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Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): C1
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Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): C2
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Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):941 - 942
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• Side-Hole Photonic Crystal Fiber With Ultrahigh Polarimetric Pressure Sensitivity

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):943 - 948
Cited by:  Papers (9)
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We propose a side-hole polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber (PM-PCF) with ultrahigh polarimetric sensitivity to hydrostatic pressure. The proposed fiber has a very simple structure with a core surrounded by a double row of large air holes and a central row of small air holes. A pair of ultralarge side holes was symmetrically introduced into the silica cladding of the fiber to enhance th... View full abstract»

• A Novel Boundary Element Method Using Surface Conductive Absorbers for Full-Wave Analysis of 3-D Nanophotonics

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):949 - 959
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Fast surface integral equation (SIE) methods seem to be ideal for simulating 3-D nanophotonic devices, as such devices generate fields in both the interior device volume and in the infinite exterior domain. SIE methods were originally developed for computing scattering from structures with finite surfaces, and since SIE methods automatically represent the infinite extent of the exterior scattered ... View full abstract»

• Spectral Anomalies of Polychromatic DHGB and Its Applications in FSO

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):960 - 966
Cited by:  Papers (11)
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This paper contains some interesting experimental results of the study carried out on anomalous spectral behavior due to coherence and polarization change on polychromatic focused dark hollow Gaussian beam (DHGB). On the basis of experimental and numerical analysis, the possibility and significance of DHGB based free-space optical (FSO) links for indoor and outdoor optical communications are explo... View full abstract»

• Brillouin Gain Reduction Via B $_{2}$O $_{3}$ Doping

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):967 - 973
Cited by:  Papers (10)
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We present both modeling results and experimental data demonstrating that B2O3 (boric oxide) can be used as an effective SBS-suppressive optical fiber codopant due to a very large acoustic damping coefficient. A Ge-containing fiber with ~6 wt% B2O3 at room temperature has a Brillouin gain coefficient more than 4 dB lower than that of standard Ge-doped SM... View full abstract»

• Simple Fiber Model for Determination of XPM Effects

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):974 - 986
Cited by:  Papers (20)  |  Patents (3)
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Previous investigations have revealed that the impairments of the cross-phase modulation (XPM) in dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) systems include two aspects: the XPM-induced phase noise and the XPM-induced polarization scattering. Such XPM phenomena are strongly dependent on the transmission system configurations and are nonintuitive. In this paper, a simple fiber model is proposed ... View full abstract»

• Recovery of Absolute Gas Absorption Line Shapes Using Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy With Wavelength Modulation—Part 2: Experimental Investigation

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):987 - 996
Cited by:  Papers (17)
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Recovery of absolute gas absorption line shapes from first harmonic residual AM (RAM) signals in tunable diode laser spectroscopy with wavelength modulation (TDLS-WM) offers significant advantages in terms of measurement accuracy (for gas concentration and pressure), freedom from the need for calibration and resilience to errors, or drift in system parameters/scaling factors. However, the signal s... View full abstract»

• Analytical Expressions for Radiation Effects on Guided Mode Propagation in Long Period Gratings

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):997 - 1002
Cited by:  Papers (2)
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Simple analytical expressions for guided power transmission through a periodic long-period grating with consideration of the significant radiation loss are derived from the complex coupled-mode theory. Under nearly phase-matching condition, the full coupled-mode equations are reduced to a set of two-mode equations for which close-form analytical solutions are readily obtained. For the long period ... View full abstract»

• Time-Domain Modeling of Nonlinear Optical Structures With Extended Stability FDTD Schemes

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1003 - 1010
Cited by:  Papers (3)
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Two numerical methodologies based on the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique are formulated and applied to model optical structures with Raman and Kerr type nonlinearities. The first scheme is based on the alternating-direction implicit finite-difference time-domain (ADI-FDTD), while the second one is based on a recently introduced spatially filtered FDTD method. Both methods are able t... View full abstract»

• Chirp Characteristics of Silicon Mach–Zehnder Modulator Under Small-Signal Modulation

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1011 - 1017
Cited by:  Papers (13)
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Chirp characteristics of Silicon Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) modulators with forward-biased p-i-n and reverse-biased p-n structures are investigated by performing small-signal simulation, respectively. Simulation result shows that the chirp parameter is negative and influenced by the carrier absorption effect, the amplitude, and the frequency of applied sinusoidal modulating signals. Chirp p... View full abstract»

