A high-sensitivity, rapid, and low-cost method for methane sensing based on a nonlinear interferometer that utilizes signal photons generated by stimulated parametric down-conversion, enabling the use of a silicon detector to capture high-precision methane absorption spectra in the mid-infrared region.
A rotating optical saddle beam can generate a dynamically stable equilibrium point capable of trapping nanoparticles in high vacuum, enabling new possibilities for levitated optomechanics experiments.
The development of a refractive diamond axicon that can efficiently transform X-ray beams into ring-shaped profiles, addressing the limitations of polymer-based axicons in high-radiation synchrotron environments.
A custom-designed wide-band camera lens is proposed to replace the commercial lenses currently used in the MISTRAL imager-spectrograph, providing improved throughput, resolution, and spectral coverage.
A fiber-based source of femtosecond pulses with multi-megawatt peak power, tunable from 850 nm to 1700 nm, is developed using self-phase modulation in argon-filled hollow-core fiber. This approach enables efficient generation of high-energy ultrashort pulses across a wide wavelength range for deep-tissue multiphoton imaging.
A novel continuous phase modulation technique for laser arrays enables precise wavelength control, high coupling efficiency, and improved tolerance to fabrication errors.
Novel far-infrared linear variable bandpass filters consisting of metal-mesh filters with cross-slots of varying sizes on a silicon substrate have been designed, fabricated, and measured to enable hyperspectral imaging for future far-infrared astronomical observatories.
The authors experimentally measured the polarization helicity-dependent and helicity-independent transverse spin dynamics in the nonparaxial focal region of a high-numerical aperture lens by tracking the C-point polarization singularities in the retroreflected output beam.
A detailed step-by-step guide for building and precisely aligning a 10-plane programmable light converter using a single spatial light modulator and standard optical components, enabling full control over multiple spatial modes of light.
A new type of laser feedback interferometry based on a non-planar ring oscillator (NPRO) laser system is demonstrated, which can achieve frequency-shifted interferometry without using external acousto-optic modulators.