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Optical Materials Express

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About the Journal

Optical Materials Express is OSA's newest all-electronic, open-access optics journal. The journal primarily emphasizes advances in novel optical materials, their properties, modeling, synthesis and fabrication techniques; how such materials contribute to novel optical behavior; and how they enable new or improved optical devices.

Editor-in-Chief: David J. Hagan, CREOL, University of Central Florida
eISSN: 2159-3930
Frequency: Rapid article-at-a-time publication, monthly issues

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Phase-dependence of gold nanoparticle dispersibility in blue phase and chiral nematic liquid crystals
We investigate the dispersibility of spherical gold nanoparticles in three phases of a chiral liquid crystal... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.842-852 (2013)

Orientation control of micro-domains in anisotropic laser ceramics
We present theoretical studies on the orientation control of micro-domains in anisotropic laser ceramics, and... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.829-841 (2013)

Spectral modulation of a bistable liquid-crystal photonic structure by the polarization effect
The light polarization has an effect on spectral properties of a multilayered photonic crystal infiltrated... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.821-828 (2013)

Cladding YAG crystal fibers with high-index glasses for reducing the number of guided modes
Yttrium aluminium garnet (YAG) crystal fibers with a core diameter of 40 μm were cladded by high index... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.813-820 (2013)

Investigation of the interaction between different types of Ag species and europium ions in Ag+-Na+ ion-exchange glass
The introduction of silver into the Eu3+-doped sodium–aluminosilicate glasses prepared by... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.806-812 (2013)

Local photochemical plasmon mode tuning in metal nanoparticle arrays
We report on the local modification of gold nanoparticle arrays by photochemical deposition of gold from... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.794-805 (2013)

Photochromism and near-infrared persistent luminescence in Eu2+-Nd3+-co-doped CaAl2O4 ceramics
We report near-infrared persistent luminescence and photochromism in Eu2+-Nd3+-codoped... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.787-793 (2013)

Electrical, spectroscopic, and laser characterization of γ-irradiated transition metal doped II-VI semiconductors
We report a comprehensive study of γ-irradiation on optical, electrical, and laser characteristics of... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.777-786 (2013)

Effect of thermal anneal on growth behavior of laser-induced damage sites on the exit surface of fused silica
Thermal anneal is known to arrest the growth of laser-induced damage in optical materials. However, the... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.765-776 (2013)

Structural modifications of binary lithium silicate glasses upon femtosecond laser pulse irradiation probed by micro-Raman spectroscopy
The effects of single femtosecond laser pulse irradiation (130 fs pulse duration, 800 nm center wavelength)... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.755-764 (2013)

Micron-scale copper wires printed using femtosecond laser-induced forward transfer with automated donor replenishment
We demonstrate the use of laser-induced forward transfer (LIFT) in combination with a novel donor... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.747-754 (2013)

Particulate counter electrode system for enhanced light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells
A particulate counter electrode with photo scattering and redox catalytic properties is applied to dye... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.739-746 (2013)

Incorporation of luminescent CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots and PbS quantum dots into solution-derived chalcogenide glass films
CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots (CSQDs) and PbS quantum dots (QDs) were synthesized using a colloidal method... Optical Materials Express, Vol. 3 Issue 6, pp.729-738 (2013)

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Call for Papers

Nonlinear Optics 2013
  • Yanqing Lu, Takunori Taira, Jerry Dadap, Magnus Karlsson, and Nicolae Panoiu
  • Submission Deadline: 15 September 2013
Mid-IR Photonic Materials
  • Juejun Hu, Jerry Meyer, Kathleen Richardson, and Lawrence Shah
  • Submission Deadline: 15 June 2013

In Progress

Hybrid Organic-Inorganic Materials for Novel Photonic Applications
  • Partha Banerjee, Dean Evans, Wei Lee, Victor Reshetnyak, and Nelson Tansu
  • In Progress (no new submissions accepted)
Optical Ceramics
  • Jasbinder Sanghera, Takunori Taira, and Romain Gaume
  • In Progress (no new submissions accepted)

Published

Specialty Optical Fibers
  • John Ballato and Ayman Abouraddy
  • Published
Advances in Optical Materials
  • Jasbinder Sanghera and Takunori Taira
  • Published
Nanocarbon for Photonics and Optoelectronics
  • Werner Blau and Wei Ji
  • Published
Quantum Dots for Photonic Applications
  • Kwang-Sup Lee, Paras N. Prasad, Guillaume Huyet, and Chee Hing Tan
  • Published
Persistent Phosphors 2011
  • Philippe Smet, Dirk Poelman and Markus Hehlen
  • Published
Liquid Crystal Materials for Photonic Applications
  • Shin-Tson Wu and Wei Lee
  • Published

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