1 September 2014, Volume 39, Issue 17, pp. 4978-5243  
68 articles

Sort:

Editorial: acceptance criteria and editorial procedures for Optics Letters

open access Opt. Lett. 39(17), ED2-ED3 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Basic limit for the efficiency of coherence-limited solar power conversion

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5130-5133 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

128 × 128 long-wavelength/mid-wavelength two-color HgCdTe infrared focal plane array detector with ultralow spectral cross talk

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5184-5187 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultralong pure longitudinal magnetization needle induced by annular vortex binary optics

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5022-5025 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of high-order Laguerre–Gaussian modes by means of spiral phase plates

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5094-5097 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Photonic downconversion based on optical carrier bidirectional reusing in a phase modulator

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 4990-4993 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase conjugation frequency dissemination based on harmonics of optical comb at 10−17 instability level

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5058-5061 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Brillouin slow light: substantial optical delay in the second-order Brillouin gain spectrum

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5118-5121 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Robust single-mode all-solid multi-trench fiber with large effective mode area

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5200-5203 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

As2S3–silica double-nanospike waveguide for mid-infrared supercontinuum generation

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5216-5219 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Digital holography at light levels below noise using a photon-counting approach

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5010-5013 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Quantitative phase-contrast imaging through a scattering media

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5054-5057 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Quantitative, three-dimensional imaging of aluminum drop combustion in solid propellant plumes via digital in-line holography

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5126-5129 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Self-calibrating lensless inline-holographic microscopy by a sample holder with reference structures

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5236-5239 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Iterative ghost imaging

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5150-5153 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Photothermal laser speckle imaging

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5006-5009 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (2)]

High resolution imaging and wavefront aberration correction in plenoptic systems

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5030-5033 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Lock-in spectroscopy employing a high-speed camera and a micro-scanner for volumetric investigations of unsteady flows

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5082-5085 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Real-time phase shift interference microscopy

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5220-5223 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultrasensitive refractive index sensor based on a Mach–Zehnder interferometer created in twin-core fiber

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 4982-4985 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Buffer reservoir approach for cancellation of laser resonant noises

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5014-5017 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiwatt-level continuous-wave midwave infrared generation using difference frequency mixing in periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5018-5021 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

PT-symmetric microring laser-absorber

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5026-5029 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Mid-infrared frequency comb for broadband high precision and sensitivity molecular spectroscopy

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5050-5053 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultrastable laser with average fractional frequency drift rate below 5 × 10−19/s

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5102-5105 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable 975  nm nanosecond diode-laser-based master-oscillator power-amplifier system with 16.3  W peak power and narrow spectral linewidth below 10  pm

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5138-5141 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Continuous-wave Pr3+:BaY2F8 and Pr3+:LiYF4 lasers in the cyan-blue spectral region

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5158-5161 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Tailoring of the free spectral range and geometrical cavity dispersion of a microsphere by a coating layer

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5173-5176 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Femtosecond pulse generation with voltage-controlled graphene saturable absorber

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5180-5183 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber-optic catheter-based polarization-sensitive OCT for radio-frequency ablation monitoring

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5066-5069 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectral imaging using single-axis spectrally dispersed illumination

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5177-5179 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Near-infrared optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5192-5195 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultra-compact silicon photonic integrated interferometer for swept-source optical coherence tomography

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5228-5231 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurements of the third- and fifth-order optical nonlinearities of water at 532 and 1064  nm using the D4σ method

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5046-5049 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Simple model for the nonlinear optical response of gases in the transparency region

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5086-5089 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Complex-transfer-function analysis of optical-frequency converters

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5106-5109 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Strong polarization mode coupling in microresonators

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5134-5137 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Localized surface modes in parity–time-symmetric potentials

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5154-5157 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Robust bound state in the continuum in a nonlinear microcavity embedded in a photonic crystal waveguide

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5212-5215 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Fine-tuned grayscale optofluidic maskless lithography for three-dimensional freeform shape microstructure fabrication

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5162-5165 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Broadband electro-optical modulator based on transparent conducting oxide

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 4978-4981 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

All-optical switching in GaAs microdisk resonators by a femtosecond pump–probe technique through tapered-fiber coupling

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 4998-5001 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

All-solution-processed, multilayered CuInS2/ZnS colloidal quantum-dot-based electroluminescent device

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5002-5005 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

301-nm wavelength tunable differentially driven all-polymer optical filter

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5170-5172 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Subdiffraction-limited radius measurements of microcylinders using conventional bright-field optical microscopy

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5196-5199 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Packaged, high-Q, microsphere-resonator-based add–drop filter

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5208-5211 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable, nondispersive optical filter using photonic Hilbert transformation

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5232-5235 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarization-independent etching of fused silica based on electrons dynamics control by shaped femtosecond pulse trains for microchannel fabrication

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5240-5243 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Absorption enhancement of molecules in the weak plasmon–exciton coupling regime

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 4994-4997 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Near orthogonal launch of SPR modes in Au films

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5038-5041 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Catoptric electrodes: transparent metal electrodes using shaped surfaces

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5114-5117 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Observation of the Uller–Zenneck wave

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5204-5207 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Vertical triple-junction RGB optical sensor with signal processing based on the determination of the space-charge region borders

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5042-5045 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of two beams of light carrying spin and orbital angular momenta of opposite handedness

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5074-5077 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical vortex beam based optical fan for high-precision optical measurements and optical switching

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5098-5101 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Spotlight on Optics

Quantum key distribution over a 72  dB channel loss using ultralow dark count superconducting single-photon detectors

open access Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5078-5081 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

High-fidelity spatially resolved multiphoton counting for quantum imaging applications

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5090-5093 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

High-visibility two-photon interference of frequency–time entangled photons generated in a quasi-phase-matched AlGaAs waveguide

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5188-5191 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of dynamical parameters in liquids by homodyne transient grating spectroscopy at large angles

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5110-5113 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical frequency comb spectroscopy

open access Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5034-5037 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultrafast photocarrier dynamics in nanocrystalline ZnOxNy thin films

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5062-5065 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Spatiotemporal characterization of ultrashort laser pulses using spatially resolved Fourier transform spectrometry

open access Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5142-5145 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

53 W average power few-cycle fiber laser system generating soft x rays up to the water window

Opt. Lett. 39(17), 5224-5227 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF