{"title":"Line integral compressed ultrafast photography for large time-scale measurements.","authors":"Chengzhi Jin, Jiali Yao, Zhengqi Huang, Zihan Guo, Yu He, Zhen Pan, Ning Xu, Yunhua Yao, Yuecheng Shen, Lianzhong Deng, Dalong Qi, Shian Zhang","doi":"10.1364/OL.555245","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.555245","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Compressed ultrafast photography (CUP) has attracted significant attention in the field of ultrafast optical imaging but is inherently constrained by a trade-off between sequence depth and spatial resolution. To address this limitation, we present a novel, to the best of our knowledge, system called spatial line integral CUP (LI-CUP). LI-CUP utilizes a cylindrical lens to compress each encoded time-slice frame into a spatial line, which is then recorded by a streak camera with a narrow slit. This approach transforms temporal compression into spatial compression, effectively decoupling the data compression rate from the imaging sequence depth. A deep unfolding algorithm is employed to ensure accurate reconstruction, and simulations confirm the validity of both the physical model and the algorithm. Experimental results demonstrate that the system can capture over one thousand time-slice frames of laser ablation in a single acquisition. This method significantly expands the capabilities of CUP, enabling measurements over larger time scales.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"1799-1802"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630370","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 : 2025-03-15DOI: 10.1364/OL.554899
Jiaqi Wang, Guoxian Wu, Si Chen, Zunyue Zhang, Hui Zhang, Xu Li, Penghao Ding, Chuxian Tan, Yu Du, Youfu Geng, Xuejin Li, Hon Ki Tsang, Zhenzhou Cheng
{"title":"Subwavelength grating couplers for an ultrathin silicon waveguide.","authors":"Jiaqi Wang, Guoxian Wu, Si Chen, Zunyue Zhang, Hui Zhang, Xu Li, Penghao Ding, Chuxian Tan, Yu Du, Youfu Geng, Xuejin Li, Hon Ki Tsang, Zhenzhou Cheng","doi":"10.1364/OL.554899","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.554899","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Subwavelength grating structures are widely used in integrated optical devices due to their compact footprints and flexible refractive index tailoring. In this paper, we present a subwavelength grating (SWG) coupler for a 70-nm-thick silicon waveguide without the upper cladding. The device was designed by using a particle swarm optimization algorithm in 3D finite-difference time-domain simulation. Experimental measurements show that the SWG coupler with a minimum feature size of ∼210 nm has a peak coupling efficiency of -7.0 dB with a 1-dB bandwidth of ∼40 nm and a backreflection of ∼-18.7 dB at 1550 nm wavelengths for transverse-electric polarized light. The ultrathin device structure is simple and reproducible, making it well suited for sensing and optoelectronic integration applications at low cost.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"1787-1790"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630784","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 : 2025-03-15DOI: 10.1364/OL.550095
Julian Pita, Paulo Dainese, Michaël Ménard
{"title":"Inverse design fiber-to-chip couplers for the O- and C-bands.","authors":"Julian Pita, Paulo Dainese, Michaël Ménard","doi":"10.1364/OL.550095","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.550095","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>High-efficiency fiber-to-chip couplers are essential for high-performance optical interconnects. In this Letter, we experimentally demonstrate two inverse-designed silicon-on-insulator (SOI) couplers tailored for single-mode fibers (SMFs) in the C and O telecommunication bands. The O-band coupler represents the first, to the best of our knowledge, experimental demonstration of a topology-optimized coupler for this band while maintaining a minimum feature size of 120 nm. Both couplers operate at an 8° angle and are optimized for TE polarization. The C-band coupler achieves a coupling efficiency of -3.3 dB with a 3-dB bandwidth of 64 nm, while the O-band coupler reaches -3.4-dB efficiency over a 3-dB bandwidth spanning from 1292 nm to 1355 nm. Measuring 12 μm by 12 μm, these devices are designed using a single optimized silicon layer, reducing fabrication complexity and achieving efficiencies comparable to those of much larger high-performance grating couplers. Their compact size can increase integration density and contribute to reducing fabrication costs. Additionally, these couplers could be suitable for spatial division multiplexing (SDM) interconnects using multicore fibers, where the mode field diameter is compatible with single-mode fibers. They could also be used with multimode fiber configurations, where multiple couplers could be combined to generate higher-order modes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"1973-1976"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630629","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":"Polymer-based O-band waveguide amplifier using NaLuF<sub>4</sub>: Yb, Pr-PMMA nanocomposite as the gain medium.","authors":"Yu Yang, Siliang Tao, Zixuan Jiang, Fei Wang, Guanshi Qin, Zhixu Jia, Fanchao Meng, Dan Zhao, Weiping Qin","doi":"10.1364/OL.555941","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.555941","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nanoparticle (NP)-doped polymer waveguide devices have attracted increasing interest in some rapidly developing areas of broadband communications because they are easy to integrate on chip. As an important part of the gain medium of waveguide amplifiers, lanthanide-doped nanoparticles have been widely studied to improve the amplification performance of devices. However, current research work is almost limited to erbium-doped nanoparticles and amplifiers operating in the C-band. Implementing the O-band optical amplification technology remains a challenge. Here, we report a method for preparing O-band waveguide amplifiers using Yb<sup>3+</sup> and Pr<sup>3+</sup> co-doped nanoparticles-PMMA composite as the gain medium, recording for the first time to our knowledge a maximum optical gain of 19.4 dB/cm at 1300 nm in a polymer-based waveguide amplifier. Our results provide a valuable insight into the development of O-band polymer waveguide amplifiers with high gain. By combining with erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers (EDWAs) and thulium-doped waveguide amplifiers, amplification of the (O + S + C) band is expected to be achieved.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"2085-2088"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630696","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 : 2025-03-15DOI: 10.1364/OL.554895
Kang Cheng, Ning Wei, Yihui Zhang, Haixu Tao, Yibiao Hu, Jie Chen, Ningning Dong, Jiajing He, Jun Wang
{"title":"On-chip Mach-Zehnder interferometer for 1550 nm laser frequency stabilization.","authors":"Kang Cheng, Ning Wei, Yihui Zhang, Haixu Tao, Yibiao Hu, Jie Chen, Ningning Dong, Jiajing He, Jun Wang","doi":"10.1364/OL.554895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.554895","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Low-noise stable lasers have broad applications in metrology, spectroscopy, communication, and quantum physics. Here we demonstrate locking a semiconductor laser to an on-chip silicon nitride Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) using the Pound-Drever-Hall (PDH) stabilization technology. After locking, the frequency noise of the laser is suppressed by up to 37 dB, and the relative stability reaches 3 <i>× </i>10<sup>-10</sup> at a gate time of 1 ms, showing an order of magnitude improvement compared to a free-running operation. In addition, the linewidth of the stabilized laser is 420 kHz at an integration time of 10 ms, narrowed by eight times.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"1783-1786"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630516","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 : 2025-03-15DOI: 10.1364/OL.558273
Yuta Tanimura, Yuki Ishii, Kenta Takata, Takahiro Uemura, Masaya Notomi, Satoshi Iwamoto, Yasutomo Ota
{"title":"Slow light waveguides based on bound states in the continuum.","authors":"Yuta Tanimura, Yuki Ishii, Kenta Takata, Takahiro Uemura, Masaya Notomi, Satoshi Iwamoto, Yasutomo Ota","doi":"10.1364/OL.558273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.558273","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The concept of bound states in the continuum (BIC) has been advancing light confinement technology in leaky environments. In this Letter, we propose and numerically demonstrate a slow light waveguide based on a BIC mode. We considered a waveguide with a polymer core loaded on a plane slab, which supports a leaky guided mode coupled to the radiation continuum in the slab. We found that periodic modulation of the polymer core along the propagation direction can result in a high group index mode with a low propagation loss due to BIC confinement. The introduction of one-dimensional photonic crystals into the BIC waveguides will largely expand its functionality and applications in integrated photonics.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"2013-2016"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630772","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 : 2025-03-15DOI: 10.1364/OL.553152
Lei Jiang, Jie Zhou, Mohan Wang, Jiabao Wang, Yang Wu, Jun Wang
{"title":"360° display of 3D objects by cylindrical holography.","authors":"Lei Jiang, Jie Zhou, Mohan Wang, Jiabao Wang, Yang Wu, Jun Wang","doi":"10.1364/OL.553152","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.553152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cylindrical computer-generated holography (CCGH) has garnered significant attention due to its ability to offer a 360° viewing zone. However, generating a CCGH capable of reconstructing multiple realistic three-dimensional (3D) objects is still a challenge under the constraints of limited computational resources. In this Letter, we introduce a novel, to the best of our knowledge, CCGH generation algorithm that can reconstruct 3D objects within a 360° viewing zone under limited computational resources. The algorithm generates CCGH in segments, which is achieved by calculating the light field distribution of the 3D object on the tangent plane. Numerical simulations and optical experiments validate the effectiveness of our proposed algorithm, demonstrating its superiority in reconstructing realistic 3D objects within a complete 360° viewing zone. This work represents a significant advancement in the practical application of CCGH.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"1877-1880"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630655","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 : 2025-03-15DOI: 10.1364/OL.551383
Francesco Rinaldo Talenti, Stefan Wabnitz, Yifan Sun, Tobias Hansson, Luca Lovisolo, Andrea Gerini, Giuseppe Leo, Laurent Vivien, Christian Koos, Huanfa Peng, Pedro Parra-Rivas
{"title":"Bistable soliton optical frequency combs in a second-harmonic generation Kerr cavity.","authors":"Francesco Rinaldo Talenti, Stefan Wabnitz, Yifan Sun, Tobias Hansson, Luca Lovisolo, Andrea Gerini, Giuseppe Leo, Laurent Vivien, Christian Koos, Huanfa Peng, Pedro Parra-Rivas","doi":"10.1364/OL.551383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.551383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We study the dynamics and stability of soliton optical frequency comb generation in a dissipative, coherently pumped cavity with both second- and third-order nonlinearity. Cavity sweep simulations and linear stability analysis based on path continuation reveal the existence of bistable solitons. These families of solitons represent a continuous transition between a purely quadratic and a Kerr cavity soliton frequency comb. Perspective demonstration of these novel, to the best of our knowledge, optical sources is an ongoing relevant subject within the frequency comb community.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"2037-2040"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630661","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":"Lensless Fourier transform multiplexed digital holography.","authors":"Manoj Kumar, Lavlesh Pensia, Raj Kumar, Osamu Matoba","doi":"10.1364/OL.544103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.544103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this work, a new framework of lensless Fourier transform multiplexed digital holography (LFTMDH) is proposed, leveraging the double field of view (FoV) in a single-shot recording. The proof-of-concept system with double FoV is realized by adopting a spatially multiplexing technique by inserting a cube beam splitter in the object path. The cube beam splitter divides the object beam into two FoVs with different object information. By carefully aligning and optimizing the orientation of the cube beam splitter, these two FoVs along with a spherical reference beam (generated at the object plane) are allowed to interfere with the active region of an image sensor, resulting in a multiplexed Fourier digital hologram. The object information (amplitude and phase) is obtained by applying a single Fourier transform to the recorded digital hologram, making the technique faster with the added benefit of double FoV, compared to its counterparts. The feasibility and advantages of the proposed system are demonstrated through experimental validation and comparative analysis with the existing system. The results indicate that the proposed system not only achieves double FoV imaging in a single-shot recording but also maintains spatial resolution in the reconstructed images. Its applications span various fields, such as biological microscopy, nondestructive testing, and optical metrology, where wider FoV is crucial.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"1909-1912"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630687","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":"Orthogonal Bragg gratings excited by single-mode reflection peaks in multi-mode no-core fibers inscribed with a femtosecond laser for vector bend sensing.","authors":"Tianxin Duan, Xingyong Li, Rongsheng Liu, Ruohui Wang, Fengyi Chen, Xueguang Qiao","doi":"10.1364/OL.553908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.553908","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this Letter, we propose the use of a femtosecond laser (FL) plane-by-plane (Pl-b-Pl) method to achieve narrowband single-mode reflection peak excitation directly in multi-mode no-core fibers (NCFs). The effects of different grating offsets on grating reflectivity were verified. We inscribed orthogonal fiber Bragg gratings with an offset distance of 15 <i>μ</i>m in multi-mode no-core fibers, and the bending sensitivities of the two gratings can reach -2.79 and -2.93 dB/m<sup>-1</sup>. This structure can be used as a two-dimensional vector bending sensor, especially for detecting very small bends.</p>","PeriodicalId":19540,"journal":{"name":"Optics letters","volume":"50 6","pages":"1937-1940"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630693","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}