Qi Wu;Jian Zhang;Rui-jie Duan;Yan-yu Zhang;Gang Xin;Dun Li
{"title":"Design and Optimization of Specular Reflecting RIS-Aided VLCP System With Low SNR","authors":"Qi Wu;Jian Zhang;Rui-jie Duan;Yan-yu Zhang;Gang Xin;Dun Li","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3589469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3589469","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the optimization of the integrated visible light communication and positioning (VLCP) system performance with the aid of specular reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) when the received signal is subject to low signal-to-noise ration (SNR). Specifically, we focus on the low SNR asymptotic capacity as the criterion of communication indicator whereas the Cramer-Rao low bound (CRLB) as the positioning performance indicator. The VLCP system performance in low SNR is discussed since the scenario may occur if the receiver encounters substantial noise interference (low illumination conditions such as corridors) or the transmitter imposes restrictive limitations on the intensity (such as biology darkroom lab). We derive the CRLB and asymptotic capacity of the RIS-aided multi-LED VLCP system in low SNR and dig out the relationship between the communication or positioning performance and the parameters of RIS. Two optimization problems are formulated with the maximization of the capacity as the optimization object while satisfying the constraints on the CRLB and RIS parameters. To address the non-convex optimization problems, we leverage convex relaxation, the monotonicity of the function, semidefinite relaxation (SDR), and greedy algorithms. Based on these techniques, we propose the integrated two-stage greedy algorithm and greedy strategy-based convex relaxation algorithm to determine the optimal configuration of RIS. From the simulation results, we show that the application of RIS can enhance the VLCP system performance in low SNR obviously, and meanwhile, the proposed algorithms are effective methods for the proposed system performance optimization problems.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11151757","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145073368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Athermal Polymer Arrayed Waveguide Grating Router for Optical Backplane","authors":"Ruizhi Jia;Han Wu;Xiao Xu;Liuge Du;Jia Zhao","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3605942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3605942","url":null,"abstract":"To address the demand for non-blocking cross- interconnections between multiple on-board CPUs over centimeter-to-meter scales, we present the design and fabrication of polymer arrayed waveguide grating routers (AWGRs) on FR4 substrates. The measured average insertion loss of all channels is 6.28 dB, while the average crosstalk is −15.77 dB, and the 3-dB bandwidth is approximately 0.8 nm. We also test the temperature stability of the fabricated AWGR, and the wavelength drift rate is -2.23 pm/°C, which reveals the temperature insensitivity of the fabricated AWGR.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11150531","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145078563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhihang Chen;Hongliang Ren;Yuhao Zhu;Yuan Wang;Jin Lu;Jin Li;Chang-Ling Zou;Chun-Hua Dong;Qi Xuan
{"title":"Hybrid Data Augmentation Method for Multimode Sensing in a Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator","authors":"Zhihang Chen;Hongliang Ren;Yuhao Zhu;Yuan Wang;Jin Lu;Jin Li;Chang-Ling Zou;Chun-Hua Dong;Qi Xuan","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3605280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3605280","url":null,"abstract":"Multimode sensing based on whispering gallery mode (WGM) microcavities has attracted significant attention due to its diverse optical modes, which offer the potential for enhanced sensing performance. While AI models excel at integrating multimodal information, their effectiveness in multimode detection is often limited by the scarcity of large-scale, high-quality training data. To address this issue, we propose a hybrid data augmentation (DA) method that leverages an autoencoder (AE) to generate high-quality synthetic spectral data. Small Gaussian noise is then added to both real experimental and synthetic spectra, creating a large number of optical spectra sets. This significantly expands the training set, thereby improving the regression model’s accuracy and reducing overfitting. When applied to a multimode temperature regression task using a microbubble resonator (MBR), the hybrid DA method results in a 85.91% improvement in the prediction accuracy of the deep neural network (DNN). This approach is simple, efficient, and well-suited for multi-parameter regression tasks.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11146647","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145057476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stabilization of Multimode Fiber Link by Simple Insertion of Low-Noise Plastic Optical Fiber","authors":"Kenta Muramoto;Yasuhiro Koike","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3605596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3605596","url":null,"abstract":"Data transmission in a multimode fiber (MMF) link is significantly improved by simply inserting a low-noise graded-index (GI) plastic optical fiber (POF) between a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser and standard silica GI MMF, compared with using only the silica GI MMF as a transmission medium. The developed low-noise GI POF exhibits strong mode coupling closely related to the microscopic heterogeneous structures in the fiber core material; this effectively reduces interferometric noise in the MMF link. Experimental results demonstrate that the insertion of the low-noise GI POF reduces the bit error rate by several orders of magnitude in 53.125 Gb/s data transmission using four-level pulse amplitude modulation, owing to significant noise suppression despite the presence of insertion loss. This simple configuration reduces the need for additional noise mitigation in transceiver modules and precise connector designs, enabling cost-effective implementation of MMF links while ensuring robust and reliable operation.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11147121","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jiajin Li;Jiaojian Song;Kai Zeng;Dong Bao;Yufeng Ma;Wenbo Sun
{"title":"Anti-Interference Air-to-Water Wireless Optical Communication via Circularly Polarized Light","authors":"Jiajin Li;Jiaojian Song;Kai Zeng;Dong Bao;Yufeng Ma;Wenbo Sun","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3604796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3604796","url":null,"abstract":"Wireless optical communication (WOC) has a wide range of underwater applications in various fields due to its high bandwidth and low latency. However, the interference of sunlight and multiple scattered light seriously affects the communication quality of air-to-water WOC. Achieving anti-interference air-to-water WOC in the shallow seawater remains a difficult challenge. In this paper, we present a novel and effective method for air-to-water WOC via circularly polarized light. This method can significantly mitigate adverse effects of the sunlight interference and underwater multiple scattered light during the signal transmission, thus achieving anti-interference capability. The concept can also be applied to the field of remote sensing based on laser radar.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11146433","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145036919","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cost-Effective Raman Spectra Acquisition Based on Spreading Code Modulation for Exciting Light","authors":"Yu Wan;Jiahe Zhang;Cheng Chen;Xiaoyi Lv;Xi Yang;Yan Huang;Xiangwei Zhao","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3604909","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3604909","url":null,"abstract":"Raman spectroscopy is a powerful, non-destructive analytical tool that is widely used across various fields for identifying molecular structures and reactions. However, Raman spectroscopy may be hindered by background and fluorescence noises. These noises are often stronger than Raman signals, causing complicated spectral interpretation. Therefore, a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) Raman spectrum is crucial for better identification accuracy. Currently, techniques can be used to amplify the Raman signal significantly, but often require significant time or complex hardware. Spread spectrum is a mature technology used in communication to suppress noise. This study introduces a method combining Raman signals with spreading codes to obtain cost-effective high SNR Raman spectra. Firstly, simulations were conducted to verify the spreading Raman spectrum with efficient computation. While the fluorescence and background noises were suppressed due to the cross-correlation properties of spreading codes. Next, a hardware environment comprised of a laser, polarization controller, and amplitude modulator was configured to demonstrate the feasibility of the spread spectrum Raman system. The measured Raman peaks from the samples are compared with the original Raman spectrum. The results demonstrate that the spread spectrum Raman system improves the SNR for both interleukin-6 and ink samples. The timing synchronization and code length estimation algorithms significantly simplify hardware design for engineering. Both simulation and experimental results validate that the SNR of the Raman system can be improved by using a spread spectrum technique. It allows Raman analysis for appropriate SNR with cost-effective hardware in the industry.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11146512","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145078650","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of Photoluminescence Properties and Random Lasing Behaviors in Dy3+-Doped Sr2MgMoO6 Phosphors","authors":"Yexi Sun;Qianyu Huang;Xin Guo;Maohui Yuan;Kai Han","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3604818","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3604818","url":null,"abstract":"Lanthanide-doped phosphors are of importance in the practical applications. In this work, we investigated the photoluminescence properties and random lasing behaviors of Dy<sup>3+</sup>-doped Sr<sub>2</sub>MgMoO<sub>6</sub> phosphors synthesized by the high-temperature solid-state method. The SEM, XRD, and EDS with elemental mapping results reveal the successful fabricating of the high-quality Sr<sub>2</sub>MgMoO<sub>6</sub> phosphors and confirm the uniform distribution of constituent elements. Structural characterization through precise Rietveld refinement confirmed that the material crystallizes in a tetragonal system with space group I4/m (No. 87), and its refined lattice parameters are also determined. The effect of different Dy<sup>3+</sup> doping concentrations on the luminescent properties was analyzed. The optimal doping concentration for achieving efficient luminescence is fixed at 0.08 mol%. Typical emission peaks centered at 484 nm, 576 nm, 656 nm, and 756 nm of Dy<sup>3+</sup> were observed under the blue light excitation. Additionally, random lasing phenomena were observed in the Sr<sub>2</sub>MgMoO<sub>6</sub> phosphors when excited with a 355 nm pulsed laser under varying pump power densities. The random lasing behaviours were confirmed by the emergence of narrow emission peaks with a narrow full width at half maximum (FWHM) and the dependence of the intensity on the excitation intensity. This work highlights the potential of Dy<sup>3+</sup>-doped Sr<sub>2</sub>MgMoO<sub>6</sub> phosphors as efficient luminescent materials and demonstrates their application in random lasing, which opens new possibilities for their use in optoelectronic and laser technologies.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-6"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11146285","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145078667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"100.4 W All-Fiber Visible Supercontinuum Source Based on Graded-Index Multimode Fiber","authors":"Zhijian Huang;Tingwu Ge;Guanrui Zhao;Chuang Xue;Ruoyu Jia;Yanli Li;Haohao Kong;Chengxin Li;Yixuan Liu;Miaomiao Yang;Qingxuan Li;Wenbin Qin","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3604436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3604436","url":null,"abstract":"An all-fiber high-power visible light super-continuum (SC) source based on graded-index multimode fiber (GRIN MMF) is presented. In the experiment, a picosecond pulse laser with a center wavelength of 1062 nm is amplified by a multimode ytterbium-doped double-clad fiber (YDF) with a core/cladding size of 50/400 μm and then injected into a 10 m 50/125 μm GRIN MMF to produce an output power of 100.4 W, covering a spectral range of 480–1700 nm. This work demonstrates for the first time the use of pumping GRIN MMF with large-core-diameter multimode YDF, effectively suppressing nonlinear broadening of the pump light. The approach enables broadband SC generation from the visible to near-infrared regions, offering a new route for high-power all-fiber SC sources.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-5"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11145271","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145078587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beam Shaping of VCSEL Arrays Using Randomized Microlens Arrays With Integrated Collimation","authors":"Elias Ellingen;Robert Lange","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3603888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3603888","url":null,"abstract":"In active 3D imaging systems, the circular, Gaussian-shaped output of VCSEL arrays must be converted into rectangular patterns aligned with the camera’s field of view. To maximize energy efficiency, the beam edges must be sharply confined to avoid illumination outside the target area. For this purpose, this work presents the design, fabrication, and experimental evaluation of randomized microlens arrays (RMLAs) and the novel collimating RMLAs (cRMLAs), which are tailored specifically to the emission characteristics of VCSEL arrays. The freeform optical elements were fabricated using grayscale two-photon polymerization and verified using confocal microscopy. Far-field beam profiles were recorded with a cost-efficient, camera-based setup and analyzed with respect to efficiency, field-of-view coverage, and intensity distribution. The results show that the cRMLAs offer a significant increase in beam shaping efficiency and spatial resolution. This represents the first monolithic randomized microlens array with integrated collimation. The approach enables compact and energy-efficient beam shaping in future active sensing systems.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11143191","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transmission of 100-Gb/s PAM-6 Signal by Using DML Wavelength-Locked to Delay Interferometer","authors":"Horyun Lee;Hoon Kim","doi":"10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3602815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2025.3602815","url":null,"abstract":"We experimentally demonstrate the transmission of 100-Gb/s 6-ary pulse amplitude modulation signal over 2-km standard single-mode fiber using a 1.55-μm directly-modulated laser (DML) wavelength-locked to a delay interferometer (DI). The DI, serving as an optical equalizer, not only improves the extinction ratio, but also compensates for the waveform distortions induced by fiber chromatic dispersion. Thus, no nonlinear electrical equalizer is employed in our experiment. The DML’s wavelength is locked to the transmittance curve of the DI so that the system operates in a stable manner under external perturbations. The experimental results show that we achieve a decent receiver sensitivity of −2.4 dBm after the transmission. We also demonstrate a long-term stable operation even when the DI is subject to temperature variations or frequency dithering by a sinusoidal wave.","PeriodicalId":13204,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Photonics Journal","volume":"17 5","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2025-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11141688","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145011289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}