S. Stagira, F. Calegari, E. Benedetti, J. Cabanillas, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, G. Valentini, C. Vozzi, S. De Silvestri, L. Poletto, P. Villoresi, A. Faenov, T. Pikuz
{"title":"Soft X-Ray Contact Imaging of Thin Films by a Laser-Plasma Source","authors":"S. Stagira, F. Calegari, E. Benedetti, J. Cabanillas, M. Nisoli, G. Sansone, G. Valentini, C. Vozzi, S. De Silvestri, L. Poletto, P. Villoresi, A. Faenov, T. Pikuz","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453104","url":null,"abstract":"Quantitative analysis of nanometric films is achieved by soft X-ray imaging using a laser-plasma source and LiF crystals as detectors. Excitation of color center fluorescence in exposed LiF allows image detection with sub-micron resolution.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"78 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":"122485594","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}
V. Tokranov, M. Yakimov, J. van Eisden, S. Oktyabrsky
{"title":"All-Epitaxial VCSELs with Tunnel-Coupled QDs-QW InAs-InGaAs Active Medium","authors":"V. Tokranov, M. Yakimov, J. van Eisden, S. Oktyabrsky","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452595","url":null,"abstract":"Tunnel-coupled pairs of InGaAs quantum well (QW) grown on top of InAs quantum dots (QDs) were optimized. All-epitaxial QDs-QW VCSELs demonstrated CW-mode lasing (Ith= 1.8 mA, Pmax.= 0.7mW) at QD ground state emission wavelength, 1135nm.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"17 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":"122815514","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":"Femtosecond pulse shaping using a 2D liquid crystal spatial light modulator","authors":"E. Frumker, Y. Silberberg","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452978","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452978","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a new scanning femtosecond pulse shaping technique that enables modulation of pulse- shapes at hundred of kilohertz rates. This technique is particularly useful for lock-in on the pulse shape measurements.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"11 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":"114150617","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}
A. Vasdekis, G. Tsiminis, D. Amarasinghe, A. Ruseckas, M. Goossens, L. O’Faolain, T. Krauss, G. Turnbull, I. Samuel
{"title":"Recent Advances in Polymer Lasers and Optical Amplifiers","authors":"A. Vasdekis, G. Tsiminis, D. Amarasinghe, A. Ruseckas, M. Goossens, L. O’Faolain, T. Krauss, G. Turnbull, I. Samuel","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453035","url":null,"abstract":"Advanced polymer photonic devices are reported. These include a directly diode-pumped polymer laser, a femtosecond polymer laser, and a broadband solid state polymer optical amplifier.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"44 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":"114566756","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":"Enhanced Aspect Ratio of Focused Ion Beam Nanopatterning Technique in Semiconductors","authors":"A. Hayat, A. Lahav, M. Orenstein","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452886","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a more than 10 aspect-ratio FIB semiconductor nanopatterning technique. The undesired semiconductor material decomposition by the beam-tail ions is prevented by a protective Ti layer acting as a mask for the semiconductor.","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":"114592963","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}
Yibing Zhang, R. B. Sekar, M. Roselle Abraham, L. Tung
{"title":"Fluorescence Microscopic Mapping of Electrical Wave Propagation in an In-vitro Model of Skeletal Myoblast Cell Transplantation","authors":"Yibing Zhang, R. B. Sekar, M. Roselle Abraham, L. Tung","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452965","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452965","url":null,"abstract":"Electrical wave propagation at a multicellular level was mapped in an in-vitro model of skeletal myoblast cell transplantation using a fluorescence micromapping system; microheterogeneity of electrical conduction was observed, which may induce arrhythmias inside hearts.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"130 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":"122062523","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":"Neodymium doped ultrathin sol-gel tapered channel waveguide amplifier on Silicon substrate","authors":"A. Peled, M. Nathan, A. Tsukernik, S. Ruschin","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453113","url":null,"abstract":"We report on a fully monolithic Neodymium doped sol-gel tapered rib waveguide amplifier. Signal and pump were coupled by grating couplers. A gain of 4.8 dB (3.75 dB net gain) was obtained from a 1cm long device.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"8 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":"116858307","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. Zhang, Q. Lin, G. Piredda, R. Boyd, G. Agrawal, P. Fauchet
{"title":"Spectral measurements of the third-order nonlinearity of bulk silicon in the near infrared region","authors":"J. Zhang, Q. Lin, G. Piredda, R. Boyd, G. Agrawal, P. Fauchet","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452548","url":null,"abstract":"We report the first detailed characterization, to the best of our knowledge, of wavelength dependence of two-photon absorption and the Kerr nonlinearity in silicon over a spectral range extending from 1.2 to 2.4 mum.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"10 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":"117033083","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}
A. Lyakh, P. Zory, D. Wasserman, G. Shu, C. Gmachl, M. D’Souza, D. Botez, D. Bour
{"title":"Narrow stripe-width, low-ridge configuration for high power quantum cascade lasers","authors":"A. Lyakh, P. Zory, D. Wasserman, G. Shu, C. Gmachl, M. D’Souza, D. Botez, D. Bour","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453049","url":null,"abstract":"Low-ridge-configuration, quantum-cascade lasers operating at 5.3 mum provide, at 80 K, 12 W peak-pulsed power at 14 A drive. A model of current spreading that takes into account the lateral variation in transverse conductivity adequately explains the results.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"13 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":"117044245","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}
E. de la Rosa, M. Yacamán, Liangfeng Sun, M. Downer, L. Torres, P. Salas
{"title":"Second-harmonic imaging of ZnO nanoparticles","authors":"E. de la Rosa, M. Yacamán, Liangfeng Sun, M. Downer, L. Torres, P. Salas","doi":"10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452911","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452911","url":null,"abstract":"ZnO nanocrystallites of average size 20 nm, agglomerated into ~300nm irregular nanoparticles, were prepared by a hydrothermal method. Laser excitation yielded brilliant second-harmonic generation which was imaged with mum resolution, suggesting good potential for biomedical applications.","PeriodicalId":193475,"journal":{"name":"2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"36 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":"117047840","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}