Since the invention and further development of lasers in the 1960s, photonics has grown
into a field that permeates virtually every aspect of modern life. As photonics deals with the …

In order to overcome the capacity limitations of current lightwave systems based on the
single-mode optical fiber, massively parallel transmission in the spatial domain [space …

Over the past few years, progress in hollow-core optical fiber technology has reduced the
attenuation of these fibers to levels comparable to those of all-solid silica-core single-mode …

In the evolution of optical networks, spectral efficiency (SE) enhancement has been the most
cost-efficient and thus the main driver for capacity increase for decades. As a result, the …

Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) has historically enabled the increase in the
capacity of optical systems by progressively populating the existing optical bandwidth of …

Photonic technologies offer numerous functionalities that can be used to realize
astrophotonic instruments. The most spectacular example to date is the ESO Gravity …

Antiresonant hollow-core fibers (AR-HCFs) have opened up exciting possibilities for high-
energy and high-power laser delivery because of their exceptionally low nonlinearities and …

Empowering independent control of optical and acoustic modes and enhancing the photon-
phonon interaction, integrated photonics boosts the advancements of on-chip stimulated …

Antiresonant, hollow-core optical fibers are currently challenging or even exceeding the loss
performance of conventional solid-core fibers. Despite this progress, there are aspects of the …

We introduce a flexible microscale all-fiber-optic Raman probe which can be embedded into
devices to enable operando in situ spectroscopy. The facile-constructed probe is composed …