Coherent response to optical excitation in a strongly absorbing rare-earth ion doped crystal

• Jean-Louis Le Gouet, J�r�me Ruggiero, and Thierry Chaneli�re
• received 09/14/2009; accepted 10/27/2009; posted 10/29/2009; Doc. ID 117087
• [full text: PDF (459) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (020.1670) Atomic and molecular physics : Coherent optical effects
• (190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons

Theoretical investigation of waveguide power splitters with parallel output ports in two-dimensional square lattice photonic crystals

• Jianhong Zhou, Chang Qing, Mu Da, Yang Jinhua, Han Wenbo, and Wang Lu
• received 09/21/2009; accepted 10/27/2009; posted 11/03/2009; Doc. ID 117160
• [full text: PDF (388) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (130.1750) Integrated optics : Components
• (130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
• (230.1360) Optical devices : Beam splitters
• (230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides

Analytical vectorial structure of controllable dark-hollow beams close to the source

• Guoquan Zhou
• received 06/11/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 10/26/2009; Doc. ID 112553
• [full text: PDF (1028) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.3300) Lasers and laser optics : Laser beam shaping
• (350.5500) Other areas of optics : Propagation

Passively mode-locked performance of the diode-pumped Nd:Lu0.15Y0.85VO4 laser

• Li Tao, Shengzhi Zhao, Bing Zhao, Jia Zhao, and Kejian Yang
• received 07/08/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 10/26/2009; Doc. ID 113712
• [full text: PDF (336) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.3380) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials
• (140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
• (140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium
• (140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
• (140.4050) Lasers and laser optics : Mode-locked lasers

Formation mechanism of optical bistability in end-pumped quasi-three-level Tm, Ho:YLF lasers

• Xinlu Zhang, LI li, and Yuezhu Wang
• received 08/07/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 10/27/2009; Doc. ID 115365
• [full text: PDF (360) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
• (140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
• (140.5680) Lasers and laser optics : Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers

One dimensional temperature reconstruction for Raman distributed temperature sensor

• C Pandian, M Kasinathan, S Sosamma, C Babu Rao, T Jayakumar, N Murali, and Baldev Raj
• received 08/10/2009; accepted 10/23/2009; posted 10/28/2009; Doc. ID 114755
• [full text: PDF (993) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.2300) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber measurements
• (060.2370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics sensors

Transmission of electromagnetic waves in a magnetic fine-stratified structure

• Mikhail Khodzitsky, A. Bulgakov, A. Girich, O. Shramkova, and S. Tarapov
• received 08/21/2009; accepted 10/23/2009; posted 11/03/2009; Doc. ID 115922
• [full text: PDF (536) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (310.2790) Thin films : Guided waves
• (350.3618) Other areas of optics : Left-handed materials
• (160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials

THz Emission from a Femtosecond Laser Focus in a Two-Color Scheme

• Alexey Balakin, Alexander Borodin, Igor Kotelnikov, and Alexander Shkurinov
• received 09/03/2009; accepted 10/22/2009; posted 10/28/2009; Doc. ID 116676
• [full text: PDF (385) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
• (260.3090) Physical optics : Infrared, far
• (300.2570) Spectroscopy : Four-wave mixing
• (350.5400) Other areas of optics : Plasmas

Design of Multi-channel Filters With each channel wavelength and band width adjustable independently

• Wenyuan Rao, Yanjun Song, and Chongjun Jin
• received 07/10/2009; accepted 10/22/2009; posted 10/23/2009; Doc. ID 113991
• [full text: PDF (526) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (230.4170) Optical devices : Multilayers
• (230.5298) Optical devices : Photonic crystals
• (230.7408) Optical devices : Wavelength filtering devices

Metamaterial Absorber with Dendritic cells at Infrared Frequencies

• Wei Zhu and Xiao Zhao
• received 05/27/2009; accepted 10/22/2009; posted 10/26/2009; Doc. ID 111709
• [full text: PDF (474) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (160.4670) Materials : Optical materials
• (160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials

(PM) Effective Properties of Terahertz Double Split-Ring Resonators at Oblique Incidence

• Christoph Menzel, Ranjan Singh, Carsten Rockstuhl, Weili Zhang, and Falk Lederer
• received 07/31/2009; accepted 10/20/2009; posted 10/20/2009; Doc. ID 115062
• [full text: PDF (550) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (160.4760) Materials : Optical properties
• (240.5420) Optics at surfaces : Polaritons
• (260.5740) Physical optics : Resonance
• (160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials

Study of gain in Photonic Band Gap active InP waveguides

• Vincenzo Petruzzelli, Giovanna Cal�, Luciano Mescia, and Francesco Prudenzano
• received 08/04/2009; accepted 10/19/2009; posted 10/20/2009; Doc. ID 115128
• [full text: PDF (854) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
• (130.4815) Integrated optics : Optical switching devices
• (230.5298) Optical devices : Photonic crystals

Efficient Method for Analyzing Leaky Cavities in Two-dimensional Photonic Crystals

• Ya Yan Lu and Shaojie Lu
• received 08/25/2009; accepted 10/19/2009; posted 10/21/2009; Doc. ID 116151
• [full text: PDF (395) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (000.4430) General : Numerical approximation and analysis
• (050.5298) Diffraction and gratings : Photonic crystals

Systematical research on characteristics of double-side teeth-shaped nano-plasmonic waveguide filters

• Tao Jin, Huang XuGuang, Lin XianShi, Chen JiHuang, Zhang Qin, and Jin Xiaoping
• received 09/25/2009; accepted 10/16/2009; posted 10/21/2009; Doc. ID 117692
• [full text: PDF (1833) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
• (240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
• (230.7408) Optical devices : Wavelength filtering devices

Simulation of waveguiding and emitting properties of semiconductor nanowires with hexagonal or circular section

• Anne-Line Henneghien, Bruno Gayral, Yohan D�si�res, and Jean-Michel G�rard
• received 07/24/2009; accepted 10/16/2009; posted 10/21/2009; Doc. ID 114777
• [full text: PDF (792) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
• (230.3670) Optical devices : Light-emitting diodes
• (050.6624) Diffraction and gratings : Subwavelength structures

Two-Photon Assisted Poling

• Zouheir Sekkat
• received 06/10/2009; accepted 10/15/2009; posted 11/20/2009; Doc. ID 111698
• [full text: PDF (489) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
• (210.4810) Optical data storage : Optical storage-recording materials

(PM) Metamaterials: transforming theory into reality

• Natalia Litchinitser and Vladimir Shalaev
• received 10/13/2009; accepted 10/14/2009; posted 11/03/2009; Doc. ID 118548
• [full text: PDF (747) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics
• (160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials
• (250.5403) Optoelectronics : Plasmonics

Dynamic of second harmonic generation in photovoltaic photorefractive quadratic medium

• Federico Pettazzi, Virginie Coda, Gil Fanjoux, Mathieu Chauvet, and Eugenio Fazio
• received 08/10/2009; accepted 10/08/2009; posted 10/26/2009; Doc. ID 115505
• [full text: PDF (1449) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.5330) Nonlinear optics : Photorefractive optics
• (190.4975) Nonlinear optics : Parametric processes

(PM) Beyond the zero-diffraction regime in optical cavities with a left-handed material

• Pascal Kockaert, Philippe Tassin, Irina Veretennicoff, Guy Van der Sande, and Mustapha Tlidi
• received 08/06/2009; accepted 09/27/2009; posted 10/22/2009; Doc. ID 115291
• [full text: PDF (335) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (050.1940) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction
• (140.4780) Lasers and laser optics : Optical resonators
• (160.4330) Materials : Nonlinear optical materials
• (160.3918) Materials : Metamaterials
• (160.4236) Materials : Nanomaterials
• (190.6135) Nonlinear optics : Spatial solitons

Gain bandwidth of 80 nm and 2 dB/cm peak gain in Al2O3:Er3+ optical amplifiers on silicon

• Jonathan Bradley, Laura Agazzi, Dimitri Geskus, Feridun Ay, Kerstin W�rhoff, and Markus Pollnau
• received 03/31/2009; accepted 09/25/2009; posted 11/19/2009; Doc. ID 109511
• [full text: PDF (491) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
• (130.3130) Integrated optics : Integrated optics materials
• (140.4480) Lasers and laser optics : Optical amplifiers
• (160.5690) Materials : Rare-earth-doped materials