MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Journal of the Optical Society of America B' source. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:29:26 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5674180&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-3-274 We demonstrate that single layer graphene exhibits a strong nonlinear photon-mixing effect in the terahertz frequency regime. Up to room temperature, the third-order nonlinear current in graphene grows rapidly with increasing temperature. The third-order nonlinear current can be as strong as the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5674180 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:10:49 +0100 5674180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5674182&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-3-268 We study a physical system for creation of quantum correlations by quantum feedback control. The system is composed of two three-level atoms, each of which interacts with one of two coupled cavities. By appropriately choosing the feedback strength, we show that an arbitrary initial state can be ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5674182 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5674182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5674181&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-3-262 In this paper we analytically study the resonance response of cylindrical subwavelength apertures embedded in metal films at near-UV, optical, and near-IR frequencies. This analysis is concise, and allows accurate and intuitive prediction of both propagating and evanescent modes, which are key ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5674181 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5674181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5656890&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A146 We study electrically tunable self-assembled InAs quantum dot molecules through photoluminescence (PL) and time-resolved PL measurements. For the model we assume quantum dots with cylindrical symmetry, for which the confinement potentials have been modeled as narrow quantum wells in the growth and ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5656890 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5656890 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5656896&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A138 Bose–Einstein condensates (BECs), the “fifth state of matter,” have in fact been discovered by chance both in liquid helium and in superconductors. Since these early encounters, BECs have been sought for, both in atom vapors and in solids. Here we report on the case of exciton ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5656896 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5656896 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5656895&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A127 Metallic nanoslit arrays exhibit several unique, surprising, and useful properties, such as resonant enhanced transmission and resonant local field enhancements. Here we present both a theoretical study of these static properties, as well as experiments showing the utilization of these features ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5656895 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5656895 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5656894&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A119 We review the investigation of the hole-assisted dynamical nuclear spin polarization mechanism in a singly charged InAs quantum dot. Using coherent dark state spectroscopy, we measure the locking of the Overhauser field to a value determined only by the laser frequencies. Importantly, we review ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5656894 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5656894 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5656893&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A103 We propose here to combine magnetic semiconductors and plasmonic crystals to obtain a new class of devices, in which magneto-optical effects are dramatically enhanced. So far we have studied the two building blocks separately, and we demonstrate here features of these systems that make them ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5656893 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5656893 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5656892&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A1 We study the time-resolved reflectivity spectrum of a switched planar GaAs-AlAs microcavity. Between 5 and 40 ps after the switching (pump) pulse, we observe a strong excess probe reflectivity and a change of the frequency of light trapped in the cavity up to 5 linewidths away from the cavity ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5656892 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5656892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5656891&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-FOPS1 Frank Jahnke, Ted Norris, Hailin Wang [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 29, FOPS1-FOPS1 (2012)] (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5656891 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5656891 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5656897&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A95 Using a many-body theory, we discuss some fundamental issues of femtomagnetism in magnetic electronic systems. We address the question of how spin may couple to transient optical coherence during time scales shorter than the photoexcitation duration and the characteristic times of interaction with ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5656897 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5656897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5635719&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A86 Within a self-consistent microscopic theory, the conditions for the existence of a strongly Coulomb-correlated phase in graphene is explored, and its fingerprints in the optical spectra are investigated. A second-order semimetal-to-insulator transition is predicted if the effective fine-structure ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5635719 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:35:16 +0100 5635719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5635720&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-257 A robust and scalable scheme for generating atom–photon and atom–atom entangled W states is proposed by using the interference effect of the polarized photons leaking out of the spatially separated cavities. Each of the atoms is trapped separately in a remote optical cavity, and the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5635720 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5635720 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5635723&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A82 Here we propose a mechanism to generate entangled photon pairs that makes use of double dot quantum dot molecules. Molecular biexciton and molecular exciton states allow us to circumvent the which-path problem that, in most cases, makes the use of single quantum dots technologically challenging. (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5635723 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5635723 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5635722&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A69 Optical two-dimensional Fourier transform (2DFT) spectroscopy has been developed over the last decade as a powerful tool for studying a variety of physical systems, ranging from atoms to molecules to solids. This review covers our use of 2DFT spectroscopy to study exciton dynamics in semiconductor ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5635722 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5635722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5635721&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A60 We present a microscopic theory of the linear optical response of such deformed structures. Our approach combines conventional structural analysis ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5635721 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5635721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625033&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A6 In this paper, we review our recent experimental studies on electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) from electron spin coherences in semiconductor quantum wells. Coherent Raman resonances, manifestations of EIT from electron spin coherences at relatively low pump intensities, were ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625033 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0100 5625033 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625032&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A55 In this work we study the effect of thin-film deposition on the quality factor (Q) of silicon nanobeam cavities. We observe an average increase in the Q of 38±31% in one sample and investigate the dependence of this increase on the initial nanobeam hole sizes. We note that this process can be ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625032 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0100 5625032 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625031&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A43 We present a summary of recent studies of ballistic currents using nonlinear optical techniques. Quantum interference between one- and two-photon absorption pathways is used to inject and control ballistic currents in GaAs samples. With this, a pure charge current, pure spin current, or ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625031 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0100 5625031 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625030&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A36 The generation of specific high harmonics for an optical two-level system is elucidated. The desired emitted radiation can be induced by a carefully designed excitation pulse, which is found by a multiparameter optimization procedure. The presented mechanism can also be applied to semiconductor ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625030 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0100 5625030 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625029&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A31 We study the intensity dependence of single-photon emission from a single semiconductor quantum dot after pulsed excitation. A semiconductor model is introduced that accounts for various configurations resulting from the occupation of the localized single-particle states with carriers. A detailed ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625029 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0100 5625029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625028&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A25 A precise time-dependent control of a quantum system relies on an accurate account of the quantum interference among the system, the control, and the environment. A diagrammatic technique has been recently developed to precisely calculate this quantum correlation for a fast multimode coherent ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625028 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0100 5625028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625027&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-A17 The build-up dynamics of quantum-optical correlations in a Jaynes–Cummings model for semiconductor quantum-dot systems is characterized using the cluster-expansion scheme. Assuming an excitation with a coherent state source under strong- and weak-coupling conditions, it is found that ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625027 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0100 5625027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625026&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-249 Leakage radiation spectroscopy has been applied to study surface plasmon polariton (SPP) generation by light scattered off aligned organic nanofibers deposited on a thin silver film. The efficiency of SPP generation was studied by angularly resolved leakage radiation spectroscopy as a function of ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625026 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:27:00 +0100 5625026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625025&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-244 Even so-called “complete” ultrashort laser pulse-measurement techniques actually have ambiguities and so are not truly complete. In particular, the spectral-interferometry technique called scanning SEA TADPOLE measures the “complete” spatiotemporal intensity and phase of ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625025 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:26:59 +0100 5625025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625024&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-238 We have measured the Raman gain coefficient spectrum and third-order susceptibility χ^(3) of a fluoride ZBLAN glass and the Raman response function and Raman fraction of ZBLAN fiber are obtained from the Raman gain coefficient spectrum. We evaluate the performance of soliton self-frequency ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625024 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:26:59 +0100 5625024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625035&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-232 Considering field-free molecular alignment enhancement by multiple pulses in the hollow fiber, we theoretically analyze how long-distance propagation influences the final alignment degree. Based on this, we propose a way to enhance frequency tuning of few-cycle femtosecond laser pulse by ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625035 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5625035 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5625034&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-226 In this paper, we experimentally show the effect of waveguide discontinuity on the propagation of the surface plasmon in metal stripes and tapered terminations. Dual-plane leakage microscopy and near-field microscopy were performed on Au stripes with varied widths to image the surface plasmon ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5625034 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5625034 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604307&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-220 We theoretically investigate nonlinear effects such as four-wave mixing (FWM) and bistability in a cavity electromechanical system based on the electromagnetically induced transparency effect. We show that the FWM can be resonantly enhanced under conditions of reduced linear absorption. We also ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604307 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:02:34 +0100 5604307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5604308&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-215 We report a broadband polarization-independent wavelength conversion by reducing the dispersion discrepancy between the fundamental transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) modes in a silicon nanowire waveguide, through optimizing of the waveguide geometry. The size of the waveguide is ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5604308 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5604308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5593579&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-209 Visible microlasers consisting of 80±20??nm thick, dye-doped polymer resonators mated to a second-order, distributed feedback grating having a period of 410?nm exhibit longitudinal mode and spectral characteristics that can be manipulated by microresonator design. Resonators in the form of a ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5593579 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5593579 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5593578&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-203 We elucidate the stability properties of vector kink solitons at an interface separating a defocusing Kerr medium and an imprinted semi-infinite photonic lattice. The mutual trapping between two orthogonally polarized components results in the formation of vector states composed of well-known ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5593578 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5593578 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5593577&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-197 We make a theoretical investigation of nonlinear surface polaritons localized at a single interface separating a nonlinear conventional dielectric medium and a linear indefinite medium. The propagation properties of such nonlinear surface polaritons are demonstrated in several distinct frequency ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5593577 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5593577 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5593576&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-2-191 Single-mode laser action has been reported previously in a gain-guided, index antiguided fiber using a scalable side pumping scheme. In this paper we demonstrate the role of transverse mode competition on laser oscillation in such a fiber laser. It enables single, lowest-order mode lasing with a ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5593576 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0100 5593576 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5533932&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-185 Field intensity enhancements (FEs) produced by gold needle nanostructures, namely, standing upright sharp and sphere-terminated needles, fabricated on a gold substrate by femtosecond laser irradiation, are investigated and characterized using linear reflection spectroscopy, two-photon ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5533932 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5533932 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5512812&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-178 Thermal noise of optical reference cavities sets a fundamental limit to the frequency instability of ultrastable lasers. Using Levin's formulation of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, we correct the analytical estimate for the spacer contribution given by ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5512812 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5512812 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5512811&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-170 An approximate circuit model is proposed for mode extraction in two-dimensional photonic crystal waveguides. The dispersion equation governing the complex propagation constant of the photonic crystal waveguide is then related to the resonance condition in the proposed circuit model. In this ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5512811 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5512811 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5512810&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-161 In this study, a mode-locked hybrid soliton pulse source (HSPS) utilizing