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Photonics, Volume 11, Issue 5

2024 May - 94 articles

Cover Story: Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) is the golden standard for obtaining powerful ultrashort laser pulses. However, wavelength-tunable CPA systems are rarely reported. The output parameters' flexibility is desirable in various fields such as biomedical imaging, sensing, nonlinear spectroscopy and optical parametric amplification. This work presents a 1720 nm–1800 nm tunable CPA system based on a Tm-doped fiber. The experimental results are empowered by numerical simulation, which suggests further steps for the improvement of system performance. This is the first demonstration of a wavelength-tunable CPA system beyond 1.1 µm, which may inspire the development of similar systems at other wavelengths. View this paper
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Articles (94)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,574 Views
15 Pages

Next-Generation Dual Transceiver FSO Communication System for High-Speed Trains in Neom Smart City

  • Yehia Elsawy,
  • Ayshah S. Alatawi,
  • Mohamed Abaza,
  • Azza Moawad and
  • El-Hadi M. Aggoune

Smart cities like Neom require efficient and reliable transportation systems to support their vision of sustainable and interconnected urban environments. High-speed trains (HSTs) play a crucial role in connecting different areas of the city and faci...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,143 Views
11 Pages

A novel, all-dielectric metasurface, featuring a missing wedge-shaped nanodisk, is proposed to investigate optical characteristics. By introducing symmetry-breaking to induce Fano resonance, the metasurface achieves an impressive Q-factor of 1202 in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,143 Views
15 Pages

Training a Dataset Simulated Using RGB Images for an End-to-End Event-Based DoLP Recovery Network

  • Changda Yan,
  • Xia Wang,
  • Xin Zhang,
  • Conghe Wang,
  • Qiyang Sun and
  • Yifan Zuo

Event cameras are bio-inspired neuromorphic sensors that have emerged in recent years, with advantages such as high temporal resolutions, high dynamic ranges, low latency, and low power consumption. Event cameras can be used to build event-based imag...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,911 Views
9 Pages

Carbon Dot-Decorated Polystyrene Microspheres for Whispering-Gallery Mode Biosensing

  • Anton A. Starovoytov,
  • Evgeniia O. Soloveva,
  • Kamilla Kurassova,
  • Kirill V. Bogdanov,
  • Irina A. Arefina,
  • Natalia N. Shevchenko,
  • Tigran A. Vartanyan,
  • Daler R. Dadadzhanov and
  • Nikita A. Toropov

Whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonators doped with fluorescent materials find impressive applications in biological sensing. They do not require special conditions for the excitation of WGM inside that provide the basis for in vivo sensing. Currentl...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,875 Views
13 Pages

Post-processing based on HF etching has become a highly preferred technique in the fabrication of fused silica optical elements in various high-power laser systems. Previous studies have thoroughly examined and confirmed the elimination of fragments...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,897 Views
23 Pages

Interference of two and four light beams with linear or circular polarization is studied analytically and numerically based on the Richards–Wolf formalism. We consider such characteristics of the interference fields as the distribution of inten...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,949 Views
13 Pages

Broadband High-Linear FMCW Light Source Based on Spectral Stitching

  • Liang Sun,
  • Xinguang Zhou,
  • Haohao Zhao,
  • Shichang Xu,
  • Zihan Wu,
  • Guohui Yuan and
  • Zhuoran Wang

The key to realizing a high-performance frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) laser frequency-sweeping light source is how to extend the frequency-swept bandwidth and eliminate the effect of nonlinearity. To solve these issues, this paper design...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,661 Views
12 Pages

Chirped Integrated Bragg Grating Design

  • José Ángel Praena and
  • Alejandro Carballar

We analyze the two classic methods for chirped Integrated Bragg Gratings (IBGs) in Silicon-on-Insulator technology using the transfer matrix method based on the effective refractive index (neff) technique, which translates the geometry of an IBG into...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,113 Views
15 Pages

A Fast Time Synchronization Method for Large Scale LEO Satellite Networks Based on A Bionic Algorithm

  • Yue Xu,
  • Tao Dong,
  • Jie Yin,
  • Ziyong Zhang,
  • Zhihui Liu,
  • Hao Jiang and
  • Jing Wu

A fast time synchronization method for large-scale LEO satellite networks based on a bionic algorithm is proposed. Because the inter-satellite links are continuously established and interrupted due to the relative motion of the satellites, the topolo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,445 Views
12 Pages

Polarization-Dependent Fiber Metasurface with Beam Collimating and Deflecting

  • Yuemin Ma,
  • Di Sang,
  • Yi Lin,
  • Qiang An,
  • Zhanshan Sun and
  • Yunqi Fu

Metasurfaces can arbitrarily manipulate the amplitude, phase, and polarization of optical fields on subwavelength scales. Due to their arbitrary manipulation and compact size, the metasurface can be well integrated with optical fibers. Herein, we dem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,364 Views
12 Pages

The generation of optical beam arrays with prospective uses within the realms of microscopy, photonics, non-linear optics, and material processing often requires Dammann gratings. Here, we report the direct fabrication of one- and two-dimensional Dam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,072 Views
12 Pages

Compact Low Loss Ribbed Asymmetric Multimode Interference Power Splitter

  • Yanfeng Liang,
  • Huanlin Lv,
  • Baichao Liu,
  • Haoyu Wang,
  • Fangxu Liu,
  • Shuo Liu,
  • Yang Cong,
  • Xuanchen Li and
  • Qingxiao Guo

Optical power splitters (OPSs) are utilized extensively in integrated photonic circuits, drawing significant interest in research on power splitters with adjustable splitting ratios. This paper introduces a compact, low-loss 1 × 2 asymmetric mu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,110 Views
11 Pages

Mechanical Assessment in Atherosclerosis Based on Photoacoustic Viscoelasticity Imaging

  • Xingchao Zhang,
  • Xiaohan Shi,
  • Hui Wu,
  • Caixun Bai,
  • Junshan Xiu and
  • Yue Zhao

Early identification of vulnerable plaques is a major challenge in diagnosis and assessment of atherosclerosis. In atherosclerotic plaque development, the proportion change in components caused plaque mechanical property change and induced plaque rup...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,816 Views
10 Pages

Enhanced Photon-Pair Generation Based on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate Doubly Resonant Photonic Crystal Cavity

  • Jinmian Zhu,
  • Fengli Liu,
  • Fangheng Fu,
  • Yuming Wei,
  • Tiefeng Yang,
  • Heyuan Guan and
  • Huihui Lu

In this work, a doubly resonant photonic crystal (PhC) cavity is proposed to enhance second harmonic generation (SHG) efficiency and photon pair generation rate (PGR). Through the exploration of geometry parameters, a band-edge mode within the light...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,400 Views
15 Pages

High-Q Multiband Narrowband Absorbers Based on Two-Dimensional Graphene Metamaterials

  • Aijun Zhu,
  • Pengcheng Bu,
  • Lei Cheng,
  • Cong Hu and
  • Rabi Mahapatra

In this paper, an absorber with multi-band, tunable, high Q, and high sensitivity, based on terahertz periodic two-dimensional patterned graphene surface plasmon resonance (SPR), is proposed. The absorber consists of a bottom metal film separated by...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,021 Views
16 Pages

Compact Quantum Random Number Generator Based on a Laser Diode and a Hybrid Chip with Integrated Silicon Photonics

  • Xuyang Wang,
  • Tao Zheng,
  • Yanxiang Jia,
  • Jin Huang,
  • Xinyi Zhu,
  • Yuqi Shi,
  • Ning Wang,
  • Zhenguo Lu,
  • Jun Zou and
  • Yongmin Li

In this study, a compact and low-power-consumption quantum random number generator (QRNG) based on a laser diode and a hybrid chip with integrated silicon photonics is proposed and verified experimentally. The hybrid chip’s size is 8.8 ×...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,980 Views
12 Pages

Boundary Feedback Fiber Random Microcavity Laser Based on Disordered Cladding Structures

