1. Plasmonic nanoparticles embedded in single crystals synthesized by gold ion implantation for enhanced optical nonlinearity and efficient Q-switched lasing

W.J. Nie, Y.X. Zhang, H.H. Yu, R. Li, R.Y. He, N.N. Dong, J. Wang, R. Hübner, R. Böttger, S.Q. Zhou, H. Amekura, and Feng Chen

Nanoscale 10, 4228-4236 (2018). (Selected as back cover)

2. Lithium niobate crystal embedded with Au nanoparticles: A new saturable absorber for efficient mode-locking of ultrafast laser pulses at 1μm

Chi Pang, Rang Li, Ziqi Li, Ningning Dong, Chen Cheng, Weijie Nie, Roman Böttger, Shengqiang Zhou, Jun Wang, and Feng Chen

Advanced Optical Materials 6, 1800357 (2018).

3. 6.5 GHz Q-switched mode-locked waveguide lasers based on two-dimensional materials as saturable absorbers

Ziqi Li, Yuxia Zhang, Chen Cheng, Haohai Yu, and Feng Chen

Optics Express 26, 11321-11330 (2018).

4. Self-assembled monolayers of bimetallic Au/Ag nanospheres with superior SERS activity for ultrasensitive triphenylmethane dyes detection

Yue Tian, Hua Zhang, Linlin Xu, Ming Chen, and Feng Chen

Optics Letters 43, 635-638 (2018).

5. Nonlinear Absorption Response Correlated to Embedded Ag Nanoparticles in BGO Single Crystal: From Two-Photon to Three-Photon Absorption

Rang Li, Ningning Dong, Feng Ren, Hiro Amekura, Jun Wang, and Feng Chen

Scientific Reports 8, 1977 (2018).

6. Enhanced nonlinear optical response of graphene by silver-based nanoparticle modification for pulsed lasing

Ziqi Li, Ningning Dong, Chen Cheng, Linlin Xu, Ming Chen, Jun Wang, and Feng Chen

Optical Materials Express 8, 1368-1377 (2018).

7. Mode-locked waveguide lasers modulated by rhenium diselenide as a new saturable absorber

Ziqi Li, Ningning Dong, Yuxia Zhang, Jun Wang, Haohai Yu, and Feng Chen

APL Photonics x, xxxx (2018).

8. Cladding waveguide splitters fabricated by femtosecond laser inscription in Ti:Sapphire crystal

Yingying Ren, Limu Zhang, Hongguang Xing, Carolina Romero, Javier R. Vázquez de Aldana, and Feng Chen

Optics & Laser Technology 103, 82-88 (2018).

9. Femtosecond laser irradiation on Nd:YAG crystal: Surface ablation and high-spatial-frequency nanograting

Yingying Ren, Limu Zhang, Carolina Romero, Javier R. Vázquez de Aldan, and Feng Chen

Applied Surface Science 441, 372-380 (2018).

10. Switchable single-dual-wavelength Yb,Na:CaF₂ waveguide lasers operating in continuous-wave and pulsed regimes

Yingying Ren, Chen Cheng, Yuechen Jia, Yang Jiao, Dengwang Li, Mark D. Mackenzie, Ajoy K. Kar, and Feng Chen

Optical Materials Express 8, 1633-1641 (2018).

11. Pulsed laser deposition of ferroelectric potassium tantalate-niobate optical waveguiding thin films

Yuechen Jia, Markus Winkler, Chen Cheng, Feng Chen, Lutz Kirste, Volker Cimalla, Agnė Žukauskaitė, Ingo Breunig, and Karsten Buse

Optical Materials Express 8, 541-548 (2018).

12. Three-dimensional beam-splitting transitions and numerical modelling of direct-laserwritten near-infrared LiNbO₃ cladding waveguides

Javier G. Ajates, Javier R. Vázquez de Aldana, Feng Chen, and Airán Ródenas

Optical Materials Express 8, 1890-1901 (2018).

13. Boron nitride/gold nanocomposites for crystal violet and creatinine detection by surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

Hua Zhang, Guanhua Li, Shuang Li, Linlin Xu, Yue Tian, Anxin Jiao, Xiangdong Liu, Feng Chen, and Ming Chen

Applied Surface Science 457, 684-694 (2018).