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  1. Interaction of laser-cooled87Rb atoms with higher order modes of an optical nanofibre

    Article • New Journal of Physics, January 2015, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  2. Contributed Review: Optical micro- and nanofiber pulling rig

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, November 2014, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  3. Optical nanofiber integrated into an optical tweezers for particle manipulation and in-situ fiber probing

    Article • September 2014, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  4. Towards polarization-sensitive trapping of nanoparticles in nanoring apertures

    Article • September 2014, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  5. Hollow core, whispering gallery resonator sensors

    Article • The European Physical Journal Special Topics, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  6. Advanced optics in an interdisciplinary graduate program

    Article • July 2014, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  7. Selective particle trapping and optical binding in the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber

    Article • Optics Express, June 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  8. Nanostructured optical nanofibres for atom trapping

    Article • New Journal of Physics, May 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  9. Two-Qubit Gate Operation on Selected Nearest-Neighbor Neutral Atom Qubits

    Article • Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, April 2014, Physical Society of Japan

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  10. TWO-QUBIT GATE OPERATION ON SELECTED NEAREST NEIGHBORING QUBITS IN A NEUTRAL ATOM QUANTUM COMPUTER

    Article • April 2014, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  11. Investigation of a85Rb dark magneto-optical trap using an optical nanofibre

    Article • Measurement Science and Technology, March 2014, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  12. Quasi-droplet microbubbles for high resolution sensing applications

    Article • Optics Express, March 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  13. Optimization of whispering gallery modes in microbubble resonators for sensing applications

    Article • March 2014, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  14. Liquid core microbubble resonators for highly sensitive temperature sensing

    Article • March 2014, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  15. Optomechanical Response Spectrum of a Tapered Fiber Coupled Microsphere Pendulum

    Article • January 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  16. Excitation of Higher-Order Modes of an Optical Nanofiber by Laser-Cooled Rb-87 Atoms

    Article • January 2014, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  17. Highly Sensitive Temperature Measurements With Liquid-Core Microbubble Resonators

    Article • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, December 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  18. Observation of Zeeman shift in the rubidium D 2 line using an optical nanofiber in vapor

    Article • November 2013, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  19. Measurements on release–recapture of cold 85Rb atoms using an optical nanofibre in a magneto-optical trap

    Article • Optics Communications, November 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  20. Thermal-optical properties of microbubbles for sensing applications

    Article • October 2013, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  21. Sensing and optomechanics using whispering gallery microbubble resonators

    Article • September 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  22. Spectroscopy, Manipulation and Trapping of Neutral Atoms, Molecules, and Other Particles Using Optical Nanofibers: A Review

    Article • Sensors, August 2013, MDPI AG

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  23. Manipulation of self-arranged dielectric particles using optical nanofibers

    Article • June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  24. Release-recapture experiment of Cold 85Rb atoms with an optical nanofiber probe

    Article • June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  25. Optical WGMs THz tuning and mechanical modes in a PDMS double-stem resonator

    Article • June 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  26. Higher Order Modes Propagation in Optical Nanofibers

    Article • January 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  27. Optical Nanofibers: Microsphere Manipulation and Self-Assembly, and Higher Order Mode Generation

    Article • January 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  28. Propulsion and Trapping of Chains of Microspheres by an Optical Nanofiber Integrated into an Optical Tweezers

    Article • January 2013, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  29. Female role models in physics education in Ireland

    Article • January 2013, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  30. Terahertz tuning of whispering gallery modes in a PDMS stand-alone, stretchable microsphere

    Article • Optics Letters, November 2012, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  31. Higher order mode propagation in an optical nanofiber

    Article • Optics Communications, October 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  32. Observation of thermal feedback on the optical coupling noise of a microsphere attached to a low-spring-constant cantilever

    Article • Physical Review A, May 2012, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  33. Thermo-Optical Tuning of Whispering Gallery Modes in Erbium:Ytterbium Doped Glass Microspheres to Arbitrary Probe Wavelengths

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, May 2012, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  34. Thermo-Optical Tuning of Whispering Gallery Modes in Erbium:Ytterbium Doped Glass Microspheres to Arbitrary Probe Wavelengths

    Article • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, April 2012, Japan Society of Applied Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  35. The van der Waals interaction of an atom with the convex surface of a nanocylinder*

    Article • Physica Scripta, April 2012, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  36. Whispering gallery mode resonators as tools for non-linear optics and optomechanics

    Article • February 2012, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  37. 1- and 2-photon absorption by laser-cooled 85Rb using an optical nanofiber

    Article • January 2012, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  38. Sub-Doppler temperature measurements of laser-cooled atoms using optical nanofibres

    Article • Measurement Science and Technology, December 2011, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  39. TAPERED FEW-MODE FIBERS: MODE EVOLUTION DURING FABRICATION AND ADIABATICITY

    Article • Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics & Materials, September 2011, World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  40. Single-input spherical microbubble resonator

    Article • Optics Letters, May 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  41. Optical Manipulation in the Evanescent Field of a Nanofiber via Spatial Light Modulation

    Article • January 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  42. Optical Nanofibres: Tools for Particle Propulsion and Manipulation

    Article • January 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  43. 1- and 2-Photon Absorption With Cold Rubidium Using An Optical Nanofiber

    Article • January 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  44. Single-input Spherical Microbubble Resonator

    Article • January 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  45. Mechanical motion of a microspherical pendulum

    Article • January 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  46. Generation of Trapping Sites in the Evanescent Field of a Fiber Taper Coupler

    Article • January 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  47. Higher Order Mode Generation in Optical Nanofibers for the Purpose of Cold Atom Trapping

    Article • January 2011, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  48. van der Waals interaction of a neutral atom with the surface of a metal or dielectric nanosphere

    Article • Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, December 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  49. Trapping of a microsphere pendulum through cavity-enhanced optical forces

    Article • Physica Scripta, September 2010, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  50. Short vertical tube furnace for the fabrication of doped glass microsphere lasers

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, July 2010, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  51. Green upconversion lasing and thermo-optical bistability in ZBNA microspheres

    Article • April 2010, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  52. Thermo-optical tuning of whispering gallery modes in erbium doped microspheres

    Article • April 2010, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  53. Ultralow threshold green lasing and optical bistability in ZBNA (ZrF4–BaF2–NaF–AlF3) microspheres

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, February 2010, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  54. Nanofiber Optical Interfaces for Laser-Cooled Atoms

    Article • January 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  55. Thermo-Optic Tuning of Whispering Gallery Modes in Microspheres to the^85Rb Cooling Transition in a Vapor Cell

    Article • January 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  56. Observation of a Frequency-Shift in Rb Absorption Spectrum using an Optical Nanofiber in a Vapor Cell

    Article • January 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  57. Fano Resonances and Electromagnetically Induced Absorption and Transparency-like Effects in Single Silica Microspheres

    Article • January 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  58. Optical Trapping and Manipulation of Micron-Sized Particles Using a Bright Tapered Optical Fiber

    Article • January 2010, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  59. Few Atom Detection and Manipulation Using Optical Nanofibres

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  60. Spectral distribution of atomic fluorescence coupled into an optical nanofibre

    Article • Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, September 2009, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  61. Manifestation of the van der Waals surface interaction in the spontaneous emission of atoms into an optical nanofiber

    Article • Laser Physics, July 2009, Pleiades Publishing Ltd

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  62. Trapping of a microsphere pendulum resonator in an optical potential

    Article • Physical Review A, May 2009, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  63. Tapered optical fibers as tools for probing magneto-optical trap characteristics

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, May 2009, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  64. Ultrathin Optical Fibers as Tools in Atom Optics

    Article • January 2009, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  65. Thermo-Optical Tuning of Whispering Gallery Modes in Microspheres around the^85Rb Cooling Transition

    Article • January 2009, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  66. Optical Nanofibers for Probing Cold Atoms

    Article • January 2009, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  67. Atom microtraps based on near-field Fresnel diffraction

    Article • Physical Review A, July 2008, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  68. Demonstration of L-band lasing in an integrated microsphere plus coupler device

    Article • May 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  69. Atomic fluorescence emitted into an optical nanofiber: Coupling efficiency and spectrum

    Article • May 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  70. A Taper-Fused Microspherical Laser Source

    Article • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, January 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  71. An All-Fiber Coupled Multicolor Microspherical Light Source

    Article • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, November 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  72. Upconversion channels in Er3+:ZBLALiP fluoride glass microspheres

    Article • The European Physical Journal Applied Physics, October 2007, EDP Sciences

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  73. Quantum state preparation using multi-level-atom optics

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, October 2007, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  74. Optical bistability in Er-Yb codoped phosphate glass microspheres at room temperature

    Article • Journal of Applied Physics, July 2007, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  75. Upconversion channels in Er:ZBLALiP: a multicolour, microspherical light source for microphotonics

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  76. Atomic absorption from the evanescent field of a sub-micron fibre taper

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  77. Thermally induced optical bistability in Yb3+-Er3+ co-doped phosphate glass microspheres at room temperature

    Article • June 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  78. All Taper Coupled Novel Fluoride Glass Microspherical Light Source for Microphotonics

    Article • May 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  79. Dynamics of Thermally Induced Optical Bistability in Yb3+-Er3+ Co-Doped Phosphate Glass Microspherical Lasers

    Article • May 2007, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  80. Heat-and-pull rig for fiber taper fabrication

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, August 2006, American Institute of Physics

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  81. Spectral characterisation of erbium-doped microspherical lasers

    Article • April 2006, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  82. Investigation of Novel Materials for Microspherical Lasers

    Article • January 2006, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  83. Tapered Coupling of a Photonic Molecule Comprising Two Microsphere Lasers

    Article • January 2006, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  84. Generation of a Spatial Superposition of a Single Atom Using a Multi-Trap System

    Article • January 2006, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  85. Characterization of Er:ZBNA microspherical lasers

    Article • June 2005, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  86. Precision control of magneto-optically cooled rubidium atoms (Invited Paper)

    Article • June 2005, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  87. Development of a portable carbon monoxide optical sensor based on an extended cavity diode laser at 1564 nm

    Article • March 2003, SPIE

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  88. Magnetic guide for neutral atoms

    Article • Physical Review A, March 2002, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  89. Multiple-Beam Atom Interferometry: An Overview

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  90. Optical elements for slowly moving neutral atoms based on magnetic fields

    Article • Journal of Optics B Quantum and Semiclassical Optics, August 1999, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  91. Stern‐Gerlach Atomic Interferometry with Space‐ and Time‐dependent Magnetic Fieldsa

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, April 1995, Wiley

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  92. Angular correlation measurements in a thermal beam of H* (2s) atoms using a Stern-Gerlach atomic axicon

    Article • Journal de Physique II, November 1994, EDP Sciences

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  93. Atomic Stern-Gerlach interferences with time-dependent magnetic fields

    Article • Physical Review Letters, January 1994, American Physical Society (APS)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  94. Reflection of metastable neon atoms by a surface plasmon wave

    Article • Optics Communications, September 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  95. Longitudinal Stern-Gerlach atomic interferometry using velocity selected atomic beams

    Article • Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, April 1993, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  96. Efficient polarization analyzer for Lyman_α radiation

    Article • Applied Optics, March 1993, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic

  97. Circular polarization measurements of Lyman- alpha radiation from the decay of the 22Pjstates of hydrogen excited by 54.4 eV electrons

    Article • Journal of Physics B Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, January 1993, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Professor Sile Nic Chormaic