The key role of off-axis singularities in free-space vortex transmutation David NovoaIñigo J. SolaAlbert Ferrando OriginalPaper 16 January 2014 Pages: 779 - 783
A broadband cavity ring-down spectrometer based on an incoherent near infrared light source Katharina SalffnerMichael BöhmHans-Gerd Löhmannsröben OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 785 - 792
Coherence-based axial point-spread function engineering for two-photon excited polymerization Sven DobnerMartin HöhlCarsten Fallnich OriginalPaper 16 January 2014 Pages: 793 - 798
Combined taper-and-cylinder optical fiber probes for highly sensitive surface-enhanced Raman scattering Ting LiuLei ZhouChangxi Yang OriginalPaper 12 February 2014 Pages: 799 - 803
Collimation effects on large CPA compressors R. HeathcoteM. GalimbertiC. Hernandez-Gomez OriginalPaper Open access 08 February 2014 Pages: 805 - 809
Distribution regimes of intense laser beam in a self-consistent plasma channel Sonu SenMeenu Asthana VarshneyDinesh Varshney OriginalPaper 09 February 2014 Pages: 811 - 819
Bose–Einstein condensate on a persistent-supercurrent atom chip Hiromitsu ImaiKensuke InabaTetsuya Mukai OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 821 - 829
Wavelength dependence of the orientation of optic axes in KGW Romain CattoorInka Manek-HönningerMarc Eichhorn OriginalPaper 21 February 2014 Pages: 831 - 836
Excitation and luminescence of rare earth-doped lead phosphate glasses J. PisarskaM. SołtysC. K. Jayasankar OriginalPaper Open access 16 March 2014 Pages: 837 - 845
Mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in a four-hole As2S5 chalcogenide microstructured optical fiber Weiqing GaoZhongchao DuanYasutake Ohishi OriginalPaper 02 February 2014 Pages: 847 - 853
Multi-band infrared CO2 absorption sensor for sensitive temperature and species measurements in high-temperature gases R. M. SpearrinW. RenR. K. Hanson OriginalPaper 15 February 2014 Pages: 855 - 865
Laser-driven blackbody radiator with bistability Li LiHong LiJinhui Cui OriginalPaper 08 February 2014 Pages: 867 - 873
A broad and tunable 250- to 430-nm source for microscopy and lifetime measurements by frequency doubling of a 78-MHz-picosecond white-light laser Maximilian BradlerFrederik D. NielsenEberhard Riedle OriginalPaper 15 February 2014 Pages: 875 - 882
Absolute validation of a diode laser hygrometer via intercomparison with the German national primary water vapor standard B. BuchholzN. BöseV. Ebert OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 883 - 899
Characterization of dynamic random process using optical vortex metrology Xinzhong LiYuping TaiLiben Li OriginalPaper 16 February 2014 Pages: 901 - 909
Determination of the third- and fifth-order optical nonlinearities: the general case V. BesseG. BoudebsH. Leblond OriginalPaper 09 February 2014 Pages: 911 - 917
Transient behaviour of quantum-dot saturable absorber mirrors at varying excitation fluence Niels MeiserSaulius MarcinkeviciusValdas Pasiskevicius OriginalPaper 04 February 2014 Pages: 919 - 927
Absolute brightness measurements in the terahertz frequency range using vacuum and thermal fluctuations as references G. Kh. KitaevaP. V. YakuninA. N. Penin OriginalPaper 06 February 2014 Pages: 929 - 937
Observation of multipulse bunches in a graphene oxide passively mode-locked ytterbium-doped fiber laser with all-normal dispersion Shisheng HuangYonggang WangJi’an Duan OriginalPaper 16 February 2014 Pages: 939 - 946
Graphene passively Q-switched Ho:YAG ceramic laser Ting ZhaoYong WangDeyuan Shen OriginalPaper 19 February 2014 Pages: 947 - 950
Development of an external cavity quantum cascade laser spectrometer at 7.5 μm for gas detection D. MammezR. VallonV. Zéninari OriginalPaper 13 February 2014 Pages: 951 - 958
Fast-switching methane lidar transmitter based on a seeded optical parametric oscillator Kenji NumataStewart WuHaris Riris OriginalPaper 17 February 2014 Pages: 959 - 966
2-μm high-power multiple-frequency single-mode Q-switched Ho:YLF laser for DIAL application Fabien GibertDimitri EdouartFlorian Le Mounier OriginalPaper Open access 13 February 2014 Pages: 967 - 976
Efficient error correction for N-particle polarized entangled states distribution over the collective-noise channel exploiting time entanglement Yi-Hao KangYan XiaPei-Min Lu OriginalPaper 17 February 2014 Pages: 977 - 984
Excited states time evolution on a laser-ablated molybdenum plume E. M. A. SternbergN. A. S. RodriguesC. A. B. Silveira OriginalPaper 14 February 2014 Pages: 985 - 989
Doped niobium superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors Tao JiaLin KangBiaobing Jin OriginalPaper 18 February 2014 Pages: 991 - 995
A laser setup for rubidium cooling dedicated to space applications T. LévèqueL. Antoni-MicollierJ. Berthon OriginalPaper 18 February 2014 Pages: 997 - 1004
Soft picosecond X-ray laser nanomodification of gold and aluminum surfaces S. V. StarikovA. Ya. FaenovT. Kawachi OriginalPaper 16 February 2014 Pages: 1005 - 1016
Magnetic conveyor belt transport of ultracold atoms to a superconducting atomchip Stefan MinnibergerFritz DioricoJörg Schmiedmayer OriginalPaper 18 March 2014 Pages: 1017 - 1021
CO2 sensor for mainstream capnography based on TDLAS A. HartmannR. StrzodaR. Weigel OriginalPaper 16 February 2014 Pages: 1023 - 1026