Aerosol extinction models based on measurements at two sites in Sweden

Timo Kaurila, Arne Hågård, and Rolf Persson

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6750-6761 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Validation of a vector version of the 6S radiative transfer code for atmospheric correction of satellite data. Part I: Path radiance

Svetlana Y. Kotchenova, Eric F. Vermote, Raffaella Matarrese, and Frank J. Klemm, Jr.

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6762-6774 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Stray-light analysis for the SCORE coronagraphs of HERSCHEL

Federico Landini, Marco Romoli, Silvano Fineschi, and Ester Antonucci

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6657-6667 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of elongation deformation on power losses in polymer optical fibers

Yung-Chuan Chen, Pao-Chuan Chen, and Jao-Hwa Kuang

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6668-6674 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Influence of bending on power distribution in step-index plastic optical fibers and the calculation of bending loss

M. S. Kovačević and D. Nikezić

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6675-6681 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Mode coupling in strained and unstrained step-index plastic optical fibers

Svetislav Savović and Alexandar Djordjevich

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6775-6780 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Time-resolved vibration measurement with temporal speckle pattern interferometry

Jochen Kauffmann and Hans J. Tiziani

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6682-6688 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of spurious diffraction orders in arbitrary multifoci patterns produced via phase-only holograms

Darwin Palima and Vincent Ricardo Daria

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6689-6693 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase geographical map for determining the material type of a right-angle prism

Ming-Hung Chiu, Chih-Wen Lai, Shinn-Fwu Wang, Der-Chin Su, and Springfield Chang

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6781-6784 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical integrator for optical dark-soliton detection and pulse shaping

Nam Quoc Ngo

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6785-6791 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of a line-scan CCD-based fringe tracker for optical interferometry

Agustí Pintó and Ferran Laguarta

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6694-6701 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

High-sensitivity small-angle sensor based on surface plasmon resonance technology and heterodyne interferometry

Shinn-Fwu Wang, Ming-Hung Chiu, Chih-Wen Lai, and Rong-Seng Chang

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6702-6707 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Folding mirror schlieren diffraction interferometer

Raj Kumar, D. P. Chhachhia, and A. K. Aggarwal

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6708-6711 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-beam photonic crystal fiber imaging interferometer

Sébastien Vergnole, Laurent Delage, and François Reynaud

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6712-6717 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Characterization of chromatic dispersion of optical filters by high-stability real-time spectral interferometry

Kensuke Ogawa

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6718-6722 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarization-resolved study of diode-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO₄ lasers

S. P. Ng, D. Y. Tang, L. J. Qin, X. L. Meng, and Z. J. Xiong

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6792-6797 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

High-gain, polarization-preserving, Yb-doped fiber amplifier for low-duty-cycle pulse amplification

J. R. Marciante and J. D. Zuegel

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6798-6804 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Simple yet accurate noncontact device for measuring the radius of curvature of a spherical mirror

Maxim Spiridonov and David Toebaert

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6805-6811 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Silicon infrared diffuser for wireless communication

Ettore Massera, Ilaria Rea, Ivana Nasti, Pasqualino Maddalena, and Girolamo Di Francia

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6746-6749 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis and comparison of impairments in differential phase-shift keying and on-off keying transmission systems based on the error probability

Xianming Zhu, Shiva Kumar, and Xun Li

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6812-6822 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectral transformation of femtosecond Cr:forsterite laser pulses in a flint-glass photonic-crystal fiber

A. B. Fedotov, E. E. Serebryannikov, A. A. Ivanov, and A. M. Zheltikov

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6823-6830 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Cavity with a deformable mirror for tailoring the shape of the eigenmode

Peter T. Beyersdorf, Stephan Zappe, M. M. Fejer, and Mark Burkhardt

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6723-6728 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Edge effect in fluid jet polishing

Peiji Guo, Hui Fang, and Jingchi Yu

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6729-6735 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication of a polymer-coated silver hollow optical fiber with high performance

Yi-Wei Shi, Kentaro Ito, Lin Ma, Takanori Yoshida, Yuji Matsuura, and Mitsunobu Miyagi

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6736-6740 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of multilayer laminar-type diffraction gratings to achieve high diffraction efficiencies in the 1-8 keV energy region

Masahiko Ishino, Philip A. Heimann, Hiroyuki Sasai, Masatoshi Hatayama, Hisataka Takenaka, Kazuo Sano, Eric M. Gullikson, and Masato Koike

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6741-6745 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Observation of thermal effects due to an optical incident signal and high fluence on InGaAs/InP multiple-quantum-well saturable absorber nonlinear mirrors: evolution of characteristics and time constants

Élodie Le Cren, Sébastien Lobo, Sylvain Fève, and Jean-Claude Simon

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6831-6838 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Information content of data measured with a multiple-field-of-view lidar

Igor Veselovskii, Michail Korenskii, Vadim Griaznov, David N. Whiteman, Matthew McGill, Gilles Roy, and Luc Bissonnette

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6839-6848 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Remote sensing of three-dimensional cirrus clouds from satellites: application to continuous-wave laser atmospheric transmission and backscattering

K. N. Liou, Szu-Cheng Ou, Yoshihide Takano, and Jeffrey Cetola

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6849-6859 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Radiative transfer model for aerosols in infrared wavelengths for passive remote sensing applications

Avishai Ben-David, Janon F. Embury, and Charles E. Davidson

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6860-6875 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF

Particle size and refractive index retrieval from the backscattering spectrum of white light using the Twomey iterative method: simulation and experiment

Jing Zhou, Fred Moshary, Barry Gross, and Samir Ahmed

Appl. Opt. 45(26), 6876-6885 (2006)  View: HTML | PDF