Time-of-flight laser ranging and imaging at 1550 nm using low-jitter superconducting nanowire single-photon detection system

Sijing Chen, Dengkuan Liu, Wenxing Zhang, Lixing You, Yuhao He, Weijun Zhang, Xiaoyan Yang, Guang Wu, Min Ren, Heping Zeng, Zhen Wang, Xiaoming Xie, and Mianheng Jiang

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3241-3245 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Grating-induced omnidirectional refraction of self-collimated beams at a photonic crystal surface

Sun-Goo Lee and Chul-Sik Kee

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3229-3233 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Long period fiber grating transverse load effect-based sensor for the omnidirectional monitoring of rebar corrosion in concrete

Hong-yue Liu, Da-kai Liang, Xiao-lin Han, and Jie Zeng

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3246-3252 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Computation of highly off-axis diffracted fields using the band-limited angular spectrum method with suppressed Gibbs related artifacts

Konstantinos Falaggis, Tomasz Kozacki, and Malgorzata Kujawinska

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3288-3297 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Intermodal interferometer based on a fluid-filled two-mode photonic crystal fiber for sensing applications

Shuangxia Wang, Yan-ge Liu, Zhi Wang, Tingting Han, Weicai Xu, Yunkun Wang, and Shangcheng Wang

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3166-3171 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Characterization of mirror-based modulation-averaging structures

Tin Komljenovic, Dubravko Babić, and Zvonimir Sipus

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3234-3240 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Terahertz polarization splitter based on orthogonal microstructure dual-core photonic crystal fiber

Shanshan Li, Hao Zhang, Yu Hou, Jinjun Bai, Weiwei Liu, and Shengjiang Chang

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3305-3310 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Numerical investigation on the effects of fabrication conditions on fiber Bragg grating spectra using the phase mask technique

Betty P. Kouskousis, Daniel J. Kitcher, Stephen F. Collins, and Greg W. Baxter

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3338-3344 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarization-independent adaptive lens with two different blue-phase liquid-crystal layers

Yifan Liu, Yan Li, and Shin-Tson Wu

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3216-3220 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

3D phase-shifting fringe projection system on the basis of a tailored free-form mirror

Susanne Zwick, Stefan Heist, Ralf Steinkopf, Sandra Huber, Sylvio Krause, Christian Bräuer-Burchardt, Peter Kühmstedt, and Gunther Notni

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3134-3146 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Iterative phase-shifting algorithm immune to random phase shifts and tilts

Yi-Chun Chen, Po-Chih Lin, Chung-Min Lee, and Chao-Wen Liang

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3381-3386 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical properties of liquids for fluidic optics

Peter Liebetraut, Philipp Waibel, Phuong Ha Cu Nguyen, Patrick Reith, Bernd Aatz, and Hans Zappe

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3203-3215 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Electrowetting lenses for compensating phase and curvature distortion in arrayed laser systems

Robert D. Niederriter, Alexander M. Watson, Ramzi N. Zahreddine, Carol J. Cogswell, Robert H. Cormack, Victor M. Bright, and Juliet T. Gopinath

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3172-3177 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectra analysis of nonuniform FBG-based acousto-optic modulator by using Fourier mode coupling theory

Chao Liu, Li Pei, Zhuoxuan Li, Tigang Ning, Shaowei Yu, and Zexin Kang

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3318-3323 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of the chromaticity of near-field binary beam shapers

Christophe Dorrer

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3368-3380 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Estimation of channel parameters and background irradiance for free-space optical link

Afsana Khatoon, William G. Cowley, Nick Letzepis, and Dirk Giggenbach

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3260-3268 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Surface plasmon resonance sensor based on spectral interferometry: numerical analysis

Yunfang Zhang, Hui Li, Jingyuan Duan, Ancun Shi, and Yuliang Liu

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3253-3259 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Schlieren measurements in the round cylinder of an optically accessible internal combustion engine

Sebastian Arnold Kaiser, Victor Manuel Salazar, and Alexandra A. Hoops

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3433-3443 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Comprehensive nanostructure and defect analysis using a simple 3D light-scatter sensor

Tobias Herffurth, Sven Schröder, Marcus Trost, Angela Duparré, and Andreas Tünnermann

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3279-3287 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

High-resolution simultaneous microscopy of refractive index and fluorescent intensity distributions by using localized surface plasmons

Goro Terakado, Jun Ning, Koyo Watanabe, and Hiroshi Kano

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3324-3328 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Sputter deposition of PZT piezoelectric films on thin glass substrates for adjustable x-ray optics

Rudeger H. T. Wilke, Raegan L. Johnson-Wilke, Vincenzo Cotroneo, William N. Davis, Paul B. Reid, Daniel A. Schwartz, and Susan Trolier-McKinstry

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3412-3419 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Computer vision applications for coronagraphic optical alignment and image processing

Dmitry Savransky, Sandrine J. Thomas, Lisa A. Poyneer, and Bruce A. Macintosh

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3394-3403 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Block-based mask optimization for optical lithography

Xu Ma, Zhiyang Song, Yanqiu Li, and Gonzalo R. Arce

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3351-3363 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

High-speed free-space quantum key distribution system for urban daylight applications

M. J. García-Martínez, N. Denisenko, D. Soto, D. Arroyo, A. B. Orue, and V. Fernandez

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3311-3317 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Acquisition probability analysis of ultra-wide FOV acquisition scheme in optical links under impact of atmospheric turbulence

Bo Tu, Lu Liu, Yihui Liu, Ye Jin, and Junxiong Tang

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3147-3155 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Vertical profiles of pure dust and mixed smoke–dust plumes inferred from inversion of multiwavelength Raman/polarization lidar data and comparison to AERONET retrievals and in situ observations

Detlef Müller, Igor Veselovskii, Alexei Kolgotin, Matthias Tesche, Albert Ansmann, and Oleg Dubovik

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3178-3202 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Spatial coherence of broad-area laser diodes

Henri Partanen, Jani Tervo, and Jari Turunen

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3221-3228 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication, characterization, and simulation of a cantilever-based airflow sensor integrated with optical fiber

M. Sadegh Cheri, Hamid Latifi, F. Beygi Azar Aghbolagh, O. R. Ranjbar Naeini, Majid Taghavi, and Mohammadamir Ghaderi

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3420-3427 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Compact remote multisensing instrument for planetary surfaces and atmospheres characterization

M. Nurul Abedin, Arthur T. Bradley, Syed Ismail, Shiv K. Sharma, and Stephen P. Sandford

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3116-3126 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Studies on the spectral purity of copper–hydrogen bromide laser radiations

Ramakanta Biswal, Govind Kumar Mishra, Praveen Kumar Agrawal, Shankar V. Nakhe, and Sudhir Kumar Dixit

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3269-3278 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparative research of multichannel slab and discharge tube CO₂ lasers

Yonggen Xu, Shijian Wang, Qunchao Fan, and Zairu Ma

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3298-3304 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of sub-100 ps pulses with a peak power of 65 W by gain switching, pulse shortening, and pulse amplification using a semiconductor-based master oscillator–power amplifier system

Sven Schwertfeger, Andreas Klehr, Thomas Hoffmann, Armin Liero, Hans Wenzel, and Götz Erbert

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3364-3367 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling of laser interactions with composite materials

Charles D. Boley and Alexander M. Rubenchik

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3329-3337 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Four-wave mixing in quantum dot semiconductor optical amplifiers

Ahmed H. Flayyih and Amin H. Al-Khursan

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3156-3165 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

All-optical NAND/NOT/AND/OR logic gates based on combined Brillouin gain and loss in an optical fiber

Daisy Williams, Xiaoyi Bao, and Liang Chen

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3404-3411 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Self-polarization smoothing technique based on 2×2 beam array and type II+II third-harmonic generation system

Li Fuquan, Wang Fang, Han Wei, Feng Bin, and Zhou Lidan

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3428-3432 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Validation of refractive index structure parameter estimation for certain infrared bands

Mustafa Sivaslıgil, Cemil Berin Erol, Özgür Murat Polat, and Hüseyin Sarı

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3127-3133 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF

Approach to frequency estimation in self-mixing interferometry: multiple signal classification

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

Appl. Opt. 52(14), 3345-3350 (2013)  View: HTML | PDF