26 June 2017, Volume 25, Issue 13, pp. 13944-15598  
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A decade of astrocombs: recent advances in frequency combs for astronomy [Invited]

Opt. Express 25(13), 15058-15078 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Astrophotonics: molding the flow of light in astronomical instruments [Invited]

Opt. Express 25(13), 15549-15557 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Scalar and electromagnetic nonparaxial bases composed as superpositions of simple vortex fields with complex foci

Opt. Express 25(13), 14856-14870 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Switchable metamaterial for enhancing and localizing electromagnetic field at terahertz band

Opt. Express 25(13), 13944-13952 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

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Optimizing the metric in sensorless adaptive optical microscopy with fluorescence fluctuations

Opt. Express 25(13), 15558-15571 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

An analytical model for light backscattering by coccoliths and coccospheres of Emiliania huxleyi

Opt. Express 25(13), 14996-15009 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Probability density of orbital angular momentum mode of autofocusing Airy beam carrying power-exponent-phase vortex through weak anisotropic atmosphere turbulence

Opt. Express 25(13), 15286-15298 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Versatile, high-power 460 nm laser system for Rydberg excitation of ultracold potassium

Opt. Express 25(13), 14829-14839 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Reference-free path length interferometry of random media with the intensity moments analysis

Opt. Express 25(13), 13953-13972 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Reconstructing mode mixtures in the optical near-field

Opt. Express 25(13), 13973-13989 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Interfering optical coherence lattices by use of a wavefront-folding interferometer

Opt. Express 25(13), 14351-14358 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Perceptually uniform color space for image signals including high dynamic range and wide gamut

Opt. Express 25(13), 15131-15151 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

1.064-μm-band up-conversion single-photon detector

Opt. Express 25(13), 14558-14564 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fully integrated free-running InGaAs/InP single-photon detector for accurate lidar applications

Opt. Express 25(13), 14611-14620 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

GHz-bandwidth upconversion detector using a unidirectional ring cavity to reduce multilongitudinal mode pump effects

Opt. Express 25(13), 14783-14794 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Vector fields in a tight laser focus: comparison of models

Opt. Express 25(13), 13990-14007 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (6)]

Light enhancement by quasi-bound states in the continuum in dielectric arrays

Opt. Express 25(13), 14134-14147 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultra-broadband mode converters based on length-apodized long-period waveguide gratings

Opt. Express 25(13), 14341-14350 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Dispersion of speckle suppression efficiency for binary DOE structures: spectral domain and coherent matrix approaches

Opt. Express 25(13), 14575-14597 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Serial number coding and decoding by laser interference direct patterning on the original product surface for anti-counterfeiting

Opt. Express 25(13), 14644-14653 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Electro-optical coupling of a circular Airy beam in a uniaxial crystal

Opt. Express 25(13), 14654-14667 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Numerical visualization of aperiodic scalar optical wave fields

Opt. Express 25(13), 14715-14724 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Design, fabrication, and testing of convex reflective diffraction gratings

Opt. Express 25(13), 15252-15268 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Increased mid-infrared supercontinuum bandwidth and average power by tapering large-mode-area chalcogenide photonic crystal fibers

Opt. Express 25(13), 15336-15348 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (2)]

Combining freeform optics and curved detectors for wide field imaging: a polynomial approach over squared aperture

Opt. Express 25(13), 14598-14610 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Ray tracing in Rochon prisms with absorption

Opt. Express 25(13), 14676-14690 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Surface control apparatus and method of optical transmission with large aperture based on self-adaptive force-moment technology

Opt. Express 25(13), 15358-15369 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Non-iterative phase-only Fourier hologram generation with high image quality

Opt. Express 25(13), 14323-14333 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Full-color holographic projection display system featuring an achromatic Fourier filter

Opt. Express 25(13), 14774-14782 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Error-free reconstruction of magnetic hologram via improvement of recording conditions in collinear optical system

Opt. Express 25(13), 15349-15357 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiplexed phase-space imaging for 3D fluorescence microscopy

Opt. Express 25(13), 14986-14995 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (2)]

Automatic phase aberration compensation for digital holographic microscopy based on deep learning background detection

Opt. Express 25(13), 15043-15057 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Adaptive regional single-pixel imaging based on the Fourier slice theorem

Opt. Express 25(13), 15118-15130 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Heterogeneous camera array for multispectral light field imaging

Opt. Express 25(13), 14008-14022 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Scene-based nonuniformity correction for airborne point target detection systems

Opt. Express 25(13), 14210-14226 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Appropriate indices for color rendition and their recommended values for UHDTV production using white LED lighting

Opt. Express 25(13), 15010-15027 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Tomographic polarization analyzer by polarization-mode-frequency mapping

Opt. Express 25(13), 14023-14032 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Hybrid Fabry-Perot interferometer for simultaneous liquid refractive index and temperature measurement

Opt. Express 25(13), 14483-14493 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Passive optical module for polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography systems

Opt. Express 25(13), 14533-14544 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Single chip lidar with discrete beam steering by digital micromirror device

Opt. Express 25(13), 14732-14745 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (8)]

Simultaneous measurement of refractive index and temperature based on all-dielectric metasurface

Opt. Express 25(13), 15241-15251 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Flexible and accurate camera calibration using grid spherical images

Opt. Express 25(13), 15269-15285 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Silicon photonics fiber-to-the-home transceiver array based on transfer-printing-based integration of III-V photodetectors

Opt. Express 25(13), 14290-14299 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Electromagnetically induced transparency and absorption in a compact silicon ring-bus-ring-bus system

Opt. Express 25(13), 14368-14377 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Wide and fast focus-tunable dielectro-optofluidic lens via pinning of the interface of aqueous and dielectric liquids

Opt. Express 25(13), 14697-14705 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

All-dielectric integration of dielectric resonator antenna and photonic crystal waveguide

Opt. Express 25(13), 14706-14714 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical bandgap engineering in nonlinear silicon nitride waveguides

Opt. Express 25(13), 15370-15380 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Concave silicon micromirrors for stable hemispherical optical microcavities

Opt. Express 25(13), 15493-15503 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonlinear photoluminescence imaging applied to femtosecond laser manufacturing of fiber Bragg gratings

Opt. Express 25(13), 14247-14259 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

The role of defects in laser-induced modifications of silica coatings and fused silica using picosecond pulses at 1053 nm: I. Damage morphology

Opt. Express 25(13), 15161-15178 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Tamper-proof markings for the identification and traceability of high-value metal goods

Opt. Express 25(13), 15216-15230 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Photonic structures in diamond based on femtosecond UV laser induced periodic surface structuring (LIPSS)

Opt. Express 25(13), 15330-15335 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Role of defects in laser-induced modifications of silica coatings and fused silica using picosecond pulses at 1053 nm: II. Scaling laws and the density of precursors

Opt. Express 25(13), 15381-15401 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

YVO4 Raman laser pumped by a passively Q-switched Yb:YAG laser

Opt. Express 25(13), 14033-14042 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Optofluidic ring resonator laser with an edible liquid laser gain medium

Opt. Express 25(13), 14043-14048 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Contrast ratio enhancement by spectral matching of a seed laser pulse and ASE in a Ti:sapphire laser system

Opt. Express 25(13), 14158-14163 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Harmonically mode-locked Yb:CALGO laser oscillator

Opt. Express 25(13), 14164-14172 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase measurement and far-field reconstruction on externally coupled laser diode arrays

Opt. Express 25(13), 14317-14322 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of flat wideband chaos with suppressed time delay signature by using optical time lens

Opt. Express 25(13), 14359-14367 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Athermal operation of multi-section slotted tunable lasers

Opt. Express 25(13), 14414-14426 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Near-concentric Fabry-Pérot cavity for continuous-wave laser control of electron waves

Opt. Express 25(13), 14453-14462 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Influence of a ring-shaped pump beam on temperature distribution and thermal lensing in end-pumped solid state lasers

Opt. Express 25(13), 14668-14675 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Single mode 4.3 kW output power from a diode-pumped Yb-doped fiber amplifier

Opt. Express 25(13), 14892-14899 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

1.9 µm waveguide laser fabricated by ultrafast laser inscription in Tm:Lu2O3 ceramic

Opt. Express 25(13), 14910-14917 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

First laser oscillation of diode-pumped Tm3+-doped LuScO3 mixed sesquioxide ceramic

Opt. Express 25(13), 15322-15329 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of arbitrary temporal shaping of picosecond pulses in a radially polarized Yb-fiber MOPA with > 10 W average power

Opt. Express 25(13), 15402-15413 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Method for computationally efficient design of dielectric laser accelerator structures

Opt. Express 25(13), 15414-15427 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Dispersive heterodyne probing method for laser frequency stabilization based on spectral hole burning in rare-earth doped crystals

Opt. Express 25(13), 15539-15548 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Chiral near-field manipulation in Au-GaAs hybrid hexagonal nanowires

Opt. Express 25(13), 14148-14157 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Piezoluminescence from ferroelectric Ca3Ti2O7:Pr3+ long-persistent phosphor

Opt. Express 25(13), 14238-14246 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhanced spontaneous emission of quantum emitter in monolayer and double layer black phosphorus

Opt. Express 25(13), 14270-14281 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhanced light-matter interaction in atomically thin MoS2 coupled with 1D photonic crystal nanocavity

Opt. Express 25(13), 14691-14696 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Advanced analysis of domain walls in Mg doped LiNbO3 crystals with high resolution OCT

Opt. Express 25(13), 14871-14882 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

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Demonstration of diamond microlens structures by a three-dimensional (3D) dual-mask method

Opt. Express 25(13), 15572-15580 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

High quality chalcogenide-silica hybrid wedge resonator

Opt. Express 25(13), 15581-15589 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Photothermal therapy of single cancer cells mediated by naturally created gold nanorod clusters

Opt. Express 25(13), 15093-15107 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Broadband ultrathin circular polarizer at visible and near-infrared wavelengths using a non-resonant characteristic in helically stacked nano-gratings

Opt. Express 25(13), 14260-14269 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Broad-band and high-efficiency polarization converters around 1550 nm based on composite structures

Opt. Express 25(13), 14406-14413 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Graphene on meta-surface for super-resolution optical imaging with a sub-10 nm resolution

Opt. Express 25(13), 14494-14503 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Metallic metasurface for high efficiency optical phase control in transmission mode

Opt. Express 25(13), 15208-15215 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Hybridized metamaterial platform for nano-scale sensing

Opt. Express 25(13), 15590-15598 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Aberrations in 4Pi Microscopy

Opt. Express 25(13), 14049-14058 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

One-shot time-resolved holographic polarization microscopy for imaging laser-induced ultrafast phenomena

Opt. Express 25(13), 14182-14191 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Microsphere-based super-resolution scanning optical microscope

Opt. Express 25(13), 15079-15092 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

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Light localization properties of weakly disordered optical media using confocal microscopy: application to cancer detection

Opt. Express 25(13), 15428-15440 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

2.4-watts second-harmonic generation in ppZnO:LN ridge waveguide for lithium laser cooling

Opt. Express 25(13), 14840-14855 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase matching effects in high harmonic generation at the nanometer scale

Opt. Express 25(13), 14974-14985 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

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Carrier-phase-estimation algorithm featuring fast trackability for high-speed coherent WDM PON based on RSOA

Opt. Express 25(13), 14282-14289 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Exploiting the relays’ backup RF antennas for enhanced FSO cooperative communications

Opt. Express 25(13), 14545-14557 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

26 m/5.5 Gbps air-water optical wireless communication based on an OFDM-modulated 520-nm laser diode

Opt. Express 25(13), 14760-14765 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

ASK-based spatial multiplexing RGB scheme using symbol-dependent self-interference for detection

Opt. Express 25(13), 15028-15042 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-channel 3.84 Tbit/s, 64 QAM coherent Nyquist pulse transmission over 150 km with a spectral efficiency of 10.6 bit/s/Hz

Opt. Express 25(13), 15199-15207 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance analysis of a coherent free space optical communication system based on experiment

Opt. Express 25(13), 15299-15312 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental demonstration of building and operating QoS-aware survivable vSD-EONs with transparent resiliency

Opt. Express 25(13), 15468-15480 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Helicity-dependent forked vortex lens based on photo-patterned liquid crystals

Opt. Express 25(13), 14059-14064 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Bulk chirality effect for symmetric bistable switching of liquid crystals on topologically self-patterned degenerate anchoring surface

Opt. Express 25(13), 14427-14443 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Low aberration and fast switching microlenses based on a novel liquid crystal mixture

Opt. Express 25(13), 14795-14808 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Plasma optical modulation for lasers based on the plasma induced by femtosecond pulses

Opt. Express 25(13), 14065-14076 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Small pyramidal textured ultrathin crystalline silicon solar cells with double-layer passivation

Opt. Express 25(13), 14725-14731 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Yellow-red light-emitting diodes using periodic Ga-flow interruption during deposition of InGaN well

Opt. Express 25(13), 15152-15160 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

High speed non-mechanical two-dimensional KTN beam deflector enabled by space charge and temperature gradient deflection

Opt. Express 25(13), 15481-15492 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Simultaneous direct holographic fabrication of photonic cavity and graded photonic lattice with dual periodicity, dual basis, and dual symmetry

Opt. Express 25(13), 14444-14452 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

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Monstar polarization singularities with elliptically-symmetric q-plates

Opt. Express 25(13), 14935-14943 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Tailoring optical orbital angular momentum spectrum with spiral complex field modulation

Opt. Express 25(13), 15108-15117 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Critical nanofocusing of magnetic dipole moment using a closed plasmonic tip

Opt. Express 25(13), 14077-14088 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Lightning rod resonance of a plasmonic near-field transducer

Opt. Express 25(13), 14204-14209 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Manipulation of vector beam polarization with geometric metasurfaces

Opt. Express 25(13), 14300-14307 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Terahertz surface plasmon polariton waveguiding with periodic metallic cylinders

Opt. Express 25(13), 14397-14405 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Ag nanoparticles modified large area monolayer MoS2 phototransistors with high responsivity

Opt. Express 25(13), 14565-14574 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

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Experimental nonlocal steering of Bohmian trajectories

Opt. Express 25(13), 14463-14472 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Coherent-trapped helical mode in parity-time symmetric metamaterials

Opt. Express 25(13), 15231-15240 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Light-matter quantum interferometry with homodyne detection

Opt. Express 25(13), 15456-15467 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of a microwave photonic synthetic aperture radar based on photonic-assisted signal generation and stretch processing

Opt. Express 25(13), 14334-14340 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Photonic generation of multi-frequency phase-coded microwave signal based on a dual-output Mach-Zehnder modulator and balanced detection

Opt. Express 25(13), 14516-14523 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Photonic true time delay beamforming technique with ultra-fast beam scanning

Opt. Express 25(13), 14524-14532 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fluctuation initiation of Stokes signal and its effect on stimulated Brillouin scattering pulse compression

Opt. Express 25(13), 14378-14388 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Transient/time-dependent radiative transfer in a two-dimensional scattering medium considering the polarization effect

Opt. Express 25(13), 14621-14634 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Terahertz sensing of highly absorptive water-methanol mixtures with multiple resonances in metamaterials

Opt. Express 25(13), 14089-14097 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Tailored pump compensation for Brillouin optical time-domain analysis with distributed Brillouin amplification

Opt. Express 25(13), 14098-14105 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

High sensitivity axial strain and temperature sensor based on dual-frequency optoelectronic oscillator using PMFBG Fabry-Perot filter

Opt. Express 25(13), 14106-14113 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Mid-infrared surface plasmon resonance sensor based on photonic crystal fibers

Opt. Express 25(13), 14227-14237 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Long period fiber grating based on periodically screw-type distortions for torsion sensing

Opt. Express 25(13), 14308-14316 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Dual-wavelength highly-sensitive refractive index sensor

Opt. Express 25(13), 14389-14396 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Temperature-insensitive refractive index sensor based on tilted moiré FBG with high resolution

Opt. Express 25(13), 14900-14909 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-shot distributed Brillouin optical time domain analyzer

Opt. Express 25(13), 15188-15198 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber optic humidity sensor using water vapor condensation

Opt. Express 25(13), 15313-15321 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Upconversion-enabled array spectrometer for the mid-infrared, featuring kilohertz spectra acquisition rates

Opt. Express 25(13), 14504-14515 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimised frequency modulation for continuous-wave optical magnetic resonance sensing using nitrogen-vacancy ensembles

Opt. Express 25(13), 14809-14821 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Compact broadband high-resolution infrared spectrometer with a dihedral reflector

Opt. Express 25(13), 14960-14967 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

In-line interferometer for broadband near-field scanning optical spectroscopy

Opt. Express 25(13), 15504-15525 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient generation and frequency modulation of quasi-monochromatic terahertz wave in Lithium Niobate subwavelength waveguide

Opt. Express 25(13), 14766-14773 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Anomalous light trapping enhancement in a two-dimensional gold nanobowl array with an amorphous silicon coating

Opt. Express 25(13), 14114-14124 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Thickness-dependent carrier and phonon dynamics of topological insulator Bi2Te3 thin films

Opt. Express 25(13), 14635-14643 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Overcoming limits to near-field radiative heat transfer in uniform planar media through multilayer optimization

Opt. Express 25(13), 14746-14759 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Bandwidths limitations of giant optical field enhancements in dielectric multi-layers

Opt. Express 25(13), 14883-14891 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Interface morphology of Mo/Si multilayer systems with varying Mo layer thickness studied by EUV diffuse scattering

Opt. Express 25(13), 15441-15455 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Time-stretched real-time measurement technique for ultrafast absorption variations with TS/s sampling-rate

Opt. Express 25(13), 14125-14133 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Sub-cycle steering of the deprotonation of acetylene by intense few-cycle mid-infrared laser fields

Opt. Express 25(13), 14192-14203 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Autocorrelation z-scan technique for measuring the spatial and temporal distribution of femtosecond pulses in the focal region of lenses

Opt. Express 25(13), 14473-14482 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

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Generation of 35-fs pulses from a Kerr lens mode-locked Yb:Lu2O3 thin-disk laser

Opt. Express 25(13), 14918-14925 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

9-kW peak power and 150-fs duration blue-violet optical pulses generated by GaInN master oscillator power amplifier

Opt. Express 25(13), 14926-14934 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of sub-50fs soliton pulses from a mode-locked Yb,Na:CNGG disordered crystal laser

Opt. Express 25(13), 14968-14973 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Polymer X-ray refractive nano-lenses fabricated by additive technology

Opt. Express 25(13), 14173-14181 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

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X-ray ghost imaging with a laboratory source

Opt. Express 25(13), 14822-14828 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF