Applied Physics BPub Date : 2025-07-07DOI: 10.1007/s00340-025-08520-0
Aghigh Jalehdoost, Kay Sowoidnich, André Müller, David Feise, Katrin Paschke, Bernd Sumpf, Martin Maiwald
{"title":"Monolithic Y-branch distributed Bragg reflector diode laser at 633 nm for shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy","authors":"Aghigh Jalehdoost, Kay Sowoidnich, André Müller, David Feise, Katrin Paschke, Bernd Sumpf, Martin Maiwald","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08520-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08520-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A dual-wavelength monolithic Y-branch distributed Bragg reflector diode laser at 633 nm is presented, which is suitable for shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy to effectively address fluorescence and background interference. The device provides 30 mW optical output power at an electrical power consumption of less than 1 W. At a spectral distance of 0.4 nm (10 cm<sup>−1</sup>), both laser emission wavelengths show narrowband operation with spectral widths of 12 pm (0.3 cm<sup>−1</sup>) and side mode suppression ratios of more than 40 dB. Performing shifted excitation Raman difference spectroscopy measurements on a highly fluorescent soil sample exemplarily showed the efficient separation of characteristic Raman signals of the soil constituents quartz and calcite from intense fluorescence interference with a 17-fold improvement in the signal-to-background noise ratio in comparison to the individual Raman measurements.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00340-025-08520-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145163301","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}
Applied Physics BPub Date : 2025-07-05DOI: 10.1007/s00340-025-08509-9
Can Wang, Zhuo-Xuan Xie, Ling-Yu Zhang, Le Wei, Jing Guo
{"title":"Influence of non-uniform distribution of doped atoms in semiconductors on high-order harmonic generation","authors":"Can Wang, Zhuo-Xuan Xie, Ling-Yu Zhang, Le Wei, Jing Guo","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08509-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08509-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We theoretically investigated the effect of non-uniform distribution of acceptor-doped atoms on high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in doped semiconductors, employing two models related to actual doped semiconductors: linear and Gaussian distributions. Compared with uniformly doped semiconductors, we found that non-uniformly doped semiconductors with impurities localized on one side of the atomic chain exhibit enhanced below-band-gap harmonics and suppressed the second plateau of harmonics. Additionally, we observed distinct even harmonics in the low-energy region of HHG from non-uniformly doped semiconductors, as non-uniform doping breaks the translational symmetry of the crystal lattice. Moreover, by analyzing the energy band structure, the time-dependent population imaging (TDPI) and time-frequency analysis, we have illustrated the reasons for the harmonic differences between non-uniformly and uniformly doped semiconductors.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145162097","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}
Applied Physics BPub Date : 2025-07-03DOI: 10.1007/s00340-025-08516-w
Peijia Tian, Yuge Wang, Zhiyu Wu, Jiajun Li, Yong Feng, Chunbo Su, Tao Geng, Yanlei Liu
{"title":"Highly sensitive fiber sensor for detecting magnetic field, displacement and temperature","authors":"Peijia Tian, Yuge Wang, Zhiyu Wu, Jiajun Li, Yong Feng, Chunbo Su, Tao Geng, Yanlei Liu","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08516-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08516-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article, an integrated optical fiber sensor is designed and experimentally demonstrated for simultaneous measurement of magnetic field, displacement, and temperature. Only a long-period fiber grating (LPFG) is inscribed onto a single-mode fiber (SMF), and the LPFG is affixed through a hole in a magneto-strictive material, which is employed to detect magnetic field. Then, a balloon-shaped structure, achieved by utilizing the hole, has ability to monitor displacement and temperature. The highest sensitivities of the sensor are obtained as 1.039 nm/mT, − 467 pm/μm and 42.92 pm/℃. By solving the matrix equation, simultaneous measurement of above-mentioned parameters is achieved. Compared with previously reported sensors, the unique structures have advantages of compact volume, high sensitivity and robust, which satisfied demands of multi-parameter detecting under condition of high-intensity magnetic field and strong electromagnetic interference.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145161552","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}
Applied Physics BPub Date : 2025-07-03DOI: 10.1007/s00340-025-08518-8
К.V. Yumashev, A. V. Hertsova, A. I. Lazarchuk, T. A. Shishko, V. E. Kisel
{"title":"Anisotropy of optical and thermooptical properties of monoclinic Yb3+:Gd2−xYxSiO5 laser crystal","authors":"К.V. Yumashev, A. V. Hertsova, A. I. Lazarchuk, T. A. Shishko, V. E. Kisel","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08518-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08518-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Orientation of the principal optical axes, dispersion of the refractive indices along the three principal optical directions in the spectral range of 480–1014 nm, thermal expansion coefficients for directions along optical indicatrix axes <i>N</i><sub>p</sub> and <i>N</i><sub>m</sub>, and the principal thermooptic coefficients at a wavelengths of 632.8 nm and 1064 nm are determined for Yb<sup>3+</sup>:Gd<sub>2−x</sub>Y<sub>x</sub>SiO<sub>5</sub> (x = 0.385) monoclinic crystal (space group of P2<sub>1</sub>/c). The principal thermooptic coefficients are found to be negative. Thermal lensing was characterized in a continuous-wave <i>N</i><sub>p</sub>-cut, <i>N</i><sub>m</sub>-cut, and <i>N</i><sub>g</sub>-cut Yb<sup>3+</sup>:Gd<sub>1.615</sub>Y<sub>0.385</sub>SiO<sub>5</sub> diode-pumped at wavelength of 0.976 μm and operating at wavelength of 1.090 μm. The measured thermal lens is found to be positive. The sensitivity factors of the thermal lens were obtained.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145161551","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}
Applied Physics BPub Date : 2025-06-30DOI: 10.1007/s00340-025-08511-1
A. A. Afonenko, D. V. Ushakov, A. A. Dubinov
{"title":"Terahertz plasmon intersubband laser based on an electron-enriched GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction","authors":"A. A. Afonenko, D. V. Ushakov, A. A. Dubinov","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08511-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08511-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The structure of a terahertz (THz) laser with a plasmonic waveguide based on an electron-rich GaAs/AlGaAs heterojunction is proposed. Modeling of electromagnetic modes was carried out taking into account the spatial dispersion of permittivity. Based on self-consistent calculations of electron states, taking into account the influence of the spatial charge distribution on the conduction band profile, it is shown that the current–voltage characteristic of the laser has a hysteresis type. The generation of the plasmonic mode occurs in the hysteresis region at frequencies of 1.8–4.1 THz. The gain of the plasmonic mode can reach 10<sup>5</sup> cm<sup>–1</sup> at a temperature of 77 K.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145145443","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":"Real-time masking in photonic reservoir computing based on semiconductor lasers","authors":"Jiahao Chen, Yushuang Hou, Xiaoyu Guo, Qiudi Li, Siyu Li, Chuanlong Guo, Dianzuo Yue","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08513-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08513-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Photonic reservoir computing (RC) based on semiconductor lasers (SLs) has gained significant attention due to its simplicity, fast training, and low energy consumption. However, the reliance on offline masking at the input layer limits its application in real-time tasks. In this work, we propose and numerically investigate a real-time masking method for photonic RC system using an SL subjected to optical feedback and sinusoidal modulation. The mask signal is injected into a Mach–Zehnder modulator alongside input data, enabling real-time masking. We analyze the nonlinear dynamics of the mask-SL and identify optimal parameters for mask signal generation. The system demonstrates robust predictive performance for the Santa Fe time series (minimum NMSE = 0.033) and high memory capacity (MC), with MC values reaching up to 20 in specific parameter regions. Although the real-time masking RC system exhibits slight performance degradation compared to conventional offline masking (NMSE = 0.01, MC = 23) and requires additional parameter tuning for mask generation, it provides a viable solution for real-time data processing in photonic RC implementations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145145263","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}
Applied Physics BPub Date : 2025-06-27DOI: 10.1007/s00340-025-08517-9
Zheng Lu, Zhifeng Zhu, Xiaofeng Li, Lei Zhang, Tengfei Wu, Lei Han, Qiang Gao, Bo Li
{"title":"Online measurement of hydrogen/air flame equivalence ratio using femtosecond laser-induced plasma spectroscopy","authors":"Zheng Lu, Zhifeng Zhu, Xiaofeng Li, Lei Zhang, Tengfei Wu, Lei Han, Qiang Gao, Bo Li","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08517-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08517-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>With the growing application of hydrogen as a clean energy source, the development of accurate, real-time, and multi-dimensional equivalence ratio measurement for hydrogen combustion has become imperative. This is critical for combustion control, optimization of hydrogen engine efficiency, and reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions. Here, we used femtosecond laser-induced plasma spectroscopy to perform online measurements of the equivalence ratio in H<sub>2</sub>/air premixed flames. First, calibration experiments were conducted to establish a quantitative relationship between spectral signals of H<sub>656</sub>/O<sub>777</sub> and equivalence ratios of H<sub>2</sub>/air premixed flames. Based on the calibration curve, 1D online equivalence ratio measurements were performed in both laminar and turbulent premixed flames. Furthermore, local equivalence ratio measurements at different heights were carried out to analyze the spatial distribution of the equivalence ratio in the jet flame. These results were compared with the corresponding ANSYS FLUENT simulation data, showing a good agreement in the trend of the equivalence ratio distribution. This study not only provides a new tool for fundamental research in hydrogen combustion but also offers technical support for future numerical simulations and engineering applications related to hydrogen combustion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145145378","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}
Applied Physics BPub Date : 2025-06-25DOI: 10.1007/s00340-025-08514-y
Wenjie Nie, Jie Du, Qishuang Zhang, Ying Wang, Ziyan Ren, Qiang Ling, Zhengtian Gu, Yusheng Zhang, Xiuli Jiang, Zhangwei Yu, Daru Chen
