Prof. Hui Cao Profile

Prof. Hui Cao

Professor, Applied Physics/Physics/Electrical Engg at Yale Univ

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (58)

Proceedings Article | 13 May 2024 Presentation

Mitigating stimulated Brillouin scattering in single-frequency multimode fiber amplifier with diffraction-limited output

Chun-Wei Chen, Peyman Ahmadi, Kabish Wisal, Stefan Rothe, A. Douglas Stone, Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12865, PC128650D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001018

KEYWORDS: Multimode fibers, Laser scattering, Light scattering, Single mode fibers, Scattering, Wavefronts, Laser induced damage, Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Collimation

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2024 Presentation

Suppressing nonlinear effects in multimode fiber amplifiers with high beam quality

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12865, PC1286502 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000254

KEYWORDS: Multimode fibers, Wavefronts, Pulsed laser operation, Laser scattering, Laser radiation, Laser induced damage, Fiber amplifiers, Collimation

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2024 Presentation

Controlling output beam profile of multimode fiber amplifier with enhanced threshold for transverse mode instability

Chun-Wei Chen, Kabish Wisal, A. Douglas Stone, Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12865, PC128650B (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3001019

KEYWORDS: Transverse mode instability, Multimode fibers, Wavefronts, Simulations, Laser systems engineering, High power fiber lasers, Gaussian beams, Gain switching, Fiber amplifiers, Complex systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation

Customizing laser speckle statistics

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12901, PC1290106 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3008922

KEYWORDS: Speckle pattern, Speckle, Design and modelling, Statistical methods, Spatial resolution, Optical microscopy, Optical manipulation, Optical imaging, Microscopy, Light sources and illumination

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Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Presentation

Parallel random LiDAR with spatial multiplexing

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12912, PC1291236 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3011732

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2023 Presentation

Wavefront shaping to enhance light remission from deep inside diffusive media

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12648, PC126480D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678003

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Medium wave, Signal to noise ratio, Signal detection, Optical coherence, Neuroimaging, Near infrared spectroscopy, Diffuse optical tomography, Diffuse optical imaging, Brain

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Proceedings Article | 20 March 2023 Presentation

Optimal input excitation for SBS suppression in multimode fibers

Kabish Wisal, Chun-Wei Chen, Zeyu Kuang, Stephen Warren-Smith, Owen Miller, Hui Cao, A. Douglas Stone

Proceedings Volume PC12415, PC1241509 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649470

KEYWORDS: Multimode fibers, Wavefronts, Transform theory, Step index fibers, Scattering, MATLAB, Computer programming

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2023 Presentation

Transverse mode instability suppression using wavefront shaping in multimode fiber amplifiers

Kabish Wisal, Chun-Wei Chen, Hui Cao, A. Douglas Stone

Proceedings Volume 12400, 124000P (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2649461

KEYWORDS: Amplifiers, Wavefronts, Multimode fibers, Thermal optics, Scattering, Refractive index, Numerical simulations, Laser scattering, High power fiber lasers, Diffraction gratings

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2023 Presentation

Enhancing light remission to probe deep inside diffusive media

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12447, PC124471Q (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2657393

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2022 Presentation

Depth-targeted energy delivery deep inside random scattering media

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12197, PC121970R (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633643

KEYWORDS: Scattering media, Wavefronts, Waveguides, Scattering, Physics, Diffusion, Destructive interference

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Proceedings Article | 25 May 2022 Presentation

Controlling semiconductor laser dynamics by cavity geometry

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12141, PC121410M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2627149

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Nonlinear control, Quantum wells, Optical microcavities, Light-matter interactions, High power lasers, Gallium arsenide, Beam controllers

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2022 Presentation

Lasing modes in wave-chaotic semiconductor microcavities

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC11995, PC1199501 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2615434

KEYWORDS: Optical microcavities, Semiconductors, Spatial coherence, Laser stabilization, High power lasers, Wavefronts, Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, Speckle imaging, Solid state lasers, Semiconductor lasers

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2022 Presentation

Generalized theory of SBS in multimode fiber amplifiers

Kabish Wisal, Stephen Warren-Smith, Chun-Wei Chen, Ryan Behunin, Hui Cao, A. Douglas Stone

Proceedings Volume PC11995, PC1199504 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2608336

KEYWORDS: Multimode fibers, Fiber amplifiers, Acoustics, Optical amplifiers, Nonlinear optics, Wavefronts, Scattering, Polarization, Modes of laser operation, Electrostriction

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Proceedings Article | 1 April 2022 Presentation

Tailoring semiconductor laser cavity for ultrafast parallel random number generation

Kyungduk Kim, Stefan Bittner, Yongquan Zeng, Stefano Guazzotti, Ortwin Hess, Qi Jie Wang, Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC11987, PC1198709 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2606219

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Ultrafast phenomena, Streak cameras, Stochastic processes, Picosecond phenomena, Multiplexing, Light-matter interactions, Fabry–Perot interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2022 Presentation

Customizing optical memory effect of scattering media for imaging applications

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume PC12016, PC1201624 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2615435

KEYWORDS: Wavefronts, Scattering media, Optical storage, Light scattering, Tissue optics, Speckle pattern, Speckle, Scattering, Optical sensing, Optical metrology

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Proceedings Article | 1 August 2021 Presentation

Suppressing meta-holographic artifacts by laser coherence tuning

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 11797, 117970O (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594027

KEYWORDS: Spatial coherence, Temporal coherence, Superluminescent diodes, Optical storage, Optical manipulation, Nonlinear optics, Multiplexing, Light emitting diodes, Holography, Dispersion

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Proceedings Article | 5 March 2021 Presentation

Circumventing the optical diffraction limit with customized speckles

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 11700, 117003W (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2586488

KEYWORDS: Speckle pattern, Diffraction, Spatial light modulators, Optical vortices, Microscopy, Luminescence, Geometrical optics, Super resolution, Spiral phase plates, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 25 August 2020 Open Access

Harnessing disorder for photonic applications (Conference Presentation)

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 11461, 1146102 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2571328

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2020 Presentation

Creating and controlling complex light

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 11462, 114621J (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2569016

KEYWORDS: Speckle pattern, Speckle, Spatial light modulators, Microscopy, Computer programming, Correlation function, Speckle imaging, Super resolution, Compressed sensing, Optical microscopy

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Proceedings Article | 27 March 2020 Presentation

Nonlinear pulse measurement with a multimode fiber (Conference Presentation)

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 11296, 1129621 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2552613

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2020 Presentation

Single-shot full-field measurement with a multimode fiber (Conference Presentation)

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 11249, 1124902 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2548332

KEYWORDS: Multimode fibers, Speckle, Optical testing, Cameras, Fourier transforms, Temporal resolution, Speckle pattern

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Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Presentation

Spatio-temporal lasing dynamics in wave-chaotic and disordered cavities (Conference Presentation)

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 11082, 1108207 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2525131

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Fiber lasers, Solid state lasers, Materials processing, Laser based displays, Laser therapeutics, Solid state electronics, Nonlinear dynamics, Wave propagation, Phase shift keying

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2019 Presentation

Speckle-based spectrometer (Conference Presentation)

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 10934, 1093415 (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2515430

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Light scattering, Multimode fibers, Speckle pattern, Multiple scattering, Optical fibers, Waveguides

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SPIE Journal Paper | 9 January 2019 Open Access

Remote key establishment by random mode mixing in multimode fibers and optical reciprocity

Yaron Bromberg, Brandon Redding, Sebastien M. Popoff, Ningbo Zhao, Guifang Li, Hui Cao

OE, Vol. 58, Issue 01, 016105, (January 2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.58.1.016105

KEYWORDS: Multimode fibers, Information security, Signal to noise ratio, Beam splitters, Wavelength division multiplexing, Speckle pattern, Imaging spectroscopy, Quantum key distribution, Single mode fibers, Optical engineering

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 2018 Presentation

Customizing speckle intensity statistics and correlations (Conference Presentation)

Nicholas Bender, Hasan Yilmaz, Yaron Bromberg, Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 10723, 1072304 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2322913

KEYWORDS: Speckle, Speckle pattern, Modulation, Spatial light modulators, Modulators, Optical microscopy, Microscopy, Optical imaging, Optical manipulation

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2018 Presentation

Using a multimode fiber to measure the spectral phase of ultrafast optical pulses (Conference Presentation)

Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 10669, 106690R (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2304672

KEYWORDS: Phase measurement, Multimode fibers, Speckle pattern, Ultrafast phenomena, Ultrafast measurement systems, Optical fibers, Calibration, Speckle, Optical sensing

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Proceedings Article | 15 March 2018 Presentation

Correlation-enhanced control of wave focusing in disordered media (Conference Presentation)

A. Douglas Stone, Chiawei Hsu, Seng-Fatt Liew, Arthur Goetschy, Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 10502, 105020T (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2293693

KEYWORDS: Light scattering, Scattering, Spatial light modulators, Wavefronts, Speckle, Adaptive optics, Phototherapy, Cryptography, Speckle pattern, Scattering media

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Proceedings Article | 14 March 2018 Presentation

Transverse localization of transmission Eigenchannels (Conference Presentation)

Hasan Yilmaz, Chia Wei Hsu, Alexey Yamilov, Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 10502, 105020V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2288767

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric propagation, Scattering media, Light wave propagation, Tissue optics, Scattering, Telecommunications, Light scattering, Adaptive optics, Wavefronts, Speckle

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Proceedings Article | 26 April 2017 Presentation

Classical key distribution in optical communication (Conference Presentation)

Guifang Li, Yaron Bromberg, Brandon Redding, Sébastien Popoff, Ningbo Zhao, Hui Cao

Proceedings Volume 10130, 1013002 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2256632

KEYWORDS: Optical communications, Telecommunications, Lithium, Channel projecting optics, Photonics, Current controlled current source

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