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Transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) nanotubes offer a unique platform to explore the properties of TMD materials at the one-dimensional limit. Despite considerable efforts thus far, the direct growth of TMD nanotubes with controllable chirality remains challenging. Here we demonstrate the direct and facile growth of high-quality WS2 and WSe2 nanotubes on Si substrates using catalytic chemical vapour deposition with Au nanoparticles. The Au nanoparticles provide unique accommodation sites for the nucleation of WS2 or WSe2 shells on their surfaces and seed the subsequent growth of nanotubes. We find that the growth mode of nanotubes is sensitive to the temperature. With careful temperature control, we realize ~79% WS2 nanotubes with single chiral angles, with a preference of 30° (~37%) and 0° (~12%). Moreover, we demonstrate how the geometric, electronic and optical properties of the synthesized WS2 nanotubes can be modulated by the chirality. We anticipate that this approach using Au nanoparticles as catalysts will facilitate the growth of TMD nanotubes with controllable chirality and promote the study of their interesting properties and applications.
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Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are considered promising building blocks for next-generation photonic and optoelectronic devices, owing to their fascinating optical properties. However, their inherent weak light absorption and low quantum yield severely hinder their practical applications. Here, we report up to 18000-fold photoluminescence (PL) enhancement in a monolayer WSe2-coupled plasmonic nanocavity. A spectroscopy-assisted nanomanipulation technique enables the assembly of a nanocavity with customizable resonances to simultaneously enhance the excitation and emission processes. In particular, precise control over the magnetic cavity mode facilitates spectral and spatial overlap with the exciton, resulting in plasmon-exciton intermediate coupling that approaches the maximum emission rate in the hybrid system. Meanwhile, the cavity mode exhibits high radiation directivity, which overwhelmingly directs surface-normal PL emission and leads to a 17-fold increase in the collection efficiency. Our approach opens up a new avenue to enhance the PL intensity of monolayer TMDs, facilitating their implementation in highly efficient optoelectronic devices.
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Orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexed holograms have attracted a great deal of attention recently due to their physically unbounded set of orthogonal helical modes. However, preserving the OAM property in each pixel hinders fine sampling of the target image in principle and requires a fundamental filtering aperture array in the detector plane. Here, we demonstrate the concept of metasurface-based vectorial holography with cylindrical vector beams (CVBs), whose unlimited polarization orders and unique polarization distributions can be used to boost information storage capacity. Although CVBs are composed of OAM modes, the holographic images do not preserve the OAM modes in our design, enabling fine sampling of the target image in a quasi-continuous way like traditional computer-generated holograms. Moreover, the images can be directly observed by passing them through a polarizer without the need for a fundamental mode filter array. We anticipate that our method may pave the way for high-capacity holographic devices.
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Folded lenses offer advantages in terms of lightness and thinness, but they have limitations when it comes to correcting aberrations. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to address this issue by incorporating metasurfaces in the design of folded optical systems. Specifically, a folded refractive-metasurface hybrid annular aperture folded lens (AFL) is introduced. The structural characteristics of the AFL imaging system are analyzed to investigate the blocking ratio, thickness, and light collection capability of the ring aperture system. Additionally, a hybrid optical integration design using Zemax software is proposed for the metasurfaces. A quadruple-folded AFL working in the mid-infrared waveband is then designed. The superstructure surface is analyzed, and its processability is discussed. The results demonstrate that the reflective-metasurface hybrid AFL significantly improves the imaging quality of this type of optical system while meeting the required design accuracy.
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The optical effect analogous to electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in atomic systems has attracted broad attention in the field of photonics due to its promising applications in optical storage and integrated devices. Herein, we firstly report the experimental observation of the EIT-like effect generated from the coupling between surface plasmons (SPs) and Tamm plasmons (TPs) in a hybrid multilayer system at the near-infrared band. This multilayer system is composed of a nanofabricated silver grating on a silver/Bragg mirror with a SiO2 spacer. The experimental results show that a narrow reflection peak can appear in the wide reflection spectral dip due to the coupling between the SPs in the silver grating and TPs in the silver/Bragg mirror, which agree well with the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations. It is also found that the dip position of the EIT-like spectrum presents a redshift with the increase of the silver grating width. These results will provide a new way, to the best of our knowledge, for the generation of the EIT-like effect and light spectral manipulation in multilayer structures.
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Improving the conversion efficiency is particularly important for the generation and applications of harmonic waves in optical microstructures. Herein, we propose to enhance the efficiency of third harmonic generation by integrating a monolayer WS2 with the metal/dielectric/photonic crystal multilayer structure. The numerical simulations show that the multilayer structure enables to generate the Tamm plasmon mode between the metal film and photonic crystal around the telecommunication wavelength, which is consistent with the experimental result. By measuring with a self-built nonlinear optical micro-spectroscopy system, we find that the third harmonic signal can be reinforced by 16-fold through inserting the monolayer WS2 in the dielectric spacer. This work will provide a new way for improving nonlinear optical response, especially THG in multilayer photonic microstructures.
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We propose a new, to the best of our knowledge, type of metalens of which the phase profile is extracted from the higher-order Bessel function. A light beam passing through this metalens would focus along the circular trajectory and produces a tightly focusing field. Utilizing phase binarization, we provide a method to design the geometric-phase dielectric metasurface both for phase and polarization modulations. We demonstrate two metalenses for circularly and radially polarized output beams at 633â nm, with the measured 0.737λ and 0.616λ focal spots, respectively. Theoretically, it can realize a super-diffraction-limit spot (0.38λ). This work can extend the way of realizing tightly focused optical devices.
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Surface plasmon resonance holographic microscopy (SPRHM) has been employed to measure the refractive index but whose performance is generally limited by the metallic intrinsic loss. Herein we first, to our knowledge, utilize guided wave resonance (GWR) with low loss to realize the monitoring of the refractive index by integrating with digital holographic microscopy (DHM). By depositing a dielectric layer on a silver film, we observe a typical GWR in the dielectric layer with stronger field enhancement and higher sensitivity to the surrounding refractive index compared to the silver film-supported SPR, which agrees well with calculations. The innovative combination of the GWR and DHM contributes to the highly sensitive dynamic monitoring of the surrounding refractive index variation. Through the measurement with DHM, we found that the GWR presents an excellent sensitivity, which is 2.6 times higher than that of the SPR on the silver film. The results will pave a new pathway for digital holographic interferometry and its applications in environmental and biological detections.
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We demonstrate the post-induction of high-quality microcavities on a silicon photonic crystal (PC) waveguide by integrating a few-layer GaSe crystal, which promises efficient on-chip optical frequency conversions. The integration of GaSe shifts the dispersion bands of the PC waveguide mode into the bandgap, resulting in localized modes confined by the bare PC waveguides. Thanks to the small contrast of refractive index at the boundaries of the microcavity, it is reliable to obtain quality factors exceeding 104. With the enhanced light-GaSe interaction by the microcavity modes and GaSe's high second-order nonlinearity, remarkable second-harmonic generation (SHG) and sum-frequency generation (SFG) are achieved with continuous-wave (CW) lasers.
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Wetting films can develop in the corners of pore structures during imbibition in a strongly wetting porous medium, which may significantly influence the two-phase flow dynamics. Due to the large difference in scales between main meniscus and corner film, accurate and efficient modeling of the dynamics of corner film remains elusive. In this work, we develop a novel two-pressure dynamic pore network model incorporating the interacting capillary bundle model to analyze the competition between the main meniscus and corner film flow in real porous media. A pore network with four-point star-shaped pore bodies and throat bonds is extracted from the real porous medium based on the pore shape factor and pore cross-sectional area, which is then decomposed into several layers of sub-pore networks, where the first layer of sub-pore network simulates the main meniscus flow while the upper layers characterize the corner film flow. The two-phase flow conductance of throat bonds for different layers of sub-pore networks are determined by high-resolution two-phase lattice Boltzmann modeling, thus inherently considering the viscous coupling effect. In addition, two artificial neural network models are developed to predict the two phases' flow conductance based on the shape of the throat cross section and the fluid properties. The accuracy of the developed model is validated with a lattice Boltzmann simulation of imbibition in a strongly wetting square tube. Then the model is used to simulate imbibition in a strongly wetting sandstone porous medium, and the competition between the main meniscus and the corner film flow is analyzed. The results show that with decreasing capillary number and viscosity ratio between wetting and nonwetting fluids, the development of the wetting corner film becomes more significant.
