Researchers at Jinan University have shown that topological light in the form of skyrmions retains its topological structure in atmospheric turbulence, benefiting free-space optical communications.
The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made progress in deep-ultraviolet subwavelength aperture diffraction research, serving lithography inspection.
The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) has achieved dynamic quantitative phase imaging using coherent detection ghost imaging LiDAR.
A team led by Liu Hongjun at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM) has made progress in metasurface-based nonlinear frequency upconversion imaging in the mid-infrared.
A team led by Researcher Meng Bo at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics published a paper in Laser & Photonics Reviews presenting a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser with a goblet-shaped waveguide structure, using selective wet etching of the active region and eliminating the semi-insulating InP lateral regrowth process. A 1 mm x 3 um device achieved a continuous-wave threshold power consumption of about 1 W at 293 K, an output power above 27 mW, and a room-temperature pulsed wall-plug efficiency of 3.9%. A 2 um-wide device achieved stable single-mode lasing across the entire current range, with a side-mode suppression ratio of about 20 dB.
Why we recommend it: The goblet-shaped waveguide eliminates the semi-insulating InP regrowth process through selective wet etching. The original paper gives room-temperature continuous-wave threshold power consumption and wall-plug efficiency, which can be compared with buried heterostructure devices for context.
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Teams led by Fu Yuxi and Cao Huabao at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics have made new progress in high-repetition-rate, high-energy ultrafast thin-disk lasers.
The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Mechanics has made progress in optically accelerated solving of large-spin-scale combinatorial optimization problems.
The Ultrafast Optics Research Department at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics has made new progress in optical microscopic imaging through scattering media.
Teams led by Wang Binhao and Zhang Wenfu at the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics have made a series of advances in silicon-based photonic interconnect chips.
A team led by researcher Meng Bo at the Changchun Institute of Optics and Mechanics published a paper in Light: Science & Applications proposing a multistate-to-continuum (MTC) active-region design based on diagonal transitions, and used MOCVD to grow a mid-infrared quantum cascade laser with a single active region and an ultrabroad gain spectrum.
Why we recommend it: The diagonal-transition design from multiple states to continuum states lets several transition channels contribute gain simultaneously. The original text gives lasing spectral widths of 1.2 µm at room temperature and 1.93 µm at 80 K, directly relevant to applications such as mid-infrared frequency combs.