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The Journal of the Optical Society of America B emphasizes research on the fundamentals of the interaction of radiation with matter such as quantum optics, nonlinear optics, and laser physics. Topics include atom optics and cold atoms, metamaterials, nanophotonics, photonic crystals, spectroscopy, THz optics, ultrafast phenomena, and other related subjects.

Editor-in-Chief: Grover Swartzlander, Rochester Institute of Technology
ISSN: 0740-3224 | eISSN: 1520-8540
Frequency: Rapid article-at-a-time publication; Monthly issues
2011 ISI Impact Factor: 2.185

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Broadband highly transparent sapphires with biomimetic antireflective compound submicrometer structures for optical and optoelectronic applications
We reported the broadband highly transparent sapphires with biomimetic antireflective compound submicrometer... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1665-1670 (2013)

Influence of structural fluctuations on Q factor of nanocavities at the surface of three-dimensional photonic crystals
We investigate the influence of structural fluctuations on the Q factor of nanocavities at the surface of 3D... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1660-1664 (2013)

Propagation-induced changes in the instantaneous polarization state, phase, and carrier–envelope phase of few-cycle pulsed beams
We describe the temporal evolution of the electric field of few-cycle optical pulses with arbitrary,... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1652-1659 (2013)

Characterization of self-phase modulation in liquid filled hollow core photonic band gap fibers: erratum
In our paper devoted to the characterization of self-phase modulation in liquid filled hollow core photonic... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1651-1651 (2013)

Simulation of self-organized parallel waveguides targeting nanoscale luminescent objects
We simulated self-organized parallel waveguides constructed from two parallel input waveguides with a core... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1643-1650 (2013)

Complete pump depletion by autoresonant second harmonic generation in a nonuniform medium
In this paper, we develop for the first time to our knowledge an analytical theory of second harmonic... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1637-1642 (2013)

Design of photonic directional couplers as phase selectors
A phase selector is designed by relatively sliding two coupled identical photonic crystal waveguides (PCWs)... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1631-1636 (2013)

Coherent infrared spectroscopy system from terahertz to near infrared using air plasma produced by 10-fs pulses
We generated ultrabroadband coherent infrared pulses in a spectral range of 1–200 THz through the... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1627-1630 (2013)

Spin–orbit mode selection with a modified Sagnac interferometer
We report on a modified Sagnac interferometer used to sort spin–orbit modes of a paraxial beam. The... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1623-1626 (2013)

Wigner function, optical tomography of two-variable Hermite polynomial state, and its decoherence effects studied by the entangled-state representations
We analytically investigate the Wigner function (WF) and the optical tomography for the two-variable Hermite... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1614-1622 (2013)

Dynamical regimes of a multistripe laser array with external off-axis feedback
We theoretically study the dynamics of a multistripe laser array with an external cavity formed by either one... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1606-1613 (2013)

Verification of effective refraction index approach to the surface plasmon propagation in ultrathin tapered metal–dielectric–metal slot waveguides
We verify the effective refraction index approach (ERIA) developed for surface plasmon propagation in... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1601-1605 (2013)

Terahertz wave excitation from preexisting air plasma
Terahertz (THz) wave generation process in air plasma was studied using femtosecond laser pulse pairs. The... JOSA B, Vol. 30 Issue 6, pp.1595-1600 (2013)

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Topics in Current Issue

Vol. 30, Iss. 5 — May. 1, 2013  pp: 1085–1391

	Atomic and Molecular Physics (3)
	Diffraction and Gratings (1)
	Fiber Optics and Optical Communications (2)
	Image Processing (1)
	Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology (1)
	Integrated Optics (1)
	Lasers and Laser Optics (7)
	Materials (3)
	Nonlinear Optics (9)
	Optical Design and Fabrication (1)
	Optical Devices (1)
	Optics at Surfaces (2)
	Photonic Crystals (2)
	Physical Optics (2)
	Quantum Optics (4)
	Spectroscopy (1)
	Ultrafast Optics (2)

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50th Anniversary of Nonlinear Optics (Invitation Only)
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Lasers: The Next Fifty Years
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Quantum Optical Information Technologies
	Giovanna Morigi, Andrew Jordan, and Philippe Grangier Published

Plasmonics and Metamaterials
	Allan Boardman, Mark Brongersma, Mark Stockman, and Martin Wegener Published

Terahertz Wave Photonics
	Rene Beigang, Koichiro Tanaka, and X.-C. Zhang Published

Slow Light and Its Applications
	Robert W. Boyd, Lene Hau, and Hailin Wang Published

Ultrafast Optics and High-Field, Short-Wavelength Physics
	Jorge J. Rocca, Fiorenzo Omenetto, Todd Ditmire, and Daniel Kane Published

Measurement of Ultrashort Electromagnetic Pulses
	Rick Trebino, Ian Walmsley, and John Dudley Published

Photonic Metamaterials: from Random to Periodic
	Vladimir M. Shalaev, Azriel Genack, and Evgenii Narimanov Published

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