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20192026
most citedIncoherent mode division multiplexing for high-security information encryption

19 citations · 90 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

physics.optics2026

Radially correlated partially coherent beams with a deterministic vortex structure

Xinru Lian, Yaning Zhou, Xin Liu +7

Partially coherent beams have attracted considerable attention due to their intrinsic resilience against complex environmental perturbations. However, the intrinsic wavefront fluct…

physics.optics2026

Abnormal motions of optical vortex-antivortex-coupled wavepackets in the parabolic potential

Haolin Lin, Junhui Jia, Chunhao Liang +4

The (quasi)particles or structured wavepackets in parabolic potential exhibit well-known harmonic oscillations, typically described by the Lissajous equations. However, such conven…

physics.optics2026

Source coherence orchestrates nonlinear random wave revivals

Yanlin Bai, Tianyu Cao, Pujuan Ma +4

We demonstrate that the Talbot length of periodic wave packets, long believed to be solely determined by their periodicity, is strongly affected by the source coherence in the nonl…

physics.optics2026

General framework for incoherent topological structured light and optical information encoding

Ao Zhou, Dong Xu, Yaning Zhou +8

Topology provides a powerful language for describing global invariants in physical systems, yet optical topology has been explored predominantly with fully coherent light. Recent s…

physics.optics2026

Coherence toroidal vortices and statistic-veiled correlation topologies

Keyu Zhou, Yaning Zhou, Ao Zhou +7

Toroidal vortices in fluid and gas dynamics underpin a broad spectrum of scientific and technological fields, from elementary particle physics to condensed matter systems, and have…

physics.optics2026

Regular and irregular revivals of quasi-periodic random waves

Yanlin Bai, Yangjian Cai, Chunhao Liang +1

Paraxial wave packets with discrete spatial, temporal, or spatiotemporal spectra are known to undergo periodic axial revivals on propagation in either free space or linear transpar…

physics.optics2025★ 2 cited

Spatiotemporally Localized Optical Links and Knots

Yaning Zhou, Nianjia Zhang, Ao Zhou +7

Optical links and knots have attracted growing attention owing to their exotic topologic features and promising applications in next-generation information transfer and storage. Ho…

physics.optics2025★ 9 cited

Propagation Dynamics of Photonic Toroidal Vortices Mediated by Orbital Angular Momenta

Xin Liu, Nianjia Zhang, Qian Cao +4

The dynamics of vortex rings in fluids have long captivated researchers due to the intriguing complexity of their behavior, despite the apparent simplicity of their structure. In o…

physics.optics2025

On-Demand Pulse Shaping with Partially Coherent Pulses in Nonlinear Dispersive Media

Qian Chen, Yanlin Bai, Xiaohan Wang +4

In this Letter, we employ the complex screen method to investigate the dynamic evolution of partially coherent pulses with specified properties as they propagate through a nonlinea…

physics.optics2024★ 6 cited

Ultrafast bursts of tailored spatiotemporal vortex pulses

Xin Liu, Chunhao Liang, Qian Cao +2

Orbital angular momentums (OAMs) of light can be categorized into longitudinal OAM (L-OAM) and transverse OAM (T-OAM). Light carrying time-varying L-OAM, known as self-torqued ligh…

physics.optics2023★ 11 cited

Axial correlation revivals and number factorization with structured random waves

Xin Liu, Chunhao Liang, Yangjian Cai +1

We advance a general theory of field correlation revivals of structured random wave packets, composed of superpositions of propagation-invariant modes, at pairs of planes transvers…

physics.optics2023★ 19 cited

Incoherent mode division multiplexing for high-security information encryption

Xin Liu, Sergey A. Ponomarenko, Fei Wang +2

In the age of information explosion, the conventional optical communication protocols are rapidly reaching the limits of their capacity, as almost all available degrees of freedom…

physics.optics2021★ 16 cited

Airy beams on incoherent background

Morteza Hajati, Vincent Sieben, Sergey A. Ponomarenko

We present a class of diffraction-free partially coherent beams each member of which is comprised of a finite power, non-accelerating Airy bump residing on a statistically homogene…

physics.optics2021★ 13 cited

Perfect optical coherence lattices

Liang Chunhao, Liu Xin, Xu Zhiheng +4

We advance and experimentally implement a protocol to generate perfect optical coherence lattices (OCL) that are not modulated by an envelope field. Structuring the amplitude and p…

physics.optics2021★ 11 cited

Temporal boundary solitons and extreme super-thermal light statistics

Chunhao Liang, Sergey A. Ponomarenko, Fei Wang +1

We discover the formation of a temporal boundary soliton (TBS) in the close proximity of a temporal boundary, moving in a nonlinear optical medium, upon high-intensity pulse collis…

physics.optics2019★ 3 cited

Rogue waves, self-similar statistics, and self-similar intermediate asymptotics

Chunhao Liang, Sergey A. Ponomarenko, Fei Wang +1

We advance a statistical theory of extreme event emergence in random nonlinear wave systems with self-similar intermediate asymptotics. We show, within the framework of a generic (…