Coherent beam combining (CBC) technology overcomes the barrier of single-channel fiber lasers by combining multiple laser beams on a target plane using active phase control algorithms.
Related recent articles:
B. Kim, J. Na, C. Jun, and Y. Jeong, "Direct phase-locking algorithm for tiled-aperture coherent beam combining systems," J. Lightwave Technol. 43(18), 8575-8585 (2025). [Link]
M. Yeo, H. Kim, and Y. Jeong, "Phase control algorithms for CBC systems based on evolutionary strategy for implementation on FPGA boards," J. Lightwave Technol. 43(18), 8563-8574 (2025). [Link]
Diverse optical phenomena such as Brillouin-enhanced four-wave mixing, supercontinuum generation, rogue waves, and solitons can occur from the interplay of linear and nonlinear light-matter interactions in optical fibers.
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K. Park, A. V. Harish, J. Nilsson, and Y. Jeong, "Study on the asymptotic behavior of the interplay of stimulated Brillouin scattering and Brillouin-enhanced four-wave mixing in standard single-mode fibers," J. Korean Phys. Soc. 80, 37-52 (2022). [Link]
K. Park, J. Na, J. Kim, and Y. Jeong, "Numerical study on supercontinuum generation in active high nonlinear photonic crystal fiber with anomalous dispersion," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 56(2):6800109 (2020). [Link]
In the opposite regime of high-power lasers, where the emission intensity is in the order of individual photons, it is essential to quantize the electromagnetic field as well as the energy levels of the emitter. Application of quantum optics such as squeezed state generation are currently being studied.
Related recent articles:
H. An and Y. Jeong, "Numerical study of superradiant mixing by an unsynchronized superradiant state of multiple atomic ensembles," Opt. Express 28(15), 22276-22286 (2020). [Link]
Current topics of interest in laser applications include: optical neural networks, laser ablation, burst pulses, and laser-assisted SEM.
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S. Hong, H. Kim, K. Park, Y. Kwon, H. Chang, S. Piao, Y. Lee, S. Oh and Y. Jeong, "Spatiotemporal laser speckle flowmetry based on elastic-walled U-shaped tubing apparatus, optical method for urinary flow measurement," vol 57, mo.10, pp.104110, 2018, Optical Engineering. [Link]