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A wideband Gaussian Noise Model of the nonlinear noise power spectral density is developed for a single semiconductor optical amplifier as described by the Agrawal model. A simple, interpretable closed-form expression is obtained for the…

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We present an asymmetric bifacial graphene metasurface to realize tunable and broadband coherent perfect absorption (CPA) at terahertz (THz) frequencies. The proposed design is composed of two dissimilar graphene square patch metasurfaces…

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Integrating nanoscale electromechanical transducers and nanophotonic devices potentially can enable new acousto-optic devices to reach unprecedented high frequencies and modulation efficiency. Here, we demonstrate acousto-optic modulation…

Optics · Physics 2015-12-09 Semere A. Tadesse , Huan Li , Qiyu Liu , Mo Li

This work proposes the use of orbital angular momentum (OAM) waves to improve the performance of a computational imaging (CI) system. Specifically, in contrast to a solely frequency-diverse operation, leveraging multiple OAM waves leads to…

We experimentally demonstrate enhanced spectral broadening of femtosecond optical pulses af-ter propagation through silicon-on-insulator (SOI) nanowire waveguides integrated with two-dimensional (2D) graphene oxide (GO) films. Owing to the…

Optics · Physics 2022-05-17 Yuning Zhang , Jiayang Wu , Yunyi Yang , Yang Qu , Linnan Jia , Baohua Jia , David J. Moss

In this work, we experimentally study the optical kerr nonlinearities of graphene/Si hybrid waveguides with enhanced self-phase modulation. In the case of CMOS compatible materials for nonlinear optical signal processing, Si and silicon…

Applied Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Qi Feng , Hui Cong , Bin Zhang , Wenqi Wei , Yueyin Liang , Shaobo Fang , Ting Wang , Jianjun Zhang

Dispersion engineering is among the most important steps towards a promising optical frequency comb. We propose a new and general approach to trim frequency combs using a self-adaptive boundary of the optical mode at different wavelengths…

Traditional photonic integrated circuit (PIC) inherits the mature CMOS fabrication process from the electronic integrated circuit (IC) industry. However, this process also limits the PIC structure to a single-waveguide-layer configuration.…

Optics · Physics 2022-08-23 Dachuan Wu , Bowen Yu , Venus Kakdarvishi , Yasha Yi

Enhancing nonlinear optical effects is critical to improving the performance of many functional devices for nonlinear and quantum optical applications. Here we study the possibility of bending a waveguide to enhance the photon pair…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-16 Maria Paszkiewicz-Idzik , Carsten Rockstuhl

Nonlinear frequency conversion in optics can originate the coherent light at the wavelength where it is hard or unlikely to achieve by directly lasing and is a fundamental topic in science and engineering covering both classical and quantum…

Optics · Physics 2019-12-02 Mingchuan Shao , Fei Liang , Haohai Yu , Huaijin Zhang

Passive transformation of waves via nonlinear systems is ubiquitous in settings ranging from acoustics to optics and electromagnetics. Passivity is of particular importance for responding rapidly to stimuli and nonlinearity enormously…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-07-02 Brianna MacNider , Haning Xiu , Kai Qian , Ian Frankel , Hyunsun Alicia Kim , Nicholas Boechler

Nonlinear frequency mixing is of critical importance in extending the wavelength range of optical sources. It is also indispensable for emerging applications such as quantum information and photonic signal processing. Conventional lithium…

Optics · Physics 2023-07-24 Pao-Kang Chen , Ian Briggs , Chaohan Cui , Liang Zhang , Manav Shah , Linran Fan

Topological photonic crystal waveguides can create edge states that may be more robust against fabrication disorder, and can yield propagation modes below the light line. We present a fully three-dimensional method to modify…

Optics · Physics 2021-04-19 Eric Nussbaum , Erik Sauer , Stephen Hughes

Mid-infrared Quantum Cascade Lasers (QCLs) are compact and efficient sources ideal for molecular spectroscopy applications, such as dual-comb spectroscopy. However, despite over a decade of active developments of QCL frequency comb devices,…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 Martin Franckie

Subwavelength gratings play a fundamental and pivotal role in numerous science and applications for wave manipulation, exhibiting distinctive features such as filtering, phase manipulation, and anti-reflection. However, conventional…

Recent studies have developed tunable topological elastic metamaterials to maximize performance in the presence of varying external conditions, adapt to changing operating requirements, and enable new functionalities such as a programmable…

Applied Physics · Physics 2021-01-19 Patrick Dorin , Kon-Well Wang

Light-sound interactions have long been exploited in various acousto-optic devices based on bulk crystalline materials. Conventionally these devices operate in megahertz frequency range where the acoustic wavelength is much longer than the…

Optics · Physics 2015-04-06 Semere Ayalew Tadesse , Mo Li

Optical amplifiers are essential in numerous photonic applications. Parametric amplifiers, relying on a nonlinear material to create amplification, are uniquely promising as they can amplify without generating excess noise. Here, we…

We describe an all-fiber nonlinear interferometer based on four-wave mixing in highly nonlinear fiber. Our configuration realizes phase-sensitive interference with 97% peak visibility and >90% visibility over a broad 554 GHz optical band.…

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We fabricate and characterize a microscale silicon electro-opto-mechanical system whose mechanical motion is coupled capacitively to an electrical circuit and optically via radiation pressure to a photonic crystal cavity. To achieve large…