by | Feb 12, 2026 | Mao, Wenbo, Yang, Lan
— Published date: 2/13/2026
Value Proposition: A new plug-in sensing platform system that uses exceptional points (EPs) to enhance the sensitivity of optical sensors, without requiring redesign or costly hardware modification.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Lou…
by | Feb 12, 2026 | Adolphson, Maxwell, Liao, Jie, Qavi, Abraham, Yang, Lan
— Published date: 2/13/2026
Value Proposition: A cost-effective packaging technique that uses non-toxic polydimethylsiloxane to protect and enhance function of WGM devices.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new process used to package optica…
by | Feb 12, 2026 | Li, Fu, Li, Yihang, Liao, Jie, Mao, Wenbo, Yang, Lan, Zhang, Qian, Zhao, Guangming
— Published date: 2/13/2026
Value Proposition: A compact microresonator sensor that can enhance light-matter interaction to enable highly sensitive detection of trace amounts of gas for safety, environmental, and diagnostic applications.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington Universi…
by | Feb 12, 2026 | Adolphson, Maxwell, Li, Hangyue, Liao, Jie, Lu, Chenyang, Sikder, Dipayon, Yang, Lan
— Published date: 2/13/2026
Value Proposition: A photoacoustic sensor device that can expand detection area and provide selectivity to improve the classification of cells and enhance biological sensing performance.
Technology Description
Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have dev…
by | Jan 28, 2024 | Chen, Da-Ren, He, Lina, Ozdemir, Sahin, Yang, Lan, Zhu, Jiangang
— WGM microresonators are an immature technology with room for improvement
Microresonators are optical devices that are an important component of microlasers used in optoelectronics, data communications, and sensing. Most microresonators are WGM type, which confine light to a very small volume for si…
by | Sep 1, 2020 | Liao, Jie, Yang, Lan
— Technology Description
A team of engineers in Prof. Lan Yang’s laboratory have developed ultra-sensitive, broad bandwidth optical sensors that could detect sound in low-cost, discrete hearing devices. This technology utilizes whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators as compact photonic vibra…