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
• Published on: 05/22/13

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
• Published on: 05/21/13

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
• Published on: 05/17/13

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
• Published on: 05/17/13

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
• Published on: 05/15/13

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
• Published on: 05/14/13

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
• Published on: 05/14/13

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
• Published on: 05/14/13

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
• Published on: 05/10/13

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
• Published on: 05/10/13

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
• Published on: 05/08/13

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
• Published on: 05/08/13

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
• Published on: 05/06/13

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
• Published on: 05/06/13

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
• Published on: 05/03/13

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
• Published on: 05/03/13

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
• Published on: 05/01/13

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
• Published on: 05/01/13

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
• Published on: 05/01/13

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
• Published on: 05/01/13