Special issue: Solid-state lasers: status and perspectives Editorial 17 September 2008 Pages: 267 - 268
Quasi-three-level solid-state lasers in the near and mid infrared based on trivalent rare earth ions M. Eichhorn Invited paper 20 September 2008 Pages: 269 - 316
Evolution of energy spectrum from laser-accelerated protons with a 100 fs intense prepulse Y. GlinecG. GenoudC.-G. Wahlström Rapid communication 23 August 2008 Pages: 317 - 321
175 to 210 nm widely tunable deep-ultraviolet light generation based on KBBF crystal H. ZhangG. WangC. Chen Rapid communication 04 September 2008 Pages: 323 - 326
High-efficiency eye-safe intracavity Raman laser at 1531 nm with SrWO4 crystal Y. X. FanY. LiuC. Y. Tu Rapid communication 19 August 2008 Pages: 327 - 330
Exciton–polariton formation at room temperature in a planar ZnO resonator structure R. Schmidt-GrundB. RheinländerM. Grundmann Rapid communication 19 August 2008 Pages: 331 - 337
Eigen electric moments and magnetic–dipolar vortices in quasi-2D ferrite disks M. SigalovE. O. KamenetskiiR. Shavit Rapid communication 16 September 2008 Pages: 339 - 343
New method to get fundamental Gaussian beam’s perturbation solution and its global property G.-Z. WangJ. F. Webb Rapid communication 08 September 2008 Pages: 345 - 348
Dense laser-driven electron sheets as relativistic mirrors for coherent production of brilliant X-ray and γ-ray beams D. HabsM. HegelichD. Jung Rapid communication Open access 19 October 2008 Pages: 349 - 354
Optical feedback cavity ring-down technique for accurate measurement of ultra-high reflectivity Y. GongB. LiY. Han Rapid communication 19 October 2008 Pages: 355 - 360
Auto-cleaning of deposited tin debris in a laser-produced plasma extreme ultraviolet source by using a liquid jet target containing tin chloride M. KakuS. SuetakeS. Kubodera Rapid communication 11 October 2008 Pages: 361 - 364
Efficiency and scaling of an ultrashort-pulse high-repetition-rate laser-driven X-ray source C. L. RettigW. M. RoquemoreJ. R. Gord OriginalPaper 21 August 2008 Pages: 365 - 372
Loading of large ion Coulomb crystals into a linear Paul trap incorporating an optical cavity P. HerskindA. DantanM. Drewsen OriginalPaper 13 September 2008 Pages: 373 - 379
Optimum parameters for sideband cooling of a 40Ca+ ion H. SawamuraK. KandaS. Urabe OriginalPaper 08 September 2008 Pages: 381 - 388
Initial wavefunction dependence on atom interferometry phases M. A. H. M. JansenK. A. H. van Leeuwen OriginalPaper Open access 03 October 2008 Pages: 389 - 401
Collision dynamics between stretched states of spin-2 87Rb Bose–Einstein condensates S. TojoA. TomiyamaT. Hirano OriginalPaper 03 October 2008 Pages: 403 - 407
High-resolution laser spectroscopy of ultracold ytterbium atoms using spin-forbidden electric quadrupole transition S. UetakeA. YamaguchiY. Takahashi OriginalPaper 03 October 2008 Pages: 409 - 414
Interference and diffraction effects in folding mirror schlieren diffraction interferometer R. Kumar OriginalPaper 04 September 2008 Pages: 415 - 420
Numerical solution and experiment of a self-Q-switched 946 nm Cr,Nd:YAG laser Q. LiB. FengS. Zhang OriginalPaper 10 October 2008 Pages: 421 - 427
Efficient 1.06 μm laser operation in an unprocessed Nd3+:BaGd2(MoO4)4 cleavage microchip H. M. ZhuY. J. ChenY. D. Huang OriginalPaper 12 September 2008 Pages: 429 - 432
Ionization phase-match gating for wavelength-tunable isolated attosecond pulse generation A. JullienT. PfeiferS. R. Leone OriginalPaper 10 September 2008 Pages: 433 - 442
Influence of spectral phase on cross-polarized wave generation with short femtosecond pulses L. CanovaO. AlbertR. Lopez Martens OriginalPaper 10 September 2008 Pages: 443 - 453
Frequency shifting of sub-100 fs laser pulses by stimulated Raman scattering in a capillary filled with pressurized gas A. V. KonyashchenkoL. L. LosevS. Y. Tenyakov OriginalPaper 05 September 2008 Pages: 455 - 461
Filamentation of interacting femtosecond laser pulses in air Y.-Y. MaX. LuJ. Zhang OriginalPaper 09 October 2008 Pages: 463 - 468
Continuous adjustment of group delay by tuning the argument of coupling coefficient in microring coupled-resonator optical waveguides Y. ZhangH. TianP. Yuan OriginalPaper 28 August 2008 Pages: 469 - 472
Deterministic phase encoding encryption in single shot digital holography G.-L. ChenW.-K. YangC.-C. Chang OriginalPaper 13 September 2008 Pages: 473 - 479
Holographically recorded reverse-mode transmission gratings in polymer-dispersed liquid crystal cells R. A. RamseyS. C. Sharma OriginalPaper 10 September 2008 Pages: 481 - 489
Diode-end-pumped optical bistability laser with a bulk Tm,Ho:YLF crystal as gain medium and saturable absorber X. L. ZhangL. LiW. Jin OriginalPaper 04 September 2008 Pages: 491 - 496
Numerical study on InGaAsN/GaAs multiple-quantum-well laser with GaAsP and GaAsN barriers Y.-K. KuoS.-H. YenB.-T. Liou OriginalPaper 05 September 2008 Pages: 497 - 506
Optical field dynamics in a wavelength-versatile, all-solid-state intracavity cascaded pulsed Raman laser H. M. PaskR. P. MildrenJ. A. Piper OriginalPaper 17 September 2008 Pages: 507 - 513
All-semiconductor laser driven terahertz time-domain spectrometer C. JördensT. SchlauchM. Koch OriginalPaper 17 September 2008 Pages: 515 - 520
Dynamics of two coupled erbium-doped fiber ring lasers in transient regime J. A. Sánchez-MartínJ. UsedJ. C. Martín OriginalPaper 20 September 2008 Pages: 521 - 529
Nonlinear refractive index of multicomponent glasses designed for fabrication of photonic crystal fibers D. LorencM. AranyosiovaD. Velic OriginalPaper 03 October 2008 Pages: 531 - 538
Quantum efficiency of GaAs/AlGaAs thin films with two-dimensional photonic crystals X. XuT. YamadaA. Otomo OriginalPaper 03 October 2008 Pages: 539 - 543
Real-time phase-shift detection of the surface plasmon resonance T. KönigM. WeidemüllerA. Hemmerich OriginalPaper 17 September 2008 Pages: 545 - 549
Optical bistability with surface polaritons in layered structures containing left-handed metallic magnetic composites G. D. XuT. PanJ. Sun OriginalPaper 09 October 2008 Pages: 551 - 557
Second-harmonic generation in surface periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides: on the role of multiphoton absorption M. CherchiS. StivalaG. Assanto OriginalPaper 05 October 2008 Pages: 559 - 565
Electron impact total ionization cross sections of beryllium and boron isoelectronic ions M. R. Talukder OriginalPaper 03 October 2008 Pages: 567 - 574
Electric field effect on the optically-pumped far-infrared laser M. S. CheonJ. W. JuhnY. S. Hwang OriginalPaper 05 September 2008 Pages: 575 - 582
Thermally stable luminescence of blue LiSrPO4:Eu2+ phosphor for near-UV light-emitting diodes J. LiuZ. WuM. Gong OriginalPaper 04 September 2008 Pages: 583 - 587
Probe into the reflection from GaP nanoparticles via different solutions of radiative transfer equation Q. ZhangZ. ZhangZ. Zhou OriginalPaper 09 October 2008 Pages: 589 - 593
Beam wander of dark hollow, flat-topped and annular beams H. T. EyyuboğluC. Z. Çil OriginalPaper 10 October 2008 Pages: 595 - 604
Intensity fluctuations in J-Bessel–Gaussian beams of all orders propagating in turbulent atmosphere H. T. EyyuboğluE. SermutluO. Korotkova OriginalPaper 10 October 2008 Pages: 605 - 611
Femtosecond laser direct writing of TiO2 crystalline patterns in glass Y. LiuB. ZhuJ. Qiu OriginalPaper 30 August 2008 Pages: 613 - 617
Food monitoring based on diode laser gas spectroscopy M. LewanderZ. G. GuanS. Svanberg OriginalPaper 30 September 2008 Pages: 619 - 625
Two-wavelength mid-IR diagnostic for temperature and n-dodecane concentration in an aerosol shock tube A. E. KlingbeilJ. B. JeffriesR. K. Hanson OriginalPaper 17 September 2008 Pages: 627 - 638
Fluorescence saturation measurements of 3-pentanone B. R. PetersenJ. B. GhandhiJ. D. Koch OriginalPaper 20 September 2008 Pages: 639 - 644
Modeling laser-induced incandescence of soot: enthalpy changes during sublimation, conduction, and oxidation H. A. MichelsenM. A. LinneC. Schulz OriginalPaper 10 September 2008 Pages: 645 - 656
Gas analysis within remote porous targets using LIDAR multi-scatter techniques Z. G. GuanM. LewanderS. Svanberg OriginalPaper 05 September 2008 Pages: 657 - 663
A Raman system for multi-gas-species analysis in power transformer X. Y. LiY. X. XiaL. Zhan OriginalPaper 30 August 2008 Pages: 665 - 669