High-resolution fiber profilometer for hard-to-access areas

Zhuang Liu, Qize Zhong, Xia Yu, Qi Jie Wang, and Ying Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7205-7209 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Broadband wavelength and angle-resolved scattering characterization for nanophotonics investigations

D. N. R. Payne, M. D. B. Charlton, and D. M. Bagnall

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7224-7229 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Direct measurements of temperature-dependent laser absorptivity of metal powders

A. Rubenchik, S. Wu, S. Mitchell, I. Golosker, M. LeBlanc, and N. Peterson

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7230-7233 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Multi-spectral infrared spectroscopy for robust plastic identification

Abraham Vázquez-Guardado, Mason Money, Nathaniel McKinney, and Debashis Chanda

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7396-7405 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser echo signal amplification in a turbulent atmosphere

V. A. Banakh, I. A. Razenkov, and I. N. Smalikho

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7301-7307 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Reducing coherent noise in interference systems using the phase modulation technique

Ji-wen Cui, Zhang Tao, Zhao-bo Liu, and Jiu-bin Tan

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7308-7315 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimal design of tilt carrier frequency computer-generated holograms to measure aspherics

Jiantao Peng, Zhe Chen, Xingxiang Zhang, Tianjiao Fu, and Jianyue Ren

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7433-7441 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Multiregion apodized photon sieve with enhanced efficiency and enlarged pinhole sizes

Tao Liu, Xin Zhang, Lingjie Wang, Yanxiong Wu, Jizhen Zhang, and Hemeng Qu

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7175-7180 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Microwave interrogated large core fused silica fiber Michelson interferometer for strain sensing

Liwei Hua, Yang Song, Jie Huang, Xinwei Lan, Yanjun Li, and Hai Xiao

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7181-7187 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase sensitivity to temperature of the guiding mode in polarization-maintaining photonic crystal fiber

Jingming Song, Kang Sun, Shuai Li, and Wei Cai

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7330-7334 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of a pentagonal photonic crystal fiber with high birefringence and large flattened negative dispersion

Xuyou Li, Pan Liu, Zhenlong Xu, and Zhiyong Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7350-7357 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Cell shape identification using digital holographic microscopy

Johan Zakrisson, Staffan Schedin, and Magnus Andersson

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7442-7448 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Generalized Fibonacci photon sieves

Jie Ke and Junyong Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7278-7283 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Gradient-based inverse extreme ultraviolet lithography

Xu Ma, Jie Wang, Xuanbo Chen, Yanqiu Li, and Gonzalo R. Arce

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7284-7300 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-dimensional imaging through scattering media using three-dimensionally coded pattern projection

Takamasa Ando, Ryoichi Horisaki, and Jun Tanida

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7316-7322 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Study of the impact of truncations on wedge waves by using the laser ultrasound technique

Jing Jia, Zhonghua Shen, and KaiHua Sun

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7406-7412 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Snake-assisted quality-guided phase unwrapping for discontinuous phase fields

Ming Zhao, Haixia Wang, and Qian Kemao

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7462-7470 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Pseudo-cat’s eye for improved tilt-immune interferometry

Clive C. Speake and Miranda J. Bradshaw

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7387-7395 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Interferometric nulling of four channels with integrated optics

Ronny Errmann, Stefano Minardi, Lucas Labadie, Balaji Muthusubramanian, Felix Dreisow, Stefan Nolte, and Thomas Pertsch

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7449-7454 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Millijoule femtosecond micro-Bessel beams for ultra-high aspect ratio machining

Sambit Mitra, Margaux Chanal, Raphaël Clady, Alexandros Mouskeftaras, and David Grojo

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7358-7365 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Acousto-optic Q-switching laser performance of Yb:GdCa₄O(BO₃)₃ crystal

Xiaowen Chen, Honghao Xu, Yunfeng Guo, Wenjuan Han, Haohai Yu, Huaijin Zhang, and Junhai Liu

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7142-7147 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Femtosecond pulsed laser ablation of polyimide at oblique angles for medical applications

Bibi Safia Haq, Hidayat Ullah Khan, Khan Alam, Mian Mateenullah, Shehnaz Attaullah, and Islam Zari

