Spotlight on Optics

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Spotlight Summary by You Zhou
- Analog image processing with nonlinear nonlocal flat optics
- Optical analog computing has emerged as a promising solution to overcome the limitations of digital data processing due to its inherent parallelization and energy efficiency. Recent advances in flat optics have...
- Opt. Mater. Express 14(1) 92-100 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Juejun Hu
- Sb2S3 as a low-loss phase-change material for mid-IR photonics
- Low loss properties of the phase change material Sb₂S₃ were demonstrated in the mid-IR. Chalcogenide optical phase change materials feature large, nonvolatile refractive index modulation upon...
- Opt. Mater. Express 14(4) 862-870 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Haoran Ren
- Spin–orbital angular momentum degeneracy breaking in nanoplasmonic metachain
- Breaking the spin-orbital angular momentum degeneracy in a novel plasmonic metachain. Plasmonic metasurfaces hold great promise for both fundamental investigation of light's spin-orbit interactions and applied...
- Opt. Lett. 49(2) 198-201 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Marcelo Ciappina
- Resonant high-order harmonic generation by indium ions
- Unlocking the secrets of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in intense laser fields unveils a pathway to coherent collimated XUV beams of femtosecond or attosecond time durations. While noble gas jets dominate...
- J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 41(3) 560-565 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Stefano Dal Conte
- Wavelength-tunable ultrafast two arm fiber laser system for transient interferometric scattering microscopy on nanoscopic objects
- Nanoscale low dimensional materials such as semiconducting quantum dots, nanowires, graphene and 2D transition metal dichalcogenides hold immense promise for being the primary building blocks of novel optoelectronic and...
- J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 41(2) 493-499 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Yating Wan
- Single-mode InGaAsP/InP BH lasers based on high-order slotted surface gratings
- Recent research has led to the fabrication of a single-mode InGaAsP/InP buried heterostructure (BH) laser with high-order slotted surface gratings. This development represents an important step forward in the field of...
- Opt. Lett. 49(2) 286-289 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Lin Xu and Huanyang Chen
- Shifty invisibility cloaks
- Invisibility has always been an intriguing and challenging optical phenomenon. Since the proposal of transformation optics theory, the enthusiasm continues to be devoted to various strategies for achieving invisibility....
- Opt. Express 32(1) 11-25 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Prasanna Rangarajan
- Single-shot non-line-of-sight imaging based on chromato-axial differential correlography
- The core elements of an imaging system, which include an illumination source and a lens assembly, have remained virtually unchanged for centuries. The design of the lens assembly is optimized for Line-of-Sight...
- Photon. Res. 12(1) 106-114 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Yating Wan
- Single-mode InGaAsP/InP BH lasers based on high-order slotted surface gratings
- Recent research has led to the fabrication of a single-mode InGaAsP/InP buried heterostructure (BH) laser with high-order slotted surface gratings. This development represents an important step forward in the field of...
- Opt. Lett. 49(2) 286-289 (2024) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF