Feature issue introduction: optical ceramics

Jas Sanghera, Takunori Taira, and Romain Gaume

Opt. Mater. Express 3(6), 904-907 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Spontaneous gelcasting of translucent alumina ceramics

Shunzo Shimai, Yan Yang, Shiwei Wang, and Hidehiro Kamiya

Opt. Mater. Express 3(8), 1000-1006 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Photochromism and near-infrared persistent luminescence in Eu²⁺-Nd³⁺-co-doped CaAl₂O₄ ceramics

Jumpei Ueda, Tatsuaki Shinoda, and Setsuhisa Tanabe

Opt. Mater. Express 3(6), 787-793 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-step sintering of Gd_0.3Lu_1.6Eu_0.1O₃ transparent ceramic scintillator

Zachary Seeley, Nerine Cherepy, and Stephen Payne

Opt. Mater. Express 3(7), 908-912 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Orientation control of micro-domains in anisotropic laser ceramics

Yoichi Sato, Jun Akiyama, and Takunori Taira

Opt. Mater. Express 3(6), 829-841 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser oscillation from Ho³⁺ doped Lu₂O₃ ceramics

Woohong Kim, Colin Baker, Steve Bowman, Catalin Florea, Guillermo Villalobos, Brandon Shaw, Bryan Sadowski, Michael Hunt, Ishwar Aggarwal, and Jasbinder Sanghera

Opt. Mater. Express 3(7), 913-919 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient waveguide lasers in femtosecond laser inscribed double-cladding waveguides of Yb:YAG ceramics

Yuechen Jia, J. R. Vázquez de Aldana, and Feng Chen

Opt. Mater. Express 3(5), 645-650 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Photonic properties of titania inverse opal heterostructures

Hooi Sing Lee, Roman Kubrin, Robert Zierold, Alexander Yu. Petrov, Kornelius Nielsch, Gerold A. Schneider, and Manfred Eich

Opt. Mater. Express 3(8), 1007-1019 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Site-selective excitation and emission of Eu³⁺-doped transparent glass ceramic containing Ca₅(PO₄)₃F nanocrystals

S. N. Zhang, J. H. Huang, Y. J. Chen, X. H. Gong, Y. F. Lin, Z. D. Luo, and Y. D. Huang

Opt. Mater. Express 3(6), 868-874 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectroscopic characterization of erbium doped glass ceramic

Indumathi Kamma, Monday Mbila, Karen E. Steege Gall, and B. Rami Reddy

Opt. Mater. Express 3(6), 884-892 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Transparent, luminescent terbium doped zirconia: development of optical-structural ceramics with integrated temperature measurement functionalities

C. L. Hardin, Y. Kodera, S. A. Basun, D. R. Evans, and J. E. Garay

Opt. Mater. Express 3(6), 893-903 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical properties of wide-band-gap chalcopyrite CuAl(Se_0.5S_0.5)₂ evaluated by thermoreflectance spectroscopy

Ching-Hwa Ho and Chia-Chi Pan

Opt. Mater. Express 3(4), 480-488 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF