20 August 1997, Volume 36, Issue 24, pp. 5817-6156  
53 articles

Time-resolved wavelength modulation spectroscopy measurements of HO2 kinetics

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5817-5821 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Improved sensitivity of tunable far-infrared spectroscopy: application to the detection of HBr in the ν = 1 state

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5822-5826 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and testing of a large-aperture, high-gain, Brewster’s angle zigzag Nd:glass slab amplifier

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5827-5838 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectroscopic properties of Nd3+ and Pr3+ in gallate glasses with low phonon energies

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5839-5843 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Annular resonator with a Cassegrain configuration

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5844-5848 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Characteristics of a dye laser amplifier transversely pumped by copper vapor lasers with a two-dimensional calculation model

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5849-5854 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Lasing threshold reduction in grating-tuned cavities

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5855-5858 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-frequency 1559-nm erbium-doped fiber laser pumped by a 650-nm semiconductor laser

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5859-5861 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Photostability enhancement of Pyrromethene 567 and Perylene Orange in oxygen-free liquid and solid dye lasers

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5862-5871 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Highly efficient diode-stack, end-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser with symmetrized beam quality

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5872-5875 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Resolution enhancement printing with a variable spot-size laser diode

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5876-5880 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Amplitude-stabilized frequency-modulated laser diode and its interferometric sensing applications

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5881-5887 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhanced stimulated photorefractive scattering self-pumped phase conjugator in Ce-doped BaTiO3 with external mirrors

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5888-5892 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of the nonlinear refractive index of fibers with a rotating nonlinear Sagnac interferometer

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5893-5897 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Simple, high-performance type II β-BaB2O4 optical parametric oscillator

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5898-5901 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Relative signs of the nonlinear coefficients of potassium titanyl phosphate

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5902-5904 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Calibration of laser frequency scan with an electro-optic modulator

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5905-5907 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

AM and high-harmonic FM laser mode locking

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5908-5912 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Variable stimulated Brillouin scattering pulse compressor for nonlinear optical measurements

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5913-5917 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Simultaneous alignment of optical axes by monitoring reflected light from core and cladding

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5918-5922 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of color-center-related contribution to Bragg grating formation in Ge:SiO2 fiber based on a local Kramers–Kronig transformation of excess loss spectra

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5923-5930 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Properties of Sm3+ ions in fluorozirconate fiber

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5931-5933 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical properties of single-crystal sapphire fibers

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5934-5940 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Dilute-melt, proton-exchange slab waveguides in LiNbO3: a new fabrication and characterization method

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5941-5948 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Potassium source for ion-exchange glass waveguide fabrication

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5949-5950 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Heating mechanisms in a near-field optical system

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5951-5958 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Imaging of trace species distributions by degenerate four-wave mixing: diffraction effects, spatial resolution, and image referencing

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5959-5968 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Influence of atmospheric turbulence on the uplink propagation in an optical time transfer

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5969-5975 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Edge technique Doppler lidar wind measurements with high vertical resolution

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5976-5983 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Pyrgeometer formula

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5984-5986 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Temperature measurements made with a combined Rayleigh–Mie and Raman lidar

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5987-5995 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Reciprocal path-scattering effects for a ground-based, monostatic laser radar tracking a space target through turbulence

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 5996-6004 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Ground slope analysis by model experiments and Japan Earth Resources Satellite-1 data

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6005-6008 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental determination of a geometric form factor in a lidar equation for an inhomogeneous atmosphere

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6009-6010 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Lidar profiles of fish schools

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6011-6020 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of lidar systems for profiling aurorally excited molecular species

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6024-6034 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Absorption and attenuation of visible and near-infrared light in water: dependence on temperature and salinity

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6035-6046 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Instruments and methods for measuring the backward-scattering coefficient of ocean waters

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6057-6067 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical scintillations and fade statistics for a satellite-communication system: errata

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6068-6069 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Automated ground-based star-pointing UV–visible spectrometer for stratospheric measurements

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6069-6075 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Solar absorption measurements of stratospheric OH in the UV with a Fourier-transform spectrometer

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6076-6082 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarized radiance distribution measurements of skylight. I. System description and characterization

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6083-6094 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Beam width and transmitter power adaptive to tracking system performance for free-space optical communication

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6095-6101 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Parametric solution of the inverse light-scattering problem for individual spherical particles

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6102-6108 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

S approximation for light scattering by an infinitely long cylinder

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6109-6114 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Light-scattering intensity fluctuations in microdroplets containing inclusions

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6115-6118 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Light transmission by a monolayer of particles: comparison of experimental data with calculation as a single-scattering approximation

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6119-6122 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Picosecond planar laser-induced fluorescence measurements of OH A2 Σ+ (ν′ = 2) lifetime and energy transfer in atmospheric pressure flames

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6129-6140 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Theoretical simulation of a polarization modulator based on mechanical rotation of a polarizing element

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6141-6148 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Neural-network-based spatial light-scattering instrument for hazardous airborne fiber detection

Appl. Opt. 36(24), 6149-6156 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF