New Journal prize to recognize the best paper from an emerging researcher: editorial

Alexandra Boltasseva and Juejun Hu

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1695-1695 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Surface dark current mechanisms in III-V infrared photodetectors [Invited]

B. T. Marozas, W. D. Hughes, X. Du, D. E. Sidor, G. R. Savich, and G. W. Wicks

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1419-1424 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Silver nanoparticle enhanced 2.7 µm luminescence in Er³⁺-doped bismuth germanate glasses

Xiaomeng Jia, Mengling Xia, Yinsheng Xu, Lei Yang, Yan Zhang, Mingming Li, and Shixun Dai

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1625-1632 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Nearest-neighbor sp³d⁵s* tight-binding parameters based on the hybrid quasi-particle self-consistent GW method verified by modeling of type-II superlattices

Akitaka Sawamura, Jun Otsuka, Takashi Kato, Takao Kotani, and Satofumi Souma

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1569-1584 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

GST-on-silicon hybrid nanophotonic integrated circuits: a non-volatile quasi-continuously reprogrammable platform

Jiajiu Zheng, Amey Khanolkar, Peipeng Xu, Shane Colburn, Sanchit Deshmukh, Jason Myers, Jesse Frantz, Eric Pop, Joshua Hendrickson, Jonathan Doylend, Nicholas Boechler, and Arka Majumdar

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1551-1561 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Trap-controlled mechanoluminescence in Pr³⁺-activated M₂Nb₂O₇ (M = Sr, Ca) isomorphic perovskites

Cong Pan, Jun-Cheng Zhang, Min Zhang, Xu Yan, Hong-Di Zhang, Yun-Ze Long, Xin-Yuan Sun, and Hai-Tao Jiang

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1425-1434 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Strong nonlinear absorption in perovskite films

Rashid A. Ganeev, Konda Srinivasa Rao, Zhi Yu, Weili Yu, Chaonan Yao, Yue Fu, Ke Zhang, and Chunlei Guo

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1472-1483 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Large-mode-area neodymium-doped all-solid double-cladding silicate photonic bandgap fiber with a 32 μm core diameter

Meng Li, Longfei Wang, Shuai Han, Danping Chen, Chunlei Yu, Wei Chen, and Lili Hu

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1562-1568 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Nd³⁺:Ga-Ge-Sb-S glasses and fibers for luminescence in mid-IR: synthesis, structural characterization and rare earth spectroscopy

R. Chahal, F. Starecki, J.-L. Doualan, P. Němec, A. Trapananti, C. Prestipino, G. Tricot, C. Boussard-Pledel, K. Michel, A. Braud, P. Camy, J.-L. Adam, B. Bureau, and V. Nazabal

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1650-1671 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-photon upconversion luminescence of CdTe quantum dots in silicate glasses irradiated by an infrared femtosecond laser

Hening Wang, Quan-Zhong Zhao, Jing Qian, Xiaobo Jiang, Kongyu Lou, Teng Ding, Guande Wang, and Danyang Shen

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1484-1492 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Luminescence and energy transfer characteristics in silica optical fiber materials with cerium and terbium co-doping

Dongya Jiang, Jianxiang Wen, Ming Jia, Qiang Guo, Zhongyin Xiao, Wenyun Luo, Fufei Pang, Zhenyi Chen, and Tingyun Wang

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1593-1602 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Energy transfer and color-tunable luminescence properties of YVO₄:RE (RE = Eu³⁺, Sm³⁺, Dy³⁺, Tm³⁺) phosphors via molten salt synthesis

Rong Liu, Lijun Liu, and Yujun Liang

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1686-1694 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of dimensional control and stabilization of second harmonic electro-optical response in chalcogenide glasses

A. Lepicard, F. Adamietz, V. Rodriguez, K. Richardson, and M. Dussauze

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1613-1624 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Holographic memory performances of titanocene dispersed poly (methyl methacrylate) photopolymer with different preparation conditions

Peng Liu, Linlin Wang, Yu Zhao, Zeren Li, and Xiudong Sun

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1441-1453 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Switchable single-dual-wavelength Yb,Na:CaF₂ waveguide lasers operating in continuous-wave and pulsed regimes

Yingying Ren, Chen Cheng, Yuechen Jia, Yang Jiao, Dengwang Li, Mark D. Mackenzie, Ajoy K. Kar, and Feng Chen

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1633-1641 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal particles with high thermal stability

Qi Yan, Zhan Wei, Pengcheng Lin, Zhengdong Cheng, Mingrui Pu, Zhuoran Huang, and Wei Lin

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1536-1550 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Integrating an ultra-broadband power splitter and a polarization converter using a zigzag metamaterial

Jiao Chen, Helin Yang, Guoping Zhang, Xiaojun Huang, Sen Hu, Qi Chen, and Hai Lin

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1454-1462 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical-transparent flexible broadband absorbers based on the ITO-PET-ITO structure

Senfeng Lai, Yanghui Wu, Junjie Wang, Wen Wu, and Wenhua Gu

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1585-1592 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Exposure dependence of the UV initiated optical absorption increase in polymer films with a soluble CdS precursor and its relation to the photoinduced nanoparticle growth

Anton A. Smirnov, Andrey Afanasiev, Sergey Gusev, Dmitry Tatarskiy, Nickolai Ermolaev, and Nikita Bityurin

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1603-1612 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Transmittance and phase matching of BBO crystal in the 3−5 μm range and its application for the characterization of mid-infrared laser pulses

Gintaras Tamošauskas, Gvidas Beresnevičius, Darius Gadonas, and Audrius Dubietis

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1410-1418 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Pure circular dichroism by curved rows of plasmonic nanoparticles

Meng Wang, Bruno Gompf, Martin Dressel, Nathalie Destouches, and Audrey Berrier

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1515-1527 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Influence of stress on the optical properties of double InGaN/GaN multiple quantum wells

Ruoshi Peng, Shengrui Xu, Jinfeng Zhang, Jincheng Zhang, Jinjuan Du, Ying Zhao, Xiaomeng Fan, and Yue Hao

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1528-1535 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Pt nanoparticles encapsulated in mesoporous tungsten oxide to enhance the repeatability of a FBG hydrogen sensor

Shiwen Yang, Gaopeng Wang, Feng Xiang, Yuhuan Qin, Jixiang Dai, and Minghong Yang

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1493-1504 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Picosecond near-to-mid-infrared absorption of pulse-injected small polarons in magnesium doped lithium niobate

Felix Freytag, Phillip Booker, Gábor Corradi, Simon Messerschmidt, Andreas Krampf, and Mirco Imlau

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1505-1514 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Intense THz emission in high quality MBE-grown GaAs film with a thin n-doped buffer

Elizabeth Ann P. Prieto, Sheryl Ann B. Vizcara, Lorenzo P. Lopez, John Daniel E. Vasquez, Maria Herminia M. Balgos, Daisuke Hashizume, Norihiko Hayazawa, Yousoo Kim, Masahiko Tani, Armando S. Somintac, Arnel A. Salvador, and Elmer S. Estacio

Opt. Mater. Express 8(6), 1463-1471 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF