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Adikan, F.R. Mahamd, Gates, J.C., Gawith, C.B.E. and Smith, P.G.R. (2006) Coupling ratio tuning of direct UV-written X-couplers for cascaded power splitters in WDM networks. Electronic Letters, 42, (24), 1397-1398. (doi:10.1049/el:20062199).

Adikan, F.R.M., Gawith, C.B.E., Smith, P.G.R., Sparrow, I.J.G., Emmerson, G.D., Riziotis, C. and Ahmad, H. (2006) Design and demonstration of direct UV-written small angle X couplers in silica-on-silicon for broadband operation. Applied Optics, 45, (24), 6113-6118.

Adikan, F.R.M., Webb, A.S., Standish, R.J., Sahu, J.K., Holmes, C., Major, H.E., Kundys, D., Gates, J.C., Gawith, C.B.E., Smith, P.G.R. and Payne, D.N. (2006) Sense and fibrelity: next generation optical biosensors. At SET for Britain, London, UK, 12 Dec 2006.

Adikan, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd, Gawith, Corin B.E., Smith, Peter G.R., Sparrow, Ian J.G., Emmerson, Gregory D. and Riziotis, Christos (2006) Demonstration and accurate beam propagation method modeling of direct UV written shallow angle X-couplers. In, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) 2006, Long Beach, USA, 21 - 26 May 2006.

Adikan, M.F.R., Gawith, C.B.E., Smith, P.G.R., Sparrow, I.J.G., Emmerson, G.D. and Riziotis, C. (2006) Single-step fabrication of raised index X-couplers via direct UV writing. In, Proceedings of the Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC 2006). Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2006) Piscataway, USA, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Adikan, M.F.R., Webb, A.S., Gawith, C.B.E., Gates, J.C., Sahu, J.K., Smith, P.G.R. and Payne, D.N. (2006) First demonstration of direct UV written Bragg gratings in collapsed fibre planar samples. In, ECOC 2006 Proceedings. ECOC 2006 France, Société de l'Electricité. de l'Electronique et des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, 2pp.

Adikan, Rafiq, Holmes, Chris, Major, Huw, Gawith, Corin, Gates, James and Smith, Peter (2006) Direct UV written optical planar devices. At Malaysian Research Group International Conference 2006 (MRG-IC2006), Manchester, UK, 19 - 21 Jun 2006. 1pp.

Alahbabi, Mohammed N., Cho, Yuh Tat and Newson, Trevor P. (2006) Long-range distributed temperature and strain optical fibre sensor based on the coherent detection of spontaneous Brillouin scattering with in-line Raman amplification. Measurement Science and Technology, 17, (5), 1082-1090. (doi:10.1088/0957-0233/17/5/S24).

Almeida, P.J., Parmigiani, F., Ibsen, M., Mukasa, K., Petropoulos, P. and Richardson, D.J., OFC 2006 (2006) 35-db Channel suppression in OTDM add-drop multiplexing based on time-frequency signal processing. In, Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference , IEEE, 3pp.

Almeida, P.J., Petropoulos, P., Parmigiani, F., Ibsen, M. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) OTDM add-drop multiplexer based on time-frequency signal processing. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 24, (7), 2720-2732. (doi:10.1109/JLT.2006.875947).

Almeida, Paulo Jorge dos Santos (2006) Novel all-optical switching and processing techniques for optical networking. University of Southampton, Optoelectronic Research Centre, Doctoral Thesis , 213pp.

Amezcua-Correa, A., Peacock, A.C., Finlayson, C.E., Baumberg, J.J., Yang, J., Howdle, S.M. and Sazio, P.J.A. (2006) Surface enhanced Raman scattering using metal modified microstructured optical fibre substrates. In, ECOC 2006 Proceedings. ECOC 2006 France, Société de l'Electricité. de l'Electronique et des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, 2pp.