sinusoidal chirped fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is reported for the first time, using the time-domain solution of coupled wave equations and rate equations. The sinusoidal chirped FBG provides a wider bandwidth by adjusting the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5512810 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5512810 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5512809&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-155 Switching and dynamic wavelength conversion of light are demonstrated in a fiber grating cavity detuned by high-voltage electrical pulses. The cavity dynamics is studied using a heterodyne technique in which the frequency-shifted light, trapped by the cavity, mixes with the backreflected light at ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5512809 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5512809 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5520765&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-153 An erroneous procedure of averaging the components of the Stokes vector of a polarization scrambled beam over the Poincaré sphere introduced in our earlier paper [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B28, 100–108 (2011)] has been corrected. (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5520765 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5520765 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5501399&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-153 An erroneous procedure of averaging the components of the Stokes vector of a polarization scrambled beam over the Poincaré sphere introduced in our earlier paper [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B28, 100–108 (2011)JOBPDE0740-322410.1364/JOSAB.28.000100] has been corrected. (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5501399 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5501399 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5492794&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-144 We investigate the performance of a magnesium-oxide-doped periodically poled lithium niobate crystal (MgO:PPLN) in an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) synchronously pumped by 530?nm, 20?ps, 230?MHz pulses with an average power of up to 2?W from a frequency-doubled, gain-switched LD seed and a ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5492794 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5492794 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5492793&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-138 We study resonant self-action effects of light in plasmonic γ-Fe_2O_3 (Au) core (shell) nanoparticles (NPs) in a polymer matrix by the spectroscopic Z-scan technique. Plasmon-assisted enhancement of the local optical field in NPs results in the appearance of saturable absorption, as well as ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5492793 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5492793 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5492792&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-130 Transmission through thin metal films with a periodic arrangement of tapered slits is considered. Transmission maps covering a wide range of periods, film thicknesses, and taper angles are presented. The maps show resonant transmission when fundamental and higher-order slit resonances are excited. ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5492792 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5492792 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5492791&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-118 Multidimensional spectroscopies provide increased spectral information but time resolution is often limited by the picosecond lifetimes of the transitions they probe. At the expense of additional complexity, transient multidimensional techniques extend the accessible timescales for studying ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5492791 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5492791 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483632&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-88 Metallic nanoparticles organized in regular arrays exhibit an extraordinary spectral feature that arises from electromagnetic coupling between localized surface plasmons and constructive interference from diffracted far-field radiation. A rapid semianalytical description of coupling between dipoles ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483632 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483631&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-8 An efficient and robust shooting algorithm for the design of bidirectionally pumped Raman fiber amplifiers is proposed. First, a parameter S, new to our knowledge, called scaling vector, is introduced. This parameter is used in combination with the physical picture of stimulated Raman scattering to ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483631 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483630&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-79 Using numerical simulations, we demonstrate the feasibility of tunable gradient refractive index optics at terahertz frequencies based on two-dimensional graded plasmonic crystals (GPCs). They consist of semiconductor rods with spatially dependent radii. In the effective medium approximation, the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483630 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483630 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483629&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-75 Random matrix theory is used to model a two-level quantum system driven by a laser and coupled to a reservoir with N degrees of freedom in both Markovian and non-Markovian regimes. Decoherence is naturally included in this model. The effect of reservoir dimension and coupling strength between the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483629 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483629 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483628&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-68 Based on the symmetry between the transfer characteristics of two coupled double-ring resonators (CDRRs) with symmetrical loss and gain distributions, the transmission and dispersion characteristics of CDRRs with gain in both rings and gain in one ring and loss in the other are analyzed ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483628 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483628 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483627&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-53 We study theoretically the effect of a new type of blocklike positional disorder on the effective electromagnetic properties of one-dimensional chains of resonant, high-permittivity dielectric particles, where particles are arranged into perfectly well-ordered blocks whose relative position is a ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483627 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483627 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483626&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-40 The theoretical framework for calculation of two-photon absorption cross sections for intermediate Hund’s cases (a) and (b) diatomic species is described in detail and applied toward the hydroxyl (OH) radical. Analytical expressions are derived for the 20 rotational branches that are present ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483626 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483626 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483625&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-35 We propose a method to realize directive emission using a layered metal heterostructure with around-zero average permittivity in the optical region. In the long-wavelength limit the heterostructure can be viewed as an epsilon-near-zero metamaterial. Our results show that when a transverse electric ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483625 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483625 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483624&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-29 A new technique of “self-referenced spectral interferometry” is demonstrated based on a self-diffraction effect and applied to the measurement of femtosecond pulses. The reference pulse is the first-order self-diffraction pulse that is generated in a thin bulk medium by the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483624 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483624 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483623&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-23 We present here the quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic (SH) light of holographic all-optical poling measured along the off-axis direction of the wave vector of 4k_ω−k_2ω+Δk with Δk=0, where k_ω is the wave vector of ω writing beam, k_2ω is the wave ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483623 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483623 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483622&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-15 We introduce a new (to our best knowledge) type of squeezing-enhanced thermal states (SETS) that is generated by operating a new two-parameter generalized squeezing operator on a thermal (chaotic) field. By using the operator’s Weyl-ordering invariance under the similarity transformation and ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483622 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483622 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483621&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-109 We