Optical Fields of the Lowest Modes in a Uniformly Active Thin Sub-Wavelength Spiral Microcavity

• Elena Smotrova, Trevor Benson, Phillip Sewell, Jiri Ctyroky, and Alexander Nosich
• received 05/21/2009; accepted 11/06/2009; posted 11/06/2009; Doc. ID 111725
• [full text: PDF (1124) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.0140) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers and laser optics
• (230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators

Some consequences of the van Cittert-Zernike theorem for partially polarized, stochastic electromagnetic fields

• Tomohiro Shirai
• received 07/01/2009; accepted 11/03/2009; posted 11/06/2009; Doc. ID 113530
• [full text: PDF (206) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (030.1640) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherence
• (260.2110) Physical optics : Electromagnetic optics
• (260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization

Bragg Reflection Waveguide Diode Lasers

• Bhavin Bijlani and Amr Helmy
• received 08/07/2009; accepted 11/03/2009; posted 11/05/2009; Doc. ID 115464
• [full text: PDF (496) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.5960) Lasers and laser optics : Semiconductor lasers
• (230.1480) Optical devices : Bragg reflectors
• (130.5296) Integrated optics : Photonic crystal waveguides

Demonstration of a large-size real-time full-color three-dimensional display

• Xinzhu Sang, Frank C. Fan, Chaochuan Jiang, Sam Choi, Wenhua Dou, Chongxiu Yu, and Daxiong Xu
• received 08/19/2009; accepted 11/02/2009; posted 11/05/2009; Doc. ID 115961
• [full text: PDF (959) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (090.2870) Holography : Holographic display
• (110.2990) Imaging systems : Image formation theory
• (120.2040) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Displays
• (090.1995) Holography : Digital holography

2�2 Photonic crystal fiber splitter based on a silica-based planar lightwave circuits

• Byeong Ha Lee, Joo Beom Eom, and Jong-Hyuk Park
• received 06/15/2009; accepted 11/01/2009; posted 11/05/2009; Doc. ID 112856
• [full text: PDF (448) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.1810) Fiber optics and optical communications : Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers
• (060.2430) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fibers, single-mode

A common path laser interferometer

• Lihua Wang and Xinghua Qu
• received 06/18/2009; accepted 11/01/2009; posted 11/03/2009; Doc. ID 112958
• [full text: PDF (2135) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
• (120.3940) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrology
• (230.1950) Optical devices : Diffraction gratings
• (280.3340) Remote sensing and sensors : Laser Doppler velocimetry
• (280.3420) Remote sensing and sensors : Laser sensors

Si rib waveguide photodetector with ordered array of Ge islands for 1.5 �m

• Ventsislav Lavchiev, Roman Holly, Gang Chen, Friedrich Schaeffler, Ruediger Goldhahn, and Wolfgang Jantsch
• received 09/29/2009; accepted 10/31/2009; posted 11/05/2009; Doc. ID 117932
• [full text: PDF (546) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (040.0040) Detectors : Detectors
• (130.0130) Integrated optics : Integrated optics
• (250.0250) Optoelectronics : Optoelectronics

Theory of adiabatic pressure-gradient soliton compression in hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers

• Jesper Laegsgaard and Peter Roberts
• received 09/15/2009; accepted 10/30/2009; posted 11/05/2009; Doc. ID 117281
• [full text: PDF (211) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
• (060.5530) Fiber optics and optical communications : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
• (060.7140) Fiber optics and optical communications : Ultrafast processes in fibers
• (060.4005) Fiber optics and optical communications : Microstructured fibers
• (060.5295) Fiber optics and optical communications : Photonic crystal fibers
• (060.3510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Lasers, fiber

Photo-written high Q cavities in 2D chalcogenide glass photonic crystals

• Michael Lee, Christian Grillet, Snjezana Tomljenovic-Hanic, Eric M�gi, David Moss, Benjamin Eggleton, Xin Gai, Steve Madden, Duk-Yong Choi, Douglas Bulla, and Barry Luther-Davies
• received 08/25/2009; accepted 10/30/2009; posted 11/03/2009; Doc. ID 116188
• [full text: PDF (390) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
• (320.7110) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast nonlinear optics

