Enhanced broadband 1.8 μm emission in Bi/Tm³⁺ co-doped fluorogermanate glasses

W. C. Wang, J. Yuan, D. D. Chen, Q. Qian, and Q. Y. Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1250-1258 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Mechanisms of enhanced light emission in GaN-based light-emitting diodes by V-shaped micropits

Hyun Jeong, Ji-Hee Kim, Chang-Hee Hong, Eun-Kyung Suh, and Mun Seok Jeong

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1306-1315 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Unexpected violet and blue light emission from amorphous indium zinc oxide (IZO) with silver nanoparticle embedment

Jian Sun, Jianmei Xu, Xiaosheng Tang, Yanhua Huang, Chunhua Tang, Chuanliang Han, Yansheng Gong, and Hao Gong

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1331-1338 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Role of minor quantity of Si₃N₄ addition on the optical properties of Ce³⁺-activated borogermanate scintillating glass

Xin-Yuan Sun, Zi-Piao Ye, Yun-Tao Wu, Zhuo-Hao Xiao, Pan Gao, Ri-Hua Mao, Zhi-Jun Zhang, and Jing-Tai Zhao

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1381-1388 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Highly efficient mid-infrared 2 μm emission in Ho³⁺/Yb³⁺-codoped germanate glass

Muzhi Cai, Beier Zhou, Fengchao Wang, Ying Tian, Jiajia Zhou, Shiqing Xu, and Junjie Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1431-1439 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication and enhanced optical properties of ZnSe:Mn quantum dots/poly(LMA-co-EGDMA) composite thin film by alkylthiol modification

Gai Xu, Yuebin Li, Yu Qin, Zuli Liu, Junbo Han, Yibo Han, and Kailun Yao

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1460-1468 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectroscopic and lasing characteristics of Yb:YGAG ceramic at cryogenic temperatures

Venkatesan Jambunathan, Lucie Horackova, Taisuke Miura, Jan Sulc, Helena Jelínková, Akira Endo, Antonio Lucianetti, and Tomas Mocek

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1289-1295 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectroscopic properties and quenching mechanism of 2 μm emission in Ho³⁺ doped germanate glasses and fibers

Xiaokang Fan, Peiwen Kuan, Kefeng Li, Lei Zhang, Dahai Li, and Lili Hu

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1356-1365 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

5.1-ps passively mode-locked Nd:LuLiF₄ laser

Shixia Li, Guiqiu Li, Tao Li, Shengzhi Zhao, Xiaomei Wang, Yin Hang, and Peixiong Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1366-1372 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Rapid thermo-optical quality assessment of laser gain media

Christina C C Willis, Joshua D Bradford, John Haussermann, Erik McKee, Emily Maddox, Lawrence Shah, Romain Gaume, and Martin Richardson

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1389-1398 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-dimensional femtosecond laser fabrication of waveguide beam splitters in LiNbO₃ crystal

Jinman Lv, Yazhou Cheng, Weihao Yuan, Xiaotao Hao, and Feng Chen

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1274-1280 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Low absorption chlorinated liquid crystals for infrared applications

Fenglin Peng, Yun-Han Lee, Haiwei Chen, Zhe Li, Andrew E. Bostwick, Robert J. Twieg, and Shin-Tson Wu

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1281-1288 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Low-voltage and fast-response polymer-stabilized hyper-twisted nematic liquid crystal

Jiamin Yuan, Guanjun Tan, Daming Xu, Fenglin Peng, Alexander Lorenz, and Shin-Tson Wu

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1339-1347 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Electrically controllable all-optical switches using dye-doped liquid crystal cells with buckypapers

Ping-Cheng Chien, Ting-Kai Lin, Shun-An Jiang, Jih-Hsin Liu, Hsin-Yuan Miao, Yi-Wen Chen, and Chia-Yi Huang

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1399-1409 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Wide-band tunable photonic bandgaps based on nematic-refilling cholesteric liquid crystal polymer template samples

Jia-De Lin, Chung-Liang Chu, Hsin-Yu Lin, Borwen You, Chi-Ting Horng, Shuan-Yu Huang, Ting-Shan Mo, Chia-Yi Huang, and Chia-Rong Lee

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1419-1430 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Electrically and thermally controllable nanoparticle random laser in a well-aligned dye-doped liquid crystal cell

Chia-Rong Lee, Shih-Hung Lin, Jin-Wei Guo, Jia-De Lin, Hong-Lin Lin, Yang-Chen Zheng, Chia-Lien Ma, Chi-Ting Horng, Han-Ying Sun, and Shuan-Yu Huang

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1469-1481 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Thermo-optic effects of ceramic TGG in the 300–500 K temperature range

Hiroaki Furuse, Ryo Yasuhara, and Keijiro Hiraga

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1266-1273 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Gyroidal titanium nitride as nonmetallic metamaterial

S. Prayakarao, S. Robbins, N. Kinsey, A. Boltasseva, V. M. Shalaev, U. B. Wiesner, C. E. Bonner, R. Hussain, N. Noginova, and M. A. Noginov

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1316-1322 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Magneto-optical studies of BaFe₁₂O₁₉ films grown by metallo-organic decomposition

E. Jakubisová, Š. Višňovský, P. Široký, D. Hrabovský, J. Pištora, I. Vávra, E. Dobročka, P. Krišťan, H. Štěpánková, I. Harward, and Z. Celinski

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1323-1330 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Phosphorus-based compounds for EUV multilayer optics materials

V.V. Medvedev, A.E. Yakshin, R.W.E. van de Kruijs, and F. Bijkerk

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1450-1459 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Morphology, structure and optical properties in TiO₂ nanostructured films annealed at various temperatures

Bin Wang, Hongji Qi, Hu Wang, Yanyan Cui, Jiaoling Zhao, Jialu Guo, Yun Cui, Youchen Liu, Kui Yi, and Jianda Shao

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1410-1418 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of heat treatment of optical fiber incorporated with Au nano-particles on surface plasmon resonance

Seongmin Ju, Seongmook Jeong, Youngwoong Kim, Sang-Hyun Lee, Kadathala Linganna, Cheol Jin Kim, and Won-Taek Han

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1440-1449 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Black silicon film with modulated macropores for thin-silicon photovoltaics

Wenbin Huang, Yali Xue, Xuyue Wang, and Xianyu Ao

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1482-1487 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Gradient index antireflection coatings on glass containing plasma-etched organic layers

Ulrike Schulz, Friedrich Rickelt, Henning Ludwig, Peter Munzert, and Norbert Kaiser

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1259-1265 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Epoxy-based azo polymer for photofabricating surface-relief quasi-crystal structures

Renbo Wei, Zeda Xu, and Xiaogong Wang

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1348-1355 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Doped polymer for low-loss dielectric material in the terahertz range

Daniel Headland, Peter Thurgood, Daniel Stavrevski, Withawat Withayachumnankul, Derek Abbott, Madhu Bhaskaran, and Sharath Sriram

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1373-1380 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Highly transmissive luminescent down-shifting layers filled with phosphor particles for photovoltaics

Anastasiia Solodovnyk, Karen Forberich, Edda Stern, Janez Krč, Marko Topič, Miroslaw Batentschuk, Benjamin Lipovšek, and Christoph J. Brabec

Opt. Mater. Express 5(6), 1296-1305 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF