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Both the simulated and measured results show an excellent performance of retroreflection along the three channels, regardless of the polarization state of incident waves. This method offers a fast implementation for retrodirective characteristics with facile planar fabrication and can also be easily extended to THz or optical regimes.We propose a nanogap-enhanced phase-change waveguide with silicon PIN heaters. Thanks to the enhanced light-matter interaction in the nanogap, the proposed structure exhibits strong attenuation (Δα = ∼35 dB/µm) and optical phase (Δneff = ∼1.2) modulation at λ = 1550 nm when achieving complete phase transitions. We further investigate two active optical devices based on the proposed waveguide, including an electro-absorption modulator and a 1 × 2 directional-coupler optical switch. Finite-difference time-domain simulation of the proposed modulator shows a high extinction ratio of ∼17 dB at 1550 nm with an active segment of volume only ∼0.004λ3. By exploiting a directional coupler design, we present a 1 × 2 optical switch with an insertion loss of less then 4 dB and a compact coupling length of ∼ 15 µm while maintaining small crosstalk less than -7.2 dB over an optical bandwidth of 50 nm. Thermal analysis shows that a 10 V pulse of 30 ns (1×1 modulator) and 55 ns (1×2 switch) in duration is required to raise the GST temperature of the phase-change waveguide above the melting temperature to induce the amorphization; however, the complete crystallization occurs by applying a 5 V pulse of 180 ns (1×1 modulator) and a 6 V pulse of 200 ns (1×2 switch), respectively.For the ill-posed inverse problem of LII-based nanoparticle size measurement, recovered primary particle size distribution (PPSD) is sensitive to the uncertainty of LII model parameters. In the absence of reliable prior knowledge, the thermal accommodation coefficient (TAC) and fractal-dependent shielding factor are often required to be inferred simultaneously with the PPSD. In the simplified LII model for low fluence regime, TAC and fractal-dependent shielding factor are combined to define a new fractal-dependent TAC. The present study theoretically verified the feasibility of inferring PPSD and fractal-dependent TAC from the normalized LII signals. Moreover, the inversion is independent of prior knowledge of most full LII model parameters, which is attributed to low laser fluence, normalized signal, and fractal-dependent TAC.Spoof surface plasmon polariton (SSPP) is kind of sub-wavelength electromagnetic (EM) mode, which is favorable for miniaturization and thinning of EM devices. In this paper, we propose a method of designing thin planar retro-reflector that can operate under multiple incidence angles at the same frequency. The retro-reflector is composed of a transmissive phase gradient metasurface (TPGM) placed above a metallic patch array (MPA), where the former couples and decouples SSPPs while the latter supports eigen-mode propagation of SSPPs. Under oblique incident angles, the TGPM can impart 0 and π Pancharatnam-Berry (P-B) phases alternatively, producing P-B phase gradients along its surface. Incident waves can be coupled as SSPPs propagating on the MPA which will be reflected at the borders of the MPA, thus the wave-vector of SSPPs is reversed. In this way, retro-reflection can be realized under the two incidence angles θ=±45.0°. Moreover, due to mode mismatch between the TPGM and MPA under normal incidence, the retro-reflector acts like a planar metallic plate under θ=0°. To verify this method, a prototype was designed, fabricated and measured. Both the simulation and measurement results verify significant backscattering enhancement under θ=±45.0° and 0° at 10.0 GHz. This work provides an alternative method of designing planar retro-reflectors and may find applications in wireless communication, target tracking, etc.We report a new design optimization process for planar photonic waveguides applied to waveguide-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (WERS) that combines the optimization of both the surface intensity performance and the grating coupling efficiency. We consider the impact of film thickness on the grating coupling efficiency of two materials with different refractive indices, namely tantalum pentoxide (Ta2O5) and silicon (Si). We propose a new figure-of-merit (FOM) that takes into account both the coupling efficiency and surface intensity dependence for Raman excitation on the film thickness. Selleckchem PX-12 Our study shows that the optimum surface-sensitive waveguide thickness is thinner than the optimum coupling efficiency thickness for both material systems. As an example, for a tantalum pentoxide waveguide operating at 785 nm, our optimization strategy proposes a 20% increase in waveguide core thickness relative to the optimum surface-sensitive thickness to achieve the best performance in WERS applications.The subwavelength imaging phenomenon in Maxwell's fisheye lens with one drain has been reported previously. In this paper, we theoretically find that coherent perfect absorbers (CPAs) perform well in generalized Maxwell's fisheye (GMFE) lenses. Such CPAs are embedded inside the GMFE lenses to absorb the incoming coherent waves. They can be served as drains and dramatically improve the resolution of images in the GMFE lenses. In particular, they can be applied to realize the subwavelength imaging. We also study the multiple imaging characteristics of GMFE lenses with several CPAs in wave optics. Full-wave simulations were performed to verify the imaging functionalities.We present a femtosecond, 11.48 GHz intra-burst repetition rate deep UV source at 258 nm based on forth-harmonic generation (FHG) of an electro-optic (EO) comb operating in burst mode. Second-harmonic generation (SHG) of the burst-mode EO comb in LiB3O5 (LBO) leads to 3.7 W average power and 242 fs root-mean-square pulse duration. A second stage of SHG is further performed using two separate β-BaB2O4 (BBO) crystals, delivering deep UV pulses at 523 mW and 294 mW, with estimated pulse durations of half-ps and sub-300 fs, respectively. At divided pulse repetition rates of 5.7 GHz and 2.9 GHz, FHG is also demonstrated, highlighting the potential of flexible repetition rate operation at the GHz level.