present a design and analysis study of guided-mode resonances in photonic crystal slabs. Three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations are used in parallel with a simplified model of guided-mode resonances to produce a representation of their evolution with structural ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483621 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483621 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5483620&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-101 In this paper, a secure optical chaos-based communication scheme is proposed. A semiconductor laser (SL) subjected to polarization-rotated optical feedback serves as the drive laser (DL), and two identical or near-identical SLs act as the transmitter laser (TL) and receiver laser (RL). The TL and ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5483620 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:33:55 +0100 5483620 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5492795&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-29-1-1 This study, focused specifically on dynamics of vector soliton interactions, demonstrates that a soliton bunch can be efficiently compressed by attractive force generated in a ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5492795 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5492795 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5473858&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-A27 In this paper, we present a brief review of the launch of surface nonlinear optics and nonlinear magneto-optics at Moscow State University in the 1980s and further development of these areas in Russia. The history of these branches of modern nonlinear optics cannot be separated from the history of ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5473858 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5473858 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5473857&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-NLO2 Nicolaas Bloembergen [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28, NLO2-NLO2 (2011)] (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5473857 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5473857 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5465427&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-NLO1 Henry van Driel [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 28, NLO1-NLO1 (2011)] (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5465427 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5465427 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5465428&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-A11 We review the use of hollow-core photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) in the field of ultrafast gas-based nonlinear optics, including recent experiments, numerical modeling, and a discussion of future prospects. Concentrating on broadband guiding kagomé-style hollow-core PCF, we describe its ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5465428 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5465428 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5437514&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2974 The Paul wavelet algorithm was prepared as a method to obtain the birefringence values continuously for a liquid crystal sample by using the transmittance spectrum in visible and near-infrared regions at room temperature. The obtained results determined from the Paul wavelet algorithm are ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5437514 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5437514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5437513&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2966 We investigate the quantum discord dynamics of two noninteracting two-level atoms, each trapped in a single-mode optical cavity which is filled with a nonlinear Kerr-like medium. It is found that quantum discord vanishes only asymptotically although entanglement disappears suddenly during the time ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5437513 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5437513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5428496&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2956 The proposed homogenization theory—a major extension of the recently published methodology [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B28, 577 (2011)10.1364/JOSAB.28.000577]—yields an extended second-order material tensor consolidating the usual 36 local material parameters and additional ones that rigorously ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5428496 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 13:57:13 +0100 5428496 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418130&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2947 Recent numerical and theoretical studies have demonstrated that the modes at threshold of a random laser are in direct correspondence with the resonances of the same system without gain, a feature which is well known in conventional lasers but not known until recently for random lasers. This paper ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418130 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:17:24 +0100 5418130 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418129&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2940 We investigate the polarization dependence of eight coexisting four-wave mixing (FWM) signals in a two-level atomic system. The intensities and polarization states of coexisting FWM signals are modulated by the polarization configurations and frequency detunings of the incident fields. The ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418129 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:17:24 +0100 5418129 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418133&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2934 We present saturation absorption spectroscopy of transitions in Te_2 near 444.4?nm. These spectra were taken using a blue diode laser locked to a Fabry–Perot (FP) cavity that is in turn locked to a Zeeman-stabilized helium–neon laser. Tuning of the diode laser frequency is ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418133 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418133 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418132&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2931 (PCHs) consisting of two photonic crystals with different lattice constants are fabricated under the combination of two periodic oxidation voltage waves with similar voltage waveforms but different upper and lower bound values. The optical properties ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418132 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418132 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5418131&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2925 We apply an analytic theory [New J. Phys.12, 093010 (2010)NJOPFM1367-263010.1088/1367-2630/12/9/093010] toward the design of varactor-loaded split-ring resonator metacrystals, having nonlinear electromagnetic properties on demand. The design methodology here is shown to be efficient and is ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5418131 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5418131 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397157&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-A1 This review begins with an historical introduction to the field of nonlinear fiber optics and then focuses on the propagation of short optical pulses inside optical fibers. The underlying nonlinear Schrödinger equation is used to discuss the nonlinear phenomenon of self-phase modulation that ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397157 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397157 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397163&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2919 This article presents an analytical solution of the effective index of the fundamental waveguide mode of one-dimensional (1D) metallodielectric grating for TM polarization. In contrast to the existing numerical solution involving a transcendental equation, it is shown that the square of the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397163 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397163 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397162&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2915 Based on spin-orbit coupling induced by q-plates, we present a feasible experimental proposal for preparing two-dimensional spatially inhomogeneous polarizations of light. We further investigate the quantum correlations between these inhomogeneous polarizations of photon pairs generated by ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397162 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397162 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397161&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2909 In this paper, we first demonstrate how to realize quantum state transferring (QST) from one atom to another based on quantum Zeno dynamics. Then, the QST protocol is generalized to realize the quantum state swapping (QSS) between two arbitrary atoms with the help of a third one. Furthermore, we ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397161 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397161 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397160&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2902 In this paper the results of the theoretical and experimental study of spatiotemporal distortions emerging in noncollinear optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifiers are presented. In a noncollinear parametric amplifier, when the pulse fronts of the pump and signal are not matched, the signal ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397160 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397160 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397159&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2895 We analyze and design a hybrid dielectric-loaded plasmonic waveguide (HDLW) featuring a long propagation length and strong field confinement, for efficient control and confinement of light in the subwavelength area of λ^2/160. The HDLW is then used to build compact wavelength selective ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397159 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397159 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397158&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2888 We study the propagation and momentum transport of the inhomogeneous component of second and third harmonic pulses in dielectrics and semiconductors, at visible and UV wavelengths, focusing on materials like GaP. In these spectral regions GaP is characterized by large absorption, metallic behavior ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397158 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397158 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397164&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2879 The enhancement of second-harmonic generation (SHG) across a 2D photonic crystal (PC) slab consisting of GaP is investigated in this study with the three-dimensional spectral element method (SEM). The in-plane band structure is calculated, and it is compared with the peaks of the SHG to reveal the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397164 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397164 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397167&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2871 The Vavilov–Cherenkov radiation of a charge moving along the main axis of an anisotropic uniaxial nongyrotropic medium with resonant-type dispersion is analyzed. This model of the medium is typical both for crystals and for some metamaterials. The analytical results obtained using the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397167 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397167 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397166&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2865 Trapped, laser-cooled atoms and ions produce intense fluorescence of the order 10^7∼10^8 photons per second. Detection of this fluorescence enables efficient measurement of the quantum state of qubits based on trapped atoms. It is desirable to collect a large fraction of the photons to make ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397166 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397166 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5397165&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-12-2856 Experimental observations suggest that there are differences between the behavior of particles optically trapped in air and trapped in a liquid phase. We have modified the Mie–Debye spherical aberration theory to numerically simulate an aerosol optical trap in an attempt to explain and ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5397165 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5397165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5376024&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2855 In [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B26, 1256 (2009)] the wrong versions of Figs. 1–5 were published. The figures and captions have been corrected online as of October 12, 2011: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?uri=josab‐26‐6‐1256. (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5376024 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5376024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5376023&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2848 We numerically and experimentally investigate the complete dynamics of the amplification process occurring in fiber optical parametric chirped pulse amplifiers. We show that, in the linear amplification regime, more than 30% of the pump can be converted into the signal with a very good temporal ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5376023 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5376023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5376022&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2844 We report the characterization of the second-harmonic response of several types of second-order nonlinear probes, which consist of an optical fiber taper, a single nanowire attached to the taper, and functional second-harmonic micro- or nanocrystals attached to the nanowire. We observed anomalous ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5376022 Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5376022 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5376028&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2833 Phenanthrenequinone (PQ) doped poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) photopolymer material is receiving ever greater attention in the literature due to its attractive properties for applications such as holographic data storage, hybrid optoelectronics, solar concentrators, self-trapping of light, and ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5376028 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5376028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5376027&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2827 By placing a metallic layer of a periodic nanostrip array above a metallic layer of a periodic nanogroove array with a separation of 120?nm, we obtain a triple-band thin film absorber with all its resonant wavelengths displaying absorptivity greater than 90%. Through a systematic study of the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5376027 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5376027 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5376026&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2820 We present approximate analytical expressions describing the optical bistability phenomenon in a plasmonic-gap-waveguide-based nonlinear device. The device is formed by a metal–dielectric–metal (MDM) waveguide perpendicularly coupled to a stub structure that is filled with an ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5376026 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5376026 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5376025&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2812 We investigate synchronous first and second order pulsed Raman lasers that can achieve frequency spacing of up to 1000?cm^−1 for CARS microscopy applications. In particular, we focus on analytical and numerical analysis of pulsed stability derived for Raman lasers by using dispersion-managed ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5376025 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5376025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5355692&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2806 We experimentally study the behavior of orbital angular momentum (OAM) of light in a noncollinear second-harmonic generation process. The experiment is performed by using a Type I BBO crystal under phase-matching conditions with femtosecond pumping fields at 830?nm. Two specular off-axis vortex ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5355692 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5355692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5355691&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2797 Noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy (NICE-OHMS) based on a fiber-coupled electro-optic modulator (EOM) provides a compact and versatile experimental setup. It has, however, been limited by background signals originating from an imbalance of the phase modulated ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5355691 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5355691 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5355695&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2785 We propose and analyze a scheme for creation of coherent superposition of metastable states in a tripod-structured atom using frequency-chirped laser pulses with negligible excitation of the atoms. The underlying physics of the scheme is explained using the formalism of adiabatic states. We show ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5355695 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5355695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5355694&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2777 We have studied parametric amplification in dispersion-engineered As_2S_3 waveguides achieving a highest gain of over +35?dB using a pulsed pump. The gain is shown to involve an interaction between stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and four-wave mixing (FWM). The gain was studied both ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5355694 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5355694 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5355693&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2765 We present an experimental and theoretical study of the polarization and time-resolved nonlinear dynamics of a long-wavelength single-mode linearly polarized vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) subject to orthogonal optical injection. Special attention is paid to the correlation ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5355693 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5355693 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5343772&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2755 We present an analytical expression of fiber