• Tellurite Photonic Nanostructured Fiber

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1018 - 1025
Cited by:  Papers (16)
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In this paper, we address the challenges faced in the fabrication process of nanostructured fiber. We show that a slight nonuniformity of holes of the preform results in a difference in the added pressure in the holes of the fiber during the fabrication process. It may not be a notable problem for the microstructured fiber, but it can result in serious deformation or even collapse for nanostructur... View full abstract»

• Performance of an Integrated Coherent Receiver Module for up to 160G DP-QPSK Transmission Systems

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1026 - 1032
Cited by:  Papers (5)  |  Patents (1)
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A coherent receiver module is presented, comprising two optical 90° hybrids monolithically integrated with eight waveguide p-i-n photodiodes in balanced configuration and two dual-channel linear transimpedance amplifiers. Its performance is demonstrated by transmitting up to 160 Gb/s dual-polarization quadrature phase-shift keying signals over 610 km standard single-mode fiber. View full abstract»

• Nitride-Based LEDs With High-Reflectance and Wide-Angle Ag Mirror${+}$SiO$_{2}$/TiO$_{2}$ DBR Backside Reflector

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1033 - 1038
Cited by:  Papers (12)
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Nitride-based light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a backside reflector combining a SiO2/TiO2 distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) and an Ag mirror were simulated and fabricated. With combining the three-pair SiO2/TiO2 DBR and an Ag mirror, it was found that we can significantly enhance the 96% reflectance of Ag mirror to 99.1% with an incident angle of 0�... View full abstract»

• Intensity Noise Characteristics of Multimode VCSELs

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1039 - 1045
Cited by:  Papers (5)
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The intensity noise spectra of several multi-transverse mode 1550-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) have been experimentally investigated. For a VCSEL emitting in two parallel polarized transverse modes the noise spectra of the individual modes and total power show two resonance peaks. The frequencies at which both peaks appear have been measured as a function of the bias current... View full abstract»

• Fictive Temperature of Larger Diameter Silica Optical Fibers

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1046 - 1050
Cited by:  Papers (1)
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Fictive temperature (Tf) of pure silica cores was determined for a series of polymer-clad optical fibers via reflectance FTIR spectroscopy. The core diameters of the studied fibers were in the range 125-1500 μm. The fictive temperature was found to decrease gradually with increasing core diameter, which correlates with the anticipated fiber cooling rate. For a 1500 μm fiber, t... View full abstract»

• Effect of Aberrations on the Self-Imaging Phenomenon

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1051 - 1057
Cited by:  Papers (4)
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Diffraction gratings are used in measurement devices for scientific and industrial applications. As it is well known, self-images appear in the near field when diffraction gratings are illuminated with a coherent beam, such as a plane wave. This effect has been analyzed in depth and its behavior is well known under ideal grating and illumination conditions. Usually, the illumination beam is not pe... View full abstract»

• Cooperative FSO Systems: Performance Analysis and Optimal Power Allocation

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s):1058 - 1065
Cited by:  Papers (38)
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In this paper, we investigate the cooperative diversity technique as a candidate solution for combating turbulence-induced fading over free-space optical (FSO) links. In particular, we propose a novel cooperation strategy that is suitable for quantum-limited FSO systems with any number of relays and we derive closed-form expressions for the error performance of this strategy. In scenarios where th... View full abstract»

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Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): 1066
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• 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC)

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): 1067
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• 2011 EDS J.J. Ebers Award call for nominations

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): 1068
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• 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Power Semiconductors and ICs

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): 1069
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• Photonics for environmental sensing

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): 1070
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• Journal of Lightwave Technology Information for authors

Publication Year: 2011, Page(s): C3
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Aims & Scope

The Journal of Lightwave Technology is comprised of original contributions, both regular papers and letters, covering work in all aspects of optical guided-wave science, technology, and engineering. Manuscripts are solicited which report original theoretical and/or experimental results which advance the technological base of guided-wave technology. Tutorial and review papers are by invitation only. Topics of interest include the following: fiber and cable technologies, active and passive guided-wave componentry (light sources, detectors, repeaters, switches, fiber sensors, etc.); integrated optics and optoelectronics; and systems, subsystems, new applications and unique field trials. System oriented manuscripts should be concerned with systems which perform a function not previously available, out-perform previously established systems, or represent enhancements in the state of the art in general.

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Editor-in-Chief
Peter J. Winzer
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs