Applied Optics

Publishing supplementary material: editorial

Ron Driggers

Appl. Opt. 54(28), ED12-ED12 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Sensitivity modeling of binary optical receivers

Dirk Giggenbach and Ramon Mata-Calvo

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8254-8259 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation of micro-injection molding based on longitudinal ultrasonic vibration core

Zhongjun Qiu, Xue Yang, Hui Zheng, Shan Gao, and Fengzhou Fang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8399-8405 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical design and testing: introduction

Yi Chin Fang, Chao-Wen Liang, John Koshel, Jose Sasian, Toyohiko Yatagai, Yongtian Wang, and James M. Zavisian

Appl. Opt. 54(28), ODT1-ODT2 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Free-form illumination of a refractive surface using multiple-faceted refractors

Weitao Song, Dewen Cheng, Yue Liu, and Yongtian Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E1-E7 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Conditions for having identical aberration behaviors of various thick lenses

Chaohsien Chen

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E8-E14 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and assessment of a wide FOV and high-resolution optical tiled head-mounted display

Weitao Song, Dewen Cheng, Zhaoyang Deng, Yue Liu, and Yongtian Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E15-E22 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Thin hollow light guide for high-efficiency planar illuminator

Zhi Ting Ye, Hao-Chung Kuo, and Cheng-Huan Chen

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E23-E29 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation of remote-phosphor white light-emitting diodes with improved scattered photon extraction structure

Shang-Ping Ying and An-Yung Shiu

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E30-E34 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Precision distance measurement using a two-photon absorption process in a silicon avalanche photodiode with saw-tooth phase modulation

Yosuke Tanaka, Seiji Tominaka, and Takashi Kurokawa

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E35-E40 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Approach to analytically minimize the LCD moiré by image-based particle swarm optimization

Yu-Lin Tsai and Chung-Hao Tien

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E41-E46 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Experiment evaluation of speckle suppression efficiency of 2D quasi-spiral M-sequence-based diffractive optical element

A. Lapchuk, G. A. Pashkevich, O. V. Prygun, V. Yurlov, Y. Borodin, A. Kryuchyn, A. A. Korchovyi, and S. Shylo

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E47-E54 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Transverse image translation using an optical freeform single lens

Xiaofei Wu, Jun Zhu, Tong Yang, and Guofan Jin

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E55-E62 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Reconfigurable optofluidic switch for generation of optical pulse width modulation based on tunable reflective interface

M. Mansuori, G. H. Zareei, and H. Hashemi

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E63-E68 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of multisegmented freeform lens for LED fishing/working lamp with high efficiency

Min-Feng Lai, Nguyen Doan Quoc Anh, Jia-Zhi Gao, Hsin-Yi Ma, and Hsiao-Yi Lee

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E69-E74 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Improving the color uniformity of multiple colored light-emitting diodes using a periodic microstructure surface

Shang-Ping Ying, Chao-Ying Lin, and Chih-Cheng Ni

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E75-E79 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Dual-view angle backlight module design

Bo-Tsuen Chen and Jui-Wen Pan

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E80-E87 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Aspherical lens design using hybrid neural-genetic algorithm of contact lenses

Chih-Ta Yen and Jhe-Wen Ye

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E88-E93 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical and thermal design of light emitting diodes omnidirectional bulb

Zhi Ting Ye, Hao-Chung Kuo, and Cheng-Huan Chen

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E94-E101 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical design of an LED motorcycle headlamp with compound reflectors and a toric lens

Wen-Shing Sun, Chuen-Lin Tien, Wei-Chen Lo, and Pu-Yi Chu

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E102-E108 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

High temperature strain sensor based on a fiber Bragg grating and rhombus metal structure

Liang Zhang, Yueming Liu, Xiaoliang Gao, and Zhongcheng Xia

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E109-E112 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Least-squares fitting of Hartmann or Shack–Hartmann data with a circular array of sampling points

Zacarías Malacara-Hernández, Daniel Malacara-Doblado, and Daniel Malacara-Hernández

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E113-E122 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Near-infrared imaging system for nondestructive inspection of micro-crack in wafer through dicing tape

Sheng-Feng Lin, Cheng-Huan Chen, and Cheng-Yao Lo

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E123-E128 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Implementation of laser acupuncture with lifting–thrusting through the use of mechanically immobile components

Chih-Yu Wang, San-Fong Yen, Shu-Chen Chang, Ya-Hui Chiu, Che-Chang Kuo, and Chih-Er Wu

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E129-E135 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Image quality affected by diffraction of aperture structure arrangement in transparent active-matrix organic light-emitting diode displays

Yu-Hsiang Tsai, Mao-Hsiu Huang, Wei-de Jeng, Ting-Wei Huang, Kuo-Lung Lo, and Mang Ou-Yang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E136-E145 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Freeform lens design for light-emitting diode uniform illumination by using a method of source–target luminous intensity mapping

Jin-Jia Chen, Ze-Yu Huang, Te-Shu Liu, Ming-Da Tsai, and Kuang-Lung Huang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E146-E152 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Solar concentrator with a toroidal relay module

Jhe-Syuan Lin and Chao-Wen Liang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E153-E158 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Freeform microstructure linear light emitter design for a natural light illumination system

Bo-Jian Chen, Bo-Yuan Gao, Irfan Ullah, Kuan-Yu Chen, Chun-Han Chou, Chia-Min Lin, Cheng-Ming Chang, Kai-Cyuan Jhan, and Allen Jong-Woei Whang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E159-E164 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Innovative light collimator with afocal lens and total internal reflection lens for daylighting system

Bo-Jian Chen, Yin-Ti Chen, Irfan Ullah, Chun-Han Chou, Kai-Cyuan Chan, Yi-Lung Lai, Chia-Ming Lin, Cheng-Ming Chang, and Allen Jong-Woei Whang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E165-E170 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical design of dental light with high performance and low power based on white LEDs

Ching-Cherng Sun, Hsin-Yang Ho, Jhih-You Cai, Shuang-Chao Chung, Yu-Yu Chang, and Tsung-Hsun Yang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E171-E175 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Statistics-based reconstruction method with high random-error tolerance for integral imaging

Juan Zhang, Liqiu Zhou, Xiaoxue Jiao, Lei Zhang, Lipei Song, Bo Zhang, Yi Zheng, Zan Zhang, and Xing Zhao

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E176-E180 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Human vision model in relation to characteristics of shapes for the Mach band effect

Bo-Wen Wu and Yi-Chin Fang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E181-E187 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-shot digital holography for fast measuring optical properties of fibers

Mostafa Agour, Keremal El-Farahaty, Eman Seisa, Emam Omar, and Taha Sokkar

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E188-E195 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Double peak-induced distance error in short-time-Fourier-transform-Brillouin optical time domain reflectometers event detection and the recovery method

Yifei Yu, Linqing Luo, Bo Li, Linfeng Guo, Jize Yan, and Kenichi Soga

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E196-E202 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Simulation of autofocus lens design for a cell phone camera with object distance from infinity to 9.754  mm

Wen-Shing Sun, Chuen-Lin Tien, Jui-Wen Pan, Kai-Chang Huang, and Pu-Yi Chu

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E203-E209 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Micro-lens array design on a flexible light-emitting diode package for indoor lighting

Hsiao-Wen Lee and Bor-Shyh Lin

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E210-E215 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical analysis of miniature lenses with curved imaging surfaces

Dmitry Reshidko and Jose Sasian

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E216-E223 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Study of optical design of three-dimensional digital ophthalmoscopes

Yi-Chin Fang, Chih-Ta Yen, and Chin-Hsien Chu

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E224-E234 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Color multiplexing method to capture front and side images with a capsule endoscope

Yung-Chieh Tseng, Hsun-Ching Hsu, Pin Han, and Cheng-Mu Tsai

Appl. Opt. 54(28), E241-E248 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Validation of ozone monitoring instrument ultraviolet index against ground-based UV index in Kampala, Uganda

Dennis Muyimbwa, Arne Dahlback, Taddeo Ssenyonga, Yi-Chun Chen, Jakob J. Stamnes, Øyvind Frette, and Børge Hamre

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8537-8545 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Method for measuring the cone angle and the shape of the axicon simultaneously using computer-generated holograms

Qiang Chen, Yonghong Zhang, Chuankai Qiu, Yongjian Wan, and Xi Hou

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8290-8292 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of waist diameter and twist on tapered asymmetrical dual-core fiber MZI filter

Yan Liu, Yang Li, Xiaojun Yan, and Weidong Li

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8248-8253 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Multi-trench fiber with four gaps for improved bend performance

Jiang Sun, Zexin Kang, Junhua Ji, Seongwoo Yoo, Johan Nilsson, and Shuisheng Jian

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8271-8274 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Monitoring techniques for the manufacture of tapered optical fibers

Kevin Mullaney, Ricardo Correia, Stephen E. Staines, Stephen W. James, and Ralph P. Tatam

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8531-8536 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient generation of Hermite–Gauss and Ince–Gauss beams through kinoform phase elements

Dilia Aguirre-Olivas, Gabriel Mellado-Villaseñor, David Sánchez-de-la-Llave, and Victor Arrizón

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8444-8452 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Stray light and tolerance analysis of an ultrathin waveguide display

Qiwei Wang, Dewen Cheng, Qichao Hou, Yuan Hu, and Yongtian Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8354-8362 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Light-controllable linear dichroism in nematics

Gia Petriashvili, Ridha Hamdi, Maria Penelope De Santo, Ramla Gary, and Riccardo Barberi

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8293-8297 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase-polarization parallax barriers for an autostereo/stereo/monoscopic display with full-screen resolution at each operation mode

Vasily Ezhov

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8306-8312 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Triple-image encryption based on phase-truncated Fresnel transform and basic vector operation

Xuemei Pan, Xiangfeng Meng, Xiulun Yang, Yurong Wang, Xiang Peng, Wenqi He, Guoyan Dong, and Hongyi Chen

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8485-8493 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Thin-film optoacoustic transducers for subcellular Brillouin oscillation imaging of individual biological cells

Fernando Pérez-Cota, Richard J. Smith, Emilia Moradi, Leonel Marques, Kevin F. Webb, and Matt Clark

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8388-8398 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Three dimensional polymer waveguide using hybrid lithography

Huanran Wang, Yu Liu, Minghui Jiang, Changming Chen, Xibin Wang, Fei Wang, Daming Zhang, and Yunji Yi

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8412-8416 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Quantitative phase microscopy via optimized inversion of the phase optical transfer function

Micah H. Jenkins and Thomas K. Gaylord

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8566-8579 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (2)]

Mathematical modeling of surface roughness in magnetic abrasive finishing of BK7 optical glass

Farzad Pashmforoush, Abdolreza Rahimi, and Mehdi Kazemi

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8275-8281 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

High-resolution moiré interferometry for quantitative low-cost, real-time surface profilometry

J. Josiah Steckenrider and J. Scott Steckenrider

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8298-8305 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Quantitative phase imaging applied to laser damage detection and analysis

Dam-Bé L. Douti, Mhamad Chrayteh, Sherazade Aknoun, Thomas Doualle, Christophe Hecquet, Serge Monneret, and Laurent Gallais

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8375-8382 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Studies on dynamic motion compensation and positioning accuracy on star tracker

Zhang Jun, Hao Yuncai, Wang Li, and Liu Da

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8417-8424 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Approach for designing and developing high-precision integrative systems for strip flatness detection

Qi Ouyang, Cong Wen, Yongduan Song, Xingchen Dong, and Xinglan Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8429-8438 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of the refractive index of glucose-ethanol-water mixtures using spectroscopic refractometry near the critical angle

H. Sobral and M. Peña-Gomar

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8453-8458 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Cavity-enhanced Faraday rotation measurement with auto-balanced photodetection

Chia-Yu Chang and Jow-Tsong Shy

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8526-8530 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Statistics of the derivatives of complex signal derived from Riesz transform and its application to pseudo-Stokes vector correlation for speckle displacement measurement

Shun Zhang, Yi Yang, Steen G. Hanson, Mitsuo Takeda, and Wei Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8561-8565 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonblocking 3 × 3 polymer thermo-optic switch array based on total-internal-reflection effect

Lucheng Qv, Jingwen Sun, Hongjun Gu, Jian Sun, Xibin Wang, Yunji Yi, Xiaoqiang Sun, Eric Cassan, Fei Wang, and Daming Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8344-8349 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Proposed new approach to the design of universal logic gates using the electro-optic effect in Mach–Zehnder interferometers

Santosh Kumar, Gurdeep Singh, Ashish Bisht, Sandeep Sharma, and Angela Amphawan

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8479-8484 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of focused laser differential interferometry

B. E. Schmidt and J. E. Shepherd

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8459-8472 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable multiwavelength mode-locked Tm/Ho-doped fiber laser based on a nonlinear amplified loop mirror

Xiaoxi Jin, Xiong Wang, Xiaolin Wang, and Pu Zhou

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8260-8264 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Power-area method to precisely estimate laser linewidth from its frequency-noise spectrum

Qian Zhou, Jie Qin, Weilin Xie, Zhangweiyi Liu, Yitian Tong, Yi Dong, and Weisheng Hu

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8282-8289 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Compact linearly polarized ceramic laser made with anisotropic nanostructured thin films

Alexandre Doucet, Gisia Beydaghyan, Pandurang V. Ashrit, and Jean-François Bisson

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8326-8331 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of mode-hop free tuning of folded cavity grating feedback lasers

Jinyi Yan, Qian Gong, Jinjin Gao, Chunfang Cao, Yang Wang, Haixin Xu, Wangpeng Zhao, and Hailong Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8339-8343 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

1  GHz repetition rate femtosecond Yb:fiber laser for direct generation of carrier-envelope offset frequency

Chen Li, Yuxuan Ma, Xiang Gao, Fuzeng Niu, Tongxiao Jiang, Aimin Wang, and Zhigang Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8350-8353 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

End-pumped temperature-dependent passively Q-switched lasers

Mingming Nie, Qiang Liu, Encai Ji, and Mali Gong

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8383-8387 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Low-timing-jitter high-power mode-locked 1063  nm Nd:GdVO₄ master oscillator power amplifier

Zhi-min Wang, Feng-feng Zhang, Jun-wei Zuo, Jing Yang, Lei Yuan, Qin-jun Peng, Da-fu Cui, and Zu-yan Xu

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8425-8428 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of graded band-gap structures on spectral response of AlGaAs/GaAs photocathodes

Jijun Zou, Yijun Zhang, Wenjuan Deng, Xincun Peng, Shaotao Jiang, and Benkang Chang

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8521-8525 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of thermo-optic effect-based refractive index dynamic modulation in microspherical resonator

Yue Wang, Quan-Long Wang, Song Zhou, Jun-Feng Wu, and Yi-Hui Wu

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8363-8368 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of deformation of flexible hemispherical lens arrays based on soft elastomers

Yong Joo Ra and Inhwa Jung

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8265-8270 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparative study of Al_xGa_1−xAs/GaAs photocathodes with different aluminum concentrations by surface photovoltage spectroscopy

GangCheng Jiao, Canglu Hu, Jian Liu, and Yunsheng Qian

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8473-8478 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of optical scattered power from laser-induced shallow pits on silica

Eyal Feigenbaum, Norman Nielsen, and Manyalibo J. Matthews

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8554-8560 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Research on quantum efficiency for reflection-mode InGaAs photocathodes with thin emission layer

Muchun Jin, Xinlong Chen, Guanghui Hao, Benkang Chang, and Hongchang Cheng

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8332-8338 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Elasto-optic effect anisotropy in gallium phosphide crystals

B. G. Mytsyk, N. M. Demyanyshyn, and O. M. Sakharuk

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8546-8553 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Electromagnetic sunscreen model: design of experiments on particle specifications

Marie Lécureux, Carole Deumié, Stefan Enoch, and Michelle Sergent

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8369-8374 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Scattering phase function of a charged spherical particle

QinJian Hu and L. Xie

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8439-8443 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy technique for quantitative analysis of aqueous solution using matrix conversion based on plant fiber spunlaced nonwovens

Chenghan Chen, Guanghui Niu, Qi Shi, Qingyu Lin, and Yixiang Duan

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8318-8325 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

THz wave in double-metal-film waveguides and the application of wavelength analysis

Jiamin Liu, Huawei Liang, Min Zhang, and Hong Su

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8406-8411 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

NOMAD spectrometer on the ExoMars trace gas orbiter mission: part 1—design, manufacturing and testing of the infrared channels

Eddy Neefs, Ann Carine Vandaele, Rachel Drummond, Ian R. Thomas, Sophie Berkenbosch, Roland Clairquin, Sofie Delanoye, Bojan Ristic, Jeroen Maes, Sabrina Bonnewijn, Gerry Pieck, Eddy Equeter, Cédric Depiesse, Frank Daerden, Emiel Van Ransbeeck, Dennis Nevejans, Julio Rodriguez-Gómez, José-Juan López-Moreno, Rosario Sanz, Rafael Morales, Gian Paolo Candini, M. Carmen Pastor-Morales, Beatriz Aparicio del Moral, José-Maria Jeronimo-Zafra, Juan Manuel Gómez-López, Gustavo Alonso-Rodrigo, Isabel Pérez-Grande, Javier Cubas, Alejandro M. Gomez-Sanjuan, Fermín Navarro-Medina, Tanguy Thibert, Manish R. Patel, Giancarlo Bellucci, Lieve De Vos, Stefan Lesschaeve, Nico Van Vooren, Wouter Moelans, Ludovic Aballea, Stijn Glorieux, Ann Baeke, Dave Kendall, Jurgen De Neef, Alexander Soenen, Pierre-Yves Puech, Jon Ward, Jean-François Jamoye, David Diez, Ana Vicario-Arroyo, and Michel Jankowski

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8494-8520 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling and analysis of optical properties of a gold nanoring based on electric and magnetic dipoles

S. M. R. Safaee, M. Janipour, and M. A. Karami

Appl. Opt. 54(28), 8313-8317 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF