Improving long-path differential optical absorption spectroscopy with a quartz-fiber mode mixer

Jochen Stutz and Ulrich Platt

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1105-1115 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Decentered Gaussian beams, ray bundles, and Bessel–Gauss beams

Claudio Palma

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1116-1120 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Internal reflection beneath capillary water waves: a method for measuring wave slope

J. R. Saylor

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1121-1129 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Transverse-mode astigmatism in a diode-pumped unstable resonator Nd:YVO₄ laser

Yuh-Jen Cheng, C. G. Fanning, and A. E. Siegman

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1130-1134 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Wavelength modulation detection of water vapor with a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser

David Christian Hovde and Craig A. Parsons

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1135-1138 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of the small-signal gain and saturation intensity of a XeF discharge laser

Parviz Parvin, Mohammad S. Zaeferani, Kavoos Mirabbaszadeh, and Rassoul Sadighi

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1139-1142 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Output coupler design of unstable cavities for excimer lasers

C. Giuri, M. R. Perrone, and V. Piccinno

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1143-1148 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Transient stimulated Brillouin scattering reflectivity in CS₂ and SF₆ under multipulse employment

Min Sik Jo and Chang Hee Nam

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1149-1154 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-photon resonance-enhanced refractive-index change and self-focusing in a dye-solution-filled hollow fiber system

Guang S. He, Makoto Yoshida, Jayant D. Bhawalkar, and Paras N. Prasad

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1155-1163 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Seeded femtosecond optical parametric amplification in the mid-infrared spectral region above 3 µm

Valentin Petrov, Frank Noack, and Richard Stolzenberger

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1164-1172 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurements of a nonlinear refractive index with a single laser pulse

J. Hein, M. Helbig, and S. Rentsch

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1173-1176 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Raman shifting of Nd:YAP laser radiation with a Brillouin resonator coupled with a Raman half-resonator

Do Il Chang, Jae Yong Lee, and Hong Jin Kong

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1177-1179 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication and performance characteristics of high-speed ion-implanted Si metal–semiconductor–metal photodetectors

N. K. Dutta, D. T. Nichols, D. C. Jacobson, and G. Livescu

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1180-1184 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Connectors, splices, and couplers for infrared transmitting optical fibers

O. Eyal, D. Shemesh, and A. Katzir

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1185-1190 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Explicit finite-difference simulation of optical integrated devices on massive parallel computers

Tomas Sterkenburgh, Rolf Michael Michels, Peter Dress, and Hilmar Franke

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1191-1197 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Holographic Bragg grating input–output couplers for polymer waveguides at an 850-nm wavelength

Qiang Huang and Paul R. Ashley

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1198-1203 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Photobleaching of polydiacetylene waveguides: a characterization of the process and patterning of optical elements

Luca Palchetti, Qu Li, Emilia Giorgetti, Daniela Grando, and Stefano Sottini

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1204-1212 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of a digital microstrip optical switch: a novel method

Khalid M. Al-Ruwaihi and Moataza A. Hindy

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1213-1217 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Evanescent field sensors with periodically segmented waveguides

Z. Weissman

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1218-1222 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Real-time precision refractometry: new approaches

Mark L. Eickhoff and J. L. Hall

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1223-1234 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Lidar calibration: a new method

Jingbin Zhang and Huanling Hu

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1235-1238 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser-ranging scanning system to observe topographical deformations of volcanoes

Tetsuo Aoki, Masao Takabe, Kohei Mizutani, and Toshikazu Itabe

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1239-1244 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-wavelength dual differential absorption lidar method for stratospheric ozone measurements in the presence of volcanic aerosols

Zhien Wang, Hideaki Nakane, Huanling Hu, and Jun Zhou

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1245-1252 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis techniques for the recovery of winds and backscatter coefficients from a multiple-channel incoherent Doppler lidar

Matthew J. McGill, Wilbert R. Skinner, and Todd D. Irgang

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1253-1268 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Transverse-mode selection in apertured super-Gaussian resonators: an experimental and numerical investigation for a pulsed CO₂ Doppler lidar transmitter

E. Galletti, E. Stucchi, D. V. Willetts, and M. R. Harris

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1269-1277 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Laboratory studies of angle- and polarization-dependent light scattering in sea ice

D. Miller, M. S. Quinby-Hunt, and A. J. Hunt

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1278-1288 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiple excitation fluorometer for in situ oceanographic applications

Russell A. Desiderio, Casey Moore, Carl Lantz, and Timothy J. Cowles

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1289-1296 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Reflection intensity optical fiber sensors for the mid-infrared

I. Tugendhaft, A. Bornstein, Y. Weissman, and A. Hardy

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1297-1302 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Electromagnetic-field calculations for a sphere illuminated by a higher-order Gaussian beam. I. Internal and near-field effects

John P. Barton

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1303-1311 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Electromagnetic-field calculations for irregularly shaped, layered cylindrical particles with focused illumination

John P. Barton

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1312-1319 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical technique for inner-scale measurement: possible astronomical applications

E. Masciadri and J. Vernin

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1320-1327 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Retrieval of aerosol profile variations in the visible and near infrared: theory and application of the single-scattering approach

M. Gabella, R. Guzzi, V. Kisselev, and G. Perona

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1328-1336 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Scattering matrix elements of fractal-like soot agglomerates

S. Manickavasagam and M. P. Mengüç

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1337-1351 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-dimensional Fourier-transform techniques for the analysis of hook interferograms

H. J. Kim and B. W. James

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1352-1356 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of particle sizes, concentration, and refractive index in measurement of light transmittance in the forward-scattering-angle range

Anatoli P. Nefedov, Oleg F. Petrov, and Olga S. Vaulina

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1357-1366 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase maps based on the Lorenz–Mie theory to optimize phase Doppler particle-sizing systems

Zilong Jiang

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1367-1375 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Simple model of a polarized bidirectional scattering cross section at 10.6 µm: application to SiO₂ sand

Jihad Zallat and Marc Ph. Stoll

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1376-1385 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiple-scattering effects on differential absorption for the transmission of a plane-parallel beam in a homogeneous medium

Avishai Ben-David

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1386-1398 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Variable particulate environment around the Shuttle

Byron David Green and Mark Ahmadjian

Appl. Opt. 36(6), 1399-1406 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF