Applied Optics

Gisele Bennett, Editor-in-Chief

Applied Optics

20 July 1997, Volume 36, Issue 21, pp. 4907-5237
49 articles

High-accuracy wavelength-change measurement system based on a Wollaston interferometer, incorporating a self-referencing scheme

Xiang Qiang Jiang, J. Kemp, Y. N. Ning, A. W. Palmer, and K. T. V. Grattan

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4907-4912 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

High-resolution tunable spectrograph for x-ray laser linewidth measurements with a plane varied-line-spacing grating

James H. Underwood and Jeffrey A. Koch

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4913-4921 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of aircraft exhausts with Fourier-transform infrared emission spectroscopy

Jörg Heland and Klaus Schäfer

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4922-4931 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Performance of a prototype for a large-aperture multipass Nd:glass laser for inertial confinement fusion

Bruno M. Van Wonterghem, John R. Murray, Jack H. Campbell, D. Ralph Speck, Charles E. Barker, Ian C. Smith, Donald F. Browning, and William C. Behrendt

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4932-4953 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of ion exchange and cw CO₂ laser treatment of Nd-doped phosphate laser glass

Hui Gong and Chengfu Li

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4954-4957 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Optical coatings for deuterium fluoride chemical laser systems

Shengming Xiong and Yundong Zhang

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4958-4961 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Optimized superstationary anastigmatic mounts of concave gratings

Evgenii G. Churin, Polina Bayvel, and John E. Midwinter

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4962-4964 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Epoxy matrix for solid-state dye laser applications

Mario J. Cazeca, XinLi Jiang, Jayant Kumar, and Sukant K. Tripathy

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4965-4968 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Spectroscopy and molecular structure of efficient laser dyes: vibronic spin-orbit interactions in heterocyclics

Theodore G. Pavlopoulos

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4969-4980 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Efficient diode side-pumping configuration of a Nd:YAG rod laser with a diffusive cavity

Tetsuo Kojima and Koji Yasui

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4981-4984 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Excitation of a Cr:forsterite laser to the ³T₁ band

Iain T. McKinnie, Lawrence A. W. Gloster, Terry A. King, and Richard T. White

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4985-4988 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Low-threshold, single-frequency, coupled cavity Ti:sapphire laser

Andrew J. Tiffany, Iain T. McKinnie, and Donald M. Warrington

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4989-4992 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Apodizing holographic gratings for the modal control of semiconductor lasers

Jean-François Lepage, Reza Massudi, Geneviève Anctil, Sébastien Gilbert, Michel Piché, and Nathalie McCarthy

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4993-4998 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Stability of short, single-mode erbium-doped fiber lasers

Mikael Svalgaard and Sarah L. Gilbert

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 4999-5009 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Bistability of a self-standing film caused by photothermal displacement

Kazuhiro Hane and Kentaro Suzuki

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5006-5009 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Efficiency of non-phase-matched second-harmonic generation by Gaussian pulses

Dan Perlov and Michael Roth

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5010-5017 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Wave-mixing properties in commercially available semi-insulator grade GaAs crystals

Ralph Kalibjian and John P. Cornish

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5018-5025 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Experimental investigation of high-power single-pass Raman shifters in the ultraviolet with Nd:YAG and KrF lasers

Laurent de Schoulepnikoff, Valentin Mitev, Valentin Simeonov, Bertrand Calpini, and Hubert van den Bergh

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5026-5043 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Generation of high-repetition-rate femtosecond pulses from 8 to 18 µm

James M. Fraser, Diankui Wang, Alain Haché, Gary R. Allan, and Henry M. van Driel

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5044-5047 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Pulse compression with a high-energy Nd:YAG regenerative amplifier system

Vincent A. Venturo, Alan G. Joly, and Douglas Ray

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5048-5052 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Tunable diode-pumped and frequency-doubled Cr:LiSAF lasers

