Wavelength dependence of backscatter by use of aerosol microphysics and lidar data sets: application to 2.1-µm wavelength for space-based and airborne lidars

Vandana Srivastava, Jeffry Rothermel, Antony D. Clarke, James D. Spinhirne, Robert T. Menzies, Dean R. Cutten, Maurice A. Jarzembski, David A. Bowdle, and Eugene W. McCaul

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4759-4769 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Strong dependence of rain-induced lidar depolarization on the illumination angle: experimental evidence and geometrical-optics interpretation

Gilles Roy and Luc R. Bissonnette

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4770-4789 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Correction of sun glint contamination on the SeaWiFS ocean and atmosphere products

Menghua Wang and Sean W. Bailey

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4790-4798 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Heiligenschein and related phenomena in divergent light

Jan O. Mattsson and Lars Bärring

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4799-4806 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Scanning infrared radiometer for measuring the air–sea temperature difference

Joseph A. Shaw, Domenico Cimini, Ed R. Westwater, Yong Han, Heather M. Zorn, and James H. Churnside

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4807-4815 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of gas-phase temperatures in flames with a point-diffraction interferometer

Jeffrey S. Goldmeer, David L. Urban, and Zeng-guang Yuan

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4816-4823 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Temperature distributions and thermal deformations of mirror substrates in laser resonators

Yufeng Peng, Zuhai Cheng, Yaoning Zhang, and Junli Qiu

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4824-4830 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Femtosecond Ti:sapphire oscillator electro-optically cavity dumped at 50 kHz

Nathan W. Rimington, Adrian Cornea, Aaron J. Van Tassle, Jeffrey Santoro, and W. Andreas Schroeder

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4831-4835 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable single-mode operation of a pulsed optical parametric oscillator pumped by a multimode laser

Yabai He and Brian J. Orr

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4836-4848 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Xenon capillary discharge extreme-ultraviolet source emitting over a large angular range

Marc A. Klosner and William T. Silfvast

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4849-4851 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Thermal infrared spectral band detection limits for unidentified surface materials

Laurel E. Kirkland, Kenneth C. Herr, and John W. Salisbury

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4852-4862 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Comprehensive particle characterization from three-wavelength Raman-lidar observations: case study

Detlef Müller, Ulla Wandinger, Dietrich Althausen, and Markus Fiebig

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4863-4869 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Analytic remote-sensing optical algorithms requiring simple and practical field parameter inputs

Niels Kristian Højerslev

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4870-4874 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectral structure of laser light scattering revisited: bandwidths of nonresonant scattering lidars

Chiao-Yao She

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4875-4884 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Shape of the particulate beam attenuation spectrum and its inversion to obtain the shape of the particulate size distribution

Emmanuel Boss, Michael S. Twardowski, and Sean Herring

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4885-4893 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Diode-laser wavelength-modulation absorption spectroscopy for quantitative in situ measurements of temperature and OH radical concentration in combustion gases

Tetsuya Aizawa

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4894-4903 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultrasensitive absorption spectroscopy with a high-finesse optical cavity and off-axis alignment

Joshua B. Paul, Larry Lapson, and James G. Anderson

Appl. Opt. 40(27), 4904-4910 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF