Various kinds of optical devices have been designed for unique functionality based on a
deeper understanding of optical principles. Recently, the research of functional optics has …

Realization of single-mode, high-power and high-beam-quality (namely, high-brightness)
semiconductor lasers, which can rival or even replace bulky lasers such as gas, solid, and …

Photovoltaic laser power converters (PVLPCs) are the core element of power-by-light (PBL)
systems, which are basically made up of a power laser, an optical fiber, and a PVLPC. PBL …

Achieving high brightness (where brightness is defined as optical power per unit area per
unit solid angle) in semiconductor lasers is important for various applications, including …

The transition from a liquid to a glass in colloidal suspensions of particles interacting through
a hard core plus an attractive square-well potential is studied within the mode-coupling …

Large-area lasers are practical for generating high output powers. However, this often
comes at the expense of lower beam quality due to the introduction of higher-order modes …

Ground-breaking optical wireless power transfer (OWPT) techniques have gained significant
attention from both academia and industry in recent decades. Powering remote systems …

The application of wireless backhaul communication and power transfer to outdoor small
cells (SCs) could significantly decrease their installation cost. In this paper, the concept of …

Abstract Design and technology developments targeted at increasing both power
conversion efficiency and optical output power of GaAs-based diode lasers are under …

A root-cause analysis of thermal power saturation in broad area diode lasers is presented.
Thermal power saturation limits in largest parts the optical power in continuous wave (CW) …