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Photonics, Volume 12, Issue 4

April 2025 - 110 articles

Cover Story: In the field of short-reach optical communications, self-coherent detection (SCD) systems, which can achieve low-complexity optical field recovery at a low cost, have garnered significant research attention. However, a guard band is required between the carrier and the signal in SCD systems due to the limitations of non-ideal receiver transfer function. In this paper, we propose a spectrum inversion-based double-sideband (SI-DSB) modulation scheme. Through the shifting of the signal to the high-frequency region by means of spectrum inversion, a guard band is created around zero frequency. The results show that the proposed SI-DSB modulation scheme not only achieves comparable performance to the conventional twin-SSB modulation scheme but also significantly reduces DSP complexity. View this paper
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Articles (110)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,342 Views
14 Pages

Modern cellular systems rely on high-capacity and low-latency optical networks to meet ever-increasing data demands. Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN) architectures offer a cost-effective approach for deploying mobile infrastructures. In this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
759 Views
18 Pages

Airborne Constant Ground Resolution Imaging Optical System Design

  • Zhiqiang Yang,
  • Shizhen Gao,
  • Qianxi Chen,
  • Bohan Wu,
  • Qiang Xu,
  • Lei Gong and
  • Lihong Yang

When an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) tilts to capture an image of a ground target, variations in object distance may lead to uneven resolution distribution, with the focal length ranging from zero to the full field of view. The field-of-view focal l...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,433 Views
15 Pages

Until now, achieving both a high spectral resolution on the order of a few wavenumbers and the highest sensitivity in Raman scattering spectroscopy has required reliance on high-end laboratory instruments. Here, we introduce an innovative yet design-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,313 Views
22 Pages

In addressing the design imperatives of automotive headlight miniaturization and energy conservation, this paper puts forth a design methodology for vehicle lighting systems that is predicated on free surface optics and an intelligent optimization al...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,067 Views
10 Pages

Multifunctional Hierarchical Metamaterials: Synergizing Visible-Laser-Infrared Camouflage with Thermal Management

  • Shenglan Wu,
  • Hao Huang,
  • Zhenyong Huang,
  • Chunhui Tian,
  • Lina Guo,
  • Yong Liu and
  • Shuang Liu

With the rapid development of multispectral detection technology, realizing the synergistic camouflage and thermal management of materials in multi-band has become a major challenge. In this paper, a multifunctional radiation-selective hierarchical m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,022 Views
22 Pages

Design of a Polarization-Insensitive and Wide-Angle Triple-Band Metamaterial Absorber

  • Shaoxin Zheng,
  • Manna Gu,
  • Guilan Feng,
  • Mingfeng Zheng,
  • Tianqi Zhao and
  • Xufeng Jing

This paper proposes a tri-band wide-angle polarization-insensitive absorber operating in the C-band and Ku-band, based on the design concept of metal–dielectric–metal. The absorber achieves absorption efficiencies of 99.05%, 99.3%, and 97...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,315 Views
10 Pages

Utility of Low-Cost Multichannel Data Acquisition System for Photoacoustic Computed Tomography

  • Mohsin Zafar,
  • Rayyan Manwar,
  • Seyed Mohsen Ranjbaran and
  • Kamran Avanaki

Typically, multi-single-element photoacoustic computed tomography (PACT) systems utilize numerous ultrasound transducers arranged in cylindrical or hemispherical configurations for detection, combined with a single diffuse light source or multiple sp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,337 Views
14 Pages

An Optically Transparent Metasurface for Microwave Amplitude–Phase Manipulation

  • Hanyu Xue,
  • Jiahao Ge,
  • Yaqiang Zhang,
  • Xianwu Jiang,
  • Cheng Zhang,
  • Hongxing Dong and
  • Long Zhang

Current microwave metasurfaces predominantly suffer from the disadvantages of optically opaque and phase-only modulation, which inevitably hinder their application potential. Herein, we have proposed a simple but efficient strategy for designing a mu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
740 Views
10 Pages

A frequency stabilization scheme for a wideband-tunable optoelectronic oscillator (OEO) based on fundamental and subharmonic RF injection locking is proposed, achieving a tuning range of 2–22 GHz with low phase noise. The injection-locked perfo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
648 Views
15 Pages

Compared with point-to-point underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) systems with a single direction, the underwater multi-faceted optical base station (OBS) offers independent fields of view and directions for each receiving detector, suppo...

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