Applied Optics

Direct measurement of photon number statistics at telecom wavelengths using a charge integration photon detector

Mikio Fujiwara and Masahide Sasaki

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3069-3074 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Resonant frequencies of Fabry-Perot interferometers with ultrathin mirror spacings

Jeffrey A. Davis, María del Mar Sánchez-López, Julia Arias, Miguel Navarro, and Ignacio Moreno

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3075-3078 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Asymmetric transverse-load characteristics and polarization dependence of long-period fiber gratings written by a focused CO₂ laser

Yiping Wang, Dong Ning Wang, Wei Jin, and Yunjiang Rao

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3079-3086 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Analytical solutions for image orientation changes in prisms

Chuang-Yu Tsai and Psang Dain Lin

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3087-3094 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

High-resolution, flat-field, plane-grating, f/10 spectrograph with off-axis parabolic mirrors

Stephanie L. Schieffer, Nathan W. Rimington, Ved P. Nayyar, W. Andreas Schroeder, and James W. Longworth

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3095-3101 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Simulation of the inhomogeneous medium with a self-adapting grid

Shitao Deng, Xiaotong Li, Zhaofeng Cen, and Shoufu Jian

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3102-3106 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Circle of least confusion of a spherical reflector

Robert W. Hosken

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3107-3117 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of large-scale out-of-plane displacements in digital Fourier holography

Ervin Kolenović, Elam Kolenović, Thomas Kreis, Christoph von Kopylow, and Werner Jüptner

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3118-3125 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Multipoint laser vibrometer for modal analysis

William N. MacPherson, Mark Reeves, David P. Towers, Andrew J. Moore, Julian D. C. Jones, Martin Dale, and Craig Edwards

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3126-3132 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical properties of an optically rough coating from inversion of diffuse reflectance measurements

Anthony B. Murphy

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3133-3143 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Electro-optic heterodyne interferometer

Wen-Kai Kuo, Jen-Yu Kuo, and Cheng-Yung Huang

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3144-3149 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of aerosol-particle trajectories using a structured laser beam

William D. Herzog, Shane M. Tysk, David W. Tardiff, Gregory G. Cappiello, Jason M. Jong, Thomas H. Jeys, Ronald H. Hoffeld, Antonio Sanchez, and Vincenzo Daneu

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3150-3155 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Atomic force microscopy characterization of Zerodur mirror substrates for the extreme ultraviolet telescopes aboard NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory

Regina Soufli, Sherry L. Baker, David L. Windt, Eric M. Gullikson, Jeff C. Robinson, William A. Podgorski, and Leon Golub

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3156-3163 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-dimensional performance of uniform irradiation with the use of an edge-softened lens array and spectral dispersion

Xiujuan Jiang, Shenlei Zhou, Zunqi Lin, and Jian Zhu

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3164-3168 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser linear encoder with both high fabrication and head-to-scale tolerances

Chyan-Chyi Wu, Wen-Jong Wu, Zheng-Seng Pan, and Chih-Kung Lee

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3169-3176 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

All-optical combiner-splitter and gating devices based on straight waveguides

Matthew Wescott, Guangzhou Chen, Yanyun Zhang, Brian G. Bagley, and Robert T. Deck

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3177-3184 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and analysis of all-dielectric broadband nonpolarizing parallel-plate beam splitters

Wenliang Wang, Shengming Xiong, and Yundong Zhang

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3185-3188 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Long-term stable device for tuning fiber Bragg gratings

Erik Bélanger, Bernard Déry, Martin Bernier, Jean-Philippe Bérubé, and Réal Vallée

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3189-3195 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of a two-dimensional photonic bandgap structure fabricated by an interferometric lithographic system

Cheng-Wei Chien, Yun-Chih Lee, Po-Shen Lee, Jenq-Yang Chang, and Jyh-Chen Chen

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3196-3204 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Simulation analysis of the restraining effect of a spatial filter on a hot image

Tao Peng, Jianlin Zhao, Liangping Xie, Zhijun Ye, Honghao Wei, Jingqin Su, and Junpu Zhao

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3205-3209 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Resolution enhancement by combination of subpixel and deconvolution in miniature spectrometers

