Optics lettersPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.608427
Wenjing Li, Yuge Qiu, Yinying Peng, Xiangqi Huang, Fuhao Ji, Liwei Zhang, Mingfang Yi, Peilong Hong
{"title":"Tailoring monolayer moiré-flatband superlattices through long-range lattice-site perturbations.","authors":"Wenjing Li, Yuge Qiu, Yinying Peng, Xiangqi Huang, Fuhao Ji, Liwei Zhang, Mingfang Yi, Peilong Hong","doi":"10.1364/OL.608427","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.608427","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We propose a direct approach for tailoring monolayer moiré superlattices, which is based on artificially designed long-range lattice-site perturbations. We show that this approach produces two distinct extreme sublattices within a supercell, leading to the emergence of staggered band structures associated with flatband formation. In the full-wave simulation with a square lattice, we clearly find a flatband emerging within the predicted spectral range, which has a mode profile localized at the predefined region. Besides, such a flatband resonance is found to exist persistently in a finite-size single-cell slab, while the supercell size is inherently scalable. Particularly, by increasing the supercell size from 7<i>a</i> to 9<i>a</i>, the quality factor of the moiré resonance rises dramatically from ∼0.67×10<sup>4</sup> to ∼3.1×10<sup>4</sup>. Furthermore, as the far-field radiation profile is practically important, we introduce a new degree of freedom, i.e., the topological alignments of anisotropic scatterers, and demonstrate its effectiveness in shaping the far-field patterns. This work thus offers an attractive route toward high-performance moiré resonators, which is relevant to applications such as the development of micro lasers and nonlinear optical devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5301-5304"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149112914","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Phase-aligned wavefront record plane algorithm for single-exposure holographic two-photon lithography.","authors":"Zhiyuan Shi, Xin Wang, Chenyu Dong, Yan-Qing Lu, Weihua Zhang","doi":"10.1364/OL.613912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.613912","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Holographic two-photon polymerization (2PP) promises high-throughput 3D micro/nano-fabrication; however, generating high-fidelity continuous 3D structures remains challenging due to severe inter-point spatial crosstalk and uneven axial intensity distribution. Here, we propose a phase-aligned wavefront record plane (PAWRP) algorithm coupled with an adaptive feedback loop for single-exposure continuous 3D volumetric lithography. By substituting conventionally used spherical waves with focused Gaussian beams, this approach flattens the wavefront phase and essentially eliminates inter-point interference-induced undesired intensity non-uniformity. With the help of this method, we successfully fabricated double-layer woodpile-like scaffold structures featuring sub-150 nm lateral linewidths and continuous, uniform sub-micron axial heights without any mechanical z-scanning. This mechanical-scanning-free method provides an efficient, high-resolution paradigm for high-throughput 3D holographic nanofabrication.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5514-5517"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149113129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Nonlinearity compensation in laser frequency sweep with optical feedback.","authors":"Shiwei Deng, Qinghao Hu, Yubo Zhao, Fangfang Du, Zhihui Liu, Jing Li, Qiulin Tan, Rui Feng, Xijing Zhu","doi":"10.1364/OL.612571","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.612571","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Frequency-sweep nonlinearity limits the resolution and stability of coherent optical sensing systems. We present a simple optical-feedback-based method that uses the beat signal from a stationary target to characterize the instantaneous sweep rate and iteratively predistort the frequency-tuning waveform, without an auxiliary interferometer or external frequency reference. Experiments with a PZT-tuned 1064 nm frequency-swept microchip laser reduce beat-frequency variance to 0.049 kHz<sup>2</sup> (>99% suppression) and compress the overall spectral width by more than 60%, demonstrating effective source-level linearization in both sweep directions.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5449-5452"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149113206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Optics lettersPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.612940
M V Bretsko, S I Yakubov, S I Khalilov, Ya E Akimova
{"title":"Scalar-aperture control of spin angular momentum in vector vortex beams.","authors":"M V Bretsko, S I Yakubov, S I Khalilov, Ya E Akimova","doi":"10.1364/OL.612940","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.612940","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We investigate how a polarization-independent sector aperture modifies the beam-integrated normalized spin angular momentum (SAM) of vector vortex beams. For beams containing a single vortex mode in each circular component, the aperture reduces both transmitted powers by the same fractional factor, and the normalized SAM remains invariant. For coherent vortex superpositions, sector truncation breaks azimuthal modal orthogonality and produces different interference contributions to the powers of the two circular components. Their unequal attenuation enables continuous variation, including sign reversal, of the integrated normalized SAM without direct conversion between circular polarizations. The model is extended to complex modal coefficients and independent sector orientation and is verified experimentally by Stokes polarimetry. Analysis of the transmitted powers and transverse-displacement sensitivity confirms that the observed SAM variation originates from polarization-independent spatial filtering of the structured field.