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Dong Y, Pan G, Xun M, Su H, Chen L, Sun Y, Luan H, Fang X, Wu D, Gu M. Nanoprinted Diffractive Layer Integrated Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Vortex Lasers with Scalable Topological Charge. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:9096-9104. [PMID: 37748028 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/27/2023]
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Vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) represent an attractive light source to integrate with OAM structures to realize chip-scale vortex lasers. Although pioneering endeavors of VCSEL-based vortex lasers have been reported, they cannot achieve large topological charges (less than l = 5) due to the insufficient space-bandwidth product (SBP) caused by the inherent limited device size. Here, by integrating a nanoprinted OAM phase structure on the VCSELs, we demonstrate a vortex microlaser with a low threshold and simple structure. A monolithic microlaser array with addressable control of vortex beams with different topological charges (l = 1 to l = 5) was achieved. Nanoprinting offers high degrees of freedom for the manipulation of spatial structures. To address the challenge of insufficient SBP, two-layer cascaded spiral phase plates were designed. Thereby, a vortex beam with l = 15 and mode purity of 83.7% was obtained. Our work paves the way for future chip-scale OAM-based information multiplexing with more channels.
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- Yibo Dong
- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
- Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
- Centre for Artificial-Intelligence Nanophotonics, School of Optical-Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029 People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Photonic Chips, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093 People's Republic of China
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Zhang C, Shu FJ, Zou CL, Dong H, Yao J, Zhao YS. Organic Synthetic Photonic Systems with Reconfigurable Parity-Time Symmetry Breaking for Tunable Single-Mode Microlasers. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2300054. [PMID: 36744301 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202300054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Synthetic photonic materials exploiting the quantum concept of parity-time (PT) symmetry lead to an emerging photonic paradigm-non-Hermitian photonics, which is revolutionizing the photonic sciences. The non-Hermitian photonics dealing with the interplay between gain and loss in PT synthetic photonic material systems offers a versatile platform for advancing microlaser technology. However, current PT-symmetric microcavity laser systems only manipulate imaginary parts of the refractive indices, suffering from limited laser spectral bandwidth. Here, an organic composite material system is proposed to synthesize reconfigurable PT-symmetric microcavities with controllable complex refractive indices for realizing tunable single-mode laser outputs. A grayscale electron-beam direct-writing technique is elaborately designed to process laser dye-doped polymer films in one single step into microdisk cavities with periodic gain and loss distribution, which enables thresholdless PT-symmetry breaking and single-mode laser operation. Furthermore, organic photoisomerizable compounds are introduced to reconfigure the PT-symmetric systems in real-time by tailoring the real refractive index of the polymer microresonators, allowing for a dynamically and continuously tunable single-mode laser output. This work fundamentally enhances the PT-symmetric photonic systems for innovative design of synthetic photonic materials and architectures.
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- Chunhuan Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, and School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, P. R. China
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- Henan Province Engineering Research Center of Microcavity and Photoelectric Intelligent Sensing, School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu, 476000, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantum Information, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Photochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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Qiao Z, Gong C, Liao Y, Wang C, Chan KK, Zhu S, Kim M, Chen YC. Tunable Optical Vortex from a Nanogroove-Structured Optofluidic Microlaser. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:1425-1432. [PMID: 34817181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c04065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Optical vortices with tunable properties in multiple dimensions are highly desirable in modern photonics, particularly for broadly tunable wavelengths and topological charges at the micrometer scale. Compared to solid-state approaches, here we demonstrate tunable optical vortices through the fusion of optofluidics and vortex beams in which the handedness, topological charges, and lasing wavelengths could be fully adjusted and dynamically controlled. Nanogroove structures inscribed in Fabry-Pérot optofluidic microcavities were proposed to generate optical vortices by converting Hermite-Gaussian laser modes. Topological charges could be controlled by tuning the lengths of the nanogroove structures. Vortex laser beams spanning a wide spectral band (430-630 nm) were achieved by alternating different liquid gain materials. Finally, dynamic switching of vortex laser wavelengths in real-time was realized through an optofluidic vortex microlaser device. The findings provide a robust yet flexible approach for generating on-chip vortex sources with multiple dimensions, high tunability, and reconfigurability.
