Feature issue introduction: optical ceramics

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 904–907 (2013)
• Jas Sanghera, Takunori Taira, and Romain Gaume

Photochromism and near-infrared persistent luminescence in Eu²⁺-Nd³⁺-co-doped CaAl₂O₄ ceramics

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 787–793 (2013)
• Jumpei Ueda, Tatsuaki Shinoda, and Setsuhisa Tanabe

Orientation control of micro-domains in anisotropic laser ceramics

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 829–841 (2013)
• Yoichi Sato, Jun Akiyama, and Takunori Taira

Site-selective excitation and emission of Eu³⁺-doped transparent glass ceramic containing Ca₅(PO₄)₃F nanocrystals

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 868–874 (2013)
• S. N. Zhang, J. H. Huang, Y. J. Chen, X. H. Gong, Y. F. Lin, Z. D. Luo, and Y. D. Huang

Spectroscopic characterization of erbium doped glass ceramic

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 884–892 (2013)
• Indumathi Kamma, Monday Mbila, Karen E. Steege Gall, and B. Rami Reddy

Transparent, luminescent terbium doped zirconia: development of optical-structural ceramics with integrated temperature measurement functionalities

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 893–903 (2013)
• C. L. Hardin, Y. Kodera, S. A. Basun, D. R. Evans, and J. E. Garay

Incorporation of luminescent CdSe/ZnS core-shell quantum dots and PbS quantum dots into solution-derived chalcogenide glass films

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 729–738 (2013)
• Spencer Novak, Luca Scarpantonio, Jacklyn Novak, Marta Dai Prè, Alessandro Martucci, Jonathan D. Musgraves, Nathan D. McClenaghan, and Kathleen Richardson

Effects of OH radicals and the silicon network on the lifetime of Eu³⁺-doped sodium silicate glasses

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 853–867 (2013)
• Rodrigo Ferreira de Morais, Elias Oliveira Serqueira, and Noelio Oliveira Dantas

Compact broadband amplified spontaneous emission in Tm³⁺-doped tungsten tellurite glass double-cladding single-mode fiber

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 723–728 (2013)
• Pei-Wen Kuan, Kefeng Li, Guang Zhang, Xin Wang, Lei Zhang, Gongxun Bai, Yuenhong Tsang, and Lili Hu

Electrical, spectroscopic, and laser characterization of γ-irradiated transition metal doped II-VI semiconductors

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 777–786 (2013)
• Tetyana Konak, Michael Tekavec, Vladimir V. Fedorov, and Sergey B. Mirov

Cladding YAG crystal fibers with high-index glasses for reducing the number of guided modes

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 813–820 (2013)
• Kuang-Yu Hsu, Mu-Han Yang, Dong-Yo Jheng, Chien-Chih Lai, Sheng-Lung Huang, Karl Mennemann, and Volker Dietrich

Nanoindentation studies on waveguides inscribed in chalcogenide glasses using ultrafast laser

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 684–690 (2013)
• Tamilarasan Sabapathy, M. S. R. N. Kiran, Arunbabu Ayiriveetil, Ajoy K. Kar, U. Ramamurty, and Sundarrajan Asokan

Micron-scale copper wires printed using femtosecond laser-induced forward transfer with automated donor replenishment

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 747–754 (2013)
• James A. Grant-Jacob, Benjamin Mills, Matthias Feinaeugle, Collin L. Sones, Gerrit Oosterhuis, Marc B. Hoppenbrouwers, and Robert W. Eason

Structural modifications of binary lithium silicate glasses upon femtosecond laser pulse irradiation probed by micro-Raman spectroscopy

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 755–764 (2013)
• T. Seuthe, M. Grehn, A. Mermillod-Blondin, H. J. Eichler, J. Bonse, and M. Eberstein

Formation of three-dimensional carbon microstructures via two-photon microfabrication and microtransfer molding

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 875–883 (2013)
• Yuya Daicho, Terumasa Murakami, Tsuneo Hagiwara, and Shoji Maruo

Effect of thermal anneal on growth behavior of laser-induced damage sites on the exit surface of fused silica

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 765–776 (2013)
• Rajesh N. Raman, Raluca A. Negres, Manyalibo J. Matthews, and Christopher W. Carr

Amorphous silicon-liquid crystals device for photonic applications

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 691–699 (2013)
• A. Fuentes-Garcia, M. C. Grados-Luyando, J. C. Ramirez-San-Juan, and R. Ramos-Garcia

Phase-dependence of gold nanoparticle dispersibility in blue phase and chiral nematic liquid crystals

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 842–852 (2013)
• Hiroyuki Yoshida, Kenta Inoue, Hitoshi Kubo, and Masanori Ozaki

Thermal poling behavior and SHG stability in arsenic-germanium sulfide glasses

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 700–710 (2013)
• William T. Shoulders, Jacklyn Novak, Marc Dussauze, J. David Musgraves, and Kathleen Richardson

Photoinduced surface patterning of azobenzene-containing supramolecular dendrons, dendrimers and dendronized polymers

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 711–722 (2013)
• Jaana Vapaavuori, Arri Priimagi, Antti J. Soininen, Nadia Canilho, Edis Kasëmi, Janne Ruokolainen, Matti Kaivola, and Olli Ikkala

Spectral modulation of a bistable liquid-crystal photonic structure by the polarization effect

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 821–828 (2013)
• Yu-Cheng Hsiao, Yi-Hong Zou, Ivan V. Timofeev, Victor Ya. Zyryanov, and Wei Lee

Particulate counter electrode system for enhanced light harvesting in dye-sensitized solar cells

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 739–746 (2013)
• Kyoseung Sim, Shi-Joon Sung, Si-Nae Park, Dae-Hwan Kim, and Jin-Kyu Kang

Local photochemical plasmon mode tuning in metal nanoparticle arrays

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 794–805 (2013)
• Susan Derenko, René Kullock, Zhi Wu, Andrew Sarangan, Christiane Schuster, Lukas M. Eng, and Thomas Härtling

Investigation of the interaction between different types of Ag species and europium ions in Ag⁺-Na⁺ ion-exchange glass

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 806–812 (2013)
• Longji Li, Yong Yang, Dacheng Zhou, Zhengwen Yang, Xuhui Xu, and Jianbei Qiu

Study of photoinduced birefringence vs As content in thin GeAsS films

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• Optical Materials Express Vol. 3, Iss. 6, pp. 671–683 (2013)
• K. Palanjyan, S. H. Messaddeq, Y. Messaddeq, R. Vallée, E. Knystautas, and T. Galstian