Ultrashort elliptically polarized laser pulse interaction with helical photonic metamaterial

N. N. Potravkin, E. B. Cherepetskaya, I.A. Perezhogin, and V.A. Makarov

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2090-2101 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Feature issue introduction: optical ceramics

Jas Sanghera, Takunori Taira, and Hong Jin Kong

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2221-2224 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Study of the properties and prospects of Ce:TAG and TGG magnetooptical ceramics for optical isolators for lasers with high average power

Aleksey Starobor, Dmitry Zheleznov, Oleg Palashov, Chong Chen, Shengming Zhou, and Ryo Yasuhara

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2127-2132 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Anisotropic Yb:FAP laser ceramics by micro-domain control

Yoichi Sato, Mikayel Arzakantsyan, Jun Akiyama, and Takunori Taira

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2006-2015 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of air annealing on the optical properties and laser performance of Nd:YAG transparent ceramics

Yuelong Fu, Jiang Li, Yang Liu, Lei Liu, Hong Zhao, and Yubai Pan

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2108-2115 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Yb³⁺-doped ceramic thin-disk lasers of Lu-based oxides

Hiroaki Nakao, Tatsuya Inagaki, Akira Shirakawa, Ken-ichi Ueda, Hideki Yagi, Takagimi Yanagitani, Alexander A. Kaminskii, Birgit Weichelt, Katrin Wentsch, Marwan Abdou Ahmed, and Thomas Graf

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2116-2121 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of 500-mJ nanosecond pulses from a diode-pumped Yb:YAG TRAM laser amplifier

Shigeki Tokita, Martin Divoky, Hiroaki Furuse, Kakeru Matsumoto, Yuki Nakamura, Minoru Yoshida, Toshiyuki Kawashima, and Junji Kawanaka

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2122-2126 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Nanostructured transparent ceramics with an anisotropic crystalline structure

Yiquan Wu

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2026-2031 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Post-sintering treatment of neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd:YAG) transparent ceramics

Lucie Chrétien, Rémy Boulesteix, Alexandre Maître, Christian Sallé, and Yves Reignoux

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2166-2173 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Multimaterial disc-to-fiber approach to efficiently produce robust infrared fibers

Guangming Tao, Soroush Shabahang, Shixun Dai, and Ayman F. Abouraddy

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2143-2149 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Photoluminescence properties of emission-tunable Ca₈MgLa(PO₄)₇:Eu²⁺, Mn²⁺ phosphors for white LEDs

Jia Zhang and Cheng Jiang

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2102-2107 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical characteristics and longevity of quantum dot-coated white LED

Ji Wook Moon, Jin Sung Kim, Bong Gul Min, Hyun Min Kim, and Jae Soo Yoo

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2174-2181 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Anisotropy of the spectroscopic, optical and thermo-mechanical properties of Li₆Eu_1-xGd_x(BO₃)₃ crystals optimized for heat-scintillation cryogenic bolometers

Rekia Belhoucif, Matias Velázquez, Yannick Petit, Olivier Plantevin, Marcos A. Couto dos Santos, Frédéric Adamietz, Vincent Rodriguez, Michel Couzi, Olivier Pérez, Oudomsack Viraphong, Philippe Veber, Dominique Denux, Rodolphe Decourt, and Djamel Ouadjaout

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2042-2065 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Micro-structure of grain boundary in post-annealed Sinter plus HIPed Nd:Lu₃Al₅O₁₂ ceramics

Yang Zhang, Meng Cai, Benxue Jiang, Jintai Fan, Chunlin Zhou, Xiaojian Mao, and Long Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2182-2189 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Thermal conductivity measurements using phase-shifting interferometry

Ivan Kuznetsov, Ivan Mukhin, Dmitry Silin, and Oleg Palashov

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2204-2208 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

3D scaffold fabrication by mask projection excimer laser stereolithography

Szabolcs Beke, Balázs Farkas, Ilaria Romano, and Fernando Brandi

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2032-2041 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

In situ micro-Raman studies of laser-induced bismuth oxidation reveals metastability of β-Bi₂O₃ microislands

J. A. Steele and R. A. Lewis

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2133-2142 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical aging behaviour naturally induced on As₂S₃ microstructured optical fibres

O. Mouawad, C. Strutynski, J. Picot-Clémente, F. Désévédavy, G. Gadret, J-C Jules, and F. Smektala

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2190-2203 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

168 fs pulse generation from graphene-chitosan mode-locked fiber laser

Jan Tarka, Grzegorz Sobon, Jakub Boguslawski, Jaroslaw Sotor, Joanna Jagiello, Magdalena Aksienionek, Ludwika Lipinska, Mariusz Zdrojek, Jaroslaw Judek, and Krzysztof M. Abramski

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 1981-1986 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Polychromatic ZnO/CdxZn_1-xO composite nanorods prepared by simple chemical methods: nanoscale optical characteristics

Min Su Kim, Jubok Lee, and Jeongyong Kim

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 1987-1996 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Topological insulator Sb₂Te₃ as an optical media for the generation of ring-shaped beams

Chao Tan, Qingkai Wang, and Xiquan Fu

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2016-2025 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonlinear refractive index study on SiO₂-Al₂O₃-La₂O₃ glasses

Christian Karras, Doris Litzkendorf, Stephan Grimm, Kay Schuster, Wolfgang Paa, and Herbert Stafast

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2066-2077 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Zr⁴⁺ diffusion-doping effect on refractive index of LiNbO₃: A comparison with bulk-doping case

De-Long Zhang, Qun Zhang, Cong-Xian Qiu, Wing-Han Wong, and Edwin Yue-Bun Pun

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2215-2220 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of boundary on refractive index of PDMS

Ivan Martinček, Ivan Turek, and Norbert Tarjányi

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 1997-2005 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Optical spectroscopy and population behavior between ⁴I_11/2 and ⁴I_13/2 levels of erbium doped germanate glass

Tao Wei, Ying Tian, Cong Tian, Xufeng Jing, Junjie Zhang, Long Zhang, and Shiqing Xu

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2150-2165 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication and surface plasmon coupling studies on the dielectric/Ag structure for transparent conducting electrode applications

Rina Pandey, Basavaraj Angadi, Seong Keun Kim, Ji Won Choi, Do Kyung Hwang, and Won Kook Choi

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2078-2089 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Epitaxial Bi₂Sr₂Co₂O_y thin films as a promising p-type transparent conducting oxides

Shufang Wang, Liqing Sun, Hongrui Zhang, Dogheche Elhadj, Jianglong Wang, and Guangsheng Fu

Opt. Mater. Express 4(10), 2209-2214 (2014)  View: HTML | PDF