Optical waves propagating through air or multi-mode fiber can be patterned or decomposed using orthogonal spatial modes, with far-ranging applications in imaging, communication, and directed energy.

Spatial modes have found widespread applications in spatial division multiplexing (SDM), sensing, quantum information processing, and on-chip machine learning. The capability to manipulate multiple ...

Metasurfaces integrated onto guided-wave photonic systems have been investigated for enabling advanced functionalities such as point-by-point optical extraction and manipulation of amplitude, phase, ...

Spatial biology: high parameter spatial analysis of intact specimens, including both image-based and sequencing-based omics methods, have rapidly gained popularity. Developers strive to enable ...

Researchers have developed a microscopic 3D-printed optical device that can efficiently combine light from dozens of small semiconductor lasers into a single multimode optical fiber with very low loss ...

Toward developing chip-integrated and miniaturized nanophotonic devices, the incorporation of metasurfaces onto optical waveguides has attracted widespread attention as a compact platform for ...