

Cavity-less Brillouin strong coupling in a solid-state continuous system

Abstract Strong coupling between two systems allows them to exchange coherent information before the systems decohere. This important regime in light–matter interactions has predominantly been reached in optical resonator configurations. Here we demonstrate strong coupling betwee...

A microbial therapy-mimicry assay shows how spatial resource dynamics control resistance escape

Abstract The evolution of therapy resistance in structured populations such as biofilms and solid tumours is shaped by emergent spatial organization, with profound consequences for evolution-based therapies. However, how treatment reshapes these patterns remains poorly understood...

Color Symmetry Breaking in a Nonlinear Optical Microresonator

ABSTRACT Spontaneous symmetry breaking leads to diverse phenomena across the natural sciences, from the Higgs mechanism in particle physics to superconductors and collective animal behavior. In photonic systems, the symmetry of light states can be broken when two optical fields i...