Information Acquisition, Processing, and Display

  • Spotlight Summary by Don C. Lamb

    • High-throughput FCS using an LCOS spatial light modulator and an 8 × 1 SPAD array
    • Biomed. Opt. Express 1(5) 1408-1431 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by James Churnside

    • Insect monitoring with fluorescence lidar techniques: field experiments
    • Appl. Opt. 49(27) 5133-5142 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Michael Fokine

    • Optical glass and glass ceramic historical aspects and recent developments: a Schott view
    • Appl. Opt. 49(16) D157-D176 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Robert J. Zawadzki

    • Multi-Megahertz OCT: High quality 3D imaging at 20 million A-scans and 4.5 GVoxels per second
    • Opt. Express 18(14) 14685-14704 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Light–Matter Interactions

  • Spotlight Summary by Ilya Shadrivov

    • Low-power continuous-wave generation of visible harmonics in silicon photonic crystal nanocavities
    • Opt. Express 18(25) 26613-26624 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Michael H. Frosz and Morten Bache

    • Phase-matching with a twist: Second-harmonic generation in birefringent periodically poled fibers
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(11) 2410-2415 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Robert J. Zawadzki

    • Characterizing the localized surface plasmon resonance behaviors of Au nanorings and tracking their diffusion in bio-tissue with optical coherence tomography
    • Biomed. Opt. Express 1(4) 1060-1074 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Brynmor Davis

    • Surface waves and atomic force microscope probe-particle near-field coupling: discrete dipole approximation with surface interaction
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 27(10) 2293-2303 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Greg Schmidt

    • Design of achromatic and apochromatic plastic micro-objectives
    • Appl. Opt. 49(23) 4379-4384 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Summer Gibbs-Strauss

    • Folate receptor targeting silica nanoparticle probe for two-photon fluorescence bioimaging
    • Biomed. Opt. Express 1(2) 453-462 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Antoni C. Mitus

    • Monte Carlo studies of the intrinsic second hyperpolarizability
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(9) 1849-1856 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF   [1]

  • Spotlight Summary by Brad Deutsch

    • Bloch surface waves in ultrathin waveguides: near-field investigation of mode polarization and propagation
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(8) 1617-1625 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Tian Yang

    • Planar photonic crystal cavities with far-field optimization for high coupling efficiency and quality factor
    • Opt. Express 18(15) 16064-16073 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Giovanni Piredda

    • Absolute instability in backward wave four-wave mixing: spatial effects
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(7) 1481-1486 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Ilya Shadrivov

    • Temperature control of Fano resonances and transmission in superconducting metamaterials
    • Opt. Express 18(9) 9015-9019 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

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    • Coherent response to optical excitation in a strongly absorbing rare-earth ion-doped crystal
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(1) 32-37 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

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    • The Physics of ultrafast saturable absorption in graphene
    • Opt. Express 18(5) 4564-4573 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

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    • Damage threshold measurements on EUV optics using focused radiation from a table-top laser produced plasma source
    • Opt. Express 18(5) 4346-4355 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF   [1]

  • Spotlight Summary

    • Terahertz emission from a femtosecond laser focus in a two-color scheme
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(1) 16-26 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

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    • Light propagation in three-dimensional photonic crystals
    • Opt. Express 18(1) 386-392 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optical Design and Instrumentation

  • Spotlight Summary by Brynmor Davis

    • Comprehensive microscopic model of the extraordinary optical transmission
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 27(12) 2542-2550 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Greg Schmidt

    • Design of achromatic and apochromatic plastic micro-objectives
    • Appl. Opt. 49(23) 4379-4384 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Kedar Khare

    • On the single point resolution of on-axis digital holography
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 27(8) 1856-1862 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optics in Biology and Medicine

  • Spotlight Summary by Summer Gibbs-Strauss

    • Effects of acetazolamide on the micro- and macro-vascular cerebral hemodynamics: a diffuse optical and transcranial doppler ultrasound study
    • Biomed. Opt. Express 1(5) 1443-1459 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Shalin Mehta

    • A Bayesian method for single molecule, fluorescence burst analysis
    • Biomed. Opt. Express 1(4) 1148-1158 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Kimberley S. Samkoe

    • Influence of laser parameters and staining on femtosecond laser-based intracellular nanosurgery
    • Biomed. Opt. Express 1(2) 587-597 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by David M. Paganin

    • Wavefield back-propagation in high-resolution X-ray holography with a movable field of view
    • Opt. Express 18(18) 18922-18931 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Robert J. Zawadzki

    • Ultrahigh speed 1050nm swept source / Fourier domain OCT retinal and anterior segment imaging at 100,000 to 400,000 axial scans per second
    • Opt. Express 18(19) 20029-20048 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Regine Choe

    • Resting state functional connectivity of the whole head with near-infrared spectroscopy
    • Biomed. Opt. Express 1(1) 324-336 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Summer Gibbs-Strauss

    • Direct evidence of lymphatic function improvement after advanced pneumatic compression device treatment of lymphedema
    • Biomed. Opt. Express 1(1) 114-125 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Robert J. Zawadzki

    • High-speed optical coherence tomography: basics and applications
    • Appl. Opt. 49(16) D30-D61 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary

    • Realistic modeling of the illumination point spread function in confocal scanning optical microscopy
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 27(2) 295-302 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optoelectronics

  • Spotlight Summary by Walter Margulis

    • Resolving optical illumination distributions along an axially symmetric photodetecting fiber
    • Opt. Express 18(23) 24264-24275 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Zhibing Ge

    • Cholesteric liquid crystal devices with nanoparticle aggregation
    • Opt. Express 18(21) 22572-22577 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Ilya Shadrivov

    • FDTD analysis of the optical black hole
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(10) 2020-2025 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Francesco Morichetti

    • Refractive index engineering with subwavelength gratings for efficient microphotonic couplers and planar waveguide multiplexers
    • Opt. Lett. 35(15) 2526-2528 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Ertugrul Cubukcu

    • Polymeric light delivery via a C-shaped metallic aperture
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(7) 1309-1316 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Giovanni Piredda

    • Theory of surface second-harmonic generation in silica nanowires
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27(7) 1317-1324 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Miguel González Herráez

    • Continuously tunable 1.16 μs optical delay of 100 Gbit/s DQPSK and 50 Gbit/s DPSK signals using wavelength conversion and chromatic dispersion
    • Opt. Lett. 35(11) 1819-1821 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Michael Henoch Frosz

    • Seven-core multicore fiber transmissions for passive optical network
    • Opt. Express 18(11) 11117-11122 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Francesco Morichetti

    • Comparison of raised-microdisk whispering-gallery-mode characterization techniques
    • Opt. Lett. 35(7) 998-1000 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by John E. Heebner

    • Quantitative infrared imaging of silicon-on-insulator microring resonators
    • Opt. Lett. 35(5) 784-786 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary

    • Damage threshold measurements on EUV optics using focused radiation from a table-top laser produced plasma source
    • Opt. Express 18(5) 4346-4355 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF   [1]

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    • Domino plasmons for subwavelength terahertz circuitry
    • Opt. Express 18(2) 754-764 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Vision and Color

  • Spotlight Summary by Jason Porter

    • High resolution multimodal clinical ophthalmic imaging system
    • Opt. Express 18(11) 11607-11621 (2010) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF