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2011 Conference on Lasers and
Electro-Optics Europe and 12th
European Quantum Electronics
Conference
(CLEO EUROPE/EQEC 2011)
Munich, Germany22 - 26 May 2011
Pages 1-631
4 IEEE IEEE Catalog Number: CFPllECL-PRT
ISBN: 978-1-4577-0533-5
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLENARY TALKS
Shining New Light on Old Questions in Quantum Mechanics (Plenary) 1
Ursula Keller
Solid-State Lasers Advances and Prospects (Plenary) 2
Guenter Huber
Quantum Simulations with Cold Atoms, Molecules and Ions (Plenary) 3
Peter Zoller
SOLID-STATE LASERS
First Demonstration of Rare-Earth-Doped Anisotropic Ceramic Laser 4
Jun Akiyama, Tahtnori Taira
Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers History, Current State and Perspectives 5
Boris Zhdanov, Michael Shaffer, Randall Knize
An HBr Oscillator-amplifier Pumped by a High-energy Ho YLF Laser System 6
MJDaniel Esser, Wayne Koen, HencharlJ Strauss, CobusJacobs, Lourens R Botha, Christoph BolligLaser Operation and Spectroscopic Investigations ofTm LuSc03 7
Philipp Koopmann, Samir Lamrinl, Karslen Scholle, Peter Fuhrberg, Klaus Petermann, Giinler Huber
Efficient Gd3t, Lu3t co-doped KY(W04)j:Tm$3+ Channel Waveguide Lasers 8
Koop Van Dalfsen, Shanmugam Aravazhi, Dimilri Gesfots, Kerstin Wdrhoff, Marhis Pollnau
Efficient Laser Operation of Ho LU2O3 at Room Temperature 9
Samir Lamrini, Philipp Koopmann, Michael Schafer, Karslen Scholle, Peter Fuhrberg, Klaus Petermann, Giinler Huber
Influence of Temperature on Emission Cross Section and Laser Operation for Nd YVO< Emitting Around 1064
nm 10
Xavier Delen, Francois Balembois, Patrick Georges
30W Nd GdV04 Oscillator Modelocked with Nonlinear Mirror 11
Gabrielle Thomas, Michael Damzen
Temperature Resolved Measurements ofAbsorption and Emission Cross Sections for Various Yb3+-doped Gain
Media from JOOk to Room Temperature 12
Jorg Kilmer, Joachim Heiit, HartmutLiebclrau, Martin Kahle, Mathias Lenski, Markus Loser, Mathias Siebold
Controllable Direction Switching ofVortex Output in a Nd YVO< Bounce Laser 13
Masahito Okida, Je-YenHuang, Yung-Fit Chen, Takashige Qmatsu
Numerical Simulation of Thermal Effects in Composite Nd YAG Slab Laser Active Medium with Collinear Zig¬zag Pumping 14
Martynas Gabalis, Valdas Girdauskas, Aidas Aleknavicius, Andrejus Michaihvas
High Average Power, Passively Q-switched Stigmatic Bounce Geometry Laser 15
Gabrielle Thomas, Michael Damzen
Stimulated-brillouin-scartering Via Phase-conjugation-mirror for High-average-power Nd YAG Laser Systems 16
Hidetsugu Yoshida, Koji Tsubakimolo, Hisanori Fujita, Noriaki Miyanaga, Yulaka Nagata, Hiroo Kinoshita
High-power Passively Mode-locked Nd GdV04 Laser Using Single-walled Carbon Nanotubcs as Saturable
Absorber 17
Hou-Ren Chen, Young-Gang Wang, Kuei-Huei Lin, Wen-Feng Hsieh
Intracavity Four Wave Mixing using Modulated Optical Feedback in a Diode-pumped Nd YVO4 Laser 18
Herve Gilles, Sylvain Girard, MathieuLaroche, Eric Lacot
Watt-level, Efficient and Radially Polarized Nd YAG Laser .-. 19
Xia Kegui, Li Jianlang
Laser Performances and Spectroscopic Investigation ofYb LuAG Grown by uPD Technique 20
Agnest Antonio, Pirzio Federico, Reali Giancarlo, Yongzhuan Zhang, Veronesi Slcfano, Tonelli Mauro
Lasing Properties ofNew Yb-doped Borate Compounds with Varying Gadolinium and Yttrium Concentration 21
Inka Manek-Hfinninger, Vtronique Jubera, Marie Chavoutier, Dominique Descatnps, Philippe Veber, Matias Velazquez, Alain
Garcia, Lionel Canioni
Thermooptical Distortions in a Nd YAG Slab with a Zigzag Beam Propagation ,22
AndreyLyashedko, Galina Bufetova, Vladimir Seregin, Vladimir Tsvetkov, Ivan Shcherbakov
Steady-state Operation of Pulsed Pumped SelfMode Locked Nd YVOj Laser using Electro-optical Feedback
Control 23
Hristo Iliev, Sergey Gagarsky, Algis Stalnionis, Ivan Buchvarov
1.2-ps CPQ System using an Yb YAG Thin DiskRegenerative Amplifier 24
Martin Delaigue, Sandrme Ricaud, Clemens HSnninger, Eric Mottay
High-efficiency Solar Nd YAG Disc Laser with Optical Fiber Pumping ,25
Bruno Do Couto, DaweiLiang
Na,Nd co-doped Ca2MgSi207 Laser 26
Hiroaki Nakao, Akira Shirakawa, Ken-Ichi Veda, Ladislav Bohaty, Petra Becker, Alexander Kamlnskii
Cavity Dumping of Single 19 ps Pulses from Passively Mode-locked Quasi-continuously Pumped Highly Doped Nd
YAG Laser 27
Vaclav Kubecek, Michal Jelinek, Miroslav Cech. PetrHirsl
Chaotic Mode-locking of Mid-IR Chirped-pulse Oscillator 28
Vladimir Kalashnikov, Evgeni Sorokin, li-ina Sorokina
High Power, Diode Side Pumped Er YAG Lasers 29
Arnc Heinrich, Thomas Bragagna
High Efficiency 2066-nm Laser Based on Tm Lu203 Ceramics 30
Oleg Anlipov, Nikita Zakhawv, Anion Novikov, Valeriy Sharkov
Dynamics of Refractive Index Changes in Tm-dopcd Crystals Tm YAG and Tm YLF, and Ceramics Tm Lu203 31
Andre}' Zinoviev, Remi Soulard, Oleg Anlipov, Richard Moncorge, Eugeniy Ivakin
Temporally Stretched Q-switched Pulses in the 2 um Spectral Range 32
Ingo Rohde, Dirk Theisen-Kunde, Ralf Brinkmann
Numerical Optimization of a High-energy End-pumped Ho YLF Slab Amplifier 33
Oliver Collett, Chrisloph Bollig, Daniel Esser
Spectroscopic, Luminescent And Laser Properties Of Tm3+-doped Mixed NaLaGd Tungstates and Molibdates 34
Fedor Bolschikov, Nikita Zakharov, Polina Ryabochkina, Denis Lis, Kirill Subbotin, Evgeny Zharikov, Oleg Anlipov
High Energy Diode Pumped Er YSGG Laser at 3um Transition 35
Emma Arbabzadah, Simon Chard, Heinmel Amrania, Chris Phillips, Michael Damzen
Delivery of 4.45 urn Fe ZnSe Laser Radiation by Hollow Waveguide 36
Helena Jelinkova, Uichal Nemec,Jan Sulc, Mitsunobu Miyagi, KatsumasaIwai, Hiroyuki Takaku, Maxim Doroshenko, Tasoltan
Basiev, Vitaly Komar, Andriy Gerasimenko
Characterization of Delivered Resonantly Pumped 1645 nm Er YAG Laser Radiation by Hollow Glass Waveguide 37
Michal Nemec, Helena Jelinkova, Mitsunobu Miyagi, Katsumasa Iwai, Hiroyuki Takaku
Automation of the Alignment Process of a Solid State Laser Resonator 38
Christian Brecher, Nicolas Pyschny, Vicente Paul Guerrero Lule
Non-rcsonant Feedback to Enhance Conventional Lasing in Advanced Materials 39
Litis Cerdan, Angel Costela, Inmacttlada Garcia-Moreno, Virginia Martin, Maria Eugenia Perez-Ojeda
High-Power, Single-Frequency Ti Sapphire Laser Pumped by a Continuous-Wave Fiber Laser Green Source 40
Suddapalli Chailanya Kumar, Goutam Kumar Samanta, Kavila Devi, Stefano Sanguinelti, MajidEbrahim-Zadeh
Microsecond Red Laser Pulses Via Overcouplcd Intracavity Second Harmonic Generation 41
Roman Ostrowski
Strategies to Run an Ophthalmological CW Self-Raman Laser in Micro-second Pulsed Laser Regime 42
Alessandro Mota, Giuliano Rossi, Tiago Ortega, Glauco Costal, Yuri Fontes, Fatima Yasuoka, Mario Stefani, Jarbas Castiro,Maria Paiva
Temperature Dependent Output Characteristics ofPr YAP Microchip Lasers at 747 nm and 662 nm Wavelengths 43Martin Fibrlch, Helena Jelinkova, Jan Sulc, Karel Nejezchleb, Vaclav Skoda
Automodulations Observation in an Extended Cavity Ti Sapphire Oscillator - Period Doubling and Chaos 44
Tomaiz Kardas, Wojciech Gadomski, Bozena Ratqjska-Gadomska, Piotr Wasylczyk
Frequency Stable Operation of a Pulsed Solid State Laser Oscillator Based on Gain Grating Holograms 45
Roland Ullmann, Robert Eisner, Axel Heuer, Ralf Menzel, Martin Oslermeyer
Self-Optimization of Robot-based Resistance Soldering for the Assembly of Optical Elements in Solid-State Laser
Systems 46
Alexander Gatej, Nicolas Pyschny, Valentin Morasch, Peter Loosen, Christian Brecher
Rapidly Tunable Intra-cavity Cr3+ LiCAF-PPSLT Optical Parametric Oscillator Based on a Sclf-injection-lockedPump Wave 47
Haroldo J. MacsIre, Adrian J, Torregrosa, Juan Capmany
High Performance Planar Waveguide Lasers for Applications from TV to Space (invited) 48Yoshihito Hirano
First Visible 639 nm SrF2 Pr3+ Ceramic Laser 49Tasoltan Basiev, Vasilii Konyushkin, DmitriiKonyushkin, Maxim Doroshenko, Gunter Huher, Fabian Relchert, Nils-Owe Hansen,
Matthias Fechner
Single-Frequency Continuous-waveDiode-pumped Pr3+BaY2F» Orange Laser 50
David Paboeuf, OussamaMhibik, Fabien Bretenaker, Philippe Goldner, Daniela Parisi, Mauro Tonelli
A Continuous-wave Laser with Wavelength-selectable Output Spanning Green-yellow-red 51AndrewLee, David Spence, James Piper, Helen Pask
Eu3t KGd(WO.i)2 Laser Crystal Stimulated Emission at 703 nm 5D0->7F< Transition 52
Sergei Bagayev, Vladimir Dashkevich, Valentin Orlovich, Sergei Vatnik, Anatolii Pavlyuk, Alexander Yurkln
Highly Efficient, Broadly Tunable 2-um Femtosecond Tm KYW Laser 53Alexander Lagatsky, Tom Brown, Wilson Sibbett, Stephane Calvez, Manin Dawson, James Gupta
Wide-bandwidth Ho YFL Multi-pass Amplifier Pumped by Tnv.Fiber Laser 54Nicola Coluccelli, Gianluca Galzerano, Paolo Laporta, Alberto Di Lieto, Mauro Tonelli
2.08 um Ho KLu(WOj)2 Laser Resonantly Pumped by a Diode Laser 55VenkatesanJambunathan, Xavier Mateos, Maria Cinta Pujol, Joan Josep Carvajal, Magdalena Aguilo, Francesc Diaz, Uwe
Griebner, Valentin Petrov
High Energy 125mJ Ho YAG (2.09 um) MOPA Double Pass Laser System Pumped by cw Thulium Fiber Laser
(1.9 um) 56KarstenSchmidt, Chrisloph Reiter, Heike Voss, Frank Mafimann, Martin Oslermeyer
Quasi-Threc-Lcvel Solid-State Lasers in the Near and Mid Infrared (Invited) 57Marc Eichhorn
The National Ignition Facility and the Goal ofNear-term Laser Fusion Energy (Keynote) 58
Edward Moses
Multi-Slab Architecture for kJ-Class DPSSL System 59
Paul Mason, SaumyabralaBanerjee, Klaus Erlel, Cristina Hernandez-Gomez, Jonathan Phillips, John Collier
Hundred mJ Level, High Contrast OPCPA/Yb YAG Hybrid Laser System 60
Masayuki Suzuki, Hiromitsu Kiriyama, Izuru Daito, Hajime Okada, Paul Bolton, Akira Sugiyama, Kiminori Kondo, Shunichi
Kawanishi, Masatoshi Sato, Yoshinori Tamaoki, Takehiro Yoshii, Junya Maeda, Shinichi Matsuoka, Hirofumi Kan
High-energy, Diode-pumped Yb CaF2 Disk-laser 61
Mathias Siebald, Markus Loeser, Fabian Roeser, Franziska Kroll, Jocrg Koerner, JoachimHein, Ulrich Schramm
Final Developments of the Chemcam Laser Source and Potential Applications for New Planetology Programs 62
Benoit Faure, Eric Durand, Sylvestre Maurice, Didier Bruneau, Franck Montmessin
A Highly-Stabilized Light Source for the Space Gravitational Wave Detector DECIGO and DPF 63
Mitsuru Musha, Shinya Horiuchi, Ken'Ichi Nakagawa, Ken-lchi Veda
Development of a Solid State Laser Amplifier Source for the Third Generation of Gravitational Wave Detectors 64
Chandrajit Basu, Oliver Puncken, Li/tz Wmkelmann, Peter Wefiels, Jtirg Neumann, Dietmar Kracht
Solar NdYAG Laser Beam Quality by a Roof-shaped Pump Cavity 65
JoanaAlmeida, DawelLiang
High Power High-Density Spectral Beam Combining by Volume Bragg Gratings (VBGs) 66
DerrekDrachenberg, Ivan Divliansky, Vadim Smirnov, George Venus, Leonid Glebov
Stabilized 1.5 Microns Dual-frequency Laser Prototype for Optical Generation ofHigh Purity Microwave Signals 67
Gregoire Pillet, Bastien Steinhausser, Loi'c Morvan, Julien Schiellein, Thomas Merlet, Daniel Dolfi
High Average Power Ultrafast Lasers (Invited) 68
Johannes Weitenberg, Peter Rujibiildt, Hans-Dieter Hoffmann, Reinhan Poprawe
50-MW, 12-ps Nd YV04$ Slab Amplifier for OPCPA Pumping 69
Clemens Heese, Andreas E. H. Ochler, Lukas Gallmann, Ursula Keller
12 W, 350 fs Ultrashort Pulses from a Micro-pulling Down Yb YAG Single Crystal Fiber Amplifier 70
Yoatm Zaouter, Igor Martial, Xavier Delen, Nicolas Auhry, Julien Didierjean, Clemens H&nninger, Eric Mottay, Patrick Georges,Frederic Druon, Francois Balembois
Sub-lOOW Phase Conjugate Pico-second Nd YV04 Laser System Based on a Tandem Bounce Amplifier 71
Makolo Ashihara, Kaori Hayashi, Takaham Yoshino, Masahito Okida, Katsuhiko Miyamoto, Takashige Omatsu
High Power Mixed Vanadate Laser and Modclocking with Nonlinear Mirror 72
Gabrielle Thomas, Takashige Omatsu, Michael Damzen
Passively Q-switched Nd YAG/Cr4* YAG All-Ceramics, Composite, Monolithic Micro-Lasers with Multi-Beam
Output for Laser Ignition 73
Nicolaic Pavel, Masaki Tsunekane, Takunori Taira
High Energy, High Peak Power (2.6mj/5.6MW) Or High Average Power (20W) NdYAG Single-crystal Fiber
Amplifier in a Sub-ns kHz System 74
Igor Martial, Francois Balembois, Juien Didierjean, Patrick Georges
High-Brightness 946 nm Nd YAG Planar Waveguide Laser 75
S. P Ng, J. I. Mackenzie
Broadly Tunable and Low-quantum-defect Yb3+-doped Double Tungstate Channel Waveguide Lasers 76
Dimitri Geskus, Shanmugam Aravazhi, Kerstin WorhojJ, Markus Pollnau
Compact Tm KYW Laser Passively g-switched with a PbS-quantum Dot-based Saturable Absorber 77
Maxim Gaponenko, Victor Kisel, Alexander Malyarevlch, Alexei Onushchenko, Konstantin Yumashev, Nikolai Kuleshov
6 MW Peak Power at 532 nm by Using Linearly Polarized Passively Q-switched Microchip Laser 78
Rakesh Bhandari, Takunori Taira
Novel Method for Pulse Control in NdYV04/C'+ YAG Passively Q-switched Microchip Laser 79
Simon Joly, Takunori Taira
Chi-<2)-lens Mode Locking of a 1,3 4 urn Nd GdV04 Laser In-band Pumped by 880nm Laser Diode 80
Hristo Iliev, Ivan Buchvarov, Valentin Petrov
Dual Wavelength and Switchable Laser Operation of Pr3* LiYF4 Crystals at 523 nm and 640 nm 81
Sebastian Miiller, Nils-Owe Hansen, Ortwin Hellmig, Klaus Petermann, Gitnter Huber
Spectroscopy of Ho Lu2Oj with Respect to the Realization of a Visible Laser 82
Matthias Fechner, Fabian Rckhert, Philipp Koopntann, Klaus Petermann, Guenter Huber
Beat Note Stabilization ofa 10-60 GHz Dual Polarization NdYAG Microchip Laser Through Optical Down
Conversion 83
Antoine Rolland, Marc Brunei, Goulc'Hen Loas, Ludovic Frein, Marc Vallet, MehdiAlouini
Four-micron CW Operating Dy PbGa2S4 Laser 84
Jan Sulc, Helena Jelinkova, Maxim E. Doroschenko, Tasollan T. Basiev, Vyacheslav V. Osiko, Vaterit V, Badikov, Dmitrii V.