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7413-7418 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation of fringing electric field effect on high-resolution blue phase liquid crystal spatial light modulator

Jing Yan, Zhengbo Guo, Yufei Xing, and Qing Li

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7169-7174 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Preparation of Fe-doped colloidal SiO₂ abrasives and their chemical mechanical polishing behavior on sapphire substrates

Hong Lei, Qian Gu, Ruling Chen, and Zhanyong Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7188-7194 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Wearable telescopic contact lens

Ashkan Arianpour, Glenn M. Schuster, Eric J. Tremblay, Igor Stamenov, Alex Groisman, Jerry Legerton, William Meyers, Goretty Alonso Amigo, and Joseph E. Ford

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7195-7204 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Dual-wavelength extinction method for fast sizing of metal nanosphere ensembles

Xiaofei Xiao, Benfeng Bai, and Ninghan Xu

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7160-7168 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Precise autofocus method employing normalized fluorescence image size in a two-photon polymerization nanofabrication system

Byoung Goo Jeon, Byung Je Jung, Hong Jin Kong, and Yong Hoon Cho

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7323-7329 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient scheme for mid-infrared generation using simultaneous optical parametric oscillators and DFG processes in a double-pass pump configuration

Om Prakash Naraniya, M. R. Shenoy, and K. Thyagarajan

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7234-7239 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarization-based balanced detection for spectral-domain optical coherence tomography

Adam J. Black and Taner Akkin

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7252-7257 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Miniature endoscopic optical coherence tomography for calculus detection

Meng-Chun Kao, Chun-Li Lin, Che-Yen Kung, Yi-Fung Huang, and Wen-Chuan Kuo

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7419-7423 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Hyperbola–parabola primary mirror in Cassegrain optical antenna to improve transmission efficiency

Li Zhang, Lu Chen, HuaJun Yang, Ping Jiang, Shengqian Mao, and Weinan Caiyang

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7148-7153 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication, characterization, and applications of microlenses

Tingxiu Hou, Chong Zheng, Shi Bai, Qian Ma, Denzel Bridges, Anming Hu, and W. W. Duley

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7366-7376 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Graphene-based electromagnetically induced transparency with coupling Fabry–Perot resonators

Huawei Zhuang, Fanmin Kong, Kang Li, and Shiwei Sheng

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7455-7461 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Static spectropolarimeter concept adapted to space conditions and wide spectrum constraints

Martin Pertenais, Coralie Neiner, Pernelle Bernardi, Jean-Michel Reess, and Pascal Petit

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7377-7386 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimization of GRIN lens Stokes polarimeter

Jintao Chang, Honghui He, Chao He, Yong Wang, Nan Zeng, Ran Liao, and Hui Ma

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7424-7432 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (5)]

On-orbit calibration of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite reflective solar bands and its challenges using a solar diffuser

Junqiang Sun and Menghua Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7210-7223 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Self-calibration and laser energy monitor validations for a double-pulsed 2-μm CO₂ integrated path differential absorption lidar application

Tamer F. Refaat, Upendra N. Singh, Mulugeta Petros, Ruben Remus, and Jirong Yu

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7240-7251 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

560  W all fiber and polarization-maintaining amplifier with narrow linewidth and near-diffraction-limited beam quality

Yang Ran, Rumao Tao, Pengfei Ma, Xiaolin Wang, Rongtao Su, Pu Zhou, and Lei Si

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7258-7263 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectral attenuation and backscattering as indicators of average particle size

Wayne Homer Slade and Emmanuel Boss

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7264-7277 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Backscatter near-end solution in processing of scanning lidar data

Vladimir Kovalev, Cyle Wold, Alexander Petkov, and Wei Min Hao

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7335-7341 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of lithium isotope ratio in various concentration samples using degenerate four-wave mixing

Xunli Yin, Xuemei Cheng, Ying Zhang, Haowei Chen, Jintao Bai, and Zhaoyu Ren

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7154-7159 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Detection of toxic elements using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy in smokers’ and nonsmokers’ teeth and investigation of periodontal parameters

Abdul M. Alhasmi, Mohammed A. Gondal, Mohamed M. Nasr, Sami Shafik, and Yusuf B. Habibullah

Appl. Opt. 54(24), 7342-7349 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF