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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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Oscillatory acoustic phonon relaxation of excitons in quantum dot molecules
We study electrically tunable self-assembled InAs quantum dot molecules through photoluminescence (PL) and... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A146-A153 (2012)

Fundamental optical processes in semiconductors: introduction to the feature issue
JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.FOPS1-FOPS1 (2012)

On the condensation of polaritons
Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs), the “fifth state of matter,” have in fact been discovered by chance both in... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A138-A145 (2012)

Theory and experiments of Bragg cavity modes in passive and active metallic nanoslit array devices
Metallic nanoslit arrays exhibit several unique, surprising, and useful properties, such as resonant enhanced... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A127-A137 (2012)

Persistent optical nuclear spin narrowing in a singly charged InAs quantum dot
We review the investigation of the hole-assisted dynamical nuclear spin polarization mechanism in a singly... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A119-A126 (2012)

Hybrid structures of magnetic semiconductors and plasmonic crystals: a novel concept for magneto-optical devices [Invited]
We propose here to combine magnetic semiconductors and plasmonic crystals to obtain a new class of devices,... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A103-A118 (2012)

Observation of a stronger-than-adiabatic change of light trapped in an ultrafast switched GaAs-AlAs microcavity
We study the time-resolved reflectivity spectrum of a switched planar GaAs-AlAs microcavity. Between 5 and... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A1-A5 (2012)

Femtosecond all-optical modulation of collective spin in the (Ga,Mn)As ferromagnet
Using a many-body theory, we discuss some fundamental issues of femtomagnetism in magnetic electronic... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A95-A102 (2012)

Excitonic resonances as fingerprint of strong Coulomb coupling in graphene
Within a self-consistent microscopic theory, the conditions for the existence of a strongly... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A86-A94 (2012)

Robust and scalable scheme to generate multipartite atom–photon and atom–atom entangled W states by interference
A robust and scalable scheme for generating atom–photon and atom–atom entangled W states is proposed by using... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.257-261 (2012)

Entangled photon pair generation with quantum dot molecules
Here we propose a mechanism to generate entangled photon pairs that makes use of double dot quantum dot... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A82-A85 (2012)

Optical two-dimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy of semiconductor nanostructures [Invited]
Optical two-dimensional Fourier transform (2DFT) spectroscopy has been developed over the last decade as a... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A69-A81 (2012)

Theoretical approach to the excitonic response of GaAs nanomembranes in the averaged-strain approximation
GaAs nanomembranes are thin crystalline GaAs semiconductor structures that can be bent or otherwise... JOSA B, Vol. 29 Issue 2, pp.A60-A68 (2012)

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Topics in Current Issue

Vol. 29, Iss. 2 — Feb. 1, 2012  pp: 191–261

	Fiber Optics and Optical Communications (1)
	Image Processing (1)
	Lasers and Laser Optics (3)
	Nonlinear Optics (3)
	Optics at Surfaces (3)
	Quantum Optics (1)

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

Lasers: The Next Fifty Years
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Slow Light and Its Applications
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