What is a Hartmann test?

Daniel Malacara-Hernández and Daniel Malacara-Doblado

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2296-2301 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and alignment strategies of 4f systems used in the vectorial optical field generator

Wei Han, Wen Cheng, and Qiwen Zhan

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2275-2278 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Absolute calibration of a spectrometer using terrestrial solar radiation

Kevin A. O’Donnell and Veneranda G. Garces

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2391-2394 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimal pseudorandom pulse position modulation ladar waveforms

David U. Fluckiger, Brian F. Boland, and Eran Marcus

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2183-2186 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Compact triple coupled quantum well system for electrical/optical control of optical bi/multistability

Hamed Sattari, Mostafa Sahrai, and Solmaz Ebadollahi-Bakhtevar

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2461-2469 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber-coupling efficiency of Gaussian Schell model for optical communication through atmospheric turbulence

Liying Tan, Mengnan Li, Qingbo Yang, and Jing Ma

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2318-2325 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarizer based upon a plasmonic resonant thin layer on a squeezed photonic crystal fiber

Abdul Khaleque and Haroldo T. Hattori

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2543-2549 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Tailoring freeform illumination optics in a double-pole coordinate system

Donglin Ma, Zexin Feng, and Rongguang Liang

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2395-2399 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Calculation of laser absorption by metal powders in additive manufacturing

C. D. Boley, S. A. Khairallah, and A. M. Rubenchik

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2477-2482 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Practical algorithms for simulation and reconstruction of digital in-line holograms

Tatiana Latychevskaia and Hans-Werner Fink

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2424-2434 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Direct measurement of particle size and 3D velocity of a gas–solid pipe flow with digital holographic particle tracking velocimetry

Yingchun Wu, Xuecheng Wu, Longchao Yao, Gérard Gréhan, and Kefa Cen

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2514-2523 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Total variation regularized deconvolution for extended depth of field microscopy

Ramzi N. Zahreddine and Carol J. Cogswell

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2244-2254 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Directional support value of Gaussian transformation for infrared small target detection

Changcai Yang, Jiayi Ma, Shengxiang Qi, Jinwen Tian, Sheng Zheng, and Xin Tian

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2255-2265 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Computational method for correcting complex optical distortion based on FOV division

An Li, Yisi Wu, Xinxing Xia, Yuejin Huang, Chaoqi Feng, and Zhenrong Zheng

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2441-2449 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonunified integral imaging elemental image array generation method based on selective pixel sampling algorithm

Zhao-Long Xiong, Shu-Li Li, Jun Chen, Huan Deng, and Qiong-Hua Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2532-2536 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Digital holography with multidirectional illumination by LCoS SLM for topography measurement of high gradient reflective microstructures

Michał Józwik, Tomasz Kozacki, Kamil Liżewski, and Julianna Kostencka

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2283-2288 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Technology for radiation efficiency measurement of high-power halogen tungsten lamp used in calibration of high-energy laser energy meter

Ji Feng Wei, Xiao Yang Hu, Li Qun Sun, Kai Zhang, and Yan Chang

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2289-2295 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Birefringent phase demodulator: application to wave plate characterization

F. E. Veiras, L. M. Riobó, C. L. Matteo, L. I. Perez, and M. T. Garea

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2326-2333 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

All-glass extrinsic Fabry–Perot interferometer thermo-optic coefficient sensor based on a capillary bridged two fiber ends

Zhitao Cao, Lan Jiang, Sumei Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Da Liu, Peng Wang, Fei Zhang, and Yongfeng Lu

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2371-2375 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental investigation on butane diffusion flames under the influence of magnetic field by using digital speckle pattern interferometry

Manoj Kumar, Shilpi Agarwal, Varun Kumar, Gufran S. Khan, and Chandra Shakher

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2450-2460 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Study of the effect introduced by an integrating sphere on the temporal profile characterization of short laser pulses propagating through a turbid medium

Beatriz Morales-Cruzado, Francisco G. Pérez-Gutiérrez, Dirk Frederik de Lange, and Ricardo Romero-Méndez

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2383-2390 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber laser-based scanning lidar for space rendezvous and docking

Yuan Luo, Yan He, Min Gao, Cuiyun Zhou, Huaguo Zang, Linjun Lei, Kedi Xie, Yan Yang, Wei Shi, Xia Hou, and Weibiao Chen

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2470-2476 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Millijoule-level picosecond mid-infrared optical parametric amplifier based on MgO-doped periodically poled lithium niobate

Hongyan Xu, Feng Yang, Ying Chen, Ke Liu, Shifeng Du, Nan Zong, Jing Yang, Yong Bo, Qinjun Peng, Jingyuan Zhang, Dafu Cui, and Zuyan Xu

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2489-2494 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser beam splitting by polarization encoding

Chenhao Wan

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2495-2500 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Low threshold Er_xYb(Y)_2−xSiO₅ nanowire waveguide amplifier

Xingjun Wang, Shengming Wang, and Zhiping Zhou

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2501-2506 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Torsion-induced optical rotation in isotropic glass media

Yuriy Vasylkiv, Dmitro Adamenko, Oleksiy Kvasnyuk, Ihor Smaga, Ihor Skab, Yaroslav Shopa, and Rostyslav Vlokh

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2356-2361 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Random numbers free analytical implementation of Monte Carlo for laser-Doppler flowmetry at large interoptode spacing: application to human bone tissue

Tiziano Binzoni and Fabrizio Martelli

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2400-2406 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultra-flexible polarization-insensitive multiband terahertz metamaterial absorber

Xu Chen and Wenhui Fan

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2376-2382 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Resolution enhancement of two-photon microscopy via intensity-modulated laser scanning structured illumination

Chia-Hua Yeh and Szu-Yu Chen

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2309-2317 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectro-temporal dynamics of Kerr combs with parametric seeding

Guoping Lin, Romain Martinenghi, Souleymane Diallo, Khaldoun Saleh, Aurélien Coillet, and Yanne K. Chembo

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2407-2412 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Nano-finishing of BK7 optical glass using magnetic abrasive finishing process

Farzad Pashmforoush and Abdolreza Rahimi

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2199-2207 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical design for uniform scanning in MEMS-based 3D imaging lidar

Xiaobao Lee and Chunhui Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2219-2223 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical design considerations for efficient light collection from liquid scintillation counters

Bruce E. Bernacki, Matthew Douglas, Jennifer L. Erchinger, Erin S. Fuller, Martin E. Keillor, Shannon M. Morley, Crystal A. Mullen, John L. Orrell, Mark E. Panisko, Glen A. Warren, and Michael E. Wright

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2413-2423 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Innovative measurement of parallelism for parallel transparent plate based on optical scanning holography by using a random-phase pupil

Zhang Luo-zhi, Hu Jian-ping, Wan Dao-ming, Zeng Xing, Li Chun-miao, and Zhou Xin

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2483-2488 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiple signal classification for self-mixing flowmetry

Milan Nikolić, Yah Leng Lim, Karl Bertling, Thomas Taimre, and Aleksandar D. Rakić

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2193-2198 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

New miniaturized exhaled nitric oxide sensor based on a high Q/V mid-infrared 1D photonic crystal cavity

D. Conteduca, F. Dell’Olio, C. Ciminelli, and M. N. Armenise

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2208-2217 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Assembly of silver nanoparticles on nanowires into ordered nanostructures with femtosecond laser radiation

L. Lin, H. Huang, M. Sivayoganathan, L. Liu, G. Zou, W. W. Duley, and Y. Zhou

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2524-2531 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable filter using ferroelectric-dielectric periodic multilayer

Nirmala Maria D’souza and Vincent Mathew

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2187-2192 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Elasto-optic effect anisotropy in calcium tungstate crystals

N. M. Demyanyshyn, B. G. Mytsyk, Y. P. Kost, I. M. Solskii, and O. M. Sakharuk

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2347-2355 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Gold nanopillar arrays as biosensors fabricated by electron beam lithography combined with electroplating

Jianpeng Liu, Sichao Zhang, Yaqi Ma, Jinhai Shao, Bingrui Lu, and Yifang Chen

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2537-2542 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

3D flame topography obtained by tomographic chemiluminescence with direct comparison to planar Mie scattering measurements

Wenjiang Xu, A. J. Wickersham, Yue Wu, Fan He, and Lin Ma

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2174-2182 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (2)]

Integrating optical fabrication and metrology into the optical design process

James E. Harvey

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2224-2233 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Detection range enhancement using circularly polarized light in scattering environments for infrared wavelengths

J. D. van der Laan, D. A. Scrymgeour, S. A. Kemme, and E. L. Dereniak

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2266-2274 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Rigorous analysis of acoustic modes in low and high index contrast silica fibers

S. Sriratanavaree, N. Kejalakshmy, D. M. H. Leung, B. M. A. Rahman, and K. T. V. Grattan

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2550-2557 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Wavelength modulation spectroscopy—digital detection of gas absorption harmonics based on Fourier analysis

Liang Mei and Sune Svanberg

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2234-2243 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Simultaneous physical retrieval of Martian geophysical parameters using Thermal Emission Spectrometer spectra: the φ-MARS algorithm

Giuliano Liuzzi, Guido Masiello, Carmine Serio, Sergio Fonti, Francesca Mancarella, and Ted L. Roush

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2334-2346 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Theoretical and experimental study on anamorphosis correction of Czerny–Turner imaging spectrometers

Yi Tang, Cheng Zheng, Huiping Jia, Yibing Nan, Fei Li, and Wei Xue

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2507-2513 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and simulation of an electrically pumped Schottky-junction-based plasmonic amplifier

Abdolber Mallah Livani and Hassan Kaatuzian

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2164-2173 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable plasmon-induced transparency in hybrid waveguide-magnetic resonance system

Jiakun Song, Yuzhi Song, Kangwen Li, Zuyin Zhang, Xin Wei, Yun Xu, and Guofeng Song

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2279-2282 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Estimation of the composition of coelectron-beam-evaporated thin-mixture films by making use of the Wiener bounds

C. Franke, O. Stenzel, S. Wilbrandt, J. Wolf, N. Kaiser, and A. Tünnermann

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2362-2370 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Nano-indentation of single-layer optical oxide thin films grown by electron-beam deposition

K. Mehrotra, J. B. Oliver, and J. C. Lambropoulos

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2435-2440 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Maximum reflectance difference for incident p- and s-polarized light at air-dielectric interfaces: erratum

R. M. A. Azzam

Appl. Opt. 54(9), 2218-2218 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF