Christopher L. Hoy, W. Neil Everett, Murat Yildirim, James Kobler, Steven M. Zeitels, Adela Ben-Yakar, “Towards endoscopic ultrafast laser microsurgery of vocal folds,” Journal of Biomedical Optics 17, 038002 (2012).

Christopher L. Hoy, Onur Ferhanoglu, Murat Yildirim, Wibool Piyawattanametha, Hyejun Ra, Olav Solgaard, and Adela Ben-Yakar, “Optical design and imaging performance testing of a 9.6-mm diameter femtosecond laser microsurgery probe ,” Optics Express 19, 10536 - 10552 (2011).

DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010536

Neumann, B., Nguyen, K.C., Hall, D.H., Ben-Yakar, A., and Hilliard, M.C., “Axonal regeneration proceeds through specific axonal fusion in transected C. elegans neurons,” Developmental Dynamics 240, 1365-1372 (2011).

• This article made the cover of the June 14 issue of Developmental Dynamics. See the cover  here .

Harrison, R.K. and Ben-Yakar, A.,“Role of near-field enhancement in plasmonic laser nanoablation using gold nanorods on a silicon substrate: reply,” Optics Express 19, 6177-6181 (2011).

• This reply was submitted as a stand-alone response to a comment regarding our previously published article. Link

C.L. Hoy, N.J. Durr, and Adela Ben-Yakar, “Fast-updating and nonrepeating Lissajous image reconstruction method for capturing increased dynamic information,” Applied Optics 50, 2376 - 2382 (2011).

Durr, N.J., Weisspfennig, C.T., Holfeld, B.A., and Ben-Yakar, A., "Maximum imaging depth of two-photon autofluorescence microscopy in epithelial tissues," Journal of Biomedical Optics, 16(2), 026008  (2011). 

•  This article has been selected for the March 2011 issue of the Virtual Journal of Ultrafast Science, which highlights selected published articles from a wide range of journals to focus on cutting-edge research.

Hoy, C.L., "Development of Femtosecond Laser Endoscopic Microsurgery," Doctoral Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin (2011).

Ben-Yakar, A., Eversole, D., and Guo, S.X., "Plasmonic laser nanoablation", US Patent 7834331, Issued 11/16/2010.

• This patent covers the nanoscale ablation of materials and tissue using plasmonically-enhanced ultrafast laser pulses in the near-field of nanoparticles. The patent is based on the work done in the FemtoLAB for the application of this technique to nanofabrication and targeted cellular manipulation. 

See related papers:

PLN of silicon with gold nanoparticles: Eversole et al. and Harrison et al.

PLN of glass using carbon nanotubes: Guo et al.

Review of PLN for biomedical applications: Ben-Yakar et al.

Harrison, R.K. and Ben-Yakar, A.,“Role of near-field enhancement in plasmonic laser nanoablation using gold nanorods on a silicon substrate,” Optics Express 18, 22556-22571 (2010).

• A comment regarding this article and our reply have been published in Optics Express. Link

Durr, N.J., "Nonlinear imaging with endogenous fluorescent contrast and plasmonic contrast agents," Doctoral Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin (2010).