Virtual Journal of Laser

Maolin Pang, Ryota Suzuki, Makoto Saito, Ken-ichi Machida, Hiromasa Hanzawa et al.
NaNbO-based conductive crystal lines composed of closely compacted fine particles were patterned on the 24.7NaO18.8NbO5AlO2NiO49.5SiO (mol %) glass surface by a continuous wave Yb fiber laser irradiation (lambda=1078 nm) using the nickel atom heat processing method. Nickel (II) ion was proved to be ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 013112 (2008)] published Mon Jan 14, 2008.

Chong Zhang, Nathaniel R. Quick, and Aravinda Kar
A numerical thermal model is presented for laser microvias drilling in multilayer electronic substrates with Nd:YAG (YAG denotes yttrium aluminum garnet) and CO lasers. Such substrates have different optical properties such as the refractive index and absorption coefficient at these two laser wavele ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 014909 (2008)] published Mon Jan 14, 2008.

Satoru Yoshioka, Fumiyasu Oba, Rong Huang, Isao Tanaka, Teruyasu Mizoguchi et al.
Supersaturated ZnOAlO (>20 at. % Al) thin films are grown by pulsed laser deposition technique on silica glass substrates at 600 degrees C. They are characterized by combining x-ray diffraction, Al-K edge x-ray absorption near edge structures (XANESs), high resolution transmission electron micro ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 014309 (2008)] published Mon Jan 14, 2008.

M. H. Aguirre, S. Canulescu, R. Robert, N. Homazava, D. Logvinovich et al.
Single-phase samples of LaCaMnO (LCMO), x[approximate]0.3, prepared by pulsed reactive crossed beam laser ablation on SrTiO (STO) substrates, and soft chemistry synthesized powders were studied by various methods. The precise study of the crystal structure and microstructures by a combination of ele ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 013703 (2008)] published Fri Jan 11, 2008.

N. V. Kasper, P. Wochner, A. Vigliante, H. Dosch, G. Jakob et al.
Thin epitaxial films of TbBaCoO cobaltites have been synthesized using pulsed laser deposition. It was found that the film properties are extremely sensitive to the oxygen pressure during deposition, temperature of the substrate, and the cooling rate. Growth parameters were optimized for delta[appro ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 013907 (2008)] published Fri Jan 11, 2008.

R. K. Price, V. B. Verma, V. C. Elarde, and J. J. Coleman
The upper cladding and residual guide thickness have been varied to develop an optimal asymmetric cladding ridge waveguide geometry for use in photonic integrated circuits (PICs). Measured values of the intrinsic loss, threshold current, and lateral modal characteristics allowed the determination of ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 013108 (2008)] published Fri Jan 11, 2008.

H. Singhal, R. Ganeev, P. A. Naik, V. Arora, U. Chakravarty et al.
The dependence of the high-order harmonic intensity on the laser focal spot position in laser produced plasma plumes is experimentally studied. High order harmonics up to the 59th order (lambda~13.5 nm) were generated by focusing 48 fs laser pulses from a Ti:sapphire laser system in silver plasma p ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 013107 (2008)] published Tue Jan 8, 2008.

D. Solnyshkov, H. Ouerdane, and G. Malpuech
The simulations of polariton relaxation and Bose condensation in GaN microcavities (both bulk and with quantum wells) are performed by solving semiclassical Boltzmann equations. A complete set of kinetic phase diagrams for the most important parameters is calculated. We show that such cavities can o ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 016101 (2008)] published Thu Jan 3, 2008.

Krishna Ramadurai, Christopher L. Cromer, Laurence A. Lewis, Katherine E. Hurst, Anne C. Dillon et al.
Radiometry for the next generation of high-efficiency, high-power industrial lasers requires thermal management at optical power levels exceeding 10 kW. Laser damage and thermal transport present fundamental challenges for laser radiometry in support of common manufacturing processes, such as weldin ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 013103 (2008)] published Thu Jan 3, 2008.

Xinghong Gong, Yujin Chen, Yanfu Lin, Qiguang Tan, Zundu Luo et al.
Nd:Bi(MoO) single crystal grown by the Czochralski technique was oriented and the orientation relationship between the principal axes of the optical indicatrix (X, Y, Z) and the crystallographic axes (a, b, c) was determined. The polarized absorption spectra, polarized fluorescence spectra, and fluo ... [J. Appl. Phys. 103, 013102 (2008)] published Wed Jan 2, 2008.