Focus issue introduction: Advanced Solid-State Lasers (ASSL) 2016

Yoonchan Jeong, Christian Kränkel, Almantas Galvanauskas, Kenneth Schepler, Takunori Taira, and Shibin Jiang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1431-1437 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Glass-clad semiconductor germanium fiber for high-speed photodetecting applications

Kunyang Sui, Xian Feng, Yubin Hou, Qian Zhang, Shuxian Qi, Yingying Wang, and Pu Wang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1211-1219 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Implementing Bragg mirrors in a hollow-core photonic-crystal fiber

Jeremy Flannery, Golam Bappi, Vineeth Bhaskara, Omar Alshehri, and Michal Bajcsy

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1198-1210 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

(AlGa)₂O₃ solar-blind photodetectors on sapphire with wider bandgap and improved responsivity

Qian Feng, Xiang Li, Genquan Han, Lu Huang, Fuguo Li, Weihua Tang, Jincheng Zhang, and Yue Hao

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1240-1248 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Passively Q-switched vectorial fiber laser modulated by hybrid organic−inorganic perovskites

Bin Huang, Jun Yi, Guobao Jiang, Lili Miao, Wei Hu, Chujun Zhao, and Shuangchun Wen

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1220-1227 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Yb³⁺-doped double-clad phosphate fiber for 976 nm single-frequency laser amplifiers

Jingwei Wu, Xiushan Zhu, Valery Temyanko, L. LaComb, Leonid Kotov, Kort Kiersma, Jie Zong, Michael Li, Arturo Chavez-Pirson, R. A. Norwood, and N. Peyghambarian

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1310-1316 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

One-dimensional multiband terahertz graphene photonic crystal filters

Yizhe Li, Limei Qi, Junsheng Yu, Zhijiao Chen, Yuan Yao, and Xiaoming Liu

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1228-1239 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Flexible and broadband graphene polarizer based on surface silicon-core microfiber

Xiaoying He and Jiacong Liu

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1398-1405 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Cascaded Mach-Zehnder interferometers in crystallized sapphire-derived fiber for temperature-insensitive filters

Jin Xu, Huanhuan Liu, Fufei Pang, Lin Hong, Zhangwei Ma, Ziwen Zhao, Na Chen, Zhenyi Chen, and Tingyun Wang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1406-1413 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Upconversion emission enhancement by porous silver films with ultra-broad plasmon absorption

Bo Shao, Zhengwen Yang, Jun Li, Jianzhi Yang, Yida Wang, Jianbei Qiu, and Zhiguo Song

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1188-1197 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparative study of 2.7 μm emission of Ho³⁺ desensitized Er³⁺ in tellurite and bismuth glass

Guoying Zhao, Wentian Jin, Yongzheng Fang, Yubiao He, Yingjie Li, Yufeng Liu, Meisong Liao, and Jun Zou

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1147-1156 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication of large all-PDMS micropatterned waveguides for lab on chip integration using a rapid prototyping technique

Daniel Pérez-Calixto, Diego Zamarrón-Hernández, Aarón Cruz-Ramírez, Mathieu Hautefeuille, Juan Hérnandez-Cordero, Victor Velázquez, and Marcela Grether

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1343-1350 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

High peak power sub-nanosecond pulsed Nd:Lu_0.15Y_0.85VO₄ laser with WS₂ saturable absorber and EO modulator

Wenjing Tang, Jia Zhao, Kejian Yang, Shengzhi Zhao, Guiqiu Li, Dechun Li, Tao Li, Wenchao Qiao, and Yonggang Wang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1180-1187 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Sculptured anti-reflection coatings for high power lasers

Tomas Tolenis, Lina Grinevičiūtė, Rytis Buzelis, Linas Smalakys, Egidijus Pupka, Simas Melnikas, Algirdas Selskis, Ramutis Drazdys, and Andrius Melninkaitis

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1249-1258 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

4.62 kW excellent beam quality laser output with a low-loss Yb/Ce co-doped fiber fabricated by chelate gas phase deposition technique

Jinkun Zheng, Wei Zhao, Baoyin Zhao, Chaoqi Hou, Zhe Li, Gang Li, Qi Gao, Pei Ju, Wei Gao, Shengfei She, Peng Wu, and Weinan Li

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1259-1266 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Highly efficient continuous-wave and Q-switched Tm:CaGdAlO₄ laser at 2 µm

Fan Wu, Weichao Yao, Huiting Xia, Qiyao Liu, Manman Ding, Yongguang Zhao, Wei Zhou, Xiaodong Xu, and Deyuan Shen

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1289-1294 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-dimensional distributed feedback lasers with thermally-nanoimprinted perylenediimide-containing films

Eva M. Calzado, Aritz Retolaza, Santos Merino, Marta Morales-Vidal, Pedro G. Boj, José A. Quintana, José M. Villalvilla, and María A. Díaz-García

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1295-1301 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Eye-safe Nd:LuAG ceramic lasers

Dongyue Yan, Peng Liu, Xiaodong Xu, Jian Zhang, Dingyuan Tang, and Jun Xu

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1374-1380 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Preliminary study of 3D ball-milled powder processing and SPS-accelerated densification of ZnSe ceramics

Shuai Wei, Le Zhang, Hao Yang, Tianyuan Zhou, Chingping Wong, Qitu Zhang, and Hao Chen

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1131-1140 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Voltage selectable dual-mode optically-induced grating in ZnTPP doped chiral nematic liquid crystals

Mingya Xu, Hongzhen Jing, Ying Xiang, Yikun Liu, Zhigang Cai, Fujuan Wang, Jiaoyang Li, Everett Wang, Yanqing Wang, and Yinhua Cai

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1317-1326 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Near-diffraction-limited focusing with gradient high-impedance metasurface

Bijun Xu, Zeyong Wei, Chao Wu, Yuancheng Fan, Zhongpeng Wang, and Hongqiang Li

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1141-1146 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

High-Q Fano-like resonance based on a symmetric dimer structure and its terahertz sensing application

Liang-Hui Du, Jiang Li, Qiao Liu, Jian-Heng Zhao, and Li-Guo Zhu

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1335-1342 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Temporal dynamics of two-beam coupling and the origin of compensation photorefractive gratings in Sn₂P₂S₆:Sb

Yaroslav Skrypka, Alexandr Shumelyuk, Serguey Odoulov, Sergey Basun, and Dean R. Evans

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1414-1423 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Absorption dynamics of type-II GaSb/GaAs quantum dots

K. Komolibus, T. Piwonski, C. J. Reyner, B. Liang, G. Huyet, D. L. Huffaker, E. A. Viktorov, and J. Houlihan

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1424-1430 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Low-loss deuterated organic solvents for visible and near-infrared photonics

Malte Plidschun, Mario Chemnitz, and Markus A. Schmidt

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1122-1130 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (8)]

GaAsSb spacer effect in quasi-type-II InAs coupled-QDs for intraband absorption enhancement

David Jui-Yang Feng, Yen-Ju Lin, Yun-Cheng Ku, Han-Yun Jhang, Tzy-Rong Lin, and Mao-Kuen Kuo

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1351-1364 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Advanced engineering of single-crystal gold nanoantennas

R. Méjard, A. Verdy, O. Demichel, M. Petit, L. Markey, F. Herbst, R. Chassagnon, G. Colas-des-Francs, B. Cluzel, and A. Bouhelier

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1157-1168 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase sensitive sensor on Tamm plasmon devices

Syuan-Guei Huang, Kuo-Ping Chen, and Shie-Chang Jeng

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1267-1273 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser grade Yb:LuAG transparent ceramic prepared by nanocrystalline pressure-less sintering in reducing H₂

Ding Zhou, Ying Shi, Jianjun Xie, Dimeng Chen, Jun Dong, Ken-ichi Ueda, and Jiayue Xu

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1274-1280 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Emission enhancement and its mechanism of Eu-doped GaN by strain engineering

Tomohiro Inaba, Brandon Mitchell, Atsushi Koizumi, and Yasufumi Fujiwara

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1381-1387 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical fingerprints of donors and acceptors in high-quality NH₃-doped ZnO films

Kun Tang, Ran Gu, Shunming Zhu, Zhonghua Xu, Yang Shen, Jiandong Ye, and Shulin Gu

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1169-1179 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Characteristics of doping controllable ZnO films grown by photo-assisted metal organic chemical vapor deposition

Tian-Hong Feng and Xiao-Chuan Xia

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1281-1288 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Measuring the absorption of TiN metallic films using cathodoluminescence of GaN films

Haoyu Chu, Chengyan Gu, Shimin Li, Yonghong Zhang, Jianjiang Bian, and Chunping Jiang

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1302-1309 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhanced local photoluminescence of a multilayer MoS₂ nanodot stacked on monolayer MoS₂ flakes

Fei Chen, Lei Wang, Ting Wang, and Xiaohong Ji

Opt. Mater. Express 7(4), 1365-1373 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF