Multi-dimensional wavefront sensing using volumetric meta-optics

Kavli Affiliate: Andrei Faraon | First 5 Authors: Conner Ballew, Gregory Roberts, Andrei Faraon, , | Summary: The ideal imaging system would efficiently capture information about all fundamental properties light: intensity, direction, wavelength, and polarization. Most common imaging systems only map the spatial degrees of freedom of light onto a two dimensional image sensor, with […]


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Multi-dimensional wavefront sensing using volumetric meta-optics

Kavli Affiliate: Andrei Faraon | First 5 Authors: Conner Ballew, Gregory Roberts, Andrei Faraon, , | Summary: The ideal imaging system would efficiently capture information about all fundamental properties light: intensity, direction, wavelength, and polarization. Most common imaging systems only map the spatial degrees of freedom of light onto a two dimensional image sensor, with […]


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Dynamically Stable Radiation Pressure Propulsion of Flexible Lightsails for Interstellar Exploration

Kavli Affiliate: Harry A. Atwater | First 5 Authors: Ramon Gao, Michael D. Kelzenberg, Harry A. Atwater, , | Summary: Lightsail spacecraft, propelled to relativistic velocities via photon pressure using high power density laser radiation, offer a potentially new route to space exploration within and beyond the solar system, extending to interstellar distances. Such missions […]


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Forecasting subcritical cylinder wakes with Fourier Neural Operators

Kavli Affiliate: Morteza Gharib | First 5 Authors: Peter I Renn, Cong Wang, Sahin Lale, Zongyi Li, Anima Anandkumar | Summary: We apply Fourier neural operators (FNOs), a state-of-the-art operator learning technique, to forecast the temporal evolution of experimentally measured velocity fields. FNOs are a recently developed machine learning method capable of approximating solution operators […]


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Three-dimensional integration enables ultra-low-noise, isolator-free Si photonics

Kavli Affiliate: Kerry J. Vahala | First 5 Authors: Chao Xiang, Warren Jin, Osama Terra, Bozhang Dong, Heming Wang | Summary: While photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are being widely used in applications such as telecommunications and datacenter interconnects, PICs capable of replacing bulk optics and fibers in high-precision, highly-coherent applications will require ultra-low-noise laser sources […]


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Three-dimensional integration enables ultra-low-noise, isolator-free Si photonics

Kavli Affiliate: Kerry J. Vahala | First 5 Authors: Chao Xiang, Warren Jin, Osama Terra, Bozhang Dong, Heming Wang | Summary: While photonic integrated circuits (PICs) are being widely used in applications such as telecommunications and datacenter interconnects, PICs capable of replacing bulk optics and fibers in high-precision, highly-coherent applications will require ultra-low-noise laser sources […]


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Cavity-soliton-enhanced mid-IR molecular sensing

Kavli Affiliate: Alireza Marandi | First 5 Authors: Robert M. Gray, Mingchen Liu, Selina Zhou, Arkadev Roy, Luis Ledezma | Summary: Optical molecular sensing is one of the most promising techniques for a wide range of applications, from fundamental studies to medical and environmental analysis. In the optical spectrum, the mid-infrared is particularly important for […]


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Quadratic-soliton-enhanced mid-IR molecular sensing

Kavli Affiliate: Alireza Marandi | First 5 Authors: Robert M. Gray, Mingchen Liu, Selina Zhou, Arkadev Roy, Luis Ledezma | Summary: Optical solitons have long been of interest both from a fundamental perspective and because of their application potential. Both cubic (Kerr) and quadratic nonlinearities can lead to soliton formation, but quadratic solitons can practically […]


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Unravelling the deterministic effect of the solid-state diffusion energy barrier for charge carrier on the self-discharge of supercapacitors

Kavli Affiliate: Wei Gao | First 5 Authors: Xiaohui Yan, Yue He, Xuncheng Liu, Siqi Jing, Jiajian Guan | Summary: The further development of fast electrochemical devices is hindered by self-discharge. Current strategies for suppressing self-discharge are mainly focused on the extrinsic and general mechanisms including faradaic reactions, charge redistribution, and ohmic leakage. However, the […]


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Resonance fluorescence of a chiral artificial atom

Kavli Affiliate: Mohammad Mirhosseini | First 5 Authors: Chaitali Joshi, Frank Yang, Mohammad Mirhosseini, , | Summary: We demonstrate a superconducting artificial atom with strong unidirectional coupling to a microwave photonic waveguide. Our artificial atom is realized by coupling a transmon qubit to the waveguide at two spatially separated points with time-modulated interactions. Direction-sensitive interference […]


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