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- Zhen Qiao
- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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Dasgupta S, Banerjee S, Das S, Datta A. From fluorogens to fluorophores by elucidation and suppression of ultrafast excited state processes of a Schiff base. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:19494-19502. [PMID: 34524318 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp02540f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Strategies have been explored for developing strongly fluorescent species out of a weakly fluorescent Schiff base, 2-(((pyridin-2-ylmethyl)imino)methyl)phenol (salampy). The locally excited enolic state of salampy undergoes an intramolecular proton transfer with a time constant of ca. 200 fs. The emissive cis keto state thus formed decays completely within 50 ps. Its fast decay and miniscule fluorescence quantum yield are attributed to efficient non-radiative channels associated with conformational relaxation. The anionic form, salampy-, has a significantly longer fluorescence lifetime of 800 ps. Its emissive state evolves in tens of picoseconds, from the locally excited state, by solvent and conformational relaxation. Both the neutral and anionic forms have a fluorescence lifetime of about 6 ns at 77 K, a temperature at which all activated nonradiative channels are blocked. This lifetime is similar to that obtained at room temperature, upon rigidification of the anion by complexation with Zn2+. Two such complexes have been studied. The first is binuclear, with acetate bridge between the two Zn2+ ions. The second, with ClO4- as the counterion, is mononuclear with two salampy ligands ligating the metal ion. Unlike a previous report on a different Schiff base, in which the ligands are π-stacked in its dimeric Zn2+ complex, no additional nonradiative deactivation pathway opens up in the Zn complexes of salampy, which are devoid of such stacking. The complex of salampy with Al3+ has an even longer fluorescence lifetime of 9 ns, indicating a greater degree of rigidification and consequent suppression of nonradiative processes.
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- Souradip Dasgupta
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, Bhopal Bypass Rd, Bhauri, Madhya Pradesh 462066, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India.
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Sun W, Liu Y, Qu G, Fan Y, Dai W, Wang Y, Song Q, Han J, Xiao S. Lead halide perovskite vortex microlasers. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4862. [PMID: 32978397 PMCID: PMC7519163 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18669-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Lead halide perovskite microlasers have been very promising for versatile optoelectronic applications. However, most perovskite microlasers are linearly polarized with uniform wavefront. The structured laser beams carrying orbital angular momentum have rarely been studied and the applications of perovskites in next-generation optical communications are thus hindered. Herein, we experimentally demonstrate the perovskite vortex microlasers with highly directional outputs and well−controlled topological charges. High quality gratings have been experimentally fabricated in perovskite film and the subsequent vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) with divergent angles of 3o are achieved. With the control of Archimedean spiral gratings, the wavefront of the perovskite VCSELs has been switched to be helical with topological charges of q = −4 to 4. This research is able to expand the potential applications of perovskite microlasers in hybrid integrated photonic networks, as well as optical computing. Integration of III-V semiconductor microlasers into modern Si or Si3N4 based photonic integrated circuits remains a challenge. Here, the authors demonstrate a perovskite vortex microlaser with highly directional outputs and well-controlled topological charges that is highly compatible with most materials.
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- Wenzhao Sun
- State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China.,Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, P.R. China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Lab of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, P.R. China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, 030006, Shanxi, P.R. China. .,National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, P.R. China.
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Huang C, Zhang C, Xiao S, Wang Y, Fan Y, Liu Y, Zhang N, Qu G, Ji H, Han J, Ge L, Kivshar Y, Song Q. Ultrafast control of vortex microlasers. Science 2020; 367:1018-1021. [PMID: 32108108 DOI: 10.1126/science.aba4597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The development of classical and quantum information-processing technology calls for on-chip integrated sources of structured light. Although integrated vortex microlasers have been previously demonstrated, they remain static and possess relatively high lasing thresholds, making them unsuitable for high-speed optical communication and computing. We introduce perovskite-based vortex microlasers and demonstrate their application to ultrafast all-optical switching at room temperature. By exploiting both mode symmetry and far-field properties, we reveal that the vortex beam lasing can be switched to linearly polarized beam lasing, or vice versa, with switching times of 1 to 1.5 picoseconds and energy consumption that is orders of magnitude lower than in previously demonstrated all-optical switching. Our results provide an approach that breaks the long-standing trade-off between low energy consumption and high-speed nanophotonics, introducing vortex microlasers that are switchable at terahertz frequencies.
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- Can Huang
- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China.,National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, NY 10016, USA. .,Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA
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- Nonlinear Physics Centre, Research School of Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.
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- State Key Laboratory on Tunable Laser Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Key Laboratory of Micro-Nano Optoelectronic Information System, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China. .,Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
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Fu Y, Zhai T. Distributed feedback organic lasing in photonic crystals. FRONTIERS OF OPTOELECTRONICS 2020; 13:18-34. [PMID: 36641584 PMCID: PMC9733769 DOI: 10.1007/s12200-019-0942-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 08/11/2019] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Considerable research efforts have been devoted to the investigation of distributed feedback (DFB) organic lasing in photonic crystals in recent decades. It is still a big challenge to realize DFB lasing in complex photonic crystals. This review discusses the recent progress on the DFB organic laser based on one-, two-, and three-dimensional photonic crystals. The photophysics of gain materials and the fabrication of laser cavities are also introduced. At last, future development trends of the lasers are prospected.
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- Yulan Fu
- Institute of Information Photonics Technology, College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China
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- Institute of Information Photonics Technology, College of Applied Sciences, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China.
