{"title":"Multilayer Core–Shell Upconversion Nanoparticles for Dynamic Dual‐Color Emission Switching and High‐Sensitivity Temperature Sensing in Information Security","authors":"Longchi Li, Zewen Su, Wenbin Zhang, Yinyan Li, Denghao Li, Gongxun Bai, Liang Chen","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202500346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202500346","url":null,"abstract":"Information security and temperature sensing play vital roles in various areas such as financial transactions, product authentication, and privacy protection. However, integrating precise control in information security technologies with highly sensitive temperature sensing remains a significant challenge. Here, a multilayer core–shell upconversion nanoparticle (UCNP) system is presented that enables dynamic dual‐color emission switching and highly sensitive temperature sensing through controlled energy transfer mechanisms. By tuning the excitation wavelength, power density, and pulse width, the system exhibits a green‐to‐blue emission transition with multimodal tunability. Using fluorescence intensity ratio techniques, maximum relative sensitivity of 1.85% K<jats:sup>−1</jats:sup>, demonstrating superior temperature detection performance is achieved. Furthermore, the tunable multicolor emission properties of UCNPs enable diverse applications in information security, including dynamic pattern recognition, Morse code encryption, and quick response code‐based anti‐counterfeiting. This research not only broadens the application scope of UCNPs in security and environmental monitoring but also offers perspectives on the design of multifunctional optical materials.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143789693","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Ruiyang Qin, Kun Huang, Min Peng, Jianan Fang, Ben Sun, Zhengru Guo, Heping Zeng
{"title":"High-Speed Mid-Infrared Imaging via Nonlinear Multiplexed Detection","authors":"Ruiyang Qin, Kun Huang, Min Peng, Jianan Fang, Ben Sun, Zhengru Guo, Heping Zeng","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202500308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202500308","url":null,"abstract":"High-speed mid-infrared (MIR) videography constitutes an enabling tool to monitor and analyze various dynamics in scientific research and industrial applications, such as combustion diagnostics, explosion reactions, photosynthetic tracking, and thermal surveillance. However, the frame rate of conventional MIR imagers is typically limited by readout electronics and detection sensitivity, especially for large spatial formats with massive pixels. Here, a high-speed MIR upconversion imaging system based on time-multiplexed nonlinear structured pumping is devised and implemented. Specifically, the dynamic infrared scene is optically gated by a sequence of spatially periodical pump patterns in a nonlinear crystal, which facilitates both rapid temporal encryption and sensitive upconversion detection. Then, the upconverted frames are superimposed onto a silicon camera within a single exposure, thus resulting in a multiplexed snapshot in the spatial-frequency domain. Finally, the sub-exposure images, corresponding to distinct transient events, can be computationally deciphered and reconstructed by the frequency recognition algorithm based on band-pass filtering and Fourier transform operations. The achieved frame rate is tenfold boosted to 10 000 frames per second without compromising the megapixel spatial format, which allows continuous real-time MIR videography at high speed and high definition. The presented approach can be readily extended to far-infrared or terahertz spectral regions, with an aim of performing high-throughput and high-sensitivity observation of transient phenomena with high temporal complexity.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143798311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"Minimalist Photonic Processor for High‐Volume and Versatile Linear Computation","authors":"Zhenhua Li, Zhaoang Deng, Jie Liu, Chuyao Bian, Jiaqing Li, Ziliang Ruan, Ranfeng Gan, Zihao Chen, Kaixuan Chen, Changjian Guo, Liu Liu, Siyuan Yu","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202402016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202402016","url":null,"abstract":"By fully exploiting the rich parameter dimensions of the light wave including time, wavelength, transverse space, or mode, photonic integrated circuits potentially offer low‐latency, high‐throughput, and energy‐efficient solutions for acceleration of multimodal linear data processing in artificial intelligence‐related computational tasks. However, many existing schemes tailor specific parameter dimensions and construct specific architectures to suit specific computational operations and, therefore not making full use of optical resources and lacking versatility in adapting to different operations. Their scale is often linked to that of the operands, therefore lack flexibility when dealing with variable data sizes. A novel multi‐dimensional minimalist photonic processor (MD‐MPP) architecture is demonstrated, capable