Badikov
High-power Fibre-laser-pumpcd Er YAG Laser with Top-hat Output Beam 85
Jl Won Kim, Jacob I, Mackenzie, John R. Hayes, William A. Clarkson
Radially-polarized, Q-switched Pulses from a Side-pumped Nd YV04 Compact Stigmatic Bounce Laser with a
Photonic Crystal Output Coupler 86
Takashige Omatsu, Koki Iwamatsu, Simon P. Chard, Ara Minassian, Michael J. Damzen
High-energy Q-switched ErYAG Laser with Laguerre-Gaussian (LGqi) Mode Output 87
Ji Won Kim, Jacob I. Mackenzie, John R. Hayes, William A. Clarkson
Geometric Frustration in Large Arrays of Coupled Lasers 88
Micha Nixon, Eitan Ronen, Asher A. Friesem, Nir Davidson
Maintaining Radial-polarization and Beam-quality in Muli-kw Rod-based Lasers Through the Use of
Polycrystalline Nd YAG Rods 89
Inon Moshc, Steven Jacket, Yaakov Lumer, Avi Meir, Revilal Feldman, Yehoshua ShimonyConical Refraction Beam Evolution 90
DavidCarnegie, Grigorii Sokolovski, Todor Kalkandjiev, Edik Rafailov
Cryogenic Yb YAG Total-Reflection Active-Mirror Lasers (Invited) 91
Junji Kawanaka, Hirouki Furuse, Daniel Attach, Yasuki Takeuchi, Akira Yoshida, Toshiyuki Kawashima, Hirofumi Kan
Yb CaFj Laser at Cryogenic Temperature 92
Sandrine Ricaud, Dmitris Papadopoulos, Patrice Camy, Jean-Louis Dotmlan, Richard Moncorge, Anloine Courjaud, Eric Mottay,Patrick Georges, Frederic Drtton
Cryogenic-cooled Yb: YAG Amplifier for ns-pulses Obtaining High Optical Efficiencies 93
Jorg Korner, Hartmut Liehetrau, Joachim Hein, Martin Kahle, Markus Loser, Ualhias Siebold
Alternative Approaches for Highly Efficient Diode-Pumped Lasers 94
Martin Kahte, Joachim Hein, Jiirg Korner, Hartmut Liehetrau, Mathias Lenski, Reinhard Seifert
Disk Laser Delivering 50 mJ with 400 ns Latency 95
Karsten Sclmhmann, Aldo Antognini, AdolfGiesen, Thomas Graf, Tobias Nebel, RandalfPohl
Octave-Spanning Supcrcontinuum from an Efficient Gigahertz Femtosecond Yb KGW Laser with 2.2-W AveragePower 96
Selina Pekarek, Christian Fiebig, Katrin Paschke, GStz Erbert, Thomas Siidmeyer, Ursula Keller
Yb CaGdA10M Thin Disk Laser in Continuous-wave 97
Sandrine Ricaud, Birgit Weichelt, Philippe Goldner, Bruno Viana, Marwan Abdou-Ahned, Andreas Voss, Thomas Graf, Daniel
Ritz, Eric Mottay, Patrick Georges, Frederic Druon
CW and Modclocked Operation of an Yb (Sc,Y,Lu)203 Thin-Disk Laser 98
CyrillRoman Emmanuel Baer, Clara Jody Saracenn, Oliver Hubert Heckl, Matthias Galling, Thomas Siidmeyer, Kolja Beil,
Christian Krdnkel, Klaus Peterinann, Giinter Huber, Ursula Keller
High Gain Yb CaF2 Amplifier Pumped by a High Brightness Ytterbium Doped Fiber Laser Operating at 976nm 99
Guillaume Machine!, Jerome Lhermite, Dominique Descamps, Giedrius Andriukaitis, Audrhts Pugzlys, Daniel Adam, Andrius
BaltuSka, Eric Cormier
Scalability ofMode-locked Thin-disk Oscillators Issues and Scenarios of Destabilization 100
Oleg Pronin, Vladimir Kalashnikov, Vladimir Pervak, Catherine Teisset, Mikhail Larionov, Jens Rauschenberger, Alexander
Apolonski, Ernst Fill, Ferenc Krausz
New Thin Disk Laser Materials Yb ScYLO and Yb YLF 101
Kolja Beil, Sttsanne T. Fredrich-Thornton, Christian Krankel, Klaus Petermann, Danlela Parisi, Maura Tonelll, Giinter Huber
Continuous-wave Second-StokcsSelf-Raman Nd GdV04 Laser 102
JipertgLin, Andrew J, Lee, Helen M. Pask
Low-loss Synthetic Single-crystal Diamond Raman Gain Measurement and High Power Raman Laser at 1240 nm 103
Vasili Savilskl, David Burns, Alan Kemp
Optical Parametric Oscillators Spanning the Ultraviolet to Mid-Infrared (Invited) 104
Majid Ebrabim-Zadeh
Ring Cavity Solid-state Raman Lasers Generating in Visible and Eye-safe Spectral Regions 105
Ruslan Chulkov, Vladimir Dashkevich, Pavel Apanasevich, Valentin Orlovtch
All-Solid-Statc, Narrowband, Pulsed Sodium D2 Resonance Light Source 106
Norihllo Sallo, Tomohiro Tsukihana, Takuya Kawahara, Satonori Nozawa, Tetsuya Kawabata, Takuo Tsuda, Toshiro Koizumi,Satoshi Wada
SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS
The Transistor Laser (Invited) 107
Milton Feng, Nick Holonyak
Impact of Nonlinear Carrier-carrier Scattering on Gain Dynamics and Nonlinear Optical Properties of QuantumDot Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers 108
Niels Majer, Kathy Lildge, Eckehard Schdll
Birefringence and Spin Controlled Ultrafast Polarization Oscillations in Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers 109
M. Y. Li, H, Jaehme, H. Soldat, N. C. Gerhardl, M. R. Hofmann, T. Ackemann
Up to 9 Gbit/s Data Transmission with Monolithically Integrated VCSELs and PIN Photodiodes 110Alexander Kern, Dietmar Wahl, Sujoy Paul, MohammadTanvir Haidar, Rainer Blood, Wolfgang Schwarz, Rainer Michalzik
5 GHz Modulation of650 nm VCSEL 111Robert Rafibach, MarcusEichfelder, Michael Jetter, Peter Michler
Wavelength Multistability in Ring and Fabry-Perot Lasers The Effect of Spatial Hole Burning 112
Antonio Perez-Serrano, Julien Javaloyes, Salvador Balle
An Asymmetric Integrated Extended Cavity 20GHz Mode-locked Quantum Well Ring Laser Fabricated in the
JcPPIX Technology Platform 113M. Saeed Tahvili, Yohan Barbarin, XaveerJ, M, Leijtens, Tjibbe De Vrles, BanySmalbrugge, Jeroen Both, Huub P. M. M
Ambrosius, Meint K. Smit, Erwin A. J. MBentc
All-optical Signal Processing Functions Using Semiconductor Ring Lasers (invited) 114
Siyuan Yu, Bel Li
Bichromatic Emission and Coexisting Multimode Dynamics in Ring Lasers 115Antonio Perez-Serrano, Julien Javaloyes, Salvador Balle
Direct Modulation of Bistable Semiconductor Ring Lasers 116
Xinlun Cai, Gabor Mezosi, Marc Sorel, Zhuorcm Wang, Nan Chi, Pisu Jiang, MuhammadMemon, Siyuan Yu
Measurement of the Spectral Amplitude and Phase ofa Free-running 40 GHz Quantum-dash Modclockcd Laser
Diode 117Stuart Murdoch, Regan Watts, Yiqing Xu, Ramon Maldonado-Basilio, Jostle Parra-Cetina, Slywester Latkowski, Pascal Landais,Liam Barry
Extended Ground-state and Excited-state Carrier Dynamics Control in a Mode-locked Two-section Quantum Dot
Laser Joining Absorber Reverse-bias and Resistor Self-clcctro-optic Effect (SEED) Emission-state Regimes 118
Stefan Breuer, Lukas Drzewietzkl, Wolfgang Elsasser
Passively Mode-locked Monolithic Two-section Gain-guided Tapered Quan-tum-dot Lasers I. Ultrashort and
Stable Pulse Generation 119
Lukas Drzewietzki, Myke Ruiz, Stefan Breuer, Michael Tran, Yannick Robert, Mattia Rossetli, TianhongXu, Paolo Bardella,
Wolfgang Elsdfier, MichelKrakowski, Ivo Montrosset, Igor Krestnikov
Passively Mode-locked Monolithic Two-section Gain-guided Tapered Quantum-dot Lasers II. Record 15 Watt
Peak Power Generation 120Daniil I. Nikitichev, Myke Ruiz, Ying Ding, Michael Tran, Yannick Robert, Michel Krakowski, Mattia Rossetti, Paolo Bardella, Ivo
Montrosset, Igor Krestnikov, Daniil Livshits, MariaAna Cataluna, Edik U. Rafailov
Strong Asymmetry of Mode-locking Pulses in Quantum-dot Semiconductor Lasers 121
Mindaugas Radzhmas, Andrei G, Vladimirov, EvgenyA. Viktorov, Gerrit Fiol, Holger Schrneckebier, Dieter Bimberg
320 GHz Time-Domain Multiplexed Pulses From Quantum-Dash Mode-Locked Semiconductor Laser Diodes 122Ramon Maldonado-Basilio, Sylwester Latkowski, Pascal Landais
Quantum Cascade Lasers Recent Advances and Future Prospects (Keynote) 123
Claire Gmachl
Quantum Cascade Ring Lasers Unidirectional Operation and Coupled Ring Tuning 124
Chidi Nshii, Charlie Ironside, MarcSorel, Thomas Slight, Shiyong Zhang, Dmitry Revin, John Cockburn
Frequency Noise ofFree-running Room Temperature Quantum Cascade Lasers 125
Lionel Tombez, Joab Di Francesco, Stephane Schilt, Gianni Di Domenico, Daniel Hofstetter, Pierre Thomann
Strain-balanced Quantum Cascade Lasers Influence of Growth Temperature on Interface Roughness and Laser
Performance 126
Alfredo Blsmuto, Romain Terazzi, Manias Beck, Jerome Falsi
Polarization Dynamics Of VCSELS with Optical Feedback And Crossed Polarization Rcinjection 127Mathias Marconi, Massimo Giudici, Stephane Barland, Julien Javaloyes, Salvador Balle
Spatial "rocking" in Broad Emission Area Semiconductor Lasers 128
MindaugasRadziunas, Kestutis Staliunas
Experimental Characterization ofBubbling in Delay-Coupled Semiconductor Lasers 129
Xavier Porte, Jordl Tiana-Alsina, Konstantin Hicke, Carine Torrent, Jordi Garcla-Ofalvo, Ingo Fischer
Single-Mode Quantum-Dash Laser Submitted to Optical Injection Nonstandard Behaviour with Respect to the
Slave Pump 130
Zhenyu Hao, Pascal Besnard
Dynamics ofCoupled Mode-Locked Quantum Dot Semiconductor Lasers (Invited) 13]
GuiUaunte Huyet, Tatiana Habruseva, Natalia Rebrova, Stephen Hegarty, Dmitrii Rachinskil, Andrei Vladimirov, Evgeniy Viktoro v
Generation ofHigh Power (> 7W) Yellow-Orange GalnNAs Semiconductor Disk Laser 132
Tomi Leinonen, Janne Puustinen, Ville-MarkusKorpijdrvi, Antti Hdrkonen, Mircea Guina, Ryan Epstein
Generation of UV Laser Llight via intra-cavity Frequency Doubling of an AlGalnP-VECSEL 133Thomas Schwarzbdck, HermannKahle, Marcus Eichfelder, Wolfgang-Michael Schulz, Mrobert RoJSbach, Michael Jetter, Peter
Michler
PbSc Quantum Well VECSEL on Si 134
Matthias Fill, MohamedRahim, AmirKhiar, FerdinandFelder, HansZogg
Narrow Linewidth 2um GaSb-based Semiconductor Disk Laser 135
MarcelRattunde, Sebastian Kaspar, Benno Rosener, Tino Topper, Christian Manz, Klaus Kdhler, Oliver Ambacher, Joachim
Wagner
Mid-Infrared Continuously Tunable Single Mode VECSEL 136
AmirKhiar, FerdinandFelder, Mohamed Rahim, Matthias Fill, Fabian Hobrecker, Hans Zogg
2.5 um Semiconductor Disk Laser with 130 nm Tuning Range 137
Jari Nikkinen, JonnaPaajaste, Riku Koskitten, Soile Suontalainen, O/eg Okhotnikov
Density-Activated Defect Recombination as a Possible Explanation for the Efficiency Droop in GaN-Based LightEmitters 138
Jorg Hader, Jerome V. Moloney, Stephan W. Koch
Near-UV Laser Diodes for External Cavity Lasers 139
Wolfgang Scheibenzuber, Ulrich Schwarz
Efficiency-optimized 973nm High Power Broad Area DFB Lasers with Overgrown Aluminium-free Gratings for
Peak Power Conversion of 63% 140
Christoph Matthias Schultz, Paul Crwnp, Hans Wenzel, Sleffen Knlgge, OiafBrox, Andre Maafidorf, Frank Bugge, Golz Erbert
Picosecond Pulses with More Than 60 W Peak Power Generated by a Single-stage All-semiconductor Master-
oscillator Power-amplifier System 141
Sven Schwerfeger, AndreasKlehr, ArminLiero, Thomas Hoffmann, Hans Wenzel, Gdtz Erbert
Octave-Spanning Supcrcontinuum from an Efficient Gigahertz Femtosecond Yb KGW Laser with 2.2-W AveragePower 142
Selina Pekarek, Christian Fiebig, Katrln Paschke, GStz Erbert, Thomas Sudmeyer, Ursula Keller
Compact 1064 nm ps-light Source on a Micro Bench with Free Adjustable Repetition Rate and nJ Pulse Energy 143
Andreas Klehr, Armin Liero, Thomas Hoffmann, Sven Schwerlfiger, Hans Wenzel, Golz Erherl, Wolfgang Heinrich, Giinlher
Trdnkle
Ge-on-Si Lasers for Silicon Photonics (Invited) 144
Jifeng Liu, Lionel C. Kimerling, Jurgen Michel
Flexible Distributed Feedback Colloidal Quantum Dot Laser Patterned by a Submicron Grating Structure 145
Yujie Chen, Benoil Guilhahert, Johannes Herrnsdorf, Yanfeng Zhang, Allan Mackintosh, Richard Pethrick, Nicolas Laurand,Martin Dawson
Integrated Tunable Quantum Dot Laser for Optical Coherence Tomography in the 1.7nm Wavelength Region 146
Bauke W. Tilma, Yuqing Mao, Jimji Kolani, Barry Smalbrugge, Huub P. M. M. Ambrosius, Peter J. Thijs, Xaveer J. M. Leijtens,Richard Notzel, Meint K. Srnit, Erwin A. J. M. Bente
Semiconductor Mode-locked Lasers with Integrated Dispersion Control 147
Michael J. Strain, PiotrM. Stolarz, Marc Sorel
Singlemode Tunable VCSELs with Integrated MEMS Technology 148
Benjamin Kbgel, Pierluigi Debernardi, Pelter Westbergh, Asa Haglund, Johan Gustavsson, JSrgen Bengtsson, Erik Haglund,Anders Larsson
Reduced Photon Bunching in Cooled Quantum Dot Supcrlumincscent Diodes 149
Martin Blazek, Wolfgang ElsaflerPhotonic Crystal Nanolascrs, Modulation and Coherence Characteristics 150
Remy Braive, Richard Hostein, David Elvira, Xavier Hachair, SylvainBarbay, ho Abram, Isabelle Sagnes, Gregoire Beaudoin,Luc Le Gratiet, Anne Talneau, Isabelle Robert-Philip, Alexios Beveralos
A Coupled Quantum Dot Laser Amplifier Using Raman Transitions Between Spin Singlet and Triplet States 151Jeroen Elzerman, Kathrina Weiss, Javier Miguel Sanchez, Atac Imamoglu
Direct Observation of Slow Light in the Noise Spectrum of a Laser 152
Abdelkrim El Amili, Bernardo-Xavier Miranda, Fabienne Goldfarb. Ghaya Baili, Gregoire Beaudoin, Isabelle Sagnes, Fahien
Bretenaker, Mehdi Alouini
Measurement of Phase-Correlation between Optical Modes of Semiconductor Lasers 153Marcello Simonetla, Marco Soldo, Marco Zanola, Michael J. Strain. Marc Sorel, Guido Giuliani'
Intensity and Frequency Noise in high power highly coherent VcCSELs 154
Alexandre Laurain, Mikhael Myara, Isabelle Sagnes, Arnaud Garnache
Ultrashort Pulse Surface-Emitting Semiconductor Lasers (Invited) 155
Anne Tropper
Femtosecond VECSELs with up to 1 W Average Output Power 156Martin Hoffmann, OliverD. Sieber, Valentin J. Wittwer, Wolfgang P. Pallmann, Igor L. Krestnikov, Sergey S. Mikhrin, DaniilA.
Livshits, Matthias Golling, Yohan Barbarln, Thomas Siidmeyer, Ursula Keller
Pulse Generation in a Semiconductor Disk Laser with Frequency-Shifted Feedback 157
Esa Saarinen, Jari Nikkinen, Oleg Okhotnikov
10-GHz MIXSEL A High Power Integrated Ultrafast Semiconductor Disk Laser 158Valentin J. Wittwer, Benjamin Rudin, Deran J, H. C, Maas, Martin Hoffmann, Oliver D. Sieber, Yohan Barbarin, Matthias Golling,Thomas Suedmeyer, Ursula Keller
Monitoring the Temperature Distribution in High-Power VECSELs 159
Sangam Chalterjee, Alexey Chernikov, Jens Herrmann, Maik Scheller, Martin Koch, Bernardelte Kunert, Wolfgang Stolz, SiephanW. Koch, Tsuei-Lian Wang, Yushi Kaneda, J. Michael Yarborough, JSrg Hader, Jerome V. Moloney
Passively Mode-Locked Semiconductor Laser for Coherent Population Trapping in 87Rb 160
Giuseppe Tandoi, Krishna Seunarine, Charles N. Ironside, A. Catrina Biyce, Stewart D. McDougall, Wyn Meredith, Andre N,
Luiten
Reconfigurable Repetition Rate in Colliding-Pulse Mode Locked Lasers 161
Giuseppe Tandoi, Charles N. Ironside. A. Catrina Biyce
Investigation of Passive Electric and Optical-feedback Stabilization of a Passively Mode-locked Tapered Two-section Quantum-dot Laser 162
Lukas Drzewietzkl, Stefan Breuer, Wolfgang Elsdfier, Michel Krakowski, Igor Krestnikov
In As Quantum-dots Laser Utilizing GaAs Wl Type Photonic-crystal Slab Line-defect Waveguide 163
Hisaya Oda, Naaki Hamada, Akio Yamanaka, Nobuhlko Ozaki, Naokilkeda, YoshimasaSugtmoto
Coupled Ring Resonator Geometry for Efficient Second Harmonic Generation 164Danilo Skoczowsky, Andreas Jechow, RalfMenzel
The Excitonic Capture Path in Electrically Pumped Quantum Dots Using Time-resolved Amplified SpontaneousEmission 165
Jordi Gomis-Bresco, Sabine Dommers-Vdlkel, Oliver SchSps, Yuecel Kaplan, Olga Dyatlova, Dieter Bimberg, Ulrike Waggon
Analysis and Characterisation ofExperimental Real-Time Series of a Semiconductor Laser under OpticalInjection 166
Kevin Schires, Antonio Hurtado, Ian Henning, MikeAdams
Physical Modeling of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of 980 nm High-Power Laser Diodes on CompositeSubmounts 167
Julien Leclech, Daniel T. Cassidy, Francois Laruelle, Mauro Bettiati, Jean-Pierre Landesman
High Performance Single-Mode 1060 nm DFB Laser Diodes 168
Evgeny Zibik, Julien Boucart, Achim Thies, Ian Davies, Chris Button, Narbert Lichtenstein
Narrow-linewidth High-power Semiconductor-based Laser Module,
169
Stefan Spiefiberger, Max Schiemangk, Alexander Salm, Andreas Wicht, Hans Wenzel, GblzErbert, Giinlher Trdnkle
Tuning Wavelength and Linewidth of an External Cavity Diode Laser using anActive Control Scheme Based on
Polarization Spectroscopy 170Thorsten Fiihrer, Thomas Walther
Hybrid-integrated ECDL for Precision Rubidium Spectroscopy in Space 171
Erdenetsetseg Luvsandamdln, Gregor Mttra, Andreas Wicht, AlexanderSahm, Gotz Erbert, Gunlher Trdnkle
Single-frequency Optically Pumped Semiconductor Vertical External Cavity Laser at 852nm for Cs Atomic Clock 172
Fabiola A. Camargo, Isabelle Sagnes, Arnaud Garnache, Patrick Georges, Gaelle Litcas-Leclin
Development and Spectral Characterisation of Discrete Mode Laser Diodes (DMLDs) emitting at 780 nm for
Rubidium Atomic Clocks 173
Florian Gruet, Thejesh Bandi, Gaetano Mileti, John O'Carroll, Brian Kelly, RichardPhelan, James O'Gorman
Multiple Gain Element GainNAs Disk Laser Generating Narrow Band (2.6 Mhz) Radiation at 1178 Nm 174Antti Hlirkonen, Tomi Leinonen, Ville-Markus Karpijarvi, Janne Pnustinen, Mircea Guina
Modulation Response of Quantum Dot Nano-LEDs and Nano-lasers 175
Troels Suhr, Niels Gregersen, Michael Lorke, Jesper Mark
Fastly tunable External-Cavity Diode-Lasers Controlled by Electro-Absorption Modulators 176
Hendrik Ja'htne, Mike Baiters, Dieter Jdger, Martin Hofmann
Performance Optimization of Electrically-injected Nano-spin VCSELs 177K. Alan Shore
Tailored Intensity Distributions with High Power VCSEL Systems 178
Holger Moench, Stephan Gronenhom, Michael Miller, Peter Loosen
Temperature Dependent Dynamics in a 1550nm VCSELs Subject To Polarised Optical Injection 179
Nadir Khan, Kevin Schires. Antonio Hurtado, Jan Henning, Michael Adams
Dual-frequency Operation of a Vertical External Cavity Semiconductor Laser for Coherent Population TrappingCesium Atomic Clocks 180
Jessica Barrlenlos, Fabiola Camargo, Sylvie Janlcot, Isabelle Sagnes, Arnaud Garnache, Ghaya Baili, Lo'ic Morvan, Patrick
Georges, GaSlle Litcas-Leclin
Stability Analysis of Spin-Polarized VCSELs 181
Rihab Ks Al Seyab, Dimitris Alexandropoulos, Ian D Pfenning, Mike JAdams
Polarization-Stable Single-Mode VCSELs for Cs-based Miniature Atomic Clocks 182
AhmedAl-Santanelt, MohammadT. Haidar, Dletmar Wahl, Rainer Michabik
All-optical Inverter based on Polarization Switching in Long-wavelength VCSELs 183
Ana Qttirce, Jose Ramon Cuesta, Antonio Hurtado, Kevin Schires, Angel Valle, Luis Pesquera, lan Henning, Michael Adams
Gain and Reflectance Measurements of a 1050nm VECSEL Chip 184
Sebastian Haupt, Michael Furllsch, Hans Lindberg, Ines Pietzonka, Urn Stratifi, Gerd Bacher
Polarisation-Resolved Real-Time Series of the Dynamics of a 1550 nm-VCSEL under Orthogonal Optical Injection 185Kevin Schire,?, Antonio Hurtado, Ian Henning, MikeAdams
Spectral Characterisation ofVCSELs Emitting at 894.6 Nm for Cpt-based Miniature Atomic Clocks 186
Florian Gruet, Laura Bimboes, Danijela Miletlc, Chrisloph Affolderbach, Gaetano Mileti, AhmedAl-Samaneh, Dietmar Wahl,
Rainer Michalzik
Power Scaling and Heat Management in High-Power VECSELs 187
Sangam Chatterjee, A/exey Chernikov, Jens Herrmann, Maik Scheller, Martin Koch, Bernardelle Kunert, Wolfgang Stolz, StephanW. Koch, Tsuei-Lian Wang, Yushi Kaneda, J. Michael Yarborough. Jorg Hader, Jerome V. Moloney
Free-Running Quantum Dot SESAM Modelocked VECSEL with Record-Low Timing Jitter 188
Valentin J. Wittwer, Christian A. Zaugg, Wolfgang P. Pallmann, Andreas E. H. Oehler, Benjamin Rudin, Martin Hoffmann,Matthias Galling, Yohan Barbarin, Thomas Suedmeyer, Ursula Keller
Fast Absorption Recovery and Wavelength Conversion in 1.5um AlInGaAs MQW lasers 189
Richard Green, Mohsin Haji, Lianping Hou, Gabor Mezosi, Rafal Dylewicz, Tony KellyThe Impact of Thermal Management of Saturable Absorber on the Performance of Mode-Locked Semiconductor
Disk Lasers 190
Antti Rantamdki, Jari Lyytikainen, Jari Nikkinen, Oleg Okhotnikov
Frequency Chirp Characterization of a Gain-switched Semiconductor Laser Using Photonic Differentiation Based
on Polarization Interferometry 191
Antonio Consoli, Jose Manuel Tijero, Jose Azaiia, Yong Woo Park, Ignacio Esquivias
Shoe Box All Semiconductor High Power Femtosecond Laser System 192
Jan C. Balzer, Tobias Schlauch, Martin R. Hofmann, Andreas Klehr, Gotz Erbert
Saturation ofAbsorption and Gain in a Quantum Dot Diode with Continuous-wave Driving 193
Thorslen Ackemann, Alessio Tierno, Christopher G. Leburn, C. Tom A. Brown
Integrated Optical Comb Generation for Coherent Communications using Injection Locked Semiconductor
Lasers 194
William Colter, David Goulding, Brendan Roycrofl, Brian Corbell, Frank Peters
Post-Growth Fabrication of a DFB Laser Array with High Precision Wavelength Spacing 195
Marco Zanola, Michael J, Strain, Guido Giuliani, Marc Sorel
Very Narrow Lincwidth ofHigh Power DFB Laser Diode for Cs Pumping 196
Charles Cayron, Michael Trail, Yannick Robert, Alain Enard, Eric Vine!, Michel Garcia, Michel Lecomle, Laurent Teisseire,Olivier Parillaud, MichelKralowski
Dynamics ofSemiconductor Lasers with Polarization Rotated Feedback and its Applications for Fast Random Bit
Generation 197
Neus Oliver, Miguel C. Soriano, DavidSttkow, Ingo Fischer
Observation of a Novel Type of Optical Modes in VCSELs 198
Grigorii Sokolovskii, Vladislav Dudelev, AndreyMonakhov, Alexey Savenko, Sergey Blokhtn, Anton Deryagin, Svellana
Zololovskaya, AlexanderKttzmenkov, Sergey Losev, Victor Luchinin, Nikolai Maleev, Edik Rqfailov, Wilson Sibbetl, Vladimir
Kuchinskii
Transitions Between Regular and Chaotic Behavior in Polarization-stabilized Vertical-cavity Surface-emittingLasers 199
Andreas Molitor, Wolfgang Elsdjier
Tuning dynamics of a > 70 nm continuously tunable MEMS-VCSEL with a hybrid curved mirror 200Karolina Zogal, Christian Gierl, Hooman Davani, Christian Grasse, Markus Maine, Peter Meissner, Markus Amann
Passive Mode-locking in Quantum Well Fabry-pVerot Lasers 201Mien Javaloyes, Piotr Slolarz, Lianping Hon, Marc Sorel, Catrina Bryce, Salvador Balle
80-ghz AlGalnAs/inp 1.55 urn Colliding-pulse Mode-locked Laser with Low Divergence Angle and Timing Jitter 202Lianping Hon, Mohsin Haji, Chong Li, Jehan Akbar, John Marsh, Ann Bryce
Active-mode-locked Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers (invited) 203
Slefano Barbieri, Marco Ravaro, Pierre Gellie, Giorgio Sanlarelli, Chrisiophe Manquesl, Carlo Sirtori, Surqj P. Khanna, SdmundH. Linfteld, A. Giles Davies
Passive Harmonic Mode-locking of Discrete Mode Diode Lasers 204David Bitauid, Simon Osborne, Stephen O'Brien
A Low Jitter Passively Mode Locked Laser Diode at 40 GHz Using Regenerative Feedback Via an Optical Fiber
Loop 205Mohsin Haji, Anthony Kelly, Lianping Hon, Ann Bryce, John Arnold, Charles Ironside
TERAHERTZ SOURCES AND APPLICATIONS
Ultrafast Gain Switching ofTHz Quantum Cascade Lasers THz pulse amplification and Injection Seeding(Invited) 206
Sukhdeep Dhillon, NathanJukam, Dimilri Oustinov, Rakchanok Rnngsawang, Jean Maysonnave, Julien Madeo, Pierrick Cavallie,Slefano Barbieri, Pascal Filloux, Carlo Sirtori, Xavier Marcadel, Jerome Tignon
THz Time Domain Spectroscopy ofCoupled Cavity THz Quantum Cascade Lasers with Metal-Metal Waveguide 207Michael Marti, Juraj Darmo, Daniel Dielze, Chrisloph Deutsch, Martin Brandstetler, Alexander Bern, Aaron Maxwell Andrews,Pavel Klang, Werner Schrenk, Gottfried Slrasser, Karl Unterrainer
Ultra-broadband THz Semiconductor Laser Based on Heterogeneous Quantum Cascade Gain Medium 208Dana Turcinkova, Giacomo Scalari, Maria Ines Amanti, Fabrizio Castellano, Manias Beck, Jerome Faist
Active Photonic Crystal Terahertz Laser Operating in Upper Bands 209Alexander Bern, Chrisloph Deutsch, Martin Brandstetler, Aaron Maxwell Andrews, Pavel Klang, Hermann Detz, Werner Schrenk,Gottfried Slrasser, Karl Unterrainer
Scattering Processes in Terahertz InGaGs/inAlAs Quantum Cascade Lasers 210Milan Fischer, Giacomo Scalari, Kemal Celebi, Maria Amanti, Chrisloph Wallher, ManiasBeck, Jerome Faisl
THz stop bands by using Metal Slits in Tapered Parallel-Plate Waveguide 211Eui Su Lee, Young Bin Ji, Tae-ln Jeon
Temperature Controllable Terahertz Time-Domain Reflection Spectroscopy ofAqueous Systems 212Wenchao Qiao, Arne Thoma, Thomas Dekorsy
Continuous- wave Terahertz Tomography with Phase Unwrapping 213Wenfeng Sun, Xinke Wang, Ye Cui, Yan Zhang
Superconducting Waveguides for Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers 214Martin Brandstetler, Alexander Bern, Chrisloph Deutsch, Karl Unterrainer, Pavel Klang, HermannDetz, Werner Schrenk, AaronAndrews, GottfriedSlrasser
Terahertz Plasma Oscillations in Corbino Field-effect Transistors, 215
Oleksiy Sydoruk, Richard Syms, Laszlo SolymarSpecific Features of Terahertz Radiation Emitted from Laser Sparks Induced in Gases by Femtosecond LaserPulses with Linear Polarization 216
Daniil Fadeev, Nina Zharova, Vyacheslai' Mironov
Autowave of Electron Population Depletion and Sub Terahertz Self-modulations of Light Absorption and IntrinsicStimulated Emission in GaAs 217
Igor Bronevoi
Polarization-Independent Broadband Terahertz Modulator 218Sanaz Zarei
Terahertz Spectroscopy of Beta- Barium Borate Crystals 219Oleg Khasanov, Sebastien Vidal, Jerome Degert, Jean Oberle, Eric Freysz, Olga Fedotova, Grigoiy Rusetsky
Tunable THz Source with Less Than 100 GHz Bandwidth 220Tobias Bach, Gorazd Poberaj, Marko Zgonik, Carolina Medrano, Peler Gunter
Triple-wavelength Cr3+ LiCAF Solid-state Laser for Simultaneous Generation of Two Independently Tunable THzWaves
221Haroldo J. Maestre, Adrian J. Torregrosa, Juan Capmany
Diode-pumped Terahertz Laser Source Based on Stimulated Polariton Scattering 222Helen Pask, Yabai He, Andrew Lee
Progress on InGaAs/GaAsSb based Terahertz Quantum Cascade Lasers 223Chi'tstoph Deutsch, Hermann Detz, Alexander Bern, Michele Nobile, Aaron Maxwell Andrews, Pavel Klang, Werner Schrenk,Gottfried Slrasser, Karl Unterrainer
Metasurfaces Coupled to Terahertz Intersubband Transitions 224Daniel Dietze, Juraj Darmo, Gottfried Slrasser, Karl Unterrainer
Watching the Dance of Ions and Molecules in the THz (invited) 225Martina Havenilh
Nondestructive Rapid Measurementof GaAs, GaN, SiC, and Si Semiconductors using One Tunable Terahertz
Source 226
Akihide Hamano, Yoshinobu Takatsu, Seigo Ohno, Hiroaki Minamide, Hiromasa Ito, Yoshiyuki Usuki
Non-Contact Multilayer Thickness Measurements with Reflection-Mode Terahertz Time-Domain Spectroscopy 227
Volker Feige, Stephan Nix, Frank Ellrich, Joachim Jonuscheit, Rene BeigangNonlinear Spectroscopy Using Intense THz Pulses with Amplitudes Exceeding 1 MV/cm (invited) 228
Koichiro Tanaka
Magnetic-Field Induced Broadband THz Absorption Change in a Multiferroic Hcxaferrite at Room Temperature 229
Eiichi Matsubara, Yohei Onishi, Taishi Ishikura, Tstiyoshi Kimura, MasaakiAshida
Terahertz Real Time Focal Plane Imaging 230
Yan Zhang, Xinke Wang, Ye Cui, Wenfeng Sun
Field-resolved Four-wave Mixing with Multi-THz Transients in InSb (Invited) 231
Friederike Junginger, Bernhard Mayer, Sebastian Mahrlein, Christian Schmidt, OlafSchubert, Alexander Sell, Alexej Pashkin,
Alfred Leitenstorjer, RupertHuber
Development ofReal-time Near-field THz Microscope 232
Atsusbi Doi, Francois Blanchard, Tomoko Tanaka, Koichiro Tanaka
Efficient Optical Up-Convcrsion by Coherent Sum-Frequency Generation for Highly Sensitiv Terahertz Detection 233
Florian Sedlmeir, Harold G. L. Schwefel, Dmitry V. Strekalov, Sebastian Bauerschmidl, Sascha Preu, Stefan Maker, Gottfried H.
Dohler, Gerd Leuchs
Continuous Wave Intracavity Terahertz Source 234
Maik Scheller, Joe M. Yarborough, Jerome V. Moloney, MahmoudFallahi, Martin Koch, Stephan W. Koch
Terahertz Emitter Based on the Lateral Photo-dember Effect Excited with an Er Fiber Laser 235
GregorKlatt, Bernhard Stirrer, Daniel Stephan, OlafSchubert, Milan Fischer, Jerome Faisl, Alfred Leitenstorfer, Rupert Huber,
Thomas Dekorsy
New Generation of the Electro-Optic Terahertz Detectors 236
Juraj Darmo, Daniel Dielze, Michael Marti, Karl Unterrainer
Terahertz Generation Control by Metal Substrate in Sandwich Structure with Thin LiNbOj 237
Sergey Bodrov, Igor Ilyakov, Boris Shishkin, Audrey Stepanov
APPLICATIONS OF NONINEAR OPTICS
Nonlinear Photonics in Carbon Nanotubes and Graphenes (Invited) 238
Shinji Yamashita
Tilted Fiber Bragg GratingAssisted Nonlinear Effects in Carbon Nanotubc-Coated Optical Fibers 239
Guillermo E. Villanueva, Michael B. Jakubinek, Benoit Simard, Claudia J. Oldn, Fere Pirez-Millan, Jacques Albert
Spetro-temporal Characterisation of Incoherent Supercontinuum Subnanosecond Laser Emission for Multiplex-CARS Microspectroscopy 240
AnnalisaDe Angelis, Philippe Leproux, Vincent Couderc, Delia Arnaud-Cormos, Philippe LevequeCoherent Raman Microscopy with a Fiber-Format Femtosecond Oscillator 241
Alessio Gambetta, VikasKumar, Giulia Grancini, Dario Polli, Cristian Manzoni, Roberta Ramponi, Giulio Centllo, Marco
Marangoni
Chirped-pulse Interferometry for Dispersion-cancelled OCT 242
Robert Prevedel, Kurl Schreiter, Rainer Kalienbaek, Jonathan Lavoie, Devon Biggerstaff, Kevin Resell
Following a Chemical Reaction Using High Harmonic Spectroscopy (Invited) 243
Hans-Jakob Worner, Jullen Bertrand, Daniil Kartashov, Paul Corkum, David Villeneuve
High-energy Dcep-UV Temporal Pulse Shaping by Chirp-assisted Broadband Frequency Conversion 244
Carlo Vlcario, Alexandre Trisorio, Chrisloph P. Hauri, G. Arlsholm
Long Hollow Fibers for Strong, Spatially Uniform Spectral Broadening of Ultrashort Pulses 245
Tamas Nagy, Peter Simon
High Stability 100 kHz Mid-IR OPCPA with Passive CEP Stability 246
Alexandre Thai, Olivier Chains, Philip K. Bates, Jens Blegerl
Keldysh-sealing in the Waveform Control of the Dissociative Ionization ofD2 247
Irina Znakovskaya, Philipp Von Den Hoff, Gilad Marcus, Sergey Zherebtsov, Xun Gu, Yunpei Deng, Boris Bergues, Marc J. J.
Vrakking, Ferenc Krausz, ReinhardKienberger, Regina De Vivie-Riedle, Matthias Kling
Wave-Particle Duality and Tunable Steering of Solitons in Kerr media 248
ChandrothPamilan Jisha, Alessandro Albenwci, Ray-Kuang Lee, GaetanoAssanto
Femtosecond Pulse Written Quasi Phase Matching Element in x-cut Lithium Niobate 249
Jens Thomas, Vinzenz Hilbert, Reinhard Geiss, Andreas Tiinnermann, Stefan Nolte
Broadly Tunable CW Grecn-to-red Laser Source Based on FrequencyDoubling of a Quantum-dot External
Cavity Diode Laser in a PPKTP Waveguide 250
Ksenia A. Fedorova, MariaA. Cataluna, Philip R. Battle, Igor L. Krestnikov, Daniil A, Livshits, Edik U. Rafaibv
Nonlinear Optical Diode Based on Nonreciprocal Cross-phase Modulation in Coupled Microcavities 251
Victor Grigoriev, Fabio Biancalana
High Index Glass CMOS Compatible All-optical Chips for Telecom and Optical Interconnects (Invited) 252
David Moss, AlessiaPasquazi, Marco Peccianti, Luca Razzari, DavidDuchesne, Marcello Ferrera, Sai Chu, Brent Little, Roberto
Morandotti
Toward Sub-Cycle Field Shaping by Molecular Modulation in Gasses and Solids Raman Coherence at Work
(Invited) 253
Alexei Sokolov
Linear Precompensation of Phase-modulated Nanosecond Pulse Distortions in Second-harmonic Generation 254Sebastien Vidal, Jacques Luce, Denis Penninckx
Four-wave Mixing Based Mid-span Phase Conjugation using slow light engineered Chalcogcnide and siliconphotonic crystal waveguides 255
Majid Ebnali-Heidari, Homed Saghaei, ChristelleMonat, Christian Grille!
Influence ofModulation and Shape ofLaser Pump Pulses on Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Self-focusingRegime in Silica
256Sarah Mauger, Luc Beige, Stefan Shipin
Imaging in Focusing Kerr Media Using Digital Reverse Propagation 257Alexandre Goy, Demetri Psaltis
Nonlinear Propagation Effects on High-Power Optical-Vortex Pulses in Anisotropic Crystals 258Masalo Suzuki, Yasunori Toda, Ryuji Morita
Vortex Solitons and Charge Flipping in Ncmatic Liquid Crystals 259Yana hdebskaya, Anton Desyatnikov, Gaetano Assunto, Yuri Kivshar
LightPropagation in Nonlinear Photonic Lattices Based on Complex Nondiffracting Beams 260Patrick Rose, Martin Boguslawski, Falko Diehcl, Julian Becker, Cornelia Denz
Discrete Solitons in Photonic Lattices with Topological Defects 261Matthias Hcinrich, Robert Keil, Felix Dreisow, Andreas Tiinnermann, Stefan Nolte, Alexander Szameil
Dynamics of Light Bullets in Two-Dimensional Arrays of Waveguides 262Stefano Minardi, Folk Eilenberger, Yarsolav Kartosbov, Alexander Szameit, Ulrich Rupke, Jens Kobelke, Kay Schuster, HartmutBartalt, Lluis Tomer, Stefan Nolte, Andreas Tiinnermann, FalkLederer, Thomas Perlsch
Generating Ultra-Short High-Energy Pulses using Dissipative Soliton Resonance Pulse Compression Schemes 263Wonkeun Chang, Philippe Grelu, Adrian Ankiewlcz, Jose M. Soto-Crespo, Nail Aklmtediev
Dispersion-Managed Fibers for All-Optical Regeneration at 160 Gbit/s 264Sy Dat he, Thierry Chartier, Mathilde Gay, Marcia Costa ESilva, Laurent Bramerie, Michel Joindot, Jean-Claude Simon, ThanhNam Nguyen
Fibcr-Lascr-Pumped, High-Power, Continuous-Wave, Singly-Resonant Optical Parametric Oscillator based on
MgO sPPLT265
Suddapalii Chaitanya Kumar, Mujid Ebrahitn-Zadeh
Singly Resonant Continuous-Wave Optical Parametric Oscillator with Tunable Output above4 urn and LowOscillation Threshold
266Mikael Sillanen, Tami Leinonen, Mircea Guina, Laurl Haloncn
Dispersion Compensation with a Grism-based Dispersive Line for Fiber Delivery of Sub-30 fs Pulses at 830 nm 267Claire Lefort, Meri Kalashyan, Tigran Mansuryan. DonaldPeyrot, Levon Mourodlan, Frederic Louradour, Alain Barthele'rnyTaper Designs for Semiconductor Filled Fibres
268Neil Broderick, Anna Peacock
High Intensity Pulse Self-compression in Short Hollow Core Capillaries 269Thomas J Butcher, Patrick N Anderson, Peter Horak, Jeremy G Frey, iVilliam S Brocklesby
Activated Escape from Polarization Pulling in Fibre Raman Amplifiers 270Sergey Sergeyev, Sergei Turilsyn
Tunable Multiplication of the Repetition Rate of an Optical Pulse Train Using Dynamic Brillouin Gratings inOptical Fibers
271Sanghoon Chin, Nikolay Primerov, Salvador Sales, Luc Thevenaz
PCF Infrared Continuum for Multiwavelcngth Two Photon Microscopy 272Claudio De Mauro, Domenico Alfteri, Marco Arrigoni, David Armstrong, Francesco Saverio PavoneTheoretical Study of Dispersive Wave Generation in Ar-Fillcd Hollow-Core PCF above the Plasma Threshold 273
Wonkeun Chang, Alexander Nazarkln, John Trovers, Philipp Hdlzer, Johannes Nold, Nicolas Y. Joly, Philip St. J. Russell
Supercontinuum Generation in Photonic Crystal Fibers Made from Borosilicate Glasses 274Marina T, Nery, J. C. Ferreira, Enver F. Chillcce, Luis C. Barbosa, Flavio C. Cruz
Group-Acceleration Matching in Tapered Optical Fibers for Maximising the Power in the Blue-Edge of aSupercontinuum
275Simon Toft Sorensen, Alex Judge, CarstenL. Thomsen, OleBangImproved Parametric Generation of Light in Optical Fibers
276Cesar Jauregtii, Dirk Nodop, Jens Limpert, Andreas Tiinnermann
OPCPA Using Pump Beams Shaped by Diffractive Optical Elements ..277Alexandre Thai, Enrique Tafahuerce, Pedro Andres, Philip KBales, Jens BiegertMid-ir Optical Parametric Oscillator Based on LiGaSj
278Aleksey Tyazhev, Vilaly Vcdenyapin, Geargi Marchev, Alexander Yellsseyev, Ludmila Isaenka, Marina Starikova, Sergei Lobanov,Valentin Pctrov
Generation of Eye-Safe Radiation in Passively Q-Switchcd Laser with Three Stokes Intracavity RamanConversion
279Pavel Shpak, Sergei Voitikov, Ruslan Chulkov, Pavel Apanasevich, Valentin Orlovich, Alexander Grabtchikov, Anurag Kttshsvaha,Neena Salti, Lalila Agrawal, Anil Maini, Sergei Kruk1.5 W Output Two-Color Femtosecond Optical Parametric Oscillator Pumped by a 7.4 W Femtosecond Yb KGWLaser
280Robin Hegenbarth, Andy Steimnann, Jdnos Hebling, Harold GiessenA Frequency-swept Source for Broadband Mid-infrared Spectroscopy 281Alissa Silva, Ian LindsayHigh Energy, Sub-nanosecond, 0.5-kHz, Mid-IR OPO based on PPSLT Pumped at 1064 nm 282Alexander Gaydardzhiev, Danail Chuchumishev, Ivan Buchvarov, Dimitar Shumov, Stuart Samuelson
Mid-Infrared Optical Parametric Generation in CdSiP2 283Olivier Chains, Peter Schunemaim, Kevin Zawilski. Jem Biegert, Majid' Ebrahim-Zadeh
The kHz Level Stabilization ofan Intraeavity Doubled Continuous Wave Optical Parametric Oscillator UsingPound-Drever-Hall Scheme 284
Oussama Mhibik, David Paboeuf, Cyril Drag, Fabien Bretenaker
Quasi-Continuous-Wave Intraeavity KGW Raman Laser Generation at Different Wavelengths 285
Vladimir Dashkevich, Anton Kananovich, HenrykSzymczak, Valentin Orlovich
Wavelength Conversion ofa Broadband ASE Source Based on Intra-cavity Difference-frequency-mixing in aC^LiCAF-PPSLT Laser 286
Adrian J. Torregrosa, Haroldo Macstre, Juan Capmany
Narrowband PPKTP Source for Polarization Entangled Photons 287
Siddarth Joshi, Felix Anger, Antia Lamas-Linares, Christian Kurlsiefer
Full-scanning Nonlinear Fourier-transform Spectroscopy ofD2 Using High-order Harmonic Radiation 288
Yusuke Furukawa, Yasuo Nabekawa, Eiji J. Takohashi, Tomoya Okino, Kaorv Yamanouchi, Katsumi Midorikawa
Plasma Filament Decay in an External Electric Field 289
Sergey Bodrov, Alexey Murzanev, Maxim Tsarev, AndreyStepanov
Universality in Relativistic Aspirations ofHelmholtz Soliton Pulses 290
Gemma Lancaster, Mark Lttndie, Timothy Hodgkinson, James Christian, Graham McDonald
Tunable Self-focusing and Self-steering of Nematicons 291
Alessandro Albemcci, Armando Piccardi, Marco Peccianti, Malgosia Kaczmarek, Gactano Assanto
Tunable Multiple Soliton Generation in Kerr Media 292
Chandroth Pannian Jisha, Alessandro Albemcci, Ray-Kuang Lee, Gaetano Assanto
Fast Writing of Soliton Waveguides with Blue-Violet Lasers in Lithium Niobate for Coupling ofFemtosecond
Infrared Laser Pulses 293
Silvlu T. Popescu, Adrian Petris, Valentin I. Vlad, Eugenio Fazio
Group Velocity Control in Reconfigurable Phase-shifted Superstructures 294
Sebastian Kroesen, Wolfgang Horn, Cornelia Denz
Second Harmonic Generation from Single Nanoparticles 295
Amos Schiatheitn, Alois Renn, Michele Celebrano, VahidSandoghdarAchromatic Transient-grating for FROG Characterization 296
Elsa Baynard, Stephane Faure, Valirie Blanche!
Nonlinear Optics ofRandomly Structured Strontium Tetraborate 297Aleksandr Aleksandrovsky, Andrey Vyitnishev, AleksandreZaitsev, Anton Ikonnikov, Gennadiy Pospelov, Vitally Slabko
90 nm Resolution Reconstruction from a Polychromatic Signal Using Monochromatic Phase Retrieval Techniques 298
Aaron D. Parsons, Richard T. Chapman, Benjamin Mills, Thomas J. Butcher, Jeremy G. Frey, William S. BrockleshyInfluence of the Acceptance Bandwidth on Frequency Doubling ofps Pulses in a ppMgO LN Ridge Waveguide 299
Daniel Jedrzejczyk, Sina Riecke, Reiner Gather, Kristian Laurilsen, Katrin Paschke, Gotz Erbert
Spectral Study ofPropagation Losses of GaAs/AlOx Nonlinear Waveguides 300Marc Savanier, Filippo Ghiglieno, Sara Ducci, Ivan Favero, Giuseppe Leo
Acrylonitrile-Containing Methyl Methacrylate Polymers as New Host Materials for second-order NLO polymers 301
Atsushi Sugita, Takahiro Kato, Masashi Morimoto, Yasuaki Tamaki, Yasumasa Kawata, Shigeru Tasaka
All - Optical Spatial Light Modulator using CdTe Quantum Dots 302
Joan Dancus, Valentin 1. Vlad, Adrian Petris, Nikolai Gaponik, Vladimir Lesnyak
Four-wave-mixing Efficiency and Conversion Bandwidth in Silicon-nanocrystals Slot Waveguides Fabricated byPECVD 303
Andrea Trita, CosimoLacava, Ilaria Cristiani, Jean-Philippe Colonna, Pauline Gaulier, Jean-MarcFedeli
Hybrid III-V/Silicon on Insulator Nonlinear Nanophotonics (Invited) 304
Fabriee Raineri, Alexandre Bazin, Yacine Halioua, Timothy Karle, Paul Monnier, Isabelle Sagnes, Rama Raj
Horizontally Slotted Electro-optic Silicon Waveguides Featuring an Organic Crystalline Slot Material 305
Harry Figi, Denise H. Bale, Attila Szep, Larry R. Dalton, Antao Chen
Spatiotemporal Nonlinear Optics in Arrays ofSubwavelength Waveguides 306
Andrey V. Gorbach, Wei Ding, Owain K. Staines, Charles E. DeNobriga, Gareth D. Hohbs, William J. Wadsworlh, Jonathan C.
Knight, Dmitry V. Skryabin, Antonio SamarelH, Mark Sorel, Richard M. De La Rue
High Average Power Temporal Pulse Compression in a Xe-Filled Kagome-Type Hollow-Core Photonic CrystalFiber 307
ClaraJ Saraceno, OliverHHeckl, Cyrill R EBaer, Thomas Suedmeyer, Y11 Cheng, Ylng Y Wang, Fetah Benabid, Ursula Keller
Supercontinuum Generation in a Photonic Crystal Fiber Pumped by a Gain-switched High-power Fiber Laser 308
Casper Larsen, Peter M. IV. Skovgaard, Danny Noordegraaf, Kim P. Hansen, Kent E. Mattsson, Oh Bang
Spatiotemporal Dynamics ofRaman Coherence in Hydrogen-filled Hollow Core Photonic Crystal Fibers 309
Anton Husakou, Yingying Wang, Brian Mangan, Fetah Benabid
Supercontinuum pulse-to-pulse fluctuations in a photonic bandgap fiber 310Olivier Vanvincq, Benoit Barviau, Arnaud Mussot, Geraud Bouwmans, Yves Quiquernpois. Alexandre Kudlinski
Switching Characteristics ofForward SIPS in Photonic Crystal Fiber 311
MyeongSooKang, Anna Butsch, Philip Russell
Transition Dynamics in Optical Fiber Amplifiers Operating in the Normal Dispersion Regime 312
Brandon Bale, Kamal Hammani, Christophe Finot, Sonia Boscolo
Three-Wave Stimulated Raman Scattering in Hydrogen- Filled Photonic Crystal Fiber 313MariaZiemienczuk, Andreas M. Walser, AmirAbdohand, Alexander Nazarkin, Clemens F. Kaminski, Philip St. J. Russell
Solitons Propagating in Liquid-core Photonic Crystal Fibers 314
Claudio Conii, Fabio Biancalana, MarkusA. Schmidt, Philip St. J. Russell Linearons
Reduced Amplitude Noise in Supcrcontinuum Generated in Tapered PCFs 315
Uffe Moeller, Simon T. Soerensen, Peter M. Mosehmd, Jeppe Johansen, Carslen L. Thomsen, OleBangControl ofSupcrcontinuum Pulse-to-pulse Fluctuations by Fiber Tapering 316
Benait Barviau, Alexandre Kudlinski, Arnaud Mussot
Gap Solitons in Inhomogcncous High-index Photonic Bandgap Fibers 317
Jesper LaegsgaardMulti-watt Level Output Power from a Dispersion-shifted Fiber Optical Parametric Oscillator Tunable Over 450
nm 318
Yiqing Xu, Ka Fai Mak, Smart Murdoch
Improving Mid-infrared Supcrcontinuum Generation Efficcncy by Pumping a Fluoride Fiber Directly Into theAnomalous Regime at 1995nm 319
Mathieu Duhant, William Renard, Guillaume Canal, Frederic Smektala, Johan Troles, Pierre Bourdon, Christophe Planchat
Optimized 4-um OPO with Intracavity OPA Based on a Dual-Grating PPLN Crystal 320
Anloine Godard, Myriam Raybaut, Michel Lefebvre, Anne-Marie Michel, Michel Pealat
Picosecond Tunable Mode Locking of a Cr":ZnSe Laser with a Frequency-doubling Nonlinear Mirror 321
Jean-Bapliste Dherbecourt, Adrien Denoeud, Jean-Michel Melkonian, Myriam Raybaut, Anloine Godard, Michel Lefebvre,Emmanuel Rosemher
Characterization of High-energy Optical-parametric Oscillation by Using Periodically Poled Mg-dopcd CongruentLiTaOj 322
Hideki Ishizuki, Tahtnori Taira
All-fiber Raylcigh Ring Mirror with an Optical Control of the Resonance 323
lrina Pelukhova, Andrei Foliadi, Oleg Anlipov, Krassimir Pannjotov, Hugo Thienponl, Patrice MigretSimple Method for Measuring the Zero-dispersion Wavelength in Optical Fibers 324
Maxime Drogues, Benoit Barviau, Alexandre Kudlinski, GeraudBouwmam, ArnaudMu.isot
Bistability and Excitability in 2D Photonic Crystal Nanocavltics 325Alejandro Yacomolti, Maia Brunslein, Isahellc Sagnes, Fabrice Raineri, Ariel Levenson
Enhanced Four Wave Mixing in Slow Light GalnP Photonic Crystals Waveguides and 40Gbit/s Transmission
Assessment 326Kevin Lengle, Laurent Bramerie, Mathilde Gay, Jean Claude Simon, Sylvain Combrie, Pierre Colman, Alfredo De Rossi
Loss Saturation in Dispersion-Engineered Slow Light Waveguides 327Thomas White, Andre)' Sukhortikov
Time-Resolved Ultrafast All-Optical Switching in Directional Couplers with Second-Order Nonlinearity 328
Alexander Solntsev, Dragomir Neshev, Roland Schiek
Vectorial Second Harmonic Generation Imaging of Gold Nanocones 329
Godofredo Bautisia, Mikko J, Hultunen, Jouni Mdkitalo, Juha M. Konllo, Jaime Simonen, Marlti Kauranen
The Origin of Second Harmonic Generation Hotspots in Chiral Optical Mctamaterials 330Venisislm' Valev, Alejandro Silhanek, Xuezhi Zheng, Vladimir Volskiy, Claudiu Biris, Nicolae Panoiu, Ben De Clercq, Marcel
Ameloot, Oleg Aklsipetrov, Guy Vandenbosch, Victor Moshchalkov, Thieny Verbiesl
Low-threshold Optical Parametric Oscillations in a Whispering Gallery Mode Resonator 331
JosefV. Fllrst, Dmitry V. Strekalov, DominiqueFJser, Andrea Aiello, UlrlkL. Andersen, Christoph Marquardt, GerdLeuchs
Broadband, Rapidly Tunable, BiB306 Femtosecond Optical Parametric Oscillator Directly Pumped by a Ti