{"title":"Dual parametric simultaneous measurement based on ring-core fiber based MZI cascaded with FBG","authors":"Wenjie Nie, Jie Du, Qishuang Zhang, Ying Wang, Ziyan Ren, Qiang Ling, Zhengtian Gu, Yusheng Zhang, Xiuli Jiang, Zhangwei Yu, Daru Chen","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08514-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08514-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In the paper, we proposed and experimentally demonstrated a novel sensor for dual parametric simultaneous measurement based on ring-core fiber (RCF)-Mach–Zehnder interferometer (MZI) cascaded with Fiber Bragg grating (FBG). By splicing single mode fibers (SMFs) at both ends of the RCF, two up-taper structures are formed, which act as a beam splitter and a coupler in the MZI, respectively. The experiment proves that the RCF-based MZI has sensitivities of curvature in the range from 0 to 1.71 m<sup>−1</sup> and temperature in the range from 30 to 90℃ of this measurement are − 1.25 nm/m<sup>−1</sup> and 0.061 nm/℃ while the fitting coefficients are 0.978 and 0.994. The FBG, as a temperature monitor, has no responding to curvature changing, and the temperature sensitivity of 0.0097 nm/℃. The coefficient matrix method is used to measure the curvature and temperature simultaneously, and the problem of temperature cross sensitivity is eliminated. Not only is the sensor capable of simultaneously measuring both curvature and temperature through a straightforward fabrication process, but this sensor has the advantages of high sensitivity, compact structure, low cost and simple fabrication, which makes it have a further application prospect in industrial production.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144977","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}
Applied Physics BPub Date : 2025-06-24DOI: 10.1007/s00340-025-08515-x
R. Mahakud, S. Kumar, J. Kumar, V. K. Srivastava, O. Prakash
{"title":"Thermally stable, high-sensitivity π-phase shifted long period fiber gratings near turn around point for dual parameter sensing","authors":"R. Mahakud, S. Kumar, J. Kumar, V. K. Srivastava, O. Prakash","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08515-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08515-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper presents a novel technique to develop high sensitive and thermally stable π-phase shifted long period gratings (π-PS-LPGs) near turn around point (TAP) in photosensotive fibers, in air and water like environments. The analysis and experimental results showed that evolution and wavelength tuning of loss bands in a π-PS-LPG are highly dependent on change photo-induced refractive index (RI), which grows by UV fluence and decays by thermal relaxation. The wavelength tunability is of the order of 100–200 nm, depends on grating period and wavelength separation of the loss band from TAP. Enhanced thermal stabilty PS-LPGs near TAP were fabricated by annealing of the PS-LPGs written with high UV fluence. The experiments on spectral evolution of two loss bands in a π-PS-LPG near TAP revealed significant difference in their sensitivities, both to change in temperature and surrounding refractive index (SRI). This study provides valuable insights for design and development of thermally stable π-PS-TAP-LPGs in water-like environments, as biochemical sensors for simultaneous measurements of temperature and surrounding refractive index (SRI).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00340-025-08515-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145144881","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}
Applied Physics BPub Date : 2025-06-24DOI: 10.1007/s00340-025-08490-3
Wance Wang, Sarthak Subhankar, Joseph W. Britton
{"title":"A practical guide to feedback control for Pound–Drever–Hall laser linewidth narrowing","authors":"Wance Wang, Sarthak Subhankar, Joseph W. Britton","doi":"10.1007/s00340-025-08490-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00340-025-08490-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Pound–Drever–Hall (PDH) technique for laser linewidth narrowing is widely used by AMO experimentalists. However, achieving a high-performance PDH locking requires substantial engineering experience, which is scattered across literature and often lacks a cohesive control-theory perspective. Excellent pedagogical papers exist on the theory of the PDH error signal (Black in Am J Phys 69:79, 2000; Day et al. in IEEE J Quantum Electron 28:1106, 1992; Thorpe et al. in Opt Express 16:15980, 2008; Reinhardt et al. in Opt Express 25:1582, 2017), but they rarely cover feedback control. General-purpose control theory literature (Bechhoefer in Rev Mod Phys 77:783, 2005; Ogata in Modern control engineering. Pearson Education, London, 2010) seldom discusses PDH laser locking specifically. Although excellent PDH review articles (Hall et al. in Handbook of optics. McGraw-Hill Professional, New York, 1999; Fox et al. in Stabilizing diode lasers to high-finesse cavities. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder 2003; Nagourney in Quantum electronics for atomic physics and telecommunication. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014) provide thorough knowledge and practice on both aspects, they are not novice-friendly. We extend prior works (Hall et al. 1999; Fox et al. 2003; Nagourney 2014) by addressing component choice and loop tuning using modern tools like a vector network analyzer. We organize multifaceted engineering considerations systematically, grounded in feedback control principles. Our target reader is researchers setting up a PDH laser lock for the first time; we eschew advanced topics like minimizing residual amplitude modulation (RAM). Our guidance is illustrated by step-by-step optimization of the lock for a 1650 nm ECDL.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":474,"journal":{"name":"Applied Physics B","volume":"131 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00340-025-08490-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145145166","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}