Abstract: The present disclosure relates to implementations of a photonic circuit, and particularly to a photonic circuit that includes one or more matrix circuits. For example, the present disclosure relates to photonic circuit implementations of unitary matrices, and of arbitrary real and/or complex matrices factorized using unitary matrices, that utilize special generalized Mach-Zehnder interferometers (SGMZIs) as building blocks of various matrix circuit architectures.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to implementations of a photonic circuit, and particularly to a photonic circuit that includes one or more matrix circuits. For example, the present disclosure relates to photonic circuit implementations of unitary matrices, and of arbitrary real and/or complex matrices factorized using unitary matrices, that utilize special generalized Mach-Zehnder interferometers (SGMZIs) as building blocks of various matrix circuit architectures.

Abstract: The present application discloses a method for fabricating a fiber optic image inverter with an ultra-short twister. The method includes: drawing a glass rod with a low refractive index and a high strain point temperature into a surrounding pipe fiber; drawing a glass rod with a high refractive index and a high transmittance into a filling glass fiber, and then drawing into a casing pipe absorption fiber; uniformly surrounding an outer side of a cladding glass pipe with the surrounding pipe fiber, and matching a core glass rod and the cladding glass pipe to be drawn into a mono fiber; and then performing fabrication of a multi fiber, fabrication of a multi-multi fiber, heat press fusion and twisting operation in sequence. The fiber optic image inverter with an ultra-short twister with a high resolution and a high contrast and clear imaging is obtained and applied in a low-light-level image intensifier.

Abstract: A radiation source includes: a hollow core optical fiber, a working medium; and a pulsed pump radiation source. The hollow core optical fiber has a body and has a hollow core. The working medium is disposed within the hollow core. The pulsed pump radiation source is arranged to produce pulsed pump radiation that is received by, and propagates through, the hollow core from an input end to an output end. One or more parameters of the pulsed pump radiation, the optical fiber and the working medium are configured to allow soliton self-compression of the pulsed pump radiation so as to change a spectrum of the pulsed pump radiation so as to form output radiation. In some embodiments, a length of the optical fiber is such that the output end substantially coincides with a position at which a temporal extent of the pulsed pump radiation is minimal.

Abstract: A system for frequency conversion of laser pump radiation includes an optical element for frequency conversion of lasers or laser beams with power scalability. The element has a nonlinear birefringent, thin plate crystal. A pump beam generates frequency-shifted radiation. Phase or quasi-phase matching conditions are in the crystal between beams. Frontside and backside of the crystal have high-reflective and partially-reflective coatings, obtaining intensity enhancement of the pump and frequency-converted radiation, and maintaining relative phase delay between beams, maximizing conversion efficiency. The crystal contacts a heat sink through the high-reflective coating, minimizing temperature inhomogeneity in the crystal. Intrinsic longitudinal heat flow provides power scalability. The element, used intra-cavity, acts as a wavelength-selective component forcing laser operation on resonance of the element, maximizing frequency conversion.

Abstract: A fiber coupling assembly for interfacing solid core and a hollow core optical fibers includes first and second fiber optic ferrules each having a bore between proximal and distal end faces thereof. At least one ferrule end face is non-perpendicular to longitudinal axes of the ferrules. A bore of one ferrule contains a hollow core optical fiber, and a bore of the other optic ferrule contains a solid core optical fiber with a mode field diameter (MFD) transition region, to bridge a MFD mismatch between the fibers. An air gap may be provided between at least portions of ferrules at an inter-ferrule region. A fiber optic ferrule includes a bore that is non-parallel with a longitudinal axis of the ferrule, and at least one end face that is non-perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, with an optical fiber in the bore optionally including a MFD transition region.

Abstract: An optical fiber sensing range limiting device comprises: a blocking unit that, on the basis of a control signal and for a prescribed period, causes probe light that has been sent to an optical fiber used in optical fiber sensing and has returned from the optical fiber to be blocked from being transmitted to a light detection unit, or causes a detection signal that is detected with respect to the return light to be blocked from being transmitted to a downstream processing unit; and a control unit that outputs the control signal to the blocking unit. The prescribed period includes a period corresponding to the positional range for which acquisition of information from the detection signal is prohibited or for which it is undesirable to acquire the information.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silicon-based integrated optical chip integrating a silicon-based optical modulator and a germanium-silicon detector and a preparation method thereof. A position and dimension of a silicon nitride waveguide are defined by a slot formed by using an etching process, then surplus silicon nitride is removed by means of chemico-mechanical polishing, and an optical waveguide is formed by the silicon nitride in the slot.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure describe Rayleigh-based DTSS that utilizes few-mode fiber (FMF), which supports multiple spatial modes. For each spatial mode, a wavelength-scanning configuration gives the relative wavelength (or frequency) shift between two consecutive measurements. The temperature and strain changes can therefore be separated through different temperature/strain sensitivities of various mode-pairs. Advantageously, Rayleigh-based DTSS according to aspects of the present disclosure removes temperature-strain ambiguity, enhances measurement accuracy, reduces errors. and enables new features for multi-parameter sensing.

Abstract: A method of generating broadband output radiation and associated broadband radiation source. The method includes generating pulses of input radiation having a duration between 50 fs and 400 fs and having a rise time of less than 60 fs; and exciting a working medium within a hollow core fiber with the pulses of input radiation.

