Optics lettersPub Date : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.593105
Lin Song, Tuo Liu, Xinyan Chi, Haoxuan Zhang, Lihui Feng, Xianwen Liu
{"title":"Thin-film lithium niobate waveguide polarizer with a high extinction ratio exceeding 40 dB.","authors":"Lin Song, Tuo Liu, Xinyan Chi, Haoxuan Zhang, Lihui Feng, Xianwen Liu","doi":"10.1364/OL.593105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.593105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We demonstrate an integrated thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) polarizer with a state-of-the-art polarization extinction ratio (PER) exceeding 40 dB. By employing cascaded 90° Euler-bend waveguides, the device ensures low-loss transmission of the fundamental transverse-electric mode while strongly radiating the transverse-magnetic mode. Numerical simulations project an ultrahigh PER over 80 dB and a low excess loss below 0.2 dB from 1500 nm to 1580 nm. Experimentally, we validate the device performance scaling across different cascaded configurations. The 2.5-unit device delivers a PER of 43 dB and an excess loss of 2.0 dB at 1550 nm, with PER > 40 dB over an 80 nm bandwidth. The 1-unit device delivers a PER of 30 dB and an excess loss of 0.8 dB at 1550 nm, while featuring a compact length of 186 μm. Our work provides a viable solution to robust on-chip polarization control for TFLN photonic integrated circuits.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2384-2387"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818636","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 : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.596271
Junguang Wang, Ming Xu, Kailin Sun, Yuhui Liu, Xianglong Cai, Tao Li, Shu Hu, Baodong Gai, Yannan Tan, Dagong Jia, Jingwei Guo
{"title":"High peak power sub-nanosecond 2.1 μm Raman generator.","authors":"Junguang Wang, Ming Xu, Kailin Sun, Yuhui Liu, Xianglong Cai, Tao Li, Shu Hu, Baodong Gai, Yannan Tan, Dagong Jia, Jingwei Guo","doi":"10.1364/OL.596271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.596271","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lasers operating in the 2.1 μm band are important beam sources with a wide range of applications. However, previous investigations have primarily focused on quasi-continuous-wave and Q-switched regimes with nanosecond pulse durations. In this work, a 1064 nm laser with a pulse-width of 491 ps was used to pump high-pressure nitrogen, and a 2111 nm Raman laser (second Stokes, S2) was generated. Through systematic optimization of the experimental parameters, a maximum output energy of 67.9 mJ at 2111 nm was achieved, the pulse-width was estimated to be narrower than 387 ps, and peak power was expected to be more than 175.5 MW, and the beam quality was measured to be <i>M</i><i>x</i>2=2.82, <i>M</i><i>y</i>2=2.96. This work presented a novel, to the best of our knowledge, approach for generating high peak power sub-nanosecond 2.1 μm lasers with good beam quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2552-2555"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818661","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 : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.590077
Abhishek Nanda, Alexandra Rittmeier, Anna Karoline Rüsseler, Moritz Hinkelmann, Michael Kues, Antonio Calà Lesina
{"title":"Inverse design of 3D polymer integrated optics compatible with multi-photon lithography.","authors":"Abhishek Nanda, Alexandra Rittmeier, Anna Karoline Rüsseler, Moritz Hinkelmann, Michael Kues, Antonio Calà Lesina","doi":"10.1364/OL.590077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.590077","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Integrated optics is primarily based on planar designs due to the availability of mature lithographic manufacturing and optical confinement constraints. These 2D designs with finite thickness in the third dimension are often referred to as 2.5D. Full 3D photonic architectures, with refractive-index variations along the three dimensions, hold the promise of higher integration density and novel, to the best of our knowledge, light control capabilities, but require advanced multi-layer stacking techniques with precise alignment and planarization. Nanoscale 3D printing techniques, such as multi-photon lithography, can address these challenges, and are gaining momentum thanks to their cost-effectiveness and rapid prototyping capabilities compared to silicon foundries. Despite this potential, the exploration of freeform polymer optics at the nanoscale remains limited due to challenges associated with low-index materials and a lack of design tools. Here, we address these limitations by applying a multi-layered inverse design approach for polymer-based integrated optics. We systematically compare 3D with 2.5D designs (all simulations are conducted in 3D), for the task of demultiplexing two wavelengths with spectral spacing from 100 nm to 20 nm. Our numerical results show that fully 3D polymer designs consistently outperform their 2.5D counterparts, achieving higher efficiencies at equal footprint. These findings propel the advancement of a next generation of miniaturized 3D devices for polymer-based integrated optics.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2516-2519"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818677","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":"Ghost imaging in dynamic underwater environments by dual-measurement intensity correction.","authors":"Lizhen Qin, Zemin Zhou, Shijian Meng, Yongkai Yin, Xiulun Yang, Xiangfeng Meng","doi":"10.1364/OL.591759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.591759","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A major obstacle to underwater imaging is water-column scattering, especially under dynamic or turbulent conditions. Within the framework of computational ghost imaging, the inherent averaging effect partly counteracts this scattering, and according to the central limit theorem as well as Monte-Carlo studies, the resulting detection noise tends toward a Gaussian distribution. Although some deep-learning approaches train on synthetically added white Gaussian noise, real underwater scenes almost never provide clean ground-truth images, so the final result critically depends on the initial detected intensities. To address this, we present an intensity-correction protocol: two independent measurements are averaged, their noise variance is estimated on-the-fly, and a diagonal Wiener filter is applied to correct the intensities. Simulations and experiments both show that the method markedly improves the reconstruction quality of underwater computational ghost imaging.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2448-2451"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818682","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":"Tunable high-order coherence in the interference of resonance fluorescence and laser light.","authors":"Hua-Lei Yin, Rong-Zheng Liu, Sheng-Tao Lyu, Zhiliang Yuan","doi":"10.1364/OL.592598","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.592598","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Resonance fluorescence arises from the coherent interaction of laser light with a two-level system and constitutes a quantum light source exhibiting single-photon emission and antibunching, making it a fundamental building block for future quantum networks. Our recent work [Nat. Commun.16, 6453 (2025)10.1038/s41467-025-61884-x] demonstrates that under continuous-wave excitation and in the absence of pure dephasing, the single-time joint state of resonance fluorescence and the two-level system can be described by a pure entangled state. Here, we analyze the cross-correlation and auto-correlation properties of the quantum optical field generated by the interference of resonance fluorescence with laser light at the resonance excitation frequency. Simulation results indicate that by varying the intensity or phase of the interfering laser light, the higher-order coherence of the post-interference quantum optical field transitions from anti-bunching to super-bunching behavior, consistent with recent theoretical and experimental advances by mean-field engineering. This approach offers a complementary framework to characterize and manipulate the multiphoton quantum optical fields.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2616-2619"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818703","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":"DC Kerr-driven silicon dual-ring modulator with high linearity, large extinction ratio, and wide bandwidth.","authors":"Xin Wang, Fenghe Yang, Xu Wang, Ruoyu Shen, Wangxun Kang, Fangchen Hu, Haiwen Cai, Wei Chu","doi":"10.1364/OL.596921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.596921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present a silicon dual-ring modulator (DMRM) that integrates the direct current (DC) Kerr effect with a dual-ring coupled resonance architecture, achieving high linearity, broad optical bandwidth, and a high extinction ratio. The DC Kerr effect complements the plasma dispersion effect to suppress high-order nonlinear distortions, while the dual-ring design extends the operational wavelength range and enhances the extinction ratio. Experimental results demonstrate a spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) of 107 dB·Hz²/³ at a carrier frequency of 1 GHz, a 58 GHz electro-optic bandwidth, and a static extinction ratio exceeding 30 dB. These results highlight the potential of the proposed DMRM for high-speed, high-linearity optical interconnects in microwave photonic systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2560-2563"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818542","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 : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.590594
Jianwei He, Xuefei Chen, Xuhong Tang, Yanjie Lu, Bo Jiang, Xiaohu Chen, Hui Li
{"title":"Optical-sectioned fluorescent imaging by dynamic mask projection and dark-channel dehazing.","authors":"Jianwei He, Xuefei Chen, Xuhong Tang, Yanjie Lu, Bo Jiang, Xiaohu Chen, Hui Li","doi":"10.1364/OL.590594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.590594","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Defocused background is the major source degrading the quality of wide-field fluorescence imaging. Here, we report an optical sectioning method based on the characteristics of background fluorescence under two complementary illumination patterns and dark-channel dehazing. The method is physically interpretable, deconvolution-free, and easy to implement on all epi-fluorescence microscopes. Three-dimensional imaging of mitochondria, mouse liver neuronal tissue, and zebrafish blood vessels demonstrates its superior 3D imaging capability for thick samples with high fidelity and a large field of view.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2472-2475"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818590","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":"Polarization-selective quantum cooperative response in dual-species atom arrays.","authors":"Huan Wang, Shangguo Zhu, Yun Long, Fei Zhang, Yinghui Guo, Mingbo Pu, Xiangang Luo","doi":"10.1364/OL.595607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.595607","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Atom arrays have emerged as a powerful platform for quantum light-matter interfaces, yet single-species arrays are constrained by in-plane symmetry, restricting polarization control. Here, we investigate the cooperative optical response of dual-species subwavelength atom arrays, in which the intrinsic polarizability difference breaks in-plane symmetry. By engineering the lattice constants and detunings, the arrays exhibit polarization-dependent subradiant modes, enabling complete reflection of a specific polarization component. Leveraging this mechanism, we assemble array units as functional pixels and demonstrate a scalable polarization-selective quantum light modulator. Our work establishes a dynamically reconfigurable atomic-photonic platform for versatile subwavelength quantum optical elements.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2536-2539"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818611","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 : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.597373
Lukas Bengel, Francesco Rinaldo Talenti, Ahmadreza Alaeddini, Carolin Scheib, Björn de Rijk, Wolfgang Reichel, Giuseppe Leo, Christian Koos, Huanfa Peng, Stefan Wabnitz
{"title":"Second-harmonic bichromatic dispersive wave comb generation in a dissipative Kerr temporal soliton Fabry-Perot.","authors":"Lukas Bengel, Francesco Rinaldo Talenti, Ahmadreza Alaeddini, Carolin Scheib, Björn de Rijk, Wolfgang Reichel, Giuseppe Leo, Christian Koos, Huanfa Peng, Stefan Wabnitz","doi":"10.1364/OL.597373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.597373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We introduce a novel, to the best of our knowledge, example of space-time analogy, where a dissipative soliton microcomb generates a traveling-wave temporal Fabry-Perot for trapping a bichromatic dispersive comb, generated at the second-harmonic of the pump laser. The fundamental frequency comb is generated in the anomalous dispersion regime, whereas the dispersive comb is generated in the normal dispersion regime. Direct numerical simulations are in excellent agreement with an analytical model.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2648-2651"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818615","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 : 2026-05-01DOI: 10.1364/OL.589419
Ruoyun Ji, Zhihan Zhang, Caile Wang, Yue Li, Siqi Zhang, Fenghe Fu, Bolun Cui, Dong Han, Chi Xu, Jian Liu, Nan Qi, Liyuan Liu, Hui Cong, Chunlai Xue
{"title":"High-speed Si-based GeSn receiver for extended-wavelength communication.","authors":"Ruoyun Ji, Zhihan Zhang, Caile Wang, Yue Li, Siqi Zhang, Fenghe Fu, Bolun Cui, Dong Han, Chi Xu, Jian Liu, Nan Qi, Liyuan Liu, Hui Cong, Chunlai Xue","doi":"10.1364/OL.589419","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.589419","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>High-speed Si-based germanium-tin (GeSn) photodetectors for extended-wavelength optical communication are demonstrated. Operating under a low bias of -2.4 V, the bare detector achieves a 3-dB bandwidth of 51.7 GHz. A significant advancement is made by co-packaging the detectors with custom-designed transimpedance amplifiers in a dual-channel configuration, enabling 2 × 50 Gbps data transmission. This work provides a key solution toward the integration of low-power GeSn detectors into future monolithic on-chip optical links.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"51 9","pages":"2368-2371"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147818646","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}