Spotlight on Optics

Highlighted Articles from Optica Publishing Group Journals

April 2023

Spotlight Summary by Johann Toudert
- Modeling and characterization of OASIS inflatable primary antenna by dual modality metrology
- Inflatable antennas that could lower the cost of astronomical satellites are being developed and tested. In contrast with standard antennas, they are not rigid but consist of two membranes that bend under the pressure...
- Opt. Express 30(19) 33479-33489 (2022) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Johann Toudert
- Multifunctional and tunable ultra-broadband linear to circle polarization converter based on VO2-integrated material
- Polarization converters are key elements for optical and photonic technologies. Transmissive or reflective elements that enable rotating the polarization plane of linearly-polarized light (linear-to-linear conversion)...
- J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 40(2) 388-397 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Rodrigo A. Vicencio
- Experimental realization of a reconfigurable Lieb photonic lattice in a coherent atomic medium
- The fabrication or induction of reconfigurable lattices is an important step forward on lattice dynamics. The opportunity of instantaneously modifying the lattice geometry could allow to switch the dynamical properties...
- Opt. Lett. 48(3) 803-806 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Johann Toudert
- Modeling and characterization of OASIS inflatable primary antenna by dual modality metrology
- Inflatable antennas that could lower the cost of astronomical satellites are being developed and tested. In contrast with standard antennas, they are not rigid but consist of two membranes that bend under the pressure...
- Opt. Express 30(19) 33479-33489 (2022) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Hamidreza Ramezani
- Discrete Talbot effect in reciprocal and nonreciprocal dimer lattices
- The Talbot effect is the classical analog of the temporal quantum revival, a process enabling to retrieve quantum states with high fidelities as needed in any robust quantum device. The Talbot effect is...
- J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 39(12) 3283-3289 (2022) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Francesco Morichetti
- Design and implementation of a Si3N4 three-stigmatic-point arrayed waveguide grating with a resolving power over 17,000
- Photonic integrated circuits are attracting increasing interest in astronomic applications, where device miniaturization is a key issue for reducing cost and improving the stability of the optical measurement systems...
- Opt. Express 31(4) 6389-6400 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Spotlight Summary by Aaron Danner
- Spiral waveguide Bragg grating modulator on thin-film Z-cut lithium niobate
- Single-crystal lithium niobate is an appealing material platform for on-chip photonic elements, such as electro-optic modulators, due to the fact that a voltage applied along the crystal’s z-axis induces a particularly...
- J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 40(5) D38-D43 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF