Multiple-scattering influence on extinction- and backscatter-coefficient measurements with Raman and high-spectral-resolution lidars

Ulla Wandinger

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 417-427 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Comment on Rayleigh-scattering calculations for the terrestrial atmosphere

François-Marie Bréon

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 428-429 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Response to comment on Rayleigh-scattering calculations for the terrestrial atmosphere

Anthony Bucholtz

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 430-430 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation of laser-induced fluorescence of several natural leaves for application to lidar vegetation monitoring

Yasunori Saito, Mitsuyoshi Kanoh, Ken-ichiro Hatake, Takuya D. Kawahara, and Akio Nomura

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 431-437 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of a four-element, hollow-cube corner retroreflector for satellites by use of a genetic algorithm

Atsushi Minato and Nobuo Sugimoto

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 438-442 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber recirculating delay-line tunable depolarizer

Paisheng Shen, Joseph C. Palais, and Chinlon Lin

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 443-448 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Bragg scattering from an obliquely illuminated photonic crystal fiber

Jonathan C. Knight, Tim A. Birks, Philip St. J. Russell, and John G. Rarity

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 449-452 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Polymer waveguide overlays for side-polished fiber devices

Sang Goo Lee, Jason P. Sokoloff, Brian P. McGinnis, and Hiroyuki Sasabe

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 453-462 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Generalized LP_1m modes in an optical fiber with constant radius of curvature

Kiyonobu Kusano and Adrian Ankiewicz

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 463-468 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Transfer of orbital angular momentum from a stressed fiber-optic waveguide to a light beam

David McGloin, Neil B. Simpson, and Miles J. Padgett

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 469-472 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of phase shifts on four-beam interference patterns

Andres Fernandez and Don W. Phillion

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 473-478 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-dimensional rainbow schlieren tomography of a temperature field in gas flows

Ajay K. Agrawal, Nelson K. Butuk, Subramanyam R. Gollahalli, and DeVon Griffin

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 479-485 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Arcjet nozzle flow-field characterization by laser-induced fluorescence

P. Victor Storm and Mark A. Cappelli

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 486-495 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient single-mode GaAs/AlGaAs W waveguide phase modulator with a low propagation loss

Young Tae Byun, Kyung Hyun Park, Sun Ho Kim, Sang Sam Choi, Jong Chang Yi, and Tong Kun Lim

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 496-501 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Timing of optical pulses by a photodiode in the Geiger mode

Etienne Samain

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 502-506 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Systematic design of full phase compensation microprism-type low-loss bent waveguides

Ching-Ting Lee and Jui-Ming Hsu

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 507-509 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Solid-state cavity lasing from poly(p-phenylene vinylene)–silica nanocomposite bulk

Deepak N. Kumar, Jayant D. Bhawalkar, and Paras N. Prasad

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 510-513 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance of a neodymium yttrium aluminum borate green laser pumped with a fiber-coupled laser diode

Yung-Fu Chen, Shing-Chung Wang, Ching-Fen Kao, and Ting-Ming Huang

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 514-517 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-mode operation and frequency doubling of fiber-coupled diode butt-coupling-pumped Nd:YVO₄ lasers

Yung-Fu Chen, Ching-Fen Kao, and Ting-Ming Huang

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 518-521 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Pulse colliding in a self-mode-locked ring-cavity Ti:sapphire laser

Ching-yue Wang, Lu Chai, Weili Zhang, and Kwong Mow Yoo

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 522-525 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Frequency stability improvement of a two-mode stabilized 633-nm He–Ne laser

Fumio Murakami, Masahiko Tsukuda, and Tatehisa Ohta

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 526-529 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Amplified spontaneous emission reduction by use of stimulated Brillouin scattering: 2-ns pulses from a Ti:Al₂O₃ amplifier chain

Chi-Kung Ni and A. H. Kung

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 530-535 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Pulse-stacking technique for enhanced performance of a solid-state laser pumped by a high-pulse-rate source

Sylvia E. French, Daniel J. W. Brown, David S. Knowles, and James A. Piper

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 536-539 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase compensation of azimuthally polarized J₁ Bessel–Gaussian laser beams

Anthony A. Tovar

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 540-545 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Review and assessment of measured values of the nonlinear refractive-index coefficient of fused silica

David Milam

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 546-550 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient high-power green beam generation by use of an intracavity frequency-doubled laser-diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

Susumu Konno and Koji Yasui

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 551-554 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Fundamental walkoff-compensated type II second-harmonic generation in KTiOPO₄ and LiB₃O₅

Katsu Asaumi

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 555-560 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Thermo-optic dispersion formula of AgGaSe₂ and its practical applications

Eiko Tanaka and Kiyoshi Kato

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 561-564 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Off the line-of-sight laser radar

Kannan Krishnaswami and Michael Tilleman

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 565-572 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of a phase/Doppler light-scattering system for measurement of small-diameter glass fibers during fiberglass manufacturing

Scott A. Schaub, Amir A. Naqwi, and Foster L. Harding

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 573-585 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Soil textural classification by a photosedimentation method

Paul K. Buah-Bassuah, Stefano Euzzor, Franco Francini, Gabriel W. Quansah, and Paola Sansoni

Appl. Opt. 37(3), 586-593 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF