Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Zhongming Zheng, Yang Mei, Hao Long, Jason Hoo, Shiping Guo, Qingxuan Li, Leiying Ying, Zhiwei Zheng, Baoping Zhang
Summary: An optically pumped AlGaN-based VCSEL laser in the deep ultraviolet range has been demonstrated, with a lasing wavelength of 275.91 nm, threshold power density of 1.21 MW/cm(2), and linewidth of 0.78 nm. The performance of this laser is believed to be enhanced by the high IQE of the AlGaN-based MQWs and improved fabrication processes.
IEEE ELECTRON DEVICE LETTERS
(2021)
Article
Optics
Nawal Almaymoni, Omar Alkhazragi, Chun hong Kang, Georgian Melinte, Tien khee Ng, Boon s. Ooi
Summary: This study investigates the application of 650-nm red VCSEL arrays in POF communication. The experimental results show that using a red VCSEL with a 2 GHz bandwidth in POF communication can achieve data rates of up to 4.7 Gb/s with high power efficiency.
Article
Optics
Lars Persson, Filip Hjort, Giulia Cardinali, Johannes Enslin, Tim Kolbe, Tim Wernicke, Michael Kneissl, Joachim Ciers, Asa Haglund
Summary: A concept for achieving a temperature-stable lasing wavelength in VCSELs is proposed and demonstrated. By incorporating a dielectric material with a negative thermo-optic coefficient in the DBRs, the positive dn/dT of the semiconductor cavity can be compensated and the redshift of the lasing wavelength can be avoided. This concept is validated for optically-pumped VCSELs emitting at 310 nm, showing a maximum blueshift of less than 0.1 nm over an 80 degrees C range.
LASER & PHOTONICS REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Sunghyun Moon, Yeojun Yun, Minhyung Lee, Donghwan Kim, Wonjin Choi, Ji-Yong Park, Jaejin Lee
Summary: Thin-film vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) offer advantages of low-power consumption and high-power operation, making them suitable for energy-saving high-speed optical data communication and three-dimensional sensor applications. This study demonstrates the successful transfer of the p-on-n structures of thin-film VCSELs onto an aluminum heatsink, enabling top-emitting and maintaining the polarity.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Xiaolang Qiu, Chao Wang, Jian Li, Chuanchuan Li, Xinyu Xie, Yongli Wang, Xin Wei
Summary: We designed and demonstrated a temperature-stable, wide-tuned, high-power VECSEL. By optimizing the quantum well and BF curve, we obtained a VECSEL with a wide adjustable range, high power, and temperature stability. This is of great significance for the design of VECSEL with wide tuning range, high power, and good temperature stability.
IEEE PHOTONICS JOURNAL
(2022)
Article
Optics
Yude Li, Zheng Li, Mei Chen, Jinglun Liu
Summary: The study introduces a folded resonator structure for VCSE diode lasers, where the reflective properties of VCSELs and the axis construction of the resonator ensure high-quality laser beam output.
OPTICS AND LASER TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Optics
Zhongming Zheng, Yukun Wang, Yang Mei, Hao Long, Leiying Ying, Zhiwei Zheng, Baoping Zhang
Summary: This study proposes a new periodic structure to replace the ITO current spreading layer in GaN-based VCSELs, aiming to lower the threshold and increase the laser power.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Qiuxue Fu, Yurun Sun, Suzhen Yu, Ancheng Wang, Jiajing Yin, Yongming Zhao, Jianrong Dong
Summary: Low threshold current and polarization-stabilized 795 nm VCSELs are fabricated by integrating a surface grating of high selectivity and reflectivity. A threshold current of 0.4 mA and an OPSR of 19.56 dB are obtained for the devices with a grating period of 500 nm, a grating depth of 150 nm, and a grating region diameter of 5 μm. The emission wavelength of 795 nm is achieved for a single transverse mode VCSEL at a temperature of 85°C and an injection current of 0.9 mA, while the threshold and output power depend on the size of the grating region.
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Nusrat Jahan, William North, Pawel Strzebonski, Kent D. Choquette
Summary: This study reports and analyzes the supermode switching with current injection in coherently-coupled dual-element vertical cavity surface emitting laser arrays. The enhanced output power from in-phase or out-of-phase supermodes is confirmed when equal currents are injected into each array element. The switching of coherent supermodes from out-of-phase to in-phase is consistent with coupled mode theory and a 1-dimensional spatial supermode model, with calculated modal gain matching the observed switching behavior.
IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS
(2022)
Article
Optics
Zhao Fei Yun, L. Yan, Tang Zhi Ting, Ren Ao Bo, Wu Jiang
Summary: This study reports high-power multi-junction vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) that effectively suppress carrier leakage under high injection current and temperature. By optimizing the energy band structure of quaternary AlGaAsSb, a 12-nm-thick AlGaAsSb electron-blocking layer (EBL) was achieved with improved performance. The proposed EBL demonstrated enhanced output power and power conversion efficiency during room-temperature operation, while also exhibiting advantages over the original device during high-temperature operation.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Pan Fu, Pei-Nan Ni, Bo Wu, Xian-Zhi Pei, Qiu-Hua Wang, Pei-Pei Chen, Chen Xu, Qiang Kan, Wei-Guo Chu, Yi-Yang Xie
Summary: Metasurface polarization optics consisting of birefringent nano-antennas can be integrated with VCSEL platforms to achieve compact control over the phase and polarization properties of the laser. These integrated vector beams have the potential to revolutionize optical communications, laser manipulation, information encryption, and quantum optics by bypassing the need for multiple optical components and offering versatile functionalities.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Guanzhong Pan, Meng Xun, Xue Chen, Zhuangzhuang Zhao, Yun Sun, Jingtao Zhou, Dexin Wu
Summary: The study proposes high compactness Bessel beam devices based on vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and microdielectric axicons made by Si3N4. Zero- and first-order Bessel beams can be obtained by engineering the lasing modes of the VCSELs, even if the device works at multimode.
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES
(2022)
Review
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Anas Skalli, Joshua Robertson, Dafydd Owen-Newns, Matej Hejda, Xavier Porte, Stephan Reitzenstein, Antonio Hurtado, Daniel Brunner
Summary: Photonic realizations of neural network computing hardware are a promising approach for future scalable neuromorphic computing. This review provides an overview of VCSELs and their integration with other photonic hardware to achieve high-performance artificial neurons, efficient and scalable neural network connections, and strategies for adjusting network connections during learning. VCSELs are highly energy efficient and ultra-fast, making them suitable for both all-optical and electro-optical photonic neurons.
OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS
(2022)
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Zhongming Zheng, Yukun Wang, Jason Hoo, Shiping Guo, Yang Mei, Hao Long, Leiying Ying, Zhiwei Zheng, Baoping Zhang
Summary: This study fabricated a high-quality AlGaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs) structure and analyzed it using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) measurements. The internal quantum efficiency of the MQWs was found to be as high as 62%, and radiative recombination dominated the emission of the MQWs at room temperature. Ultraviolet radiation C (UVC) VCSELs with lasing wavelengths of 275.91, 276.28, and 277.64 nm were successfully fabricated, with a record low threshold power density of 0.79 MW / cm².
SCIENCE CHINA-MATERIALS
(2023)
Article
Optics
Jing Zhang, Chenxi Hao, Wanhua Zheng, Dieter Bimberg, Anjin Liu
Summary: We experimentally demonstrate electrically injected vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) with post-supported high-contrast gratings (HCGs) at 940 nm for the first time. The HCG-VCSELs, fabricated without critical point drying, achieve a low threshold current and high side-mode suppression ratio. The design of the HCG-VCSELs enhances the relaxation resonance frequency and enables high-speed modulation. This research has significant practical applications and promising prospects.
PHOTONICS RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Optics
Hang Dong, Zhixin Sun, Jingyi Li, Yahui Li, Wei Zhang, Guangyong Jin
Summary: This paper calculates thermal stresses and adsorption forces to determine laser cleaning conditions and establishes relevant models. Experimental results show that the removal effect is better with increasing nanosecond pulse delay, with the best effect achieved at 600 milliseconds pulse delay. Based on the findings, the mechanisms of oxide film removal involve thermal stress against adsorption and plasma shock wave breaking the oxide layer.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Junjie Zhang, Wenjun Li, Bingtao Li, Zheng-Da Hu, Jicheng Wang, Feng Zhang, Lei Wang
Summary: A multilayer thin film device structure based on Tamm plasmons is proposed for high-performance near-infrared hot electron photodetectors. By optimizing the device structure parameters, high responsivity detection can be achieved.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Hong Huang, Zhiguang Han
Summary: This paper proposes a new ghost imaging reconstruction method using ordered orthogonal Hadamard derived speckle as the illumination speckle series, and introduces the alternating direction multiplier method to improve the imaging performance. The evaluation results show that the method can achieve high-quality reconstructed images under low sampling conditions.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Moritsugu Sakamoto, Yuki Ono, Kohei Noda, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Nobuhiro Kawatsuki, Masayuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Ono
Summary: The effect of wavelength and polarization of illuminating light in polarization imaging for birefringent objects placed behind a scattering structure was experimentally investigated. The result shows that the spatial distribution of the birefringent object was more clearly visualized in the longer wavelength combined with circularly polarized light illumination. This finding indicates the potential of using polarization imaging with circularly polarized light illumination in the near-infrared range for visualizing birefringent objects with scattering.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Peihui Du, Hongfang Wang, Pengwei Li, Rukeyemuhan Abadula, Hmbat Batelbek, Min Gao
Summary: In this study, we theoretically demonstrate the strong coupling between Tamm plasmons and exciton polaritons in metal Al/DBR-molecular structures, extending the operating wavelength to the deep ultraviolet region. The coupling strength can be effectively manipulated by adjusting the structure parameters, offering potential benefits for the development of new-style optical filters.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Priyanka Chaudhary, Akhilesh Kumar Mishra
Summary: We design and numerically investigate the switching dynamics between two outer waveguides in a parity-time (PT)-symmetric adiabatically coupled three waveguides nonlinear directional coupler (NLDC) system. The study shows that the device can provide switching even when the middle waveguide is nonlinear and the outer waveguides are linear. Furthermore, the effect of loss to gain ratio on critical switching power and the impact of launched light power and gain (loss) value on transmitted power are also studied.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Wei Feng, Yongcong Yi, Shuyang Li, Zhi Xiong, Boya Xie, Zhen Zeng
Summary: Traditional imaging techniques are ineffective in achieving clear underwater imaging due to the presence of scattering media. Single-pixel imaging (SPI) system based on Unet++ offers a solution for reconstructing high-quality images in highly turbid water environments.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Xiaorui Qu, Jufeng Zhao, Haijun Tian, Junjie Zhu, Guangmang Cui
Summary: This paper studies the structural similarity between RGB and spectral images and proposes a non-iterative Images Structure Similarity (ISS) method for fast reconstruction of spectral images. Additionally, the input of the Deep Image Prior (DIP) method is optimized for the first time by using the initial spectral data reconstructed by ISS, leading to an improved starting value for the iteration. The experimental results show that the proposed method can enhance the reconstruction quality in both spectral and spatial resolutions, while significantly reducing the reconstruction time compared to other DIP-based methods.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Donghe Sheng, Zhe Han, Zanyang Qiao, Tianpei Dong, Chenxi Wang, Huiping Tian
Summary: In this study, a distributed multi-parameter sensor based on an etched few-mode multi-core fiber is proposed, allowing simultaneous sensing of temperature, strain, and sample refractive index. By combining space division multiplexing and stimulated Brillouin scattering, the sensor achieves high sensitivity in detecting these parameters.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Dehao Chen, Zhenwu Mo, Zehong Liang, Junjie Jiang, Huilin Tang, Yidan Sun, Ziyu Wang, Quanfeng Wei, Yanru Chen, Dongmei Deng
Summary: In this study, a novel family of elliptical Airyprime vortex beams (EAPVBs) is introduced, which inherits the excellent self-focusing properties of the circular Airyprime vortex beam (CAPVB). The asymmetric focusing of EAPVB leads to some novel properties, such as the splitting of high-order optical vortex and the formation of two foci. By taking advantage of these properties, EAPVB is constructed as a tunable optical bottle for particle capture.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Xiao Ma, Qiongchan Shao, Jian-Jun He
Summary: In this study, an SHS chip based on Su8 waveguide was designed and fabricated. By physically adjusting the metal electrodes and compensating for transmissivity fluctuations, the generation of side ripples was successfully suppressed.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Hongbin Zhang, Jiansen Du, Zongtao Chi, Hailin Cong, Bin Wang
Summary: In this paper, a novel type of dual-wavelength confocal metalens is proposed to solve the spatial crosstalk between two wavelengths. The metalens can greatly reduce the spatial crosstalk and achieve high precision and efficiency in confocal imaging. It can also focus light in specific wavelength ranges, making it suitable for imaging, microscopy, and optical fiber communication.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Rui Qiu, Guanmao Zhang, Shaokai Du, Jie Liu, Hongyu Jib, Kaiyun Bi, Bochuan Xing, Guangchao Diao
Summary: Recent research has developed an achromatic metalens that shows potential for replacing traditional lenses. This study focuses on a continuously variable focus height broadband achromatic metalens for long-wavelength infrared applications. By optimizing materials and parameters, chromatic aberration is effectively corrected, making it suitable for high-resolution LWIR imaging and spectroscopy systems.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Marcos Troncoso-Costas, Gaurav Jain, Yiming Li, Mohammed Patel, Lakshmi Narayanan Venkatasubramani, Sean O'Duill, Frank Smyth, Andrew Ellis, Francisco Diaz-Otero, Colm Browning, Liam Barry
Summary: In this work, a fast-switching tuneable laser capable of wide wavelength coverage, low noise and linewidth levels suitable for high-order modulation formats is demonstrated. The laser is characterized to cover a wavelength range of 35 nm in the C-band with nanosecond switching time. It is used to successfully demonstrate 480 Gbit/s 16QAM transmission over 25 km of single-mode fiber for a wavelength range of 19 nm.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)
Article
Optics
Takeshi Moriyasu, Masahiko Tani, Hideaki Kitahara, Takashi Furuya, Jessica Afalla, Toshiro Kohmoto, Daishiro Koide, Hiroki Sato, Mitsutaka Kumakura
Summary: Optical pump-terahertz probe spectroscopy was used to study the photocarrier dynamics and optical characteristics of semiconductor Si. The results showed that the thickness of Si influenced the transmitted terahertz field amplitude and peak delay time, indicating differences in photocarrier dynamics between different Si materials.
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
(2024)