Photonic Scanning Receiver Using Electrically Tuned FBG

• Patrik Rugeland, Zhangwei Yu, Carola Sterner, Oleksandr Tarasenko, G�ran Tengstrand, and Walter Margulis
• received 09/08/2009; accepted 10/30/2009; posted 11/03/2009; Doc. ID 116796
• [full text: PDF (346) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.4005) Fiber optics and optical communications : Microstructured fibers
• (060.5625) Fiber optics and optical communications : Radio frequency photonics

Acoustic Index of Ge-doped Optical Fibers

• S�ren Herstr�m, Lars Gr�ner Nielsen, and Bera Palsdottir
• received 09/16/2009; accepted 10/27/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 117313
• [full text: PDF (776) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.2280) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber design and fabrication
• (290.5900) Scattering : Scattering, stimulated Brillouin

All-fiber Q-switched single-frequency Tm-doped laser near 2um

• Jihong Geng, Qing Wang, Jake Smith, Tao Luo, Shibin Jiang, and Farzin Amzajerdian
• received 09/23/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 117603
• [full text: PDF (458) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
• (140.3510) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, fiber
• (140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched

Characterizing topological charge of optical vortices by using an annular aperture

• Lei-Lei Lu, Cheng-Shan Guo, and Hui-Tian Wang
• received 09/15/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 117282
• [full text: PDF (762) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (050.4865) Diffraction and gratings : Optical vortices
• (270.5585) Quantum optics : Quantum information and processing
• (260.6042) Physical optics : Singular optics

Bloch-mode extraction from near-field data in periodic waveguides

• Andrey Sukhorukov, Sangwoo Ha, Kokou Dossou, Lindsay Botten, C. Martijn de Sterke, and Yuri Kivshar
• received 08/28/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 11/05/2009; Doc. ID 116394
• [full text: PDF (463) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
• (250.5300) Optoelectronics : Photonic integrated circuits
• (050.5298) Diffraction and gratings : Photonic crystals

Quantitative analysis of forward and backward second-harmonic images of collagen fibers using Fourier transform-second-harmonic generation microscopy

• Raghu Ambekar Ramachandra Rao, Monal Mehta, Kimani Toussaint, and Scott Leithem
• received 09/16/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 10/29/2009; Doc. ID 116998
• [full text: PDF (473) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (100.2960) Image processing : Image analysis
• (180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy

Supercontinuum Q-switched Yb fiber laser using an intra-cavity microstructured fiber

• Antonio Diez, Jaime Cascante-Vindas, Jos� Cruz, and Miguel Andr�s
• received 07/24/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 114728
• [full text: PDF (719) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
• (060.4005) Fiber optics and optical communications : Microstructured fibers
• (060.3510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Lasers, fiber

White light cw-pumped supercontinuum generation in highly GeO2-doped core photonic crystal fibres

• Alexandre Kudlinski, G�raud Bouwmans, Olivier Vanvincq, Yves Quiquempois, Antoine Le Rouge, Laurent Bigot, Gilles M�lin, and Arnaud Mussot
• received 07/28/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 114933
• [full text: PDF (295) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.4370) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, fibers
• (190.5530) Nonlinear optics : Pulse propagation and temporal solitons
• (060.4005) Fiber optics and optical communications : Microstructured fibers
• (060.5295) Fiber optics and optical communications : Photonic crystal fibers

Full phase and amplitude control in computer generated holography

• Markus Fratz, Dominik Giel, and Peer Fischer
• received 08/06/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 115410
• [full text: PDF (981) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (050.1970) Diffraction and gratings : Diffractive optics
• (090.1760) Holography : Computer holography

Applying light-emitting diodes with narrow-band emission features in differential spectroscopy

• Holger Sihler, Christoph Kern, Denis P�hler, and Ulrich Platt
• received 08/05/2009; accepted 10/25/2009; posted 10/29/2009; Doc. ID 115221
• [full text: PDF (247) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (010.1280) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric composition
• (120.0280) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Remote sensing and sensors
• (230.3670) Optical devices : Light-emitting diodes
• (280.1120) Remote sensing and sensors : Air pollution monitoring
• (300.1030) Spectroscopy : Absorption

Plasmonic back structures design for efficiency enhancement of thin film amorphous Si solar cells

• Wenli Bai, Jing Zhang, Likang Cai, and Guofeng Song
• received 05/11/2009; accepted 10/24/2009; posted 11/05/2009; Doc. ID 111233
• [full text: PDF (709) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (040.5350) Detectors : Photovoltaic
• (240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons