Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTH4J.4
T. Tanaka
Recent research results on a green LED and solar cell based on ZnTe are reported. The wall plug efficiency of ZnTe LED has been improved to 0.15% by adopting a thin film structure, which is comparable to that of GaP-based green LED. The solar cell based on ZnTe with an efficiency of 1.42% has also been developed. The fundamental results on ZnTe solar cell provide a basis for future development of intermediate band solar cells based on ZnTe-related materials.
{"title":"Green LEDs and solar cells based on ZnTe-related materials","authors":"T. Tanaka","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTH4J.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTH4J.4","url":null,"abstract":"Recent research results on a green LED and solar cell based on ZnTe are reported. The wall plug efficiency of ZnTe LED has been improved to 0.15% by adopting a thin film structure, which is comparable to that of GaP-based green LED. The solar cell based on ZnTe with an efficiency of 1.42% has also been developed. The fundamental results on ZnTe solar cell provide a basis for future development of intermediate band solar cells based on ZnTe-related materials.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"23 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80977979","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}
Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTU1K.6
C. Hnatovsky, V. Shvedov, N. Shostka, A. Rode, W. Krolikowski
We demonstrate that in a tight focusing geometry circularly polarized femtosecond laser vortex pulses ablate material differently depending on the handedness of light. This allows one to control laser micromachining on a sub-wavelength scale.
{"title":"Polarization-sensitive femtosecond laser ablation with tightly focused vortex pulses","authors":"C. Hnatovsky, V. Shvedov, N. Shostka, A. Rode, W. Krolikowski","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTU1K.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTU1K.6","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate that in a tight focusing geometry circularly polarized femtosecond laser vortex pulses ablate material differently depending on the handedness of light. This allows one to control laser micromachining on a sub-wavelength scale.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"31 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81077448","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}
Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/QELS.2012.QTU1F.2
N. Grosse, J. Heckmann, U. Woggon
We show how k-space spectroscopy distinguishes between the surface-plasmon (SP) and photon nonlinear interactions for SHG when metal films are excited in the Kretschmann-geometry, and confirm that two SP annihilate to create a second-harmonic photon.
{"title":"Revealing nonlinear plasmon-photon interactions using k-space spectroscopy","authors":"N. Grosse, J. Heckmann, U. Woggon","doi":"10.1364/QELS.2012.QTU1F.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QTU1F.2","url":null,"abstract":"We show how k-space spectroscopy distinguishes between the surface-plasmon (SP) and photon nonlinear interactions for SHG when metal films are excited in the Kretschmann-geometry, and confirm that two SP annihilate to create a second-harmonic photon.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"192 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73611440","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}
Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/QELS.2012.QW3E.5
Michael Lau, Ze Zhang, W. Man, J. Prakash, Peng Zhang, D. Christodoulides, Zhigang Chen
We demonstrate for the first time stable self-trapping and self-induced transparency of light propagating in colloidal nano-suspensions with negative polarizabilities. Comparing to “polystyrene-water”-colloidal systems with positive polarizabilities, a fivefold increase in transmission ratio is achieved.
{"title":"Observation of self-induced transparency in nano-suspensions with negative polarizability","authors":"Michael Lau, Ze Zhang, W. Man, J. Prakash, Peng Zhang, D. Christodoulides, Zhigang Chen","doi":"10.1364/QELS.2012.QW3E.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QW3E.5","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate for the first time stable self-trapping and self-induced transparency of light propagating in colloidal nano-suspensions with negative polarizabilities. Comparing to “polystyrene-water”-colloidal systems with positive polarizabilities, a fivefold increase in transmission ratio is achieved.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"117 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79523202","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}
Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH4L.8
H. Tao, S. M. Siebert, E. M. Pritchard, A. Sassaroli, B. Panilaitis, M. Brenckle, J. Amsden, J. M. Levitt, S. Fantini, D. Kaplan, F. Omenetto
We present a free-standing micro-prism array device entirely constituted by silk protein showing enhanced optical reflectivity, which can be used to monitor drug delivery while slowly degrading to surrounding tissues with no adverse biological effects.
{"title":"Implantable resorbable micro-prism arrays for real-time drug release monitoring","authors":"H. Tao, S. M. Siebert, E. M. Pritchard, A. Sassaroli, B. Panilaitis, M. Brenckle, J. Amsden, J. M. Levitt, S. Fantini, D. Kaplan, F. Omenetto","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH4L.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH4L.8","url":null,"abstract":"We present a free-standing micro-prism array device entirely constituted by silk protein showing enhanced optical reflectivity, which can be used to monitor drug delivery while slowly degrading to surrounding tissues with no adverse biological effects.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"15 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84045571","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}
Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CF2B.7
A. Esteban-Martín, V. Ramaiah‐Badarla, M. Ebrahim-Zadeh
We demonstrate a practical technique for pre-oscillation threshold reduction, output power enhancement, and high frequency pulse train engineering in synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillators based on synchronized retro-reflected pumping.
{"title":"Synchronized retro-reflection-pumped femtosecond optical parametric oscillator","authors":"A. Esteban-Martín, V. Ramaiah‐Badarla, M. Ebrahim-Zadeh","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CF2B.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CF2B.7","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a practical technique for pre-oscillation threshold reduction, output power enhancement, and high frequency pulse train engineering in synchronously-pumped optical parametric oscillators based on synchronized retro-reflected pumping.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"62 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84053468","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}
Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTU3K.2
P. Bierdz, H. Deng
We demonstrate a compact and practical orbital angular momentum spectrometer for arbitrary input states, based on an optical delay loop. Extinction ratios of 44-8.7 were measured, mainly limited by the available input states.
{"title":"A practical orbital angular momentum spectrometer using time mapping","authors":"P. Bierdz, H. Deng","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTU3K.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JTU3K.2","url":null,"abstract":"We demonstrate a compact and practical orbital angular momentum spectrometer for arbitrary input states, based on an optical delay loop. Extinction ratios of 44-8.7 were measured, mainly limited by the available input states.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"11 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78493208","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}
Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JM4I.4
Ming C. Wu, A. Lakhani
Nanolasers that integrate metal into the cavity design have pushed laser volumes much below one cubic wavelength λ03. In this paper, we review this growing field and highlight recent work on the nanopatch laser.
{"title":"Recent advances in semiconductor nanolasers","authors":"Ming C. Wu, A. Lakhani","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JM4I.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2012.JM4I.4","url":null,"abstract":"Nanolasers that integrate metal into the cavity design have pushed laser volumes much below one cubic wavelength λ<sub>0</sub><sup>3</sup>. In this paper, we review this growing field and highlight recent work on the nanopatch laser.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"34 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77504444","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}
Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/QELS.2012.QTH5B.10
E. Takahashi, P. Lan, K. Midorikawa
We successfully generated a microjoule isolated attosecond pulse (IAP) for investigating attosecond nonlinear phenomena in atoms and molecules. Pulse duration of IAP was directly evaluated to be 500 as by autocorrelation method using the Coulomb explosion of N2.
{"title":"Generation of an isolated attosecond pulse with microjoule-level energy","authors":"E. Takahashi, P. Lan, K. Midorikawa","doi":"10.1364/QELS.2012.QTH5B.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/QELS.2012.QTH5B.10","url":null,"abstract":"We successfully generated a microjoule isolated attosecond pulse (IAP) for investigating attosecond nonlinear phenomena in atoms and molecules. Pulse duration of IAP was directly evaluated to be 500 as by autocorrelation method using the Coulomb explosion of N2.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"16 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77505504","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}
Pub Date : 2012-05-06DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH3B.4
W. Chang, C. Y. Chen, N. Hsu, J. W. Chang, Yen-Hung Chen
We report a tunable, internal-Q-switched self-frequency-conversion laser based on a 2D Nd:MgO:PPLN integrating device functionalities of laser and optical-parametric gain media and an EO Q-switch. >;350-W eye-safe light was obtained with this system.
{"title":"2D Nd:MgO:PPLN for simultaneous laser generation, Q-switching, and optical parametric oscillation","authors":"W. Chang, C. Y. Chen, N. Hsu, J. W. Chang, Yen-Hung Chen","doi":"10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH3B.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2012.CTH3B.4","url":null,"abstract":"We report a tunable, internal-Q-switched self-frequency-conversion laser based on a 2D Nd:MgO:PPLN integrating device functionalities of laser and optical-parametric gain media and an EO Q-switch. >;350-W eye-safe light was obtained with this system.","PeriodicalId":6442,"journal":{"name":"2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)","volume":"16 1","pages":"1-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78053343","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}