Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Transitions between mode-locked and noise-like pulsed states in a multimode fiber laser.

Optics letters·2026

Same author

Spatio-spectral light-by-light moulding in multimode fibre.

Nature communications·2026

Same author

Challenges and Prospects of Using Novel Nonlinear Effects in Multimode Optical Fibers for Multiphoton Endomicroscopy.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)·2026

Same author

Thyroid Nodule Characterization: Which Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System (TIRADS) Is More Accurate? A Comparison Between Radiologists with Different Experiences and Artificial Intelligence Software.

Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)·2025

Same author

Sub-nanosecond all-optically reconfigurable photonics in optical fibres.

Nature communications·2025

Same author

Simple and Cost-Effective Design of a THz-Metamaterial-Based Hybrid Sensor on a Single Substrate.

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)·2025

Same journal

Recent Progress in on-Demand Transfer-Enabled Integration of Wavelength-Scale Light Sources.

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)·2026

Same journal

Tunable skyrmion bag textures in surface phonon polariton lattices.

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)·2026

Same journal

All-Optical Diffractive Operators for Rapid, Computer-Free Morphological Transformations.

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)·2026

Same journal

Tunable Skyrmion, Meron, and Skyrmion Bag Textures in Surface Phonon Polariton Lattices.

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)·2026

Same journal

Deep-Subwavelength Slot-Enhanced Broadband Dynamic Camouflage Metasurface Across the S, C, X, and Ku Bands.

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)·2026

Same journal

Machine Learning-Driven Cooling Window Design Beyond Hyperbolic Metamaterials.

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)·2026

See all related articles

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Sep 11, 2025

Transmission of Multiple Signals through an Optical Fiber Using Wavefront Shaping

Transmission of Multiple Signals through an Optical Fiber Using Wavefront Shaping

Published on: March 20, 2017

Intermodal all-optical pulse switching and frequency conversion using temporal reflection and refraction in multimode

Alexis C Sparapani¹, Yifan Sun², Fabio Mangini¹

¹DIET Department, Sapienza University of Rome, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184, Rome, Italy.

Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)

|August 13, 2025

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Nonlinear multimode optical fibers offer new ways to control light pulses by using unique modal properties. This research introduces novel all-optical switching and frequency conversion techniques in these fibers.

Keywords:

Kerr effect multimode fibers nonlinear optics optical fibers optical switching temporal reflections

More Related Videos

Microwave Photonics Systems Based on Whispering-gallery-mode Resonators

Microwave Photonics Systems Based on Whispering-gallery-mode Resonators

Published on: August 5, 2013

Low-cost Custom Fabrication and Mode-locked Operation of an All-normal-dispersion Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Multiphoton Microscopy

Low-cost Custom Fabrication and Mode-locked Operation of an All-normal-dispersion Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Multiphoton Microscopy

Published on: November 22, 2019

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Sep 11, 2025

Transmission of Multiple Signals through an Optical Fiber Using Wavefront Shaping

Transmission of Multiple Signals through an Optical Fiber Using Wavefront Shaping

Published on: March 20, 2017

Microwave Photonics Systems Based on Whispering-gallery-mode Resonators

Microwave Photonics Systems Based on Whispering-gallery-mode Resonators

Published on: August 5, 2013

Low-cost Custom Fabrication and Mode-locked Operation of an All-normal-dispersion Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Multiphoton Microscopy

Low-cost Custom Fabrication and Mode-locked Operation of an All-normal-dispersion Femtosecond Fiber Laser for Multiphoton Microscopy

Published on: November 22, 2019

Area of Science:

Nonlinear optics
Optical fiber communications

Background:

Temporal analogies of reflection and refraction are established for single-mode optical fibers.
Multimode optical fibers offer complex light propagation dynamics not fully exploited for nonlinear control.

Purpose of the Study:

To extend temporal reflection and refraction analogies to nonlinear multimode optical fibers.
To explore the use of modal properties in multimode fibers for controlling optical pulse interactions.
To develop novel all-optical switching and frequency conversion schemes.

Main Methods:

Numerical solution of the multimode nonlinear Schrödinger equations.
Analysis of pulse propagation considering group velocities, dispersion, and effective mode areas.
Investigation of the Kerr effect in graded-index multimode fibers.

Main Results:

Demonstration that nonlinear multimode fibers provide new degrees of freedom for optical pulse control.
Identification of how modal properties (group velocity, dispersion, mode area) influence pulse interactions.
Validation of the Kerr effect's role in enabling novel nonlinear phenomena.

Conclusions:

Nonlinear multimode fibers are a powerful platform for advanced optical signal processing.
The findings enable the design of innovative all-optical switching and frequency conversion devices.
This work provides a theoretical framework and practical insights for future optical technologies.