of simultaneously and scalably utilizing time, wavelength, and space multiplexing to achieve high throughput, versatile operations, and flexible data adaption, performing all‐optical multiply‐and‐accumulate (MAC) operations for vector dot‐products, matrix‐vector‐multiplication, single‐/multi‐kernel convolution in time‐recursive, wavelength‐parallel and spatial‐parallel fashions. As a verification, a processor chip fabricated in thin‐film lithium niobate (TFLN) experimentally implements single‐/multi‐kernel and multi‐wavelength convolution in optoelectronic convolutional neural networks with up to 36.7 billion MAC operations per second (or 73.4 GOPS) per device per wavelength, underscoring its potential to be a promising candidate for flexible optical computing at high data volumes with lower energy consumption.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143782628","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Marcin Muszyński, Przemysław Oliwa, Pavel Kokhanchik, Piotr Kapuściński, Eva Oton, Rafał Mazur, Przemysław Morawiak, Wiktor Piecek, Przemysław Kula, Witold Bardyszewski, Barbara Piętka, Daniil Bobylev, Dmitry Solnyshkov, Guillaume Malpuech, Jacek Szczytko
{"title":"Electrically Tunable Spin-Orbit Coupled Photonic Lattice in a Liquid Crystal Microcavity (Laser Photonics Rev. 19(7)/2025)","authors":"Marcin Muszyński, Przemysław Oliwa, Pavel Kokhanchik, Piotr Kapuściński, Eva Oton, Rafał Mazur, Przemysław Morawiak, Wiktor Piecek, Przemysław Kula, Witold Bardyszewski, Barbara Piętka, Daniil Bobylev, Dmitry Solnyshkov, Guillaume Malpuech, Jacek Szczytko","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202570027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202570027","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Photonic Crystals with Polarization Dependence</b></p><p>The cover image illustrates an optical microcavity filled with molecules of a liquid crystal in the uniform lying helix phase, which was studied by Guillaume Malpuech, Jacek Szczytko and co-workers. The sinusoidal plane in the center schematically represents the periodic photonic potential formed inside the cavity, while the purple, blue, and red shapes located at its minima depict bound states arising within this potential. Additionally, green lasing dye molecules are shown inside the cavity. See article 2400794 for more details. Image designed by Marcin Muszy?ski.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"19 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lpor.202570027","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770183","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Zhanhong Zhou, Ziwei Li, Wei Zhou, Nan Chi, Junwen Zhang, Qionghai Dai
{"title":"Resource-Saving and High-Robustness Image Sensing Based on Binary Optical Computing (Laser Photonics Rev. 19(7)/2025)","authors":"Zhanhong Zhou, Ziwei Li, Wei Zhou, Nan Chi, Junwen Zhang, Qionghai Dai","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202570025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202570025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Binary Optical Computing</b></p><p>The front cover shows a novel binary-weighted optical computing engine with spatial multiplexing and aggregation that achieves high-efficiency and noise robust image sensing. See article 2400936 by Ziwei Li, Qionghai Da and co-workers for more details.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"19 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lpor.202570025","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
{"title":"Deterministic Parity-Time Symmetry Single-Mode Oscillation in Filterless Multimode Resonators (Laser Photonics Rev. 19(7)/2025)","authors":"Huashan Yang, Shifeng Liu, Mingzhen Liu, Peng Liu, Hao Zhang, Jijun He, Shilong Pan","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202570026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202570026","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Multimode Resonators</b></p><p>In article number 2400913, Jijun He, Shilong Pan and co-workers present a novel method for achieving deterministic single-mode oscillation at a desired frequency in a filterless, multimode PT-symmetric resonator with saturable absorption, using a one-shot injection technique. This technique overcomes the challenge of oscillation frequency randomness observed in previous works. Furthermore, in the absence of a noisy injection signal, the output signal achieves ultralow noise levels, comparable to the world record.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"19 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":9.8,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/lpor.202570026","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143770182","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Kang Li, Siwei Wang, Lin Chen, Jinwei Zeng, Jian Wang
{"title":"High-Dimensional Chiral Transfer by Bilaterally Encircling Exceptional Points","authors":"Kang Li, Siwei Wang, Lin Chen, Jinwei Zeng, Jian Wang","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202500161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202500161","url":null,"abstract":"In a non-Hermitian system, dynamically encircling exceptional points (EPs) within the parameter space facilitates chiral mode transfer, wherein the resulting output states are contingent upon the encircling EP direction. However, mainstream two-stage EP-based chiral mode transfer has encountered critical bottlenecks, as current research primarily focuses on operating within a single dimension (polarization or mode). Here, high-dimensional chiral transfer by bi-directionally encircling EPs is presented, which implements distinct chiral transfers for different polarizations. Consequently, the high-dimensional chiral transfer yields unconventional output mode states that are influenced not only by the injection direction but also by the polarization state. Meanwhile, leveraging the birefringence effect of the silicon waveguide, high-performance high-dimensional chiral transfer is experimentally demonstrated using the bi-directionally encircling-EP approach, which demonstrates robustness against encircling loop selection. Moreover, the occurrence of chiral transfer can also be controlled by polarization. The findings not only pave the way for further exploration of high-dimensional non-Hermitian systems but also unlock opportunities for a wide variety of high-capacity applications.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143775867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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":"Adaptive Parallel Inscription in Multi-Core Fiber","authors":"Hanwen Liu, Liuwei Zhan, Junxian Luo, Maojie Chen, Fei Xu","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202402229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202402229","url":null,"abstract":"The holographic multi-foci technique has gained extensive applications in femtosecond laser processing as it can remarkably enhance fabrication efficiency. However, in the field of optical fiber processing, due to the position-dependent aberration induced by optical fiber's cylindrical geometry and protective coating, achieving precise control over the intensity uniformity and positioning accuracy of multi-foci presents significant challenges, which complicates the realization of high-quality parallel inscription. Here, an adaptive and high-throughput parallel inscription strategy for multi-core fiber (MCF) is presented. The depth-dependent aberration phase for each focus is derived, facilitating the generation of astigmatism-corrected holograms using the Gerchberg-Saxton-weighted algorithm. Meanwhile, an online image processing algorithm is employed to measure the internal core distribution of MCF, enabling the adaptive update of holograms. As a demonstration, parallel fiber Bragg grating (FBG) array inscription in seven-core fiber is achieved. Experimental results show that the average intra-node reflectivity difference can be controlled within 2 dB. Moreover, 7 FBGs can be inscribed simultaneously within 6 s, improving the inscription efficiency by an order of magnitude. The proposed method is fast, versatile, and robust, thus providing a promising solution for the efficient fabrication of advanced photonic devices inside optical fiber.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143758112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}
Kang Xu, Mandong Zheng, Lingyu Huang, Li Yao, Jiantao Chen, Shaolin Xu
{"title":"All‐Glass Nanohole Metalens by Non‐Diffracting Laser Lithography","authors":"Kang Xu, Mandong Zheng, Lingyu Huang, Li Yao, Jiantao Chen, Shaolin Xu","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202402006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202402006","url":null,"abstract":"Traditional nanopillar metalenses are usually confronted with problems of limited phase delay due to restricted aspect ratio and duty cycle of structural units. A new design and ultrafast laser fabrication method of an all‐glass nanohole metasurface is proposed. High‐aspect‐ratio nanoholes with subwavelength periods, tunable depths, and fixed duty cycle function as phase shift units, realizing idealized linear 2π phase delay to support great light modulation performance. A non‐diffracting laser lithography approach is developed to fabricate nanohole arrays, using a unique Bessel beam modulated by a reversed‐axicon phase diagram to guarantee hole diameter consistency along the depth. Combining with thermal annealing and chemical etching, surface and subsurface damage‐free nanohole arrays are produced with periods down to 800 and precisely controlled depths over 10 µm. The capability helps realize the rapid fabrication of a high‐performance all‐glass nanohole metalens with ≈97% modulation efficiency at 1.55 µm. A large 2 cm‐diameter metalens and diverse optical devices like axicon, vortex wave plate, and blazed grating are also demonstrated. The study provides a new avenue of all‐glass metalens, and makes custom metalens more economical and easily accessible.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143757798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"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}