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P. Scott Carney, Editor-in-Chief
Andrew Forbes, Lead Editor Rim Cherif, Feature Editor Angela Dudley, Feature Editor Alain M. Dikande, Feature Editor
Optics in Africa: introduction
Andrew Forbes, Rim Cherif, Angela Dudley, and Alain M. Dikande
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), OIA1-OIA3 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
The non-diffracting nature of truncated Hermite–Gaussian beams
Abdelhalim Bencheikh and Andrew Forbes
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C1-C6 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Cosine beam: diffraction-free propagation and self-healing
Abdelhalim Bencheikh, Saoussene Chabou, Ouis Chouaib Boumeddine, Hocine Bekkis, Abdeldjallil Benstiti, Laarfa Beddiaf, and Widad Moussaoui
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C7-C14 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Generalized temporal synthesis method for a birefringent laser pulse shaper
Abderezzaq Halassi, Youcef Driouche, Rachid Hamdi, and Badr-Eddine Benkelfat
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C15-C19 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Far-field modeling of obstructed Laguerre–Gauss beams
Abdelhalim Bencheikh, Saoussene Chabou, and Ouis Chouaib Boumeddine
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C20-C26 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Laser-induced autofluorescence assisted by multivariate techniques discriminates a cataractous lens from healthy lens tissues of Sprague–Dawley rats
Peter Osei-Wusu Adueming, Moses Jojo Eghan, Benjamin Anderson, Samuel Kyei, Jerry Opoku-Ansah, Charles Lloyd Yeboah Amuah, Charles Darko Takyi, and Paul Kingsley Buah-Bassuah
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C27-C32 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Digital Stokes polarimetry and its application to structured light: tutorial
Keshaan Singh, Najmeh Tabebordbar, Andrew Forbes, and Angela Dudley
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C33-C44 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
VO2-based active tunable emittance thermochromic flexible coatings
N. Numan, B. Mabakachaba, A. Simo, Z. Nuru, and M. Maaza
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C45-C49 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Numerical model of an Er3+/Yb3+ co-doped seven-core fiber amplifier for a space division multiplexing system
Ali Nassiri, Abdelkader Boulezhar, and H. Idrissi Saba
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C50-C56 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Development of ultrastable fiber-optic time and frequency reference networks in Africa
Shukree Wassin, Kagiso Leburu, George Isoe, and Tim Gibbon
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C57-C66 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Onset times of long-lived rogue waves in an optical waveguide array
C. D. Pelwan, A. Quandt, and R. Warmbier
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C67-C72 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Optical properties of biosynthesized nanoscaled Eu2O3 for red luminescence applications
H. E. A. Mohamed, K. Hkiri, M. Khenfouch, S. Dhlamini, M. Henini, and M. Maaza
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C73-C79 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Lossless reshaping of structured light
Stirling Scholes, Valeria Rodríguez-Fajardo, and Andrew Forbes
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C80-C85 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Numerical approach for hydrodynamic behavior in the kerf with a quasi-complete model of the laser cutting process
T. Tamsaout, E. H. Amara, and A. Bouabdallah
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C86-C94 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Frequency stability characterization: DFB laser and Raman pump performance on a distributed clock signal over 24.69 km fiber
D. M. Osiemo, D. W. Waswa, K. M. Muguro, G. M. Isoe, T. B. Gibbon, and A. W. R. Leitch
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C95-C102 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Laser-induced fluorescence combined with multivariate techniques identifies the geographical origin of antimalarial herbal plants
Charles Lloyd Yeboah Amuah, Moses Jojo Eghan, Benjamin Anderson, Peter Osei-Wusu Adueming, Jerry Opoku-Ansah, and Paul Kingsley Buah-Bassuah
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C103-C110 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Anderson localization of IR light in 1D nanosystems
M. Maaza and C. N. R. Rao
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C111-C117 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Efficient video-based breathing pattern and respiration rate monitoring for remote health monitoring
Ali I. Siam, Nirmeen A. El-Bahnasawy, Ghada M. El Banby, Atef Abou Elazm, and Fathi E. Abd El-Samie
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C118-C124 (2020) View: HTML | PDF [Suppl. Mat. (1)]
Surface Brillouin scattering study of tantalum nitride (TaN) thin films
Jonah Kuria, Daniel Wamwangi, Darrell Comins, Arthur Every, and Dave Billing
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C125-C131 (2020) View: HTML | PDF [Suppl. Mat. (1)]
Minimum lattice thermal conductivity of In3SbTe2 by surface Brillouin scattering
Keshaan Singh, Daniel Wamwangi, Bhekumusa Mathe, Dave Billing, and Morgan Madhuku
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C132-C137 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Performance analysis of different intensity modulation techniques over atmospheric turbulent free-space optical channels
Sara S. Abdelhak, Ahmed E. Morra, Fathi E. Abd El-Samie, and Abdulaziz E. Elfiqi
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C138-C145 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Modal analysis of structured light with spatial light modulators: a practical tutorial
Jonathan Pinnell, Isaac Nape, Bereneice Sephton, Mitchell A. Cox, Valeria Rodríguez-Fajardo, and Andrew Forbes
J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C146-C160 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Cobalt enhanced nonlinear optical properties and optical limiting of zinc oxide irradiated by femtosecond laser pulses
Abdullah Shehata, Wael Z. Tawfik, and Tarek Mohamed
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A1-A8 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Nonlinear dynamics in a dipolariton cavity with a squeezed vacuum
H. Jabri and H. Eleuch
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A9-A17 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Luminescence in Africa: a brief overview [Invited]
Samvit G. Menon and Hendrik C. Swart
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A18-A35 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Multistability, staircases, and optical high-order sideband combs in optomechanics
P. Djorwe, J. Y. Effa, and S. G. Nana Engo
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A36-A44 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Generation of a variety of Airy beams using a dynamic diffractive optical phase element
Abdeldjalil Benstiti, Kouider Ferria, and Abdelhalim Bencheikh
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A45-A53 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Interplay of three-body and higher-order interactions on the modulational instability of Bose–Einstein condensate
Sabari Subramaniyan, Olivier Tiokeng Lekeufack, Ramaswamy Radha, and Timoleon Crepin Kofane
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A54-A61 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Employment of Fizeau fringe disintegration to magnify small phase variations
Hamdy H. Wahba, Wael A. Ramadan, and Ahmed S. El-Tawargy
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A62-A68 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Coexistence of bright and dark cavity solitons in microresonators with zero, normal, and anomalous group-velocity dispersion: a switching wave approach
Jimmi Hervé Talla Mbé and Yanne K. Chembo
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A69-A74 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Routes to chaos and characterization of limit-cycle oscillations in wideband time-delayed optoelectronic oscillators with nonlinear filters
Juliette Stevia Deumi Kamaha, Jimmi Herve Talla Mbé, and Paul Woafo
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A75-A82 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Laser research on the African continent
Hubertus von Bergmann
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A83-A95 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Long-lived quantum coherence and nonlinear properties of a two-dimensional semiconductor quantum well
D. A. M. Abo-Kahla
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A96-A109 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Exploiting FTIR microspectroscopy and chemometric analysis in the discrimination between Egyptian ancient bones: a case study
A. El-Hussein, I. Yousef, and M. A. Kasem
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A110-A120 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Chirp-dispersion management inducing regeneration of truncated Airy pulses in fiber optics links
Crépin Heuteu, Lucien Mandeng Mandeng, and Clément Tchawoua
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A121-A129 (2020) View: HTML | PDF [Suppl. Mat. (1)]
Improving the visible light communication localization system using Kalman filtering with averaging
Eman Shawky, Mohamed El-Shimy, Amr Mokhtar, El-Sayed A. El-Badawy, and Hossam M. H. Shalaby
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A130-A138 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Measuring the nonlinear optical properties of indium tin oxide thin film using femtosecond laser pulses
Mona Ali, Abdullah Shehata, Mohamed Ashour, Wael Z. Tawfik, Reinhold Schuch, and Tarek Mohamed
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A139-A146 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Polarization-based optical fiber acoustic sensor for geological applications
J. Jena, S. Wassin, L. Bezuidenhout, M. Doucouré, and T. Gibbon
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A147-A153 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Optically pumped HBr master oscillator power amplifier operating in the mid-infrared region
Wayne Koen, Cobus Jacobs, M. J. Daniel Esser, and Hencharl J. Strauss
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A154-A162 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
On modeling of plasmonic devices: overview
Afaf Said, Khaled S. R. Atia, and S. S. A. Obayya
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A163-A174 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Continuous-wave stability and multipulse structures in a universal complex Ginzburg–Landau model for passively mode-locked lasers with a saturable absorber
Défi Jr. Fandio Jubgang, Alain M. Dikandé, and A. Sunda-Meya
