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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: Henry van Driel, University of Toronto
ISSN: 0740-3224 | eISSN: 1520-8540
Frequency: Rapid article-at-a-time publication; Monthly issues
2010 ISI Impact Factor: 2.097

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Supermodes of hexagonal lattice waveguide arrays
We present a semianalytical formulation for calculating the supermodes and corresponding Bloch factors of... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1338-1346 (2012)

Anomalous self-steepening, temporal pulse splitting and ring formation in a left-handed metamaterial with cubic nonlinearity
In this paper, starting with the Maxwell equations and the corresponding nonlinear wave equation, we derive a... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1330-1337 (2012)

Scattering in step-index polymer optical fibers by side-illumination technique: theory and application
In this paper we present a detailed theoretical study that describes the generation of scattered light in... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1316-1329 (2012)

Fiber-laser-based noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectrometry instrumentation for Doppler-broadened detection in the 10⁻¹²  cm⁻¹ Hz^−1/2 region
A fiber-laser-based noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectrometry (FL-NICE-OHMS)... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1305-1315 (2012)

Efficient Lanczos–Fourier expansion-based transmission line formulation for full-wave modal analysis of optical waveguides
The Fourier expansion-based transmission line (TL) formulation has been modified using the Lanczos correction... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1296-1304 (2012)

Optical bistability based on guided-mode resonances in photonic crystal slabs
Optical bistability of nonlinear guided-mode resonances in photonic crystal slabs (PCSs) are numerically... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1291-1295 (2012)

Dielectric waveguide bending adapter with ideal transmission: practical design strategy of area-preserving affine transformation optics
Transformation optics has inspired numerous conceptual devices since the first theoretical model of... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1287-1290 (2012)

Application of optical-field-ionization-induced spectral broadening in helium gas to the postcompression of high-energy femtosecond laser pulses
We report a detailed numerical study on the postcompression of high-energy (∼30 mJ) femtosecond laser pulses... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1277-1286 (2012)

Modeling of amplified spontaneous emission, heat deposition, and energy extraction in cryogenically cooled multislab Yb³⁺:YAG laser amplifier for the HiLASE Project
A three-dimensional ray-tracing code for determination of amplified spontaneous emission in a multislab laser... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1270-1276 (2012)

Localized surface plasmon modes in a system of two interacting metallic cylinders
We study an optical response of a system of two parallel close metallic cylinders having nanoscale... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1263-1269 (2012)

High stability soliton frequency-shifting mechanisms for laser synchronization applications
We analyze frequency-shifting mechanisms in photonic crystal fibers (PCFs). In contrast to the generally used... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1257-1262 (2012)

Generation of a two-dimensional limited-diffraction beam with self-healing ability by annular-type photonic crystals
In this work, we present the design of a photonic structure for the generation of in-plane two-dimensional... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1245-1256 (2012)

Simultaneously measuring two ultrashort laser pulses on a single-shot using double-blind frequency-resolved optical gating
We demonstrate a simple self-referenced single-shot method for simultaneously measuring two different... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 6, pp.1237-1244 (2012)

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Topics in Current Issue

Vol. 29, Iss. 5 — May. 1, 2012  pp: 881–1145

	Atomic and Molecular Physics (1)
	Diffraction and Gratings (1)
	Fiber Optics and Optical Communications (2)
	Integrated Optics (3)
	Lasers and Laser Optics (2)
	Materials (4)
	Nonlinear Optical Materials (1)
	Nonlinear Optics (1)
	Optical Devices (4)
	Optics at Surfaces (2)
	Physical Optics (3)
	Quantum Optics (6)
	Scattering (1)
	Spectroscopy (2)
	Thin Films (2)
	Ultrafast Optics (1)

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Published

Fundamental Optical Processes in Semiconductors
	Frank Jahnke, Ted Norris, and Hailin Wang Published

50th Anniversary of Nonlinear Optics (Invitation Only)
	Henry van Driel Published

Lasers: The Next Fifty Years
	Franz Kaertner, Markus Pollnau, Ken-ichi Ueda, and Henry van Driel Published

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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