Yu Ao , Xingang Dai , Yanjun Hu , Bowen Niu , Qun Dai , Yu Qiao , Xuanwei Xu , Yuan Li , Guofang Fan
{"title":"Five layer bi-directionally adjustable perfect metamaterial absorber based on silver gratings with four narrow bands and 1650 nm broadband absorptions","authors":"Yu Ao , Xingang Dai , Yanjun Hu , Bowen Niu , Qun Dai , Yu Qiao , Xuanwei Xu , Yuan Li , Guofang Fan","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131750","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131750","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The remarkable performance of metamaterial perfect absorbers in applications such as solar cells, sensors, and photoconversion devices has underscored their progressively important role in diverse areas of scientific and technological development. However, designing perfect absorbers that achieve both narrowband and broadband absorption with relatively simple structures remains a significant challenge. This paper presents a bi-directional metamaterial perfect absorber comprising a silver grating, featuring a specialized structure engineered to simultaneously achieve narrowband and broadband perfect absorption in the same nanostructure. Four distinct absorption peaks are observed when the light source is incident from the grating portion located above the structure, exhibiting absorptivity of 91.8 %, 99.8 %, 94.3 % and 93.2 %. All of these peaks demonstrate favorable sensing performance. In contrast, broadband perfect absorption is observed across the wavelength range of 650–2300 nm when the light source is incident from the bottom planar section of the proposed absorber, exhibiting an average absorption of 95.85 %. Simulation results demonstrate that our designed absorber exhibits excellent narrowband and broadband absorption properties and is simpler and easier to fabricate than other bidirectional absorber materials, suggesting its potential for broader applications compared to traditional absorbers.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131750"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143619221","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":"Transmission performance analysis and optimization of C+L band SDM-WDM system with weakly coupled multi-core fiber","authors":"Jiawei Meng , Yifan Yu , Lian Xiang","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131755","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131755","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Based on the improved coupled power equations, a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculation model is proposed for multi-core fiber C + L band SDM-WDM systems. Based on this model, the effects of inter-core crosstalk (ICXT) and Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) on the transmission performance is investigated in the MCF C + L band WDM system. The results show that both SRS and ICXT will influence the system performance significantly. Furthermore, four strategies for optimizing the channel incident power are investigated for the SRS impact. The output power flattening strategy is found to perform well in terms of system capacity and optimization efficiency.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131755"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143644534","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}
S.M. Anowarul Haque , Mohammad Tariqul Islam , Abdullah G. Alharbi , Asad Miah , Sams Al Zafir , Md Samsuzzaman
{"title":"Double stripe square enclosed SRR based triple band metamaterial absorber for materials variation and thickness sensing applications","authors":"S.M. Anowarul Haque , Mohammad Tariqul Islam , Abdullah G. Alharbi , Asad Miah , Sams Al Zafir , Md Samsuzzaman","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131740","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131740","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, a double stripe square enclosed SRR based triple band metamaterial sensor has been proposed to detect material properties and its thickness. A unique triple negative band metamaterial is designed for applications in microwave sensing described in this paper. It has a good absorption property almost equal to one and highly quality factor. The size for this sensor is 19.9 mm × 19.9 mm × 1.6 mm thickness of FR-4 substrate is used to produce the unit cell. The absorption of this sensor are 99.9 %, 99.9 % and 98.6 % for at frequencies 1.93 GHz, 3.55 GHz and 6.35 GHz respectively. This absorber has three absorption peak make it suitable to use in the triple band (L, S, and C). The copper back layer structure enhances the reflection coefficient, while the double stripe design aids in achieving triple band frequency. The frequency domain used in this study ranges from 1 to 7 GHz. The ADS software and CST results are used to confirm the reflection coefficient (S<sub>11</sub>) of this MTM absorber equivalent circuit. The resonance frequency and quality factor vary with oil because of its varying dielectric constant. The Q factors for these triple frequencies 1.93 GHz, 3.55 GHz, and 6.35 GHz are 1943.00, 1056.25, and 590.625 respectively. This unit cell structure receives a variety of frequencies that can be modified for sensing purposes. The sensor has sensitivity values of 0.454 %, 0.061 %, and 1.55 % for these frequencies. In addition, the FOM for 1.93 GHz, 3.55 GHz, and 6.35 GHz frequencies are 64.54, 915.47, and 822.12, respectively. The information demonstrates that the sensor's sensitivity is adequate to identify a range of oils. Since the proposed sensor has high Q-factor, sensitivity, absorption and excellent performance the recommended sensor can be used for distinguishing materials and thickness in various applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131740"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143681628","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":"Modulating number of Bloch oscillations in synthetic temporal lattices","authors":"Tao Wei , Zengrun Wen","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131694","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131694","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We propose a method for modulating Bloch oscillations in a synthetic temporal lattice formed by two coupled fiber loops. By periodically altering the coupling coefficient, resembling the behavior of the Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model in a synthetic temporal lattice, the Bloch oscillations are split into multiple oscillations depending on the coupling modulation period. This splitting can be understood in terms of optical tunneling between energy bands in the synthetic temporal lattice. For larger modulation periods, the coupling variations introduce interfaces that generate weak new Bloch oscillations. Furthermore, partially periodic coupling modulations allow for manipulation of the splitting energy, offering control over the number and strength of the oscillations. This approach provides a potential pathway for achieving optical beam splitters based on Bloch oscillations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131694"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143619285","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}
Kun Xing , Zhengwei Pan , Haifeng Wang , Yimeng Sang , Yun Zhang , Tao Tao , Zhe Zhuang , Rong Zhang , Bin Liu
{"title":"Demonstration of 633-nm InGaN-based red light-emitting diodes on a semipolar (11–22) GaN template","authors":"Kun Xing , Zhengwei Pan , Haifeng Wang , Yimeng Sang , Yun Zhang , Tao Tao , Zhe Zhuang , Rong Zhang , Bin Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131749","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131749","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work demonstrated semipolar (11–22) InGaN-based red light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a peak wavelength of 633.4 nm at 1 A/cm<sup>2</sup>. We achieved a strain-relaxed semipolar (11–22) GaN template grown on m-plane sapphire substrate by inserting an in-situ SiN<sub>x</sub> layer. X-ray rocking curve shows that the in-plane anisotropy of the template is reduced compared to those without the SiN<sub>x</sub> template. At a current density of 1 A/cm<sup>2</sup>, the semipolar LEDs with the SiN<sub>x</sub> interlayer exhibit a longer wavelength by 24.4 nm compared to those without the SiN<sub>x</sub> layer. The external quantum efficiency (EQE) of the semipolar LED peak at 1.65 % when the current density of 4 A/cm<sup>2</sup>. These findings underscore the potential of utilizing the semipolar (11–22) planes for developing high-performance InGaN-based red LEDs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131749"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143619289","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}
Hangyu Zhang , Dafu Shen , Leihong Zhang , Kai Liu , Zhenhua Qian , Mingzhou Jiang , Donghua Jia , Yi Shi , Dawei Zhang
{"title":"Endoscopic imaging of single multimode fiber based on deep learning","authors":"Hangyu Zhang , Dafu Shen , Leihong Zhang , Kai Liu , Zhenhua Qian , Mingzhou Jiang , Donghua Jia , Yi Shi , Dawei Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131748","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131748","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The high information throughput and small core diameter of multimode fibers make them have great potential applications in endoscopy. However, the multimode fiber imaging systems usually use additional optical paths for illumination, which takes up a large space and is not suitable for actual endoscopic imaging. In this paper, a self-built multimode fiber imaging system is used, which places the illumination path and the transmission image path in the same optical path, which takes up less space and makes the imaging system more compact. In this paper, we propose a network to extract some invariant features of multimode fiber in perturbed state and reconstruct the image. The multimode fiber with a length of 0.5 m and an inner diameter of 125um is used for image transmission experiments. The experimental results show that this network can extract features better and has the best reconstruction effect compared with the other three networks (UNet, R2UNet, U2Net) in static or perturbed state. Therefore, our study shows the potential of endoscopic imaging.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131748"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143682153","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":"Enhanced sensing via multipolarization reconfigurable Fano resonant graphene-dielectric metasurfaces at a fixed frequency","authors":"Zian Li , Rui Yang , Changhong Li","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131689","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131689","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We introduce a hybrid graphene-dielectric metasurface that significantly advances biosensing through reconfigurable multipolarization enabled by Fano resonances. The metasurface, consisting of asymmetric silicon rods embedded in CaF<sub>2</sub> with a graphene layer, achieves two kinds of orthogonally polarized Fano resonances under linearly polarized electromagnetic wave interactions, generating four distinct polarized modes within a narrow bandwidth. The incorporation of graphene enables precise tuning of Fano resonant frequencies and facilitates switching between linear and circular polarization at a fixed frequency. This dual capability enhances the detection range and sensitivity of polarization sensing by enabling fixed-frequency multipolarization detection, thus allowing ultra-sensitive monitoring of polarization changes. Our approach contrasts with existing methods that utilize different frequencies for multipolarization, marking a significant advancement in the versatility and sensitivity of sensing technologies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131689"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143629941","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}
Xijie Li , Jiating Yang , Ming Gao , Jun Liu , Yunliang Zhu , Siyuan Li
{"title":"The design of an imaging spectrometer based on forearm compensation optical path multiplexing","authors":"Xijie Li , Jiating Yang , Ming Gao , Jun Liu , Yunliang Zhu , Siyuan Li","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131746","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131746","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The plane diffraction grating has very high diffraction efficiency, so it is widely used in spectrometers. However, since the principal section of the plane grating does not coincide with the section of the diffracted light, a serious spectral smile occurs, causing deviation in the collected spectral and image information, which affects the imaging spectrometer's detection accuracy for the target signal. To address this issue, a design method of an imaging spectrometer based on forearm compensation optical path multiplexing is proposed in this paper. The forearm compensation lens group generates spectral smile in the opposite direction of to the plane grating to correct the spectral smile of the spectrometer. Moreover, the correction conditions for wide spectrum aberrations are derived based on vector geometric relationships. Based on the proposed design method, we have developed a prototype with a spectral range of 0.45 μm–0.9 μm, a spectral resolution of 6 nm, spectral smile and spectral distortion both less than 2.5 μm, and a volume of approximately 65 mm × 40 mm × 40 mm. Finally, the spectral and imaging performance of the prototype is tested.The test results confirm the feasibility of correcting the spectral smile of an imaging spectrometer and the correctness of the correction conditions for the wide spectrum aberrations based on our proposed design method.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131746"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143619284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fu Liao , Guangmang Cui , Weize Cui , Yang Liu , Shigong Shi , Jufeng Zhao , Changlun Hou
{"title":"Robust speckle reconstruction based on cascade transfer learning and speckle correlation imaging","authors":"Fu Liao , Guangmang Cui , Weize Cui , Yang Liu , Shigong Shi , Jufeng Zhao , Changlun Hou","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131743","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131743","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Achieving high-quality reconstruction with unknown scattering media and complex scattering conditions, such as low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) or non-darkroom environments with strong ambient light, remains a significant challenge. Traditional imaging methods have good generalization ability but the fidelity of results needs to be improved, while deep learning methods have good imaging results but limited generalization ability. In order to enhance the generalization ability of the model, improve the reconstruction quality, and achieve robust reconstruction in high-intensity ambient light noise environments, we propose a method based on cascade transfer learning and speckle correlation imaging. Specifically, an innovative and flexible cascade transfer learning architecture is proposed for accurate and robust speckle reconstruction, while the speckle correlation imaging chain is used to generate robust pre-training and fine-tuning datasets, maximizing the advantages of the pre-training and boosting the overall efficacy of transfer learning. Additionally, a degradation-aware Transformer network is designed to achieve better convergence in both pre-training and fine-tuning tasks. Experimental results show that our method outperforms traditional methods and various deep learning-based approaches in both reconstruction fidelity and generalization. Moreover, it can reliably reconstruct targets utilizing low-quality speckles in unfavorable environments, and successfully tackle the challenge of reconstructing highly complex face images through biological tissue, offering new inspiration for scattering imaging.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131743"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143619288","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":"Light trapping in four-coupled silicon nanowires for photovoltaic applications","authors":"Jinrong Tang , Jie Zhang , Wenfu Liu , Yasha Yi","doi":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131747","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.optcom.2025.131747","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Silicon nanowires (SiNW) are highly cost-effective and efficient materials, widely applied in solar cells. In this work, we report four-coupled SiNWs (FCNW) for photovoltaic applications. We found that FCNW shows significantly enhanced light absorption compared to single SiNW (SNW) and four-uncoupled SiNWs (FUNW), due to its excellent light-trapping effect. The optimal short-circuit current density of FCNW reaches 14.10 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>, increasing by 41.71 % and 17.99 % compared to SNW (9.95 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>) and FUNW (11.95 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>) respectively. Moreover, coating a non-absorbing dielectric shell (SFCNW) and adjusting its radius can further improve the short-circuit current density. The results show that SFCNW possesses a higher short-circuit current density of 22.19 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>, enhanced by 123.02 % and 57.38 % relative to SNW and FCNW respectively. Therefore, the SFCNW structure provides a novel approach to improving the photoelectric conversion efficiency of solar cells.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":19586,"journal":{"name":"Optics Communications","volume":"583 ","pages":"Article 131747"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143619286","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}