Haoye Qin, Wenjing Lv, Jue Li, Zijin Yang, Zengping Su, Yuzhi Shi, Bo Li, Patrice Genevet, Qinghua Song
{"title":"Metasurface‐Embedded Topological Photonic Crystal","authors":"Haoye Qin, Wenjing Lv, Jue Li, Zijin Yang, Zengping Su, Yuzhi Shi, Bo Li, Patrice Genevet, Qinghua Song","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202501032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202501032","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional topological photonic crystals (PhCs) often face limitations in tunability and functional diversity, while metasurfaces—though versatile—lack inherent topological protection. The concept of embedding metasurfaces into robust topological PhCs is presented for diverse wave and chirality manipulations without compromising their topological nature, contributing to a twofold topology‐functionality advantage in flat optics. By embedding tailored metasurfaces into topological PhC originating from the bound state in the continuum (BIC), chirality control, phase‐gradient wavefront engineering, and generation of exceptional points are achieved, while simultaneously preserving the momentum‐space topological singularity of BICs. This unified platform transcends the single‐functionality paradigm of topological photonics, enabling multifunctional light manipulation in compact, free‐space devices for applications in chiral sensing, vortex generation, and singular optics.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145002816","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":"Ultra‐Wideband Transmissive Programmable Metasurface Enabled Near‐Field Holography and Far‐Field OAM Generation","authors":"Longpan Wang, Zhenyuan Li, Yuhua Chen, Xudong Bai, Zhenfei Li, Fuli Zhang, Xuetao Gan","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202501020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202501020","url":null,"abstract":"Transmissive programmable metasurface can offer notable benefits for the precise agile manipulation of electromagnetic (EM) waves, which is a promising candidate for radar detection, wireless communications, and spectral imaging. However, most previous studies typically face the challenge of narrow bandwidth and are constrained by relatively simple and single functionality. Here, an ultra‐wideband (UWB) transmissive programmable metasurface is proposed to conduct agile multifunctional EM modulation. The meta‐atom is designed with a butterfly‐shaped configuration and manipulated using two pin diodes, demonstrating high‐efficiency transmission with low insertion loss less than 1 dB and stable phase difference of 180° from 15.77 to 28.59 GHz, ranging from Ku to Ka‐band with a fractional bandwidth up to 57.7%. The transmissive programmable metasurface is further constructed, and its effectiveness for multifunctional EM modulation is verified both numerically and experimentally, which can conduct different functionalities, including near‐field holographic imaging at lower‐frequency Ku‐band and far‐field high‐purity orbital angular momentum (OAM) generation at higher‐frequency Ka‐band. The proposed strategy may enrich the functionalities of programmable metasurfaces, as well as open a new pathway toward UWB multifunctional applications.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"18 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145002817","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":"Revealing the Dynamics of Multiple Solitons and Soliton Pulsations in a Quartic‐Dispersion Fiber Laser","authors":"Zhenhong Wang, Yingjie Lin, Yufeng Song, Zhixiang Deng, Jun Liu, Chunxiang Zhang","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202501851","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202501851","url":null,"abstract":"In the realm of ultrafast fiber lasers, emerging pure‐quartic solitons (PQSs) have attracted considerable attention owing to their unique energy‐width scaling advantage, fundamentally different from conventional second‐order dispersion solitons, and can offer unprecedented energy scaling‐up capabilities. In this paper, the complex PQS dynamics involving various soliton states, including multiple pure‐quartic solitons (MPQSs) and pulsating PQSs are observed and investigated in a passively mode‐locked fiber laser with net quartic dispersions. These underlying PQS dynamical phenomena are attributed to the interplay between the dominated fourth‐order dispersion and nonlinear effects. In the MPQS regime, several PQSs coexist in a single bunch, where the pulse separations between each other fall in the range of several hundreds of picoseconds. These PQS bunches can be termed as loosely‐bounded PQS solitons. In addition, the pulsating PQSs, manifesting periodic intensity oscillations accompanied with a variable pulse energy, are also observed. Their formation and evolution are susceptible to the pump power level, which is verified by the numerical simulations. These results can provide in‐depth insights into the intricate nonlinear dynamics of high‐order‐dispersion solitons within dissipative optical systems and the performance improvement of ultrafast fiber lasers in practical applications.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"53 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145002815","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}
Awais Ali, Iftikhar Hussain, Hanseok Seo, Junhyeok Park, Seongkeun Oh, Dae Yang Oh, Hyung Jin Choi, Soong Ju Oh
{"title":"Exploring the Recent Progress in InP Quantum Dots and QLEDs: Advances in Synthesis, Architecture, and Applications","authors":"Awais Ali, Iftikhar Hussain, Hanseok Seo, Junhyeok Park, Seongkeun Oh, Dae Yang Oh, Hyung Jin Choi, Soong Ju Oh","doi":"10.1002/lpor.202501169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/lpor.202501169","url":null,"abstract":"Indium phosphide (InP) quantum dots (QDs) have emerged as eco‐friendly alternatives to cadmium‐based QDs, offering high tunability, excellent color purity, and promising potential for next‐generation optoelectronic devices such as quantum dot light‐emitting diodes (QLEDs). However, their integration into commercial technologies continues to face critical challenges, most notably, the enhancement of photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) at the material level and the external quantum efficiency (EQE) at the device level. Although recent advances in colloidal synthesis and surface engineering have led to significant improvements in PLQY, effectively transferring these enhancements to achieve high EQE in QLEDs remains a major hurdle due to limitations in charge injection, charge balance, and interfacial losses. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the progress in InP QD development, focusing on key advancements in colloidal synthesis, core/shell engineering, charge transport layers, interfacial modification, and carrier dynamics. The historical evolution of InP QDs from their initial synthesis in 1989 to their growing role in QLEDs post‐2011 is examined in detail, along with persistent issues such as parasitic emission, charge imbalance, and device instability. Finally, the review explores emerging applications in flexible electronics, wearable displays, a nd high‐resolution LED arrays, and suggests future research directions aimed at enhancing efficiency, stability, and scalability for commercial deployment.","PeriodicalId":204,"journal":{"name":"Laser & Photonics Reviews","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.0,"publicationDate":"2025-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145002819","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}