Drawing of the hollow all-polymer Bragg fibers

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5838–5852 (2006)
• Elio Pone, Charles Dubois, Ning Gu, Yan Gao, Alexandre Dupuis, Francis Boismenu, Suzanne Lacroix, and Maksim Skorobogatiy

Field trial of time-spreading and wavelength-hopping OCDM transmission using FBG en/decoders

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5853–5859 (2006)
• N. Minato, S. Kutsuzawa, K. Sasaki, S. Kobayashi, A. Nishiki, T. Ushikubo, T. Kamijoh, Y. Kamio, N. Wada, and F. Kubota

Highly efficient Brillouin slow and fast light using As₂Se₃ chalcogenide fiber

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5860–5865 (2006)
• Kwang Yong Song, Kazi S. Abedin, Kazuo Hotate, Miguel González Herráez, and Luc Thévenaz

Low distortion Brillouin slow light in optical fibers using AM modulation

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5866–5876 (2006)
• Aldo Minardo, Romeo Bernini, and Luigi Zeni

On the balance between delay, bandwidth and signal distortion in slow light systems based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5877–5884 (2006)
• E. Shumakher, N. Orbach, A. Nevet, D. Dahan, and G. Eisenstein

Ultraviolet-induced paramagnetic centers and absorption changes in singlemode Ge-doped optical fibers

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5885–5894 (2006)
• Kader Médjahdi, Aziz Boukenter, Youcef Ouerdane, Fabrizio Messina, and Marco Cannas

Focus plane detection criteria in digital holography microscopy by amplitude analysis

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5895–5908 (2006)
• Frank Dubois, Cédric Schockaert, Natcaha Callens, and Catherine Yourassowsky

Optimal spectral reshaping for resolution improvement in optical coherence tomography

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5909–5915 (2006)
• Jianmin Gong, Bo Liu, Young L. Kim, Yang Liu, Xu Li, and Vadim Backman

Physical interpretation of polarization-encoded images by color preview

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5916–5927 (2006)
• Samia Aïnouz, Jihad Zallat, Antonello de Martino, and Christophe Collet

Improvements for determining the modulation transfer function of charge-coupled devices by the speckle method

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5928–5936 (2006)
• A. M. Pozo, A. Ferrero, M. Rubiño, J. Campos, and A. Pons

Optical frequency domain imaging with a rapidly swept laser in the 815-870 nm range

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5937–5944 (2006)
• H. Lim, J. F. de Boer, B. H. Park, E. C. Lee, R. Yelin, and S. H. Yun

Transversal ultrahigh-resolution polarizationsensitive optical coherence tomography for strain mapping in materials

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5945–5953 (2006)
• K. Wiesauer, M. Pircher, E. Goetzinger, C. K. Hitzenberger, R. Engelke, G Ahrens, G. Gruetzner, and D. Stifter

Absolute distance measurement by dispersive interferometry using a femtosecond pulse laser

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5954–5960 (2006)
• Ki-Nam Joo and Seung-Woo Kim

Absolute distance measurement by lateral shearing interferometry of point-diffracted spherical waves

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5961–5967 (2006)
• Jiyoung Chu and Seung-Woo Kim

Absolute length calibration of gauge blocks using optical comb of a femtosecond pulse laser

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5968–5974 (2006)
• Jonghan Jin, Young-Jin Kim, Yunseok Kim, Seung-Woo Kim, and Chu-Shik Kang

Complete characterization of a broadband high-finesse cavity using an optical frequency comb

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5975–5983 (2006)
• Albert Schliesser, Christoph Gohle, Thomas Udem, and Theodor W. Hänsch

Displacement metrology with sub-pm resolution in air based on a fs-comb wavelength synthesizer

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5984–5993 (2006)
• T. R. Schibli, K. Minoshima, Y. Bitou, F.-L. Hong, H. Inaba, A. Onae, and H. Matsumoto

Distortion induced effects on the finesse of high-performance large-aperture Fabry-Perot etalon filters

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 5994–6000 (2006)
• J. Zhang, J. W. Arkwright, and D. I. Farrant

Overlay measurement using angular scatterometer for the capability of integrated metrology

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6001–6010 (2006)
• Chun-Hung Ko and Yi-Sha Ku

Power spectra for laser-extinction measurements

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6011–6019 (2006)
• B. Lacaze and M. Chabert

Compact and low loss silicon-on-insulator rib waveguide 90° bend

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6020–6028 (2006)
• Yusheng Qian, Seunghyun Kim, Jiguo Song, Gregory P. Nordin, and Jianhua Jiang

Low consumption power variable optical attenuator with sol-gel derived organic/inorganic hybrid materials

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6029–6034 (2006)
• Dongxiao Li, Yanwu Zhang, Liying Liu, and Lei Xu

Modified step-theory for investigating mode coupling mechanism in photonic crystal waveguide taper

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6035–6054 (2006)
• E. H. Khoo, A. Q. Liu, J. H. Wu, J. Li, and D. Pinjala

Two-dimensional soliton in cubic fs laser written waveguide arrays in fused silica

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6055–6062 (2006)
• Alexander Szameit, Jonas Burghoff, Thomas Pertsch, Stefan Nolte, Andreas Tünnermann, and Falk Lederer

A 158 fs 5.3 nJ fiber-laser system at 1 µm using photonic bandgap fibers for dispersion control and pulse compression

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6063–6068 (2006)
• C. K. Nielsen, K. G. Jespersen, and S. R. Keiding

Beam quality deterioration of lasers caused by intracavity beam distortions

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6069–6074 (2006)
• Rüdiger Paschotta

Generation of parabolic bound pulses from a Yb-fiber laser

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6075–6083 (2006)
• B. Ortaç, A. Hideur, M. Brunel, C. Chédot, J. Limpert, A. Tünnermann, and F. Ö. Ilday

High-power widely tunable Tm:fibre lasers pumped by an Er,Yb co-doped fibre laser at 1.6 μm

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6084–6090 (2006)
• D. Y. Shen, J. K. Sahu, and W. A. Clarkson

Thermo-optical behavior of rare-earth-doped low-NA fibers in high power operation

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6091–6097 (2006)
• S. Hädrich, T. Schreiber, T. Pertsch, J. Limpert, T. Peschel, R. Eberhardt, and A. Tünnermann

Wavelength tunable stretched-pulse mode-locked all-fiber erbium ring laser with single polarization fiber

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6098–6102 (2006)
• Shenping Li, Xin Chen, Dmitri V. Kuksenkov, Joohyun Koh, Ming-Jun Li, Luis A. Zenteno, and Daniel A. Nolan

Clutter rejection filters for optical Doppler tomography

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6103–6112 (2006)
• Hongwu Ren and Xingde Li

Critical computational aspects of near infrared circular tomographic imaging: Analysis of measurement number, mesh resolution and reconstruction basis

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6113–6127 (2006)
• Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy, Hamid Dehghani, Brian W. Pogue, and Keith D. Paulsen

Do GSM 900MHz signals affect cerebral blood circulation? A near-infrared spectrophotometry study

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6128–6141 (2006)
• Martin Wolf, Daniel Haensse, Geert Morren, and Juerg Froehlich

Experiments on PMMA models to predict the impact of corneal refractive surgery on corneal shape

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6142–6156 (2006)
• Carlos Dorronsoro, Daniel Cano, Jesús Merayo-Lloves, and Susana Marcos

Quantitative molecular sensing in biological tissues: an approach to non-invasive optical characterization

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6157–6171 (2006)
• Malavika Chandra, Karthik Vishwanath, Greg D. Fichter, Elly Liao, Scott J. Hollister, and Mary-Ann Mycek

Negative refraction and sub-wavelength imaging through surface waves on structured perfect conductor surfaces

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6172–6177 (2006)
• Zhichao Ruan and Min Qiu

In vivo optical biopsy of hamster oral cavity with epi-third-harmonic-generation microscopy

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6178–6187 (2006)
• Shih-Peng Tai, Wen-Jeng Lee, Dar-Bin Shieh, Ping-Ching Wu, Hsin-Yi Huang, Che-Hang Yu, and Chi-Kuang Sun

Enhanced visible continuum generation from a microchip 1064nm laser

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6188–6193 (2006)
• C. Xiong, A. Witkowska, S. G. Leon-Saval, T. A. Birks, and W. J. Wadsworth

Observation of nonlinear optical phenomena in air and fused silica using a 100 GW, 1.54 μm source

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6194–6200 (2006)
• M. L. Naudeau, R. J. Law, T. S. Luk, T. R. Nelson, S. M. Cameron, and J. V. Rudd

Precise control of superluminal and slow light propagation by transverse phase modulation

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6201–6206 (2006)
• I. Guedes, L. Misoguti, and S. C. Zilio

Self-focusing without external electric field in BaTiO₃

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6207–6212 (2006)
• Anne Rausch, Armin Kiessling, and Richard Kowarschik

Chromatic aberration correction of the human eye for retinal imaging in the near infrared

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6213–6225 (2006)
• Enrique J. Fernández, Angelika Unterhuber, Boris Považay, Boris Hermann, Pablo Artal, and Woflgang Drexler

Chromatic compensation of programmable Fresnel lenses

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6226–6242 (2006)
• María S. Millán, Joaquín Otón, and Elisabet Pérez-Cabré

Color shift reduction of a multi-domain IPS-LCD using RGB-LED backlight

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6243–6252 (2006)
• Ruibo Lu, Qi Hong, Zhibing Ge, and Shin-Tson Wu

Fabrication of polymer microlens arrays using capillary forming with a soft mold of micro-holes array and UV-curable polymer

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6253–6258 (2006)
• Chih-Yuan Chang, Sen-Yeu Yang, Long-Sun Huang, and Kuo-Huang Hsieh

High confinement suspended micro-ring resonators in silicon-on-insulator

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6259–6263 (2006)
• Linnell Martinez and Michal Lipson

Photonic band gaps analysis of Thue-Morse multilayers made of porous silicon

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6264–6272 (2006)
• Luigi Moretti, Ilaria Rea, Lucia Rotiroti, Ivo Rendina, Giancarlo Abbate, Antigone Marino, and Luca De Stefano

The fabrication of a thin, circular polymer film based phase shaper for generating doughnut modes

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6273–6278 (2006)
• Jun-ichi Hotta, Hiroshi Uji-i, and Johan Hofkens

Tunable Šolc-type filter in periodically poled LiNbO₃ by UV-light illumination

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6279–6284 (2006)
• Jianhong Shi, Jinghe Wang, Lijun Chen, Xianfeng Chen, and Yuxing Xia

Study of surface plasmon chirality induced by Archimedes’ spiral grooves

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6285–6290 (2006)
• Tomoki Ohno and Shintaro Miyanishi

An improved photonic bandgap fiber based on an array of rings

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6291–6296 (2006)
• J. M. Stone, G. J. Pearce, F. Luan, T. A. Birks, J. C. Knight, A. K. George, and D. M. Bird

Core-shell diamond-like silicon photonic crystals from 3D polymer templates created by holographic lithography

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6297–6302 (2006)
• Jun Hyuk Moon, Shu Yang, Wenting Dong, Joseph W. Perry, Ali Adibi, and Seung-Man Yang

Design of compound-defect waveguides in three-dimensional photonic crystals

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6303–6307 (2006)
• Shoichi Kawashima, Makoto Okano, Masahiro Imada, and Susumu Noda

Room temperature continuous-wave lasing in photonic crystal nanocavity

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6308–6315 (2006)
• Masahiro Nomura, Satoshi Iwamoto, Katsuyuki Watanabe, Naoto Kumagai, Yoshiaki Nakata, Satomi Ishida, and Yasuhiko Arakawa

Analytical expression for radiation forces on a dielectric cylinder illuminated by a cylindrical Gaussian beam

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6316–6321 (2006)
• V. V. Kotlyar and A. G. Nalimov

Negative refractions and backward waves in biaxially anisotropic chiral media

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6322–6332 (2006)
• Qiang Cheng and Tie Jun Cui

Photon-correlation Fourier spectroscopy

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6333–6341 (2006)
• Xavier Brokmann, Moungi Bawendi, Laurent Coolen, and Jean-Pierre Hermier

Holographic optical tweezers for object manipulations at an air-liquid surface

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6342–6352 (2006)
• Alexander Jesacher, Severin Fürhapter, Christian Maurer, Stefan Bernet, and Monika Ritsch-Marte

Optical trapping near a photonic crystal

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6353–6358 (2006)
• Adel Rahmani and Patrick C. Chaumet

Synchronization of Ti:sapphire and Cr:forsterite mode-locked lasers with 100-attosecond precision by optical-phase stabilization

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6359–6365 (2006)
• Dai Yoshitomi, Yohei Kobayashi, Masayuki Kakehata, Hideyuki Takada, and Kenji Torizuka

Ultrabroad supercontinuum generation by femtosecond dual-wavelength pumping in sapphire

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6366–6371 (2006)
• Ke Wang, Liejia Qian, Hang Luo, Peng Yuan, and Heyuan Zhu

Group index and group velocity dispersion in silicon-on-insulator photonic wires: errata

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• Optics Express Vol. 14, Iss. 13, pp. 6372–6372 (2006)
• Eric Dulkeith, Fengnian Xia, Laurent Schares, William M. Green, Lidija Sekaric, and Yurii A. Vlasov