loss caused by core and cladding material losses for the TE mode of hollow-core and nonhollow-core Bragg fibers using the perturbation theory. The fiber loss agrees well with previous numerical results. Under the quarter-wave stack (QWS) condition, the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5343772 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5343772 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5343771&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2740 Analytical expression of confinement loss (CL) is presented for the TE mode of Bragg fibers by applying the perturbation theory to electromagnetic fields under an asymptotic expansion approximation. The expression can be used to evaluate CL for general cases as well as the quarter-wave stack (QWS) ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5343771 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5343771 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5343770&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2735 Applications of copper nanoparticles (NPs) are restricted due to their proneness to oxidation by ambient oxygen if not properly protected. Here we discuss the optical properties and application potential of copper NPs covered by a thin oxide layer. Considering Cu@Cu_2O core–shell type ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5343770 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5343770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5343774&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2726 We have synthesized a colloidal laser gain material that should possess many of the advantages of solid-state media without the main disadvantage of poor thermal performance. The colloid consists of Nd^+3 doped phosphate glass nanoparticles suspended in nonanoic acid. The spectroscopic properties ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5343774 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5343774 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5343773&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2718 We present full vector-field characterization of amplitude, phase, and polarization controlled femtosecond laser pulses in the ultraviolet (UV) with a method termed DFG-XTURTLE. It combines the recently developed technique of tomographic ultrafast retrieval of transverse light E-fields (TURTLE) ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5343773 Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5343773 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5331085&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2712 We present a new nanoscale modulation scheme based on the formation of a plasmonic Young interference pattern and its collection by an excitation field pattern-sensitive metal–insulator–metal (MIM) waveguide. Our numerical investigations reveal that such a scheme can generate ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5331085 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5331085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5331084&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2702 Based on vector diffraction theory, an analytical integral representation to calculate the field gradient of focused electromagnetic fields is derived by using the differential recursion formula between the Bessel functions with different order. Within the phenomenological model for second harmonic ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5331084 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5331084 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5376029&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2701 In [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B28, 1638 (2011)JOBPDE0740-322410.1364/JOSAB.28.001638] the wrong version of Fig. 4 was published; a duplicate of Fig. 1 was given. The figure has been corrected online as of September 26, 2011: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/josab/abstract.cfm?URI=josab-28-7-1638. (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5376029 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5376029 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5331087&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2701 In [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B28, 1638 (2011)JOBPDE0740-322410.1364/JOSAB.28.001638] the wrong version of Fig. 4 was published; a duplicate of Fig. 1 was given. The figure has been corrected online as of September 26, 2011: ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5331087 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5331087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5331086&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2690 The three-dimensional split-field finite-difference time-domain (SF-FDTD) method is combined with the total-field–scattered-field method for injecting a plane wave. A formulation is derived for calculating the incidence transformed fields of SF-FDTD on a one-dimensional auxiliary grid. The ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5331086 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5331086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5331088&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2685 We investigate the possibility of obtaining phase-sensitive amplification (PSA) in a fiber-optic parametric amplifier (OPA), with gain independent of the state of polarization of the input signal, i.e., polarization-independent amplification. We consider both a single OPA with two orthogonal pumps ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5331088 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5331088 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5311176&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2680 A fundamental 1×2 beam splitter based on directional coupling of flexible optical waveguides is presented. The coupling and transmission characteristics of the beam splitter are investigated by using the plane wave expansion method and finite-difference time-domain method, respectively. ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5311176 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:13:19 +0100 5311176 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5311177&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2674 We propose a subwavelength metal slit with surrounding depth-modulated surface grating structures to realize directional beams in the terahertz regime. The surface gratings consist of two sets of grooves of different depths. The shallow grooves are designed to support the spoof surface plasmons, ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5311177 Thu, 13 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5311177 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5311183&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2667 The impact that pump excited state absorption (ESA) and pair-induced quenching (PIQ) have on the gain and noise figure (NF) performance of a bismuth oxide-based erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is investigated in both theoretical and experimental manners. The gain and the NF performance are ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5311183 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5311183 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5311182&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2656 We charted multiple surface-plasmon-polariton (SPP)-wave modes at the planar interface between a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film (STF) in terms of the period, vapor flux angle, and orientation angle of the latter material. Two distinct scenarios were considered: one based on a canonical ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5311182 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5311182 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5311181&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2650 The Rayleigh-Modal method is used to calculate the electromagnetic field within the grooves of a perfectly conducting, rectangular-shaped one-dimensional diffraction grating. An enhancement coefficient (η) is introduced in order to quantify such an energy concentration. Accordingly, ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5311181 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5311181 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5311180&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2643 We demonstrated an all-optical signal control technique, novel to our knowledge, based on pulse trapping and amplification by ultrashort soliton pulse in a birefringent fiber to implement three functions: amplification, reshaping, and retiming. The signal and control pulses trap each other and ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5311180 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5311180 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5311179&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2637 In order to construct perfect magneto-optical isolators (MOIs), we have performed a theoretical study on the case of transmission-type one-dimensional magnetophotonic crystals (MPCs). We have introduced high performance MPC structures with high transmittance and large Faraday rotation, and with the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5311179 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5311179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5311178&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2633 We introduce the homogeneous transformation optics method into the design of a compact two dimensional (2D) beam coupler. Only homogeneous, nonmagnetic dielectric materials are required, and the fabrication process will thus be simplified. As designed, the coupler can well preserve the beam ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5311178 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5311178 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293672&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2625 The surface integral equation method is introduced to characterize the scattering of an arbitrarily incident focused Gaussian beam by arbitrarily shaped homogeneous dielectric particles. The incident Gaussian beam is represented by the Davis first-order approximation in Cartesian coordinates. For a ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293672 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:05:53 +0100 5293672 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293673&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2617 Soliton propagation in slow-light states of nonuniform high-index photonic crystal fibers (PCFs) is studied numerically by a recently developed time-propagating 1+1D equation. It is demonstrated that very slow solitons can be highly stable against even short-period roughness. Soliton trapping by ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293673 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293673 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293675&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2611 We propose a different kind of photonic quantum well structure made of photonic crystals containing negative-index materials, the features of which are investigated by the transfer matrix method. The proposed structure can effectively enlarge the resonant tunneling mode frequency range by at least ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293675 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293675 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293674&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2605 We show in theory that SBS slow- and fast-light can propagate in a cascaded system without group-velocity-dispersion (GVD) broadening and low gain broadening by use of dispersion compensation. The two GVD parameters in the normal and anomalous dispersion regions can be modulated to counteract so ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293674 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293674 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293677&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2597 A slow monoelectronic excitation in a covalent crystal at the temperature T=0 is analyzed. The interaction with zero-point longitudinal acoustic phonons leads to the formation of a dressed electronic state at an energy level lower than that of the initial bare state. This aspect of the dressing ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293677 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293676&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2592 We have demonstrated the possibility for a compact frequency standard based on a sample of cold cesium atoms. In a cylindrical microwave cavity, the atoms are cooled and interrogated during a free expansion and then detected. The operation of this experiment is different from conventional atomic ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293676 Wed, 05 Oct 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293676 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5269372&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2584 We proposed a novel method to determine the perfect transmission (PT) of photonics through the Thue–Morse dielectric multilayers for arbitrary basis thickness and generation orders based on the band edge map diagram. As the order of the system increases, the density of resonance peaks ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5269372 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:37:34 +0100 5269372 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5269371&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-11-2578 We study ultrabroadband slow light in a warm rubidium vapor cell. By working between the D1 and D2 transitions, we find a several-nanometer window centered at 788.4?nm in which the group index is highly uniform and the absorption is small ( (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5269371 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 00:37:34 +0100 5269371 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293678&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2549 Methanol is the prototypical intermediate C_3V barrier to the internal rotation molecule. It is also one of the primary sources of line confusion in the interstellar medium where it is observed in a variety of regions with temperatures approaching room temperature in the more extreme cases. ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293678 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293678 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293684&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2543 A high optical quality erbium-doped LuYAG single crystal has been grown by the Czochralski technique. The segregation coefficient of Er^3+ was measured to be 1.05. The absorption and emission spectra were measured at room temperature. The ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293684 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293684 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293683&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2537 Tunneling time (or group delay) for an optical pulse to transmit the energy through a photonic bandgap is calculated analytically for a one-dimensional multilayered optical superlattice. The analytical solution shows that the calculated tunneling time converges to a finite value with increasing ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293683 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293683 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293682&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2529 We show that the theory of potential transmittance (PT) is useful for problems involving photon tunneling through metal-dielectric stacks, regardless of whether the tunneling is mediated by Fabry–Perot or surface-plasmon resonances. A unifying principle is that, given a total thickness of ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293682 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293682 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293681&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2524 We introduce a complementary-medium-based matched filter synthesized through transformation optics (TO) for the recognition of nanopatterns at visible frequencies. The recognition is independent of the spatial position of the nanopatterns and is unrelated to the existence of other noise structures. ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293681 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293681 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293680&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2518 We propose a submicron plasmonic wavelength filtering/demultiplexing structure based on aperture-coupled slot cavities, which can overcome the limitation by the field skin depth of ∼25?nm in a conventional evanescent-coupling approach, and thus lead to an easy-to-fabricate device structure. ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293680 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293679&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2510 “Calcium aluminosilicate” (CAS) and “low silica calcium aluminosilicate” (LSCAS) OH^− free glasses have demonstrated a good potential for solid-state laser media and luminophore hosts due to good thermal, optical, and mechanical properties. Some examples have ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293679 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293679 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5293685&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2499 Though surface plasmon resonances can reduce image beam width of a plasmon superlens, they distort the transfer function in the spectrum and introduce large image sidelobes as well. In this paper, image enhancement of a plasmon film superlens is investigated by adding permittivity loss. First, we ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5293685 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5293685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5257548&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2486 A mid-IR supercontinuum (SC) fiber laser based on a thulium-doped fiber amplifier (TDFA) is demonstrated. A continuous spectrum extending from ∼1.9 to 4.5?μm is generated with ∼0.7?W time-average power in wavelengths beyond 3.8?μm. The laser outputs a total average power ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5257548 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5257548 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5257547&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2478 A multilayered effective-index method (ML-EIM) is applied to dielectric waveguides with complicated microstructures, including photonic crystal fibers and multicore fibers. In this method, the waveguide cross section is divided into multiple layers, each of which consists of a slab waveguide ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5257547 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5257547 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5246632&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2472 We address (2+1)D surface solitons occurring at the interface between a linear medium and a nonlocal nonlinear medium whose nonlinear contribution to the refractive index has an initial value at the interface. We find that there exist stable single and dipole surface solitons that do not exhibit a ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5246632 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5246632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5246631&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2465 Extending Yariv’s generic approach to the description of optical microresonators, we describe the second-harmonic generation and the optical parametric oscillation in whispering-gallery resonators (WGRs). The output characteristics of these nonlinear processes are expressed in terms of ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5246631 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5246631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5246635&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2456 One can predict the thermal emission spectrum of any material from the knowledge of its absorbance and its temperature: this is the Kirchhoff–Planck law. We show that if McCumber’s relation holds and if the spatial distribution of the excited state is uniform, the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5246635 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5246635 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5246634&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2448 The higher-order nonlinear optical response of a composite medium having metal nanoparticles is usually attributed to that originating from the third-order nonlinearity of the metal. In this article, the time dependence of hot-electron contribution to the third-, fifth-, and seventh-order nonlinear ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5246634 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5246634 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5246633&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2444 We numerically show that strongly reduced group velocity and significantly long lifetime can be achieved in one-dimensional chirped metallic–dielectric photonic crystals. Since the dispersion relations are dependent on the graded thickness of the dielectric layers, light of different ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5246633 Thu, 22 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5246633 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5233831&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2436 Terrace-microspheres of high-index glass (BaO-SiO_2-TiO_2 glass, n_D=1.93) containing 0.3?ppm of Nd^3+ were used to investigate the interaction between Raman scattering due to a glass matrix and fluorescence due to Nd^3+. The terrace-microspheres were pumped with a tunable CW Ti:sapphire laser ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5233831 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5233831 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5233832&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2430 The beam quality factor M^2 for the fundamental LP01 mode of a step-index fiber with a finite cladding diameter is calculated in the presence of gain, in a closed form, as a function of the complex generalized V number. It is shown that the conventional infinite cladding diameter approximation ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5233832 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5233832 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5233834&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2418 High-precision inertial sensing demonstrations with light pulse atom interferometry have typically used Raman pulses having durations orders of magnitude shorter than the dwell time between interferometer pulses. Environmentally robust sensors operating at high-bandwidth will be required to operate ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5233834 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5233834 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5233833&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2413 A laser induced quadrupole–quadrupole collisional energy transfer system of Xe–Kr is proposed, and the three-level laser induced collisional energy transfer (LICET) model is presented. Calculating results show that the peak of the LICET profile moves to the red and the FWHM becomes ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5233833 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5233833 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5204465&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2408 In this work, we show that reversible photodegradation of Disperse Orange 11 doped in poly(methyl methacrylate) is not due to dye diffusion—a common phenomenon observed in many dye-doped polymers. The change in linear absorbance due to photodegradation of the material shows an isobestic ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5204465 Sun, 11 Sep 2011 04:59:37 +0100 5204465 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5204466&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2402 We investigate three-dimensional rolled-up metamaterials containing optically active quantum wells and metal gratings supporting surface plasmon polariton (SPP) resonances. Finite-difference time-domain simulations show that, by matching the SPP resonance with the active wavelength regime of the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5204466 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5204466 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5204471&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2390 Dicke narrowing in both the absorption and dispersion modes of detection have been scrutinized by noise-immune cavity-enhanced optical heterodyne molecular spectroscopy (NICE-OHMS) using an isolated transition in the v_1+v_3+v41−v41 band of acetylene [P_e(33) at 6439.371?cm^−1] at ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5204471 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5204471 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5204470&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2383 We investigate the polarization dependence of the spectral broadening of femtosecond pulses inside silicon waveguides by using finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations. Our FDTD model includes the anisotropic dependency of predominant nonlinear effects in silicon: Kerr effect, two-photon ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5204470 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5204470 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5204469&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2374 A pulse-delaying optimization scheme based on topology optimization for transient response of photonic crystal structures (PhCs) is formulated to obtain slow-light devices. The optimization process is started from a qualified W1 PhC waveguide design with group index n_g≈40 obtained from a ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5204469 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5204469 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5204468&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2369 Refractive optical trapping forces can be nonconservative in the vicinity of a stable equilibrium point even in the absence of radiation pressure. We discuss how nonconservative 3D force fields reduce, near an equilibrium point, to circular forcing in a plane; a simple model of such forcing is the ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5204468 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5204468 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5204467&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2362 We show that, under appropriate oblique-incidence and polarization conditions, the inherent opaqueness of a homogeneous, isotropic single-negative slab may be perfectly compensated (in the ideal lossless case) by a homogeneous, anisotropic (uniaxial) double-positive slab, so that complete tunneling ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5204467 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5204467 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5191435&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2358 We demonstrate the use of the z-scan technique for measuring the upconversion coefficient in Er:YAG. The upconversion coefficient is found to be linearly proportional to the concentration for samples of concentration 0.5–3.0?at.%. A fit to four samples at room temperature yields a value of ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5191435 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:15:02 +0100 5191435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5191434&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2352 We theoretically study parametric amplification in highly birefringent optical fibers and show that large tunable optical delay or advancement can be achieved via slow and fast light propagation. We provide a clear derivation of the formula for the optical delay that originates from the imaginary ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5191434 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 04:15:02 +0100 5191434 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5191436&cid=s_36565_75_f&fid=36565&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opticsinfobase.org%2Fabstract.cfm%3FURI%3Djosab-28-10-2347 We present and demonstrate an all-fiber scheme of polarization temporal differentiation (PTD) based on polarization coupling and filtering, which performs well in high-speed optical differentiation, pulse multiplication, and femtosecond-pulse reshaping. Experimental results of the first-order ... (Source: Journal of the Optical Society of America B) Journal of the Optical Society of America B journals http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5191436 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 05:00:00 +0100 5191436