Optics expressPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1364/OE.530983
Thomas Allsop, Andreas Ioannou, Kyriacos Kalli, Ranjeet S Bhamber, Evelyne Aguera, Alain Samson, Peggy Rigou, Cedric Saucier, Bernard Dussardier
{"title":"Real-time optical fibre near-infrared chromatic dispersion analyser using collocated optical fibre gratings.","authors":"Thomas Allsop, Andreas Ioannou, Kyriacos Kalli, Ranjeet S Bhamber, Evelyne Aguera, Alain Samson, Peggy Rigou, Cedric Saucier, Bernard Dussardier","doi":"10.1364/OE.530983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.530983","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present what we believe to be a novel optical fibre device for real-time measurements of near-infrared chromatic dispersion of a liquid medium from 1100 nm to 1700 nm. This inline optical fibre chromatic dispersion analyser is based upon collocated fibre long-period gratings written adjacently in the core by femtosecond laser inscription yielding 8 attenuation bands associated with different cladding modes, yielding 8 independent measurements. This fibre device is tested on a series of chemical compounds associated with wines. The results for each compound yielded distinctive chromatic responses. A machine learning pipeline was developed that successfully clustered and classified spectral responses of the different chemicals to illustrate the distinctive responses. The limits of detection for these fibre devices ranged from 1×10<sup>-3</sup> to 6×10<sup>-5</sup> mol/L for the compounds associated with wines, demonstrating the potential usefulness of an optical fibre chromatic dispersion analyser is capable of monitoring in real-time effective chromatic dispersion that is not offered by any current technology.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"41026-41040"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688379","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 expressPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1364/OE.539655
Fengling Zhang, Antonios Pelekanidis, Augustas Karpavicius, Matthias Gouder, Jacob Seifert, Kjeld Eikema, Stefan Witte
{"title":"Characterizing post-compression of mJ-level ultrafast pulses via loose focusing in a gas cell.","authors":"Fengling Zhang, Antonios Pelekanidis, Augustas Karpavicius, Matthias Gouder, Jacob Seifert, Kjeld Eikema, Stefan Witte","doi":"10.1364/OE.539655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.539655","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The ability to generate high-intensity ultrashort laser pulses is a key driver for advancing the strong-field physics and its applications. Post-compression methods aim to increase the peak intensity of amplified laser pulses via spectral broadening through self-phase modulation (SPM), followed by temporal pulse compression. However, other unavoidable nonlinear self-action effects, which typically occur parallel to SPM, can lead to phase distortions and beam quality degradation. Here we study the ability to compress high-energy pulses by loose focusing in a noble gas to induce nonlinear spectral broadening, while limiting unwanted nonlinear effects such as self-focusing. We introduce ptychographic wavefront sensor and FROG measurements to identify the regimes that optimize pulse compression while maintaining high beam quality. Using a 700 mbar argon-filled double-pass-based scheme, we successfully compress 2 mJ, 170 fs, 1030 nm laser pulses to ∼35 fs, achieving 90% overall flux efficiency and excellent stability. This work provides guidelines for optimizing the compressed pulse quality and further energy scaling of double-pass-based post-compression concepts.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"40990-41003"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142687652","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 expressPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1364/OE.540763
David A Alessi, Jeff D Bude, Hoang T Nguyen, G Jackson Williams, Craig W Siders, Thomas M Spinka
{"title":"Pulse compressor architecture to enable next-generation high-energy petawatt-class lasers.","authors":"David A Alessi, Jeff D Bude, Hoang T Nguyen, G Jackson Williams, Craig W Siders, Thomas M Spinka","doi":"10.1364/OE.540763","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.540763","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The maximum energy obtainable within a single aperture of a high-energy petawatt-class (HEPW) laser is typically limited by the pulse compressor. This work evaluates the potential impact of two new pulse compression grating technologies (HELD gratings and TM polarization) on HEPW laser systems. A compressor architecture is proposed that implements these grating advancements in order to support ∼6× higher pulse energies than currently demonstrated. This increase in energy and intensity could have substantial benefits to high-flux secondary sources and enable new applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"41539-41549"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688365","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 expressPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1364/OE.542662
Ao Fu, Chen Wang, Silong Chen, Kunping Yang, Bo Ren, Ping Chen
{"title":"Low-profile, wideband RCS-reduction antenna array based on a metal-ink hybrid metasurface.","authors":"Ao Fu, Chen Wang, Silong Chen, Kunping Yang, Bo Ren, Ping Chen","doi":"10.1364/OE.542662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.542662","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, a highly flexible metal-ink hybrid metasurface that can be integrated with planar structures is proposed. The metasurface achieves wideband absorption performance while maintaining an efficient transmission window. Based on equivalent circuit model analysis, an aperture-coupled antenna array was integrated with the metasurface, enabling simultaneous wideband radar cross-section (RCS) reduction and high-performance radiation. The integration of the metasurface and antenna array allowed the overall structure to maintain a low profile. Simulation results show that the proposed array achieves a 10 dB RCS reduction against a metal plate of the same size over the [2.03, 8.11] GHz range, with a fractional bandwidth of 119.9% under x-polarized wave incidence. Under y-polarized wave incidence, a 10 dB RCS reduction is achieved at both [2.12, 5.1] GHz and [6.1, 8.06] GHz, with fractional bandwidths of 82.5% and 27.6%, respectively. Moreover, the array maintains a peak gain of 26.3 dBi and sidelobe levels less than -18 dB. The experimental results align well with the simulated results. The proposed low-RCS antenna array offers potential advancements in planar antenna technology, enhancing stealth capabilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"41619-41631"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688401","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 expressPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1364/OE.538840
Hoyeong Kwon, Giuseppe D'Aguanno, Andrea Alù
{"title":"Optically transparent, broadband and omnidirectional microwave absorber based on graphene-SiO<sub>2</sub> metasurfaces.","authors":"Hoyeong Kwon, Giuseppe D'Aguanno, Andrea Alù","doi":"10.1364/OE.538840","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.538840","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Broadband and omnidirectional absorption of electromagnetic waves is required in various technologies, such as stealth, high quality wireless communications, spacecraft shielding. In this study, we theoretically and numerically study a graphene-based absorber achieving broadband and omnidirectional absorption from 4 GHz to 100 GHz and 0 <sup>∘</sup> to 50 <sup>∘</sup>∼70 <sup>∘</sup>, with over 90% absorption efficiency. By applying a thin layer of graphene upon a SiO<sub>2</sub> moth-eye structure, we show that electromagnetic waves can be effectively absorbed in the graphene layer and that the structure is optically transparent, ideal for civilian and military applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"41974-41983"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688246","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 expressPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1364/OE.538403
Chongjia Huang, Mingtong Liu, Hao Chen, HengHao Chen, Erwin H W Chan
{"title":"Simple photonics-based angle of arrival and Doppler frequency shift measurement system for long baseline antennas.","authors":"Chongjia Huang, Mingtong Liu, Hao Chen, HengHao Chen, Erwin H W Chan","doi":"10.1364/OE.538403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.538403","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Using photonics to measure the characteristics of an RF signal has a number of advantages compared to electronics. As a result, many photonics-based RF signal measurement systems have been reported. However, none of them can simultaneously measure an RF signal angle-of-arrival (AOA) and Doppler frequency shift (DFS) while having a simple and low-cost structure that is suitable for use in a long baseline antenna array. This paper presents a microwave photonic system to fill this technology gap. Additionally, the system is designed to have a robust performance, which is needed for practical applications. Measured results demonstrate simultaneous AOA and DFS measurement using the phase difference and the frequency of two low-frequency components generated by the system. The AOA and DFS measurement accuracy are within ±1° over the 0° to 81.5° AOA measurement range and within ±0.05 Hz over the ±50 kHz DFS measurement range. Results also show the system exhibits a stable performance with less than ±0.4° and ±0.02 Hz change in the measured AOA and DFS respectively, over an hour measurement period.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"41936-41947"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688390","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":"Real-time target recognition with all-optical neural networks for ghost imaging.","authors":"Yuanyuan Xi, Yuchen He, Yadi Wang, Hui Chen, Huaibin Zheng, Jianbin Liu, Yu Zhou, Zhuo Xu","doi":"10.1364/OE.539339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.539339","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The generation and structural characteristics of random speckle patterns impact the implementation and imaging quality of computational ghost imaging. Their modulation is limited by traditional electronic hardware. We aim to address this limitation using the features of an all-optical neural network. This work proposes a real-time target recognition system based on an all-optical diffraction deep neural network for ghost imaging. We use a trained neural network to perform pure phase modulation on visible light, and directly complete the target recognition task by detecting the maximum value of light intensity signals at different positions. We optimized the system by simulating the effects of parameters, such as the number of layers of the network, photosensitive pixel, unit area etc., on the final recognition performance, and the accuracy of target recognition reached 91.73%. The trained neural network is materialised by 3D printing technology and experiments confirmed that the system successfully performs real-time target recognition at a low sampling rate of 1.25<i>%</i>. It also verified the feasibility and noise resistance of the system in practical application scenarios.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"40967-40978"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688402","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 expressPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1364/OE.538819
Amy Navarathna, Benjamin J Carey, James S Bennett, Soroush Khademi, Warwick P Bowen
{"title":"Silicon double-disk optomechanical resonators from wafer-scale double-layered silicon-on-insulator.","authors":"Amy Navarathna, Benjamin J Carey, James S Bennett, Soroush Khademi, Warwick P Bowen","doi":"10.1364/OE.538819","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.538819","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Whispering Gallery Mode (WGM) optomechanical resonators are a promising technology for the simultaneous control and measurement of optical and mechanical degrees of freedom at the nanoscale. They offer potential for use across a wide range of applications such as sensors and quantum transducers. Double-disk WGM resonators, which host strongly interacting mechanical and optical modes co-localized around their circumference, are particularly attractive due to their high optomechanical coupling. Large-scale integrated fabrication of silicon double-disk WGM resonators has not previously been demonstrated. In this work, we present a process for the fabrication of double-layer silicon-on-insulator wafers, which we then use to fabricate functional optomechanical double silicon disk resonators with on-chip optical coupling. The integrated devices present experimentally observed optical quality factors of the order of 10<sup>5</sup> and a single-photon optomechanical coupling of approximately 15 kHz.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"41376-41389"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688388","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 expressPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1364/OE.536538
Roman Rousseau, Jérôme Morville, Claude Botella, Guillaume Saint-Girons
{"title":"Absorption line broadening in atomic beams produced in a molecular beam epitaxy environment.","authors":"Roman Rousseau, Jérôme Morville, Claude Botella, Guillaume Saint-Girons","doi":"10.1364/OE.536538","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.536538","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS) is used to measure the 6s<sup>2</sup> <sup>1</sup>S-5d6p <sup>3</sup>D<sup>0</sup> absorption line profile of a Ba atomic beam produced in a molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) reactor. Despite the noisy MBE environment, a signal-to-noise ratio up to 100 is obtained thanks to a thorough optimization of the measurement setup. A model that realistically describes this absorption profile is presented, taking into account the angular distribution of atomic concentration in the atomic beam as well as the reactor and setup geometry. Our results highlight the influence of the latter on the Doppler line broadening, and allows to estimate the angular distribution of concentration in the beam emitted by the effusion cell. The model can be adapted to estimate the absorption profile for any element in any reactor geometry, making it a useful tool to design MBE dedicated atomic absorption sensors such as optical flux monitoring sensors, or to characterize the beam emitted by any effusion cell.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"40202-40218"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688346","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 expressPub Date : 2024-11-04DOI: 10.1364/OE.537424
Yu Jiang, Yijun Zhang, Zehao Tong, Song Tang, Tao Guo, Yunsheng Qian, Jianning Sun, Lin Ren, Muchun Jin, Feng Shi, Hongchang Cheng, Yugang Zeng
{"title":"Quantum efficiency enhancement of reflective GaAs photocathodes with exponential-doping structure generating a favorable built-in electric field.","authors":"Yu Jiang, Yijun Zhang, Zehao Tong, Song Tang, Tao Guo, Yunsheng Qian, Jianning Sun, Lin Ren, Muchun Jin, Feng Shi, Hongchang Cheng, Yugang Zeng","doi":"10.1364/OE.537424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.537424","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rapid development of GaAs photocathodes has led to an increased focus on the attainment of high quantum efficiency. Three types of exponential-doping structures with a high to low doping concentration distribution from the interior to the surface are proposed for reflective GaAs emission layers. These three structures generate different built-in electric fields that facilitate photoelectron emission. The one-dimensional continuity equations for the increasing, constant, and decreasing types of built-in electric fields are derived, respectively. The electron concentration distribution and quantum efficiency varying with the wavelength are solved numerically by the finite difference method. The simulation results indicate that the quantum efficiency of the GaAs photocathode with the increasing type of built-in electric field is superior to that with the constant built-in electric field, while the GaAs photocathode with the decreasing type of built-in electric field shows the worst performance. Then, the designed GaAs photocathodes with the increasing and constant types of built-in electric fields are grown by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition and activated by cesium-oxygen alternating deposition. The measured spectral response curves show that the quantum efficiency of the GaAs photocathode with the increasing type of built-in electric field is higher in the whole band than that with the constant type of built-in electric field. In addition, the exponential-doping structure generating the increasing type of built-in electric field is beneficial for improving the surface potential barrier and increasing the surface electron escape probability.</p>","PeriodicalId":19691,"journal":{"name":"Optics express","volume":"32 23","pages":"41925-41935"},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142688368","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}