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BACKGROUND: To identify incidence and underlying risk factors for unsuspected placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) and compare the maternal outcomes between suspected and unsuspected cases in three large academic referral centers. METHODS: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in three university-based tertiary referral centers from Jan 1st, 2013, to Dec 31st, 2022. All cases of PAS confirmed by pathology were included in the study. Unsuspected PAS cases were diagnosed at the time of delivery, while suspected cases served as the control group. Potential risk factors were compared between the two groups. Multivariable regression model was also performed to identify risk factors. Maternal outcomes were also evaluated. RESULTS: A total of 339 pathology-confirmed PAS cases were included in the study out of 415,470 deliveries, of which 35.4% (n = 120) were unsuspected cases. Unsuspected PAS cases were 7.9 times more likely to have a history of intrauterine adhesions (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 7.93; 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.35-26.81), 7.0 times more likely to have a history of clinically confirmed PAS (aOR, 6.99; 95% CI 2.85-17.18), 6.3 times more likely to have a posterior placenta (aOR, 6.30; 95% CI 3.48-11.40), and 3.4 times more likely to have a history of placenta previa (aOR, 3.41; 95% CI 1.18-9.82). On the other hand, cases with gravidity > 3, placenta previa, and/or a history of previous cesarean delivery were more likely to be diagnosed antenatally (aOR 0.40, 0.19, 0.36; 95% CI 0.22-0.74, 0.09-0.40, 0.19-0.70). Although the suspected PAS group had a higher proportion of invasive cases and abdominal and pelvic organ injuries (74.4% vs. 25.8%, p < 0.001; 6.8% vs. 1.7%, p = 0.037), the maternal outcomes were more favorable in the sPAS group, with a lower median volume of 24-hour blood loss and blood product transfusion (estimated blood loss in 24 h, 1000 [800-2000] vs. 2000 [1400-2400], p < 0.001; RBC unit transfusion, 0 [0-800] vs. 800 [600-1000], p < 0.001; fresh-frozen plasma transfusion, 0 [0-450] vs. 600 [400-800], p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings indicate that 35% of patients with PAS were unsuspected prior to delivery. Factors associated with PAS being unsuspected prior to delivery include a history of intrauterine adhesions, a history of clinically confirmed PAS, a posterior placenta, and a history of placenta previa. Additionally, gravidity > 3, a history of previous cesarean delivery, and placenta previa increase the likelihood of antenatal diagnosis.
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Placenta Acreta , Placenta Prévia , Doenças Uterinas , Feminino , Humanos , Gravidez , Transfusão de Componentes Sanguíneos , Incidência , Placenta Acreta/epidemiologia , Placenta Prévia/epidemiologia , Plasma , Estudos RetrospectivosRESUMO
With unique electronic and optical attributes and dangling-bond-free surface, two-dimensional (2D) materials have broadened the functionalities of photodetectors. Here, we report a quadratically nonlinear photodetector (QNPD) composed of a van der Waals (vdW) stacked GaSe/InSe heterostructure. Compared with the reported 2D material-based photodetectors, the extra second-harmonic generation (SHG) process in GaSe/InSe leads to the quadratically nonlinear function between photocurrent and optical intensity, extending the photodetection wavelength from 900 to 1750 nm. The QNPD is highly sensitive to the variation of optical intensity with improved spatial resolution. With the light-light interaction in SHG converted into electrical signal directly, we also demonstrate the QNPD as an autocorrelator for measuring ultrafast pulse widths and an optoelectronic mixer of two modulated pulses for signal processings. The simultaneous involvement of light-light interaction and photoelectric conversion in the vdW stacked QNPD promises its potential to simplify the optoelectronic systems.
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We proposed a digital-optical co-design that can effectively improve the image quality of refractive-diffractive hybrid imaging systems over a wide ambient temperature range. Diffraction theory was used to establish the degradation model and blind deconvolution image recovery algorithm was used to perform recovery for simulated images. The peak signal-to-noise ratio (PSNR) and structural similarity (SSIM) were used to evaluate the algorithm performance. A cooled athermalization dual-band infrared optical system with a double-layer diffractive optical element (DLDOE) was designed, and the results show an overall improvement for both PSNR and SSIM overall the whole ambient temperature range. This demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed method for the image quality improvement of hybrid optical systems.
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Photon-exciton coupling behaviors in optical nanocavities attract broad attention due to their crucial applications in light manipulation and emission. Herein, we experimentally observed a Fano-like resonance with asymmetrical spectral response in an ultrathin metal-dielectric-metal (MDM) cavity integrated with an atomic-layer tungsten disulfide (WS2). The resonance wavelength of an MDM nanocavity can be flexibly controlled by adjusting dielectric layer thickness. The results measured by the home-made microscopic spectrometer agree well with the numerical simulations. A temporal coupled-mode theoretical model was established to analyze the formation mechanism of Fano resonance in the ultrathin cavity. The theoretical analysis reveals that the Fano resonance is attributed to a weak coupling between the resonance photons in the nanocavity and excitons in the WS2 atomic layer. The results will pave a new way for exciton-induced generation of Fano resonance and light spectral manipulation at the nanoscale.
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We theoretically investigate the propagation dynamics of vectorial Mathieu and Weber tightly autofocusing beams, which are constructed based on nonparaxial Weber and Mathieu accelerating beams, respectively. They can automatically focus along the paraboloid and ellipsoid, and the focal fields represent the tightly focusing properties resembling that generated with a high NA lens. We demonstrate the influence of the beam parameters on the spot size and energy proportion of longitudinal component of the focal fields. It reveals that Mathieu tightly autofocusing beam supports a more superior focusing performance, of which the longitudinal field component with superoscillatory feature could be enhanced by decreasing the order and selecting the suitable interfocal separation of the beam. These results are expected to provide new insights for the autofocusing beams and the tight focusing of the vector beams.
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The performance of an open-loop fiber-optic gyroscope is strongly dependent on the optical characteristics of its polarizer. Here we report the implementation of an in-house fabricated 45° tilted-fiber-grating-based polarizer, for the first time on an ultra-fine diameter polarization-maintaining fiber platform in an open-loop fiber-optic gyroscope. This special in-line polarizer is proven to have the merits of high extinction ratio, broad spectrum, bendability, stretchability, temperature insensitivity, and high reliability, all of which make it a perfect match for practical fiber optic gyros that need to be packaged compactly without affecting performance. Our prototype fiber optic gyroscope has a compact volume of only Ï35 × 20 mm2, achieving a bias instability of less than 0.1 °/h, full temperature bias stability of less than 1 °/h, and scale factor linearity of better than 200â ppm. This compact and high-performance fiber gyro enabled by TFG polarizer may promise great potential in the field of automation and control.
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Bimetallic film with high stability and sensitivity is often used to excite surface plasmon resonance (SPR). The thicknesses of the bimetallic film play an important role in quantitative retrieval of the sample's parameters, and a precise measurement method is not available until now. In this paper, we propose a method for measuring the thicknesses of bimetallic film using surface plasmon resonance holographic microscopy (SPRHM). Considering that the refractive index of the dielectric upon the bimetallic film sensitively modulates the SPR phase response, the two thickness parameters of bimetallic film can be calculated by two phase-contrast SPR images with two different liquid dielectrics. The capability of this method was verified with several Ag-Au film couples by using a compact SPRHM setup. Our work provides a precise characterization method for the parameters of SPR configuration and may find wide applications in the research fields of SPR sensing and imaging.
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Manipulating polarization is of significance for the application of light. Spin-orbit coupling provides a prominent pathway for manipulating the polarization of light field but generally requires tight focusing conditions or anisotropic media. In this paper, we construct ring Airy beams with hybrid polarizations and reveal the controllable polarization transforms in their autofocusing dynamics by manipulating concomitant spin-orbit coupling in free space. The numerical and experimental results show that the polarization transform is dependent on the azimuthal orders of amplitude and vortex phases of two spin constituents of ring Airy beams, that the focal spots present pure linear polarization whose orientation is determined by the initial phase when the vortex phase topological charge is equal to the amplitude angular factor, otherwise, the focal fields present cylindrical vector polarizations whose orders depend on the difference of amplitude angular orders and topological charges. Our work provides new insights for studying spin-orbit interactions and the depolarization of complex polarization.
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We demonstrate a unique pulse-splitting mechanism dominated by the linear coupling between two vector modes in a mode-locked fiber laser using polarization-maintaining fiber. As the linear coupling strength increases, the pulse experiences larger perturbations and manifests as stronger spectral sidebands. Correspondingly, the temporal pedestals possessing a higher intensity become untrapped and eventually evolve into a stable pulse. Such linear coupling-related pulse splitting is ubiquitous both in normal- and anomalous-dispersion regimes, fundamentally differing from that induced by the excessive nonlinear phase shift. Experimental observations fully sustain numerical results and provide a flexible approach to managing the number and energy of vector solitons.
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We propose a model-enhanced network with unpaired single-shot data for solving the imaging blur problem of an optical sparse aperture (OSA) system. With only one degraded image captured from the system and one "arbitrarily" selected unpaired clear image, the cascaded neural network is iteratively trained for denoising and restoration. With the computational image degradation model enhancement, our method is able to improve contrast, restore blur, and suppress noise of degraded images in simulation and experiment. It can achieve better restoration performance with fewer priors than other algorithms. The easy selectivity of unpaired clear images and the non-strict requirement of a custom kernel make it suitable and applicable for single-shot image restoration of any OSA system.