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Overview

Yongxiong Ren is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on the subfields of Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Additional research interests include Biomedical Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, and Information Systems.

The main topics in Ren's body of work cover various aspects of optical science and engineering, including:

  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

Ren's recent publications highlight contributions to high-capacity optical communications and photonic crystal fiber technologies. Selected papers include:

  • "Perspectives on advances in high-capacity, free-space communications using multiplexing of orbital-angular-momentum beams" (2021), published in APL Photonics
  • "Enabling Technology in High-Baud-Rate Coherent Optical Communication Systems" (2020), published in IEEE Access
  • "Air-Core Ring Fiber With >1000 Radially Fundamental OAM Modes Across O, E, S, C, and L Bands" (2020), published in IEEE Access
  • "1.6-Octave Coherent OAM Supercontinuum Generation in As2S3 Photonic Crystal Fiber" (2020), published in IEEE Access
  • "Three-Octave Supercontinuum Generation Using SiO2 Cladded Si3N4 Slot Waveguide With All-Normal Dispersion" (2020), published in Journal of Lightwave Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ren include Zhongqi Pan, Changjing Bao, Yuxi Fang, Yingning Wang, and Yang Yue. These collaborations reflect a consistent research partnership across multiple publications.

The venues in which Ren regularly publishes are notable within the optics and photonics research community. The prominent publication outlets are:

  • IEEE Access
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Optics Express
  • Frontiers in Optics / Laser Science
  • OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (AP) 2020 (IPR, NP, NOMA, Networks, PVLED, PSC, SPPCom, SOF)

Best Publications

  • Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing

    Jian Wang;Jian Wang;Jeng-Yuan Yang;Irfan M. Fazal;Nisar Ahmed

  • Terabit-Scale Orbital Angular Momentum Mode Division Multiplexing in Fibers

    Nenad Bozinovic;Yang Yue;Yongxiong Ren;Moshe Tur

  • Optical communications using orbital angular momentum beams

    A. E. Willner;H. Huang;Y. Yan;Y. Ren

  • High-capacity millimetre-wave communications with orbital angular momentum multiplexing

    Yan Yan;Guodong Xie;Martin P. J. Lavery;Hao Huang

  • 100 Tbit/s free-space data link enabled by three-dimensional multiplexing of orbital angular momentum, polarization, and wavelength

    Hao Huang;Guodong Xie;Yan Yan;Nisar Ahmed

  • 4 × 20 Gbit/s mode division multiplexing over free space using vector modes and a q-plate mode (de)multiplexer

    Giovanni Milione;Martin P. J. Lavery;Hao Huang;Yongxiong Ren

  • 4 X 20 Gbit/s mode division multiplexing over free space using vector modes and a q-plate mode (de)multiplexer

    Giovanni Milione;Martin P. J. Lavery;Hao Huang;Yongxiong Ren

  • Mode division multiplexing using an orbital angular momentum mode sorter and MIMO-DSP over a graded-index few-mode optical fibre

    Hao Huang;Giovanni Milione;Martin P. J. Lavery;Guodong Xie

  • Atmospheric turbulence effects on the performance of a free space optical link employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing

    Yongxiong Ren;Hao Huang;Guodong Xie;Nisar Ahmed

  • Mode Properties and Propagation Effects of Optical Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) Modes in a Ring Fiber

    Yang Yue;Yan Yan;N. Ahmed;Jeng-Yuan Yang

  • Orbital Angular Momentum-based Space Division Multiplexing for High-capacity Underwater Optical Communications.

    Yongxiong Ren;Long Li;Zhe Wang;Seyedeh Mahsa Kamali

  • Adaptive-optics-based simultaneous pre- and post-turbulence compensation of multiple orbital-angular-momentum beams in a bidirectional free-space optical link

    Yongxiong Ren;Guodong Xie;Hao Huang;Nisar Ahmed

  • Performance metrics and design considerations for a free-space optical orbital-angular-momentum-multiplexed communication link

    Guodong Xie;Long Li;Yongxiong Ren;Hao Huang

  • Recent advances in high-capacity free-space optical and radio-frequency communications using orbital angular momentum multiplexing

    Alan E. Willner;Yongxiong Ren;Guodong Xie;Yan Yan

  • Adaptive optics compensation of multiple orbital angular momentum beams propagating through emulated atmospheric turbulence.

    Yongxiong Ren;Guodong Xie;Hao Huang;Changjing Bao

  • Line-of-Sight Millimeter-Wave Communications Using Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing Combined With Conventional Spatial Multiplexing

    Yongxiong Ren;Long Li;Guodong Xie;Yan Yan

  • Experimental characterization of a 400 Gbit/s orbital angular momentum multiplexed free-space optical link over 120 m.

    Yongxiong Ren;Zhe Wang;Peicheng Liao;Long Li

  • Free-space optical communications using orbital-angular-momentum multiplexing combined with MIMO-based spatial multiplexing.

    Yongxiong Ren;Zhe Wang;Guodong Xie;Long Li

  • Crosstalk mitigation in a free-space orbital angular momentum multiplexed communication link using 4×4 MIMO equalization

    Hao Huang;Yinwen Cao;Guodong Xie;Yongxiong Ren

  • Phase correction for a distorted orbital angular momentum beam using a Zernike polynomials-based stochastic-parallel-gradient-descent algorithm

    Guodong Xie;Yongxiong Ren;Hao Huang;Martin P. J. Lavery

  • Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation of vortices in an As_2S_3 ring photonic crystal fiber

    Yang Yue;Lin Zhang;Yan Yan;Nisar Ahmed

Frequent Co-Authors

Alan E. Willner
Alan E. Willner University of Southern California
Guodong Xie
Guodong Xie University of Southern California
Moshe Tur
Moshe Tur Tel Aviv University
Yan Yan
Yan Yan University of Southern California
Nisar Ahmed
Nisar Ahmed University of Southern California
Zhe Zhao
Zhe Zhao University of Southern California
Solyman Ashrafi
Solyman Ashrafi NxGen Partners
Yang Yue
Yang Yue Nankai University
Andreas F. Molisch
Andreas F. Molisch University of Southern California
Mark A. Neifeld
Mark A. Neifeld University of Arizona

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