Amezcua-Correa, R., Broderick, N.G., Petrovich, M.N. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) Designing hollow-core photonic bandgap fibres free of surface modes. In, Rank Prize Funds: Metamaterials in Nature and Technology Meeting, Lake Windermere, UK, 21 - 24 Aug 2006. , 1 pp.

Amezcua-Correa, R., Broderick, N.G.R., Petrovich, M.N., Poletti, F., Richardson, D.J., Finazzi, V. and Monro, T.M. (2006) Realistic designs of silica hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers free of surface modes. In, Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, Anaheim, USA, 05 - 10 Mar 2006.

Amezcua-Correa, R., Petrovich, M.N., Broderick, N.G., Richardson, D.J., Delmonte, T., Watson, M.A. and O'Driscoll, E.J. (2006) Broadband infrared transmission in a hollow-core photonic bandgap fibre free of surface modes. In, Proceedings of the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2006, Cannes, France, 24 - 28 Sep 2006. 2pp.

Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo, Broderick, N.G., Petrovich, M.N., Poletti, F. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) Optimizing the usable bandwidth and loss through core design in realistic hollow-core photonic bandgap fibers. Optics Express, 14, (17), 7974-7985.

Amezcua-Correa, Rodrigo, Broderick, N.G., Petrovich, M.N. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) Photonic band gap fibres: the new way of guiding light. At Annual Parliamentary Reception and Competition for Britain's Younger Engineers, London, UK, 12 Dec 2006. 1pp.

Apostolopoulos, V., Hickey, L.M.B., Sager, D.A. and Wilkinson, J.S. (2006) Diffusion of gallium in sapphire. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 26, (13), 2695-2698. (doi:10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2005.06.039).

Aronson, Jonathan Edward (2006) A spectroscopic investigation of novel doped glasses for active infrared devices. University of Southampton, Optoelectronics Research Centre, Doctoral Thesis , 195pp.

Asimakis, S., Petropoulos, P., Poletti, F., Leong, J.Y.Y., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, H., Moore, R.C., Frampton, K.E., Feng, X., Loh, W.H., Monro, T.M. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) Efficient four-wave-mixing at 1.55 microns in a short-length dispersion shifted lead silicate holey fibre. In, ECOC 2006 Proceedings. ECOC 2006 France, Société de l'Electricité. de l'Electronique et des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, 2pp.

Badding, John V., Gopalan, Venkatraman and Sazio, Pier J.A. (2006) Building semiconductor structures in optical fiber. Photonics Spectra, 40, (8), 80-88.

Baek, Seungin, Jeong, Yoonchan, Nilsson, Johan, Sahu, Jayanta K. and Lee, Byoungho (2006) Temperature-dependent fluorescence characteristics of an ytterbium-sensitized erbium-doped silica fiber for sensor applications. Optical Fiber Technology, 12, (1), 10-19. (doi:10.1016/j.yofte.2005.04.002).

Baek, Seungin, Roh, Sookyoung, Jeong, Yoonchan and Lee, Byoungho (2006) Experimental demonstration of enhancing pump absorption rate in cladding-pumped ytterbium-doped fiber lasers using pump-coupling long-period fiber gratings. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 18, (5), 700-702. (doi:10.1109/LPT.2006.871158).

Baek, Seungin, Roh, Sookyoung, Na, Jun-Hee, Jeong, Yoonchan, Jeong, Cherlhyun, Lee, Sin-Doo and Lee, Byoungho (2006) Liquid-crystal-cladding fiber Bragg gratings with electrically controllable polarization-dependent characteristics. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 45, (5A), 4044-4050. (doi:10.1143/JJAP.45.4044).

Banks, David P., Grivas, Christos, Mills, John D., Eason, Robert W. and Zergioti, Ioanna (2006) Nano-droplets deposited in microarrays by femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser-induced forward transfer. Applied Physics Letters, 89, (193107), 1-3. (doi:10.1063/1.2386921).

Bashevoy, M.V., Fedotov, V.A. and Zheludev, N.I. (2006) The ultimate departure from geometrical optics: vortex optical field around plasmonic nanoparticle. In, QEP-17 at Photon06, Manchester, UK, 04 - 07 Sep 2006.

Bashevoy, M.V., Jonsson, F., Chen, Y. and Zheludev, N.I. (2006) Generation of plasmon waves by electron beam impact. 2nd Annual Workshop - Advances in Nanophotonics (PhOREMOST EU NoE), Vilnius, LT, 26 - 28 Sep 2006.

Bashevoy, M.V., Jonsson, F., Krasavin, A.V., Zheludev, N.I., Chen, Y. and Stockman, M.I. (2006) Generation of travelling surface plasmon waves by free-electron impact. In, QEP-17 at Photon06, Manchester, UK, 04 - 07 Sep 2006.

Birtwell, S., Galitonov, G., Whitton, A., Morgan, H. and Zheludev, N. (2006) Diffraction bar-codes as high capacity optical microtags for chemical and biological applications. In, QEP-17 at Photon06, Manchester, UK, 04 - 07 Sep 2006.

Brambilla, G., Fotiadi, A.A., Slattery, S.A. and Nikogosyan, D.N. (2006) Two-photon photochemical long-period grating fabrication in pure-fused-silica photonic crystal fiber. Optics Letters, 31, (18), 2675-2677.

Brambilla, G. and Hua, P. (2006) Letter to the Editor. Phase separation in highly photosensitive tin-codoped silica optical fibers and fiber preforms exposed to UV radiation. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 352, (26-27), 2921-2924. (doi:10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2006.02.097).

Brambilla, G., Mills, J., Finazzi, V. and Koizumi, F. (2006) Long-wavelength supercontinuum generation in bismuth-silicate fibres. Electronics Letters, 42, (10), 574-575. (doi:10.1049/el:20060503).

Brambilla, G., Xu, F. and Feng, X (2006) Fabrication of optical fibre nanowires and their optical and mechanical characterisation. Electronics Letters, 42, (9), 517-519. (doi:10.1049/el:20060611).

Brambilla, Gilberto, Russell, Phillip St.J., Fotiadi, Andrei, Slattery, Stephen A., Ernst, Thomas and Nikogosyan, David N. (2006) Two-photon photochemical long-period grating fabrication in hydrogenated photonic crystal fiber. In, ECOC 2006 Proceedings. ECOC 2006 France, Société de l'Electricité. de l'Electronique et des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication, 2pp.

Brambilla, Gilberto, Xu, F. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) SEM characterization of mm-long nanowires. In, Nano-molecular Analysis for Emerging Technologies II (NMAET II), Teddington, UK, 17 - 18 Oct 2006.

Bricchi, Erica and Kazansky, Peter G. (2006) Extraordinary stability of anisotropic femtosecond direct-written structures embedded in silica glass. Applied Physics Letters, 88, 111119-[3pp]. (doi:10.1063/1.2185587).

Bricchi, Erica, Yang, Weijia, Horak, Peter, Corbari, Costantino and Kazansky, Peter G. (2006) Characterisation of nanoscale structures observed in femtosecond laser micromachining. In, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2006, Long Beach, USA, 21 - 26 May 2006.

Brocklesby, Bill (2006) Capillary-based high harmonic generation for a soft X-ray nanoprobe. In, Light Seminar, Imperial College, London, UK,

Brocklesby, W.S. (2006) Ultrafast X-ray sources based on high harmonic generation for nanoscale structural measurements. In, MedX Workshop, UCL, London, UK, 2006. (Submitted).

Broderick, Neil G.R., Amezcua-Correa, R., Poletti, F.R.A., Flanagan, J.C., Richardson, D.J. and Petrovich, M.N. (2006) Modelling applications of photonic bandgap fibres. In, Photonics 2006, Hyderabad, India, 13 - 16 Dec 2006.