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5621-5624"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149113227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Absorbing-molecule-induced optical clearing enhances Cerenkov luminescence imaging of radiopharmaceutical distribution.","authors":"Haichao Zhuang, Changran Geng, Fei Xie, Gensheng Qian, Yuan Ren, Jinkai Yang, Xiaobin Tang","doi":"10.1364/OL.612420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.612420","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cerenkov luminescence imaging (CLI) enables noninvasive and real-time tracking of the in vivo distribution of radiopharmaceuticals by detecting Cerenkov optical signals generated during radionuclide decay. However, biological tissues exhibit strong scattering and absorption in the visible spectrum, which not only markedly attenuate Cerenkov signals but also cause discrepancies between the detected optical signals and the actual in vivo distribution of radiopharmaceuticals, thereby limiting the imaging accuracy of CLI. Here, we demonstrate that skin optical clearing alleviates this limitation and enhances the spatial fidelity of CLI images. An absorbing-molecule-based optical clearing treatment markedly decreased the tissue reduced scattering coefficient, increasing visible light transmittance through mouse skin by more than 50-fold (from 0.47% to 24.55%) while reducing skin reflectance by approximately 68.8%. Using <sup>68</sup>Ga as the radiotracer, the agreement between CLI and positron emission tomography (PET) was substantially improved, with the Pearson correlation coefficient increasing from 0.55 to 0.78 and the Spearman correlation coefficient from 0.63 to 0.82. After a 15-day recovery period following optical clearing treatment, the treated mouse showed hair regrowth and signs of skin recovery. These results support the potential of optical clearing as a simple and effective strategy for improving the spatial correspondence of CLI with radiopharmaceutical distribution.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5478-5481"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149112184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Optics lettersPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.608786
Huilong Liu, Xiang Shi, Yu'e Guan, Haiwei La, Huipeng Chen, Feier Fang, Hongjun Shen, Lei Wan
{"title":"Acousto-optic modulation using high-order optical modes in hybrid thin-film lithium niobate straight waveguides.","authors":"Huilong Liu, Xiang Shi, Yu'e Guan, Haiwei La, Huipeng Chen, Feier Fang, Hongjun Shen, Lei Wan","doi":"10.1364/OL.608786","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.608786","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Integrated acousto-optic modulators (AOMs) supporting high-order optical modes have enlarged the functionality of photonic integrated circuits. In this work, non-collinear straight waveguide AOMs supporting pure first-order and second-order transverse electric modes (TE<sub>10</sub>, TE<sub>20</sub>) are experimentally presented based on a chalcogenide-loaded TFLN wafer. By measuring the evolution of acousto-optic interactions in the hybrid multimode waveguide, the TE<sub>00</sub> device achieves half-wave-voltage-length product of 0.93 V·cm under the RF input power of 15 dBm, surpassing TE<sub>10</sub> or TE<sub>20</sub> counterpart. Without considering microwave-to-acoustic conversion, TE<sub>10</sub> has comparable phase modulation capability compared with TE<sub>00</sub>. Experimental demonstration of TE<sub>10</sub> and TE<sub>20</sub> participating in straight-waveguide acousto-optic modulation paves the way for high-order optical modes to regulate and control modulation characteristics.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5397-5400"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149112459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Sub-shot-noise infrared gas concentration sensing via coincidence detection of quantum-correlated photons.","authors":"Xin He, Xiao-Min Hu, Ke Wang, Jia-Le Miao, Zhu-Cheng Zhang, Yong-Ze Shi, Yan-Rui Xu, Hao-Bing Zhao, Yun-Sheng Dong, Wen-Qing Liu, Bi-Heng Liu, You-Wen Sun","doi":"10.1364/OL.610580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.610580","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Infrared absorption sensing is a widely adopted technique for gas concentration sensing in environmental monitoring, industrial inspection, and safety applications. However, the precision of concentration estimation based on classical optical probes is fundamentally limited by shot noise. Here, we demonstrate a gas concentration sensing approach using quantum-correlated photon pairs generated via spontaneous parametric down-conversion. Acetylene is employed as a benchmark analyte to characterize the concentration-transmittance relationship and to evaluate sensing precision over its explosive concentration range. Compared with an ideal coherent-state probe having the same mean photon number, the quantum protocol achieves sub-shot-noise performance in concentration estimation. Our results establish a practical framework for applying quantum-correlated light to high-precision gas concentration sensing and open new opportunities for quantum infrared gas sensing.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5401-5404"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149112967","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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":"Wavelength-tunable photonic crystal nanolaser arrays enabled by twist-angle engineering.","authors":"Hongyu Li, Qingyun Liao, Yilan Wang, Feng Tian, Wendi Huang, Shengqun Guo, Bowen Han, Yuhua Liao, Taojie Zhou","doi":"10.1364/OL.608188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.608188","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Twisted nanocavities, constructed by stacking bilayer photonic crystals, provide the twist angle as an additional geometric parameter for tailoring resonant wavelengths. Here, we demonstrate systematic lasing-wavelength engineering in the twisted photonic crystal nanolaser array by continuously varying the twist angle, where increasing the twist angle produces a blueshift in the lasing wavelength. By jointly varying the twist angle and lattice constant, broad wavelength tunability over ~90 nm is achieved. Compared with conventional defect-engineered photonic crystal nanolasers, twist-angle-based wavelength tuning in twisted nanolasers avoids the need for rigorous optimization of multiple structural parameters and offers a simplified wavelength tuning strategy toward multi-wavelength on-chip light sources.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5534-5537"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149113078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Optics lettersPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.612834
Jiayu Liu, Chengyou Lin
{"title":"Dual-polarization broadband directional thermal emitter via coupled Fabry-Perot and Berreman modes.","authors":"Jiayu Liu, Chengyou Lin","doi":"10.1364/OL.612834","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.612834","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Controlling the directivity of broadband thermal radiation has been a fundamental challenge. Broadband directional thermal emission is of great importance for applications such as infrared stealth, radiative cooling, and thermal camouflage. However, most existing studies focus on the directional control of thermal radiation for a single polarization state, and broadband directional emission under dual-polarization conditions remains largely unexplored. In this work, we propose a dual-polarization broadband directional emitter that couples the Berreman mode of epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) materials with the Fabry-Perot (FP) resonance. The structural parameters are optimized by a genetic algorithm. The emitter consists of an MgF<sub>2</sub>/SiO/MgF<sub>2</sub>/Ta<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> multilayer stack on an Al substrate, achieving large-angle directional emission within the 8-14 μm atmospheric window for both s-polarization and p-polarization. The average unpolarized emissivity in the atmospheric window reaches 0.69 at an incidence angle of 70 °, while it is as low as 0.23 at 0 °, yielding a contrast ratio close to 3:1. Electric field distribution and loss analyses reveal the underlying physical mechanisms: p-polarized emission is dominated by the Berreman mode in the ENZ films, whereas s-polarized emission is governed by the FP cavity resonance formed by the MgF<sub>2</sub> dielectric layer and the ENZ films. By effectively coupling the FP resonance and the Berreman mode, this work provides a new, to the best of our knowledge, strategy for achieving broadband directional thermal emission control under dual polarization.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5353-5356"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149113105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}
Optics lettersPub Date : 2026-10-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.611498
Bingyan Zhang, Yuxiang Yin, Yihang Li, Yi Wang, Yeyu Tong, Ke Xu
{"title":"High-responsivity germanium photodetector enabled by dual corner reflectors.","authors":"Bingyan Zhang, Yuxiang Yin, Yihang Li, Yi Wang, Yeyu Tong, Ke Xu","doi":"10.1364/OL.611498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.611498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Germanium waveguide photodetectors are a fundamental building block for high-speed silicon photonic transceivers. While the responsivity is normally proportional to the area of the absorbing germanium layer, too large an active region increases the dark current and sacrifices the bandwidth. It is thus essential to improve the responsivity per unit area to achieve an overall optimal performance. Here, we demonstrate a vertical germanium photodetector with Si/Ge dual corner reflectors that recycle unabsorbed light in both the Si and Ge layers. The active region occupies a compact chip area of only 4.8 μm × 3.7 μm. It achieves a high responsivity of 0.93 A/W at 1550 nm and a low dark current of 1.7 nA at -2 V. This corresponds to a significantly high responsivity per unit area. Owing to the small active region, the measured 3 dB bandwidth reaches 77 GHz, supporting reception of 112 Gbps non-return-to-zero and 224 Gbps 4-level pulse-amplitude signals.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 19","pages":"5345-5348"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149113140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"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}