{"title":"Accurate mode classification and image transmission via optimized deformable triple graph convolution network in fractional spatial mode optical communication","authors":"You-na Cha , Ok-hue Cho , Jin Wan Park","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132428","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132428","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Free-space optical (FSO) communication systems leveraging spatial-mode multiplexing offer high-capacity, low-interference data transmission, but existing methods often struggle with accurately classifying closely spaced fractional spatial modes due to limitations in feature representation, neighborhood modeling, and noise sensitivity. To overcome these challenges, this work proposes a novel Deformable Triple Attention Graph Convolutional Network with Dollmaker Optimization Algorithm (DTAGCN-DOA) for robust mode classification and high-resolution recognition of fractional Bessel-Gaussian (BG) beam-encoded data. Fractional BG beams are generated using a He–Ne laser modulated via a Spatial Light Modulator (SLM), encoding 8-bit digital symbols into structured spatial modes. A total of 51,200 beam intensity images, each corresponding to unique combinations of radial wave number and fractional orbital angular momentum, are collected and preprocessed using Masked Joint Bilateral Filtering (MJBF) to suppress noise while preserving fine spatial features. Feature extraction is conducted via a Boundary-Enhanced Patch-Merging Transformer (BEPMT), combining global semantics and boundary details. The proposed DTAGCN-DOA framework classifies fractional spatial modes using deformable graph convolutions and triple attention mechanisms, with hyperparameters optimized via the DOA. Grayscale images are encoded into 15,000 spatial modes, transmitted optically, and decoded using the trained model. It achieves 99.88 % accuracy, 31.4 dB PSNR, and 0.995 confidence, ensuring reliable, high-fidelity FSO data recognition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132428"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145159253","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":"Multiple dynamic computational virtual lenses to beat bandwidth limits for achromatic extended depth-of-field imaging","authors":"Cuizhen Lu, Yuankun Liu, Tianyue He, Chongyang Zhang, Yilan Nan, Cui Huang, Junfei Shen","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132460","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132460","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The Achromatic extended depth-of-field (AEDOF) system can achieve high-fidelity imaging, greatly benefiting fields such as microscopy and biomedical imaging. However, due to depth-variant and wavelength-variant imaging performance, traditional optical designs struggle to cover the entire depth range of interest, where severe bandwidth limit exists. Here, we propose a method of learning virtual lenses (VLs) to beat the optical limits of the singlet lens, and construct a hybrid real-virtual system to obtain broadband AEDOF images. By positioning object imaging depths, the multiple VLs are adaptively embedded in parallel and conjugated with the singlet lens to compensate for imaging differences of these depths. Sequential depth-dependent achromatic images are produced by VLs and fused to recover high-quality image. Comparing to the input image, our method demonstrates an average improvement of 12.3907 dB in Peak Signal-to-Noise Ratio (PSNR), and 0.2437 in Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM). Learning-based VLs can dynamically compensate for the real lens, overcoming the bandwidth limits of traditional optics and successfully realizing ultracompact AEDOF imaging. The proposed method provides a feasible solution for configurable computational imaging, allowing for the creation of accurate mapping between high-fidelity images and a single large aperture meta-optic. Fundamentally, our work opens a new avenue for application in portable and mobile photography.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132460"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119366","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}
Ping Han, Bingxue Zhang, Qian He, Di Jia, Zhengren Zhang
{"title":"Non-reciprocal electromagnetic wave transmission enabled by space-time-encoded digitally-induced magnetic Huygens’ metasurfaces","authors":"Ping Han, Bingxue Zhang, Qian He, Di Jia, Zhengren Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132487","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132487","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Non-reciprocal electromagnetic wave transmission is crucial for applications like antenna radomes and full-duplex systems. Space-time coded metasurfaces introduce temporal modulation to enhance device reconfigurability and design flexibility, offering a promising pathway for achieving non-reciprocal wave manipulation. However, existing reflective space–time–coded metasurfaces suffer from the inherent drawback of feed blockage, whereas transmissive designs, while avoiding such issues, face higher complexity in design and implementation. To address this challenge, we propose a transmission-type space-time coded digital induced magnetic Huygens’ metasurface composed of anti-symmetric parallel metallic split-ring resonators integrated with varactor diodes. By independently controlling the varactor diode via an FPGA module and employing a precisely designed 2-bit space-time coding sequence, control over non-reciprocal transmission in a transmissive metasurface is successfully achieved. Results validate the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed scheme, providing new insights for advancing space-time coded metasurfaces and developing novel non-reciprocal transmission technologies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132487"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119364","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}
JiaYing Li , Qianyi Yi , Jian Xu , Dengyun Lu , Yuxiang Peng , Mengdong He , Yuanyuan Liu
{"title":"Temperature-dependent Goos-Hänchen effect in the graphene-BK7 system enabled optical differential operation and image edge detection","authors":"JiaYing Li , Qianyi Yi , Jian Xu , Dengyun Lu , Yuxiang Peng , Mengdong He , Yuanyuan Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132489","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132489","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Goos-Hänchen (GH) effect during reflection at a graphene-BK7 optical planar interface provides us with some Optical differentiation operations, which are the core principle of image edge detection. Here, a mechanism to realize tunable optical differential operation based on temperature-dependent Goos-Hänchen effect enabling edge imaging with tunable contrast is proposed. Notably, modulating the electrical conductivity of graphene and the refractive index of the BK7 substrate could be achieved by varying temperature, which induces dynamic control of GH shift. In addition, we construct a spatial spectral transfer function actively controlled by changing temperature to attain optical differential operation. The slope of the spatial transfer function is larger with the rise of temperature, which results in a higher contrast of the edge imaging. We believe that our scheme may show broad prospects for practical applications in microscopic imaging and intelligent driving.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132489"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145159255","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}
Xingyu Yang , Peifeng Li , Xianlei Meng , Dandan Qi , Tongyao Jia , Huifang Wang , Xuejun Wang
{"title":"Edge artifact improvement in multipixel LiDAR imaging via tailored optical beam shaping","authors":"Xingyu Yang , Peifeng Li , Xianlei Meng , Dandan Qi , Tongyao Jia , Huifang Wang , Xuejun Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132488","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132488","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In push-broom topographic mapping using area-array lidar, due to the Gaussian energy distribution of the laser beam leads to edge information loss and black borders in the resulting images. To mitigate these issues, the system employs a microlens array to expand the beam's field angle and a double-layer lens for collimating the output, forming a “U”-shaped planar laser beam. The “U\"-shaped planar laser beam exhibits Lambertian reflection when interacting with the target surface. Subsequently, the collimated echo beam scatters from the target surface, passes through a double-mirror system for optical path folding and pointing calibration, and ultimately produces a square spot with high uniformity through a double-stage microlens array and Fourier lens homogenization system. Mathematical models for both the output and receiving optical paths are formulated, scrutinized, and validated through imaging experiments. The outcomes demonstrate a notable enhancement in edge information detection efficiency by approximately 22.9 % within the proposed system, leading to the acquisition of more comprehensive target information and significantly elevating the imaging quality of multipixel area-array lidar.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132488"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145159250","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}
Isha Mehra , Manisha Chaudhary , Naveen K. Nishchal
{"title":"Deep learning iterative optical asymmetric cryptosystem model based on QR decomposition and diffractive imaging","authors":"Isha Mehra , Manisha Chaudhary , Naveen K. Nishchal","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132491","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132491","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Deep learning techniques not only facilitate the analysis of vulnerabilities in optical cryptosystems but also serve as a foundation for optical cryptography. In the proposed cryptosystem, multiple grayscale images are encrypted using orthogonal-triangular (QR) decomposition within the Fresnel transform domain. The resulting ciphertexts are captured at three distinct axial positions using a digital sensor. The ciphertexts corresponding to different input images, are then stored within a deep learning model. For decryption, a novel pre-trained deep learning model other than conditional generative adversarial network has been developed which is based on an iterative algorithm. During training, the neural network learns to establish a mapping between the three different ciphertexts and their respective original images. The decryption process requires both, the pre-trained model parameters and asymmetric keys derived from QR decomposition, ensuring that security is not solely dependent on the neural network. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first implementation of a deep learning model integrated with QR-based diffractive imaging. By combining QR-decomposed keys, varying Fresnel distances, and deep learning-based key integration, the proposed system enhances security and demonstrates resilience against known-plain text attack.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132491"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145221541","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":"Physics-informed deep learning for accurate and efficient wavefront sensing in adaptive optics","authors":"Xiaohan Liu, Peng Hu, Wen Luo, Jianzhu Zhang, Feizhou Zhang, Hua Su","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132458","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132458","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Accurate and efficient wavefront sensing is central to adaptive optics but remains constrained by the limited receptive fields of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) and the quadratic computational complexity of Transformers. This study introduces state space models to wavefront sensing for the first time, innovatively integrating Zernike-mode point spread functions as physical priors to construct a novel framework. The proposed approach simultaneously achieves global dependency modeling and linear computational complexity. Evaluated on a dataset of 200,000 far-field spot images — spanning 67 Zernike coefficients and diverse atmospheric turbulence conditions — the framework demonstrates significant improvements. Without any pre-training, it reduces test loss and root mean square (RMS) error in aberration estimation by 75% and 52%, respectively, compared to the best CNN baseline. Moreover, it outperforms ImageNet-pretrained Transformer methods while reducing single-frame inference time. Enhanced noise robustness tests further confirm its superior performance and stability. These results validate the potential of physics-informed state space models for high-precision, robust, and rapid wavefront reconstruction. The study also establishes a universal methodological framework for integrating domain knowledge into optical sensing tasks.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132458"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119361","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":"Zernike polynomials as a phase distortion of Laguerre-Gaussian mode cancellation","authors":"Eduardo Peters, Gustavo Funes","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132441","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132441","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Laguerre-Gaussian beams and Hermite modes are intrinsically related, even though the first has received most of the attention due to their properties. In this work, we focus on the perturbation of the beams through turbulence. We present an experimental discovery of the decomposition of Laguerre-Gaussian beams due to convective turbulence into Hermite-Gaussian beams. Even though this phenomenon has been observed, mostly using lenses, it was ignored when it was produced by turbulence. We propose an explanation using Zernike Polynomials as a phase distortion. We found that within its randomness, turbulence possesses ordered stages that act as a phase perturbation in the form of a saddle point. These stages coincide with the astigmatic polynomials of the Zernike base.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132441"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145158609","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}
Hongwei Gong , Yujie Wu , Zihan Liu , Zan Zhang , Zijing Zhang , Zhuoyue Sun , Weiting Wang , Xiang Zhou , Yixian Qian , Dongmei Deng
{"title":"Propagation characteristics and particle manipulation of petal-like Swallowtail beams","authors":"Hongwei Gong , Yujie Wu , Zihan Liu , Zan Zhang , Zijing Zhang , Zhuoyue Sun , Weiting Wang , Xiang Zhou , Yixian Qian , Dongmei Deng","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132483","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132483","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, the petal-like Swallowtail beam (PSB) is constructed for the first time, through the integration of the higher-order catastrophe beams-Swallowtail beams and the mathematical form of SU(2), and we deeply investigate the effects of different parameters on its propagation in free space. Our findings indicate that the number, width, bending and field strength distribution of the lobes at the initial plane can be precisely controlled by adjusting the parameters, more importantly, these also affect the class full width at half maximum and focal strength of the PSB while maintaining the focal length. By analyzing the gradient forces and scattering forces, we theoretically demonstrate that the PSB can keep the Rayleigh particles bound at the focal point. Finally, we experimentally generate the PSB beam with which we successfully capture and manipulate particles. These conclusions not only promote the study of combining different beams and mathematical models, but also provide new options for applications such as particle manipulation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132483"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145159252","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":"Identifying the optimal parameters of triple-diode model of perovskite solar cell considering aging and light prolonged using recent optimization algorithms","authors":"Hegazy Rezk , Alaa A. Zaky , Abdullah G. Alharbi","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132482","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.132482","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Perovskite solar cells (PSCs), as a third-generation SCs which are fabricated based on nanotechnology techniques and have high power conversion efficiency, are highly recommended to replace the conventional silicon solar cells. In this paper, the PSCs devices are fabricated and characterized in the laboratory and the optimized model of PSC is presented. The experimental J-V curves for both fresh and aged devices under 20 days aging and under light exposure aging tests were experimentally determined for checking the fabricated devices stability. For more understanding of the device performance and parameters determination, triple-diode model is adopted for its superior accuracy although it is complex. The diode ideality factor is difficult to determine experimentally; therefore, the mathematical model of the fabricated PSCs is solved using many optimization algorithms to obtain the precise model parameters. The optimization results revealed the superiority of the marine predator's algorithm (MPA) a mong the used group. For the case of aging fresh, the average cost values ranged between 3.782E-05 and 0.003522. the best value of 3.782E-05 is achieved by MPA follows by NGO (4.2E-05) whereas the poorest outcome, 0.003522, was associated with OOA. STD values spanned the range of 1.041E-05 and 0.003948. The best STD value of 1.041E-05 is achieved by MPA follows by NGO (1.53E-05) whereas the worst one of 0.003948 is obtained by OOA. For the case of light fresh, the average cost values ranged between 4.078E-05 and 0.003211. the best value of 3.782E-05 is achieved by MPA follows by MFO (4.292E-05) whereas the worst one of 0.003211 is obtained by OOA. STD values spanned the range of 1.038E-05 and 0.003652. The best STD value of 1.038E-05 is achieved by MPA follows by NGO (1.7849E-5) whereas the worst one of 0.003948 is obtained by OOA.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"596 ","pages":"Article 132482"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145119368","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}