Physics of highly multimode nonlinear optical systems

LG Wright, FO Wu, DN Christodoulides, FW Wise - Nature Physics, 2022‏ - nature.com
Linear multimode optical systems have enabled clean experimental observations and the
applications of numerous phenomena that continually extend the boundaries of wave …

Few-cycle vacuum squeezing in nanophotonics

R Nehra, R Sekine, L Ledezma, Q Guo, RM Gray… - Science, 2022‏ - science.org
One of the most fundamental quantum states of light is the squeezed vacuum, in which noise
in one of the quadratures is less than the standard quantum noise limit. In nanophotonics, it …

Ultrabroadband nonlinear optics in nanophotonic periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides

M Jankowski, C Langrock, B Desiatov, A Marandi… - Optica, 2020‏ - opg.optica.org
Quasi-phase-matched interactions in waveguides with quadratic nonlinearities enable
highly efficient nonlinear frequency conversion. In this paper, we demonstrate the first …

Intense optical parametric amplification in dispersion-engineered nanophotonic lithium niobate waveguides

L Ledezma, R Sekine, Q Guo, R Nehra, S Jahani… - Optica, 2022‏ - opg.optica.org
Strong amplification in integrated photonics is one of the most desired optical functionalities
for computing, communications, sensing, and quantum information processing …

Femtojoule femtosecond all-optical switching in lithium niobate nanophotonics

Q Guo, R Sekine, L Ledezma, R Nehra, DJ Dean… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Optical nonlinear functions are crucial for various applications in integrated photonics,
including all-optical information processing, photonic neural networks, and on-chip ultrafast …

Pockels soliton microcomb

AW Bruch, X Liu, Z Gong, JB Surya, M Li, CL Zou… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Kerr soliton microcombs have recently emerged as a prominent topic in integrated photonics
and have enabled new horizons for optical frequency metrology. Kerr soliton microcombs …

Two-colour dissipative solitons and breathers in microresonator second-harmonic generation

J Lu, DN Puzyrev, VV Pankratov, DV Skryabin… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Frequency conversion of dissipative solitons associated with the generation of broadband
optical frequency combs having a tooth spacing of hundreds of giga-hertz is a topical …

Dark-bright soliton bound states in a microresonator

S Zhang, T Bi, GN Ghalanos, NP Moroney, L Del Bino… - Physical Review Letters, 2022‏ - APS
Dissipative Kerr solitons in microresonators have facilitated the development of fully
coherent, chip-scale frequency combs. In addition, dark soliton pulses have been observed …

Intense ultraviolet–visible–infrared full-spectrum laser

L Hong, L Liu, Y Liu, J Qian, R Feng, W Li, Y Li… - Light: Science & …, 2023‏ - nature.com
A high-brightness ultrabroadband supercontinuum white laser is desirable for various fields
of modern science. Here, we present an intense ultraviolet-visible-infrared full-spectrum …

Monolithically integrated femtosecond optical parametric oscillators

N Jornod, M Jankowski, LM Krüger, VJ Wittwer… - Optica, 2023‏ - opg.optica.org
Synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) are highly efficient sources of
long-wavelength pulses and nonclassical light, making them invaluable for applications in …