September 2023

Light–Matter Interactions

  • Spotlight Summary by Jonas Joos

    • Insight into neodymium clusters and spectroscopic properties in CaF2 single crystals
    • In their work, Junyang Liu and coauthors study the clustering of neodymium and other lanthanide dopants in optical CaF2 crystals. Their main conclusions are based on density functional theory calculations,...
    • Opt. Mater. Express 13(8) 2288-2301 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Natasha Vukovic

    • Visible femtosecond fiber laser
    • Thanks to the relatively wide bandgap energy (3.4 eV) of gallium nitride (GaN), GaN-based technology stands out as an ideal choice for manufacturing semiconductor optical devices, including visible laser diodes. It has...
    • Opt. Lett. 48(14) 3709-3712 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Bienvenu Ndagano

    • Quantifying high-dimensional spatial entanglement with a single-photon-sensitive time-stamping camera
    • Single-photon-sensitive detector arrays are paving the way towards fast and efficient detection and certification of high-dimensional spatial entanglement. Traditionally, single-projective measurements have been used to...
    • Opt. Lett. 48(13) 3439-3442 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optics in Biology and Medicine

  • Spotlight Summary by Brynmor Davis

    • Image scanning microscopy with a doughnut beam: signal strength and integrated intensity
    • Image scanning microscopy (ISM) aims to improve on confocal scanning microscopy by replacing the traditional detection pinhole with a detector array. A confocal pinhole offers improved image resolution and depth...
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 40(8) 1612-1619 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optoelectronics

  • Spotlight Summary by Natasha Vukovic

    • Visible femtosecond fiber laser
    • Thanks to the relatively wide bandgap energy (3.4 eV) of gallium nitride (GaN), GaN-based technology stands out as an ideal choice for manufacturing semiconductor optical devices, including visible laser diodes. It has...
    • Opt. Lett. 48(14) 3709-3712 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Richard Bowman

    • Electromagnetically actuated 3D-printed tunable optical slit device
    • Erdil et al. present an adjustable slit, made primarily from 3D printed parts and actuated by electromagnetic coils. Adjustable apertures are a key feature of many optical systems, but as moving parts they...
    • Appl. Opt. 62(19) 5244-5250 (2023) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

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