Abstract: Parallel optical interconnects may be used to transmit signals produced by integrated circuits. A parallel optical interconnect may be in the form of a multicore optical fiber and one or more optical coupling assemblies optically connecting a first optical transceiver array and a second optical transceiver array. The multicore optical fiber may have multiple fiber elements with each having a core surrounded by cladding, and the one or more optical coupling assemblies may have refractive and/or reflective elements. In this way, light produced by one transceiver array may be transmitted through the multicore optical fiber and be received by the other transceiver array.

Abstract: An apparatus (1) is proposed for providing coupling between at least a first input signal with a first signal frequency, and a second input signal with a second, different signal frequency. The apparatus comprises: a first input port (3); a second input port (5); a first output port (9); a second output port (11); a first waveguide (13); a second waveguide (15), the second waveguide (15) being made of or comprising non-linear material such that a first electromagnetic field generated by a first-waveguide signal in the first waveguide (13) and a second electromagnetic field generated by a second-waveguide signal in the second waveguide (15) are arranged to overlap in the non-linear material; a periodic structure (31, 33); and a phase-matching arrangement (37).

Abstract: A photonic device and related method for forming a photonic device. In some embodiments, a method of fabricating a photonic device includes forming a layer stack over a substrate. In some cases, the layer stack includes a lower cladding layer, a core layer disposed over the lower cladding layer, and an upper cladding layer disposed over the core layer. In some examples, the method further includes patterning the layer stack to form a waveguide for the photonic device. In some cases, the waveguide includes the core layer, and the core layer includes a lateral surface having a convex profile.

Abstract: There is provided an optical waveguide device including a substrate, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate, and a working electrode that controls a light wave propagating through the optical waveguide, in which the working electrode includes a first base layer made of a first material, and a first conductive layer on the first base layer, and a conductor pattern including a second base layer made of a second material different from the first material and a second conductive layer on the second base layer is formed in a region other than a path from an input end to an output end of the optical waveguide, in a region on the substrate.

Abstract: Apparatus for generating THz (terahertz) radiation, the apparatus comprising: a substrate; a planar array of subwavelength antennas formed on the substrate having rotational symmetry, Cn, of order “n” greater than or equal to 3 and rotational symmetry cycle 2?/?, which are excitable by near infrared (NIR)_pump radiation to radiate THz radiation having wavelengths that are substantially larger than characteristic dimensions of the subwavelength antenna; wherein the array comprises a plurality of sections each comprising plurality of subwavelength antennas exhibiting a spatial pattern different from that of an adjacent section of the plurality of sections.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are provided for all-optical reconfigurable activation devices for realizing various activations functions using low input optical power. The device and systems disclosed herein include a directional coupler comprising a first phase-shift mechanism and an interferometer coupled to the directional coupler. The interferometer comprises at least one microring resonator and a second phase-shift mechanism coupled to thereto. The interferometer and the directional coupler comprise waveguides formed of a first material, while the microring resonator comprises a waveguide formed of a second material and a third phase-shift mechanism. The second material is provided as a low-loss material having a high Kerr effect and large bandgaps, to generate various nonlinear activation functions. The first, second, and third phase-shift mechanisms are configured to control biases within the disclosed systems and devices to achieve a desired activation function.

Abstract: The light modulator includes a substrate having a main surface including a first area, a second area, and a third area, a first III-V compound semiconductor layer of a first conductivity-type provided on the first area, a second III-V compound semiconductor layer of a first conductivity-type or a second conductivity-type provided on the second area, a core provided on the third area and including a group III-V compound semiconductor, and an electrode connected to the first III-V compound semiconductor layer. The first III-V compound semiconductor layer includes a first portion having a thickness smaller than a thickness of the core in a second direction orthogonal to the main surface and a second portion having a thickness larger than the thickness of the first portion in the second direction. The second portion is disposed between the first portion and the core.

Abstract: Embodiments include an optical system that may be included in a waveguide display. An example optical system includes a first waveguide having a first transmissive diffractive in-coupler (DG1) and a first diffractive out-coupler (DG6) and a second waveguide having a second transmissive diffractive in-coupler (DG2), a reflective diffractive in-coupler (DG3), a second diffractive out-coupler (DG4), and a third diffractive out-coupler (DG5). The second transmissive diffractive in-coupler (DG2) is arranged between the first transmissive diffractive in-coupler (DG1) and the reflective diffractive in-coupler (DG3) in an input region.

Abstract: In a multi-chip module and method, the multi-chip module includes a carrier; a multimode optical waveguide formed on and/or in the carrier; a first and second chip disposed on the carrier and coupled to the multimode optical waveguide; wherein the first chip is configured to transmit light beams into the multimode optical waveguide; the multimode optical waveguide is configured to generate mixed light beams that are an at least partial superposition of the light beams; the second chip is configured to receive the mixed light beams from the multimode optical waveguide; and the second chip is configured to store a representation of the received mixed light beams as a transmission signature and/or as a cryptographic key in a memory associated with the second chip, and/or compare the representation of the received mixed light beams with a target representation stored in the memory associated with the second chip.

Abstract: Cables that include a conductor and an optical fiber. In some embodiments, the cable can include an optical fiber loosely disposed within an enclosure. A conductor layer can be disposed about the enclosure. An insulation layer can be disposed about the at least one conductor layer. An inner layer of armor strength members can be helically disposed about the insulation layer. An outer layer of armor strength members can be helically disposed about the inner layer of armor strength members. The armor strength members in the outer layer of armor strength members can be at an opposite helix compared to the armor strength members in the inner layer of armor strength members. An outer jacket can be disposed about the outer layer. In other embodiments, the cable can include an optical fiber in a coupled electro-optical package, where the conductor layer can be disposed about the electro-optical package.