20 years of developments in optical frequency comb technology and applications

T Fortier, E Baumann - Communications Physics, 2019 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs were developed nearly two decades ago to support the world's
most precise atomic clocks. Acting as precision optical synthesizers, frequency combs …

Bound states in the continuum

CW Hsu, B Zhen, AD Stone, JD Joannopoulos… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Bound states in the continuum (BICs) are waves that remain localized even though they
coexist with a continuous spectrum of radiating waves that can carry energy away. Their very …

Optical fibres with embedded two-dimensional materials for ultrahigh nonlinearity

Y Zuo, W Yu, C Liu, X Cheng, R Qiao, J Liang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Nonlinear optical fibres have been employed for a vast number of applications, including
optical frequency conversion, ultrafast laser and optical communication,,–. In current …

Negative curvature fibers

C Wei, RJ Weiblen, CR Menyuk, J Hu - Advances in Optics and …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We describe the history, guiding mechanism, recent advances, applications, and future
prospects for hollow-core negative curvature fibers. We first review one-dimensional slab …

Graphene photonic crystal fibre with strong and tunable light–matter interaction

K Chen, X Zhou, X Cheng, R Qiao, Y Cheng, C Liu… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The integration of photonic crystal fibre (PCF) with various functional materials has greatly
expanded the application regimes of optical fibre,,,,,,,,,,–. The emergence of graphene (Gr) …

3D printed waveguides based on photonic crystal fiber designs for complex fiber-end photonic devices

A Bertoncini, C Liberale - Optica, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Optical waveguide segments based on geometrically unbound photonic crystal fiber (PCF)
designs could be exploited as building blocks to realize miniaturized complex devices that …

Ultrafast nonlinear optics in gas-filled hollow-core photonic crystal fibers

JC Travers, W Chang, J Nold, NY Joly, PSJ Russell - JOSA B, 2011 - opg.optica.org
We review the use of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) in the field of ultrafast gas-
based nonlinear optics, including recent experiments, numerical modeling, and a discussion …

Deep-ultraviolet to mid-infrared supercontinuum generated in solid-core ZBLAN photonic crystal fibre

X Jiang, NY Joly, MA Finger, F Babic, GKL Wong… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Silica-based photonic crystal fibre has proven highly successful for supercontinuum
generation, with smooth and flat spectral power densities. However, fused silica glass …

Modulation instability, Akhmediev Breathers and continuous wave supercontinuum generation

JM Dudley, G Genty, F Dias, B Kibler, N Akhmediev - Optics express, 2009 - opg.optica.org
Numerical simulations of the onset phase of continuous wave supercontinuum generation
from modulation instability show that the structure of the field as it develops can be …

Nonlinear Group IV photonics based on silicon and germanium: from near-infrared to mid-infrared

L Zhang, AM Agarwal, LC Kimerling, J Michel - Nanophotonics, 2014 - degruyter.com
Group IV photonics hold great potential for nonlinear applications in the near-and mid-
infrared (IR) wavelength ranges, exhibiting strong nonlinearities in bulk materials, high index …