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Li H, Stellinga DP, Qiu Y, Sun Q, Chen B, Liang H, Krauss TF, Li J. Ultra-thin transmissive crystalline silicon high-contrast grating metasurfaces. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:30931-30940. [PMID: 31684334 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.030931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2019] [Accepted: 09/22/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Dielectric metasurfaces made from crystalline silicon, titanium dioxide, gallium nitride and silicon nitride have developed rapidly for applications in the visible wavelength regime. High performance metasurfaces typically require the realisation of subwavelength, high aspect ratio nanostructures, the fabrication of which can be challenging. Here, we propose and demonstrate the operation of high performance metasurfaces in ultra-thin (100 nm) crystalline silicon at the wavelength of 532 nm. Using optical beam analysis, we discuss fabrication complexity and show that our approach is more fabrication-tolerant than the nanofin approach, which has so far produced the highest performance metasurfaces, but may be difficult to manufacture, especially when using nanoimprint lithography.
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Arrieta J, Polin M, Saleta-Piersanti R, Tuval I. Light Control of Localized Photobioconvection. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2019; 123:158101. [PMID: 31702314 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.123.158101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 07/04/2019] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Microorganismal motility is often characterized by complex responses to environmental physico-chemical stimuli. Although the biological basis of these responses is often not well understood, their exploitation already promises novel avenues to directly control the motion of living active matter at both the individual and collective level. Here we leverage the phototactic ability of the model microalga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to precisely control the timing and position of localized cell photoaccumulation, leading to the controlled development of isolated bioconvective plumes. This novel form of photobioconvection allows a precise, fast, and reconfigurable control of the spatiotemporal dynamics of the instability and the ensuing global recirculation, which can be activated and stopped in real time. A simple continuum model accounts for the phototactic response of the suspension and demonstrates how the spatiotemporal dynamics of the illumination field can be used as a simple external switch to produce efficient bio mixing.
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- Jorge Arrieta
- Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC, Esporles, 07190, Spain
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- Physics Department and Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Instituto Mediterráneo de Estudios Avanzados, IMEDEA, UIB-CSIC, Esporles, 07190, Spain
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Shen Y, Wang X, Xie Z, Min C, Fu X, Liu Q, Gong M, Yuan X. Optical vortices 30 years on: OAM manipulation from topological charge to multiple singularities. LIGHT, SCIENCE & APPLICATIONS 2019; 8:90. [PMID: 31645934 PMCID: PMC6804826 DOI: 10.1038/s41377-019-0194-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 08/04/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Thirty years ago, Coullet et al. proposed that a special optical field exists in laser cavities bearing some analogy with the superfluid vortex. Since then, optical vortices have been widely studied, inspired by the hydrodynamics sharing similar mathematics. Akin to a fluid vortex with a central flow singularity, an optical vortex beam has a phase singularity with a certain topological charge, giving rise to a hollow intensity distribution. Such a beam with helical phase fronts and orbital angular momentum reveals a subtle connection between macroscopic physical optics and microscopic quantum optics. These amazing properties provide a new understanding of a wide range of optical and physical phenomena, including twisting photons, spin-orbital interactions, Bose-Einstein condensates, etc., while the associated technologies for manipulating optical vortices have become increasingly tunable and flexible. Hitherto, owing to these salient properties and optical manipulation technologies, tunable vortex beams have engendered tremendous advanced applications such as optical tweezers, high-order quantum entanglement, and nonlinear optics. This article reviews the recent progress in tunable vortex technologies along with their advanced applications.
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- Yijie Shen
- Key Laboratory of Photonic Control Technology (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, 100084 Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Public Safety Risk Perception and Control by Big Data (NEL-PSRPC), China Academy of Electronics and Information Technology of CETC, China Electronic Technology Group Corporation, 100041 Beijing, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photonic Control Technology (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, 100084 Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photonic Control Technology (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, 100084 Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Photonic Control Technology (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, 100084 Beijing, China
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instruments, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
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- Nanophotonics Research Center, Shenzhen University, 518060 Shenzhen, China
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Wan Z, Shen Y, Gong M, Fu X. Quadrant-separable multi-singularity vortices manipulation by coherent superposed mode with spatial-energy mismatch. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:34940-34955. [PMID: 30650910 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.034940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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We propose a new method of phase-singularities manipulation in optical vortices carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM), namely, quadrant-separable multi-singularity manipulation (QSMSM). In QSMSM, the positions of partial vortices in a quadrant region can be manipulated, while the singularities in other regions remain unchanged. The basic model of the multi-singularity OAM beam is obtained by the principle of coherent superposition of two Hermite-Gaussian modes with spatial mismatch. The actual multi-singularity beams are generated by external modulation with a spatial light modulator. The distribution of vortices trajectory can be controlled by the energy mismatch degree and the spatial mismatch degree. The vortices in a quadrant region can be independently manipulated by partially controlling the energy mismatch degree. The technology of partially tuning singularities in QSMSM improves the flexibility of vortices control and has great potential in applications of optical tweezers and optical modulators.
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