Optical solitons represent a unique phenomenon in nonlinear optics whereby light waves maintain their integrity over long distances by balancing dispersion with nonlinear effects. When these solitons ...

Microscope image of the laser written waveguide array (left) fabricated in glass by researchers at Penn State to have a geometry that leads to the topological protection of light. Laser light ...

In the realm of physics, synthetic dimensions (SDs) have emerged as one of the frontiers of active research, offering a pathway to explore phenomena in higher-dimensional spaces, beyond the ...

FIG.1. (a) Schematic representation of the third generation of the Sierpinski gasket waveguide arrays with r=0.3a, 0.5a, 0.6a. Blue and orange sectors of these arrays represent the first and ...

The researchers explore how topological phases of light in nonlinear optical media undergo the process of modulational instability. We are most familiar with the four conventional phases of matter: ...

A new technical paper titled “Programmable high-dimensional Hamiltonian in a photonic waveguide array” was published by researchers at RMIT University, ETH Zurich, Griffith University, Heriot-Watt ...