Focus issue introduction: advanced solid-state lasers

Benoît Boulanger, Gregory Goodno, Shibin Jiang, Sergey Mirov, Johan Nilsson, Alan Petersen, and Stefano Taccheo

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3306-3309 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Graphene and Mo₂C vertical heterostructure for femtosecond mode-locked lasers [Invited]

Haoran Mu, Mingfen Tuo, Chuan Xu, Xiaozhi Bao, Si Xiao, Tian Sun, Lei Li, Luming Zhao, Shaojuan Li, Wencai Ren, and Qiaoliang Bao

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3268-3276 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Jetting regimes of double-pulse laser-induced forward transfer

Qingfeng Li, David Grojo, Anne-Patricia Alloncle, and Philippe Delaporte

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3476-3486 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Optical Fiber Materials: feature introduction

John Ballato, Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Mukul Paul, and Laeticia Petit

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3565-3566 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Fabrication and measurement of 3D printed retroreflective fibers

Michael Ghebrebrhan, Gabriel Z. J. Loke, and Yoel Fink

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3432-3438 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in low-loss single-mode Te-rich chalcogenide fiber

Xiange Wang, Zheming Zhao, Xunsi Wang, Kai Jiao, Zugang Xue, Youmei Tian, Peiqing Zhang, Xiang Shen, Shixun Dai, and Rongping Wang

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3487-3493 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Large energy pulses generation in a mode-locked Er-doped fiber laser based on CVD-grown Bi₂Te₃ saturable absorber

Qin Wei, Kangdi Niu, Xile Han, Huanian Zhang, Chao Zhang, Cheng Yang, and Baoyuan Man

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3535-3545 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Study on the optical properties and broad infrared luminescence of Tm³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped Nb₂O₅-based glasses

Minghui Zhang, Haiqin Wen, Xiuhong Pan, Meibo Tang, and Fei Ai

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3238-3247 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Fabrication of (Tb,Gd)₃Al₅O₁₂:Ce³⁺ phosphor ceramics for warm white light-emitting diodes application

Jie Chen, Yanru Tang, Xuezhuan Yi, Yanna Tian, Gang Ao, Deming Hao, Yandan Lin, and Shengming Zhou

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3333-3341 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Double-color luminescence and magnetic characteristics in Fe³⁺ doped NaErF₄ microcrystals

Xiaoyu Zhang, Xue Wang, Lili Wang, Min Lan, and Yuxin Wang

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3379-3389 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Optical dielectric function of Si(2,6-bis(benzimidazol-2’-yl)pyridine)₂ determined by spectroscopic ellipsometry

Yanzeng Li, Margaret Kocherga, Serang Park, Marc Lata, Micheal McLamb, Glenn Boreman, Thomas A. Schmedake, and Tino Hofmann

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3469-3475 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Pump-power-dependence of a CsPbBr₃-in-Cs₄PbBr₆ quantum dot color converter

Miguel F. Leitão, M. S. Islim, L. Yin, S. Viola, S. Watson, A. Kelly, Y. Dong, X. Li, H. Zeng, S. Videv, H. Haas, E. Gu, I. M. Watson, N. Laurand, and M. D. Dawson

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3504-3518 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Characterization of the electrical and optical properties for a-IGZO/Ag/a-IGZO triple-layer thin films with different thickness depositions on a curved glass substrate

Ying-Tsung Li, Chang-Fu Han, and Jen-Fin Lin

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3414-3431 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

High-energy Q-switched ytterbium-doped all-fiber laser with tris-(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminum as saturable absorber

Sameer Salam, Wei Ru Wong, A. H. H. Al-Masoodi, and S. W. Harun

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3215-3225 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Temperature dependence of Alexandrite effective emission cross section and small signal gain over the 25-450 °C range

Umit Demirbas, Alphan Sennaroglu, and Franz X. Kärtner

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3352-3370 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Broadly tunable and dual-wavelength polarity amplified Nile red laser

Yuwei Fang, Junjie Cheng, Guan Wang, Tianhao Dong, Shengbo Wang, Chun Gu, Gang Zou, Hai Ming, and Lixin Xu

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3406-3413 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Photothermal spectroscopy study of fused silica irradiated by a 355 nm wavelength and 6.8 ns pulse duration laser

Chunyan Yan, Bao’an Liu, Xiangcao Li, Chang Liu, and Xin Ju

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3439-3451 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Microchip and ultra-fast laser inscribed waveguide lasers in Yb³⁺germanate glass

M. Khalid, G. Y. Chen, J. Bei, H. Ebendorff-Heidepriem, and D. G. Lancaster

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3557-3564 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Femtosecond laser micromachining in ophthalmic hydrogels: spectroscopic study of materials effects

Dan Yu, Ruiting Huang, and Wayne H. Knox

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3292-3305 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Modification of liquid crystal lens performance by embedded floating ring electrode

Che Ju Hsu, Kaushlendra Agrahari, Pravinraj Selvaraj, Rajiv Manohar, and Chi Yen Huang

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3226-3237 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Pedestal microdisks in potassium yttrium double tungstate

Simen M. Martinussen, Raimond N. Frentrop, Meindert Dijkstra, Frans Segerink, Victoria Tormo-Márquez, José Olivares, and Sonia M. Garcia-Blanco

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3371-3378 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Comparative study of dielectric coating materials for micro-cavity applications

Najwa Sidqi, Caspar Clark, Gerald S. Buller, Gopala Krishna V. V. Thalluri, Jevgenij Mitrofanov, and Yoann Noblet

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3452-3468 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Solar thermal absorber based on dielectric filled two-dimensional nickel grating

Qiuqun Liang, Huigao Duan, Xupeng Zhu, Xuandong Chen, and XiongPing Xia

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3193-3203 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

All-dielectric metasurface imaging platform applicable to laser scanning microscopy with enhanced axial resolution and wavelength selection

Dasol Lee, Minkyung Kim, Jeonghyun Kim, Hyeonjun Hong, Trevon Badloe, Dong Sung Kim, and Junsuk Rho

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3248-3259 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Tunable multiple plasmon-induced transparency in a simple terahertz Dirac semimetal based metamaterial

Jianxing Zhao, Jianlin Song, Yao Zhou, Ruilong Zhao, and Jianhong Zhou

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3325-3332 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Standard red green blue (sRGB) color representation with a tailored dual-resonance mode in metal/dielectric stacks

Do Hyeon Kim, Young Jin Yoo, Joo Hwan Ko, Yeong Jae Kim, and Young Min Song

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3342-3351 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Stimulated emission from CsPbBr₃ quantum dot nanoglass

Yang Liu, Zhenhua Gao, Weiguang Zhang, Xun Sun, Zifei Wang, Xue Wang, Baoyuan Xu, and Xiangeng Meng

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3390-3405 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Wafer-scale 3D cloud-like aluminum hierarchical nanostructure for NIR SERS

Nan Zhao, Hefu Li, Zhenshan Yang, Cunwei Tian, Yanru Xie, Zhenbao Feng, Zongliang Wang, Xunling Yan, Wenjun Wang, and Huishan Yu

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3546-3556 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

High efficiency and high energy 355 nm generation in NaSr₃Be₃B₃O₉F₄ crystal

Lijuan Liu, Zhanyu Hou, Ruixin Guo, Lei Yang, Heng Tu, Feng Yang, and Xiaoyang Wang

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3527-3534 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Confinement of ultraviolet light using lattice modes in Al and Si nanocylinder arrays

Shunsuke Murai, Yuki Kawachiya, and Katsuhisa Tanaka

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3310-3324 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

New approach for preparation of high-purity sulfide-germanium glasses doped with praseodymium

M. V. Sukhanov, A. P. Velmuzhov, T. V. Kotereva, I. V. Skripachev, and M. F. Churbanov

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3204-3214 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Strategy for highly sensitive optical ratiometric temperature measurement

Leipeng Li, Feng Qin, Yangdong Zheng, and Zhiguo Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3260-3267 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Enhanced photogenerated charge separation in α-Fe₂O₃-ZnFe₂O₄ related to the higher level in the conduction band of α-Fe₂O₃

Qingchen Dong, Xiansheng Liu, and Weifeng Zhang

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3519-3526 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB

Optical properties of MoSe₂ nanosheets: characterization, simulation and application for Q-switching

Zhenlu Sun, Hongwei Chu, Ying Li, Lijie Liu, Shengzhi Zhao, Guiqiu Li, and Dechun Li

Opt. Mater. Express 9(8), 3494-3503 (2019)  View: HTML | PDF | EPUB