Ultrafast analog all-optical signal processors based on fiber-grating devices

J Azaña - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews recent work on the design, experimental implementation, and application
of two fundamental all-optical analog signal processing functionalities, namely, photonic …

Inverse-designed metastructures that solve equations

N Mohammadi Estakhri, B Edwards, N Engheta - Science, 2019 - science.org
Metastructures hold the potential to bring a new twist to the field of spatial-domain optical
analog computing: migrating from free-space and bulky systems into conceptually …

Meta-programmable analog differentiator

J Sol, DR Smith, P Del Hougne - Nature Communications, 2022 - nature.com
We present wave-based signal differentiation with unprecedented fidelity and flexibility by
purposefully perturbing overmoded random scattering systems such that zeros of their …

Spatiotemporal differentiators generating optical vortices with transverse orbital angular momentum and detecting sharp change of pulse envelope

J Huang, J Zhang, T Zhu, Z Ruan - Laser & Photonics Reviews, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a new degree of freedom for optical manipulation, recently, spatiotemporal optical
vortices (STOVs) carrying transverse orbital angular momentums have been experimentally …

[HTML][HTML] Review of long period fiber gratings written by CO2 laser

Y Wang - Journal of Applied Physics, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
This paper presents a systematic review of long period fiber gratings (LPFGs) written by the
CO 2 laser irradiation technique. First, various fabrication techniques based on CO 2 laser …

Arc-induced long-period fiber gratings at INESC TEC. Part I: Fabrication, characterization and mechanisms of formation

G Rego, P Caldas, OV Ivanov - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this work, we reviewed the most important achievements of INESC TEC related to the
fabrication of long-period fiber gratings using the electric arc technique. We focused on the …

Ultrafast all-optical differentiators

R Slavík, Y Park, M Kulishov, R Morandotti, J Azaña - Optics Express, 2006 - opg.optica.org
We report the experimental realization of an ultrafast all-optical temporal differentiator.
Differentiation is obtained via all-fiber filtering based on a simple diffraction grating-assisted …

Temporal differentiation of optical signals using a phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating

NK Berger, B Levit, B Fischer, M Kulishov, DV Plant… - Optics express, 2007 - opg.optica.org
We propose and experimentally demonstrate an all-optical (all-fiber) temporal differentiator
based on a simple π-phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating operated in reflection. The proposed …

Photonic temporal integrator for all-optical computing

R Slavík, Y Park, N Ayotte, S Doucet, TJ Ahn… - Optics express, 2008 - opg.optica.org
We report the first experimental realization of an all-optical temporal integrator. The
integrator is implemented using an all-fiber active (gain-assisted) filter based on …

Exceptional Points of -Symmetric Reflectionless States in Complex Scattering Systems

C Ferise, P Del Hougne, S Félix, V Pagneux, M Davy - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We investigate experimentally and analytically the coalescence of reflectionless (RL) states
in symmetric complex wave-scattering systems. We observe RL exceptional points (EPs) …