{"title":"Burst mode amplification through Yb doped PCF ROD amplifier to generate mJ burst energy with femtosecond multi-micro bunch structure in all fiber laser system","authors":"Bappa Karmakar , A. Aryshev , Joydeep Karmakar , Madhuri Aggarwal , B.K. Sahu , P.K. Mukhopadhyay , Subhendu Ghosh , Sunil Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132481","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132481","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We report generation of burst-mode infrared pulses (1030 nm) with a total energy of approximately 3 mJ, achieved using chirped pulse amplification (CPA) in Yb-doped photonic crystal fiber (PCF) rod amplifiers, seeded with a multi-microbunch pulse structure. The individual pulse energy within the burst ranged from ∼111 μJ (maximum) to ∼14 μJ (minimum). These pulses were successfully compressed to an estimated pulse width of ∼335 fs using a grating-based compressor. The seed source was an in-house developed Yb-doped fiber oscillator, passively mode-locked at 130 MHz using the nonlinear polarization rotation (NPR) technique. A commercial semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) was employed as a high-efficiency pulse picker, enabling the selection of user-defined multi-micro pulse structures within a 4 μs time window at a 10 Hz burst repetition rate representing a three-time scale burst pulses. The selected pulse structure was amplified through multiple stages, culminating in two Yb-doped PCF rod amplifiers. Through optimization of the pulsed pump configuration, we maximized the gain for the leading pulses within the burst train. The resulting output comprised a multi-MHz repetition rate pulse train with the central lobe compressed to pulse width of ∼335 fs and peak individual pulse energy of <em>∼</em>111 ± 4 μJ, contributing to a total burst energy of ∼3.1 ± 0.09 mJ. These high-energy, ultrafast burst pulses are currently being utilized to generate high-current electron bursts from photocathode in the Delhi Light Source (DLS), a pre-bunched free electron laser facility under development at IUAC, New Delhi.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132481"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145159256","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}
Cong Chen , Junyi Liu , Xiaoshan Liu , Guiqiang Liu , Guolan Fu , Jing Chen , Wei Du , Chaojun Tang , Juan Deng , Zhengqi Liu
{"title":"High-performance mid-infrared fingerprint detection and solution sensing based on quasi-bound states in the continuum","authors":"Cong Chen , Junyi Liu , Xiaoshan Liu , Guiqiang Liu , Guolan Fu , Jing Chen , Wei Du , Chaojun Tang , Juan Deng , Zhengqi Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132499","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132499","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>All-dielectric metasurfaces have become a popular platform for mid-infrared molecular fingerprint detection. However, since the absorption rate of the two-port leaky mode system can only reach a maximum of 0.5, this limits the contrast of the absorbed signal. In this work, we propose an all-dielectric quasi-bound states in the continuum (quasi-BIC) metasurface and realize mid-infrared molecular fingerprint detection based on the extinction coefficient of the substances being detected on the transmission of quasi-BIC. Using boron carbide (B<sub>4</sub>C) as an example, we successfully measure its mid-infrared molecular fingerprint spectrum and achieve satisfactory results within nm-scale films. Additionally, it also demonstrates excellent sensing performance, with a sensitivity (<em>S</em>) up to 927.5 nm/RIU and a figure of merit (FOM) value of 98670.21/RIU, enabling the detection of sodium chloride (NaCl) solution concentration differences as low as 0.009 % and Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) solution concentration differences as low as 0.005 %. These results indicate the potential application of our metasurface in mid-infrared fingerprint detection and solution sensing.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132499"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119362","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}
Denis Lebrun, Gilles Godard, Marie-Charlotte Renoult, Robin Noury
{"title":"A new method for recording single-shot two-scales in-line holograms: Application to the visualization of a stretched viscoelastic fluid","authors":"Denis Lebrun, Gilles Godard, Marie-Charlotte Renoult, Robin Noury","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132408","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132408","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In many applications of fluid mechanics, it is necessary to simultaneously study large fields of view and zoom-in for specific areas of the flow. This is especially the case for the dynamics of viscoelastic filaments in which both micrometric and centimetric scales are involved. For this purpose, we develop an original in-line holographic configuration that allows the simultaneous recording of two views of the same scene at different scales. We then test the setup on a viscoelastic filament under controlled stretching. We show that this method enables us to reconstruct a pair of images at two distinct spatial resolutions. In this example, the entire filament and a small zone of beads along the filament can be imaged at the same time. We discuss a critical analysis of the advantages and limitations of this configuration.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132408"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119240","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":"Tunable multi-wavelength random fiber laser based on a hybrid filter composed of Mach–Zehnder interferometer and Sagnac loop","authors":"Lihang Xu , Wei He , Shaode Li , Qiongyue Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132494","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132494","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A tunable and switchable multi-wavelength linear half-open cavity erbium-doped random fiber laser (RFL) based on a hybrid filter composed of tunable Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) and Sagnac loop was proposed. The MZI incorporating optical delay line (ODL) was embedded within the Sagnac loop to form a hybrid filter. Random distributed feedback (RDFB) was provided by backward Rayleigh scattering generated by single-mode fiber (SMF). The laser showed a threshold of 61 mW and a slope efficiency of approximately 2.15 %. With the ODL delay fixed and pump power set at 248 mW, three distinct lasing states were achieved by adjusting the polarization controller (PC), corresponding to 9-, 6-, and 3-channel multi-wavelength random outputs. When the ODL delay time was increased, the free spectral range (FSR) of the MZI decreased, compressing the spectral bandwidth and reducing the number of output channels to 5, 4, and 2, respectively. Additional lasing states were realized by further adjusting the ODL and PC. The laser output remained stable, with an intensity standard deviation–to–mean ratio of 0.276 % and a maximum power fluctuation of 0.141 mW. The proposed RFL featured a compact structure, stable multi-wavelength output, and flexible tunable, showing promise for applications in distributed sensing and imaging systems.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132494"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119245","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}
Yunyou Hu , Xianmeng Meng , Yunxiang Zhang , Zhiguo Fan , Dandan Zhi
{"title":"TV regularized low-rank sparse decomposition of infrared polarization component image for small target detection under complex backgrounds","authors":"Yunyou Hu , Xianmeng Meng , Yunxiang Zhang , Zhiguo Fan , Dandan Zhi","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132470","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132470","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Infrared small-target detection in complex backgrounds remains a significant challenge. Infrared polarization imaging provides an effective means of enhancing target contrast. However, edge clutter from the observed scene and polarization resolution noise greatly restrict the application of infrared polarization images for small target detection, and many typical and contemporary infrared target detection algorithms are unsuitable for such images. To address these challenges, we construct an image representing the infrared polarization component using the partial elements of the Stokes vector. A total variation (TV) regularized low-rank sparse decomposition method is proposed to decompose infrared polarization component images into target, noise, and background. Owing to the target’s geometric regularity and the discrete nature of noise, TV regularization is employed to suppress impulse noise and edge clutter that resembles target structures, resulting in a denoised and more accurate target representation. The augmented Lagrange multiplier method is developed to solve the proposed optimization problem. An experiment was conducted on the detection of a hovering unmanned aerial vehicle target against a complex background. Compared with state-of-the-art infrared small-target detection algorithms, our method achieves highly effective detection for both low-contrast and high-contrast targets.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132470"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119247","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":"Sub-100 fs precision clock-offset measurement over a 100 km fiber link","authors":"Fei Meng , Yunfeng Wu , Yanrong Song , Zhigang Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132495","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132495","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We demonstrate a precision clock-offset measurement via a 100 km dispersion-compensated fiber link. For transferring highly stable optical frequency and realizing high mutual coherence, each comb was fully phase-locked to semiconductor external cavity lasers which are stabilized to a high-finesse cavity. We also investigated the transmission time bias caused by the different DWDM channels used in bi-directional transmission and corrected it in the final measurement results. The clock-offset was 72 fs (standard deviation) over 100 independent measurements during 10 consecutive hours.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132495"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145159248","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}
Wei Shen , Yi Huang , Yi Zhang , Ziyi Wei , Chengyong Hu , Chuanlu Deng , Yanhua Dong , Wei Jin , Lin Chen , Qi Zhang , Wei Chen , Fufei Pang , Xiaobei Zhang , Jianming Tang , Tingyun Wang
{"title":"High-quality data augmentation method based on multi-scale dense attention-enhanced CGAN for Φ-OTDR event recognition","authors":"Wei Shen , Yi Huang , Yi Zhang , Ziyi Wei , Chengyong Hu , Chuanlu Deng , Yanhua Dong , Wei Jin , Lin Chen , Qi Zhang , Wei Chen , Fufei Pang , Xiaobei Zhang , Jianming Tang , Tingyun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132429","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132429","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A data augmentation method based on multi-scale dense attention-enhanced (MDA) conditional generative adversarial network (CGAN) is proposed for generating high-quality samples, which aims to address the challenge of limited data acquisition in phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry (<span><math><mi>Φ</mi></math></span>-OTDR). The raw data from the <span><math><mi>Φ</mi></math></span>-OTDR system can be transformed into visualized two-dimensional images to extract real disturbance data, with each disturbance type displaying distinguishable features in the generated images. The MDA U-Net is incorporated as the generator in the CGAN to produce samples for dataset expansion, where the dense convolutional block attention module is added to the skip connection to focus on the key information of events, and the single-layer output of U-Net is replaced with a multi-scale connection output for multi-layer feature fusion. The discriminator adopts a multi-scale convolution structure to enhance the discriminant ability. The multi-event recognition experiments for the fenced fiber optic demonstrate that the augmented dataset enables three testing classification models to achieve recognition accuracy above 97.93%.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132429"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119242","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":"Multidirectional all-optical precompensation and forward relay for HAPS-assisted free-space optical communications","authors":"Young-Jin Hyun, Hye-min Park, Sang-Kook Han","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132471","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132471","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study introduces an all-optical multidirectional channel precompensation method for use in HAPS-assisted FSO scenarios. The proposed method leverages two or more automatic power-control erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (APC-EDFAs) to achieve the compensation and precompensation of multiple arbitrary channels in an all-optical manner, utilizing the cross-gain modulation characteristics of the APC-EDFA. The performance of the proposed method is theoretically and numerically analyzed. The results indicate a significant increase in the average output power of the relay node as well as a reduction in the power fluctuation at the receiver. Consequently, an enhanced bit error rate performance is observed when compared with that of conventional all-optical relays; however, the average pump power used for each relay node is decreased.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132471"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145158611","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":"Research on optical sideband signal wavefront damage repair technology in optical fibers","authors":"XueCheng Zhang, YunFei Ge, YiYing Gu, WanYing Lian, JingHong Hu, MingShan Zhao","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132474","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132474","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In response to the technical demands of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems for the sixth generation (6G), this paper addresses the critical issue of optical sideband wavefront distortion in holographic radio receiver and proposes a wavefront self-repair technique based on sawtooth voltage modulation. By using a single-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC) to capture phase information in real time and constructing a low-complexity closed-loop system with field-programmable gate array (FPGA) and an 8-channel serial digital-to-analog converter (DAC), dynamic monitoring and compensation of inter-channel relative phase errors are achieved. Experimental results show that the <span><math><mrow><mn>3</mn><mi>σ</mi></mrow></math></span> value of phase error after repair is 6.61°, with a root mean square (RMS) error of 2.20°, meeting the phase control precision standard of <span><math><mrow><mi>λ</mi><mo>/</mo><mn>10</mn></mrow></math></span>. By analyzing the phase correlation between the carrier and first-order sideband, we propose an innovative passive control method that enables static phase offset correction between channels without additional components, while reducing reliance on radio frequency (RF) wave control systems. This technique provides an effective solution for wavefront repair and optical beam control in large-scale holographic radio receiver of the future.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132474"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119367","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}
Lokesh Ahlawat, Kamal Kishor, Ravindra Kumar Sinha
{"title":"Photonic spin Hall effect in graphene-enabled merged bound states in the continuum","authors":"Lokesh Ahlawat, Kamal Kishor, Ravindra Kumar Sinha","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132486","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132486","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research paper presents a novel photonic structure design to achieve an ultra-high spin-dependent shift associated with the Photonic Spin Hall Effect (PSHE) possessing high Q-factor. The high quality Q-factor is achieved through the merging of two distinct Bound States in the Continuum (BICs): the Friedrich–Wintgen BIC (FW-BIC) and the symmetry-protected BIC (SP-BIC). Mostly throughout the literature, PSHE shift has been enhanced for H-polarized light with only fewer studies carried out for the enhancement of PSHE shift for V-polarized light. The present structure, comprising periodic silicon steps on a silica substrate with an intercalated graphene layer, exhibits a PSHE shift of 20.83λ upon reflection of V-polarized light at 8.7°. Tuning the unit cell's filling factor generates high Q-factor of 10<sup>4</sup> through the merging of BICs. Additionally, the influence of graphene's Fermi energy (Ef) on the PSHE shift is analyzed, demonstrating a sensitivity of 0.5 nm/eV. A theoretical framework is provided, showing that the Jones matrix for circularly polarized light aligns with the Pauli spin matrix, offering deeper insight into the spin-optical interaction.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132486"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145158606","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}