Researchers have developed a microscopic 3D-printed optical device that can efficiently combine light from dozens of small semiconductor lasers into a single multimode optical fiber with very low loss ...

The key challenge for high-power delivery through optical fibers is overcoming nonlinear optical effects. To keep a smooth output beam, most techniques for mitigating optical nonlinearities are ...

The birth of spatiotemporal mode-locking (STML) can date back to the report of Wright and colleagues in 2017. Following this breakthrough, research on STML has thrived. However, our comprehension and ...

Optical fibers are fundamental components in modern science and technology due to their inherent advantages, providing an efficient and secure medium for applications such as internet communication ...

Figure 1. Schematic of MMF scanning endoscope based on wavefront shaping principle. The different technical routes, imaging modalities and some key imaging performance metrics of the MMF scanning ...

Novel fundamental notions helping in the interpretation of the complex dynamics of nonlinear systems are essential to our understanding and ability to exploit them. In this work we predict and ...

Integration of rugged fiber optics and chiclet-based optical transceivers promotes durability, miniaturization, and modularity for aerospace and defense applications. Difference between rugged fiber ...

Researchers have pushed a single strand of glass fiber, thinner than a human hair, to carry data at rates that dwarf what ...