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A. Brunsting, V. D. Amirkhanian, G. E. Cohn, S. Daniels, J. A. Decker, D. S. Fisher, E. S. Gaynor, R. L. Hilliard, B. A. Horwitz, K. K. Lee, W.-H. Lee, E. G. Loewen, B. R. Masters, H. A. Miranda, G. L. Mitchell, A. Parretta, D. C. Rich, H. B. Schall, M. J. Simpson, S.-M. Tseng, A. Walczak, W. J. Walecki, R. H. Webb, and H. Zhao

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3000-3004 (2004)  View: PDF

Temporal transformation of periodic incoherent ultrashort light pulses by chirped fiber gratings

Dobryna Zalvidea, Ricardo Duchowicz, and Enrique E. Sicre

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3005-3009 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase noise and phase modulation in optical coherence tomography

Pascale Parrein and Joachim Meier

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3010-3017 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Spatiotemporal approach for real-time absolute shape measurements by use of projected fringes

Lars Kinell

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3018-3027 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Total internal reflection ellipsometry: principles and applications

Hans Arwin, Michal Poksinski, and Knut Johansen

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3028-3036 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Time-resolved multidistance near-infrared spectroscopy of the adult head: intracerebral and extracerebral absorption changes from moments of distribution of times of flight of photons

Adam Liebert, Heidrun Wabnitz, Jens Steinbrink, Hellmuth Obrig, Michael Möller, Rainer Macdonald, Arno Villringer, and Herbert Rinneberg

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3037-3047 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of the local optical properties of turbid media by differential path-length spectroscopy

Arjen Amelink and Henricus J. C. M. Sterenborg

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3048-3054 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser spectral characterization in multiphoton microscopy

Franco Quercioli, Bruno Tiribilli, Massimo Vassalli, and Alessandro Ghirelli

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3055-3060 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

High-order correlations from rough-surface scattering

Zu-Han Gu

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3061-3065 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Excitation-emission fluorimeter based on linear interference filters

Michael Gouzman, Nadia Lifshitz, Serge Luryi, Oleg Semyonov, Dmitry Gavrilov, and Vyacheslav Kuzminskiy

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3066-3072 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Local near-field enhancement of random Sb-SiN films

Ding Rong Ou, Jing Zhu, Ruo Jian Zhu, and Jia Wang

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3073-3077 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Digital image encryption and watermarking by phase-shifting interferometry

Lu-Zhong Cai, Ming-Zhao He, Qing Liu, and Xiu-Lun Yang

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3078-3084 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of nanosized optical beams by use of butted gratings with small numbers of periods

Shin-ya Hasegawa and Fumihiro Tawa

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3085-3096 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Wind-flow measurement over the Subaru Telescope

Hirofumi Horikawa, Naoshi Baba, Masashi Ohtsubo, Yuji Norimoto, Tetsuo Nishimura, and Noriaki Miura

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3097-3102 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Atmospheric transmittance of an absorbing gas. 6. OPTRAN status report and introduction to the NESDIS/NCEP community radiative transfer model

Thomas J. Kleespies, Paul van Delst, Larry M. McMillin, and John Derber

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3103-3109 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Preliminary measurements with an automated compact differential absorption lidar for the profiling of water vapor

Janet L. Machol, Tom Ayers, Karl T. Schwenz, Keith W. Koenig, R. Michael Hardesty, Christoph J. Senff, Michael A. Krainak, James B. Abshire, Hector E. Bravo, and Scott P. Sandberg

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3110-3121 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical influence of ship wakes

Xiaodong Zhang, Marlon Lewis, W. Paul Bissett, Bruce Johnson, and Dave Kohler

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3122-3132 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of direct solar ultraviolet irradiance measurements in the French Alps. Retrieval of turbidity and ozone column amount

Jacqueline Lenoble, Alain de la Casinière, and Thierry Cabot

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3133-3139 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-point source interferometric grating writing

Brian J. Ashton, John Canning, and Nathaniel Groothoff

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3140-3144 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

One-wavelength tuning method for a tunable optical filter based on a cascaded polarization interference filter

Zong-fu Hu, Cheng-wu An, Ming-hui Hong, Yong-fong Lu, and Chong-tow Chong

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3145-3150 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiwavelength switching of Raman fiber ring laser incorporating composite polarization-maintaining fiber Lyot-Sagnac filter

Chang-Seok Kim and Jin U. Kang

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3151-3157 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Finite-element modal analysis of large-core multimode optical fibers: erratum

Masashi Eguchi and Suguru Horinouchi

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3158-3158 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Programmable broadband radio-frequency transversal filter with compact fiber-optics and digital microelectromechanical system-based optical spectral control

Nabeel A. Riza and Muzammil A. Arain

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3159-3165 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Beam cleanup and image restoration with a photorefractive polymeric composite

Jeffrey G. Winiarz and Fassil Ghebremichael

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3166-3170 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunability of a 946-nm Nd:YAG microchip laser by use of a double-cavity configuration

Hiroshi Hara, Brian M. Walsh, and Norman P. Barnes

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3171-3173 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Unidirectional single-frequency operation of a Nd:YVO₄ ring laser with and without a Faraday element

Benjamin A. Thompson, Ara Minassian, and Michael J. Damzen

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3174-3177 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Third-dimensional finite element computation of laser cavity eigenmodes: erratum

Konrad Altmann, Christoph Pflaum, and David Seider

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3178-3178 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

K⁺-Na⁺ ion-exchanged waveguides in Er³⁺-Yb³⁺ codoped phosphate glasses using field-assisted annealing

Ke Liu and Edwin Y. B. Pun

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3179-3184 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Reference-frequency generation by Raman-enhanced four-photon mixing

Sonia Martín López, Miguel González Herráez, Pedro Corredera, María Luisa Hernanz, and Antonio Corróns

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3185-3190 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Distortions of the extinction coefficient profile caused by systematic errors in lidar data

Vladimir A. Kovalev

Appl. Opt. 43(15), 3191-3198 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF