{"title":"Coupled-Mode Theory for Guided-Wave Optics","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3564698","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3564698","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144219702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Ahmad;L. Lohano;B. Nizamani;M. Z. Samion;M. F. Ismail
{"title":"Widely Tunable Narrow Linewidth Dual-Wavelength Fiber Laser Using In-Line Six-Mode Fiber Filter With a Double-Ring Compound Cavity (DRCC)","authors":"H. Ahmad;L. Lohano;B. Nizamani;M. Z. Samion;M. F. Ismail","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3575605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3575605","url":null,"abstract":"This work experimentally demonstrates a single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) based narrow linewidth tunable dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber (EDF) laser. The dual-wavelength at 1550.01 (<inline-formula> <tex-math>$lambda _{1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) and 1550.17 (<inline-formula> <tex-math>$lambda _{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) nm with a free spectral range (FSR) of 0.16 nm was obtained by incorporating an in-line comb filter based on the six-mode fiber. The SLM operation was observed by integrating a double-ring compound cavity (DRCC) filter, which helps to achieve a narrow linewidth dual-wavelength with a high optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) of around 71 dB. A stable dual-wavelength fiber laser with power fluctuation and wavelength drift of less than 0.5 dB and 0.02 nm was obtained. The proposed laser offers a broader tunability range of 44 nm. Furthermore, the performance of SLM was examined with and without the DRCC filter and unpumped EDF, where the unpumped EDF was utilized as the saturable absorber (SA) to control the mode fluctuation and enhance the stability. The linewidth of <inline-formula> <tex-math>$lambda _{1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math>$lambda _{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> was measured using the delayed self-heterodyne technique (DSH), where the narrow linewidths around 496 and 479 Hz were obtained for <inline-formula> <tex-math>$lambda _{1}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math>$lambda _{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>, respectively.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 4","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144725225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luxin Diao;Mingjun Wang;Jialin Zhang;Wei Wang;Chengguang Ma
{"title":"Self-Healing, Transmission, and Communication Properties of Bessel-Gaussian Vortex Beam in the Underwater Environment","authors":"Luxin Diao;Mingjun Wang;Jialin Zhang;Wei Wang;Chengguang Ma","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3564823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3564823","url":null,"abstract":"Bessel-Gaussian (BG) vortex beams are non-diffracting beams carrying orbital angular momentum, which have potential applications against ocean turbulence and are expected to solve the bottleneck problem of long-distance and high-rate transmission of light underwater. In this paper, an experimental link for underwater vortex optical communication is constructed, and the underwater transmission and communication characteristics of Gaussian beams and BG vortex beams with different orders are investigated under the seawater channel conditions of air bubbles, sediment, and turbulence. The light intensity images, beam drift, and scintillation indices are analyzed, the bit error rate (BER) during communication is calculated, and the self-healing characteristics of the BG vortex beams in underwater channel environments with obstacles are investigated. The results show that the BG vortex beam has lower beam drift, optical intensity scintillation, and more stable underwater data transmission performance compared with the Gaussian beam under various simulated ocean channel conditions, and the higher-order BG beam has better transmission performance than the zero-order BG beam. This research provides a robust and useful alternative to withstand ocean turbulence and improve the reliability and capacity of optical communication systems.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 5","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144990015","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ivan V. Oreshko;Sergey O. Slipchenko;Vasily V. Zolotarev;Alena E. Kazakova;Nikita A. Pikhtin
{"title":"Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals for Planar IR Laser Cavities With Vertical Beam Output","authors":"Ivan V. Oreshko;Sergey O. Slipchenko;Vasily V. Zolotarev;Alena E. Kazakova;Nikita A. Pikhtin","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3562814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3562814","url":null,"abstract":"A semi-analytical 3D model has been developed to describe the modal structures of an infinite two-dimensional photonic crystal formed in a semiconductor laser waveguide heterostructure. Within the framework of the proposed simulation model, the relationship between the efficiency of laser mode light output through the surface and the geometric characteristics of the photonic crystal has been studied. As an example, we performed calculations and analysis of optical output losses in a waveguide heterostructure based on the AlGaAs/InGaAs material system. The study focused on square symmetry photonic crystals with simple geometric shapes, including circles and triangles. The results demonstrate that surface-emitting lasers designed in planar structures using photonic crystals based on circular holes have low radiation output efficiency. Efficient light output can be achieved by using triangular hole shapes with a fill factor greater than 0.1-0.2, while the symmetry of the triangular hole significantly influences the output efficiency. The fill factor also determines the mode discrimination and the conditions for single-mode or multi-mode operation. Structures incorporating regular triangular photonic crystals exhibit the highest output losses, while enhancing the mode overlap between the planar waveguide and the photonic crystal leads to an increase in output losses from 2 to 10 cm<inline-formula> <tex-math>${}^{mathrm {-1}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 3","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144481839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jue Su;Tingting Chen;Junjie Ma;Jingbin Lan;Xin Zhou;Lu Huang;Hongzhen Dai;Zhengqian Luo
{"title":"10 W-Level High-Efficiency Continuous-Wave and Gain-Switched All-Fiber Laser at 1.7 μm","authors":"Jue Su;Tingting Chen;Junjie Ma;Jingbin Lan;Xin Zhou;Lu Huang;Hongzhen Dai;Zhengqian Luo","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3560527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3560527","url":null,"abstract":"We report <inline-formula> <tex-math>$1.7~boldsymbol {mu }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>m high-efficiency, high-power continuous-wave (CW) and gain-switched thulium-doped all-fiber lasers with master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) configuration. The <inline-formula> <tex-math>$1.7~boldsymbol {mu }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>m seed source comprises a homemade 1566 nm fiber laser as pump source, a femtosecond direct-written fiber Bragg grating pair, and a low-dopant Tm3+ gain fiber. By changing the operating mode (CW/pulsed) of the 1566 nm pump source, CW/gain-switched output of the <inline-formula> <tex-math>$1.7~boldsymbol {mu }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>m seed source can be achieved, respectively. The CW MOPA achieves a maximum output power of 10 W with a slope efficiency of 68%, representing the highest power level from a <inline-formula> <tex-math>$1.7~boldsymbol {mu }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>m Tm-doped CW laser in all-fiber format. Moreover, the amplified average output power of the demonstrated gain-switched operation is 2.28 W with the amplification slope efficiency, pulse energy, and peak power of 76.8%, <inline-formula> <tex-math>$152~boldsymbol {mu }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>J, and 2.054 kW, respectively. This is, to the best of our knowledge, the highest single pulse energy and amplification efficiency of a Tm-doped gain-switched all-fiber laser. This work provides a new path to achieve high power and large energy of <inline-formula> <tex-math>$1.7~boldsymbol {mu }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>m all-fiber laser for applications in bio-imaging and long-distance sensing technology.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143896265","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LP11 Mode All-Fiber Ultrafast Laser at 1.3 μm by Using Bismuth Telluride as an Optical Modulator","authors":"H. Ahmad;B. Nizamani;A. Bencheikh","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3560528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3560528","url":null,"abstract":"This work reports higher order LP11 modes in ultrafast mode-locked fiber laser at the O-band regime. The mode-locking was achieved by using bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) as an optical modulator in a praseodymium-doped fluoride fiber (PDFF) laser which operates at 1300.5 nm. Bi2Te3 was prepared by liquid phase exfoliation (LPE) process and then it was drop-casted onto the arc-shaped fiber, which behaves as an optical modulator. The mode-locking was obtained within the pump power range of 106.8 to 133.2 mW. The pulse repetition rate was at 0.407 MHz with a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of 53.4 dB. The ultrafast pulses of 890 fs duration with a pulse energy of 2.4 nJ were achieved. At the output, by using the offset splice spot (OSS) technique the higher-order modes were excited in the two-mode fiber (TMF). These higher-order modes were LP11 modes with a two-lobe structure visualized using the Thorlabs beam profiler.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143896409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lock-Time Analysis of Injection-Locked Lasers","authors":"Jeonghun Lee;Dongwook Park","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3558769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3558769","url":null,"abstract":"Transient characteristics of optical injection-locked (OIL) solid-state lasers are analyzed using rate equations, with a focus on how the lock-time, which is defined as the time required for the slave laser to lock onto the master laser’s frequency, is affected by the injection strength, detuning frequency, and cavity field’s initial phase. In particular, mean lock-time, the lock-time averaged over a random initial phase difference between the two laser signals, is systematically investigated. The study, aided by asymptotic stability and phase-space trajectory analyses, shows that the dynamics of OIL lasers is quite complex as well as diverse in its behavior. Findings involving the mean lock-time indicate that it is fairly insensitive to frequency detuning except near the locking edge, wherein extremely large variations can occur, ranging from a very small to a very large value in a narrow interval. It is also found that there is a trend reversal of the mean lock-time with respect to the injection strength; after initially undergoing a decrease with increasing injection level, the lock-time starts to increase once again beyond a certain injection strength. There are also some interesting features predicted, such as instantaneous locking and pseudo-stable behavior. The transient process following switching off of the injected light is also briefly investigated and compared to the injection-locking process. The results of this research should provide useful insight when exploring the feasibility, limitations, and design guidelines of various potential OIL applications in which the response speed is of importance.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 3","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144331570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arkady G. Yastremskii;Sofia A. Yampolskaya;Yuri N. Panchenko
{"title":"Application of Cohen Distribution Functions for Time-Frequency Analysis of Chirped Laser Beams","authors":"Arkady G. Yastremskii;Sofia A. Yampolskaya;Yuri N. Panchenko","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3558190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3558190","url":null,"abstract":"Based on the Cohen distribution function and physical spectrum concept, a new algorithm for numerical analysis of the time-frequency distribution of photon flux density of a chirped laser beam has been developed. This made it possible to use the well-known photon transport equation for modeling the evolution of not only spatial and energy, but also spectral characteristics of radiation in high-power laser systems. This approach allows us to solve the problem of “negative probability” arising when using the Wigner distribution function for non-Gaussian laser beams. Comparison of the obtained data with the results of experiments and numerical modeling of amplification of chirped laser beams in the XeF(C-A) gas amplifier of the THL-100 laser system proved applicability of the model.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 2","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143888399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhanced Optical Modulation in AZO-Based Engineered Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide: High Extinction Ratio and Low Voltage Operation","authors":"Swati Rajput;Tithi Saha;Ajay Agarwal","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3556574","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3556574","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we propose a high-extinction-ratio, low-voltage optical modulator with wide optical bandwidth operation in an engineered Hybrid Plasmonic Waveguide (HPW) utilizing Aluminum-doped Zinc Oxide (AZO). Incorporating a thin AZO layer into the HPW enables vertical and lateral plasmonic mode confinement. By inducing carrier changes electrically in AZO, we achieve the epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) state, facilitating efficient intensity and phase modulation across a wavelength range of 1500 nm to 1650nm. Optimized device geometry ensures proficient electro-optic coupling between the dielectric waveguide mode and the surface plasmon mode, resulting in lower losses compared to conventional HPWs. The extinction ratio (ER) ranges from 13 dB/<inline-formula> <tex-math>$mu $ </tex-math></inline-formula>m to 45 dB/<inline-formula> <tex-math>$mu $ </tex-math></inline-formula>m at a low voltage of 1 V, with modulation efficiency spanning from 2.75 V-<inline-formula> <tex-math>$mu $ </tex-math></inline-formula>m to 2.90 V-<inline-formula> <tex-math>$mu $ </tex-math></inline-formula>m for wavelengths between 1500 nm and 1650 nm. We conduct a comparative analysis with another popular ENZ material, Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), demonstrating that the AZO-based modulator, with its high carrier mobility, outperforms the ITO-based modulator. AZO, as an ENZ material, holds transformative potential for optical modulation due to its unique electro-optical properties and compatibility with HPWs, offering significant advantages for high-speed, efficient, and compact optical modulators. Our proposed modulation scheme is poised to play a crucial role in advancing optical communication, quantum computing, and quantum sensing technologies.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 3","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144481885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
H. Ahmad;J. W. Chiam;M. Z. Samion;M. F. Ismail;S. Mutlu;V. Filiz;S. Savaskan Yılmaz;N. Arsu;M. K. A. Zaini;K. Thambiratnam;L. Bayang;S. Sun;B. Ortaç
{"title":"Usage of Novel Co-MOF for Mode-Locked Pulse Generation Near 2 μm","authors":"H. Ahmad;J. W. Chiam;M. Z. Samion;M. F. Ismail;S. Mutlu;V. Filiz;S. Savaskan Yılmaz;N. Arsu;M. K. A. Zaini;K. Thambiratnam;L. Bayang;S. Sun;B. Ortaç","doi":"10.1109/JQE.2025.3574132","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2025.3574132","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, we investigated unprecedented laser-induced rapid synthesis (LIRS) cobalt-based metal-organic framework (Co-MOF) saturable absorber (SA) to generate a conventional soliton pulse in a thulium-doped fiber laser (TDFL). The Co-MOF was drop-casted onto a side-polished fiber (SPF) to prepare the saturable absorber (SA). It exhibited a high modulation depth of 14% and a saturation intensity of 20.7MW/cm2. The pulse produced had a pulse width and center wavelength of 1.34 ps and 1974.2 nm, respectively. The repetition rate of the output was 13.09 MHz, which gives a pulse interval of about 76.4 ps. The beam output reached an average power of 6.56 mW and pulse energy of about 501 pJ before breaking, achieving a maximum peak power of 374 W.","PeriodicalId":13200,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics","volume":"61 3","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144536662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}