sapphire 332Adolfo Esteban-Marlin, Venkata Ramaiah-Badarla, Valentin Petrov, Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh
Optimum Output Coupling in Optical Oscillators Using Antircsonant Ring Interfcrometry 333
Adolfo Esteban-Martin, Suddapalli Chaitanya Kumar, Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh
Independently Tunable, Dual-Wavelength Source Based on Two-Crystal, Continuous-Wave, Singly ResonantOptical Parametric Oscillator 334
Goutam K. Sainanta, Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh
Higher-order Cascaded Processes in Continuous-wave Optical Parametric Oscillators 335
Ingo Breunig, Rosita Stiwade, Jens Kiessling, Karsten Buse
Tunable Parametric Oscillation in Radially Poled Whispering Gallery Resonators 336Tobias Becbnann, Heiko Linnenbank, Karsten Buse, Ingo Breunig
OPTICAL MATERIALS. FABRICATION AND CHARACTERISATION
Direct Refractive Index Measurement Technique to Observe Waveguide Dispersion Characteristics of Short
Waveguides Utilising the Higher Order Modes of Integrated Bragg Grating Structures 337Helen L Rogers, Christopher Holmes, James C Gates, Peter G R Smith
Characterization ofInGaAs and InGaAsN saturable absorber mirrors for high power mode locked sub-ps thin-disk lasers 338
Farina Schdttiger, Dominik Bauer, Dirk Sutter, Jaime Putistinen, Mircea Guina, Thomas DekorsyTemperature Dependence ofLaser-Induced Damage Thresholds for Dielectric and Metal Coatings 339
Katsuhiro Mikami, Shinji Motokoshi, Masayukl Fujiia, Takahisa Jilsuno, KazuoA Tanaka, Hiroshi Azechi
Nano-engineered Bismuth-doped Silica Glasses and Origin ofNear Infrared Photolumincsccncc 340
Igor Razdobreev, Hicham El Hamzaoui, MahamedBouazaoui, Vladimir Arion
Photo-induced Nonlinear Optical Properties of BiB306 Glasses and Composites Containing BiB306 GlassNanoparticles Embedded in Polymers 341
Andrzej Majchrowski, Zygmunt Mierczyk, Ivan V. Kllyk
Cz-Growth of Ferroelectric LaBGeOs Single Crystals 342
Shintaro Miyazawa, Toshiki Kanarnori, Satoshi Ichikawa, HideoNakae
Self-assembling Active Soft NanoPhotonics on the Kilometre Scale (Invited) 343
Jeremy Baamberg, Chris Finlayson, David Snoswell, Andreas Kontogeorgos, Andrew Haines, Qibin Zhao, Peter Spahn, Goetz
Hellmann Extruding Opals
Size-dependent Recombination Dynamics in ZnO Nanowires 344
Juan Sebastian Reparaz, Frank Gilell, Markvs R. Wagner, Axel Hoffmann, Albert Cornet, Joan Ramon Morante
ZnO-based Nanowires for Hybrid Low-voltage LED 345
Oleg Lupan, Thierry Pauporte, Bruno Viana
Second Harmonic Generation in GaP Nanopillars 346
Reza Sanatinia, Marcin Swillo, Srinivasan Anand
Observation of Higher-Order Optical Nonlinearities in Photopolymerizabie Semiconductor CdSe Quantum Dot-
Polymcr Nanocomposites 347
Yasuo Tomita, Xiangming Liu, Yusuke Adachi, Jura Qshima
Rare-earth Doped Double Tungstate Crystals for Solid-state Bulk, Thin-disk and Waveguide Lasers (invited) 348
Valentin Petrov
Growth and Characterization of Highly Yb3+doped KY(W04)2 Thin Layers 349
Shanmugam Aravazhi, Dimitri Geskus, Koop Van Dalfsen, DetlefGunther, Markits Pollnau
Optical and Magneto-optical Properties ofNeodymium and Erbium doped Gallium Nitride Epilayers 350
Nathaniel Woodward, H. X. Jiang, J. Y. Lin, J. M. Zavada, E. Readinger, V. Dierolj
Excitation Quenching in Er3+-doped A1203 Amplifiers 351
Laura Agazzi, Kerstin Wdrhoff, Markus Pollnau
Red, Green and Violet Up-convcrsion in Erbium Doped Telluride Glasses 352
KrzysztofAnders, Anna Jttsza, MichalMalinowski, Dariitsz Pysz, RyszardSiepien, Ryszard Piramidowicz
Physical Properties and Crystal Microstructure of the Single Crystal Fibres Made from Rare-earth Oxides 353
Valerii Voronov, Alexander Veber, Lyttdmila Jskhakova, Vilalii Kashin, Sergey Rusonov, Vladimir Tsvetkov
Structure and Spectral-luminescent Properties of Nanostructured CaF2-TmF3 Ceramics a Potential Active
Medium for 2 ujbi Lasers 354
Polina Ryabochklna, FedorBolschikov, Andrey Lyapin, Alexander Malov, Marina Kruglova, Evgeniy Chuprunov, VyacheslavOsiko, Pavel Fedorov, Sergey Kouznetzov, Sergey Ushakov, Evgeny Garibln
Material Preparation and Optical Properties ofHo-dopcd KPb2Cls and KPb2Br5 for applications as mid-IR gainmedia 355
UweHommerich, Olusola Oyebola, Eiei Brown, Althea Bluiett, Sudhir Trivedi
Ir Luminescence from Subvalcnt Bismuth in Phosphate Glass and Glass-ceramic Matrices a New Insight Into the
Nature of Luminescent Bi Species 356
Alexey Romanov, Zukhra Fattakhova, Denis Zhigunov, LeonidBuchnev, Vladimir Korchak, Vladimir Sulimov
Investigation ofThermal Effects in Nd YAG Ceramics Under High Heat Load 357
Mateusz Kaskow, Lukasz Gorajek, JanK, Jabczynski, Jacek Kwiatkowski, Waldemar Zendzian
Ho-doped Tellurite Glasses for Emission in the Mid Infrared Wavelength Region 358
Daniel Milanese, Joris Luosteau, Laercio Gomes, Madia Boetti, Silvio Abrate, Stuart Jackson
Superfiuorescence and Random Quasi-phase-matching in Pulsed Laser Deposited Nd YAG 359
Mathias Hoffmann, Mark Gyamfi, Stefan Schrameyer, HolgerBlaschke, Detlev Ristau, Uwe Morgner
Optical Properties ofGGG Thin Films Doped with NiJ+ and Co2+
ions 360
KrzysztofKopczynski, Jerzy Sarnecki, Jaroslaw Mlynczak, Michal Malinowski, Ryszard Piramidowicz, Zygmunt Mierczyk, Maria
Maciejewska, Magdalena Nakielska
Fluorescence Properties of Pr YSZ Doped Polymer Nanocomposites ,361
Ryszard Piramidowicz, AnnaJusza, KrzysztofAnders, JanuszD. Fidelus, Marek Godlewski, Sergey Yatsunenko
Photoluminescencc Centers in Gamma-irradiated Bismuth-doped Glasses 362
Boris Denker, Boris Galagan, Sergei Sverchkav, Ilya Shulman, Evgeniy Dianov
Thermal Expansion Coefficients Anisotropy of Monoclinic Potassium (Rare-earth) Double Tungstates K/?e(WO,i)
2{fle=Gd,Y,Lu,Yb) 363
Pavel Loiko, Konstantin Yumashev, Nikolai Kuleshov, Galina Rachkovskaya, Anatoly Pavlyuk
Transient Saturation Spectroscopy for Measuring the Lifetime ofHyperfine Sublevels in ""Er3* Ions Doped in a
Silicate Glass Fiber 364
Daisuke Hashimoto, Kaoru Shimizu
Optical Properties and Faraday Effects on Terbium Gallium Garnet Ceramics for Faraday Rotator 365
Hidetsugu Yoshida, Koji Tsubakimoto, Yasusi Fujimoro, Hisanori Fujita, Noriaki Miyanaga, Hoshiteru Nozawa, Hideki Yagi,
Takagiinl Yanagitani, Yutaka Nagata, Hiroo Kinoshita
Optical Characterisation of Carbon-Nanohorn Based Nanofluids for Solar Energy and Life Science Applications 366
Elisa Sani, Luca Mercatelli, Giovanni Zaccanti, Fahrizio Martelli, Paola Di Nlnni, Simona Barison, CesarePagura, Annalisa
Giannini, DavidJafrancesco, Daniela Fontani, FrancoFrancini
Effect of Porosity on the Laser Induced Damage Threshold of Sol-gel SiOj and Zr02 Single Layer Films 367
Yuanjun Gtto, ShaoboHe, Xiaotao Zu, Xiaodong Yuan, Haibin Lv, Xiaodong Jiang
Intrinsic Spectral Selectivity in Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics for Solar Applications 368
Luca Mercatelli, Elisa Sani, Paola Sansoni, Annalisa Giannini, Franco Francini, Diletta Sciti
Study on UV absorption edge ofMgO doped LiNbOj and CTVE excitons 369
Feifei Xin, GuoquanZhang, Yongzhe Zhang, Yongfa Kong, JingjunXu
Accurate Measurements ofRefractive Indices ofUndoped and Mg-doped Stoichiometric LiNb03 and Litao3 370
Ichiro Shqji, Daisuke Gunji, Masashi Hakamata, Tatsuo Fukui, Yasunori Furukawa
Variable Stripe Length Method for Optical Gain Measurements Characteristic Lengths 371
Luis Cerddn, Angel Costela, Inmaculada Garcia-Moreno
Intrinsic Defects Pinned at the Domain Wall in LithiumNiobate 372
Greg Stone, Hendrik Steigerwald, Karsten Base, Wolfgang Sohler, Venkalraman Gopalan, Simon Phillpot, Volkmar Dierolf
SHG Capabilities of RECOB (RE - Y, Gd) Oxyborate Crystals 373
Pascal Loiseau, Takunori Taira, GerardAka
Photoacoustic Detection of WeakAbsorption in Lithium Niobate 3 74
NikJas Waasem, Stephan Fieberg, Daniel Haerlle, Frank Kiihnemann, Karsten Buse
Temperature Effect on the Brillouin Gain Spectra of Highly Doped Aluminosilicate Fibers 375
Francesco H. Moimtfort, Seongwoo Yoo, Alexander J. Boyland, Andrew S. Webb, Johan Nilsson, Jayanta K. Saint
Optical Bistability in Colloidal Solution of Er-Yb Doped LaF3 Nanocrystals 376
Egor Pobegatov, Peter Agruzov, Igorlllcliev, Alexander Shamray
A Novel Evaporation Method of Porphyrin/Alq3 Mixture for OLED Fabrication 377
SeyedHoseinRazavi, Ezeddin Mohajerani, Alt Khabazi, Hashem Shahroosvand, MohammadJanghooH, Isa AhmadAlidokht,
Hose'm Jaslmsaz
Titanium free Optical Waveguides in Lithium Niobate produced by Etching During Indiffusion of Titanium
(EDIT) 378
Tristan Craslu, Vijay Sivan, Thach Nguyen, Arnan Mitchell
Er3*-dopcd Glass-polymer Composite Thin Films Fabricated Using Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition 379
Zhanxiang Zhao, Gin Jose, MehrdadIrannejad, Paul Steenson, Nikos Bamiedakis, Richard Penty, Ian White
Direct Opal Fabrication From Silver-coated Silica Microspheres 380
Michaela K. Micko, Matthias Brendle, Judith M. Dawes
Characterisation of Optical Waveguides in BGO Crystals Fabricated by N+ Ion Implantation 381
Stefano Pelli, Sitnone Bemeschi, Gualtiero Nttnzi Conti, Silvia Soria, Giancarlo Cesare Righini, Istvan Banyasz, Krisztidn Lengyel,Agnes Peter, Andrea Watterich, Tivdar Lohner, Miklds Fried, Zsolt Zolnai
Transient Raman Response of Novel Chalcogenide Micro-structured Optical Fibre 382
Tomas Kohoutek, Xin Yan, Tetsuro Shiosaka, Shinlaro Mizuno, Spyros Yannopoulos, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi
Tellurite/Phosphate Composite Microstructured Optical Fiber with High Nonlinearity and Flattened Dispersion 383
Xin Yan, Meisong Liao, Tong Huang Titan, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishi
Highly Birefringcnt Microstructured Fibers with Low Mode Field Asymmetry 384
Alexander Denisov, Andrei Levchenko, Sergei Semjonov, Evgucni Dianov
Partial Power Recovery of Bend-induced Loss Using a Hybrid Index-guiding Photonic Crystal Fiber,
385
Christos Markos, Kyriakos Vlachos, George Kakarantzas
Gratings in Liquid Crystal Golden Nanosuspensions due to Thermal Nonlinearity 386
Elena Ouskova, Dariya Lysenko, Yuriy Reznikov, Stanishv Ksiondzyk, Liliana Cseh, GeorgMehl, Victor Reshentnyak
Aulostercoscopic Display Using a Holographic Splitter in Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystals 387
WeiChiaSu, Chien Yue Chen, Hsin Wei Ho
Light Interaction with Nematic Liquid Crystals Doped with Azocompounds of Different Molecular Weight 388
Ivan Budagovsky, Dminy Pavlov, Sergei Shvetsov, Mikhail Smayev, Alexander Zolotko, Nataliya Boiko, Mikhail Barnik
Dcphasing Relaxation of Localized Surface Plasmons Investigated by Persistent Hole Burning Role of the
Stabilizing Molecules in Nanocolloids 389
Leonardo DeS. Menezes, Euclides Almeida, Augusto C. L. Moreira, Antonio M, Brito-Silva, CidB. DeAraujo
Investigation of Coherent Acoustic Phonons in THz Quantum Cascade Laser Structures 390
Mike Hettkh, Axel Bmchausen, James Lloyd-Hughes, Raphael Gebs, Albrechl Bartels, Milan Fischer, Manias Beck, Giacomo
Scalari, Jerome Falsi, Thomas Dekorsy
Improving Efficiency ofQuantum Dot Infrared Photodetcctor by using Photonic Crystal Framework in the Active
Layer 391Zhihui Chen, Ying Fu, Zhongyuan Yu
ARROW Guiding Silicon Photonic Crystal Fibres (invited) 392
Noel Healy, Justin Sparks, Ronrui He, Pier Sazio, John Badding, Anna Peacock
SF6 Glass Hollow-core Photonic Crystal Fibre 393
Xin Jiang, Tijmen Euser, Amir Abdolvand, Fehim Babic, Nicolas Joly, Philip Russell
Polarization Noise Induced by Photon-Phonon Interaction in Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fibres 394
Wenjia Zhong, Bettina Heim, Dominique Elser, Christoph Marquardt, Gerd Leuchs
Nonlinear Absorption and Self-Phase Modulation in Silicon Optical Fibres 395
Priyanth Mehla, Noel Healy, Justin Sparks, Todd Day, Pier Sazio, John Badding, AnnaPeacock
Novel Bend-Resistant Design of Single-Mode Microstructured Fibers 396Victor Shevandin, Vladimir Demidov, Konstantin Dukelskii
Electromcchano-optically Tuned Ring Resonator in Silicon on Insulator, Monolithically Integrated with a
Microcantilcvcr, 397
Lasse J, Kauppinen, Shahina M. C. Abdulla, Gijs J. M. Krijnen, MarkusPollnau, Rene' M. DeRldder
Distributed Bragg Reflector High-Q Cavities and Lasers in Alj03 on Silicon 398
Edward Bernhardi, Henk Van Wolferen, Kerslin Wdrhoff, Reni DeRldder, Markus Pollnau
Experimental Observation ofWhispering Gallery Modes in Novel Silicon Microcylindrical Resonators 399Natasha Vukovic, Noel Healy, Peter Horak, GanapathyMunigan, Justin Sparks, Pier Sazio, John Badding, Anna Peacock
Optical Characterization ofLiNb03 Whispering Gallery Mode Micro-Resonators Fabricated by Surface Tension
Reshaping ; 400
Charlie Ying, GanapathyMunigan, Gilberlo Brambilla, Collin Sones, Elisabeth Soergel, James Wilkinson, Robert Eason, MichalisZervas, Sakellaris Mailis
Visible Light Trimming of Coupled Ring-Resonator Filters in As2S3 Chalcogenide Glass Technology 401Antonio Canciamilla, Francesco Marichettl, Nathan Carlie, J, DavidMusgraves, Bogdan Zdyrko, IgorLuzinov, Kathleen
Richardson, Juejun Hit, Vivek Singh, Ami Agarwal, Lionel C. Kimerllng, AndreaMellani
Real-space Distribution of Cavity Modes in Single ZnO Nanowires 402
Frank Giiell, Alejandro R. Goiii, Julia Lopez- Vidrier, Josep Oriol Osso, Luis Alberto Perez, Eduardo Coronado, Albert Cornet,
Joan Ramon Morante
Domain Walls in lithium Niobatc and Lithium Tantalate Local Structure and Properties (Invited) 403Venkatraman Gopalan, Volkmar Dierolf,Long-Qing Chen, Simon Phillpot
Domain Patterning by Strongly Absorbed UV-light in LiNb03 Crystals 404
Hendrik Steigerwald, Yong Jun Ying, Robert W. Kason, Boris Slurman, Sakelaris Mailis, Elisabeth Soergel, Karsten Buse
Electro-Optic Coefficient Enhancement in Poled LiNbOj Waveguides 405Charlie Ying, Grigoris Zisis, Andrew Naylor, Pranabendu Gangopadhyay, Collin Sones, Elisabeth Soergel, Robert Eason,Sakellaris Mailis
Photorefractivity, Electro-opticaJ Coefficients and Refractive Indices of Zr-dopcd LiNbOj Crystals 406
Giovanni Nava, Wenbo Yan, Paolo Minzioni, Daniela Grando, Jacopo Parravicini, Nicola Argiolas, Marco Bazzan, Maria Vittoria
Ciampolilh, C'mzia Sada, Luca Sooner, Anna Maria Zallron, llaria Cristiani, Vittoria DegiorgioNonlinear Optics with Lithium Niobatc Nanocrystals .....407
Bastion Knabe, Manuel Peter, Daniel Schiltze, Matthias Ackermann, Karsten Buse
Degradation Recoverable DFB Lasers Based on P597 PDMS/PTFEMA 408
Hiroaki Yoshioka, Ryo Goto, Soichiro Omi, Yu Yang, Yuji Oki
Highly Photostable Lasing in an Organic Crystal of Thiophcne/Phcnylene Co-Oligomer 409
Koji Watanabe, Takeshi Yamao, Keniehi Yamashita, Shu Hotta, Kunishige Oe
Low Threshold All-organic Composite Laser 410
Benoit Guilhabert, Nicolas Laurand, Allan R. Mackintosh, Yujie Chen, Johannes Herrnsdorf, Alexander Kanibalotsky, Peter J.
Skabara, Martin D. Dawson
Efficiency and Photostability Optimization in Pcrylene-doped Polymer Distributed Feedback Lasers and
Amplifiers 411
Luis Cerddn, Gonzalo Durdn-Sampedro, Inmaculada Garcla-Moreno, Angel Costela, Ja\>ier DeAbajo
Crystal Orientation and Defects ofOpal Films Made by the Capillary Deposition Method 412Mulda Muldarlsnur, Frank Marlow
Quasi-Epitaxial Single-Crystalline Organic OH1 Films with High Electro-Optic Activity on Inorganic Structures
for Large-Scale Photonic Integration 413
Mojca Jazbinsek, Seong-Ji Kwon, Peter Gilnler
Titanium Dioxide Coated Photoinduccd Surface ReliefGrating As a Resonant Waveguide Grating 414
Tapani Alasaarela, Arri Priimagi, Benfeng Bai, Ari Tervonen, Seppo Honkanen
Light Turning Mirrors for Hybrid Integration of Optical Waveguides in SiON Technology and CMOS based
Photo-detectors 415
Fehmi Civilci, Alfred Driessen, Hugo J. W. M. Hoekstra
Direct Laser Writing ofMicrooptical Structures Using a Germanium-containing Hybrid Photopolymer 416
Mangirdas Malinauskas, Albertas Zukauskas, Vytautas Purlys, ElminaKambouraki, Arune Gaidukeviciute, Ioanna Sakellari,
Stavros Pissadakis, Roaldas Gadonas, Maria Vamvakaki, Maria Farsari
Fabrication of Multilayer Crystalline Rib Waveguides by a Combined Multi-step Pulsed Laser
Deposition/precision Machining Technique 417
/Catherine S/oyan, Lewis Carpenter, Timothy May-Smith, Christopher Holmes, James Gates, Peter Smith, Robert Eason
Self-induced Patterning of PDMS Microstructures by Photorefractive Effect on Lithium Niobate Crystals 418Lisa Miccio, Melania Paturzo, Andrea Finizio, Pietro Ferraro
Physically Micromachined Silica-on-silicon Integrated Corner Mirrors 419
Lewis G. Carpenter, Helen L. Rogers, Christopher Holmes, James C. Gates, Peter G. R. Smith
Linear and NonlincarOptical Properties of Gold nanoparticle-dopcd Photonic Crystal Fiber 420
Laurent Bigot, Hicham El Hamzaoui, Antoine Le Rouge, Fernand Chassagneux, Giraud GeraudBouwmans, Bruno Capoen,Mohamed Buuazaoui
Polarizing Very-Large-Modc-Arca Bragg fiber 421
Svetlana Aleshkina, Mikhail Likhachev, AndreyPryamikov, Dmitty Gaponov, Alexander Denisov, Mikhail Bttbnov, Mikhail
Salganskii, Alexei Guryanov, Sebaslien Fevrier
Direct Bragg Grating Writing in a Hybrid PDMS/Silica photonic Crystal Fiber 422
George Kakarantzas, Antonio Diez, Jose L, Cruz, Christos Markos, Miguel V. Andres, Kyriakos Vlachos
Engineering Mode-gaps in Photonic Crystal Waveguides for Filtering Applications 423
Naeem Shahid, Mingyu Li, Shagiifla Naureen, Marcin Swillo, Srinivasan Anand
Heterogeneous Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Crystals for Enhanced Light- Matter Interaction 424
Sergei Romanov, Alexander Korovin, Vlf Pescltel
ULTRAFAST OPTICS AND APPLICATIONS
Demonstration ofWaveguide Regime for Chalcogenide Hollow-core Optical Fiber with Negative Curvature of
Core Boundary from Mid- to Far-infrared 425
Alexey Kosolapov, AndreyPryamikov, Maxim Astapovich, Vladimir Shiryaev, Gennady Snopatin, Victor Platnichenko. Alexander
Birhtkov, Mikhail Churbanov, Evgeny Dianov
Efficient Hollow Fiber Compression Scheme for 1.6 mJ, Waveform-controlled, Sub-5fs Pulses Generation 426
Xiaowei Chen, Arnaud Malvache, Aurelien Ricci, Vladimir Pervak, Jem Rauschenberger, Aurelie Jullien, Rodrigo Lopez-Martens
Hollow Fiber Pulse Compression of Multi-millijoule, 200-fs Pulses from a cw-Diodc-Pumped Single-Stage Yb CaF2MOPA 427
Daniil Kartashov, Giedrius Andriukaitis, Duian Lorenc, Audrius Pugzlys, Andrius BaltuSka, Linas Giniunas, Romualdas Danielius,
Jens Limpert
Carrier-envelope Phase Stabilization of a Grating Based Chirped Pulse Amplified Laser at 17 mJ, 1 KHz Using
Regenerative and Cryo-coolcd Amplifiers 428
Jean-Francois Hergotl. Pierre-Maty Paul, Olivier Tcherbakoff, Philippe Demengeot, Michel Perdrix, Fabien Lepelil, David
Garzella, Delphine Guillaumet, Michel Comle, Olivier Gobert, Pascal D'Oliveira
Towards Single Shot Carrier-envelope Phase Stabilization for Multi KHz Ultrafast Amplifiers 429
Vincent Crozatier, Nicolas Forget, Thomas Oksenhendler
Few-cycle Pulse Generation in a Dispersion-shifted Silica Fiber with Erbium-doped Laser System 430
Elena Anashkina, Alexei Andrianov, Sergei Mwavyev, ArkadyKim
Sub-20 Fs Energetic Ncar-IR Pulses Generated with Cascaded Soliton Compression in Short Lithium Niobate
Crystals 431
Binbin Zhou, Andy Chang, Frank W. Wise, Morten Bache
Multi-threaded Parallel Numerical Modellung of Femtosecond Pulse propagation in Laser Machining 432
Mandana Baregheh, Vladimir Mezenlsev, Holger Schmitz
Spatio-temporal Rogue Events in Femtosecond Filamentation 433
Donatas Majus, Vytaulas Jukna. Gintaras Valiulis, Daniele Faccio, Audrius Dubietis
Single-beam CARS Spectroscopy Using a Soliton Stokes Pulse and a Spectrally-compressed Pump Pulse from a
PCF 434
Kazuhiro Tada, Naoki Karasawa
Transporting Shaped Pulses Through an Optical Fiber in the Nonlinear Regime for Selective Excitation of Two-
photon Transitions 435
Monika Pawlowska, Alexander Palas, GeorgAchazi, Nona Rahmal, Atbrechl Lindinger
Space-time Coupling of Shaped Ultrafast Ultraviolet Pulses from an Acousto-optic Programmable Dispersive
Filter 436
Ayhan Tajalli, David McCabe, Dane Austin, Beatrice Chatel
Design of Time-preserving Grating Monochromators for Ultrashort Extreme-ultraviolet Pulses 437
Luca Poletto, Fabio Frassetto
Failure of the Linear Raman Gain Approximation in Supcrcontinuum Generation 438
Miro Erkintalo, GoSty Genly, Benjamin Wetzel, John Dudley
Efficient Spectral Conversion and Temporal Compression ofFemtosecond Pulses in SF6 439
Zhavoronkov Nickolai
Sub-femtosecond K-Shcll Excitation Through Laser-Induced Electron Re-collision 440
Gilad Marcus, Wolfram Helml, Xun Gu, Yunpei Deng, Robert Hartmann, Takayoshi Kobayashi, Lothar Strueder, Reinhard
Kienberger, Ferenc Krausz
Simple and Compact Carrier-Envclopc-Phasc Stabilized Ti sapphire Laser 441
Jinghua Sun, Derryck Reid, Lukasz Kornaszewski, William Miller, Graeme Malcolm
Carrier-envelope Phase Control by Linear Electro-optic Effect in LiNbOj 442
Olivier Goberl, Pierre-Mary Paul, Jean-Francois Hergolt, Olivier Tcherbakoff, Fabien Lepelil, Frangois Viala, Michel Comle
Asynchronous Modelocked Yb KYW Lasers for Dual-comb Spectroscopy 443
Zhaowai Zhang, Tom Gardiner, Derryck Reid
Adaptive Wavefront Diagnostics of Ultrashort Pulses with Programmable Microaxicons 444
Martin Bock, Christoph Schwanke, SusantaKumar Das, Roland Beutner, Michael Diehl, Carsten Fischer, Ruediger Gmmvald
Adaptive Generation of Bessel-likc Beams by Reflective Multi-electrode Piezo-axicons 445
Jens Brtmne, Martin Bock, Alexander Treffer, Ulrike Wallrabe, Ruediger Grtmwald
Modification ofCoherent Acoustic Phonon Lifetimes in Thin Gold Films by Self-assembled Molecular Monolayers 446
Mike Hetlich, Axel Bruchhausen, Stephen Riedel, Simon Verleger, Tobias Geldliauser, Richa Chauhan, Oliver Rislow, Daniel
Issenmann, Johannes Boneberg, Paul Leiderer, Elke Scheer, JUrg Dual, Thomas Dekorsy
Extremely White Supercontinuum Generation in Three-hole Suspended-core Fiber 447
Igor Shavrin, Peter Tvarozek, Martin KoyH, Kay Schuster, Siejfen Novotny, Hanne Ludvigsen
Complete Measurement of 8 fs Pulses with Wideband SPIRIT 448
Lluis Martlnez-Ledn. Tigran Mansuryan, Meri Kalashyan, Jerome Lhermite, Frediric Louradour, Christophe Hazera, Stephane
Petit, Eric Cormier, Alain Barlheldmy
High-power Ti Sapphire Oscillator for a MHzEUV Source 449
Enikoe Seres, Christian Spielmaim
Direct Spatial-temporal Discrimination of Modes in a Photonic Lightwave Circuit Using Photon ScanningTunnelling Microscopy 450
Sam A. Berry, James C. Gates, William S. Brocklesby
Sub-12fs Pulses Characterization by Self-referenced Spectral Intcrferometry 451
Stdplianie Grabielle, Antoine Mottlet, Nicolas Forget, Vincent Crozatier, Sebastian Coudreau, Olivier Gobert, Christian
Cornaggia, Thomas Oksenhendler
Transmission Bragg-grating Grisms for Pulse Compression 452
Nicolas Forget, Vincent Crozatier, Pierre Tourtiois
Self-referenced Spectral Intcrferometry in the UV Domain 453
Stephanie Grabielle, Sebastien Coudreau, Vincent Crozatier, Nicolas Forget, Fabien Lepetit, Olivier Gobert, Thomas
Oksenhendler
Fundamental and Harmonic Mode-locking with Pulse Repetition Rate Between 200 MHz and 6.8 GHz in a
Quantum-dot External-cavity Laser 454
YingDing, Daniil Nikiticltev, Igor Krestnikov, Daniil Livshits, Maria Ana Catahma, Edik Rafailov
High-Power Ultrafast Laser Source with 300 MHz Repetition Rate for Trapped-Ion Quantum Logic 455
Andreas Jechow, Matthew Petrasiunas, Mick Pullen, John Canning, Michael Stevenson, Paul Westbrook, Kenneth Feder, David
Kielpinski
Dissipative Dispersion-Managed Soliton 2 pm Tm-Ho Fiber Laser 456
Regina Gumenyuk, Ismo Vartiainen, Heinmo Tuovinen, Oleg Okbolnikov
Direct Space-to-Time Femtosecond Pulse Shaping based on 2D Phase-Only Spatial Light Modulator 457
Tigran Mansuryan, Meri Kalashyan, JeromeLhermite, Alain Barthelemy, Vincent Kermene, Frederic Loitradour
Picosecond Pulses from an FDML Laser 458
Christoph Eigenwillig, Wolfgang Wieser, Benjamin Biedermann, Thomas Klein, Robert Huber
Studies and Realization of an Experimental Set-up for Micro Airy Beams Generation 459
Arnauiy Mathis, Maxime Jacquot, Francois Cowvoisier, Luc Froehly, John M. DudleyVariable Ultrafast Fiber Bragg Grating Inscription with a Phase Mask and a Deformed Wave Front 460
Christian Voigtldnder, RiaBecker, Jens Thomas, Daniel Richter, Andreas Tiinnermann, Stefan Nolle
Supcrfluorescence Dynamics of OPCPAs in the Saturation Regime 461
Jeffrey Moses, Cristian Manzoni, Giulio Cemllo, Franz X. Kdrtner
Development and Characterization of Stable Fiber-Based Mid-Infrared Sources (Invited) 462
RandyA. Barlels
All Passively Phase-Locked Er Fiber Laser System 463
DavidFehrenbacher, Gilnlher Krauss, Daniele Brida, Claudius Riek, Alexander Sell, Rupert Huber, Alfred LeilenstorferPulse Train Amplitude Modulation due to Continuum Resonances in GHz Soliton Fiber Lasers 464
IngmarHard, Albert Romann, Thomas R. Schibli, Martin E. Fermann
Coherent Tm-Fibcr Raman-Soliton Amplifier 465
Jie Jiang, Axel Ruehl, IngmarHarll, Martin Fermann
Properties ofa microjoule-class fiber oscillator mode-locked with a SESAM 466
Caroline Lecaplain, Billend Ortac, Guillaume Machine!, Johan Boullel, Martin Batimgartl, Thomas Schreiber, Eric Cormier,Ammar Hideur
Ultrabroad Bandwidth Signal Generation Based on Frequency-to-time Mapping in the Temporal Fresncl Regime 467
Victor Torres-Company, Daniel Leaird, Andrew Weiner
Supcrcontinuum Generation in Laser Host Materials with Pulse Durations Over the Entire Femtosecond Regime 468
Maximilian Bradler, Eberhard Riedle
Laser-driven Parametric Amplification of Soft X-rays (invited) 469
Jozsef Seres, Enikoe Seres, DanielHochhaus, Boris Ecker, Bastion Aurand, Daniel Zimmer, Bernhard Zielbauer, BjSrn Landgraf,Vincente Bagnottd, Thomas Kuchl, Christian Spielmann
Compact and Tunable Sub-20 fs Laser Source for Ultrafast Nonlinear Applications 470
BerndMetzger, AndySte'mmann, Gelon Albrecht, HaraldGiessen
Sub-two Cycle Pulse Generation with All Normal Dispersion Photonic Crystal Fiber and Linear ChirpCompensation 471
Jan Rothhardl, Alexander Heidi. Alexander Hartung, Hartmul Bartelt, Erich Rohwer, Jens Limpert, Andreas Tiinnermann
All-Optical Transistor Using an Optical Event Horizon 472
Jens Bethge, Carsten Bree, Shalva Amiranashvili, Frank Noack, Giinter Steintneyer, Ayhan Demircan
Tailored Accelerating Beam Profiles Through a Caustic-based Approach to Wavefront Design 473
Luc Froehly, Remo Giust, Francois Courvoisier, Amaury Mathis, Maxime Jacquot, Luca Furfaro, John Michael Dudley
The Spectrum ofTHz Radiation from Plasma Produced by Strong Multicolor Optical Fields 474
Ihar Babushkin, Stefan Skupin, Christian Koehler, Luc Berge, Joachim Herrmann
Direction ofTHz Emission by Ionizing Two-Color Pulses 475
Christian KiShler, Eduardo Cabrera-Granado, Ihar Babushkin, Joachim Herrmann, Stefan Skupin, Luc Berge
Carrier-envelope Phase in Pulse Compression Mediated by Filamcntation 476
Luc Berge, Charles-Louis Saulez, Christian Kdhler, Stefan Skupin
Towards High Energy 10 fs Laser Pulse Via Regenerative Pulse Shaping 477
Pierre-MaryPaul, Fabien Pie, Luc Vigroux, FranckFalcoz, Federico Canova, Gilles Riboulei
Waveform Characterization of Few-Cycle Laser Pulses in Real-Time using Above-Threshold Ionization 478
Arthur Sayler, Tim Rathje, MaxMoller, Dominik Hoff, Gero Stihenz, Walter Midler, Christian Kiirbis, Klaus RtlMe, Gerhard
Pauhts
Carrier-envelope Phase Stabilization of a Soliton-effect Compressed Sub-two-cycle Pulse Source 479
AlexandraAgra Amorhn, Luis M. Bernardo, Franz X. Kdrtner, Helder M. CrespoCharacterization of Ultrashort Laser Pulses with a Terahertz Streak Camera 480
Olaf Schubert, Claudius Riek, Friederike Junglnger, A lexander Sell, A Ifred Leilenstorfer, Rupert Huber
Precise Phase Shaping and Characterization of the Mid-infrared Femtosecond Pulses 481
SatoshiAshihara, Ytita Hirasawa, KaoriEnomoto
Theoretical and Experimental Analysis ofSpatiotemporal Field Coupling of Ultrashort Pulses Diffracted byCircular Amplitude Apertures 482
Benjamin Alonso, Omel Mendoza-Yero, Inigo J. Sola, Oscar Varela, Gladys Minguez-Vega, Jesus Lands, Vicent Climent, Luis
Roso
Two-photon Absorption As Convenient Method for 20 fs Pulse Length Measurement in the Deep UV 483
NilsKrebs, Christian Homann, PeterLang, Alexandra Waritschlager, Eberhard Riedle
High-Power Mid-Infrared Optical Parametric Chirped-Pulse Amplifier Based on Aperiodically Poled MgLiNbOj 484
Clemens Hease, Christopher R. Phillips, Lukas Gallmann, Martin M. Fejer, Ursula Keller
Compact OPCPA System Generating CEP-stabilized Two-cycle Pulses with Repetition Rates up to 500 kHz 485
Marcel Schultze, Thomas Binhammer, MoritzEmons, Tino Lang, UweMorgner
Demonstration of Phase Matching Bandwidth Extension in Cavity-Enhanced Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse
Amplification 486
AleemSiddiqui, Kyung-Han Hong, Jeffrey Moses, Jonathan Cox, Franz X. Kdrtner
Self Frequency Shift Near 2 um in Periodically Poled Lithium Niobate Waveguides 487
Christopher R. Phillips, Jie Jiang, Carsten Langrock, lngmar Harll, Martin M. Fejer, Martin Fermann
Tuneable Broadband Optical Parametric Oscillator Pumped by an Yb KLu(W04)2S Thin-Disk Laser Oscillator 488
Tina Lang, Thomas Binhammer, Stefan Rausch, Guida Palmer, Marcel Schultze, Uwe Margner
650-nJ Pulses from a Cavity-Dumped Yb Fiber-Pumped Ultrafast Optical Parametric Oscillator 489
Tobias P. lamour, Derryck T. Reid
Generation ofHigh Energy, Sub-20-fs Vacuum UV Pulses by Noncollinear Four-wave-mixing in Argon 490
Marcus Beutler, Masood Chotbi, Frank Noack
High Energy, Sub-20 Fs Pulses in the Deep Ultraviolet by Using Filamentation in Argon 491
Masood Ghotbi, Peter Trabs, Marcus Beutler
Filamentation-based Polarization Pulse Shaping for High Order Harmonic Generation 492
Matteo Negro, Caterina Vozzi, Francesco Calegari, SandroDc Silvestri, Salvatore Stagira
Chirp Controlled Pulse Self-compression in Filaments and Its Spatio-temporal Characterization 493
Oscar Vareta, Benjamin Alonso, Julio San Roman, lUigo J. Sola, Luis Rosa
Filamentation of Beam Shaped Femtosecond Laser Pulses in Gases and Liquids (Invited) 494
Pavel Polynkin
Dispersive Optics Paving the Way to Sub-cycle Optical Pulses (invited) 495
Vladimir Pervak, Alexander Apolonskiy, Ivan Angelov, Olga Ruzskazovskaya, Eleflherios Goulieltnakis, Fereitc Krattsz
High Average Power Ultrashort Pulses with >S GW Peak Power 496
Stejfen Hadrich, Henning Carslens, Jan Rothhardt, Jens Limpert, Andreas Tiinnennann
High Efficient XPW Generation for High Contrast High Energy Ultrashort Laser Pulses 497
Lourdes Patricia Ramirez, Dimitris N. Papadopoulos, Alain Pellcgrina, PascalMonot, Attrelien Ricci, Aurelle Jullien, Xiaowel
Chen, Jean Philippe Rouseau, Rodrigo Lopez-Martens, Patrick Georges, FredericDnion
HIGH-FIELD LASER PHYSICS AND ATTOSECOND TECHNOLOGIES
Ultra-fast Writing of Self-organized Bubble Networks Using Femtosecond Laser Exposure in the Cumulative
Regime 498
Yves Bellouard, Max-Olivier Hanglcr
Sub-cycle Double Ionization Dynamics ofArgon and Neon 499
Boris Bergues, Matthias Kilbel, Nora Johnson, Kelsie Belsch, Robert Jones, Gerhard Pauks, Robert Moshammer, Joachim
Ullrich, Ferenc Krattsz, Matthias Kling
High Energy Proton Ejection from Hydrocarbon Molecules Driven by Highly Efficient Field Ionization 500
Stefan Roilher, Xinhua Xie, Daniil Kartashov, Li Zhang, Marbis Schiiffter, Huailiang Xu, Alshushi Iwasaki, Tomoyo Okino, Kaoru
Yamanouchi, Andrius Baltuska, Marktis Kitzler
Recent Experiments at LCLS Multidimensional Imaging ofX-ray Induced Ultrafast Reactions (invited) 501
A rtent Rudenko
Sub-cycle Time-resolved Single Photon Ionization 502
Aart VerhoefAlexander Mitrofanov, Maria Kribmova, NikolayKabachnik, Armin Scrinzi, Marktis Dresclter, Andrius Baltuska
Breakdown of the Independent Electron Approximation in Sequential Double Ionization 503
Claudia Cirelli, Adrian N Pfeiffer, Mathias Smolarski, Reinhard Ddrner, Ursula Keller
High-harmonic Generation from Solid Targets at 1 KHz Using Waveform-controlled Few-cycle Pulses 504
Atltonin Borol, Arnaud Malvache, Xiaowei Chert, Aure'lie Jullien, Patrick Audebert, Jean-Paul Geindre, Ge'rardMourau, Fabicn
Qttere, Rodrigo Lopez-MartensObservation of few-cycle, strong-field phenomena in surface plasmon fields 505
Peter Dombi, Scott In'ine, Peter Racz, Miklos Lenner, Norbert Krod, Gyozo Farkas, Alexander Mitrofanov, Andrius Baltuska,Takaa Fuji, Ferenc Krausz, Abdul Elezzabi
Femtosecond XUV Photoelectron Spectroscopy of Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics in Gadolinium and Terbium 506Robert Carley, BjOrn Frietsch, Kristian Ddbrieh, Martin Teichmantt, Cornelius Gahl, Olaf Schwarzkopf, Philippe Wernet, FrankNoack, Martin Weinell
Efficient On-axis Third Harmonic Generation in a Light Filament 507Emilia Schulz, Daniel S. Steingrttbe, Tobias Vockerodt, Thomas Binhammer, Uwe Morgner, Milutin Kovaccv
Laser-induced Water Condensation in Air (invited) 508Jer&tne Kasparian, Philipp Rohwetter, Kami! Stelmaszczyk, Zuoqiang Hao, Stefano Henin, Noe'lle Lascoux, Walter MNakaetna,Yannick Petit, Manuel Qtteijler, Rami Salame', Estelle Salmon, Ludger Waste, Jean-Pierre Wolf
Attosecond Dynamic Imaging Ideas, Results, and Hopes (Tutorial) 509
Misha Ivanov
Controlling and Reading Interference Structures Created by Strong Field Ionizing Attosecond Electron Wave
Packets 510Xinhua Xie, Stefan Roilher, Daniil Kartashov, Li Zhang, Entll Persson, Stefanie Grafe, Marktis Schbfflcr, Joachim Burgddrfer,Andrius Baltuska, Marktis Kitzler
Single-Shot Ultrafast Electron Diffraction Using Electrons Accelerated by an Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulse 511
Shuji Sakabe, Shigeki Tokita, Masaki Hashida, Kazuto Olani, Shunstike Inotie, Toshihiko Nishoji
Quantum-path Interferomctry for High-harmonic Generation 512Dane R. Austin, lan A, Walmstey
Single Attosecond Pulse from Terahertz Assisted High-order Harmonic Generation 513Emeric Balogh, Katalin Kovdcs, JdzsefA. FilWp, P6ter Dombi, Gyozo Farkas, Jdnos Hebling, Valer Tosa, Katalin Varju
High-flux capillary based XUV source via the direct engineering of a laser induced ionization profile 514Patrick Anderson, Thomas Butcher, Peter Horak, Jeremy Frey, William Brocklesby
Yield Enhancement in Multicolour High-Order Harmonic Generation Superposition of Multiple Un-Related
Frequencies 515
DavidHoffmann, Thomas Siege!, Ricardo Torres, Leonardo Brugnera, Lake Chipperfield, Amelle Zair, Immacolala Procino,Emma Springate, Edmund Turcu, Jonathan Underwood, Jonathan Marangos
XUV to SXR Enhancement in HHG with a Quasi-Static Electric Field 516
Carles Serrat, Jens Biegert
Angle-Dependent High-Order Harmonic Generation from a Single N2 and 02 Molecule 517
Kazamichi Yoshii, GodaiMiyaji, Kenzo MiyazakiStable Relativistic UV Self-Channeling in Multi-Layer Gel Targets 518
AlexB. Borisov, Charles K. Rhodes
High Power Enhancement Cavities for Generation of XUV and X-Ray Radiation ofHigh Brilliance 519
Jan Kaster, hachim Pupeza, Tino Eidam, Christoph Jocher, Ernst Fill, Jens Limpert, RonaldJiolzwarlh, Birgitta Bernhardt,
Thomas Udem, Theodor W. Hdnsch, Andreas Tiinnermann, Ferenc Krausz
Spatially Resolved Characterization of Sub-4-fs Laser Pulses Using Spatially Encoded Spectral ShearingInterferometry 520
Tobias Witting, Felix Frank, Chris Arrell, William Okell, Jon Marangos, John Tisch
Generation of Sub-lSfs Pulses with Multi-terawatt Peak Power at 100-HzRepetition Rate 521
Yasuo Nabekawa, Yusuke Furukawa, AbdolrezaAmani Eilanlou, Kenichi L. Ishikawa, Hiroyttki Takahashi, Eiji J. Takahashi,
Kalsumi Midorikawa
Incommensurate Frequency Waveform Synthesis by Optical Parametric Amplification 522
Tadas Balchmas, Stefan Haessler, Giedrius Andriukaitis, Oliver D. Muecke, Audrius Pugzlys, Andrius Baltuska, Richard Squibb,Leszek Frasinski, Jon Marangos, John W. G. Tisch, Linos Giniunas, Romas Danielitts, RonaldHolzwarth
Millijoule-lcvcl CEP Stable 1.8 um 1.6 Cycle Laser Pulses 523
Francois Legare, Bruno E Schmidt, Andrew DShiner, Philippe Lassonde, DavidM Villeneuve, PaulB Corkum, Jean-Claude
Kieffer
A System for Doing Surface Science with Attosecond Pulses 524
Christopher Arrell, Eva Skopolova, Dangyuan Lei, Thorslen Uphies, Yamrick Sonnefraud, William Okell, Felix Frank, Tobias
Witting, Stefan Maier, Jon Marangos, John Tisch
Measuring the Influence ofthe Coulomb Binding Potential on the Trajectories of Strong-field Driven Electronic
Wave Packets 525
Xinhua Xie, Stefan Roither, Daniil Kartashov, Emil Persson, LI Zhang, Stefanie Grafe, MarkusSchdffler, Matthias Lezhts, Joachim
BurgdSrfer, Andrius Baltuska, MarkusKitzler
Direct Optical Observation of Attosecond Electron Wavepacket Interference 526
Lukas Gallmann, Mirko Holler, Florian Schapper, Ursula Keller
From OPA To OPCPA Boosting Laser Pulses To Extreme Intensities (Keynote) 527
Algis Piskarskas, Rytis Butkus
Sub-Optical-Cyclc Waveform Synthesis ofLight 52S
Eleftherios Goulielmakis, Adrian Wirth, Ivanka Grguras, MohammedHassan, Justin Gagnon, Antoine Moulet, Tran TrungLuu,Vladimir Pervak, FerencKrausz
Seeding of Extreme Ultraviolet Free Electron Laser with High-order Harmonic 529
Eiji Takahashi, Tadashi Togashi, Katsumi Midorikawa, Makoto Aoyama, Koichi Yamakawa, Takahiro Sato, Atsushi lwasaki,
ShigekiOwada, Kaoru Yamanouchi, Tom Hara, Shinichi Matsubara, Takashi Ohshima, Yuji Otake, Hitoshi Tanaka, Takashi
Tanaka, Hiromitsu Tomizawa, Takahiro Watanabe, Makina Yabashi, Tetsuya Ishikawa
Scientific Study of ELI Attosecond Light Pulse Source 530
Peter Dombi, Islvan B. Foldes, JozsefA. Fulop, Janos Hebling, Karoly Osvay, Gabor Szabo, Katalin Varju
Revealing the Giant Resonance in Xe Via HHG with Sub-two Cycle 1.8 um Laser Pulses 531
Bruno Etigen Schmidt, Andrew Shiner, Carlos Trallem-Herrero, Hans Jakob Wdrner, Serguei Patchkovskii, Jean-Claude Kieffer,Paul Corkum, David Villeneuve, Francois Legare
Efficient Attosecond Pulse Generation by Gating HHG with Sub-cycle Ionization Dynamics 532
Francesco Calegari, Federico Ferrari, Maiteo Lucchini, Caterlna Vozzi, Salvatore Stagira, Giuseppe Sansane, Mauro Nisnli
Optimization of High Harmonic Generation Driven by an Ytterbium-doped Fiber Chirped Pulse Amplification at
a Repetition Rate of 100 kHz 533
Amdlie Cabasse, Guillaume Machine!, Antoine Dubrouil, Eric Cormier, Eric Constant
Phase-matched Harmonic Generation Beyond the Water Window with a Mid-IR Parametric Amplifier 534
Giedrius Andriukaitis, Tadas Balciunas, Andrius Pugzlys, Andrius Baltuska, Tenio Popmintchev, Ming-Chang Chen, Margaret M.
Murnane, Hemy C Kapleyn
Direct Generation of Highly Phase-matched Isolated Attosecond Pulses Using Multi-m J, Carrier-envelope Phase
Stabilized, Few-cycle Laser Pulses,
.....535
Tsuneto Kanal, YuxiFu, Yasuhiro Kamba, Samuel Bohman, Hiroshi Yoshida, Takuya Kauai, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Eiji Takahashi,Yasuo Nabekawa, Akira Suda, Katsumi Midorikawa
OPTICAL SENSING AND METROLOGY
Gating of High-order Harmonic Emission Driven by a Two-color Mid-IR Optical Parametric Amplifie 536
Caterlna Vozzi, MaiteoNegro, Katalin Kovacs, Valer Tosa, Carlo Altacci, Rqffaele Velotta, Fabio Frassetto, Paolo Vilbresi, Luca
Poletto, Sandro De Silvestri, Salvatore StagiraStandoff Spectroscopy via Remote Generation of Backward Lasing and/or Gain SweptSuperradiance in Air
(Invited) 537
Marian Scully
Optofluidic Integrated Bragg Grating Chemical Sensor Utilising a Sodium-selective Receptor Surface to Enhance
Detection 538
RichardMParker, James C Gates, Martin C Grossel, Peter G R Smith
High Speed Pump-Probe Spectroscopy of SI3N4-based Micromechanical Systems 539
Oliver Ristow, Mike Hettich, Axel Bruchhausen, Stefan Bdchle, Artur Erbe, Elke Scheer, Thomas Dekorsy
Performance Improvement on Fiber-Based CW Modulation Laser Absorption Spectrometer System for CO;
Sensing 540
Shumpei Kameyama, Masaharu Imaki, Yoshihita Hirano, Shinichi Ueno, Daisuke Sakaizawa, Shuji Kawakami, Masakatsu
Nakajima
An Integrated Bragg Grating Oxygen Sensor Using A Hydrophobic Sol-gel Layer Doped with An Organic Dye 541
Dominic J. Wales, Richard M. Parker, James C. Gales, Martin C. Grossel, Peter G. R. Smith
Erbium-doped Sodium-lead and Tungsten-lead Metaphosphate Glasses for Temperature Sensing 542
Ricardo Momberg, Roger Gomes, GaBl Poirier, Fabia Cassanjes, Jandir Hickmann, March Alencar
Performance comparison between Raman and Brillouin intensity based sub metre spatial resolution temperature
compensated disstributcd strain sensor 543
MohammadBelal, Trevor Newson
Mid-infrared Waveguide Evanescent Field Chemical Sensor for Liquids 544
Yn-Chi Chang, Vincent Paeder, Luhos Hvozdara, Philip Wagli, Alexandra Homsy, Jean-MichelHarlmann, Hans Peter Herzig
Mid-infrared Photoacoustic Sensing of Glucose in Keratinocyte Solutions 545
Jonas Kallmann. Tobias Rosskopf, Julien M. Rey, Joachim Luginhiihl, Ernst Reichmann, Markus W. Sigrist
Infrared Spectroscopic Determination ofDrugs in Saliva... 546
Keratin M.-C. Hans, Susanne Mllller, Markus W. Sigrist
Photochemical Synthesis of Biphasic Gold-Silver Nanoalloys for Optical Fiber Surface-Enhanced Raman
Scattering Sensor 547
Changxi Yang, Ting Liu
Mid-IR Imaging of Doped Silicon Gratings at a Dccananometcr Scale 548
Zahreh Sedaghat, Aurelien Brnyant, Michel Kazan, Julien Vaillant, Sylvain Blaize, Nevine Rochal, Nicolas Chevalier, Enric
Garcia-Caudel, Pierre Morin, Pascal RoyerMid-infrared Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Emissions from Energetic Materials 549
Clayton Yang, Ei Brown, UweHommerich, Sudhir Trivedi, Peter Snyder, Alan Samuels
High Temperature, Robust Herriott Cell for Sensitive NH3 Spectroscopy to Optimize NO, Removal 550
Deran Johannes Henricus Carolina Maas, Barbara Panella, Hubert Braendle
Analysis and Simulation of Optical Response of Au-nanoparticle-fixed Beads for Optical Sensors of Microscopic
Local Environment 551
Shiho Tokonami, Taichi Hamada, Yojiro Yamamolo, Hidenobu Nakao, Hiroshi Shiigi, Tsutomu Nagaoka, TakuyaHda
Biosensor for Human Blood Types Determination Based on Chirped Photonic Fiber 552
Julia Skibina, Anion Malinin, Anaslasija Zanishevskaja, Vakry Tuchin, Valentin Befogtaov, Mikhail Chainikov, Valery
Dubrovsky, Aleksey Dolmashkin
Application of Artificial Neural Networks in Analysis of the LIBS Spectrum 553
Asiyeh Moosavi, Hosseln SaghafifarRemote Gas Leak Detection Using a Portable Mini-Lidar Based on a Doubly-Resonant OPO 554
Berlrand Hardy, Myriam Raybaul, Antoine Godard, Ajmal K. Mohamed, Jean-Michel Melkonian, Michel Lefebvre
Photoacoustic Gas Detection with LED QEPAS 555
Stefan Bbltger, Martin Angelmahr, Wolfgang Schade
Fluorescence/depolarization LIDAR for Mid-range Stand-off Detection of Biological Agents 556
Zygmunl Mlerczyk, KrzyszlofKopczynski, MarekZygmunt, Jacek Wojlanowski, Jaroslaw Mlynczak, Andrzej Gawlikowski, AndrzejMlodzianko, Wieslaw Piotrowski, Andrzej Gietka, Piolr Knysak, Tadeusz Drozd, Michal Muzal, MiroslawaKaszczuk, Roman
Ostrowski, Marcin Jakubaszek
Combining Physical Micro-machining and Direct UV Writing to Fabricate Novel Planar Tilted Bragg GratingRefractometers 557
Christopher Holmes, Lewis G. Carpenter, James C. Gates, Ian J. G. Sparrow, Peter G. R. Smith
UV-Written Bragg Gratings in a Flat-fiber Platform as a Bending and Twisting Sensor 558
Sumiaty Ambran, Christopher Holmes, James C. Gales, Andrew S. Webb, Jayanla K. Sahu, Peter G. R. Smith
Pump Induced Refractive Index Changes in Gamma-irradiated Yb-dopcd Optical Fibers 559
Irina Petukhova, Andrei Fotiadi, Alexey Shubin, Alexander Tomashuk, Sergey Novikov, Igor Zolotovskiy, Oleg Antipov, Krassimir
Panajotov, Hugo Thlenpont, Patrice Megrcl
Application ofTemporal Superresolution for Measuring Fast Single-Shot Optical Waveforms 560
Naum BergerMulti-Channel Adaptive Interferometer Based on Orthogonal Wave Mixing in Photorefractive Crystal 561
Roman Romashko, Michail Beznik, Yuri Kulchin, Alexei Kamshilin
Intcrferometry for Picometer-level Dimensional Stability Measurements 562
Dirk Voigl, Jonathan Ellis, Ad Verlaan, Rob Bergmans, Jo Spronck, Robert Munnig Schmidt
Metrological Interfcromctric Tool for Guided-wave Optic Components 563Anne-Francoise Obalon, Jimmy Dubard
Dual-comb Spectroscopy with Adaptive Sampling 564
Takuro Ideguchi, Anlonin Poisson, Guy Guelachvili, Theodor Hfinsch, Nathalie PicqudCold Atom Sagnac Interferometer 565
Sven Abend, Peter Berg, Michael Gilowski, Christian Schubert, Gunnar Tackmann, Wolfgang Erlmer, Ernst M, Rase!
Relative Calibration Techniques for Characterising Single Photon Detectors 566Silke Peters, Waldemar Schmunk, Mark Rodenberger, Heltnuth Hofer, Stefan Kiick
New Optical Fiber Based Microrcsonators Theory and Applications (Invited) 567
Misha Sumelsky
Investigation ofThermal Effects on Embedded Microcoil Resonators 568
George Chen, Timothy Lee, Yongmin Jung, MohammadBelal, Gilberw Brambilla, Neil Broderick. Trevor Newson
Plasmonic Properties of Copper Nanoparticles Deposited on Tilted Fiber Bragg Gratings 569
Li-Yang Shao, Jason Coyle, Sean Barry, Jacques Albert
Monitoring of Catalytic Reactions in Photonic Crystal Fiber 570
Ana Cubillas, Matthias Schmidt, Michael Scharrer, Tijmen G. Euser, Bastian Etzold, Nicola Taccardi, Peter Wasserscheid, Philip
St. J. Russell
Characterization of the influence of strain on the optical properties ofwaveguides and microresonators in silicon-
on-insulator technology 571
Wouter Westerveld, Peter Harrnsma, Rmtd Schmits, Erik Tabak, Jose Pozo, Paul Urbach, Mirvais Ynusefl
Visualizing Coherent Phonon Propagation in the 100 GHz Range a Broadband Picosecond Acoustics Approach 572
Emanuele Pontecarvo, Dario Polli, Michele Ortolan!, Marco Ferretli, Giancarlo Rtiocco, Giulio Cerullo, Tullio Scopigno
Surface profilometry and low coherence interfcrometry by electronically controlled optical sampling 573
Stefan Kray, Felix Spoler, Thomas Hellerer, Heinrich Kurz
Quantitative Optical Coherence Tomography for Characterization ofMicroscopic Structures with VaryingRefractive Index 574
Janarthanan Rasakanthan, Mandana Baregheh, Mykhaylo Dubov, Vladimir Mezenlsev, Graham Smith, Kale Sugden, Peter D.
Woolliams, Peter H. Tomlins
Optical Encryption with Compressive Ghost Imaging 575
Vicente Durdn, Pere Clemente, Victor Torres-Company, Enrique Tajahuerce, JesusLands, Pedro Andres
Transmission Matrix in Optics Taking Advantage of Transmission Channels for Image Transmission in
Disordered Materials 576
Sebastien Popoff, Geqffroy Lerosey, Mathias Fink, Claude Boccara, Sylvain Gigan
Fibercd Interference Scanning Optical Microscopy for Living Cell Imaging 577
Jochen Fick, Herve Guillou, Catherine Villard, Joel Chewier, Serge Huant
DNA Immobilisation and Hydrogel Matrix Formation in Suspended-Core Optical Fibre 578
Monika Rutowska, Fatima Garcia Gunning, Waclaw Vrbanczyk, Andrew Ellis
Optical Detection of Molecular Species at Sub-ppt Concentration Levels (invited) 579
Davide Mazzotti, Saverio Bartalini, Simone Borri, Pablo Cancio, facopo Galli, Giovanni Giusfredi, Paolo DeNatale
Fluorescence Spectroscopy in Photonic Crystal Fiber 580
Garelh Williams, Tijmen Euser, Jocelyn Chen, Philip Russell, Anita Jones
Long Distance Measurement with Sub-micrometer Accuracy Using a Frequency Comb Laser 581
Mounir Zeitouny, Moxi Cui, Nandini Bhattacharya, Paul Urbach, Steven Van Den Berg, Augustus Janssen
Pulse-shaper Assisted Spatio-temporal Ultrashort Pulse Characterisation 582
Seth L Cousin, Juan MBueno, NicolasForget, Dane R Austin, Jens Biegert
Closed-Loop Adaptive Optics with a single Spatial Light Modulator 583
Raul Martlnez-Cuenca, Vicente Durdn, Jesus Lands, Zbigniew Jaroszewicz, Justo Arines, Salvador Bard
Integrated Arrayed Waveguide Grating Spectrometer for Measuring Raman Spectra 584
Nttr Ismail, Fel Sun, Kerstin Worhoff, Alfred Driessen, Rene M.De Ridder, MarkusPollnau
Studying Photon Number Distribution ofNV-Ccntre-Emission in Diamond 585
Waldemar Schmunk, Marco Gramegna, Giorgio Brida, Ivo Pietro Degiovanni, Marco Genovese, Helmuth Hofer, Stefan Kilck,
Lapo Lolli, Matleo G. A, Paris, Silke Peters, Mauro Rajteri, Andreas Ruschhaupt, Emanuele Taralli, Paolo Traina
Broadband Quantum Cascade Lasers for Mid-Infrared White Light Applications 586
Andreas Hugi, Stephane Blaser, Mattias Beck. Jerome Faist
Ultra-long Range Distributed Fibre Sensing Using Virtually Transparent Propagation (invited) 587
Miguel Gonzalez-Herraez, Sonia Martin-Lopez, Mercedes Alcon-Camas, Pedro Corredera, Luc Thevenaz, Juan Diego Ania-
Castaiion
Photonic Crystal Fiber Sensor Array Based on Cladding Mode Resonance 588
Guillermo Alejandro Cardenas Sevilla, Vittoria Finazzi, Joel Villatoro, Valeria Pruneri
A Vectorial Magnetometer Utilising a Microstructured Optical Fibre Bragg Grating Infiltrated by a Ferrofluid 589
Alessandro Candiani, Walter Margulis, Carola Sterner, Maria Konstantaki, Paul Childs, StavrosPissadakis
High Frequency Current Sensing using Optical Fiber Micro-wire 590
George Chen, MohammadBelal, Yongmin Jung, Gilberto Brambilla, Trevor Newson
OPTICAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMMUNICATIONSAND DATA STORAGE
Amplitude Noise Reduction in Multilevel QAM Formats Using a Nonlinear Amplifying Loop Mirror with a
Saturable Amplifier 591
Tobias Roethlingshoefer, Georgy Onishchukov, Bernhard Schmauss, GerdLeuchs
Effect ofAmplitude Noise on Multi-Level Phase Regeneration 592
MorltzLenz, Georgy Onishchukov, Bernhard Schmauss, GerdLeuchs
Potential and Practical Implementations ofPhase Sensitive Amplifiers for All-Optical Signal Regeneration(Invited) 593
Francesco Parmigiani, JosephKakande, Radan Slavik, Periklis Petropoulos, David JRichardson
DQPSK Optical Packet Switching using an SG-DBR laser 594
Tarn N. Huynh, Kai Shi, FrankSmyth, Liam P. Barry
Direct Modulation Optical OFDM Performance Enhancement by External Optical Injection 595
Colin Browning, Kai Shi, Frank Smyth, Barry Cardiff, Prince Anandarajah, Liam Barry
Pulse Shaping-Assisted Nonlinear Spectral Broadening 596
Xin Yang, David J. Richardson, Periklis Pelropoulos
Optical Comb Generation and Expansion by Gain Switched Discrete Mode Laser Diode 597
Sylwesler Lalkowski, Yiqing Xu, Smart Murdoch, Liam Barry, Prince Anandarajah
Patterning Effects in Ultrafast All-Optical Photonic Crystal Nanocavity Switches 598
Mikkel Heuck, Philip Trosi Krislensen, Jesper Mark
Intra-cavity Frequency Shifted Laser Pumps for Non-degenerate and Partially Coherent Bragg-scattering FWMin Nonlinear Fiber 599
Katarzyna Krupa, Michela Bettemana, Atessandro Tonello, Daniele Uodatto, Gahriele Manili, Vincent Coudcrc, Philippe Di Bin,
Stefan Wabnilz, Alain Barlhelemy
High-Frcqucncy RIN Transfer in Fibre Optic ParametricAmplifiers 600
Zohreh Lali-Dasljerdi, Take Lund-Hansen, Ning Kang, Karsten Rottwlll, Micheal Galili, Chiristophe Peucheret
Q-factor Dependent Kerr Switching of Semiconductor Microcavities 601
Emre Yilce, Georgios Clistis, Julien Claudon, Maela Bazin, Jean-Michel Gerard, Wiliem L Vos
Coherent All-optical Switching in a Bistable Wavcguidc-cavity-waveguidc System 602
Philip Trost Krislensen, Mikkel Heuck, Jesper Mark
Optimization of 2- and 4-dimensional Modulation Constellations for Optical Adaptive Transmission Using the
Genetic Algorithm 603
AhmedS. Abdelhainid, Michael H. Eiselt
Digital Key Chaos-communication Systems with Delay Time Concealment 604
Romain Modeste Nguimdo, Pere Colet, Laurent Larger, Luis PesqueraTellurite Composite Microstructured Fibers with Tailed Chromatic Dispersion for Nonlinear Applications 605
ZhongchaoDuan, Meisong Liao, Xin Yan, Chihiro Kilo, Takenobu Suzuki, Yasutake Ohishl
Nonlinear Distortion of 16QAM Constellations in Intradyne Coherent Receiver 606
Takahidc Sakamoto, Akito Chiba, Tetsuya Kawanishi
Theory of Fiber Optic Co- and Counter-pumped Raman Polarizers 607
Stefan Wabnilz, Victor Kozlov, Javier Nuiio, Juan Diego Ania-Castafion
Theory of Fiber Optic Lossless Polarizers 608Stefan Wabnilz, Victor Kozlov, Javier Nllilo
2.56xlOn Hz/s Frequency Chirp Signal Generation Using DSB-SC Optical Modulation with out Optical Filters 609
Atsushi Kama, Shlnnosuke Honda, Ryula Yamanaka, Hideyuki Sotobayashi, Tetsuya Kawanishi
Creation of Multi-Carrier Millimeter-Wave Signal Using Mach-Zchnder-Modulator-Bascd Flat Comb Generator 610Isao Morohashi, Takahide Sakamoto, Tetsuya Kawanishi, Iwaa Hosako
Field Experiment Optical Chaos Communication @ lOGb/s Demonstrating Electro-optic Phase Chaos Principles 611MaximeJacquot, Roman Lavrov, JeremyOden, Yanne Chembo, ModesleNguimdo, Pere Colet, Laurent Lurger
A Lidnard Optoelectronic Oscillator with Time-Delayed Feedback 612Bruno Romeira, Kris Seunarine, Charles Ironside, Julien Javaloyes, Anthony Kelly, Jose Figueiredo
Reduced Lorentzian linewidth for monolithic widely tunable C-band lasers utilising InGaAlAs/InP active region 613Samuel Davies, Neil Whitbread,Andrew Ward, Robert Griffin, Michael Wale, Martin Arnold
Inducing a Detector Efficiency Mismatch to Hack a Commercial Quantum Key Distribution System 614Nitin Jain, Lars Lydersen, Chrisloffer Wittmann, Carlos Wiechers, Dominique Elser, Chrisloph Marquardt, Vadim Makarov, GerdLeuchs
Improved Accuracy of a Fourier-domain Optical Processor with Feedback... 615Smart Murdoch, Regan Watts, Richard Provo, RayXu, Liam Barry
Optical Linear Feedback Shift Register 616Mirco Scaffardi, Gianluca Berrett'mi, An Nguyen, Francesco Bontetnpi, Antonella Bogoni
All-Optical Modulation Converter for On-Off Keying to Duobinary and Alternate-Mark Inversion at 42.6 Gbps 617James M. Dailey, Mark J. Power, Roderick P. Webb, Robert J. Manning
Electronically-Tuned Optical Delay Lines in Silicon 618Saeed Khan, Sasan Fathpour
All-optical Signal Processing Using Slow Light Enhanced Nonlincarities in Silicon Waveguides (invited) 619Bill Corcoran, Christelle Monat, MarkPelusi, Christian Grillet, Thomas Wlilte, Juntao Li, Liam O'Faolain, Thomas Krauss, DavidMoss, Benjamin Eggleton
Dynamic Compensation of Two-Photon Absorption Induced Distortions in Silicon Photonics Filters 620Carlo Ferrari, Francesco Morichelti, Antonio Canciamilla, Marc Sorcl, Andrea Melloni
Integrated All-optical SSB Modulator Using Photonic Hilbcrt Transformer with Planar Bragg Gratings 621Chaatan Sima,James Gates, Helen Rogers, Christopher Holmes, Michalis Zervas, Peter Smith
FIBRE AND GUIDED WAVE LASERS AND AMPLIFIERS
Dual Wavelength Passively Mode-locked Raman Fiber Laser Pumped by Semiconductor Disk Lasers 622Alexander Chamorovskiy, Jussi Rautiainen, Jari Lyytiktiinen, Oleg G. Okhotnikov
High-harmonic km-long Self-pulsed Raman Fiber Laser 623AnneBoucon, Benoit Baiviau, Julien Fatome, Chrislophe Finot, Thibaut Sylvestre, Min Won Lee, Philippe Grelit, Guy Millol
A Fiber Based Synchronously Pumped Tunable Raman Laser in the NIR 624Shaif-Ul Alain, Dejiao Lin, Peh Teh, KangChen, David Richardson
Multi-stage Er-doped Fiber Amplifier for Gain-switched Laser Diodes 625
Laura Abrardi, Lauryna Petravicinte Loetscher, Sergio Vincenzo Marchess, ThomasFeurer
High Energy Pulsed Eye-safe Fiber Amplifier 626Eric Lallier, Dominique Papillon-Ruggeri
Theoretical and Experimental Comparison of Different Configurations ofTapered Fiber Lasers 627Juho Kerttula, Valery Filippov, Yuri Chamorovskii, V. Ustimchik, Konstantin Golant, Oleg Okholnikov
High Power Fused Single Mode Optical Fiber Coupler 628
Thomas Theeg, Kaiharina Hausmann, MaikFrede, Hakan Sayinc, Jorg Neumann, Dietmar Kracht
Reducing Loss in Practical Single Ring Antircsonant Hollow Core Fibres 629John R. Hayes, Francesco Poletti, David J. Richardson
Ultrafast Laser Direct-Write Inscription of Monolithic Fibre and Waveguide Lasers (Invited) 630Michael with ford
Polarization-maintaining Ytterbium-doped Fibre with an Aluminosilicate Inner-cladding Fabricated Using In-situ
Doping Technique ,631
Seongwoo Yoo, Andrew S. Webb, Alexander J. Boyland, Robert J. Standish, Anirban Dhar, Jayanta K. Sahu
Giant Gain in a Rare-earth-ion-doped Waveguide 632Dimitri Geskus, Shanmugam Aravazhi, Sonia Garcia Blanco, Murkus Pollnau
Phase-Matching and Gain of Deep-UV Dispersive-Wave Generation 633John C. Trovers, Philipp Hdizer, Wonkeun Chang, Johannes Nold, Alexander Nazarkin, Nicolas Joly, Philip St. J. Russell
Internally-Frcquency-Doubled Yb Fiber Laser with 15 W CW Green Output 634
Rafal Cieslak, William Andrew Clarkson
High Average Power Supcrcontinuum Sources (Invited) 635John Trovers, EdmundKelleher, Benjamin Chapman, Sergei Popov, Roy Taylor
Dynamic Waveguide Properties of Active Fibers Under High Power Operation 636FabianStutzki, Florian Jansen, Cesar Jauregiti, Jens Limperl, Andreas Tilnnennann
Brillouin Lasing with Incoherent Feedback in Optical Fibers 637
Andrei Fotiadi, Elena Preda, Patrice Megret
Sub-200-fs Microjoulc Pulses from an All-fiber CPA System 638Dirk Morlag, Thomas Theeg, Katharina Hausmann, Lars Gruner-Nielsen, Kim G. Jespersen, Dieter Wandt, Uwe Morgner,DietmarKracht, Jorg Neumann
Ytterbium Fiber System using a Dispersion Compensating Fiber Stretcher 639Aart Verhoef, Alma Fernandez, Kim Jespersen, Lingxiao Zhu, Lars Griiner-Nielsen, Almantas Galvanauskas, Andrius Baltuska
High Gain Fiber Optical Parametric Chirped Pulse Amplification of Femtosecond Pulses at 1 urn 640
ArnaudMussol, Damien Bigourd, Lame Lago, Alexandre Kudlinskl, Emmanuel Hugonnot
Rod-type Fiber Amplifier for Pulse Compression of High Power Thin-Disk Lasers 641
Oliver H. Heckl, Clara J. Saraceno, Cyril! R, E. Baer, Thomas Siidmeyer, Ursula Keller
40 W Narrow-bandwidth Ps Yb-doped Fiber Laser at 976 nm and Frequency Conversion to 488 nm 642
Guillaume Machinet, Jerome Lhermite, Eric Cormier
All-fiber Optically Synchronized Hybrid Er/Yb Laser System for High Power Femtosecond Pulse Generation 643
Alexey Andrianov, Elena Anashkina, Sergey Muravyev, ArkadyKim
High Power lOOfs Fiber Oscillator 644
Martin Baumgartl, Florian Jansen, Fabian Stutzki, Cesar Janregui, Jens Limpert, Andreas Tunnermann
8 Watts Actively Mode-Locked Ytterbium Doped Fiber Laser Delivering IS ps pulses at 40 MHz 645
Pierre Deslandes, Damien Sangla, Mathias Perrin, Julien Saby, Francois Salln, Eric Freysz
Highest Peak Power from a Normal-Dispersion Yb-Fiber Oscillator with Anomalous Dispersion Higher-Order-Mode Fiber 646
AlmaFernandez, Lingxian Zhu, Aart Verhoef, Kim Jespersen, Dusan Lorenc, Lars Gruner-Nielsen, Andrius Baltuska
0.5 uj Femtosecond Pulses from a Giant-chirp Ytterbium Fiber Oscillator 647
Nikolai Chichkov, Christian Hapke, Katharina Hausmann, Thomas Theeg, Dieter Wandt, Uwe Morgner, Dietmar Kracht, JSrgNeumann
500 nJ Femtosecond Fiber Laser at 976 nm 648
JeromeLhermite, Guillaume Machinet, Caroline Lecaplain, Romain Rayon, Ammar Hideur, Eric Cormier
High-energy AU-normal-dispcrsion Graphcne Mode-locked Yb-doped Fiber Laser 649
Jiang Liu, Sida Wu, Quan-Hong Yang, Pu Wang
High Power Ultrafast Fiber Lasers and Amplifiers Design, Performance and Potential (Keynote) 650Jens Limpert
Comparison Between Multiple Quantum Wells and Carbon Nanotubes to Generate High Power in Mode-locked
Fiber Oscillator 651
Amilie Cabasse, Gilles Martel, Trung Nguyen, Jean-Louis Oudar, Sylvain Maine, Yann Bailie, Brigitte Attal-Tretout
Liquid-Nitrogen-Coolcd High-Concentration Erbium-Doped Fibre Laser 652
Ruth Stelnborn, Tlan/u Yao, Andrew Webb, Jayanta Sahu, Johan Nilsson
Athcrmal Ho3+-Doped Amplifier with Two Pumps 653Galina Nemova, Raman Kashyap
697 W 12 pm Linewidth of Fiber Generated and Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) at 1 um 654
Oliver Schmidt, Christian Wirth, Stephan Rhein, Miroslaw Rekas, Andrea Kliner, Thomas Schreiber, Ramona Eberhardt, Andreas
Tilnnennann
Spectral Characterization of a Narrow Linewidth, Single-frequency 780 nm Fiber Laser Source for Atom CoolingApplications 655
Alain Mugnier, Eric Lemercier, Ronan Lebref, MathieuJacquemet, David Purenr