Contents
Laser Physics

Vol. 16, No. 2, 2006

The Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS’05),
Kyoto, Japan, July 4–8, 2005

Preface

In Dedication to the Memory of Prof. Dr. Yutaka Tsuchiya

Modern Trends in Laser Physics

Optimal Modes for the Laser Cooling of Solids

S. N. Andrianov, A. F. Belozerov, and V. V. Bochkarev p. 211  abstract

Laser-Deposited Thin Films for Butane Detection

M. Jelínek, T. Kocourek, F. Flory, L. Escoubas, T. Mazingue, V. Myslík,
M. Vrata, R. Fryek, and F. Vyslouil p. 217  abstract

Advances in Photonic Crystals with MEMS and with Semiconductor Quantum Dots

S. Iwamoto and Y. Arakawa p. 223  abstract

Drastic Size Effects in Light–Matter Interactions Due to Long-Range Excitonic Coherence

H. Ishihara p. 232  abstract

Strong Field Phenomena

Analytical Models of Laser-Trigged Ion Acceleration

V. F. Kovalev and V. Yu. Bychenkov p. 237  abstract

SILEX-I: 300-TW Ti:Sapphire Laser

H. S. Peng, X. J. Huang, Q. H. Zhu, X. D. Wang, K. N. Zhou, X. F. Wei,
X. M. Zeng, L. Q. Liu, X. Wang, Y. Guo, D. H. Lin, B. Xu, L. B. Xu,
X. L. Chu, and X. M. Zhang p. 244  abstract

Production of Low-Emittance MeV Protons by Localized Electrons

S. Miyazaki, R. Sonobe, T. Kikuchi, and S. Kawata p. 248  abstract

Simulation of Electron Bunch Generation by an Ultrashort-Pulse High-Intensity
Laser-Driven Wakefield

M. Yamagiwa, S. V. Bulanov, T. Zh. Esirkepov, J. Koga, M. Kando, Y. Ueshima,
K. Saito, and D. Wakabayashi p. 252  abstract

Plasma-Based Advanced Accelerators at the Brookhaven Accelerator Test Facility

I. V. Pogorelsky, M. Babzien, K. P. Kusche, I. V. Pavlishin, V. Yakimenko,
C. E. Dilley, S. C. Gottschalk, W. D. Kimura, T. Katsouleas, P. Muggli,
E. Kallos, L. C. Steinhauer, A. Zigler, N. Andreev, D. B. Cline, and F. Zhou p. 259  abstract

Observation of the Nonlinear Effect in Relativistic Thomson Scattering of Electron
and Laser Beams

T. Kumita, Y. Kamiya, M. Babzien, I. Ben-Zvi, K. Kusche, I. V. Pavlishin,
I. V. Pogorelsky, D. P. Siddons, V. Yakimenko, T. Hirose, T. Omori, J. Urakawa,
K. Yokoya, D. Cline, and F. Zhou p. 267  abstract

Electron–Positron Pair Creation by Powerful Laser–Ion Interaction

K. Krajewska, J. Z. Kamiski, and F. Ehlotzky p. 272  abstract

A Test of Virtual Vacuum Polarizations in a Strong Electromagnetic Field

K. Homma, K. Haruna, R. Kohara, and T. Takahashi p. 278  abstract

Photoemission from Solid Surfaces in Intense Laser Fields

F. H. M. Faisal, J. Z. Kamiski, and E. Saczuk p. 284  abstract

High-Order Above-Threshold Ionization in a Laser Field: Influence
of the Ionization Potential on the High-Energy Cutoff

M. Busuladi, A. Gazibegovi-Busuladi, and D. B. Miloevi p. 289  abstract

Biophotonics

Optics and Microsystems for in vitro Fertilization

R. Zeggari, B. Wacogne, C. Pieralli, C. Roux, and T. Gharbi p. 294  abstract

Physics of Lasers

Optical Losses in YVO₄ : RE (RE = Nd³⁺, Er³⁺, Tm³⁺) Laser Crystals

R. Lisiecki, P. Solarz, G. Dominiak-Dzik, W. Ryba-Romanowski, and T. ukasiewicz p. 303  abstract

The Effect of Erbium Concentration on the Optical Spectrum of Erbium-Doped Fiber Laser

A. V. Kir’yanov and Yu. O. Barmenkov p. 312  abstract

A Scheme for Ultrashort X-Ray Lasing without Inversion

D. Braunstein  and R. Shuker p. 317  abstract

Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

X-Ray Emission from Multi-Inner-Shell Excited States Produced by High-Intensity
Short-Pulse X-Rays

K. Moribayashi, K. Lee, T. Kagawa, and D. E. Kim p. 322  abstract

Ultrafast Optical Responses of Three-Level Systems in -Carotene: Resonance
to a High-Lying Excited State

M. Yoshizawa, D. Kosumi, M. Komukai, and H. Hashimoto p. 325  abstract

Color Center Production by Femtosecond-Pulse Laser Irradiation in Fluoride Crystals

L. C. Courrol, R. E. Samad, L. Gomes, I. M. Ranieri, S. L. Baldochi,
A. Z. Freitas, S. P. Morato, and N. D. Vieira, Jr. p. 331  abstract

Geometrical Method for Determining the Surface Damage Threshold for Femtosecond
Laser Pulses

R. E. Samad and N. D. Vieira, Jr. p. 336  abstract

Physics of Cold Trapped Atoms

Numerical Simulation of Scattering of Solitons, Dark Solitons, and Vortices
by Potential Walls

H. Sakaguchi p. 340  abstract

Generating Vector Solitary Waves of Bose–Einstein Condensates in Optical Lattices

L. Plaja  and J. San Román p. 344  abstract

Nonequilibrium Dynamics of Tonks–Girardeau Gases on Optical Lattices

M. Rigol and A. Muramatsu  p. 348  abstract

Entanglement Production with Multimode Bose–Einstein Condensates
in Optical Lattices

V. I. Yukalov and E. P. Yukalova p. 354  abstract

Bose–Fermi Mixtures in Optical Lattices

M. Centelles, M. Guilleumas, M. Barranco, R. Mayol, and M. Pi p. 360  abstract

Dipole and Bloch Oscillations of Cold Atoms in a Parabolic Lattice

A. V. Ponomarev and A. R. Kolovsky  p. 367  abstract

Topological Creation of a Multiply Charged Quantized Vortex in the Rb
Bose–Einstein Condensate

M. Kumakura, T. Hirotani, M. Okano, T. Yabuzaki, and Y. Takahashi p. 371  abstract

Role of Surface Modes in Vortex Formation in BEC

W. V. Pogosov and K. Machida p. 376  abstract

Nonlinear Dynamics of a Spinor Bose–Einstein Condensate in a Double-Well Potential

Ö. E. Müstecapliolu, M. Zhang, and L. You p. 379  abstract

Quantum Information and Quantum Computation

Measuring the Photon Distribution with ON/OFF Photodetectors

M. Genovese, M. Gramegna, G. Brida, M. Bondani, G. Zambra,
A. Andreoni, A. R. Rossi, and M. G. A. Paris p. 385  abstract

Entropy of a Needle in a Haystack

Yiyuan Fang, L. C. Kwek, K. W. Choo, D. Kaszlikowski, and C. H. Oh p. 393  abstract

Geometric Phase for Mixed States

L. C. Kwek, D. M. Tong, J. L. Chen, J. F. Du, K. W. Choo, R. Ravishankar,
D. Kaszlikowski, and C. H. Oh p. 398  abstract

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