@article{63827,
  abstract     = {{Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) are becoming increasingly important across various sectors of the lighting industry and are being used more frequently. In the field of symbolic projection, research is increasingly focusing on implementing light modulation using energy-efficient, incoherent LEDs rather than lasers. Since light modulation in micro- and nano-optics is typically achieved through phase modulation, Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulations are employed for analysis. The objective of this article is to investigate different approaches for approximating incoherent monochromatic light sources within FDTD simulations. To this end, two approaches based on dipole sources are considered, as well as a method involving plane waves with modulated wavefronts based on Cosine–Fourier functions and a method based on the superposition of Gaussian beams. These methods are evaluated in terms of their accuracy using a two-dimensional double-slit configuration and are compared against a fully incoherent analytical reference.}},
  author       = {{Metzner, Dominik and Potthoff, Jens and Zentgraf, Thomas and Förstner, Jens}},
  issn         = {{2304-6732}},
  journal      = {{Photonics}},
  keywords     = {{tet_topic_opticalantenna, tet_topic_numerics, tet_topic_meta}},
  number       = {{2}},
  publisher    = {{MDPI AG}},
  title        = {{{Approximating Incoherent Monochromatic Light Sources in FDTD Simulations}}},
  doi          = {{10.3390/photonics13020128}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{51204,
  abstract     = {{Given a real semisimple connected Lie group $G$ and a discrete torsion-free
subgroup $\Gamma < G$ we prove a precise connection between growth rates of the
group $\Gamma$, polyhedral bounds on the joint spectrum of the ring of
invariant differential operators, and the decay of matrix coefficients. In
particular, this allows us to completely characterize temperedness of
$L^2(\Gamma\backslash G)$ in this general setting.}},
  author       = {{Lutsko, Christopher and Weich, Tobias and Wolf, Lasse Lennart}},
  journal      = {{Duke Math. Journal }},
  title        = {{{Polyhedral bounds on the joint spectrum and temperedness of locally  symmetric spaces}}},
  volume       = {{(to appear)}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{64864,
  abstract     = {{Probing novel properties, arising from twisted interfaces, has traditionally relied on the stacking of exfoliated two-dimensional materials and the spontaneous formation of van der Waals bonds. So far, investigations involving intimate covalent or ionic bonds have not been a focus. Yet, we show here that an established technique, involving thermocompressional wafer bonding, works well for creating twisted non-van der Waals interfaces. We have successfully bonded z-cut lithium niobate single crystals to create ferroelectric oxide interfaces with strong polar discontinuities and have mapped the associated emergent interfacial conductivity. In some instances, a dramatic change in microstructure occurs, involving local dipolar switching. A twist-induced collapse in the capability of the system to effec8tively screen interfacial bound charge is implied. Importantly, this only occurs around specific moiré twist angles with sparse coincident lattices and associated short-range aperiodicity. In quasicrystals, aperiodicity is known to induce pseudo-bandgaps and we suspect a similar phenomenon here.}},
  author       = {{Rogers, Andrew and Holsgrove, Kristina and Schäfer, Nils A. and Koppitz, Boris and McCluskey, Conor J. and Yedama, Shivani and Lynch, Ronan and Sloan, Keelan and Porter, Barry and Sykes, Adam and Catalan Daniels, Alex and Silva, Romualdo S. and Bruno, Flavio Y. and Seddon, Sam D. and Lu, Haidong and Rüsing, Michael and Fink, Christa and Fahler-Muenzer, Philipp and Fearn, Sarah and Heutz, Sandrine E. M. and Hadjimichael, Marios and Ramasse, Quentin M. and Alexe, Marin and Kumar, Amit and McQuaid, Raymond G. P. and Gruverman, Alexei and Sanna, Simone and Eng, Lukas M. and Gregg, J. Marty}},
  issn         = {{2041-1723}},
  journal      = {{Nature Communications}},
  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}},
  title        = {{{Polar discontinuities, emergent conductivity, and critical twist-angle-dependent behaviour at wafer-bonded ferroelectric interfaces}}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/s41467-026-68553-7}},
  volume       = {{17}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{64873,
  abstract     = {{Continuous flow catalysis utilizing gel-bound organocatalysts within a microfluidic reactor represents a compelling strategy in the realm of organic synthesis. In this study, a quinuclidine-based catalytic monomer (QMA) was synthesized to create polymer gel dots through the process of photopolymerization that serve as a support for the catalyst. The resulting gel-bound organocatalysts were assembled within a continuous microfluidic reactor to facilitate the Baylis–Hillman reaction between various aldehydes and acrylonitrile at a temperature of 50 °C. The conversion of the product was assessed using 1H NMR spectroscopy as an offline analytical method over a duration of 8 h. The findings indicated that highly reactive aldehydes achieved conversion rates exceeding 90%, in contrast to their less reactive counterparts. Furthermore, these results were juxtaposed with previously published data derived from alternative synthetic methodologies, revealing that the continuous microfluidic reactions employing integrated organocatalysts within polymer networks exhibited significantly higher conversions with reduced reaction times (8 h) at the same temperature (50 °C). Additionally, the influence of different geometries (round, triangular, and square) of the gel dots on catalytic activity was investigated, with round and square gel dots demonstrating slightly superior performance compared with triangular gel dots, attributed to their increased surface area. Moreover, an extended reaction period of 6 days was conducted using 4-bromobenzaldehyde and acrylonitrile, resulting in a conversion rate exceeding 70%, which remained stable for 5 days before experiencing a slight decline due to product accumulation on the gel dots.}},
  author       = {{Killi, Naresh and Kumar, Amit and Nebhani, Leena and Obst, Franziska and Richter, Andreas and Reineke Matsudo, Bernhard and Zentgraf, Thomas and Kuckling, Dirk}},
  issn         = {{2470-1343}},
  journal      = {{ACS Omega}},
  number       = {{9}},
  publisher    = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  title        = {{{Integrating an Organocatalyst into a Polymeric Gel Framework for the Continuous Microflow Baylis–Hillman Reaction}}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acsomega.5c09476}},
  volume       = {{11}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{61523,
  abstract     = {{Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Metasurface holography offers a powerful approach for manipulating wavefronts at the nano and micro scale. Extensive research has been conducted to enhance the multiplexing capacity for diverse wavefronts. However, the independence of multiplexed channels is fundamentally restricted in techniques using single‐layer metasurfaces, resulting in unavoidable crosstalk and the need for post‐filtering of the output wavefronts. Here, a universal wavefront multiplexing concept is presented based on non‐injective transformation. By employing joint optimization on two metasurfaces, different channels can be independently designed without any constraints on the output wavefronts. To validate this approach, ultra‐compact orbital angular momentum (OAM) sorters are designed. In these experiments, the output beams from different channels can be independently mapped to 2D positions with high fineness. In another application of wavefront‐multiplexed holography, 10‐channel multiplexing is experimentally achieved with minimal crosstalk and without the need for post‐processing. These results demonstrate the independence between channels enabled by the non‐injective transformation in the method. The precise wavefront control and high multiplexing capacity underscore its potential for scalable wavefront manipulation devices.}},
  author       = {{Jin, Xiao and Zentgraf, Thomas}},
  issn         = {{0935-9648}},
  journal      = {{Advanced Materials}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley}},
  title        = {{{Independent Wavefront Multiplexing with Metasurfaces via Non‐Injective Transformation}}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/adma.202511823}},
  volume       = {{38}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{63531,
  author       = {{Doshi, Siddharth and Güsken, Nicholas Alexander and Dijk, Gerwin and Carlström, Johan and Ortiz-Cárdenas, Jennifer E. and Suzuki, Peter and Li, Bohan and Fordyce, Polly M. and Salleo, Alberto and Melosh, Nicholas A. and Brongersma, Mark L.}},
  issn         = {{0028-0836}},
  journal      = {{Nature}},
  number       = {{8096}},
  pages        = {{345--352}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Science and Business Media LLC}},
  title        = {{{Soft photonic skins with dynamic texture and colour control}}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/s41586-025-09948-2}},
  volume       = {{649}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{63532,
  abstract     = {{Room-temperature lasing is a key milestone in the development of miniaturized optoelectronic and photonic devices. We present a simple approach to synthesize phase-pure quasi-2D layered tin perovskite nanowires with varying quantum well thicknesses (n = 1 to 4). By incorporating a new organic spacer capable of forming a hydrogen-bonded organic framework, this method promoted anisotropic crystal growth and enhanced lattice rigidity. Furthermore, introducing molecular intercalants enabled controlled crystallization into well-defined nanowires that function as Fabry–Pérot cavities. Cavities made from n = 2 to 4 perovskites support efficient and robust near-infrared, room-temperature optically pumped lasing with the threshold as low as 75.8 μJ/cm2, cavity quality factor over 3000, and negligible degradation over 106 pulses. A cleaved coupled nanolaser was fabricated as a proof-of-concept device for photonic applications.}},
