Article
Materials Science, Composites
Yiyin Su, Hanmo Zhou, Xishan Guo, Yinfei Zheng, Xiaohui Yang, Haitao Huang, Li-min Zhou, Zhongqing Su
Summary: In this study, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) were in situ grafted onto glass fiber (GF) via chemical vapor deposition at a low synthesis temperature (500 degrees C). By regulating the mass fractions of CNTs, the quantum tunneling effect among CNT nanoparticles was triggered, resulting in high sensitivity of the CNT-grafted GF textiles to structure-guided ultrasonic waves in the frequency range from 175 to 375 kHz. The CNT-grafted GF textiles demonstrated great potential in developing hybrid functional composites, with negligible degradation in mechanical attributes as confirmed by ASTM-complied tests (ASTM C1557 and D3039).
COMPOSITES COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gil Bashan, H. Hagai Diamandi, Elad Zehavi, Kavita Sharma, Yosef London, Avi Zadok
Summary: This study reports a fibre laser based on forward Brillouin scattering, which has high coherence and narrow linewidth. The laser demonstrates good performance in single-, few-, and multi-mode operation regimes, and shows sensitivity to the environment, making it suitable for precision sensing.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Optics
Jiancheng Zheng, Diao Li, Xiaoqi Cui, Peng Liu, Qiang Zhang, Zhiwei Zhu, Song Yang, Yusheng Zhang, Jiaxing Sun, Xianfeng Chen, Haima Yang, Esko I. Kauppinen, Zhipei Sun
Summary: In this study, a dynamic analysis of the independent and synchronised soliton buildup mechanisms in synchronised ultrafast soliton lasers was conducted. The research discovered that the thulium-doped fibre laser undergoes five different stages during the buildup process.
Review
Chemistry, Analytical
Igor Kudelin, Srikanth Sugavanam, Maria Chernysheva
Summary: Ultrafast fiber laser gyroscopes have advantages in sensing applications such as compactness, precise measurements, and relatively low cost, with broad development prospects. While there are bottlenecks and deficiencies, these issues can be addressed through further technological development.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Sergey M. Kobtsev
Summary: The paper discusses the application of artificial saturable absorbers in fiber lasers, comparing their advantages and drawbacks with material-based natural counterparts, and discussing the future prospects in passive mode locking components in fiber-optical technology. Analysis demonstrates that artificial absorbers relying on short optical fibers hold higher potential and may become a real alternative to natural absorbers.
OPTICAL FIBER TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Felix Sima, Koji Sugioka
Summary: The advancement of nanofluidics in the past decades has allowed for significant progress in biological and chemical fields, enabling investigation at sub-cellular levels and enhancing detection limits. Nano-scale channels provide opportunities for experimentation at single cell or molecular levels. Technologies like ultrafast laser manufacturing have shown promise in fabricating nanofluidic systems with high resolution and 3D capabilities.
Article
Optics
Nathaniel Bawden, Ori Henderson-Sapir, Stuart D. Jackson, David J. Ottaway
Summary: This is the first mode-locked fiber laser to operate in the femtosecond regime well beyond 3 micrometers, generating 3.5 micrometer wavelength pulses with a minimum duration of 580 femtoseconds, pulse energy of 3.2 nanojoules, and peak power of 5.5 kilowatts.
Article
Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Lauri Salmela, Nikolaos Tsipinakis, Alessandro Foi, Cyril Billet, John M. Dudley, Goery Genty
Summary: The propagation of ultrashort pulses in optical fibers is crucial for the development of light sources and photonic technologies, but it often requires extensive numerical simulations. A new approach using recurrent neural networks can predict complex nonlinear propagation solely from the input pulse intensity profile, aiding in designing experiments for pulse compression and ultra-broadband supercontinuum generation.
NATURE MACHINE INTELLIGENCE
(2021)
Editorial Material
Optics
Xiujian Li, Wenke Xie
Summary: Appropriate polarization utilization improves light-matter interactions, leading to increased efficiency in ultrafast laser writing, reduced pulse energy, and increased processing speed for high density optical data storage. It also enables the manufacturing of three-dimensional integrated optics and geometric phase optical elements.
LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Minok Park, Yueran Gu, Xianglei Mao, Costas P. Grigoropoulos, Vassilia Zorba
Summary: GHz fs bursts of laser enable the selection of optimal laser conditions for cross-cutting processing, micro/nano-fabrication, and spectroscopy applications by rapidly removing molten copper and limiting heat conduction.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Xingtao Liu, Licong An, Sen Xiang, Haoqing Jiang, Gary J. Cheng
Summary: Through ultrafast laser induced nanoforging, isolated MOF nanocrystals can be directly converted into monolithic MOF film with designed 3D nanoarchitectures without the need for binders. This method effectively overcomes the challenges of MOF crystals, generating 3D MOF nanoarchitectures with high mechanical strength.
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Jianfeng Yan, Shengfa Deng, Dezhi Zhu, Hailin Bai, Hongwei Zhu
Summary: This study proposes a concept of self-powered photoelectric devices fabricated with ultra-fast lasers. By introducing LIPSSs structures, the optical absorption of the thin films is enhanced, and the flow of hot carriers is achieved through the modulation of surface absorption, resulting in a high infrared response.
Article
Optics
Xuecong Liu, Kun Zhao, Xinyang Miao, Zhaohui Meng, Honglei Zhan
Summary: In this study, the time-scale laser-induced voltage (LIV) of air under KrF excimer laser irradiation was investigated. The LIV response was fitted using a sum of three exponential functions, with the fitted parameters being influenced by the bias voltage Vb and the laser energy Ein. Higher Vb resulted in significant LIV. An exponential relationship was observed between Ein and the amplitude (Vp) of the LIV signal. By adjusting the adjustable resistor, the LIV trace became almost triangular and symmetrical, due to the impedance effect and limited response time by the laser pulse duration. As a potential application, the LIV of air presented a viable method for single-pulse laser detection.
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dezhi Zhu, Ming Qiao, Jianfeng Yan, Jiawang Xie, Heng Guo, Shengfa Deng, Guangzhi He, Yuzhi Zhao, Ma Luo
Summary: Transition metal chalcogenides, a special type of 2D material, have unique optoelectronic properties and have been used to fabricate various optoelectronic devices. However, controllable fabrication of complex nanostructures on 2D materials remains a challenge. In this study, a method to create designed 3D patterns on the MoS2 surface using ultrafast laser modulation was proposed.
Article
Optics
Rongfeng Wang, Meng Zhao, Zengli Sun, Xiaogang Zhang, Lu Li, Lihui Pang, Rongqian Wu, Yi Lv
Summary: TTMCs are promising in optoelectronic devices due to their special structure and tunable bandgap properties; MoxTa(1-x)Se2 nanosheets exhibit nonlinear optical properties and have the ability to fabricate saturable absorbers and achieve ultrashort pulse lasers; Experimental results demonstrate that MoxTa(1-x)Se2 nanosheets possess third order optical nonlinearity and significant potential in nonlinear optoelectronic devices.
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Mingde Du, Xiaoqi Cui, Hoon Hahn Yoon, Susobhan Das, Md Gius Uddin, Luojun Du, Diao Li, Zhipei Sun
Summary: In this study, a vdW semiconductor/metal heterostructure was built with 2D semiconducting InSe and metallic 1T-phase NbTe2. The results showed that the heterostructure exhibited switchable photoresponse mechanisms under suitable band alignment at the interface, providing a new approach for constructing optoelectronic devices.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Suvi-Tuuli Marianne Akkanen, Henry Alexander Fernandez, Zhipei Sun
Summary: This review discusses the latest research progress in the optical modification of 2D materials and their applications, and explores the future prospects and emerging applications in this field.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Optics
Dong Mao, Zhiwen He, Yusong Zhang, Yueqing Du, Chao Zeng, Ling Yun, Zhichao Luo, Tijian Li, Zhipei Sun, Jianlin Zhao
Summary: In this study, we demonstrate the generation of near-chirp-free solitons with distinct spectral sidebands in normal-dispersion hybrid-structure fiber lasers. The formation mechanism of these solitons is explained, and it is highlighted that they have fundamentally different properties compared to other types of pulses in mode-locked fiber lasers.
LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Optics
Yi Zhang, Xueyin Bai, Juan Arias Munoz, Yunyun Dai, Susobhan Das, Yadong Wang, Zhipei Sun
Summary: Light modulation is crucial for photonics and optoelectronics. In this study, we demonstrate all-optical coherent modulation of third-harmonic generation using chiral light with polarization selectivity enabled by symmetry. Experimental results show modulation depth approaching 100% and ultra-fast modulation speed in monolayer materials (MoS2).
LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Mingde Du, Xiaoqi Cui, Bin Zhang, Zhipei Sun
Summary: This study investigates the application of heterojunctions and energy barriers in two-dimensional materials-based optoelectronic devices. By elaborately designing the band diagrams and architectures of two-dimensional junctions, multimodal optoelectronic devices are achieved. The research focuses on the semiconductor/metal heterostructure, which shows great potential for light-to-voltage conversion and offers a convenient and reliable solution for deterministic on-chip light-to-voltage conversion and optical-to-electrical interconnects.
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiangdong Guo, Wei Lyu, Tinghan Chen, Yang Luo, Chenchen Wu, Bei Yang, Zhipei Sun, F. Javier Garcia de Abajo, Xiaoxia Yang, Qing Dai
Summary: 2D monolayers can be vertically stacked in van der Waals heterostructures to support a wide range of confined polaritons. This offers advantages in terms of controlling the constituent layers, stacking sequence, and twist angles. These heterostructures have extended the performance and functions of polaritons, and potential applications include nanophotonic integrated circuits.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Abde Mayeen Shafi, Susobhan Das, Vladislav Khayrudinov, Md Gius Uddin, Er-Xiong Ding, Faisal Ahmed, Zhipei Sun, Harri Lipsanen
Summary: This study reports the van der Waals epitaxy of one-dimensional InP nanowires directly on two-dimensional MoS2 using the VLS method. The high-quality nanowires with high density and yield were successfully grown on MoS2 through optimized growth parameters. The mixed-dimensional heterostructures exhibit strong linear and nonlinear optical responses, including odd-order high harmonic generation up to seventh order.
CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Er-Xiong Ding, Peng Liu, Hoon Hahn Yoon, Faisal Ahmed, Mingde Du, Abde Mayeen Shafi, Naveed Mehmood, Esko I. Kauppinen, Zhipei Sun, Harri Lipsanen
Summary: Fabricating electronic and optoelectronic devices using a facile electrode fabrication process with SWCNT films leads to improved device performance. Dry-transferred SWCNT films as transparent electrodes in Schottky diodes for photodetector applications increase light absorption in photoactive MoS2 channels. The enhanced photodetection is attributed to FN tunneling and internal photoemission of charge carriers excited from indium tin oxide across the MoS2 layer.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2023)
Review
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Luojun Du, Maciej R. Molas, Zhiheng Huang, Guangyu Zhang, Feng Wang, Zhipei Sun
Summary: In this review, we focus on the recent progress in emerging moiré photonics and optoelectronics, including moiré excitons, trions, and polaritons; resonantly hybridized excitons; reconstructed collective excitations; strong mid- and far-infrared photoresponses; terahertz single-photon detection; and symmetry-breaking optoelectronics. We also discuss future opportunities and research directions in this field, such as developing advanced techniques for probing emergent photonics and optoelectronics in individual moiré supercells; exploring new ferroelectric, magnetic, and multiferroic moiré systems; and using external degrees of freedom to engineer moiré properties for exciting physics and potential technological innovations.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Xiangdong Guo, Chenchen Wu, Shu Zhang, Debo Hu, Shunping Zhang, Qiao Jiang, Xiaokang Dai, Yu Duan, Xiaoxia Yang, Zhipei Sun, Shuang Zhang, Hongxing Xu, Qing Dai
Summary: The authors demonstrate analogue reversed Cherenkov radiation in MoO3 at mid-infrared frequencies, and show that stacking hBN layers on the surface of MoO3 can enhance the radiation angle and quality factor. Reversed Cherenkov radiation is highly desired as it can effectively separate radiated light from fast charges, but it has been challenging to achieve in the mid-infrared range due to significant loss in conventional artificial structures.
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Optics
Xiaoqi Cui, Yi Zhang, Andreas C. Liapis, Zhipei Sun
Summary: The development of a low-cost compact reconstructive spectrometer enables portable pm-resolution spectroscopy.
LIGHT-SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS
(2023)
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Heze Zhang, Dong Mao, Yueqing Du, Chao Zeng, Zhipei Sun, Jianlin Zhao
Summary: Researchers have successfully created heteronuclear multicolor soliton compounds composed of chirp-free conventional solitons and chirped dissipative solitons in mode-locked fiber lasers by introducing convex-concave frequency phases. Despite different lasing wavelengths, the dissipative solitons always overlapped with the conventional solitons, resulting in modulated wavepackets. The resonant sidebands of the two solitons followed the same phase-matching principle determined by the absolute value of cavity dispersion. Experimental results were fully substantiated by simulations, confirming that the overlapping of two solitons was dominated by the co-action of saturable absorption and group-delay compensation. It was demonstrated that the phase-managed dissipative system could support multicolor soliton compounds with distinct properties, providing an effective platform to study the interaction of dissimilar nonlinear wavepackets.
COMMUNICATIONS PHYSICS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Juan C. Arias-Munoz, Henri Kaaripuro, Yi Zhang, Susobhan Das, Henry A. Fernandez, Zhipei Sun
Summary: This study investigates the limits of interlayer interactions in two-dimensional layered materials using optical methods, and reveals the effective coupling limit in three-layer flakes. This finding is significant for the development of photonics and optoelectronics devices.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiaoqi Cui, Mingde Du, Susobhan Das, Hoon Hahn Yoon, Vincent Yves Pelgrin, Diao Li, Zhipei Sun
Summary: Photonic integrated circuits have seen significant developments in recent decades, but the current material platforms have their own limitations. This study presents a new dielectric platform using nanostructured van der Waals materials, enabling on-chip light propagation, emission, and detection.
Review
Physics, Applied
Mikko Turunen, Mauro Brotons-Gisbert, Yunyun Dai, Yadong Wang, Eleanor Scerri, Cristian Bonato, Klaus D. Jons, Zhipei Sun, Brian D. Gerardot
Summary: Quantum photonics based on 2D materials offers an integrated and scalable approach to quantum information processing and communication. This article summarizes the current state, fundamental properties, and challenges of coherent quantum photonic devices using 2D layered materials. It also provides an outlook on future prospects in this rapidly advancing field.
NATURE REVIEWS PHYSICS
(2022)
