Determining intrinsic sensitivity and the role of multiple scattering in speckle metrology

M Facchin, SN Khan, K Dholakia, GD Bruce - Nature Reviews Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Speckle patterns are a powerful tool for high-precision metrology because they enable
remarkable performance in relatively simple setups. Nonetheless, researchers in this field …

Optical orbital-angular-momentum-multiplexed data transmission under high scattering

L Gong, Q Zhao, H Zhang, XY Hu, K Huang… - Light: Science & …, 2019 - nature.com
Multiplexing multiple orbital angular momentum (OAM) channels enables high-capacity
optical communication. However, optical scattering from ambient microparticles in the …

Artificial intelligence-assisted light control and computational imaging through scattering media

S Cheng, H Li, Y Luo, Y Zheng, P Lai - Journal of innovative optical …, 2019 - World Scientific
Coherent optical control within or through scattering media via wavefront shaping has seen
broad applications since its invention around 2007. Wavefront shaping is aimed at …

Harnessing disorder for photonic device applications

H Cao, Y Eliezer - Applied Physics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
For photonic devices, structural disorder and light scattering have long been considered
annoying and detrimental features that were best avoided or minimized. This review shows …

Microtaper leaky-mode spectrometer with picometer resolution

Q Cen, S Pian, X Liu, Y Tang, X He, Y Ma - eLight, 2023 - Springer
The wide application of optical spectroscopy makes miniaturized spectrometers with
fundamental importance. The scalability, high-performance, low-cost, and small footprint are …

Deep learning enabled laser speckle wavemeter with a high dynamic range

RK Gupta, GD Bruce, SJ Powis… - Laser & Photonics …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The speckle pattern produced when a laser is scattered by a disordered medium has
recently been shown to give a surprisingly accurate or broadband measurement of …

Compact high resolution speckle spectrometer by using linear coherent integrated network on silicon nitride platform at 776 nm

Z Zhang, Y Li, Y Wang, Z Yu, X Sun… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Motivated by applications in mobile optical sensing, ultracompact high‐resolution integrated
spectrometers have attracted much interest. Here, a high‐resolution integrated speckle …

A Machine Learning Specklegram Wavemeter (MaSWave) Based on a Short Section of Multimode Fiber as the Dispersive Element

OC Inalegwu, REG Ii, J Huang - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Wavemeters are very important for precise and accurate measurements of both pulses and
continuous-wave optical sources. Conventional wavemeters employ gratings, prisms, and …

Overcoming the speckle correlation limit to achieve a fiber wavemeter with attometer resolution

GD Bruce, L O'Donnell, M Chen, K Dholakia - Optics letters, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The measurement of the wavelength of light using speckle is a promising tool for the
realization of compact and precise wavemeters and spectrometers. However, the resolution …

Optical fiber speckle spectrometer based on reversed-lens smartphone microscope

H Tan, B Li, KB Crozier - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Smartphones are a potentially powerful platform for scientific instruments. Here, we
demonstrate speckle spectroscopy with smartphone-level hardware. This technique …