Optics lettersPub Date : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.561740
Stefano Longhi
{"title":"Virtual atom-photon bound states and spontaneous emission control.","authors":"Stefano Longhi","doi":"10.1364/OL.561740","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.561740","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In waveguide quantum electrodynamics (QED) systems, atomic radiation emission is shaped by photonic environment and collective atom interactions, offering promising applications in quantum technologies. In particular, atom-photon bound states, inhibiting a complete spontaneous decay of the atom, can be realized through waveguide dispersion engineering or by utilizing giant atoms. While steady-state bound states are well understood, transient or virtual bound states remain less explored. Here, we investigate transient atom-photon bound states, arising from initial atom-photon entanglement, and propose methods to slow down spontaneous atomic decay.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"3026-3029"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144023894","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":"Silicon 3D-integrated 2 × 2 × 106.25 Gbps parallel multimode transmitter.","authors":"Shihuan Ran, Yao Sun, Ting Miao, Bohan Chu, Yu Li, Jianping Chen, Linjie Zhou","doi":"10.1364/OL.557793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.557793","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mode division multiplexing (MDM) has garnered significant attention for its potential to enhance communication capacity. In this paper, we present for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, a 3D-integrated parallel multimode transmitter, featuring two multimode fibers, with both TE<sub>0</sub> and TE<sub>1</sub> modes transmitted for data multiplexing. Each channel exhibits an electro-optic (EO) bandwidth of ∼45 GHz, enabling a total transmission of 2 × 2 × 106.25 Gbps upon four-level pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4).</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"2888-2891"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022090","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":"Toroidal dipole resonances enable giant vortical dichroism in folded metamaterials.","authors":"Kangzhun Peng, Shiqi Luo, Zhi-Yuan Li, Wenyao Liang","doi":"10.1364/OL.560670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.560670","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chiral optical effects have significant applications in material science and nanophotonics, particularly in chiral material detection and optical sensing. The toroidal dipole resonance, as a unique electromagnetic multipolar mode, has attracted considerable attention for its distinctive response characteristics in optical research. In this work, we propose a folded metamaterial and investigate the interaction between photonic orbital angular momentum and the toroidal dipole resonances in the designed chiral metamaterials. By varying the folded angle of the metamaterial, we analyze the variations in vortical dichroism response and find that the folded angle significantly affects the intensity and contrast of the vortical dichroism effect. By using electromagnetic multipole resonances theory, we verify that the vortical dichroism enhancement is mainly driven by toroidal dipole resonance intensity and confirm chiral toroidal dipole resonances in the orbital angular momentum dimension. This study provides what we believe to be a new pathway for flexible orbital angular momentum manipulation and the development of chiral toroidal dipole optical devices, especially in optical communications and optical holography applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"3102-3105"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143991735","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 : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.562872
Manisha, Stuti Joshi, Saba N Khan, Bhaskar Kanseri, P Senthilkumaran
{"title":"Full characterization of partially coherent vector vortex beams via generalized Stokes parameters.","authors":"Manisha, Stuti Joshi, Saba N Khan, Bhaskar Kanseri, P Senthilkumaran","doi":"10.1364/OL.562872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.562872","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The generalized Stokes parameters (GSPs) for partially coherent vector vortex beams (PC-VVBs) are meticulously determined through a double-slit (DS) experiment, marking the first, to the best of our knowledge, measurement for polarization singular beams. GSPs provide a comprehensive characterization of PC-VVBs, encompassing the state of polarization (SoP), degree of polarization (DoP), and electromagnetic degree of coherence (EMDoC) information. It is demonstrated that the modulus and phase of GSPs provide information about the singularity index, polarity, and type of PC-VVB. The maximum GSP values near the singularity are used to calculate EMDoC. Furthermore, the DoP is calculated using normalized GSPs. This study may find potential wherever the coherence and polarization properties are crucial, including polarization metrology, optical communication, etc.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"3074-3077"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144036155","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 : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.558056