Pierre Laperle, Kevin J. Snell, Alain Chandonnet, Pierre Galarneau, and Réal Vallée

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5053-5057 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

High-temperature effects in fluorine-doped, fused synthetic silica fibers

Risto Oikari, Toni Laurila, and Rolf Hernberg

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5058-5063 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Optical bandpass filter from a curved segment of a detuned two-core fiber

Anne C. Jacob Poulin and Réal Vallée

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5064-5071 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

High-peak-power, pulsed CO₂ laser light delivery by hollow glass waveguides

Jiwang Dai and James A. Harrington

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5072-5077 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Pulsed, laser-induced holographic coupling gratings for waveguides made of cross-linkable polymers

Klaus Schmitt, Carsten Benecke, and Martin Schadt

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5078-5082 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Characterization of annealed, proton-exchanged optical waveguides in ZnO:LiNbO₃ crystal

Wei Xing Hou and Tow Chong Chong

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5083-5088 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Low-loss measurement in partially buried optical waveguides on glass with a plastic prism

Yan Zhou, Mee Koy Chin, Kok Siong Lai, and Clarence C. K. Wong

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5089-5090 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Multimode polymeric Y junctions for star couplers in backplane optical interconnect

David Israel, Roel Baets, Martin J. Goodwin, Nicola Shaw, Marc D. Salik, and Chris J. Groves-Kirkby

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5091-5096 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Design of phased-array wavelength division multiplexers using multimode interference couplers

Mohammad R. Paiam and Robert I. MacDonald

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5097-5108 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Thin-film optical sensors with silicon-compatible materials

Daniel P. Poenar and Reinoud F. Wolffenbuttel

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5109-5121 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Optical properties of thin-film silicon-compatible materials

Daniel P. Poenar and Reinoud F. Wolffenbuttel

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5122-5128 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Very low-loss passive fiber-to-chip coupling with tapered fibers

Thomas Paatzsch, Ingo Smaglinski, Michael Abraham, Hans-Dieter Bauer, Uwe Hempelmann, Guenter Neumann, Gerd Mrozynski, and Wolfgang Kerndlmaier

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5129-5133 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Two-wavelength lidar inversion algorithm for a two-component atmosphere

Jörg Ackermann

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5134-5143 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Combined Raman–elastic backscatter lidar method for the measurement of backscatter ratios

Hans Moosmüller and Thomas D. Wilkerson

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5144-5147 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Validation of the Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment: stratospheric temperature and aerosol measurements

Yiyun Y. Gu, Chester S. Gardner, Paul A. Castleberg, George C. Papen, and Michael C. Kelley

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5148-5157 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Deconvolution of long-pulse lidar signals with matrix formulation

Young Je Park, Sang Whoe Dho, and Hong Jin Kong

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5158-5161 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Spectral absorption coefficient measured in situ in the North Sea with a marine radiometric spectrometer system

Eon O’Mongain, Daniel Buckton, Stuart Green, Martina Bree, Karl Moore, Roland Doerffer, Sean Danaher, Hans Hakvoort, John Kennedy, Jürgen Fischer, Frank Fell, Dimitris Papantoniou, and Martin McGarrigle

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5162-5167 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Polarized light scattering by aerosols in the marine atmospheric boundary layer

Mary S. Quinby-Hunt, Lael L. Erskine, and Arlon J. Hunt

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5168-5184 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Smart interpolator for a fiber-optic pressure sensor

Changsen Sun and Junxiu Lin

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5185-5187 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Improved algorithm for electromagnetic scattering of plane waves and shaped beams by multilayered spheres

Zhen Sen Wu, Li Xin Guo, Kuan Fang Ren, Gérard Gouesbet, and Gérard Gréhan

Appl. Opt. 36(21), 5188-5198 (1997) View: HTML | PDF

Absolute spectral measurements of direct solar ultraviolet irradiance with a Brewer spectrophotometer

Alkiviadis F. Bais