On the nonparaxial modes of two-dimensional nearly concentric resonators

Fabian Zomer, Viktor Soskov, and Alessandro Variola

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6859-6866 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Numerical analysis and optimization of optical spectral characteristics of fiber Bragg gratings modulated by a transverse acoustic wave

Zhengqian Luo, Chenchun Ye, Zhiping Cai, Xianzhe Dai, Yun Kang, and Huiying Xu

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6959-6965 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Grating mosaic based on image processing of far-field diffraction intensity patterns in two wavelengths

Yao Hu and Lijiang Zeng

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 7018-7025 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Vernier-effect optical interrogation technique for fiber Bragg grating sensors

Gregory B. Tait

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6879-6884 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectral behavior in thinned long period gratings: effects of fiber diameter on refractive index sensitivity

Agostino Iadicicco, Stefania Campopiano, Michele Giordano, and Andrea Cusano

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6945-6952 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Electric field sensing with a hybrid polymer/glass fiber

Eric K. Johnson, Josh M. Kvavle, Richard H. Selfridge, Stephen M. Schultz, Richard Forber, Wen Wang, and De Yu Zang

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6953-6958 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Lambertian radiance and transmission of an integrating sphere

Robert L. Lucke

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6966-6970 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Design considerations for the absolute testing approach of aspherics using combined diffractive optical elements

Gufran S. Khan, Klaus Mantel, Irina Harder, Norbert Lindlein, and Johannes Schwider

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 7040-7048 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison between gradient-doping GaAs photocathode and uniform-doping GaAs photocathode

Zhi Yang, Benkang Chang, Jijun Zou, Jianliang Qiao, Pin Gao, Yiping Zeng, and Hui Li

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 7035-7039 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhancing the tuning range of a single resonant band long period grating while maintaining the resonant peak depth by using an optimized high index indium tin oxide overlay

Jonathan Lee, Qin Chen, Qiming Zhang, Karl Reichard, Dave Ditto, John Mazurowski, Michael Hackert, and Shizhuo Yin

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6984-6989 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication and evaluation of a wideband multilayer laminar-type holographic grating for use with a soft-x-ray flat-field spectrograph in the region of 1.7 keV

Takashi Imazono, Masahiko Ishino, Masato Koike, Hiroyuki Sasai, and Kazuo Sano

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 7054-7060 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Optomechanical integration method for finite integrals

Jenny Magnes, Gregory Schwarz, John Hartke, Derek Burt, and Noureddine Melikechi

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6918-6922 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Impact of relative intensity noise of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers on optics-based micromachined audio and seismic sensors

Robert Littrell, Neal A. Hall, Murat Okandan, Roy Olsson, and Darwin Serkland

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6907-6911 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Spatial effect on the interference of light propagated in a film structure

Ming-Yu Sheng, Yun-Hua Wu, Shou-Zhi Feng, Yue-Rui Chen, Yu-Xiang Zheng, and Liang-Yao Chen

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 7049-7053 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Structural dependence of guided acoustic-wave Brillouin scattering spectra in hole-assisted fiber and its temperature dependence

Takashi Matsui, Kazuhide Nakajima, Taiji Sakamoto, Kazuyuki Shiraki, and Izumi Sankawa

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6912-6917 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Computational experiments on optical coating production using monochromatic monitoring strategy aimed at eliminating a cumulative effect of thickness errors

Alexander V. Tikhonravov, Michael K. Trubetskov, and Tatiana V. Amotchkina

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6936-6944 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Iterative algorithm of phase determination in digital holography for real-time recording of real objects

Tatsunori Nakamura, Kouichi Nitta, and Osamu Matoba

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6849-6853 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Hybrid iterative phase retrieval algorithm based on fusion of intensity information in three defocused planes

Fa Zeng, Qiaofeng Tan, Yingbai Yan, and Guofan Jin

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6872-6878 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Maximum a posteriori estimation of spectral reflectance from color image and multipoint spectral measurements

Yuri Murakami, Kunihiko Ietomi, Masahiro Yamaguchi, and Nagaaki Ohyama

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 7068-7082 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Common-path achromatic interferometer-coronagraph: images from a breadboard demonstrator

Alexander V. Tavrov, Jun Nishikawa, Motohide Tamura, Lyu Abe, Kaito Yokochi, Takashi Kurokawa, and Mitsuo Takeda

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6885-6895 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Multilaser Herriott cell for planetary tunable laser spectrometers

Christopher G. Tarsitano and Christopher R. Webster

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6923-6935 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Simple method for the temporal characterization of amplified spontaneous emission in femtosecond terawatt Ti:sapphire lasers

Yong-Ho Cha, Yong-Woo Lee, Sung Mo Nam, Jae Min Han, Yong Joo Rhee, Byung Duk Yoo, Byoung Chul Lee, and Young Uk Jeong

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6854-6858 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Minimization of the impact of a broad bandwidth high-gain nonlinear preamplifier to the amplified spontaneous emission pedestal of the Vulcan petawatt laser facility

I. O. Musgrave, C. Hernandez-Gomez, D. Canny, J. Collier, and R. Heathcote

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6978-6983 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Functional integrated optical elements for beam shaping with coherence scrambling property, realized by interference lithography

Matthias Burkhardt and Robert Brunner

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 7061-7067 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Theory and practice of ubiquitous quantitative chemical analysis using conventional computer optical disk drives

Radislav A. Potyrailo, William G. Morris, Andrew M. Leach, Lamyaa Hassib, Kasiraman Krishnan, Cheryl Surman, Ronald Wroczynski, Scott Boyette, Caibin Xiao, Prashant Shrikhande, Alan Agree, and Ted Cecconie

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 7007-7017 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of atmospheric interference and sensor noise in retrieval of optically active materials in the ocean by hyperspectral remote sensing

Iosif M. Levin and Elizaveta Levina

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6896-6906 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Light scattering and absorption by fractal-like carbonaceous chain aggregates: comparison of theories and experiment

Rajan K. Chakrabarty, Hans Moosmüller, W. Patrick Arnott, Mark A. Garro, Jay G. Slowik, Eben S. Cross, Jeong-Ho Han, Paul Davidovits, Timothy B. Onasch, and Douglas R. Worsnop

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6990-7006 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber Bragg grating displacement sensor for movement measurement of tendons and ligaments

Liang Ren, Gangbing Song, Michael Conditt, Philip C. Noble, and Hongnan Li

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6867-6871 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Study of the surface structure of butterfly wings using the scanning electron microscopic moiré method

Satoshi Kishimoto, Qinghua Wang, Huimin Xie, and Yapu Zhao

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 7026-7034 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF

Dynamic eye model for adaptive optics testing

Enrique J. Fernández and Pablo Artal

Appl. Opt. 46(28), 6971-6977 (2007)  View: HTML | PDF