20 September 2005, Volume 44, Issue 27, pp. 5623-5831  
28 articles

Light and color in the open air: introduction to the feature issue

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5623-5623 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Atmospheric refraction: a history

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5624-5636 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Speculations on the possible causes of the Whymper apparition

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5637-5643 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

The Toboggan Sun

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5644-5651 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Variability of observed low-altitude astronomical refraction (LAAR) from different geographic locations: progress toward a global map of LAAR variability

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5652-5657 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of absorbing particles on coronas and glories

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5658-5666 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Atmospheric glories: simulations and observations

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5667-5674 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

How are glories formed?

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5675-5683 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Halos in cirrus clouds: why are classic displays so rare?

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5684-5687 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Designing a practical system for spectral imaging of skylight

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5688-5695 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Multispectral synthesis of daylight using a commercial digital CCD camera

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5696-5703 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Short-term variability of overcast brightness

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5704-5711 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Colors of the daytime overcast sky

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5712-5722 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Simulating colors of clear and partly cloudy skies

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5723-5736 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

On the colors of distant objects

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5737-5745 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental simulations of pollen coronas

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5746-5753 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Ice analog halos

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5754-5758 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Turbulent ship wakes: further evidence that the Earth is round

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5759-5762 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Full-field vibrometry with digital Fresnel holography

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5763-5772 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Intensity-based optical fiber sensor for monitoring corrosion of aluminum alloys

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5773-5777 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase-shifting interferometry by a covariance-based method

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5778-5785 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Combined Twyman–Green and Mach–Zehnder interferometer for microlens testing

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5786-5792 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of depletion region width in poled silica

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5793-5796 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Acousto-optic tunable filter sidelobe analysis and reduction with telecentric confocal optics

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5797-5801 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Spatial beam shaping of ultrashort laser pulses: theory and experiment

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5818-5823 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Simultaneous multispecies gas sensing by use of a sampled grating distributed Bragg reflector and modulated grating Y laser diode

Appl. Opt. 44(27), 5824-5831 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF