Implementation of the Patient-Centered Medical Home Model in Facilities Providing Comprehensive Care to Medically Underserved Populations.

During the three-year Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Advanced Primary Care Practice (APCP) Demonstration, 393 FQHCs (78.6% of the original 500 and 90.6% of the 434 continually-enrolled FQHCs) achieved patient-centered medical home (PCMH) recognition.

42%-efficient single-pass cw second-harmonic generation in periodically poled lithium niobate.

We present a full-wafer fabrication process for periodically poled lithium niobate with a 6.5-mum domain period. Samples that were 53 mm long and 0.

Quantum noise in a continuous-wave laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG linear optical amplifier.

We present measurements of the power noise that is due to optical amplification in a laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG free-space traveling-wave linear amplifier in a master-oscillator-power-amplifier configuration. The quantum noise behavior of the optical amplifier was demonstrated by use of InGaAs photodetectors in a balanced detection configuration, at a total photocurrent of 100 mA and in a frequency band from 6.25 to 15.

Yb:YAG and Nd:YAG edge-pumped slab lasers.

Experimental demonstrations of two edge-pumped zigzag slab lasers are presented. The Nd:YAG slab laser generated 127 W of multimode output power with 300W of pump power. Preliminary results with a Yb:YAG slab produced 46 W of output power with 315W of pump power.