1 April 2005, Volume 22, Issue 4, pp. 721-929  
27 articles

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open access J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 721-722 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Use of quadratic electroabsorption for measurement of the hyperpolarizability β of asymmetric molecules

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 723-734 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Kogelnik-like model for the diffraction efficiency of POLICRYPS gratings

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 735-742 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Fokker-Planck equation approach to the description of soliton statistics in optical fiber transmission systems

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 743-752 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Timing jitter smoothing by Talbot effect. II. Intensity spectrum

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 753-763 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Theoretical analysis of nth-order cascaded continuous-wave Raman fiber lasers. I. Model and resolution

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 764-771 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Theoretical analysis of nth-order cascaded continuous-wave Raman fiber lasers. II. Optimization and design rules

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 772-776 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Intensity behavior underlying pulse packages in semiconductor lasers that are subject to optical feedback

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 777-785 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of the nickel-like tin x-ray laser at 12.0 nm

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 786-791 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Kerr-effect-induced passive Q switching of a monolithic semiconductor diode laser

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 792-795 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Design considerations for high-brightness diffractive broad-area lasers

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 796-806 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Parametric phase control in vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser arrays with two-cavity species

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 807-819 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Study of Eu(DBM)3phen-doped optical polymer waveguides

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 820-824 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Upconversion mechanisms in an erbium-doped transparent glass ceramic

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 825-830 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical assessment on a new self-frequency doubling crystal: neodymium-doped lanthanum calcium borate

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 831-834 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Effective method of anti-Stokes generation by quasi-phase-matched stimulated Raman scattering

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 835-843 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Dynamics of cross-polarization-stimulated orientation scattering in a nematic liquid-crystal film

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 844-851 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Higher-order triplet interaction in energy-level modeling of excited-state absorption for an expanded porphyrin cadmium complex

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 852-861 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Far-field spectral characterization of conical emission and filamentation in Kerr media

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 862-869 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

From linear to cubic nonlinear imaging effects in multimode waveguides

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 870-877 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Bright entanglement characteristics of subharmonic modes reflected from cavity for type II second-harmonic generation

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 878-883 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of the 3d34f configuration in Ni VII

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 884-897 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of annealing treatment on spectroscopic properties of a Nd3+-doped PbWO4 single crystal

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 898-904 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Durable solgel antireflective films with high laser-induced damage thresholds for inertial confinement fusion

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 905-912 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Crack-free BaTiO3 films on Si with SiO2, MgO, or Al2O3 buffer layers

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 913-916 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable spectral interferometry for broadband phase detection by use of a pair of optical parametric amplifiers

J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 22(4), 922-929 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF