Editors' Picks Collection: Nonlinear Optics

Since 1997, Optics Express has been a respected journal emphasizing scientific and technological innovations in optics and photonics. To honor its 20th anniversary year, the editors of Optics Express selected articles from a variety of topic areas that have been key to the Journal's success.

Note that this selection of articles is not meant to be exhaustive but authoritative, showing that significant contributions were made and continue to be made in these areas.


  1. Observation of stimulated Raman amplification in silicon waveguides
    R. Claps, D. Dimitropoulos, V. Raghunathan, Y. Han, and B. Jalali
    Opt. Express 11(15) 1731-1739 (2003)
  2. Observation of pulse delaying and advancement in optical fibers using stimulated Brillouin scattering
    Kwang Yong Song, Miguel González Herráez, and Luc Thévenaz
    Opt. Express 13(1) 82-88 (2005)
  3. Optical bistable switching action of Si high-Q photonic-crystal nanocavities
    Masaya Notomi, Akihiko Shinya, Satoshi Mitsugi, Goh Kira, Eiichi Kuramochi, and Takasumi Tanabe
    Opt. Express 13(7) 2678-2687 (2005)
  4. C-band wavelength conversion in silicon photonic wire waveguides
    Richard L. Espinola, Jerry I. Dadap, Richard M. Osgood, Sharee J. McNab, and Yurii A. Vlasov
    Opt. Express 13(11) 4341-4349 (2005)
  5. Four-wave mixing in silicon wire waveguides
    Hiroshi Fukuda, Koji Yamada, Tetsufumi Shoji, Mitsutoshi Takahashi, Tai Tsuchizawa, Toshifumi Watanabe, Jun-ichi Takahashi, and Sei-ichi Itabashi
    Opt. Express 13(12) 4629-4637 (2005)
  6. Wide bandwidth slow light using a Raman fiber amplifier
    Jay E. Sharping, Yoshitomo Okawachi, and Alexander L. Gaeta
    Opt. Express 13(16) 6092-6098 (2005)
  7. Nonlinear silicon-on-insulator waveguides for all-optical signal processing
    C. Koos, L. Jacome, C. Poulton, J. Leuthold, and W. Freude
    Opt. Express 15(10) 5976-5990 (2007)
  8. Ultrafast all-optical chalcogenide glass photonic circuits
    Vahid G. Ta'eed, Neil J. Baker, Libin Fu, Klaus Finsterbusch, Michael R.E. Lamont, David J. Moss, Hong C. Nguyen, Benjamin J. Eggleton, Duk Yong Choi, Steven Madden, and Barry Luther-Davies
    Opt. Express 15(15) 9205-9221 (2007)
  9. Nonlinear optical phenomena in silicon waveguides: Modeling and applications
    Q. Lin, Oskar J. Painter, and Govind P. Agrawal
    Opt. Express 15(25) 16604-16644 (2007)
  10. Physics and applications of atmospheric nonlinear optics and filamentation
    Jérôme Kasparian and Jean-Pierre Wolf
    Opt. Express 16(1) 466-493 (2008)
  11. Nonlinear optics in photonic nanowires
    Mark A. Foster, Amy C. Turner, Michal Lipson, and Alexander L. Gaeta
    Opt. Express 16(2) 1300-1320 (2008)