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Stability through symmetry A common route to get more light out of a laser system is to couple multiple lasers to form an array. However, instabilities owing to cross-talk and interference between different modes of individual cavities is generally detrimental to performance and could ultimately be damaging to the laser cavities. Hokmabadi et al. applied notions derived from supersymmetry, a theory developed in high-energy physics to describe the make-up and properties of particles, to design a stable array of semiconductor lasers (see the Perspective by Kottos). Based on symmetry arguments, the method is scalable and could provide a practical platform to design and develop complex photonic systems. Science , this issue p. 623 ; see also p. 586

A new scheme for ultrasensitive micro-ring laser gyroscopes based on the physics of exceptional points is proposed. In such systems, the sensitivity to low rotation rates can be enhanced by several orders of magnitude.

Multimode emission adversely affects phased-locked laser arrays resulting in chaotic behaviors. Utilizing optical supersymmetry, we experimentally demonstrate a single mode laser array where a superpartner array eliminates undesired higher order transverse modes.

We present our progress towards the realization of room temperature current-injected coaxial nanolasers. Lasing action is demonstrated in a metallic coaxial resonator up to a temperature of 140 K.

At resonance, mircoring resonators tend to support two counter-propagating degenerate modes. By incorporating S-bend chiral elements in each resonator, unidirectional single mode lasing below and above PT-symmetry breaking point is experimentally demonstrated.