This feature offers papers from the OSA topical meeting, ADVANCES IN OPTICAL MATERIALS (AIOM 2012), held February 1–3, 2012, at the Rancho Bernardo Inn, San Diego, California, USA, and encompasses advances in optics, materials science, condensed matter, as well as physics and chemistry relevant to the development of new optical materials. Topics covered include material technologies in the field of crystals, glasses, and ceramics in the form of bulk and microstructured materials, such as composites, planar integrated waveguides and optical fibers, and characterizations and applications of these materials for passive optics, for lasers and nonlinear conversion devices for many applications. The AIOM featured approximately 42 presentations of which 10 were invited presentations. The next topical meeting of AIOM 2013 will be held in the autumn of 2013 in Paris, France, in conjunction with Advanced Solid State Photonics (ASSP).

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1. M. Arzakantsyan, N. Ananyan, V. Gevorgyan, and J.-C. Chanteloup, “Growth of large 90 mm diameter Yb:YAG single crystals with Bagdasarov method,” Opt. Mater. Express (to be published).
2. R. Bhandari, T. Taira, A. Miyamoto, Y. Furukawa, and T. Tago, “> 3 MW peak power at 266 nm using Nd:YAG/ Cr4+:YAG microchip laser and fluxless-BBO,” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 907–913 (2012). [CrossRef]
3. Y. Sato and T. Taira, “Temperature dependencies of stimulated emission cross section for Nd-doped solid-state laser materials,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1076–1087 (2012). [CrossRef]
4. N. Ter-Gabrielyan, V. Fromzel, W. Ryba-Romanowski, T. Lukasiewicz, and M. Dubinskii, “Spectroscopic and laser properties of resonantly (in-band) pumped Er:YVO4 and Er:GdVO4 crystals: a comparative study,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1040–1049 (2012). [CrossRef]
5. H. J. Strauss, M. J. D. Esser, G. King, and L. Maweza, “Tm:YLF slab wavelength-selected laser,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1165–1170 (2012). [CrossRef]
6. A. V. V. Nampoothiri, A. M. Jones, C. Fourcade-Dutin, C. Mao, N. Dadashzadeh, B. Baumgart, Y. Y. Wang, M. Alharbi, T. Bradley, N. Campbell, F. Benabid, B. R. Washburn, K. L. Corwin, and W. Rudolph, “Hollow-core Optical Fiber Gas Lasers (HOFGLAS): a review [Invited],” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 948–961 (2012). [CrossRef]
7. T. Hayakawa, S. Hayashi, S. Miyazawa, T. Ohashi, and K. Watanabe, “Polarized Raman mapping method for estimation of refractive index differences on grain-boundaries and in-line transmission properties of polycrystalline alumina,” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 914–919 (2012). [CrossRef]
8. D. V. Martyshkin, A. V. Fedorov, A. Arumugam, D. J. Hilton, V. V. Fedorov, and S. B. Mirov, “Mid-IR volumetric Bragg grating based on LiF color center crystal,” Opt. Mater. Express (to be published).
9. J. Hite, M. Twigg, M. Mastro, J. Freitas, J. Meyer, I. Vurgaftman, S. O’Connor, N. Condon, F. Kub, S. Bowman, and C. Eddy., “Development of periodically oriented gallium nitride for non-linear optics [Invited],” Opt. Mater. Express (to be published).
10. A. Grisard, E. Lallier, and B. Gérard, “Quasi-phase-matched gallium arsenide for versatile mid-infrared frequency conversion,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1020–1025 (2012). [CrossRef]
11. I.-W. Feng, J. Li, J. Lin, H. Jiang, and J. Zavada, “Effects of growth pressure on erbium doped GaN infrared emitters synthesized by metal organic chemical vapor deposition,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1095–1100 (2012). [CrossRef]
12. S. Ranta, M. Tavast, T. Leinonen, R. Epstein, and M. Guina, “Narrow linewidth 1118/559 nm VECSEL based on strain compensated GaInAs/GaAs quantum-wells for laser cooling of Mg-ions,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1011–1019 (2012). [CrossRef]
13. T. V. Murzina, G. N. Conti, A. Barucci, S. Berneschi, I. Razdolskiy, and S. Soria, “Kerr versus thermal non-linear effects studied by hybrid whispering gallery mode resonators [Invited],” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1088–1094 (2012). [CrossRef]
14. A. Lopez-Santiago, H. R. Grant, P. Gangopadhyay, R. Voorakaranam, R. A. Norwood, and N. Peyghambarian, “Cobalt ferrite nanoparticles polymer composites based all-optical magnetometer,” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 978–986 (2012). [CrossRef]
15. M. Emons, K. Obata, T. Binhammer, A. Ovsianikov, B. N. Chichkov, and U. Morgner, “Two-photon polymerization technique with sub-50 nm resolution by sub-10 fs laser pulses,” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 942–947 (2012). [CrossRef]

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• M. Arzakantsyan, N. Ananyan, V. Gevorgyan, and J.-C. Chanteloup, “Growth of large 90 mm diameter Yb:YAG single crystals with Bagdasarov method,” Opt. Mater. Express (to be published).
• R. Bhandari, T. Taira, A. Miyamoto, Y. Furukawa, and T. Tago, “> 3 MW peak power at 266 nm using Nd:YAG/ Cr4+:YAG microchip laser and fluxless-BBO,” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 907–913 (2012). [CrossRef]
• Y. Sato and T. Taira, “Temperature dependencies of stimulated emission cross section for Nd-doped solid-state laser materials,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1076–1087 (2012). [CrossRef]
• N. Ter-Gabrielyan, V. Fromzel, W. Ryba-Romanowski, T. Lukasiewicz, and M. Dubinskii, “Spectroscopic and laser properties of resonantly (in-band) pumped Er:YVO4 and Er:GdVO4 crystals: a comparative study,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1040–1049 (2012). [CrossRef]
• H. J. Strauss, M. J. D. Esser, G. King, and L. Maweza, “Tm:YLF slab wavelength-selected laser,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1165–1170 (2012). [CrossRef]
• A. V. V. Nampoothiri, A. M. Jones, C. Fourcade-Dutin, C. Mao, N. Dadashzadeh, B. Baumgart, Y. Y. Wang, M. Alharbi, T. Bradley, N. Campbell, F. Benabid, B. R. Washburn, K. L. Corwin, and W. Rudolph, “Hollow-core Optical Fiber Gas Lasers (HOFGLAS): a review [Invited],” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 948–961 (2012). [CrossRef]
• T. Hayakawa, S. Hayashi, S. Miyazawa, T. Ohashi, and K. Watanabe, “Polarized Raman mapping method for estimation of refractive index differences on grain-boundaries and in-line transmission properties of polycrystalline alumina,” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 914–919 (2012). [CrossRef]
• D. V. Martyshkin, A. V. Fedorov, A. Arumugam, D. J. Hilton, V. V. Fedorov, and S. B. Mirov, “Mid-IR volumetric Bragg grating based on LiF color center crystal,” Opt. Mater. Express (to be published).
• J. Hite, M. Twigg, M. Mastro, J. Freitas, J. Meyer, I. Vurgaftman, S. O’Connor, N. Condon, F. Kub, S. Bowman, and C. Eddy., “Development of periodically oriented gallium nitride for non-linear optics [Invited],” Opt. Mater. Express (to be published).
• A. Grisard, E. Lallier, and B. Gérard, “Quasi-phase-matched gallium arsenide for versatile mid-infrared frequency conversion,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1020–1025 (2012). [CrossRef]
• I.-W. Feng, J. Li, J. Lin, H. Jiang, and J. Zavada, “Effects of growth pressure on erbium doped GaN infrared emitters synthesized by metal organic chemical vapor deposition,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1095–1100 (2012). [CrossRef]
• S. Ranta, M. Tavast, T. Leinonen, R. Epstein, and M. Guina, “Narrow linewidth 1118/559 nm VECSEL based on strain compensated GaInAs/GaAs quantum-wells for laser cooling of Mg-ions,” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1011–1019 (2012). [CrossRef]
• T. V. Murzina, G. N. Conti, A. Barucci, S. Berneschi, I. Razdolskiy, and S. Soria, “Kerr versus thermal non-linear effects studied by hybrid whispering gallery mode resonators [Invited],” Opt. Mater. Express2(8), 1088–1094 (2012). [CrossRef]
• A. Lopez-Santiago, H. R. Grant, P. Gangopadhyay, R. Voorakaranam, R. A. Norwood, and N. Peyghambarian, “Cobalt ferrite nanoparticles polymer composites based all-optical magnetometer,” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 978–986 (2012). [CrossRef]
• M. Emons, K. Obata, T. Binhammer, A. Ovsianikov, B. N. Chichkov, and U. Morgner, “Two-photon polymerization technique with sub-50 nm resolution by sub-10 fs laser pulses,” Opt. Mater. Express2(7), 942–947 (2012). [CrossRef]

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