Canagasabey, A., Canning, J., Mills, J., Banks, D.P. and Ibsen, M. (2006) Fibre Bragg fabrication in germanosilicate fibres with 244nm femtosecond laser light. In, Proceedings of the 2nd Pacific International Conference on Application of Lasers and Optics 2006. 2nd Pacific International Conference on Application of Lasers and Optics (PICALO) Conference Orlando, USA, Laser Institute of America.

Canagasabey, Albert, Mezzapesa, Francesco P., Corbari, Costantino, Kazansky, Peter G. and Ibsen, Morten (2006) 75% Enhancement of the second order nonlinearity in twin-hole fibres through voltage assisted cooling during poling. In, 2006 CLEO: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006, Long Beach, USA, 21 - 25 May 2006.

Caucheteur, C., Fotiadi, A.A., Mégret, P., Brambilla, G., Slattery, S.A. and Nikogosyan, D.N. (2006) Polarisation properties of long-period grating inscribed in pure-fused-silica photonic crystal fibre. Electronics Letters, 42, (23), 1339-1340. (doi:10.1049/el:20062610).

Chaipiboonwong, T., Mills, J.D., Charlton, M.D.B., Zoorob, M.E., Netti, M.C., Baumberg, J.J. and Brocklesby, W.S. (2006) Visualization of optical continuum evolution along a nonlinear waveguide. In, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS) 2006, Long Beach, USA, 21 - 25 May 2006. 2pp.

Cho, Y.T., Lees, G.P., Hilton, G., Shu, X., Sugden, K., Strong, A., Hartog, A.H. and Newson, T.P. (2006) 100km distributed fiber optic sensor based on the coherent detection of Brillouin backscatter with a spatial resolution of 10m enhanced using two stages of remotely pumped erbium-doped fiber combined with Raman amplification. In, 18th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS-18, Cancun, Mexico, 23 - 27 Oct 2006.

Clarkson, W.A., Shen, Deyuan and Sahu, Jayanta (2006) High-power fiber-bulk hybrid lasers. In, Solid State Lasers XV: Technology and Devices. Photonics West LASE 2006 Bellingham, US, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers . (Proceedings of SPIE, 6100). (doi:10.1117/12.660930).

Codemard, C.A., Dupriez, P., Jeong, Y., Sahu, J.K., Ibsen, M. and Nilsson, J., Optical Society of America, IEEE Communications Society, Lasers and Electro-optics Society (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) and IEEE Xplore (Online service) (2006) High power cladding-pumped Raman fiber laser with true single-mode output at 1660 nm. In, OFC/NFOEC 2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. Piscataway, USA, IEEE.

Codemard, C.A., Dupriez, P., Jeong, Y., Sahu, J.K., Ibsen, M. and Nilsson, J. (2006) High-power continuous-wave cladding-pumped Raman fiber laser. Optics Letters, 31, (15), 2290-2292. (doi:10.1364/OL.31.002290).

Dakin, J.P. and Brown, Robert G.W. (2006) Handbook of optoelectronics (two-volume set), Taylor & Francis, 1680pp.

Dakin, J.P. and Chambers, P. (2006) Review of methods of optical gas detection by direct optical spectroscopy with emphasis on correlation spectroscopy. In, 5th Advanced Study Course on Optical Chemical Sensors (ASCOS 2006), Tihany, Hungary, 03 - 09 Sep 2006. Southampton, UK, University of Southampton.

Delmonte, T., Raja, S., McDonald, J., Sidhu, J., O'Driscoll, E.J., Flanagan, J.C., Hayes, J.R., Petrovich, M.N., Finazzi, V., Poletti, F., Richardson, D.J. and Hand, D.P. (2006) Holey fibre delivered radiation for laser curing and trimming of direct write components. In, Femtosecond Phenomena and Nonlinear Optics III. SPIE Conference: Optics/Photonics in Security Bellingham, US, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, 64000G. (Proceedings of SPIE, 6400). (doi:10.1117/12.689728).

Delmonte, Tiina, Watson, Malcolm A., O'Driscoll, Elizabeth J., Feng, Xian, Monro, Tanya M., Finazzi, Vittoria, Petropoulos, Periklis, Price, Jonathan H.V., Baggett, Joanne C, Loh, Wei, Richardson, David J. and Hand, Duncan P. (2006) Generation of mid-IR continuum using tellurite microstructured fiber. In, CLEO 2006: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006, Long Beach, USA, 21 - 25 May 2006.

Deparis, Oliver, Kazansky, Peter G., Podlipensky, Alexander, Abdolvand, Amin, Seifert, Gerhard and Graener, Heinrich (2006) Poling-assisted bleaching of soda-lime float glasses containing silver nanoparticles with a decreasing filling factor across the depth. Journal of Applied Physics, 100, (044318), 1-9. (doi:10.1063/1.2234813).

Dupriez, P., Farrell, C., Ibsen, M., Sahu, J.K., Kim, J., Codemard, C., Jeong, Y., Richardson, D.J. and Nilsson, J. (2006) 1W average power at 589 nm from a frequency doubled pulsed Raman fiber MOPA system. In, Fiber Lasers III: Technology, Systems, and Applications. Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers Photonics West 2006 Bellingham, US, . (Proceedings of SPIE, 16103). (doi:10.1117/12.643864).

Dupriez, P., Piper, A., Malinowski, A., Sahu, J.K., Ibsen, M., Thomsen, B.C., Jeong, Y., Hickey, L.M.B., Zervas, M.N., Nilsson, J. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) High average power, high repetition rate, picosecond pulsed fiber master oscillator power amplifier source seeded by a gain-switched laser diode at 1060nm. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 18, (9), 1013-1015. (doi:10.1109/LPT.2006.873486).

Dupriez, P., Sahu, J.K., Malinowski, A., Jeong, Y., Richardson, D.J. and Nilsson, J. (2006) 80 W green laser based on a frequency-doubled picosecond single-mode linearly-polarized fiber laser. In, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) 2006, Long Beach, USA, 21 - 26 May 2006.

Dupriez, P., Wilcox, K.G., Finot, C., Malinowski, A., Sahu, J.K., Richardson, D.J., Tropper, A.C. and Nilsson, J. (2006) Gigahertz parabolic pulse generation in a high-power polarization-maintaining fiber amplifier seeded by a passively mode-locked VECSEL. In, Proceedings of the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2006, Cannes, France, 24 - 28 Sep 2006. 2pp.

Dupriez, Pascal, Finot, Christophe, Malinowski, Andy, Nilsson, Johan, Richardson, David, Wilcox, Keith, Foreman, Hannah and Tropper, Anne (2006) Generation d'impulsions ultrabreves de haute puissance et a haut taux de repetition paramplification fibree en regime auto-similaire ou d'auto-modulation de phase. In, 25th National Conference on Guided Optics (JNOG), Metz, France, 07 - 09 Nov 2006. 3pp.

Dupriez, Pascal, Finot, Christophe, Malinowski, Andy, Sahu, Jayanta K., Nilsson, Johan, Richardson, David. J., Wilcox, Keith.G., Foreman, Hannah.D. and Tropper, Anne.C. (2006) High-power, high repetition rate picosecond and femtosecond sources based on Yb-doped fiber amplification of VECSELs. Optics Express, 14, (21), 9611-9616. (doi:10.1364/OE.14.009611).

Dupriez, Pascal, Malinowski, Andy, Sahu, Jayanta K., Jeong, Yoonchan, Nilsson, Johan, Richardson, David J., Foreman, Hannah D., Wilcox, Keith G., Tropper, Anne C., Morier-Genoud, Francois, Keller, Ursula and Roberts, John S. (2006) High-power single-mode picosecond fiber laser based on amplification of a passively mode-locked 1055-nm VECSEL. In, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) 2006, Long Beach, USA, 21 - 26 May 2006.

Eason, R.W. (2006) Pulsed laser deposition of thin films: applications-led growth of functional materials, Chichester, UK, Wiley Interscience, 682pp.

Eason, R.W., May-Smith, T., Grivas, C. and Shepherd, D.P. (2006) Pulsed laser deposited epitaxial garnet films for efficient low threshold waveguide lasers. In, XII International Conference on Laser Optics, St Petersburg, Russia, 26 - 30 Jun 2006.

Eason, Robert, Mailis, Sakellaris, Sones, Collin, Valdivia, Chris and Wellington, Iain (2006) Domain manipulation with a light touch: light assisted poling in ferroelectrics. In, Lasers for Science Facility User Meeting, Abingdon, GB, 30pp.

Fedotov, V.A., Mladyonov, P.L., Prosvirnin, S.L., Rogacheva, A.V., Chen, Y. and Zheludev, N.I. (2006) Asymmetric transmission of light through a planar chiral meta-material. In, QEP-17 at Photon06, Manchester, UK, 04 - 07 Sep 2006.

Fedotov, Vassili A., Mladyonov, P.L., Prosvirnin, S.L., Rogacheva, A.V., Chen, Yu and Zheludev, Nikolai I. (2006) Circular conversion dichroism in planar chiral metamaterials. arXiv.org

Finlayson, C.E. (2006) Comment on "Optical characterization of quantum dots entrained in microstructured optical fibers" [Physica E 26 (2005) 377-381]. Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures, 31, (1), 107-108. (doi:10.1016/j.physe.2005.10.005).

Finlayson, C.E. and Sazio, P.J.A. (2006) Highly efficient blue photoluminescence from colloidal lead-iodide nanoparticles. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 39, (8), 1477-1480. (doi:10.1088/0022-3727/39/8/003).

Finlayson, C.E., Sazio, P.J.A., Sanchez-Martin, R., Bradley, M., Kelf, T. and Baumberg, J.J. (2006) Whispering gallery mode emission at telecommunications-window wavelengths using PbSe nanocrystals attached to photonic beads. Semiconductor Science and Technology, 21, (3), L21-L24. (doi:10.1088/0268-1242/21/3/L01).

Finot, C., Dupriez, P., Provost, L., Parmigiani, F., Petropoulos, P., Richardson, D.J., Billet, C., Dudley, J.M., Pitois, S. and Millot, G. (2006) Impulsions paraboliques et similaritons dans les fibres optiques [Parabolic pulses and similaritons in optical fibres]. In, PAMO 2006 - Physique Atomique, Moléculaire et Optique [Atomic & Molecular Physics Optics], Dijon, France, 05 - 07 Jul 2006. 1pp.

Finot, C., Parmigiani, F., Petropoulos, P. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) Parabolic pulse evolution in normally dispersive fiber amplifiers preceding the similariton formation regime. In, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) 2006, Long Beach, USA, 21 - 26 May 2006.

Finot, Christophe, Parmigiani, Francesca, Petropoulos, Periklis and Richardson, David (2006) Methodes simples et sensibles pour optimiser le taux d'extinction d'un modulateur optique. In, 25th National Conference on Guided Optics (JNOG), Metz, France, 07 - 09 Nov 2006.

Finot, Christophe, Parmigiani, Francesca, Petropoulos, Periklis and Richardson, David (2006) Parabolic pulse evolution in normally dispersive fiber amplifiers preceding the similariton formation regime. Optics Express, 14, (8), 3161-3170.

Finot, Christophe, Parmigiani, Francesca, Petropoulos, Periklis and Richardson, David J. (2006) Evolution d'impulsions paraboliques dans un amplificateur a fibre optique hors regime asymptotique. In, 9th Nonlinear Conference 2006 - 'What's New in Non-Linear Waves', Paris, France, 08 - 10 Mar 2006. 6pp.

Flanagan, J.C., Richardson, D.J., Foster, M.J. and Bakalski, I. (2006) A microstructured wavefront filter for the Darwin nulling interferometer. In, 6th International Conference on Space Optics, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 27 - 30 Jun 2006. 8pp.

Flanagan, Joanne C., Richardson, D.J., Foster, M.J. and Bakalski, I. (2006) Microstructured fibers for broadband wavefront filtering in the mid-IR. Optics Express, 14, (24), 11773-11786.

Foreman, H.D., Wilcox, K.G., Tropper, A.C., Dupriez, P., Malinowski, A., Sahu, J.K., Nilsson, J., Richardson, D.J., Morier-Genoud, F., Keller, U. and Roberts, J.S. (2006) High power femtosecond source based on passively mode-locked 1055-nm VECSEL and Yb-fibre power amplifier. In, Advanced Solid-State Photonics (ASSP) 2006, Nevada, USA, 29 Jan - 01 Feb 2006. 3pp.

Fotiadi, Andrei A., Deparis, Olivier, Mégret, Patrice, Corbari, Costantino, Canagasabey, Albert, Ibsen, Morten and Kazansky, Peter G. (2006) All-fiber frequency doubled Er/Brillouin laser. In, CLEO/QELS 2006, Long Beach, USA, 21 - 26 May 2006.

Frantz, J.A., Sanghera, J.S., Shaw, L.B., Villalobos, G., Aggarwal, I.D. and Hewak, D.W. (2006) Sputtered films of Er3+ doped gallium sulphide glass. Materials Letters, 60, (11), 1350-1353. (doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2005.11.028).

Froud, C.A., Rogers, E.T.F., Hanna, D.C., Brocklesby, W.S., Praeger, M., de Paula, A.M., Baumberg, J.J. and Frey, J.G. (2006) Soft-x-ray wavelength shift induced by ionization effects in a capillary. Optics Letters, 31, (3), 374-376. (doi:10.1364/OL.31.000374).

Fuochi, M., Hayes, J.R., Petrovich, M.N., Baggett, J.C., Monro, T.M. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) PMD properties of spun silica holey fibers. In, Proceedings of OFC/NFOEC 2006. OFC 2005 Piscataway, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 1-3.

Furusawa, K., Yusoff, Z., Poletti, F., Monro, T.M., Broderick, N.G.R. and Richardson, D.J. (2006) Brillouin characterization of holey optical fibers. Optics Letters, 31, (17), 2541-2543.

Gallo, K., Gawith, C.B.E. and Smith, P.G.R. (2006) Bi-dimensional hexagonal poling of LiNbO3 for nonlinear photonic crystals and quasi-crystals. Ferroelectrics, 340, 69-74. (doi:10.1080/00150190600888942).

Gallo, Katia, Codemard, Christophe, Gawith, Corin B.E., Nilsson, Johan, Smith, Peter G.R., Broderick, Neil G.R. and Richardson, David J. (2006) Guided-wave second harmonic generation in a LiNbO₃ nonlinear photonic crystal. Optics Letters, 31, (9), 1232-1234. (doi:10.1364/OL.31.001232).

Gallo, Katia, Prawiharjo, Jerry, Parmigiani, Francesca, Almeida, Paulo, Petropoulos, Periklis and Richardson, David J. (2006) Processing ultrafast optical signals in broadband telecom systems by means of cascaded quadratic nonlinearities. In, Proceedings of the International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks 2006. International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2006) Piscataway, USA, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 222-226. (doi:10.1109/ICTON.2006.248379).

García de Abajo, F.J., Chen, Y., Fedotov, V.A., Papasimakis, N., Schwanecke, A.S. and Zheludev, N.I. (2006) Extraordinary light transmission through quasicrystal arrays of holes in a metal film. In, SPIE Optics and Photonics 2006, San Diego, US, 13 - 17 Aug 2006.

García de Abajo, F.J., Fedotov, V.A., Papasimakis, N., Schwanecke, A.S., Chen, Y. and Zheludev, N.I. (2006) Extraordinary transmission through planar quasicrystal. In, QEP-17 at Photon06, Manchester, UK, 04 - 07 Sep 2006.

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