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Optics Express

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The original all-electronic, open-access optics journal Optics Express (OpEx) is known for its rapid time to publication and high Impact Factor. OpEx publishes peer-reviewed articles that report new developments of interest to the optics and photonics community in all fields of optical science and technology.

Editor-in-Chief: C. Martijn de Sterke, University of Sydney
eISSN: 1094-4087
Frequency: Rapid article-at-a-time publication, Bi-weekly issues
2010 ISI Impact Factor: 3.753

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Femtosecond diode-pumped solid-state laser with a repetition rate of 4.8 GHz
We report on a diode-pumped Yb:KGW (ytterbium-doped potassium gadolinium tungstate) laser with a repetition... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 4, pp.4248-4253 (2012)

Flexible OTDM to WDM converter enabled by a programmable optical processor
We propose an OTDM to WDM converter which enables wavelength tunability, flexible OTDM tributary to WDM... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 2, pp.1783-1789 (2012)

Eu3+ reduction and efficient light emission in Eu2O3 films deposited on Si substrates
A stable Eu3+→Eu2+ reduction is accomplished by thermal annealing in N2... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5501-5507 (2012)

3-dimensional eigenmodal analysis of plasmonic nanostructures
We introduce a 3-dimensional electromagnetic eigenmodal algorithm for the theoretical analysis of resonating... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5481-5500 (2012)

Quantitative single-shot imaging of complex objects using phase retrieval with a designed periphery
Measuring transmission and optical thickness of an object with a single intensity recording is desired in... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5470-5480 (2012)

All-optical diffractive/transmissive switch based on coupled cycloidal diffractive waveplates
Pairs of cycloidal diffractive waveplates can be used to doubly diffract or collinearly propagate laser... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5460-5469 (2012)

Enhanced compression rate of integral images by using motion-compensated residual images in three-dimensional integral-imaging
In this paper, we proposed a new approach to notably enhance the compression rate of integral images by using... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5440-5459 (2012)

Gold nanoparticles on the surface of soda-lime glass: morphological, linear and nonlinear optical characterization
Materials presenting high optical nonlinearity, such as materials containing metal nanoparticles (NPs), can... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5429-5439 (2012)

Generalized ellipsometry in-situ quantification of organic adsorbate attachment within slanted columnar thin films
We apply generalized ellipsometry, well-known to be sensitive to the optical properties of ... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5419-5428 (2012)

Multiple visible emissions by means of up-conversion process in a microstructured tellurite glass optical fiber
We present a microstructured fiber whose 9 µm diameter core consists in three concentric rings made of three... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5409-5418 (2012)

A microfiber coupler tip thermometer
A compact thermometer based on a broadband microfiber coupler tip is demonstrated. This sensor can measure a... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5402-5408 (2012)

Azimuthally polarized laser mode generation by multilayer mirror with wideband grating-induced TM leakage in the TE stopband
A new intracavity laser polarization-mode selection scheme relying upon a TE/TM diffractive dichroism... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5392-5401 (2012)

Liquid crystal gratings based on alternate TN and PA photoalignment
A diffraction grating is proposed by periodically defining the liquid-crystal director distribution to form... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue 5, pp.5384-5391 (2012)

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Energy Express

Energy Express is a special bi-monthly supplement dedicated to rapid developments in optics for sustainable energy.

Submissions are encouraged in areas that encompass the science and engineering of light and its impact on sustainable energy development, the environment, and green technologies.


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Reflective type Solar-LCDs by using polarizing polymer solar cells
We present herein the results of a study of the reflective polarizing photovoltaic (PV) effects in an aligned... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A278-A286 (2012)

Light-emitting devices with tunable color from ZnO nanorods grown on InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells
Based on the composite consisting of ZnO nanorods (NRs) grown on InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells (MQWs), we... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A270-A277 (2012)

Angular selective semi-transparent photovoltaics
Conventional semi-transparent photovoltaics suffer from an inherent tradeoff between the amount of visible... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A265-A269 (2012)

Photon management with core-shell nanowire structures
Antireflective Si/oxide core-shell nanowire arrays (NWAs) were fabricated by galvanic etching and subsequent... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A255-A264 (2012)

Multispectral mixing scheme for LED clusters with extended operational temperature window
LEDs have changed the concept of illumination not only in an expectation of the highest electroluminance... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A245-A254 (2012)

Photonic light-trapping versus Lambertian limits in thin film silicon solar cells with 1D and 2D periodic patterns
We theoretically investigate the light-trapping properties of one- and two-dimensional periodic patterns... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A224-A244 (2012)

Multi-layer printing of OLEDs as a tool for the creation of security features
The combined deposition of structured and homogenous layers for the device setup of OLEDs results in a... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A219-A223 (2012)

High power efficiency phosphorescent poly(dendrimer) OLEDs
We show that it is possible to produce an efficient solution-processable phosphorescent poly(dendrimer) OLED... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A213-A218 (2012)

Extraction of surface plasmons in organic light-emitting diodes via high-index coupling
The efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) is still limited by poor light outcoupling. In... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A205-A212 (2012)

Absorption coefficient modeling of microcrystalline silicon thin film using Maxwell-Garnett effective medium theory
Considering the Mott-Davis density of state model and Rayleigh scattering effect, we present an approach to... Optics Express, Vol. 20 Issue S2, pp.A197-A204 (2012)

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High-speed scattering medium characterization with application to focusing light through turbid media

Seeing through scattering media is a fundamental problem in optics. Scattering in inhomogeneous media are of particular... [more]

Microporous phase-separated films of polymer blends for enhanced outcoupling of light from OLEDs

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