  • Hongyang Zhu,
  • Bingquan Zhao,
  • Zhi Liu,
  • Zhen He,
  • Lihong Dong,
  • Hongyu Gao and
  • Xiaoming Zhao

The cavity form of complex microcavity lasers predominantly relies on disordered structures, whether found in nature or artificially prepared. These structures, characterized by disorder, facilitate random lasing through the feedback effect of the ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,222 Views
11 Pages

The Generation of Equal-Intensity and Multi-Focus Optical Vortices by a Composite Spiral Zone Plate

  • Huaping Zang,
  • Jingzhe Li,
  • Chenglong Zheng,
  • Yongzhi Tian,
  • Lai Wei,
  • Quanping Fan,
  • Shaoyi Wang,
  • Chuanke Wang,
  • Juan Xie and
  • Leifeng Cao

We propose a new vortex lens for producing multiple focused coaxial vortices with approximately equal intensities along the optical axis, termed equal-intensity multi-focus composite spiral zone plates (EMCSZPs). In this typical methodology, two conc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,388 Views
14 Pages

Simulation of a Pulsed Metastable Helium Lidar

  • Jiaxin Lan,
  • Yuli Han,
  • Ruocan Zhao,
  • Tingdi Chen,
  • Xianghui Xue,
  • Dongsong Sun,
  • Hang Zhou,
  • Zhenwei Liu and
  • Yingyu Liu

Measurements of atmosphere density in the upper thermosphere and exosphere are of great significance for studying space–atmosphere interactions. However, the region from 200 km to 1000 km has been a blind area for traditional ground-based activ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,115 Views
11 Pages

The Generation of Circularly Polarized Isolated Attosecond Pulses with Tunable Helicity from CO Molecules in Polarization Gating Laser Fields

  • Shiju Chen,
  • Hua Yuan,
  • Feng Wang,
  • Jiahang Song,
  • Yue Zhao,
  • Chunhui Yang,
  • Tianxin Ou,
  • Ru Zhang,
  • Qiang Chang and
  • Yuping Sun

We theoretically demonstrate a scheme to generate circularly polarized (CP) isolated attosecond pulses (IAPs) with tunable helicity using a polarization gating laser field interacting with the CO molecule. The results show that a broadband CP superco...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,224 Views
14 Pages

Generation of Propagation-Dependent OAM Self-Torque with Chirped Spiral Gratings

  • Ruediger Grunwald,
  • Mathias Jurke,
  • Max Liebmann,
  • Alexander Treffer and
  • Martin Bock

The application of non-uniform spiral gratings to control the structure, topological parameters and propagation of orbital angular momentum (OAM) beams was studied experimentally with coherent near-infrared light. Adapted digital spiral grating struc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,729 Views
11 Pages

Characterizing Extreme Events in a Fabry–Perot Laser with Optical Feedback

  • Shanshan Ge,
  • Yu Huang,
  • Kun Li,
  • Pei Zhou,
  • Penghua Mu,
  • Xin Zhu and
  • Nianqiang Li

The study of extreme events (EEs) in photonics has expanded significantly due to straightforward implementation conditions. EEs have not been discussed systematically, to the best of our knowledge, in the chaotic dynamics of a Fabry–Perot laser...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,680 Views
11 Pages

Integrated Analysis of Line-Of-Sight Stability of Off-Axis Three-Mirror Optical System

  • Yatao Lu,
  • Bin Sun,
  • Gui Mei,
  • Qinglei Zhao,
  • Zhongshan Wang,
  • Yang Gao and
  • Shuxin Wang

As a space camera works in orbit, the stress rebound caused by gravity inevitably results in the deformation of its optomechanical structure, and the relative position change between different optical components will affect the Line-Of-Sight pointing...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,185 Views
16 Pages

An analysis of the features of measurements and correction of phase distortions in optical waves propagating in the atmosphere at various levels of turbulence was performed. It is shown that with increasing intensity fluctuations, the limiting capabi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,481 Views
9 Pages

Influence of the Experimental Setup on Electromagnetic Pulses in the VHF Band at Relativistic High-Power Laser Facilities

  • Michael Ehret,
  • Luca Volpe,
  • Jon Imanol Apiñaniz,
  • Maria Dolores Rodríguez-Frías and
  • Giancarlo Gatti

We present experimental results for the controlled mitigation of the electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) produced in the interactions of a 1 PW high-power 30 fs Ti:Sa laser VEGA-3 with solid-density targets transparent to laser-forward-accelerated relativi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,710 Views
15 Pages

Structured light three-dimensional reconstruction is one of the important methods for non-contact acquisition of sparse texture object surfaces. Variations in ambient illumination and disparities in object surface reflectance can significantly impact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,619 Views
10 Pages

To the best of our knowledge, a novel concept of mode heterogeneity for the design of multimode devices is presented in this paper and applied to the design of scalable multimode power splitters. Based on a cascade of mode-dependent splitters and con...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,229 Views
13 Pages

Exploring the Origin of Lissajous Geometric Modes from the Ray Tracing Model

  • Xin-Liang Zheng,
  • Yu-Han Fang,
  • Wei-Che Chung,
  • Cheng-Li Hsieh and
  • Yung-Fu Chen

In this paper, we use the geometric optics and discuss the path of laser beam in a simple laser (concave-plano) cavity with the birefringence crystal. In specific lengths of the laser cavity, we can observe various types of Lissajous-like structural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,429 Views
14 Pages

In recent years, optical systems near the diffraction limit have been widely used in high-end applications. Evidently, an analytical solution of the point spread function (PSF) will help to enhance both understanding and dealing with the imaging proc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,885 Views
15 Pages

Dual-Polarization Conversion and Coding Metasurface for Wideband Radar Cross-Section Reduction

  • Saima Hafeez,
  • Jianguo Yu,
  • Fahim Aziz Umrani,
  • Yibo Huang,
  • Wang Yun and
  • Muhammad Ishfaq

Modern stealth application systems require integrated meta-devices to operate effectively and have gained significant attention recently. This research paper proposes a 1-bit coding metasurface (CM) design. The fundamental component of the proposed C...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,353 Views
14 Pages

A high-precision catadioptric telescope such as a space-borne telescope is usually tested with interferometer to check the optical quality in assembly. The coarse and fine alignment of the telescope are mainly based on the information from the coordi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,480 Views
19 Pages

The precise estimation of fluid motion is critical across various fields, including aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, and industrial fluid mechanics. However, refraction at complex interfaces in the light path can cause image deterioration and lead to sev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,459 Views
17 Pages

The article presents a comparative analysis of published data for the physical parameters of the ZGP (ZnGeP2) crystal, its nonlinear and phase-matching properties, and functional capabilities for all frequency conversion processes (harmonics, sum and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,906 Views
15 Pages

Improved DeepLabV3+ Network Beacon Spot Capture Methods

  • Jun Liu,
  • Xiaolong Ni,
  • Xin Yu and
  • Cong Li

In long-range laser communication, adaptive optics tracking systems are often used to achieve high-precision tracking. When recognizing beacon spots for tracking, the traditional threshold segmentation method is highly susceptible to segmentation err...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,386 Views
9 Pages

Gain-Switched Er-Doped Fluoride Fiber Laser at ~3.75 μm

  • Lu Zhang,
  • Shijie Fu,
  • Quan Sheng,
  • Xuewen Luo,
  • Junxiang Zhang,
  • Wei Shi,
  • Qiang Fang and
  • Jianquan Yao

We demonstrate a pulsed Er-doped ZBLAN fiber laser operating at 3.75 μm based on the gain-switching scheme. A diffraction grating is introduced as a wavelength selection component to enable stable lasing in this long-wavelength region that deviate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,755 Views
18 Pages

Research Progress on Femtosecond Laser Poling of Ferroelectrics

  • Yan Sheng,
  • Xin Chen,
  • Tianxiang Xu,
  • Shan Liu,
  • Ruwei Zhao and
  • Wieslaw Krolikowski

