Interdisciplinary advances in microcombs: bridging physics and information technology

BC Yao, WT Wang, ZD **e, Q Zhou, T Tan, H Zhou… - eLight, 2024 - Springer
The advancement of microcomb sources, which serve as a versatile and powerful platform
for various time–frequency measurements, have spurred widespread interest across …

Simultaneously enhancing capacity and security in free-space optical chaotic communication utilizing orbital angular momentum

Y Zhang, M Xu, M Pu, M Zhou, J Ding, S Chen… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Optical chaotic signals emitted from an external-cavity feedback or injected laser diode
enable small-signal information concealment in a noise-like carrier for secure optical …

150 Gbps multi-wavelength FSO transmission with 25-GHz ITU-T grid in the mid-infrared region

Y Su, J Meng, T Wei, Z **e, S Jia, W Tian, J Zhu… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The 3∼ 5 µm mid-infrared (mid-IR) light has several exceptional benefits in the case of
adverse atmospheric conditions compared to the 1.5 µm band, so it is a promising candidate …

Free-space transmission of picosecond-level, high-speed optical pulse streams in the 3 µm band

Y Su, W Tian, Y Yu, J Meng, Y Zheng, S Jia, Z **e… - Optics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The utilization of mid-infrared (mid-IR) light spanning the 3-5? µm range presents notable
merits over the 1.5? µm band when operating in adverse atmospheric conditions …

Massively parallel Hong-Ou-Mandel interference based on independent soliton microcombs

L Huang, W Wang, F Wang, Y Wang, C Zou… - Science …, 2025 - science.org
Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) interference is the foundation of quantum optics to test the degree
of indistinguishability of two incoming photons, playing a key role in quantum …

Dual-microcomb generation via a monochromatically pumped dual-mode microresonator

R Miao, K Yin, C Zhou, C Zhang, Z Yu, X Zheng… - Photonics …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Microcombs have enabled a host of cutting-edge applications from metrology to
communications that have garnered significant attention in the last decade. Nevertheless …

Microcomb technology: from principles to applications

H Shu, B Shen, H Chang, J Han, J **ao… - Photonics …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Integrated microcombs bring a parallel and coherent optical frequency comb to compact
chip-scale devices. They offer promising prospects for mass-produced comb sources in a …

Opto-thermo-mechanical phenomena in satellite free-space optical communications: survey and challenges

M Badás, P Piron, J Bouwmeester, J Loicq… - Optical …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Growing interest in free-space optical communication, due to the high bandwidth and
security provided by these links, has generated the necessity of designing high-performance …

Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) FSO communications with soliton microcombs

D Koné, NM Mené, A Kamagaté - Journal of Modern Optics, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study highlights the benefits of soliton microcombs (SMCs) in FSO communication
systems. By employing a microring resonator coupled with an add/drop filter, we achieved …

On the optimum far-field irradiance distribution using Laguerre-Gaussian beams for intersatellite free-space optical communications

M Badás, P Piron, J Bouwmeester, J Loicq - Optics Express, 2024 - opg.optica.org
This paper proposes a novel approach to improve the performance of free-space optical
communication intersatellite links by combining fundamental Gaussian and higher-order …