{"title":"100 mJ infrared femtosecond pulses generated by dual-chirped optical parametric amplification","authors":"Yuxi Fu, E. Takahashi, K. Midorikawa","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831175","url":null,"abstract":"We generated 100 mJ infrared pulses using dual-chirped optical parametric amplification (DC-OPA), which is the highest energy ever reported for an infrared femtosecond laser source. These pulses are very useful for strong-field physics research and energy scaling of sub-keV soft X-rays by high-order harmonic generation.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126307935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Babadi, R. Ramirez-Iniguez, T. Boutaleb, T. Malick
{"title":"Novel DTIRC-based lens design for use with an extended light source for a rectangular footprint","authors":"S. Babadi, R. Ramirez-Iniguez, T. Boutaleb, T. Malick","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831315","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a new design method for a novel secondary optical element to generate uniform illumination on a target plane. This design is based on a Dielectric Totally Internally Reflecting Concentrator and uses Total Internal Reflection at the side profile of the lens.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128021701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"LiFi: Conceptions, misconceptions and opportunities","authors":"H. Haas","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831279","url":null,"abstract":"In this talk we will first explain what Light-Fidelity (LiFi) is and highlight the key differences to visible light communication (VLC). We will discuss misconceptions and illustrate the potential impact this technology can have across a number of existing and emerging industries.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132002159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Villiger, David Adams, A. Nam, N. Lippok, N. Uribe-Patarroyo, B. Vakoc, M. Suter, B. Bouma
{"title":"Reciprocity constraints in catheter-based polarimetry","authors":"M. Villiger, David Adams, A. Nam, N. Lippok, N. Uribe-Patarroyo, B. Vakoc, M. Suter, B. Bouma","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831013","url":null,"abstract":"Birefringence and its optic axis orientation provide detailed insight into the microstructural arrangement of collagen and muscle fibers. Here, we explore reciprocity constraints in polarization sensitive optical coherence tomography, which facilitate measurements of optic axis orientation through a rotating catheter.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130016674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ring resonator with cascaded arrayed waveguide gratings for accurate insertion loss measurement","authors":"E. Stanton, N. Volet, J. Bowers","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7884693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7884693","url":null,"abstract":"A device with two identical arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) in a DEMUX-MUX configuration within a ring resonator is proposed and modeled. This allows extracting the insertion loss of a single AWG, independent of the coupling efficiency, with less error than previous methods.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130072950","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A cross-layer multi-physics design flow for electronic-photonic integrated circuits","authors":"Jing Gao, Yanan Sun, Weifeng He, Hui Wu","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831055","url":null,"abstract":"We present a cross-layer design flow for EPIC which integrates the optical device simulation, electromagnetic simulation and electronic and photonic circuit simulations. An example of creating a traveling-wave MZM using this design flow is demonstrated.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130117393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Chang, N. Volet, Yifei Li, J. Peters, J. Bowers
{"title":"A thin-film PPLN waveguide for second-harmonic generation at 2-μm","authors":"L. Chang, N. Volet, Yifei Li, J. Peters, J. Bowers","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831242","url":null,"abstract":"We present a thin-film periodically-poled lithium niobate (PPLN) wavelength converter for second-harmonic generation (SHG) and demonstrate with 2-micron light. The device is fabricated with a new developed surface-poling method and is compatible with photonic integration.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131537257","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Younger, J. Donnelly, W. Goodhue, E. Duerr, K. A. Mcintosh, J. Frechette, R. Bailey, A. Ruff, J. MacDonald
{"title":"Crosstalk characterization and mitigation in Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays","authors":"R. Younger, J. Donnelly, W. Goodhue, E. Duerr, K. A. Mcintosh, J. Frechette, R. Bailey, A. Ruff, J. MacDonald","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831180","url":null,"abstract":"Intra focal plane array(FPA) crosstalk is a primary development limiter of large, fine-pixel Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (Gm-APD) arrays beyond 256×256 pixels. General analysis methods and results from MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT/LL) InP-based detector arrays will be presented.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130700231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Development of III-nitride nanostructures for low threshold lasing and semipolar GaN towards Yellow/Orange lasing","authors":"T. Wang","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831115","url":null,"abstract":"Last two decades have seen significant progress in developing III-nitride based laser didoes, in particular, InGaN-based blue laser diodes, which have been commercialised. However, there are a number of significant challenges in growth of longer emission wavelength such as green, yellow and even amber laser diodes. Recently, InGaN/GaN based green laser diodes with around 531 nm have been reported on both free-standing c-plane GaN and semi-polar (20–21) GaN substrates. However, the green laser diodes achieved so far suffer from extremely high thresholds for lasing, typically 1518 KA/cm2. Therefore, it is increasingly interesting to develop III-nitride based lasers with a low threshold for lasing. One of the most promising options to achieve lasing with a low threshold is to adopt an optical micro-cavity, leading to a reduction in cavity mode volume and thus an increase in Purcell factor. Such microdisk lasers would also find a wide applications in fabricating an integration of photonic and electronic circuits on the nanometre/micrometer scale. A low threshold fir lasing is also very important for achieving multi-wavelength lasers, in particular, spanning the full visible spectral region. Such multi-wavelength lasers which could potentially form white lasing find a wide range of applications in fabricating full colour high definition display, next generation vehicle headlighting, etc. Therefore, a microdisk laser is becoming particularly important for III-nitrides, as it leads to a significant reduction in threshold as a result of reduced modal volume. In this study we will demonstrates a number of InGaN/GaN based single microdisk lasers exhibiting low threshold lasing optically pumped in a continuous mode (cw) mode at room temperature. Finally, the paper will provide some latest progress on developing semi-polar GaN materials grown on sapphire. The development of even longer emission wavelength such as yellow and amber laser diodes is severely limited as a result of current growth of GaN along a polar orientation, i.e., on (0001) GaN surface, leading to the well-known \"green/yellow\" gap. One clear way forward, meeting the fundamental challenge, is to grow along a semi-polar direction. Semi-polar orientations, in particular, (11–22), offer another major advantage, namely, it can also significantly enhance indium incorporation into GaN, which cannot be achieved using c-plane GaN and thus is extremely important for growth of long wavelength emitters. However, the current challenge is due to the crystal quality of semi-polar GaN on sapphire.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130776337","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
W. Shi, Zhenhua Yu, Xinzheng Dong, Jinhui Li, Yuzhu Zhao, Huixian Liu
{"title":"110 W all-fiber picosecond laser in MOPA configuration with high peak power","authors":"W. Shi, Zhenhua Yu, Xinzheng Dong, Jinhui Li, Yuzhu Zhao, Huixian Liu","doi":"10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCON.2016.7831033","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a high peak power picosecond all-fiber laser in MOPO configuration. A large mode field diameter gain fiber was employed to build the main power amplifier and the average power of 117 W with 709-kW peak power was achieved.","PeriodicalId":396459,"journal":{"name":"2016 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133469044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}