W. Mohammed, M. Galle, J. Meier, C. Sapiano, L. Qian, P. Smith
{"title":"Full dispersion characterization using single-arm interferometry on a mm-length fiber","authors":"W. Mohammed, M. Galle, J. Meier, C. Sapiano, L. Qian, P. Smith","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453339","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453339","url":null,"abstract":"We measure linear and quadratic dispersion parameters (beta<sub>1</sub> and beta<sub>2</sub>) on a 6-mm twin- hole fiber using a single-arm interferometric technique. Furthermore, beta<sub>0</sub> is extracted from the measured beta<sub>1</sub> and beta<sub>2</sub> through an optimization algorithm.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115318930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Y. Lizé, L. Christen, S. Nuccio, Xiaoxia Wu, A. Willner, R. Kashyap, M. Faucher
{"title":"Optical Error Correction using Passive Optical Logic Gates Demodulators in Differential Demodulation","authors":"Y. Lizé, L. Christen, S. Nuccio, Xiaoxia Wu, A. Willner, R. Kashyap, M. Faucher","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452622","url":null,"abstract":"We propose and demonstrate an error-correction technique with no overhead for differentially encoded modulation formats. The method improves FEC equipped systems, increasing chromatic dispersion tolerance by 25% while reducing the penalty of imperfect optical filtering.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"93 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115319761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Controlling the Excited State Charge Transfer in DMABN Using Shaped Femtosecond Pulses","authors":"C. L. Kalcic, D. A. Harris, M. Dantus","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453673","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453673","url":null,"abstract":"The ability of multiphoton intrapulse interference (Mil) to regulate the formation of the twisted charge transfer state in DMABN upon three-photon excitation is explored and monitored via fluorescence.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"87 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115504296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Dineen, M. Reichelt, A. Zakharian, J. Moloney, S. Koch
{"title":"Local field enhancement and spectral response of resonant nanostructures","authors":"C. Dineen, M. Reichelt, A. Zakharian, J. Moloney, S. Koch","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431137","url":null,"abstract":"The resonant behavior of metallic nano-structures is simulated using local mesh refinement of the FDTD method in 3 Dimensions. The influence of shape and tip geometry on the resonance structure and intensity of the optical fields is examined.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115702281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Lamela, F. Jaque, G. Torchia, C. Méndez, I. Arias, L. Roso, A. Ródenas, D. Jaque
{"title":"Application of Near Field Optical Microscopy to the study of femtosecond laser micro-structured Nd:YAG crystals","authors":"J. Lamela, F. Jaque, G. Torchia, C. Méndez, I. Arias, L. Roso, A. Ródenas, D. Jaque","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431179","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431179","url":null,"abstract":"The micro-structural modifications induced by femtosecond laser ablation of Nd:YAG crystals has been studied by near field optical microscopy. Results have been compared to those obtained from micro-luminescence experiments.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116761767","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detection of Pulsed Terahertz Waves Using Ambient Air as the Sensor","authors":"J. Dai, Xu Xie, X. Zhang","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452768","url":null,"abstract":"We report the first demonstration of both incoherent and coherent detection of pulsed terahertz waves using ambient air or laser-induced air plasma as the sensor through a third-order nonlinear optical process with femtosecond laser pulses.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117017813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measurement of optical forces within a high-Q microcavity-waveguide system","authors":"M. Eichenfield, O. Painter","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431021","url":null,"abstract":"Optical forces arising from the intense stored field within a high-Q microdisk cavity are measured through the displacement of a moveable, micron-scale fiber taper input waveguide. Tunable waveguide-cavity coupling is demonstrated at sub-mW input powers.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121233582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Novel Confocal Fiber-Optic Laser Method for Exact Intraocular Lens Dioptric Power Measurement","authors":"I. Ilev, R. Faaland, D. Calogero","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431278","url":null,"abstract":"Based on a fiber-optic confocal design, we have developed a simple, accurate, objective and quick method for exact focal length measurement of both positive and negative intraocular lenses providing a spatial resolution exceeding 1 mum.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124797297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Deibel, J. Kono, D. Mittleman, W. Fan, P. Upadhya, A. Sengupta, J. Cunningham, E. Linfield, A. Davies
{"title":"Temperature dependent and magnetic field dependent terahertz spectroscopy of In1-xMnxAs","authors":"J. Deibel, J. Kono, D. Mittleman, W. Fan, P. Upadhya, A. Sengupta, J. Cunningham, E. Linfield, A. Davies","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431004","url":null,"abstract":"We report temperature and magnetic field dependent terahertz time domain spectroscopy measurements on InMnAs. The temperature dependent transmission is shown to vary with Mn content and applied magnetic field strength.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"105 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124869973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"High-visibility classical multi-photon interference","authors":"I. Agafonov, M. Chekhova, T. Iskhakov","doi":"10.1109/QELS.2007.4431229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/QELS.2007.4431229","url":null,"abstract":"High-visibility multi-photon interference is usually considered as a signature of nonclassical light. We show, theoretically and experimentally, that three-photon interference visibility can be as high as 81.8% for coherent light and 60% for thermal light.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126089882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}