By integrating a holmium-doped ZBLAN photonic crystal fiber within a nonlinear optical loop mirror, the approach achieves high compression efficiency with minimal pedestal energy, offering a ...

Ultrashort mid-infrared (mid-IR) laser pulses are essential for applications such as molecular spectroscopy, nonlinear ...

My academic path studying physics at Tsinghua University began in 1981 where I completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s before earning a PhD in 1992. I then did a postdoc at the Central Iron & Steel ...

Low-power optical device achieves around 100 times amplification using just a couple of hundred milliwatts of input power ...

Ultrashort mid-infrared (mid-IR) laser pulses are essential for applications such as molecular spectroscopy, nonlinear microscopy, and biomedical ...

Schematic of the nonlinear optical loop mirror (NOLM) configuration incorporating a tapered Ho:ZBLAN photonic crystal fiber. The setup shows counter-propagating pulses within the loop, nonlinear phase ...

A micrometer-sized liquid crystal droplet doped with fluorescent dye functions as a nanosecond optical switch that controls light output using light alone. The resonant cavity design cuts the energy ...

Scientists are learning to sculpt photons into powerful new forms, opening the door to high-capacity quantum technologies.

While the whole world is more and more enamored of AI and all its applications, there exist some very real barriers impeding its full success. Take, for example, AI data center infrastructure, which ...

A leading global supplier of optical fibers is demonstrating innovative technology at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona ...

(Yicai) March 9 -- Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company, also known as YOFC, a leading global supplier ...

Researchers have unveiled a new generation of photonic computing chips capable of performing real‑time learning and decision‑making using only light-based processes. Photonic chips deliver real‑time ...