Effect of erbium concentration on spectroscopic properties and 2.79 μm laser performance of Er:CaF₂ crystals

Weiwei Ma, Liangbi Su, Xiaodong Xu, Jingya Wang, Dapeng Jiang, Lihe Zheng, Xiuwei Fan, Chun Li, Jie Liu, and Jun Xu

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 409-415 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Rate-equation model of light-induced heating in LiNbO₃-type crystals under high-average-power laser irradiation

Susumu Kato, Sunao Kurimura, and Norikatsu Mio

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 396-401 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Introduction: Nonlinear Optics (NLO) 2015 feature issue

David J. Hagan, Jerry Dadap, Yanqing Lu, Nicolae C. Panoiu, Mansoor Sheik-Bahae, and Takunori Taira

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 466-468 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Room temperature fabrication of titanium nitride thin films as plasmonic materials by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering

Zih-Ying Yang, Yi-Hsun Chen, Bo-Huei Liao, and Kuo-Ping Chen

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 540-551 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Birefringence of nanocrystalline chitin films studied by Mueller-matrix spectroscopic ellipsometry

A. Mendoza-Galván, E. Muñoz-Pineda, K. Järrendahl, and H. Arwin

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 671-681 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Wave propagation and Lorentz force density in gain chiral structures

Guiping Li, Maoyan Wang, Hailong Li, Mengxia Yu, Yuliang Dong, and Jun Xu

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 388-395 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Polystyrene nanoparticles enhance photo responsivity of graphene photodetector

Gongxin Li, Shuangxi Xie, Wenxue Wang, Yuechao Wang, and Lianqing Liu

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 296-302 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Light-induced transverse voltage effect in c-axis inclined BiCuSeO single crystalline thin films

Guoying Yan, Lian Wang, Shuang Qiao, Xiaolin Wu, Shufang Wang, and Guangsheng Fu

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 558-565 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Doppler-shifted Raman-Nath diffraction from gratings recorded in LiNbO₃ with ultra-short laser pulses of different color

Holger Badorreck, Alexandr Shumelyuk, Stefan Nolte, Mirco Imlau, and Serguey Odoulov

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 517-522 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Contrast- and intensity-enhancement of sensor signals based on Rayleigh anomaly in metal-coated gratings

Feifei Liu and Xinping Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 682-690 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Nanosecond passively Q-switched thulium/holmium-doped fiber laser based on black phosphorus nanoplatelets

Hao Yu, Xin Zheng, Ke Yin, Xiang’ai Cheng, and Tian Jiang

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 603-609 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of elevating temperature and high-temperature annealing upon state-of-the-art of yttia-alumino-silicate fibers doped with Bismuth

D. Ramirez-Granados, A.V. Kir’yanov, Y.O. Barmenkov, A. Halder, S. Das, A. Dhar, M.C. Paul, S.K. Bhadra, S.I. Didenko, V.V. Koltashev, and V.G. Plotnichenko

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 486-508 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication and characterization of polycarbonate microstructured polymer optical fibers for high-temperature-resistant fiber Bragg grating strain sensors

Andrea Fasano, Getinet Woyessa, Pavol Stajanca, Christos Markos, Alessio Stefani, Kristian Nielsen, Henrik K. Rasmussen, Katerina Krebber, and Ole Bang

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 649-659 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Femtosecond laser-assisted synthesis of highly photoluminescent carbon nanodots for Fe³⁺ detection with high sensitivity and selectivity

Vanthan Nguyen, Lihe Yan, Jinhai Si, and Xun Hou

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 312-320 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Color-tunable carbon dots/Y₂WO₆: Eu³⁺ embedded composite bulk

X. Y. Chen, Z. J. Zhang, F. F. Xu, S. Q. Shi, and J. T. Zhao

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 374-380 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Rewritable LPL in Sm³⁺-doped borate glass with the assistance of defects induced by femtosecond laser

Xuhui Xu, Xue Yu, Ting Wang, Wenjuan Bian, and Jianbei Qiu

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 402-408 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Novel blue-emitting phosphors - BaBeSiO₄:Eu²⁺: luminescence properties and its application for UV-light emitting diodes

Kai-Yuan Yeh, Chun-Chuen Yang, Wei-Ren Liu, and M.G. Brik

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 416-428 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Glass composite as robust UV absorber for biological protection

Binbin Zheng, Ziwei Wang, Qiangbing Guo, and Shifeng Zhou

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 531-539 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Formation of core/shell PbS/Na₂SrSi₂O₆ nanocrystals in glass

Wufeng Xiao, Kai Xu, Chao Liu, Jing Wang, Zhiyong Zhao, Jun Xie, Jianjun Han, Xiujian Zhao, and Jong Heo

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 578-586 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectroscopic and de-excitation properties of (Cr,Nd):YAG transparent ceramics

Voicu Lupei, Aurelia Lupei, Cristina Gheorghe, and Akio Ikesue

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 552-557 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Microstructure and optical properties of transparent Nd:GAGG ceramics prepared via solid-state reactive sintering

Xianqiang Chen, Haiming Qin, Ye Zhang, Yongfu Liu, Jun Jiang, and Haochuan Jiang

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 610-619 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Nanoscale femtosecond laser milling and control of nanoporosity in the normal and anomalous regimes of GeO₂-SiO₂ glasses

M. Lancry, J. Canning, K. Cook, M. Heili, D. R. Neuville, and B. Poumellec

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 321-330 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Femtosecond laser written waveguides with MoS₂ as satuable absorber for passively Q-switched lasing

Chen Cheng, Hongliang Liu, Zhen Shang, Weijie Nie, Yang Tan, Blanca del Rosal Rabes, Javier R. Vázquez de Aldana, Daniel Jaque, and Feng Chen

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 367-373 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Stable polarizing light waveguide plate for edgelit liquid crystal displays

Alireza Moheghi, Guangkui Qin, and Deng-Ke Yang

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 429-435 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Wide blue phase range induced by bent-shaped molecules with acrylate end groups

Haipeng Liu, Dong Shen, Xiaoquan Wang, Zhigang Zheng, and Shuangquan Li

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 436-443 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Off-resonant nonlinear optical refraction properties of azo dye doped nematic liquid crystals

Hongjing Li, Jianhao Wang, Changshun Wang, Pengfei Zeng, Peng Cai, Yujia Pan, and Yifei Yang

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 459-465 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Fast-response and high-efficiency optical switch based on dual-frequency liquid crystal polarization grating

Wei Duan, Peng Chen, Bing-Yan Wei, Shi-Jun Ge, Xiao Liang, Wei Hu, and Yan-Qing Lu

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 597-602 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication and application of 1D micro-cavity film made by cholesteric liquid crystal and reactive mesogen

Yong Li and Dan Luo

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 691-696 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Dual-band strong extrinsic 2D chirality in a highly symmetric metal-dielectric-metal achiral metasurface

Tun Cao, Chen-wei Wei, and Yang Li

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 303-311 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Solar water heating and vaporization with silicon nanoparticles at mie resonances

Satoshi Ishii, Ramu Pasupathi Sugavaneshwar, Kai Chen, Thang Duy Dao, and Tadaaki Nagao

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 640-648 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Focused ion beam milling of gallium phosphide nanostructures for photonic applications

Eleonora De Luca, Reza Sanatinia, Srinivasan Anand, and Marcin Swillo

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 587-596 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Second order nonlinear optical properties of Cs₂TeW₃O₁₂ single crystal

Peng Zhao, Qian Wu, Chunlong Li, Shaojun Zhang, Youxuan Sun, Chengqian Zhang, Shengqing Xia, Zeliang Gao, and Xutang Tao

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 451-458 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Surface-relief formation in azo-polyelectrolyte layers with a protective polymer coating

Francesca Frascella, Angelo Angelini, Serena Ricciardi, Fabrizio Pirri, and Emiliano Descrovi

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 444-450 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Photo controlled deformable mirrors: materials choice and device modeling

Martino Quintavalla, Stefano Bonora, Dario Natali, and Andrea Bianco

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 620-628 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Defect-mediated spontaneous emission enhancement of plasmon-coupled CuInS₂ and CuInS₂/ZnS

Quinton Rice, Sangram Raut, Rahul Chib, Anderson Hayes, Zygmunt Gryczynski, Ignacy Gryczynski, Young-Kuk Kim, Bagher Tabibi, and Jaetae Seo

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 566-577 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Revised refractive index and absorption of In_1-xGa_xAs_yP_1-y lattice-matched to InP in transparent and absorption IR-region

Sten Seifert and Patrick Runge

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 629-639 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Stress measurement of elastic sol-gel layer by photoelasticimetry - comparison with Stoney

Hervé Piombini, François Compoint, Chrystel Ambard, Didier Picart, Philippe Belleville, Gille. Damamme, and Fabrice Brémand

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 469-485 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation of graphene assisted tunable terahertz metamaterials absorber

Xiaoyong He, Xu Zhong, Fangting Lin, and Wangzhou Shi

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 331-342 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Reflective low-sideband plasmonic structural colors

Jun Zheng, Zhi-Cheng Ye, and Zheng-Ming Sheng

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 381-387 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

High-order diffraction and nanolayer electrostatic modification in Cu-doped (K_0.5Na_0.5)_0.2(Sr_0.75Ba_0.25)_0.9Nb₂O₆ crystals

Hua Zhao, Liang Li, Guangwei Hu, and Jingwen Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 509-516 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of sputtering-deposition inclination angle on the IGZO film microstructures, optical properties and photoluminescence

Tse-Chang Li, Chang-Fu Han, Ta-Hsuan Kuan, and Jen-Fin Lin

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 343-366 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparative study of ALD SiO₂ thin films for optical applications

Kristin Pfeiffer, Svetlana Shestaeva, Astrid Bingel, Peter Munzert, Lilit Ghazaryan, Cristian van Helvoirt, Wilhelmus M. M. Kessels, Umut T. Sanli, Corinne Grévent, Gisela Schütz, Matti Putkonen, Iain Buchanan, Lars Jensen, Detlev Ristau, Andreas Tünnermann, and Adriana Szeghalmi

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 660-670 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental realization of perfect terahertz plasmonic absorbers using highly doped silicon substrate and CMOS-compatible techniques

Ting Wang, Su Shen, Jianjun Liu, Yusheng Zhang, and Zhanghua Han

Opt. Mater. Express 6(2), 523-530 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF