OptikPub Date : 2025-07-26DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172492
A. Fakkahi , H. Azmi , M. Jaouane , A. Sali , A. Ed-Dahmouny , K. El-Bakkari , R. Arraoui , O. Ben Hammou , S. Elotmani , J. El-Hamouchi , Haddou El Ghazi
{"title":"Temperature and pressure effects on tunable second harmonic generation in GaAs/AlGaAs multilayered quantum dots","authors":"A. Fakkahi , H. Azmi , M. Jaouane , A. Sali , A. Ed-Dahmouny , K. El-Bakkari , R. Arraoui , O. Ben Hammou , S. Elotmani , J. El-Hamouchi , Haddou El Ghazi","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172492","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172492","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, we investigated the effects of applied hydrostatic pressure and temperature on the second harmonic generation (SHG) of a hydrogenic impurity confined in a multilayered quantum dot (MLQD). Using the finite element method (FEM) within the framework of the effective mass approximation (EMA), we have calculated the energy levels and wave functions for different states of a <span><math><mrow><mi>G</mi><mi>a</mi><mi>A</mi><mi>s</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>A</mi><msub><mrow><mi>l</mi></mrow><mrow><mi>x</mi></mrow></msub><mi>G</mi><msub><mrow><mi>a</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>−</mo><mi>x</mi></mrow></msub><mi>A</mi><mi>s</mi></mrow></math></span> MLQD under external perturbations. Then, we calculated the SHG coefficient using the eigenvalues and their corresponding wave functions. Our main findings show that external pressure (temperature) causes a decrease (increase) in energy levels, thereby enhancing SHG efficiency. This study highlights the potential of electronic environment engineering in MLQDs as an effective approach to modulate and enhance their nonlinear optical properties. These findings pave the way for designing advanced photonic devices, including quantum dot-based lasers and modulators, capable of operating under varying thermal and mechanical conditions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172492"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724382","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OptikPub Date : 2025-07-24DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172496
Junhong Qian, Sen Jiang, Yuan Tian, Tao Li
{"title":"Research on joint control algorithm for optical path of sparse aperture imaging system","authors":"Junhong Qian, Sen Jiang, Yuan Tian, Tao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172496","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172496","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To solve the problem of poor cophasing errors correction in the sparse aperture imaging system, a joint optimal control algorithm for optical path control is proposed. A stochastic parallel gradient descent (SPGD) algorithm is employed to create a joint control system that incorporates multiple piezoelectric ceramics in a sparse aperture imaging system, aiming to optimize imaging definition. The experimental results show that the response curves of different displacements are basically coincident with the expected displacement curves, the response time can be effectively controlled within 0.08 s for different displacements, and the position error can be effectively controlled within ±3 nm. The SPGD joint control system is applied to a three-aperture sparse aperture imaging system for comparison experiment of resolution board imaging. Quantitative evaluation of the images before and after cophasing errors correction is made, resulting in an evaluation value <em>J</em><sub>1</sub> = 0.54 before correction and <em>J</em><sub>2</sub> = 0.78 after correction. This demonstrates that the joint control system is efficient in controlling optical path accuracy, correcting cophasing errors, and achieving sub-beam interference imaging.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172496"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144711900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OptikPub Date : 2025-07-23DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172494
Roberto Márquez-Islas , Argelia Pérez-Pacheco , Marco Polo Colín-García , Yadira Béjar-Ramírez , Jesús Vargas-Sánchez , Augusto García-Valenzuela
{"title":"Quantitative scale for measuring serum lipemia using optical transmittance measurements","authors":"Roberto Márquez-Islas , Argelia Pérez-Pacheco , Marco Polo Colín-García , Yadira Béjar-Ramírez , Jesús Vargas-Sánchez , Augusto García-Valenzuela","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172494","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172494","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Carrying out an adequate classification of elevated content of lipoproteins in the blood is of great importance in the clinical and research field. High lipoprotein levels can mask pathologies in the blood and affect the interpretation of blood results. In this study, we propose an unambiguous quantitative scale for lipemia based on optical transmittance measurements at two specific wavelengths of whole blood samples. Whole blood drawn from donors (105 in total) aged between 18 and 65 years, divided into two groups, was tested after a fasting period of 8–10 h. Trained technicians visually determined the degree of lipemia. Lipid profile analysis of the first group (48 samples) and transmittance measurements of the plasma (57 samples) of the second group were obtained. We found that the correspondence between the concentration of any of the analyzed lipoproteins and the degree of lipemia, determined visually, is not one-to-one for most of the samples. A simple theoretical analysis based on Mie scattering is presented to elucidate the possible contribution of different lipoproteins to the observed degree of lipemia in the different blood samples. Our analysis suggests that the turbidity of blood serum is due only to VLDL lipoproteins and is directly related to their size. The reclassification of the degree of lipemia using our proposed quantitative scale coincides with the original classification performed visually by the trained technician in 65 % of the cases.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172494"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144724381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OptikPub Date : 2025-07-18DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172477
M. Askari
{"title":"A scheme for increasing the sensitivity of metal–insulator–metal perfect absorber sensors","authors":"M. Askari","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172477","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172477","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Perfect absorbers have attracted lots of attentions in recent years due to their diverse applications in various fields. Between all designs introduced so far to represent the perfect absorption characteristic, metal–insulator–metal (MIM) plasmonic and metamaterial structures have a reputable standing because of their resonant nature, relatively easy fabrication procedure, and high absorption coefficients. In this paper, we introduce a novel MIM plasmonic structure operating at optical wavelengths that represents high absorption rates of 99.1 and 99.7 percent at two different resonant wavelengths. By extensively investigating the theoretical physics behind this resonant perfect absorptive behavior and inspired by that physics, we invent a new scheme through which sensing capabilities of the structure are noticeably enhanced. It is very likely that the procedure followed in this paper can be applied to similar MIM perfect absorber sensors as well to effectively increase their sensitivities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172477"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144679876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BRDF determination based on topography measurement and Monte Carlo ray tracing","authors":"Florent Retailleau , Marie-Hélène Aumenier , Laurent Marot","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172476","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172476","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Bidirectional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) is a function that relates the incident light on a surface to the reflected light, which depends on several parameters such as the angle of incidence, the angle of reflection, the wavelength and the surface properties of the material. Knowledge of the BRDF is very important, especially in infrared thermography, to predict the light behavior in a reflective environment and its effect on the interpretation of the infrared (IR) image. This paper proposes a new BRDF modeling method for opaque materials with different roughness. The method is based on a 3D reconstruction of the sample surface obtained from topographic measurements such as confocal and atomic force microscopy (AFM) and Monte Carlo ray tracing algorithms (MCRT). The relevance of the topographic acquisition is closely related to the surface properties of the sample, in particular roughness and homogeneity. The BRDFs calculated with this method were compared with BDRFs measured with two different experimental spectrophotometer systems equipped with goniometers in order to validate this new approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172476"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144656377","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OptikPub Date : 2025-07-12DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172480
Junjun Wu , Huimin Shi , Chao Wang , Yujun Wang , Chao Dou
{"title":"Liquid modulated ultra-high performance photonic crystal fiber devices with simple structure","authors":"Junjun Wu , Huimin Shi , Chao Wang , Yujun Wang , Chao Dou","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172480","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172480","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, a liquid-modulated ultra-high performance photonic crystal optical fiber device is proposed with a simple structure, and the finite element method is used to study its filtering and sensing characteristics. When two larger pores are filled with alcohol with a refractive index of n = 1.33, the unwanted optical fiber loss can reach 3044dB/cm, and when the optical fiber length is 3 mm, its crosstalk reaches 7911 dB, which may be one of the best fiber polarization filters at present. What’s more, the liquid-modulated SPR fiber can also be used as a sensor, when the refractive index of the filled alcohol is between 1.31 and 1.35, its average refractive index sensing sensitivity is 2345 nm/RIU, and the highest sensing can reach 4000nm/RIU, which can be used for chemical, food, medical testing, with the advantages of small size and corrosion resistance.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172480"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144631773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OptikPub Date : 2025-07-11DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172481
Pourya Heidari Orojloo, Ali Gökhan Demir
{"title":"High quality remote laser cutting of polymer lithium-ion battery separator using a NIR picosecond-pulsed laser","authors":"Pourya Heidari Orojloo, Ali Gökhan Demir","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172481","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172481","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Due to the increasing demand for electrification in general and battery manufacturing in particular, there is a need to use digital tools wisely. Laser is a digital tool that could process materials with high precision and quality. The polymer separator is one of the basic components of lithium-ion battery, which has the significant effect on the performance of lithium-ion battery. The remote laser cutting of the 25 µm-thick lithium-ion battery separator was experimentally investigated using nanosecond and picosecond near-infrared laser systems. The ns-pulsed laser was found to be sensitive to the material directionality and it could not achieve melt free cuts at processing conditions suitable for the industrial production. The ps-pulsed laser produced clean cut kerfs at high productivity. In terms of cutting productivity, the cutting speed of the ultrashort pulse laser system is approximately 700 times that of the short pulse laser system. To estimate the change in the material’s optical properties, the fluence efficiency model was employed. It was found that the apparent optical absorptivity of the material changes from 0.4 cm<sup>−1</sup> to 1400 cm<sup>−1</sup> when the pulse duration is changed from the nanosecond to the picosecond regime for the same wavelength.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172481"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144672694","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OptikPub Date : 2025-07-10DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172479
Marzieh Pournoury, Jong-In Son, Tae Young Kim
{"title":"Impact of surface irregularities on the optical performance of the injection-molded right-angled triangular plastic prisms: Experiment and numerical simulation","authors":"Marzieh Pournoury, Jong-In Son, Tae Young Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172479","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172479","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A right-angle triangular plastic prism is manufactured by injection molding (IM) technique which is the most efficient mass production technology for high volume applications. The surfaces produced on the right-angle triangular plastic prism are loaded with irregularities which distort prism performance and make wavefront aberration. The quality of the plastic prism in case of optical performance and wavefront peak to valley were analyzed by Zemax simulation and compared with the measurement data. The latter was measured with a µPhase interferometer by Trioptics operating based on the Twyman-Green principle. We validated the accuracy of our simulation by comparing the calculated results with interferometer measurement. Levering this confirmed accuracy, we employed Zemax to further evaluate the impact of legs and hypotenuse surfaces of the IM right-angle triangular plastic prism on its optical performance. Our primary focus was on identifying which of the legs or hypotenuse most significantly affects its optical output. Our findings indicate that the hypotenuse surface roughness exerts the most substantial influence on the output optical performance. This result has critical implications for the design and optimization of optical systems incorporating right-angle triangular prisms. By refining the characteristics of the hypotenuse surface, significant improvements in optical performance can be achieved, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency and accuracy of the system. These findings provide valuable insights for optimizing the design of optical systems incorporating right-angle triangular prisms, highlighting the importance of precise surface analysis and refinement.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172479"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144596445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OptikPub Date : 2025-07-08DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172478
Anu Sam, M. Ganesh Madhan
{"title":"A photonic assisted radar integrated communication system based on gain switched VCSEL","authors":"Anu Sam, M. Ganesh Madhan","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172478","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172478","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A photonic assisted radar utilizing multiband linearly frequency modulated (LFM) signal with increased bandwidth, combined with FSK data transmission is proposed in this work. In this scheme, gain switched vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) is exploited to generate multiband LFM radar signal, when a baseband LFM signal is given as input. Simulation results verified the generation of multiband LFM signals at 5 GHz, 10 GHz, 15 GHz and 20 GHz, with bandwidth of 600 MHz, 1200 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2400 MHz, respectively for 5 GHz LFM input. The LFM frequency bands and their bandwidth are increased N times with respect to the baseband LFM signal. The time bandwidth product reaches a maximum value of 38400 with a range of resolution of 7.5 cm. The radar unambiguous range of 2 targets is estimated as 7.8 m and 7.95 m respectively. The maximum target detection distance is found to be 2.25 km.The demodulation of LFM-FSK signal is demonstrated and achieved a maximum capacity of 100 Mbps. The integrated LFM-FSK signal has the benefit of high immunity towards interference, reduced range ambiguity and finds application in automotive radars, short range tracking, missile guidance and radar networks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172478"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144604129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OptikPub Date : 2025-07-05DOI: 10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172475
Lei Zhang, Zeyu Hao, Guangqian Li, Panpan Hu, Dongxu Li, Huan Wang
{"title":"Enhanced IGTO TFTs via HfO₂-GPTMS hybrid insulation through optimized sol-gel","authors":"Lei Zhang, Zeyu Hao, Guangqian Li, Panpan Hu, Dongxu Li, Huan Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172475","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijleo.2025.172475","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper presents the preparation of an IGTO TFT based on an organic-inorganic hybrid insulating layer at low temperatures (≤150°C), offering a novel approach for fully transparent displays. Through the sol-gel method, hafnium chloride (HfCl₄) and trimethoxysilane (GPTMS) were hybridized and cross-linked, forming Hf-O-Si bonds within the hybrid solution during the cross-linking process. A novel thin film material was subsequently prepared using the spin coating method. The film quality was enhanced through multiple spin coatings and thermal purification, further improving device performance. The electrical parameters of the optimal device prepared are as follows: saturation mobility (μ<sub>sat</sub>) of 8.65 cm²/V·s, switching ratio (I<sub>on</sub>/I<sub>off</sub>) of 1.56 × 10<sup>5</sup>, threshold voltage (V<sub>th</sub>) of 7.25 V, and subthreshold swing (SS) of 2.64 V/decade. Compared to the untreated device, carrier mobility increased by 99 %.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19513,"journal":{"name":"Optik","volume":"338 ","pages":"Article 172475"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144656378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}