Radiative transfer simulations of the two-dimensional ocean glint reflectance and determination of the sea surface roughness

Zhenyi Lin, Wei Li, Charles Gatebe, Rajesh Poudyal, and Knut Stamnes

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1206-1215 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Expressing oceanic turbulence parameters by atmospheric turbulence structure constant

Yahya Baykal

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1228-1231 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Passive multispectral imaging polarimeter for remote atmospheric and surface studies: design based on optical coatings

Samuel F. Pellicori and Elliot Burke

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1291-1301 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient reconstruction method for ground layer adaptive optics with mixed natural and laser guide stars

Roland Wagner, Tapio Helin, Andreas Obereder, and Ronny Ramlau

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1421-1429 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Inverse problem of determining periodic surface profile oscillation defects of steel materials with a fiber Bragg grating sensor

Sławomir Cięszczyk and Piotr Kisała

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1412-1420 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Helical long-period grating formed in a thinned fiber and its application to a refractometric sensor

Peng Wang and Hongpu Li

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1430-1434 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

High-birefringence photonic crystal fiber polarization filter based on surface plasmon resonance

Guowen An, Shuguang Li, Xin Yan, Zhenyu Yuan, and Xuenan Zhang

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1262-1266 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Capacity of electromagnetic communication modes in a noise-limited optical system

Myungjun Lee, Mark A. Neifeld, and Amit Ashok

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1333-1342 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Highly sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensor utilizing a long period grating with photosensitive cladding

Zhihong Li, Tao Chen, Zhaogang Zhang, Yanming Zhou, Dan Li, and Zhong Xie

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1470-1480 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Tuning of a high magnification compact parabolic telescope for centimeter-scale laser beams

Matteo Tacca, Fiodor Sorrentino, Christelle Buy, Matthieu Laporte, Gabriel Pillant, Eric Genin, Paolo La Penna, and Matteo Barsuglia

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1275-1283 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarization property analysis of a periscopic scanner with three-dimensional polarization ray-tracing calculus

Yufei Yang and Changxiang Yan

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1343-1350 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Robust method to improve the quality of shearographic phase maps obtained in harsh environments

A. V. Fantin, D. P. Willemann, M. E. Benedet, and A. G. Albertazzi

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1318-1323 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Ghost reflections of Gaussian beams in anamorphic optical systems with an application to Michelson interferometer

Rania H. Abd El-Maksoud

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1302-1309 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Measuring vibrational motion in the presence of speckle using off-axis holography

Brandon Redding, Allen Davis, Clay Kirkendall, and Anthony Dandridge

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1406-1411 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Generalized design of a zero-geometric-loss, astigmatism-free, modified four-objective multipass matrix system

Yin Guo, LiQun Sun, Zheng Yang, and Zilong Liu

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1435-1443 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Simultaneous imaging of fuel vapor mass fraction and gas-phase temperature inside gasoline sprays using two-line excitation tracer planar laser-induced fluorescence

Lars Zigan, Johannes Trost, and Alfred Leipertz

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1453-1460 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultracompact polarization rotator in an asymmetric single dielectric loaded rib waveguide

Chih-Wei Hsu, Hung-Yuan Lin, Jhen-Yu Chen, and Yung-Chen Cheng

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1395-1400 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Generalized phase-shifting algorithms: error analysis and minimization of noise propagation

Gastón A. Ayubi, César D. Perciante, J. Matías Di Martino, Jorge L. Flores, and José A. Ferrari

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1461-1469 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Study on the mechanism of a charge-coupled device detector irradiated by millisecond pulse laser under functional loss

Mingxin Li, Guangyong Jin, Yong Tan, Ming Guo, and Pengbo Zhu

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1257-1261 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Speckle reduction in laser projection displays through angle and wavelength diversity

Trinh-Thi-Kim Tran, Øyvind Svensen, Xuyuan Chen, and Muhammad Nadeem Akram

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1267-1274 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

1  kHz 3.3  μm Nd:YAG KTiOAsO₄ optical parametric oscillator system for laser ultrasound excitation of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics

Oliver Puncken, David Mendoza Gandara, Marcin Damjanic, Peter Mahnke, Ralf B. Bergmann, Michael Kalms, Peter Peuser, Peter Wessels, Jörg Neumann, and Ulf Schnars

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1310-1317 (2016)  View: PDF

Boiling effect in liquid nitrogen directly cooled Yb³⁺:YAG laser

Toshimitsu Sakurai, Haik Chosrowjan, Hiroaki Furuse, Seiji Taniguchi, Toshiyuki Kitamura, Masayuki Fujita, Shinya Ishii, and Yasukazu Izawa

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1351-1355 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation of a field-widened Mach–Zehnder receiver to extend Fe Doppler lidar wind measurements from the thermosphere to the ground

John A. Smith and Xinzhao Chu

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1366-1380 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of annealing temperature on optical, morphological, and electrical characteristics of polyfluorene-derivative thin films on ITO glass substrate

Way Foong Lim, Hock Jin Quah, and Zainuriah Hassan

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1198-1205 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Photon-conversion and sensitization evaluation of Eu³⁺ in a borate glass system

Y. M. Tian, L. F. Shen, E. Y. B. Pun, and H. Lin

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1444-1452 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-dimensional trilayer grating with a metal/insulator/metal structure as a thermophotovoltaic emitter

Jinlin Song, Mengting Si, Qiang Cheng, and Zixue Luo

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1284-1290 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental dynamic deformation analysis of active stressed lap

Hongshen Zhao, Xiaojin Li, Bin Fan, and Zhige Zeng

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1190-1197 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Ion-beam polishing of fused silica substrates for imaging soft x-ray and extreme ultraviolet optics

N. I. Chkhalo, S. A. Churin, M. S. Mikhaylenko, A. E. Pestov, V. N. Polkovnikov, N. N. Salashchenko, and M. V. Zorina

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1249-1256 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

High-output LED-based light engine for profile lighting fixtures with high color uniformity using freeform reflectors

Jesper Gadegaard, Thøger Kari Jensen, Dennis Thykjær Jørgensen, Peter Kjær Kristensen, Thomas Søndergaard, Thomas Garm Pedersen, and Kjeld Pedersen

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1356-1365 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Far-field head–media optical interaction in heat-assisted magnetic recording

Ruoxi Yang, Paul Jones, Timmothy Klemmer, Heidi Olson, Deming Zhang, Tyler Perry, Werner Scholz, Huaqing Yin, Roger Hipwell, Jan-Ulrich Thiele, Huan Tang, and Mike Seigler

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1241-1248 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Fast optimization method based on the diffuser dot density for uniformity of the backlight module

Bing-Le Huang and Tai-Liang Guo

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1494-1499 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Magnetorheological finishing of chemical-vapor deposited zinc sulfide via chemically and mechanically modified fluids

Sivan Salzman, Henry J. Romanofsky, Lucca J. Giannechini, Stephen D. Jacobs, and John C. Lambropoulos

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1481-1489 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Random sub-Nyquist polarimetric modulator

A. Asensio Ramos

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1324-1332 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Multi-class remote sensing object recognition based on discriminative sparse representation

Xin Wang, Siqiu Shen, Chen Ning, Fengchen Huang, and Hongmin Gao

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1381-1394 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiple-input multiple-output synthetic aperture ladar system for wide-range swath with high azimuth resolution

Yu Tang, Bao Qin, Yun Yan, and Mengdao Xing

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1401-1405 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Local radial basis function meshless scheme for vector radiative transfer in participating media with randomly oriented axisymmetric particles

Jie Sun, Hong-Liang Yi, and He-Ping Tan

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1232-1240 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Calculation of the radiation forces on a microsphere in the evanescent field of an optical nanofiber by ray tracing

B. Zhang, J. X. Luo, Z. L. Liu, and F. P. Wu

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1490-1493 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Encoded error calibration for a coded aperture spectrometer based on deconvolution

Ming-bo Chi, Yi-hui Wu, Dan-dan Ge, Wen-chao Zhou, Peng Hao, and Yong-shun Liu

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1500-1506 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Time-lapse scanning surface plasmon microscopy of living adherent cells with a radially polarized beam

Lotfi Berguiga, Laura Streppa, Elise Boyer-Provera, Cristina Martinez-Torres, Laurent Schaeffer, Juan Elezgaray, Alain Arneodo, and Françoise Argoul

Appl. Opt. 55(6), 1216-1227 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]