Arno De Haseleer, Ali Al-Zawqari, Domenico Spina, Francesco Ferranti
{"title":"Latent space-based modeling for spectral prediction in generative photonics design.","authors":"Arno De Haseleer, Ali Al-Zawqari, Domenico Spina, Francesco Ferranti","doi":"10.1364/OL.558056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.558056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Electromagnetic (EM) metasurfaces consist of periodic structures of sub-wavelength dimensions that exhibit the ability to manipulate light for many novel applications. Calculating the optical response of a metasurface, typically performed using <i>full-wave EM solvers</i> in simulation, is a time- and resource-intensive operation. To accelerate computational design, machine learning-based surrogate models are increasingly investigated. The main challenge for these models is achieving data efficiency while preserving the diversity in possible shape design choices for the nanostructures. The most common degree of freedom in metasurface design is the pattern design of the base unit cell structure that is periodically repeated. In this work, a latent representation-based encoding of this base structure is investigated in the context of creating an optical response prediction machine learning model. The latent space-based model is found to be data efficient while retaining diversity in possible shapes of the nanostructures.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"2994-2997"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144048984","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":"Breaking the resolution-distance trade-off: 50-cm spatial resolution over 14 km using correlation demodulation in Raman distributed fiber sensors.","authors":"Xinyue Zhang, Jian Li, Bowen Fan, Zijia Cheng, Xin Huang, Xiaohui Xue, Mingjiang Zhang","doi":"10.1364/OL.560755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.560755","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The spatial resolution and sensing distance of Raman distributed optical fiber sensors are constrained by the pulse width and the inherently weak Raman scattering signals. Consequently, the spatial resolution for kilometer-level detection distances is typically limited to the order of meters. To address this principle limitation, this study proposes a Raman distributed optical fiber sensing scheme based on amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) correlation detection. By performing a cross correlation operation between the ASE detection signal and the reconstructed Raman anti-Stokes signal, the system effectively captures the weaker intensity information of Raman anti-Stokes light, thereby enhancing spatial resolution. Experimental results demonstrate a spatial resolution of 50 cm over a distributed temperature-sensing distance exceeding 14.0 km.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"3014-3017"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024195","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":"Triple-pulsed single-frequency laser at 1645 nm and 822 nm simultaneously for CH<sub>4</sub> and H<sub>2</sub>O differential absorption lidar.","authors":"Zitong Wu, Likun Wang, Shiguang Li, Hongshun Ye, Xiuhua Ma, Xiaopeng Zhu, Jiqiao Liu, Weibiao Chen","doi":"10.1364/OL.559024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.559024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We proposed a novel, to the best of our knowledge, triple-pulse dual-wavelength 1645 nm and 822 nm laser for differential absorption lidar (DIAL) to measure methane and water vapor simultaneously. The laser is developed with a 1064 nm triple-pulse high-energy fiber-slab hybrid laser amplifier as the pump source. Seeder-injected optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is designed to generate narrow linewidth and single-frequency 1645 nm pulses, while optical parametric amplification (OPA) and second-harmonic generation (SHG) are utilized to amplify the signal pulses and generate 822 nm pulses. Operating at a repetition rate of 25 Hz with a three-pulse interval of 200 <b><i><i>μ</i></i></b>s, a single pulse energy of 98.6 mJ at 1064 nm pump wavelength is achieved, resulting in 18.8 mJ at 1645 nm after OPA. After the SHG, a pulse energy of 7.5 mJ at 822 nm is generated with an efficiency of 39.98%. Both the 1645 nm and 822 nm pulses obtain low-frequency fluctuation and good beam quality. The frequency stabilities are 9.07 MHz and 4.89 MHz, and the beam qualities are less than 2.2 and 3.9, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"3086-3089"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144024201","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 : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.559589
Yinzhong Wang, Bowei Xie, Jiayue Yang, Linhua Liu
{"title":"Phase-change-based polarization-selective switching for multilevel emittance modulation.","authors":"Yinzhong Wang, Bowei Xie, Jiayue Yang, Linhua Liu","doi":"10.1364/OL.559589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.559589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Smart modulation of emittance of a radiator, particularly through multilevel strategies, has garnered substantial interest due to its unparalleled adaptability and versatility. In this Letter, we present a smart multilevel radiator, capable of achieving four distinct levels of emittance modulation in the spectral range of 2.5-30 μm. Such a smart radiator is a relatively straightforward design, integrating In<sub>3</sub>SbTe<sub>2</sub> (IST)-based linear grating on a VO<sub>2</sub>-based multilayer structure. The enhanced emittance tunability of the smart multilevel radiator is achieved, with total normal emittances of 0.11, 0.27, 0.54, and 0.82 for the four levels, respectively. The underlying mechanisms involve manipulating the Fabry-Perot (FP) resonance through the phase change of VO<sub>2</sub> and in-plane anisotropy via the phase change of IST. The multilevel modulation of emittance exhibits remarkable stability and excellence under wide-angle incidence conditions. The development of this multilevel smart radiator has considerable potential for applications in thermal anti-counterfeiting, thermal management, and energy conservation.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"2974-2977"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144064278","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 : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.557267
H Shiravi, W Zheng, Y He, S Ran, D A Rhodes, L Balicas, H D Zhou, G X Ni
{"title":"Twist-engineered phonon polaritons in α - V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub>.","authors":"H Shiravi, W Zheng, Y He, S Ran, D A Rhodes, L Balicas, H D Zhou, G X Ni","doi":"10.1364/OL.557267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.557267","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The advent of layered materials has unveiled new opportunities for tailoring electromagnetic waves at the subwavelength scale, particularly through the study of polaritons, a hybrid light-matter excitation. In this context, twist-optics, which investigates the optical properties of twisted stacks of van der Waals (vdW) layered specimens, has emerged as a powerful tool. Here, we explore the tunability of phonon polaritons in α-V<sub>2</sub>O<sub>5</sub> via interlayer twisting using scanning nano-infrared (IR) imaging. We show that the polaritonic response can be finely adjusted by varying their interlayer electromagnetic coupling, allowing for precise control over the propagation direction and phase transition from open unidirectional iso-frequency contours to closed elliptic geometries. Our experimental results, in conjugate with theoretical modeling, reveal the mechanisms underpinning this tunability, highlighting the role of twist-induced nano-light modifications for advanced nanophotonic control at the nanoscale.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"2986-2989"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144036179","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 : 2025-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.557683
Mingguang Shan, Yuanyuan Jia, Zhenhua Ding, Zhi Zhong, Lei Yu, Bin Liu, Lijing Wang, Lei Liu
{"title":"Surpassing the differential synthetic wavelength of dual-wavelength digital holography by optimizing the search for an unwrapping coefficient.","authors":"Mingguang Shan, Yuanyuan Jia, Zhenhua Ding, Zhi Zhong, Lei Yu, Bin Liu, Lijing Wang, Lei Liu","doi":"10.1364/OL.557683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.557683","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The measurement range of dual-wavelength digital holography (DWDH) is always limited by differential synthetic wavelength (DSW) with low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which limits the application of DWDH. In this paper, we propose a novel, to the best of our knowledge, algorithm to surpass DSW of DWDH by optimizing the search for an unwrapping coefficient. The measured phase of the 1st wavelength can be unwrapped by its unwrapping coefficient and used to induce a wrapped phase of the 2nd wavelength. Owing to the explicit relationship between two measured phase maps of the same sample in DWDH, the induced wrapped phase from the 1st wavelength should be equal to the measured phase of the 2nd wavelength. Therefore, by minimizing the difference between the measured and the induced phase maps of the 2nd wavelength, the unwrapping coefficient of the 1st wavelength can be retrieved, and the unwrapped phase with an extended measurement range can be reconstructed correctly. This approach aims to overcome the limitations of measurement range and low SNR by DSW, to enable high-efficiency and broad-range measurement. This advancement significantly enhances the prospect of the practical application of DWDH. The feasibility and efficiency of this approach would be validated through numerical simulations and practical experiments.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 9","pages":"2990-2993"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144037269","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}