  author       = {{Kim, Jeong Hui and Simon, Jeffrey and Shao, Wenhao and Nian, Zhichen and Yang, Hanjun and Chen, Peigang and Triplett, Brandon and Li, Zhixu and Wu, Pengfei and Chen, Yuheng and Farheen, Henna and Pagadala, Karthik and Choi, Kyu Ri and Fruhling, Colton B. and Förstner, Jens and Boltasseva, Alexandra and Savoie, Brett M. and Shalaev, Vladimir M. and Dou, Letian}},
  issn         = {{0002-7863}},
  journal      = {{Journal of the American Chemical Society}},
  keywords     = {{tet_topic_opticalantenna}},
  pages        = {{jacs.5c14431}},
  publisher    = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  title        = {{{Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework Enables Phase-Pure Layered Tin Perovskite Nanowires for Room-Temperature Lasing}}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/jacs.5c14431}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{64877,
  author       = {{Taheri, Behnood and Kopylov, Denis and Hammer, Manfred and Meier, Torsten and Förstner, Jens and Sharapova, Polina R.}},
  journal      = {{arXiv}},
  title        = {{{Gain-induced spectral non-degeneracy in type-II parametric down-conversion}}},
  doi          = {{10.48550/ARXIV.2603.01656}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{64978,
  abstract     = {{The degrees of freedom (DoFs) of light determine the maximum number of independent signal
channels an optical system can support. However, the polarization DoF is intrinsically limited to two by
orthogonality, which causes unavoidable crosstalk and often forces position multiplexing, where different
channels are assigned to distinct spatial locations to suppress crosstalk. This research introduces a multilayer
synchronous polarization projection method that fundamentally increases the DoF for polarization
multiplexing. The DoF equals twice the number of projection layers. We experimentally demonstrate six-
channel polarization multiplexing holography without position multiplexing. The six-channel multiplexing
results indicate that our approach exceeds the conventional polarization multiplexing method, yielding an
average 3.79 dB improvement in extinction ratio across the six channels. Compared with the theoretical
limit of traditional polarization multiplexing, our method reduces crosstalk by an average of 6.52 dB across
all channels in a seven-channel design. The polarization projection method breaks the DoF limitation
of polarization multiplexing, opening a path toward high-dimensional photonic information encoding for
communication, encryption, and imaging.}},
  author       = {{Jin, Xiao and Zentgraf, Thomas}},
  issn         = {{2577-5421}},
  journal      = {{Advanced Photonics}},
  number       = {{02}},
  publisher    = {{SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng}},
  title        = {{{Increasing the design degree of freedom for polarization through multilayer synchronous polarization projection}}},
  doi          = {{10.1117/1.ap.8.2.026010}},
  volume       = {{8}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{65094,
  abstract     = {{<jats:p>
                    The development of practical sensors for optical coherence tomography (OCT) with undetected photons requires miniaturization via integration. To be practical, these sensors must exhibit a large spectral bandwidth and a high brightness, which are linked to a high axial resolution and a sufficient signal-to-noise ratio, respectively. Here, we combine these requirements in a scheme for OCT measurements with undetected photons based on nonlinear
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  author       = {{Roeder, Franz and Pollmann, René and Quiring, Viktor and Eigner, Christof and Brecht, Benjamin and Silberhorn, Christine}},
  issn         = {{2331-7019}},
  journal      = {{Physical Review Applied}},
  number       = {{3}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society (APS)}},
  title        = {{{Toward integrated sensors for optimized optical coherence tomography with undetected photons}}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/cwsx-42c4}},
  volume       = {{25}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{65096,
  abstract     = {{<jats:p>
                    Precise measurements of both the arrival time and carrier frequency of light pulses are essential for time–frequency-encoded quantum technologies. Quantum mechanics, however, imposes fundamental limits on the simultaneous determination of these quantities. In this work, we derive and experimentally verify the quantum uncertainty bounds governing joint time–frequency measurements. We show that when detection is restricted to finite time windows, the problem is naturally described by a quantum rotor, rendering the commonly used Heisenberg uncertainty relation inapplicable. We further propose an optimal detection scheme that saturates these fundamental limits. By sampling the
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                    -function, we demonstrate the reconstruction of the Wigner function beyond the harmonic oscillator. Using an experimental implementation based on a quantum pulse gate, we confirm that the proposed scheme approaches the ultimate quantum limit for simultaneous time–frequency measurements. These results provide a framework for joint time–frequency detection with direct implications for precision measurements and quantum information processing.
                  </jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Folge, Patrick Fabian and Serino, Laura Maria and Mišta, Ladislav and Brecht, Benjamin and Silberhorn, Christine and Řeháček, Jaroslav and Hradil, Zdeněk}},
  issn         = {{2334-2536}},
  journal      = {{Optica}},
  number       = {{3}},
  publisher    = {{Optica Publishing Group}},
  title        = {{{Quantum-limited detection of the arrival time and the carrier frequency of time-dependent signals}}},
  doi          = {{10.1364/optica.579459}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{63451,
  abstract     = {{<jats:p>Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) can enable photon-number resolution (PNR) based on accurate measurements of the detector’s response time to few-photon optical pulses. In this work, we investigate the impact of the optical pulse shape and duration on the accuracy of this method. We find that Gaussian temporal pulse shapes yield cleaner arrival-time histograms and, thus, more accurate PNR, compared to bandpass-filtered pulses of equal bandwidth. For low system jitter and an optical pulse duration comparable to the other jitter contributions, photon numbers can be discriminated in our system with a commercial SNSPD. At 60 ps optical pulse duration, photon-number discrimination is significantly reduced. Furthermore, we highlight the importance of using the correct arrival-time histogram model when analyzing photon-number assignment. Using exponentially modified Gaussian distributions, instead of the commonly used Gaussian distributions, we can more accurately determine photon-number misidentification probabilities. Finally, we reconstruct the positive operator-valued measures of the detector, revealing sharp features that indicate the intrinsic PNR capabilities.</jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Schapeler, Timon and Mischke, Isabell and Schlue, Fabian and Stefszky, Michael and Brecht, Benjamin and Silberhorn, Christine and Bartley, Tim}},
  issn         = {{2835-0103}},
  journal      = {{APL Quantum}},
  number       = {{1}},
  publisher    = {{AIP Publishing}},
  title        = {{{Practical considerations for assignment of photon numbers with SNSPDs}}},
  doi          = {{10.1063/5.0304127}},
  volume       = {{3}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{65095,
  abstract     = {{<jats:p>
                    We provide experimental validation of tight entropic uncertainty relations for the Shannon entropies of observables with mutually unbiased eigenstates in high dimensions. In particular, we address the cases of dimensions
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                    mutually unbiased bases. The experiment is based on pulsed frequency bins measured with a multioutput quantum pulse gate, which can perform projective measurements on a complete high-dimensional basis in the time-frequency domain. Our results fit the theoretical predictions: the bound on the sum of the entropies is never violated and is saturated by the states that minimize the uncertainty relations.
                  </jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Serino, Laura Maria and Chesi, Giovanni and Brecht, Benjamin and Maccone, Lorenzo and Macchiavello, Chiara and Silberhorn, Christine}},
  issn         = {{2469-9926}},
  journal      = {{Physical Review A}},
  number       = {{3}},
  publisher    = {{American Physical Society (APS)}},
  title        = {{{Experimental entropic uncertainty relations in dimensions three to five}}},
  doi          = {{10.1103/f6c4-jtlc}},
  volume       = {{113}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@inproceedings{65357,
  author       = {{Kim, Minjun and Devaraj, Vasanthan and Seo, Hyeon-Seok and Eom, Seongjae and Lee, Jeong-Su and Lee, Donghan and Zentgraf, Thomas and Lee, Jong-Min and Jeon, Min Yong}},
  booktitle    = {{Quantum Sensing and Nano Electronics and Photonics XXII}},
  editor       = {{Razeghi, Manijeh and Khodaparast, Giti A. and Vitiello, Miriam S.}},
  publisher    = {{SPIE}},
  title        = {{{Fabrication of uniform, high-field-enhanced plasmonic satellite clusters using multidewetting}}},
  doi          = {{10.1117/12.3095416}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{65460,
  abstract     = {{Beamsplitters represent fundamental components in both classical and quantum optical systems, enabling the distribution of light, as well as the generation of interference, superposition, and entanglement. However, optical networks constructed from conventional bulk 2 × 2-beamsplitters encounter inherent scalability issues, as the number of required beamsplitters scales quadratically with the number of optical modes for a fully connected network. Metasurfaces offer a promising route to
overcome these constraints. By manipulating light at the wavelength scale, compact optical components with advanced functionalities can be constructed, which address several modes simultaneously. In this work, we design and experimentally utilize a metasurface as a multiport beamsplitter. Furthermore, we realized a multimode interferometer composed of two cascaded metasurfaces. We characterize the individual and cascaded metasurfaces by using classical light, showing controllable splitting ratios through tunable phase relations. We then expand the approach to quantum light, employing single photons to demonstrate second- and third-order photon correlations as well as single photon interference across multiple spatial paths. These results establish metasurface-based multiport beamsplitters as a scalable and reconfigurable platform bridging classical and quantum photonics. }},
  author       = {{Aschwanden, Rebecca and Claro-Rodríguez, Nicolás and Zhao, Ruizhe and Kallert, Patricia Anna Maria and Krieger, Tobias and Buchinger, Quirin and Covre da Silva, Saimon F. and Stroj, Sandra and Rota, Michele and Höfling, Sven and Huber-Loyola, Tobias and Rastelli, Armando and Trotta, Rinaldo and Huang, Lingling and Bartley, Tim and Jöns, Klaus and Zentgraf, Thomas}},
  issn         = {{2330-4022}},
  journal      = {{ACS Photonics}},
  keywords     = {{metasurface, beamsplitter, interferometer, quantum network, single photons, nanophotonics}},
  publisher    = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  title        = {{{Cascaded Metasurface Interferometer for Multipath Interference with Classical and Quantum Light}}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acsphotonics.6c00096}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@article{65316,
  abstract     = {{Metasurfaces are powerful tools for manipulating light using small structures on the nanoscale. In most metasurfaces, near-field couplings are treated as being unfavorable perturbations. Here, we experimentally investigate a structure consisting of sinusoidally modulated silicon waveguides where near-field coupling of local resonances leads to negative coupling, i.e., a negative coupling constant. This gives rise to wave-vector-dependent eigenstates of elliptical, linear, and circular polarizations. In particular, fully circular polarization states are not only present at a single point in momentum space (k-space) but also along a line. This circular polarization line, as well as a linear polarization line, emanates from a polarization degeneracy at the Dirac point. We experimentally validate the existence of these eigenstates and demonstrate the energy-, polarization-, and wave vector dependence of this metasurface as well as its sensitivity to fabrication tolerances. By tuning the incident k-vector, certain polarization-energy eigenstates are strongly reflected, allowing for uses in angle-tunable polarization filters and light sources.}},
  author       = {{Wetter, Helene and Wingenbach, Jan and Rehberg, Falk and Gao, Wenlong and Schumacher, Stefan and Zentgraf, Thomas}},
  issn         = {{2330-4022}},
  journal      = {{ACS Photonics}},
  keywords     = {{metasurface, waveguides, Dirac point, polarization, negative coupling}},
  pages        = {{2128--2133}},
  publisher    = {{American Chemical Society (ACS)}},
  title        = {{{Polarization- and Wave-Vector Selective Optical Metasurface with Near-Field Coupling}}},
  doi          = {{10.1021/acsphotonics.5c02865}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@inproceedings{61922,
  abstract     = {{We present an extremely simple polynomial-space exponential-time
$(1-\varepsilon)$-approximation algorithm for MAX-k-SAT that is (slightly)
faster than the previous known polynomial-space $(1-\varepsilon)$-approximation
algorithms by Hirsch (Discrete Applied Mathematics, 2003) and Escoffier,
Paschos and Tourniaire (Theoretical Computer Science, 2014). Our algorithm
repeatedly samples an assignment uniformly at random until finding an
assignment that satisfies a large enough fraction of clauses. Surprisingly, we
can show the efficiency of this simpler approach by proving that in any
instance of MAX-k-SAT (or more generally any instance of MAXCSP), an
exponential number of assignments satisfy a fraction of clauses close to the
optimal value.}},
  author       = {{Buhrman, Harry and Gharibian, Sevag and Landau, Zeph and Gall, François Le and Schuch, Norbert and Tamaki, Suguru}},
  booktitle    = {{SIAM Symposium on Simplicity in Algorithms (SOSA)}},
  pages        = {{247--253}},
  title        = {{{A Simpler Exponential-Time Approximation Algorithm for MAX-k-SAT}}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@inbook{65521,
  abstract     = {{<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>We present recent progress made towards ultra-broadband photonically assisted analog-to-digital converters, that leverage both the low jitter of best-of-class mode-locked lasers as well as the capability of optics to break down broadband signals into multiple lower speed tributaries that can be better handled by electronics. We review in particular our work on both time- and frequency-domain approaches and give an outlook on how these architectures can be extended to include further signal processing tasks such as equalization. Optically triggered track-and-hold amplifiers are reported with an equivalent jitter below 80 fs rms in a signal frequency range from 20 GHz to 70 GHz. Frequency-domain architectures implementing optical arbitrary waveform measurement up to signal bandwidths of 610 GHz are also shown. Finally, an architecture allowing the deserialization and equalization of PAM4 signals is introduced and modeled for operation in 400 Gb/s links.</jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Witzens, Jeremy and Drayss, Daniel and Fang, Dengyang and Moscoso Mártir, Alvaro and Müller, Juliana and Weizel, Maxim and Zazzi, Andrea and Freude, Wolfgang and Koos, Christian and Randel, Sebastian and Scheytt, J. Christoph}},
  booktitle    = {{Electronic-Photonic Integrated Systems for Ultrafast Signal Processing}},
  editor       = {{Scheytt, J. Christoph and Kress, Christian and Berroth, Manfred and Pachnicke, Stephan and Witzens, Jeremy}},
  isbn         = {{9783032083395}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Nature Switzerland}},
  title        = {{{Ultra-Broadband Photonically Assisted Analog-to-Digital-Converters}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-032-08340-1_3}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@inbook{65518,
  abstract     = {{<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title>
                  <jats:p>Optically assisted digital-to-analog converters (DACs) using Nyquist pulse sequences (NPSs) are presented and investigated. Therefore, NPSs are mathematically described and analyzed. Based on this, the operating principle of a precise optical Nyquist pulse synthesizer digital-to-analog converter (PONyDAC) is described. Possible architectures of PONyDAC are derived and compared in terms of performance and practicability. Moreover, the limits of PONyDAC systems and their superiority over classical electronic DACs are discussed. Furthermore, discrete building-block based implementations and monolithic implementations in electronic-photonic integrated circuits (EPICs) are presented. To enable a practicable monolithic integration, a shrinkage of the Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZMs) has been performed by applying forward-biased phase shifters (FB-PSs). These FB-PSs are analyzed and modeled to allow the precise and reliable design of PONyDAC systems with multiple MZMs. Finally, data conversion and data transmission experiments are carried out to demonstrate the systems functionality, quantify its performance, and prove their superiority over purely electronic DACs.</jats:p>}},
  author       = {{Scheytt, J. Christoph and Schwabe, Tobias and Singh, Karanveer and Kress, Christian and Schneider, Thomas}},
  booktitle    = {{Electronic-Photonic Integrated Systems for Ultrafast Signal Processing}},
  editor       = {{Scheytt, J. Christoph and Kress, Christian and Berroth, Manfred and Pachnicke, Stephan and Witzens, Jeremy}},
  isbn         = {{9783032083395}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Nature Switzerland}},
  title        = {{{Precise Optical Nyquist Pulse Synthesizer Digital-to-Analog Converter}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-032-08340-1_4}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

@book{65256,
  editor       = {{Scheytt, J. Christoph and Kress, Christian and Berroth, Manfred and Pachnicke, Stephan and Witzens, Jeremy}},
  isbn         = {{9783032083395}},
  publisher    = {{Springer Nature Switzerland}},
  title        = {{{Electronic-Photonic Integrated Systems for Ultrafast Signal Processing}}},
  doi          = {{10.1007/978-3-032-08340-1}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

