XPM Response of a DCC-DFB-SOA All-Optical Flip-Flop

• Masoud Jabbari, Mohammad Moravvej-Farshi, Rahim Ghayour, and Abbas Zarifkar
• received 03/03/2009; accepted 06/28/2009; posted 07/01/2009; Doc. ID 108289
• [full text: PDF (707) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.1450) Nonlinear optics : Bistability
• (230.1150) Optical devices : All-optical devices
• (230.4320) Optical devices : Nonlinear optical devices
• (250.5980) Optoelectronics : Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Noncollinear Optical Parametric Amplifier Based Femtosecond Time-Resolved Transient Fluorescence Spectra: Characterization and Correction

• Hailong Chen, Yuxiang Weng, and Jingyuan Zhang
• received 04/10/2009; accepted 06/26/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 109879
• [full text: PDF (780) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
• (190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
• (300.6280) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, fluorescence and luminescence
• (300.6500) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, time-resolved

Influence of air-filling fraction on forward Raman-like scattering by transversely trapped acoustic resonances in photonic crystal fibers

• Andre Brenn, Gustavo Wiederhecker, Myeong Kang, Holger Hundertmark, Nicolas Joly, and Philip Russell
• received 01/06/2009; accepted 06/24/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 105667
• [full text: PDF (5036) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.5410) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Polarimetry
• (120.5820) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Scattering measurements
• (230.1040) Optical devices : Acousto-optical devices
• (290.2558) Scattering : Forward scattering
• (060.5295) Fiber optics and optical communications : Photonic crystal fibers

Q-factor instability and its explanation in the staircased FDTD simulation of high-Q circular cavity

• Shan-Liang Qiu and Yong-Ping Li
• received 04/06/2009; accepted 06/24/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 108111
• [full text: PDF (456) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (240.5770) Optics at surfaces : Roughness
• (290.5880) Scattering : Scattering, rough surfaces
• (140.3945) Lasers and laser optics : Microcavities

Estimating the Effect of Ge Doping on the Acoustic Damping Coefficient via a Highly Ge-Doped MCVD Silica Fiber

• Peter Dragic
• received 12/17/2008; accepted 06/19/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 105436
• [full text: PDF (388) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.2290) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber materials
• (060.2300) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber measurements
• (290.5830) Scattering : Scattering, Brillouin

Characteristics of parasitic modes in high average power disk lasers

• Xiao-Jun Wang and Xiao-Jian Shu
• received 02/19/2009; accepted 06/17/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 107682
• [full text: PDF (307) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.3430) Lasers and laser optics : Laser theory
• (140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
• (260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization

A general theory of two-wave mixing in nonlinear media

• Mingjun Chi, Jean-Pierre Huignard, and Paul Michael Petersen
• received 04/08/2009; accepted 06/16/2009; posted 06/23/2009; Doc. ID 109893
• [full text: PDF (400) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.3270) Nonlinear optics : Kerr effect
• (190.5330) Nonlinear optics : Photorefractive optics
• (190.7070) Nonlinear optics : Two-wave mixing
• (250.5980) Optoelectronics : Semiconductor optical amplifiers

Thickness-dependent photonic bandgap in a one-dimensional single-negative photonic crystal

• Da-Wei Yeh and Chien-Jang Wu
• received 04/20/2009; accepted 06/16/2009; posted 06/17/2009; Doc. ID 110277
• [full text: PDF (420) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials
• (160.5293) Materials : Photonic bandgap materials
• (050.5298) Diffraction and gratings : Photonic crystals
• (160.5298) Materials : Photonic crystals

�Equiangular Method�: A New Technique of Multi-axis DOAS

• Haoyi Zuo, Qiaojun Liu, Jieyu Wang, and Shirong Luo
• received 11/05/2008; accepted 06/14/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 103721
• [full text: PDF (380) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (290.1310) Scattering : Atmospheric scattering
• (010.0280) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Remote sensing and sensors

Electromagnetic surface modes in one-dimensional photonic crystals with dispersive meta-materials

• Tong-Biao Wang, Cheng-Ping Yin, Wen-Yao Liang, Jian-Wen Dong, and He-Zhou Wang
• received 04/15/2009; accepted 06/13/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 110044
• [full text: PDF (826) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (230.4170) Optical devices : Multilayers
• (240.6690) Optics at surfaces : Surface waves
• (160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials

Dynamics of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers with optical injection: a two-mode model approach

• Michel Nizette, Marc Sciamanna, Ignace Gatare, Hugo Thienpont, and Krassimir Panajotov
• received 01/22/2009; accepted 06/08/2009; posted 06/12/2009; Doc. ID 106538
• [full text: PDF (2747) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.1540) Lasers and laser optics : Chaos
• (140.5960) Lasers and laser optics : Semiconductor lasers
• (260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
• (140.7260) Lasers and laser optics : Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers
• (130.5440) Integrated optics : Polarization-selective devices

{THP} Enhancement of terahertz wave generation by cascaded chi^(2) processes in LiNbO3

• Mukesh Jewariya, Masaya Nagai, and Koichiro Tanaka
• received 02/04/2009; accepted 06/05/2009; posted 06/09/2009; Doc. ID 107170
• [full text: PDF (373) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
• (040.2235) Detectors : Far infrared or terahertz

Doubling of optical signals using triangular pulses

• Anton Latkin, Sonia Boscolo, Ranjeet Bhamber, and Sergei Turitsyn
• received 02/10/2009; accepted 06/05/2009; posted 06/09/2009; Doc. ID 107328
• [full text: PDF (445) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.2310) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics
• (070.4340) Fourier optics and signal processing : Nonlinear optical signal processing
• (190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics

A novel optical and thermal finite-difference time-domain model for passively modelocked surface emitting lasers

• Mayank Bahl, Nicolae Panoiu, and Richard Osgood
• received 02/10/2009; accepted 06/04/2009; posted 06/09/2009; Doc. ID 107403
• [full text: PDF (836) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.3430) Lasers and laser optics : Laser theory
• (140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers
• (230.5590) Optical devices : Quantum-well, -wire and -dot devices
• (140.7260) Lasers and laser optics : Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers

{THP} Transmission characteristics of lens-duct and photonic crystal waveguides in the terahertz region

• Carlito Ponseca, Elmer Estacio, Romeric Pobre, Gilbert Diwa, Glenda de los Reyes, Shingo Ono, Hidetoshi Murakami, Nobuhiko Sarukura, Ko Aosaki, Yoshihiko Sakane, Hideki Sato, Alexander Argyros, and MaryAnne Large
• received 02/04/2009; accepted 06/02/2009; posted 06/09/2009; Doc. ID 107026
• [full text: PDF (1464) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
• (140.3070) Lasers and laser optics : Infrared and far-infrared lasers

Generation of phase controlled UV pulses and characterization by a simple autocorrelator setup

• Jens M�hring, Tiago Buckup, C. Stefan Lehmann, and Marcus Motzkus
• received 04/24/2009; accepted 06/02/2009; posted 06/05/2009; Doc. ID 110580
• [full text: PDF (3195) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
• (190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
• (190.7220) Nonlinear optics : Upconversion
• (320.5520) Ultrafast optics : Pulse compression
• (320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping
• (320.7160) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast technology

Two-color surface solitons in two-dimensional quadratic photonic lattices

• Mario Molina and Yuri Kivshar
• received 05/15/2009; accepted 06/01/2009; posted 06/09/2009; Doc. ID 111411
• [full text: PDF (1960) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.4350) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics at surfaces
• (190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
• (190.4420) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, transverse effects in
• (190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
• (190.5940) Nonlinear optics : Self-action effects

{THP} Terahertz wave generation in nitrogen gas using shaped optical pulses

• Masashi Yamaguchi and Jayashis Das
• received 02/18/2009; accepted 05/30/2009; posted 06/17/2009; Doc. ID 107705
• [full text: PDF (749) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping
• (320.7120) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast phenomena

Nonclassicality generated by photon annihilation-then-creation and creation-then-annihilation operations

• Su -Yong Lee, Jiyong Park, Se-Wan Ji, C.H.Raymond Ooi, and Hai-Woong Lee
• received 04/20/2009; accepted 05/30/2009; posted 06/17/2009; Doc. ID 110245
• [full text: PDF (653) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (270.5290) Quantum optics : Photon statistics
• (270.5585) Quantum optics : Quantum information and processing

{THP} Adaptive shaping of THz-pulses generated in h110i ZnTe crystals

• Kapil Kohli, Andreas Vaupel, Sangam Chatterjee, and Wolfgang R�hle
• received 12/09/2008; accepted 05/30/2009; posted 06/03/2009; Doc. ID 105129
• [full text: PDF (807) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.7110) Nonlinear optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics
• (320.5540) Ultrafast optics : Pulse shaping