V. Kocharovsky, E. Kocharovskaya, Alexey B. Mishin, A. Seleznev, V. Kocharovsky
{"title":"Double Resonance and Coherent Parametric Self-Mode-Locking in CW Superradiant Lasing","authors":"V. Kocharovsky, E. Kocharovskaya, Alexey B. Mishin, A. Seleznev, V. Kocharovsky","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597853","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597853","url":null,"abstract":"We find an intriguing regime of simultaneous emission of two power trains of superradiant pulses and soliton-like pulses in a class C laser with a low-Q combined cavity that supports two broadband superradiant modes and many quasi-monochromatic self-locked modes under the condition of double resonance when (i) the latter modes have an intermode spacing two times less than a frequency spacing between the superradiant modes and (ii) a pulse-repetition interval in an oscillogram of each superradiant mode is multiple of a pulse-repetition cycle of the self-mode-locking solitons, i.e., a cavity round-trip period.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"7 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77533468","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}
J. Malone, S. Lam, A. L. Buenconsejo, G. Hohert, J. McAlpine, Dianne Miller, Marette H Lee, P. Lane, Calum MacAulay
{"title":"Endoscopic optical coherence tomography and autofluorescence imaging of the endocervical canal for cervical cancer detection","authors":"J. Malone, S. Lam, A. L. Buenconsejo, G. Hohert, J. McAlpine, Dianne Miller, Marette H Lee, P. Lane, Calum MacAulay","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597973","url":null,"abstract":"Cervical cancer continues to be a significant global health burden as one of the most frequently diagnosed and fatal cancers, ranking fourth in both categories globally in 2020 [1]. Although there is an effective vaccine which will hopefully reduce the future burden of cervical cancers, there remains a need for screening programs as early detection and treatment drastically improves patient outcomes.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"438 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76955577","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}
Essam Berikaa, Santiago Bernal, Y. D’Mello, Deng Mao, D. Plant
{"title":"Misalignment-Tolerant Ultra-Broadband Edge Coupler Based on 10 Inverse Tapers","authors":"Essam Berikaa, Santiago Bernal, Y. D’Mello, Deng Mao, D. Plant","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597847","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597847","url":null,"abstract":"We report a compact 10-tip inverse tapered edge coupler design for silicon photonics integrated circuits that has a coupling efficiency of -0.72 dB at 1310 nm and -1.12 dB at 1550 nm considering a TE-polarized 3 $mu mathrm{m}$ MFD source. 3D-FDTD simulations show that the design exhibit a 1-dB bandwidth of more than 400 nm for both TE and TM modes with polarization-dependent loss less than 0.4 dB and 1-dB horizontal misalignment tolerance of 2.35 $mu mathrm{m}$.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"13 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78372640","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}
Ankit Udai, Tarni Aggarwal, Vikas Pendem, S. Ganguly, D. Saha
{"title":"Determining the carrier decay kinetics in QCSE-exhibiting materials: An accurate interpretation of transient absorption spectroscopy data","authors":"Ankit Udai, Tarni Aggarwal, Vikas Pendem, S. Ganguly, D. Saha","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597914","url":null,"abstract":"Carrier dynamics is fundamental in the optimal performance of optoelectronic devices. TAS experiments can be used to study carrier dynamics at a particular wavelength. However, the $Delta alpha$ kinetics in QCSE-exhibiting materials turns out to be only approximate. This paper proposes a more accurate method to determine carrier dynamics.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"29 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81224309","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. Murshid, A. Atieh, Ming-Hsu Tu, S. Harish, C. Su
{"title":"Simulation of SDM Channels Using OptiSystem","authors":"S. Murshid, A. Atieh, Ming-Hsu Tu, S. Harish, C. Su","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597978","url":null,"abstract":"This presents the architecture, setup, and simulated results for a four-channel optical communications system that uses spatial domain multiplexing (SDM) in single-core optical fibers using commercially available OptiSystem software. The system components layout, simulated results, eye diagrams and the system bit error ratio (BER) for the individual channels are presented.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"8 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82052682","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}
P. Long, Q. Goher, M. Comanici, Lawrence R. Chen, M. Soltanian
{"title":"1020 nm Pulsed Fiber Laser for High Efficiency Second Harmonic Generation","authors":"P. Long, Q. Goher, M. Comanici, Lawrence R. Chen, M. Soltanian","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597895","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597895","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate second harmonic generation in a temperature-controlled MgO:PPLN crystal to obtain an output at 510 nm from a high-power polarization maintaining (PM) mode-locked fiber laser at 1020 nm with 35% conversion efficiency.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"39 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84744721","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. Dhouibi, S. Haffouz, J. Jin, L. Giner, K. Mnaymneh, P. Poole, D. Dalacu, A. Kalboussi, R.L. Williams
{"title":"Temperature-dependent photoluminescence of a dot-in-a-rod nanowire emitting at 1310nm","authors":"M. Dhouibi, S. Haffouz, J. Jin, L. Giner, K. Mnaymneh, P. Poole, D. Dalacu, A. Kalboussi, R.L. Williams","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597966","url":null,"abstract":"We report on temperature-dependent photoluminescence properties of a single $mathbf{In} mathbf{A s}_{mathbf{x}} mathbf{P}_{1-mathbf{x}} / mathbf{In} mathbf{A s} mathbf{y} mathbf{P}_{1-mathbf{y}}$ quantum dot-in-a-rod (DROD) nanowire emitting at 1310 nm. We will discuss the variation of the emission intensity, linewidth, peak energy and decay time of the exciton peak as a function of the temperature in the 4 - 120 K range. Strong emission from the DROD nanowire at 300 K is also observed. A relative quantum yield of about 61 % is measured at room temperature.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"54 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83827531","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}
H. Guerboukha, Yasith Amarasinghe, R. Shrestha, A. Pizzuto, D. Mittleman
{"title":"Terahertz Metallic Metasurfaces Prototyping Using Hot Stamping","authors":"H. Guerboukha, Yasith Amarasinghe, R. Shrestha, A. Pizzuto, D. Mittleman","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597989","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597989","url":null,"abstract":"We present a very simple, rapid and low-cost prototyping technique to make metallic 2D patterns for the terahertz range. We demonstrate arrays of split-ring resonators and wire-grid polarizers.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"64 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85226467","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":"Cabrera-Mott process applied to OLED devices","authors":"Fanomezantsoa Louis M. Ratsimbazafy, S. Gauvin","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597942","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597942","url":null,"abstract":"Organic light emitting devices (OLEDs) are often manufactured and studied where the common point of interest is the characteristic current-voltage curve. Apart from the usual electron-hole recombination, inadvertently introduced, or not, “external\" ions can induce unexpected effects. Among them are the \"primary processes”, where the first forward bias scan is systematically very different from all subsequent ones. This curve shows two current “bumps” that disappear on all subsequent scans. The first bump is already explained in terms of ionic currents. This paper describes a different model in terms of the Cabrera-Mott oxidation process.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"217 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73808366","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. Guiramand, J. E. Nkeck, X. Ropagnol, T. Ozaki, F. Blanchard
{"title":"Powerful and intense terahertz source using lithium niobate pumped by sub-millijoule ytterbium laser","authors":"L. Guiramand, J. E. Nkeck, X. Ropagnol, T. Ozaki, F. Blanchard","doi":"10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597949","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN52152.2021.9597949","url":null,"abstract":"We have developed a 53 mW terahertz pulse source with peak electric field around 310 kV/cm. Our demonstration is based on the tilted-pulse front excitation method in a lithium niobate crystal coupled to an affordable commercial ytterbium laser.","PeriodicalId":6789,"journal":{"name":"2021 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"188 1","pages":"1-1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74881456","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}