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B. J. Howell, I. J. Abramovitz, A. Brunsting, J. A. Decker, D. C. Gilkeson, R. L. Hilliard, S. F. Jacobs, R. Kingslake, P. M. Kuhn, W. H. Lee, D. C. Leiner, E. Loewen, A. Mann, S. D. Miles, H. Miranda, G. L. Mitchell, L. S. Sadovnik, D. L. Sullivan, S. K. Tchejeyan, and D. E. Williamson

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1832-1834 (1997)  View: PDF

Field widening a Michelson interferometer in convergent light

Shiguang Wang, Gordon G. Shepherd, and William E. Ward

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1835-1840 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Theory of photothermal spectroscopy in an optically dense fluid

Qifang He, Reeta Vyas, and R. Gupta

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1841-1859 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Transverse properties of a Michelson mirror

Kamel Ait Ameur

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1860-1866 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling of quasi-three-level lasers and operation of cw Yb:YAG lasers

Takunori Taira, William M. Tulloch, and Robert L. Byer

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1867-1874 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Collimation of emissions from a 1-cm aperture tightly arranged, multistripe laser-diode bar with a multiprism array coupling

Satoshi Yamaguchi, Tetsuro Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Saito, and Koichi Chiba

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1875-1878 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG active-mirror laser

Tadashi Kasamatsu and Hitoshi Sekita

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1879-1881 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient continuous-wave frequency doubling of a tunable CO₂ laser in AgGaSe₂

S. Ya. Tochitsky, V. O. Petukhov, V. A. Gorobets, V. V. Churakov, and V. N. Jakimovich

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1882-1888 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Kilohertz femtosecond UV-pumped visible β-barium borate and lithium triborate optical parametric generator and amplifier

Hong Wang, Kam Sing Wong, Daoqun Deng, Zuyan Xu, George K. L. Wong, and Jingyuan Zhang

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1889-1893 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Broadly tunable femtosecond pulse generation in the near and mid-infrared

J. Hong, A. D. O. Bawagan, S. Charbonneau, and Albert Stolow

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1894-1897 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Simple, inexpensive wavemeter implemented with a fused fiber coupler

Timothy E. Dimmick and Janelle Weidner

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1898-1901 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Whispering gallery modes of a curved antiresonant reflecting optical waveguide

Lifu Gong, Qu Li, Yingli Chen, and Xianfeng Chen

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1902-1905 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Application of correlation lidar data to modeling and prediction of wind components

V. E. Zuev, V. S. Komarov, and A. V. Kreminskii

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1906-1914 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Quantitative chemical identification of four gases in remote infrared (9–11 µm) differential absorption lidar experiments

John R. Quagliano, Page O. Stoutland, Roger R. Petrin, Robert K. Sander, Robert J. Romero, Michael C. Whitehead, C. Robert Quick, Joseph J. Tiee, and L. John Jolin

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1915-1927 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Validation of wind profiles measured with incoherent Doppler lidar

Matthew J. McGill, Wilbert R. Skinner, and Todd D. Irgang

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1928-1939 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Detection techniques for validating Doppler estimates in heterodyne lidar

Barry J. Rye and R. Michael Hardesty

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1940-1951 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Panoramic infrared-imaging spectroradiometer model with reverse phase-modulated beam broadcasting

Arthur H. Carrieri

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1952-1964 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Implications of optical properties of ocean, lake, and ice for ultrahigh-energy neutrino detection

P. Buford Price

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1965-1975 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Neutral points in an atmosphere–ocean system. 1: Upwelling light field

James T. Adams and George W. Kattawar

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1976-1986 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Adaptive optical transmitter and receiver for space communication through thin clouds

S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1987-1993 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF

Continuous calibration of a vacuum ultraviolet system from 65 to 125 nm by a cascade arc and comparison with the calibrated line radiation of a hollow cathode

Robert Martin Frost and Peter Awakowicz

Appl. Opt. 36(9), 1994-2000 (1997)  View: HTML | PDF