Flight demonstration of a milliarcsecond pointing system for direct exoplanet imaging

Christopher B. Mendillo, Supriya Chakrabarti, Timothy A. Cook, Brian A. Hicks, and Benjamin F. Lane

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7069-7079 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Weighted Fried reconstructor and spatial-frequency response optimization of Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensing

Tenghao Li, Mali Gong, Lei Huang, Yuntao Qiu, and Qiao Xue

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7115-7123 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Computation of diffracted fields for the case of high numerical aperture using the angular spectrum method

Tomasz Kozacki, Konstantinos Falaggis, and Malgorzata Kujawinska

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7080-7088 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Remote Fourier transform-infrared spectral imaging system with hollow-optical fiber bundle

Chenhui Huang, Saiko Kino, Takashi Katagiri, and Yuji Matsuura

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6913-6916 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Dual-grating confocal-rainbow volume holographic imaging system designs for high depth resolution

Erich E. de Leon, Jonathan W. Brownlee, Paul Gelsinger-Austin, and Raymond K. Kostuk

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6952-6961 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental research on terahertz Gabor inline digital holography of concealed objects

Qi Li, Kai Xue, Yun-Da Li, and Qi Wang

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7052-7058 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of polarization vortices with a Wollaston prism and an interferometric arrangement

Jingtao Xin, Chunqing Gao, Chen Li, and Zheng Wang

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7094-7097 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Comprehensive characterization of broadband ultralow reflectance of a porous nickel–phosphorus black surface by numerical simulation

Kuniaki Amemiya, Daiji Fukuda, Takayuki Numata, Minoru Tanabe, and Yoshiro Ichino

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6917-6925 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of thickness and optical constants of solgel derived polyvinylpyrrolidone/ZrO₂films from transmission spectra using different dispersion models

Hongbao Jia, Jinghua Sun, Yao Xu, and Dong Wu

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6937-6944 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Speckle-noise-reduction method of projecting interferometry fringes based on power spectrum density

Liping Zhou, Jianghong Gan, Xiaojun Liu, Long Xu, and Wenlong Lu

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6974-6978 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical accelerometer based on grating interferometer with phase modulation technique

Shuangshuang Zhao, Juan Zhang, Changlun Hou, Jian Bai, and Guoguang Yang

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7005-7010 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhancement of free spectral range using pentuple microresonator

Sabita Brata Dey, Sanjoy Mandal, and Narendra Nath Jana

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6901-6912 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Aspheric spectacles for correcting presbyopia with myopia and astigmatism

Shaolin Zheng, Zhaoqi Wang, Yongji Liu, and Rui Li

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6926-6932 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical bistability in fiber ring resonator containing an erbium doped fiber amplifier and quantum dot doped fiber saturable absorber

Sara Tofighi, Somayeh Safari Farshemi, Batool Sajjad, Fatemeh Shahshahani, and Ali Reza Bahrampour

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7016-7024 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Compact wavelength splitter based on self-imaging principles in Bragg reflection waveguides

Bing Chen, Lin Huang, Yongdong Li, Chunliang Liu, and Guizhong Liu

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7124-7129 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Linearity considerations in polarization-based vibration sensors

Nicolas Linze, Pierre Tihon, Olivier Verlinden, Patrice Mégret, and Marc Wuilpart

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6997-7004 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Subwavelength B-shaped metallic hole array terahertz filter with InSb bar as thermally tunable structure

Wei Li, Dengfeng Kuang, Fei Fan, Shengjiang Chang, and Lie Lin

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7098-7102 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Application of effective medium theory with consideration of island shapes to interpret optical properties of discontinuous Pt films

P. Biegański, E. Dobierzewska-Mozrzymas, and L. Kępiński

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6945-6951 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Relationship between the charge-coupled device signal-to-noise ratio and dynamic range with respect to the analog gain

Dejiang Wang, Tao Zhang, and Haipeng Kuang

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7103-7114 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable filter-based multispectral imaging for detection of blood stains on construction material substrates. Part 1. Developing blood stain discrimination criteria

Suwatwong Janchaysang, Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn, and Prathan Buranasiri

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6984-6996 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Improved phase generated carrier demodulation algorithm for eliminating light intensity disturbance and phase modulation amplitude variation

Youwan Tong, Hualin Zeng, Liyan Li, and Yan Zhou

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6962-6967 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Light-based solution for the dominating set problem

Sama Goliaei, Saeed Jalili, and Javad Salimi

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6979-6983 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

6 mJ, high-average-power, all-fiberized Q-switched fiber master oscillator power amplifier with low repetition rate

Hanwei Zhang, Xiaolin Wang, Pu Zhou, Zhiqun Gong, and Xiaojun Xu

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6933-6936 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Principles and performance of tapered fiber lasers: from uniform to flared geometry

Juho Kerttula, Valery Filippov, Yuri Chamorovskii, Vasily Ustimchik, Konstantin Golant, and Oleg G. Okhotnikov

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7025-7038 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

High-efficiency fiber laser at 1018 nm using Yb-doped phosphosilicate fiber

Jianhua Wang, Gui Chen, Lei Zhang, Jinmeng Hu, Jinyan Li, Bing He, Jinbao Chen, Xijia Gu, Jun Zhou, and Yan Feng

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7130-7133 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

“All-fiber” tunable laser in the 2 μm region, designed for CO₂ detection

Atasi Pal, Ranjan Sen, Kort Bremer, Shuang Yao, Elfed Lewis, Tong Sun, and Kenneth T. V. Grattan

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7011-7015 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Resonant effects in nonlinear photon absorption during femtosecond laser ablation of Nd-doped silicate glass

Yadong Zhao, Lan Jiang, Juqiang Fang, Qianghua Chen, Xiaowei Li, and Yongfeng Lu

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7039-7045 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Characteristics of a Brillouin-erbium fiber laser based on Brillouin pump preamplification

Huijuan Zhou, Chongfeng Sun, Mo Chen, Wei Chen, and Zhou Meng

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7046-7051 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Focusing of electromagnetic fields in high-Q hybrid wedge plasmon polariton microresonator

Qijing Lu, Fangjie Shu, Daru Chen, Genzhu Wu, and Pei Zhou

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 6968-6973 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF

Impact of LOCOS techniques on photonic wire waveguides

Yule Xiong, Marc Ibrahim, and Winnie N. Ye

Appl. Opt. 51(29), 7089-7093 (2012)  View: HTML | PDF