Ferroelectric domain engineering has wide applications in optical and electronic industries. Compared with traditional electric field poling, femtosecond laser poling has many advantages, such as higher fabrication resolution, 3D engineering applicab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,133 Views
12 Pages

This study presents a systematic optimization of wide-angle metamaterial long-pass (LP) edge filters based on silicon nanospheres (SiNP). Multi-layered configurations incorporating SiNP-meta-films and anti-reflection coating (ARC) elements not previo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,228 Views
22 Pages

Polarization-Based Reflection Suppression Method and Its Application to Target Detection

  • Jin Duan,
  • Jialin Wang,
  • Qiang Fu,
  • Guofang Xie,
  • Suxin Mo and
  • Ruisen Fang

Active illumination light becomes strongly reflective interference light after specular reflection. It causes saturation in some areas of the image during target detection, resulting in the inability to recognize detailed target feature information....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,731 Views
10 Pages

High directional emission and high radiative quantum efficiency are strongly needed when moving a single optical nano-emitter (such as a quantum dot) into the practical realm. However, a typical optical nano-emitter struggles to meet the requirements...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,656 Views
19 Pages

The paper proposes a method for the calibration of spacing in dual-grating based on Multiple Improved Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise (ICEEMDAN) combined with Hilbert Transform (HT), referred to as Multiple ICEEMDAN...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
14,768 Views
77 Pages

The interplay between two paradigms, artificial intelligence (AI) and optical metasurfaces, nowadays appears obvious and unavoidable. AI is permeating literally all facets of human activity, from science and arts to everyday life. On the other hand,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,076 Views
16 Pages

A kind of surface plasmon waveguide composed of two nested cylindrical dielectric parallel nanowire pairs coated with graphene was designed and studied. The dependence of the mode characteristics and the normalized gradient force of the lowest two mo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,556 Views
17 Pages

On-Chip Supercontinuum Generation Pumped by Short Wavelength Fiber Lasers

  • Peng Chen,
  • Zhe Long,
  • Qi Cheng,
  • Maozhuang Song,
  • Wei Wang,
  • Ruixue Liu,
  • Zheng Zhang,
  • Kai Xia,
  • Zhen Yang and
  • Rongping Wang
  • + 6 authors

Supercontinuum (SC) generation pumped by fiber lasers with short wavelengths below 2.0 μm is important since it can provide a compact light source for various applications. We review the progress of SC generation in various materials regarding the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,983 Views
11 Pages

Chirped pulse amplification (CPA) has been a commonly used methodology to obtain powerful ultrashort laser pulses ever since its first demonstration. However, wavelength-tunable CPA systems are much less common. Wavelength-tunable ultrashort and inte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,540 Views
17 Pages

The article describes the results of an investigation to determine the values of radiation intensities emitted by O-, Cl-, Br-, and I-containing liquid spray targets in absolute units in the wavelength range 10–20 nm when excited by pulsed lase...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,477 Views
10 Pages

A multifunctional switchable metamaterial device based on graphene, a gold layer, polyimide, vanadiµm dioxide (VO2), and the sapphire substrate is designed in this paper. The top layer consists of a gold wire, graphene, and two split-ring reson...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,670 Views
17 Pages

A typical solid-state quantum sensor can be developed based on negatively charged nitrogen-vacancy (NV) centers in diamond. The electron spin state of NV can be controlled and read at room temperature. Through optical detection magnetic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,423 Views
13 Pages

Brain tumors arise from abnormal cell growth in the brain. Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type, poses significant challenges for identification during surgery. The primary goal of this study is to identify and differentiate normal brain...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,175 Views
19 Pages

Rare-Earth-Ion (RE3+)-Doped Aluminum and Lanthanum Borates for Mobile-Phone-Interrogated Luminescent Markers

  • Katya Hristova,
  • Irena P. Kostova,
  • Tinko A. Eftimov,
  • Daniel Brabant and
  • Samia Fouzar

In this paper, we present the synthesis and luminescent spectra of rare-earth (RE)-doped aluminum and lanthanum borates intended to serve as narrow excitation–emission band fluorescent markers. We perform a detailed 3D excitation–emission...

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