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 …

Spatiotemporal mode-locking and dissipative solitons in multimode fiber lasers

B Cao, C Gao, K Liu, X **ao, C Yang… - Light: Science & …, 2023 - nature.com
Multimode fiber (MMF) lasers are emerging as a remarkable testbed to study nonlinear
spatiotemporal physics with potential applications spanning from high energy pulse …

Spatial beam self-cleaning in multimode fibres

K Krupa, A Tonello, BM Shalaby, M Fabert… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Multimode optical fibres are enjoying renewed attention, boosted by the urgent need to
overcome the current capacity crunch of single-mode fibre (SMF) systems and by recent …

Scalable optical learning operator

U Teğin, M Yıldırım, İ Oğuz, C Moser… - Nature Computational …, 2021 - nature.com
Today's heavy machine learning tasks are fueled by large datasets. Computing is performed
with power-hungry processors whose performance is ultimately limited by the data transfer …

Roadmap on multimode photonics

I Cristiani, C Lacava, G Rademacher… - Journal of …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Multimode devices and components have attracted considerable attention in the last years,
and different research topics and themes have emerged very recently. The multimodality can …

Statistical mechanics of beam self-cleaning in GRIN multimode optical fibers

F Mangini, M Gervaziev, M Ferraro, DS Kharenko… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Since its first demonstration in graded-index multimode fibers, spatial beam self-cleaning
has attracted a growing research interest. It allows for the propagation of beams with a bell …

Direct observations of thermalization to a Rayleigh–Jeans distribution in multimode optical fibres

H Pourbeyram, P Sidorenko, FO Wu, N Bender… - Nature Physics, 2022 - nature.com
Nonlinear multimode optical systems support a host of intriguing effects that are impossible
in single-mode settings. Although nonlinearity can provide a rich environment where the …

Kerr self-cleaning of femtosecond-pulsed beams in graded-index multimode fiber

Z Liu, LG Wright, DN Christodoulides, FW Wise - Optics letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
We observe a nonlinear spatial self-cleaning process for femtosecond pulses in graded-
index (GRIN) multimode fiber (MMF). Pulses with∼ 80 fs duration at 1030 nm are launched …

[PDF][PDF] Multimode nonlinear fiber optics, a spatiotemporal avenue

K Krupa, A Tonello, A Barthélémy, T Mansuryan… - APL Photonics, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We provide a perspective overview of the emerging field of nonlinear optics in multimode
optical fibers. These fibers enable new methods for the ultrafast light-activated control of …

Thermodynamic theory of highly multimoded nonlinear optical systems

FO Wu, AU Hassan, DN Christodoulides - Nature Photonics, 2019 - nature.com
Lately, there has been a resurgence of interest in nonlinear multimode optical systems. The
sheer complexity emerging from the presence of a multitude of nonlinearly interacting …