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A175-A183 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Roadmap to free space optics
Abderrahmen Trichili, Mitchell A. Cox, Boon S. Ooi, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A184-A201 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
All-photonic 20-MHz clock for latency monitoring in a 5G network at 10 Gbps over optical fiber
Ketshabile Nfanyana, Shukree Wassin, Reinhard Karembera, James Jena, and Tim Gibbon
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A202-A206 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Theory and numerical aspects of fundamental light–matter interactions
Alexander Quandt and Robert Warmbier
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A207-A213 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Modulational instability in nonlinear doped optical fiber induced by the cubic–quintic–septic complex Ginzburg–Landau equation with higher-order dispersions
Karabo Kefilwe Ndebele, Conrad Bertrand Tabi, and Timoléon Crépin Kofané
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A214-A227 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Counter-intuitive strength of electric field induced second harmonic (EFISH) signals at the rear side of thin silicon membranes
Wilfrid I. Ndebeka, Pieter H. Neethling, Erich G. Rohwer, Christine M. Steenkamp, and Herbert Stafast
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A228-A236 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Quantum correlations under the effect of a thermal environment in a triangular optomechanical cavity
Oumayma El Bir and Morad El Baz
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A237-A244 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Generation of the bipartite entanglement and correlations in an optomechanical array
Tesfay Gebremariam Tesfahannes
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A245-A252 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Cladless optical fiber sensor based on evanescent wave absorption for monitoring methylene blue induced water pollution
Kenza Azil, Kouider Ferria, and Said Bouzid
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A253-A258 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Implementation of temporal ptychography algorithm, i2PIE, for improved single-beam coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering measurements
Ruan Viljoen, Pieter Neethling, Dirk Spangenberg, Alexander Heidt, Hans-Martin Frey, Thomas Feurer, and Erich Rohwer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A259-A265 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Influence of Ho3+ doping on the structural and optical characteristics of ZnO–ZrO2 nanocomposites synthesized by the solution combustion method
M. K. Musembi, F. B. Dejene, I. Ahemen, and K. G. Tshabalala
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A266-A276 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
High-sensitivity spectroscopic gas sensor using optimized H1 photonic crystal microcavities
Lazhar Kassa-Baghdouche
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A277-A284 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Generalized spectral phase-only time-domain ptychographic phase reconstruction applied in nonlinear microscopy
George Dwapanyin, Dirk Spangenberg, Alexander Heidt, Thomas Feurer, Gurthwin Bosman, Pieter Neethling, and Erich Rohwer
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A285-A292 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Optical properties of a nanoegg–nanorod heterodimer: a quasi-static analysis
Luke C. Ugwuoke, Tomáš Mančal, and Tjaart P. J. Krüger
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A293-A303 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Design of simultaneous multicolor coherent light generation in a single MgO:PPLN bulk crystal
Dismas K. Choge, David W. Waswa, Kennedy M. Muguro, and Wan-Guo Liang
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A304-A308 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
High-dimensional cryptography with spatial modes of light: tutorial
Eileen Otte, Isaac Nape, Carmelo Rosales-Guzmán, Cornelia Denz, Andrew Forbes, and Bienvenu Ndagano
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A309-A323 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
All-optical flexible 5G signal generation and transmission for spectrum resource optimization
Reinhard Karembera, Shukree Wassin, George Isoe, Ketshabile Nfanyana, and Tim Gibbon
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A324-A330 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Few-cycle optical pulses in negative index materials with dispersive permittivity and permeability
Marianne Abémgnigni Njifon, Conrad Bertrand Tabi, and Timoléon Crépin Kofané
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A331-A345 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
From African “tam-tam” to nonlinear optics [Invited]
Timoléon C. Kofané, Conrad B. Tabi, Alain B. Moubissi, and Clément Tchawoua
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A346-A355 (2020) View: HTML | PDF
Probing ultrafast reaction mechanisms of photo-excited dithizone through transient absorption spectroscopy and computational CASSCF studies
Adebayo A. Adeniyi, Paul-Franzl X. von Stein, Gurthwin W. Bosman, Christine M. Steenkamp, Trevor Chiweshe, Karel G. von Eschwege, and Jeanet Conradie
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(11), A356-A366 (2020) View: HTML | PDF [Suppl. Mat. (10)]