Li Xu, Huaidong Yang, Kexin Chen, Qiaofeng Tan, Qingsheng He, and Guofan Jin

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3210-3214 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Embedded spectroscopic fiber sensor for on-line arc-welding analysis

Jesús Mirapeix, Adolfo Cobo, Antonio Quintela, and José-Miguel López-Higuera

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3215-3220 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Nanoporous structure of a GdF₃ thin film evaluated by variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry

Jue Wang, Robert Maier, Paul G. Dewa, Horst Schreiber, Robert A. Bellman, and David Dawson Elli

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3221-3226 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of the interchannel response in a MEMS 1 × N² wavelength-selective switch

Jui-che Tsai, Chun-Yi Yin, Chia-Wei Sun, and Ming C. Wu

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3227-3232 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Orthogonal polarization simultaneous readout for volume holograms with hybrid angle and polarization multiplexing in LiNbO₃

Wei-Chia Su, Chung-Ming Chen, and Yueh Ouyang

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3233-3238 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Infrared target tracking with kernel-based performance metric and eigenvalue-based similarity measure

Jianguo Ling, Erqi Liu, Haiyan Liang, and Jie Yang

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3239-3252 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiple-step triangular-pattern phase shifting and the influence of number of steps and pitch on measurement accuracy

Peirong Jia, Jonathan Kofman, and Chad English

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3253-3262 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of a broadband highly dispersive pure silica photonic crystal fiber

Harish Subbaraman, Tao Ling, YongQiang Jiang, Maggie Y. Chen, Peiyan Cao, and Ray T. Chen

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3263-3268 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser with 38 W average power and user-selectable, flat-in-time subnanosecond pulses

John Honig, John Halpin, Don Browning, John Crane, Richard Hackel, Mark Henesian, John Peterson, Doug Ravizza, Tim Wennberg, Harry Rieger, and John Marciante

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3269-3275 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

National Ignition Facility laser performance status

C. A. Haynam, P. J. Wegner, J. M. Auerbach, M. W. Bowers, S. N. Dixit, G. V. Erbert, G. M. Heestand, M. A. Henesian, M. R. Hermann, K. S. Jancaitis, K. R. Manes, C. D. Marshall, N. C. Mehta, J. Menapace, E. Moses, J. R. Murray, M. C. Nostrand, C. D. Orth, R. Patterson, R. A. Sacks, M. J. Shaw, M. Spaeth, S. B. Sutton, W. H. Williams, C. C. Widmayer, R. K. White, S. T. Yang, and B. M. Van Wonterghem

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3276-3303 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Birefringence-induced bifocusing for selection of radially or azimuthally polarized laser modes

Galina Machavariani, Yaakov Lumer, Inon Moshe, Avi Meir, Steven Jackel, and Nir Davidson

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3304-3310 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Passively Q-switched Tm³⁺-doped silica fiber lasers

Stuart D. Jackson

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3311-3317 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhanced second-harmonic generation in an electro-optic controlled periodically poled ferroelectric crystal

Yan Sheng, Jingjuan Li, Bingying Cheng, and Daozhong Zhang

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3318-3322 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Bulk electro-optic deflector-based switches

Yiying Zuo, Madeleine Mony, Babak Bahamin, Etienne Grondin, Vincent Aimez, and David V. Plant

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3323-3331 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Retrieval of aerosol properties over land surfaces: capabilities of multiple-viewing-angle intensity and polarization measurements

Otto P. Hasekamp and Jochen Landgraf

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3332-3344 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber optic Raman sensor to monitor the concentration ratio of nitrogen and oxygen in a cryogenic mixture

Vidhu S. Tiwari, Rajamohan R. Kalluru, Fang Y. Yueh, Jagdish P. Singh, William St. Cyr, and Sunil K. Khijwania

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3345-3351 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Photoacoustic tomography using a Mach-Zehnder interferometer as an acoustic line detector

Guenther Paltauf, Robert Nuster, Markus Haltmeier, and Peter Burgholzer

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3352-3358 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Feasibility analysis of an epidermal glucose sensor based on time-resolved fluorescence

Kamal M. Katika and Laurent Pilon

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3359-3368 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Bandgap-assisted surface-plasmon sensing

Arnaud J. Benahmed and Chih-Ming Ho

Appl. Opt. 46(16), 3369-3375 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF