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Optics, Volume 4, Issue 1

2023 March - 17 articles

Cover Story: This review article aims to highlight the potential diagnostic applications of gold nanoparticles in ophthalmology. More specifically, attention will be drawn to using AuNPs as contrast agents (CAs) in optical coherence tomography (OCT) and photoacoustic imaging (PAI), which are two novel imaging modalities for the visualization of the eye. The addition of a contrast agent has been proposed for image improvement, and AuNPs are attractive candidates for this purpose. The in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo studies investigating and supporting this concept will be presented thoroughly to elucidate whether AuNPs are eligible for imaging enhancement owing to their optical characteristics. View this paper
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Articles (17)

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,637 Views
12 Pages

Nonperturbative Generation of Harmonics by Nanometer-Scale Localized Electronic States on the Surface of Bulk Materials and Nano-Films

  • Jozsef Seres,
  • Enikoe Seres,
  • Eva Céspedes,
  • Leyre Martinez-de-Olcoz,
  • Miguel Zabala and
  • Thorsten Schumm

13 March 2023

The generation of high-order harmonics in solid crystals has received considerable attention recently. Using a driver laser with 0.8 µm wavelength and 28 fs ultrashort pulses, we present experimental results, accompanied with theoretical consid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
11,242 Views
19 Pages

1 March 2023

In the design of photonic integrated circuits (PICs), the optical connections of the PIC surface, along with the electronic components of the chips, are significant issues. One of the optoelectronics components that utilizes these surface connections...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,766 Views
13 Pages

24 February 2023

The thermal blooming effect, platform jitter, and other effects of laser beam propagation cause serious deviation, which will have a negative impact on laser tracking systems. It is important to ensure that the laser beam does not deviate. Based on a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,363 Views
16 Pages

Compact Optical System Based on Scatterometry for Off-Line and Real-Time Monitoring of Surface Micropatterning Processes

  • Marcos Soldera,
  • Sascha Teutoburg-Weiss,
  • Nikolai Schröder,
  • Bogdan Voisiat and
  • Andrés Fabián Lasagni

24 February 2023

In this study, a scatterometry-based monitoring system designed for tracking the quality and reproducibility of laser-textured surfaces in industrial environments was validated in off-line and real-time modes. To this end, a stainless steel plate was...

  • Review
  • Open Access
70 Citations
20,633 Views
27 Pages

Optical Fiber Based Temperature Sensors: A Review

  • Rahul Kumar Gangwar,
  • Sneha Kumari,
  • Akhilesh Kumar Pathak,
  • Sai Dheeraj Gutlapalli and
  • Mahesh Chand Meena

23 February 2023

The current generation is witnessing a huge interest in optical waveguides due to their salient features: they are of low cost, immune to electromagnetic interference, easy to multiplex, have a compact size, etc. These features of optical fibers make...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,160 Views
15 Pages

Innovative Approaches for Organizing an Inclusive Optics and Photonics Conference in Virtual Format

  • Alba de las Heras,
  • Ana I. Gómez-Varela,
  • María-Baralida Tomás,
  • Rosa Ana Perez-Herrera,
  • Luis Alberto Sánchez,
  • Francesca Gallazzi,
  • Beatriz Santamaría Fernández,
  • Mario Garcia-Lechuga,
  • Maria Vinas-Pena and
  • Verónica González-Fernández
  • + 1 author

15 February 2023

The COVID pandemic is forcing the renewal of scientific conferences, offering opportunities to introduce technological and inclusive developments. Our analysis focuses on the implementation of inclusive practices for female and early-career researche...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,662 Views
10 Pages

Design and Optical Analysis of a Refractive Aspheric Intraocular Lens with Extended Depth of Focus

  • Kunqi Li,
  • Xiaoqin Chen,
  • Yayan Bian,
  • Yuwei Xing,
  • Xiaolan Li,
  • Dongyu Liu and
  • Yongji Liu

31 January 2023

To obtain a continuous range of clear vision for pseudophakic eyes, a design of intraocular lens (IOL) with extended depth of focus (EDoF) was proposed. The IOL was optimized with a multi-configuration approach based on a pseudophakic eye model and t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,346 Views
8 Pages

Direct Laser Writing of Computer-Generated Holograms by Photodissolution of Silver in Arsenic Trisulfide

  • Arjun Karimbana Kandy,
  • Cedric Sebastien Martins Figueiredo,
  • Manuel Fernandez Merino,
  • Antoine Bourgade,
  • Jean-Yves Natoli,
  • Konstantinos Iliopoulos and
  • Julien Lumeau

31 January 2023

Photodissolution is a process that is well known for its ability to cause inclusion of silver into the matrix of a chalcogenide layer, changing its optical properties. In this paper, using e-beam deposition, we developed Ag (74 nm)/As2S3 (355 nm) bil...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,805 Views
6 Pages

Optical Isolation of the Amplifier Cavity in XG-III PW Beamline

  • Zhenhai Wu,
  • Jiao Long,
  • Jun Zhang,
  • Qian Xiong,
  • Xiongjun Zhang and
  • Dongxia Hu

28 January 2023

Optical isolation with high-quality, large-aperture polarizers is commonly used in high-power laser facilities to suppress retro-reflected pulses. However, it is hard to manufacture these polarizers. We propose an approach of optical isolation with t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,763 Views
32 Pages

18 January 2023

This study examines the characteristics of the electromagnetic waves that propagate through an unbounded space filled with a homogeneous isotropic chiral medium. The resulting characters are compared to those of the electromagnetic waves propagating...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,293 Views
26 Pages

Gold Nanoparticles as Contrast Agents in Ophthalmic Imaging

  • Alexandra Kavalaraki,
  • Ellas Spyratou,
  • Maria Anthi Kouri and
  • Efstathios P. Efstathopoulos

18 January 2023

Over the past few years, tremendous research concerning the possibilities of gold nanoparticles in medicine has been conducted. Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are considered to be unique nanostructures due to their extraordinary chemical and physical pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,881 Views
8 Pages

White Photoluminescence in Dy-Doped Oxyfluoride Glasses

  • Xianmei Chen,
  • Artemiy V. Khamenok,
  • Shaukat G. Khusainov,
  • Mikhail V. Shestakov and
  • Victor V. Moshchalkov

17 January 2023

Dy3+-doped, Ag and Dy3+-co-doped, and Tm3+ and Dy3+-co-doped oxyfluoride glasses have been prepared by a conventional melt-quenching method. White and yellowish light emissions were generated in the glasses under excitation in the range from 350 to 3...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,035 Views
11 Pages

17 January 2023

In this treatise, we develop a standard modulation design to consummate concomitant frequency up mixing dependent on the three parallel SOA-MZIs by employing a sampling arrangement in Virtual Photonics Inc. (VPI) software. Each SOA-MZI is used to acq...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,303 Views
16 Pages

13 January 2023

We present new results obtained from the modeling of a tulip-like variable curvature mirror (VCM) in the case of a central force that reacts to its contour. From Nastran finite element analysis, we shows that 3-D optimizations, using non-linear stati...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,190 Views
26 Pages

Recent Progress in Short and Mid-Infrared Single-Photon Generation: A Review

  • Arianna Elefante,
  • Stefano Dello Russo,
  • Fabrizio Sgobba,
  • Luigi Santamaria Amato,
  • Deborah Katia Pallotti,
  • Daniele Dequal and
  • Mario Siciliani de Cumis

12 January 2023

The generation of single photons in the mid-infrared spectral region is attracting the interest of scientific and technological research, motivated by the potential improvements that many important and emerging applications, such as quantum sensing,...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,176 Views
10 Pages

21 December 2022

Gray matter, in the outermost layer of the cerebral cortex, plays a significant role in processing important information, such as when reasoning and planning, in addition to influencing intelligence, emotion, memory, and language. In this paper, meas...

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