I Am Happy To Be Here (So Giving Thanks)!: editorial

Ron Driggers

Appl. Opt. 54(4), ED1-ED1 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Light and color in the open air: Introduction to the feature issue

Joseph A. Shaw, Raymond L. Lee, and Philip Laven

Appl. Opt. 54(4), LC1-LC2 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Naked eye visibility of Sirius in broad daylight

Gunther P. Können, Jaap Tinbergen, and Piet Stammes

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B1-B7 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Photographic observation and optical simulation of a pollen corona display in Japan

Souichiro Hioki and Hironobu Iwabuchi

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B12-B21 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Influence of scattering surface inclination on the opposition effect

David K. Lynch

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B22-B25 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarization and visibility of higher-order rainbows

Gunther P. Können

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B35-B40 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Role of dust in landscape brightness and color

David K. Lynch

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B41-B45 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Re-visiting the atmospheric corona

Philip Laven

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B46-B53 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

35  minute green flash observed at Little America on 16 October 1929: a retrospective study

James A. Lock

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B54-B63 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Infrared Moon imaging for remote sensing of atmospheric smoke layers

Joseph A. Shaw, Paul W. Nugent, and Michael Vollmer

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B64-B75 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Visible and invisible mirages: comparing inferior mirages in the visible and thermal infrared

Michael Vollmer, Joseph A. Shaw, and Paul W. Nugent

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B76-B84 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (4)]

Downwelling spectral irradiance during evening twilight as a function of the lunar phase

Glenn Palmer and Sönke Johnsen

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B85-B92 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Probable photographic detection of the natural seventh-order rainbow

Harald E. Edens and Gunther P. Können

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B93-B96 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (3)]

Artificially generated halos: rotating sample crystals around various axes

Michael Großmann, Klaus-Peter Möllmann, and Michael Vollmer

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B97-B106 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Seeing, adapting to, and reproducing the appearance of nature

Mark D. Fairchild

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B107-B116 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Observation, analysis, and reconstruction of a twinned rainbow

Alexander Haußmann

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B117-B127 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Colors of thermal pools at Yellowstone National Park

Paul W. Nugent, Joseph A. Shaw, and Michael Vollmer

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B128-B139 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Mother-of-pearl cloud particle size and composition from aircraft-based photography of coloration and lidar measurements

Jens Reichardt, Susanne Reichardt, Chris A. Hostetler, Patricia L. Lucker, Thomas J. McGee, Laurence W. Twigg, Andreas Dörnbrack, Mark R. Schoeberl, and Ping Yang

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B140-B153 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Shadows

David K. Lynch

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B154-B164 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Red-based cumulus

Stanley David Gedzelman

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B165-B169 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Inferior mirages: an improved model

Andrew T. Young

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B170-B176 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

A note on the radiance distributions of halos due to scattering by randomly orientated crystals

Gunther P. Können

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B177-B184 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

The prodigious halo of the other Huygens

Gunther P. Können

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B185-B193 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Measuring and modeling twilight’s Belt of Venus

Raymond L. Lee

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B194-B203 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (2)]

Some elementary but surprising facts about the Sun’s path at sunset

A. James Mallmann and Steven P. Mayer

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B204-B206 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Caustics due to complex water menisci

Charles L. Adler and James A. Lock

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B207-B221 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Recovering of weather degraded images based on RGB response ratio constancy

Raúl Luzón-González, Juan L. Nieves, and Javier Romero

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B222-B231 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Tropospheric haze and colors of the clear daytime sky

Raymond L. Lee

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B232-B240 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Adaptive exposure estimation for high dynamic range imaging applied to natural scenes and daylight skies

Miguel A. Martínez, Eva M. Valero, and Javier Hernández-Andrés

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B241-B250 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical transmission properties of Pentelic and Paros marble

Rosa Weigand, Pablo A. García, Joaquín Campos Acosta, and Jacobo Storch de Gracia

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B251-B255 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurements of skylight polarization: a case study in urban region with high-loading aerosol

Lianghai Wu, Jun Gao, Zhiguo Fan, and Jun Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(4), B256-B265 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Retrieval of phytoplankton and colored detrital matter absorption coefficients with remote sensing reflectance in an ultraviolet band

Jianwei Wei and Zhongping Lee

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 636-649 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of different models for ground-level atmospheric turbulence strength (Cn²) prediction with a new model according to local weather data for FSO applications

A. Arockia Bazil Raj, J. Arputha Vijaya Selvi, and S. Durairaj

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 802-815 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

High-numerical-aperture high-reflectivity focusing reflectors using concentric circular high-contrast gratings

Changlian Ma, Yongqing Huang, and Xiaomin Ren

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 973-978 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (2)]

Mode-field adapter for tapered-fiber-bundle signal and pump combiners

Pavel Koška, Yauhen Baravets, Pavel Peterka, Jan Bohata, and Michael Písařík

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 751-756 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Implementation of a widely tunable microwave signal generator based on dual-polarization fiber grating laser

Qiang Yuan, Yizhi Liang, Long Jin, Linghao Cheng, and Bai-Ou Guan

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 895-900 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of color centers absorption on the spectrum of the temperature-dependent radiation-induced attenuation in fiber

Jing Jin, Yunxia Hou, and Chunjing Liu

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 940-945 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase-sharing using a Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Lijo Thomas, J. Solomon Ivan, P. A. Ameen Yasir, Richa Sharma, Rakesh Kumar Singh, C. S. Narayanamurthy, and K. S. Dasgupta

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 699-706 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of optical vortices by using binary vortex producing lenses

N. Londoño, E. Rueda, J. A. Gómez, and A. Lencina

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 796-801 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Response of accommodation and vergence to electro-holographic images

Ryuichi Ohara, Masanobu Kurita, Takuo Yoneyama, Fumio Okuyama, and Yuji Sakamoto

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 615-621 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Lensless optical image processing based on two-dimensional Fresnel diffraction for synthetic-aperture imaging ladar

Zhiwei Sun, Jianfeng Sun, Peipei Hou, Yu Zhou, Qian Xu, Ning Zhang, and Liren Liu

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 627-635 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Use of customizing kernel sparse representation for hyperspectral image classification

Bin Qi, Chunhui Zhao, and Guisheng Yin

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 707-716 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase quality map based on local multi-unwrapped results for two-dimensional phase unwrapping

Heping Zhong, Jinsong Tang, and Sen Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 739-745 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Improved regularization reconstruction from sparse angle data in optical diffraction tomography

Linglong Su, Lihong Ma, and Hui Wang

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 859-868 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Automatic inspection of density in yarn-dyed fabrics by utilizing fabric light transmittance and Fourier analysis

Jie Zhang, Ruru Pan, and Weidong Gao

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 966-972 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Dual-camera design for coded aperture snapshot spectral imaging

Lizhi Wang, Zhiwei Xiong, Dahua Gao, Guangming Shi, and Feng Wu

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 848-858 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Elemental image array generation based on discrete viewpoint pickup and window interception in integral imaging

Min Guo, Yujuan Si, Yuanzhi Lyu, Shigang Wang, and Fushou Jin

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 876-884 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Extraction of optical constants from maxima of fringing reflectance spectra

Shun-Tung Yen and Pei-Kang Chung

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 663-668 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Calibration of misalignment errors in composite waveplates using Mueller matrix ellipsometry

Honggang Gu, Shiyuan Liu, Xiuguo Chen, and Chuanwei Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 684-693 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of soil temperature on optical frequency transfer through unidirectional dense-wavelength-division-multiplexing fiber-optic links

T. J. Pinkert, O. Böll, L. Willmann, G. S. M. Jansen, E. A. Dijck, B. G. H. M. Groeneveld, R. Smets, F. C. Bosveld, W. Ubachs, K. Jungmann, K. S. E. Eikema, and J. C. J. Koelemeij

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 728-738 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

New technique for the reduction of helicity-correlated instrumental asymmetries in photoemitted beams of spin-polarized electrons

J. M. Dreiling, S. J. Burtwistle, and T. J. Gay

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 763-769 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Accurate projector calibration method by using an optical coaxial camera

Shujun Huang, Lili Xie, Zhangying Wang, Zonghua Zhang, Feng Gao, and Xiangqian Jiang

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 789-795 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Detection method of inclination angle in image measurement based on improved triangulation

Jinfeng Zhang and Jiye Zhang

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 885-889 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-dimensional high-speed and long-range tomography and profilometry using liquid-crystal Fabry–Perot resonator

Tuan Quoc Banh, Kohei Suzuki, Munehiro Kimura, and Tatsutoshi Shioda

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 912-918 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Gray change detection method for damage monitoring in materials

Xiaochuan Zhang, Ge Yang, Nan Zhan, and Hongwei Ji

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 934-939 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Integration of an opto-chemical detector based on group III-nitride nanowire heterostructures

R. Kleindienst, P. Becker, V. Cimalla, A. Grewe, P. Hille, M. Krüger, J. Schörmann, U. T. Schwarz, J. Teubert, M. Eickhoff, and S. Sinzinger

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 839-847 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of multi-wavelength tunable fiber lasers based on a digital micromirror device processor

Qi Ai, Xiao Chen, Miao Tian, Bin-bin Yan, Ying Zhang, Fei-jun Song, Gen-xiang Chen, Xin-zhu Sang, Yi-quan Wang, Feng Xiao, and Kamal Alameh

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 603-607 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Absolute gauge block calibration using ultra-precise optical frequency synthesizer locked to a femtosecond comb

Hatem Hussein, Niveen Farid, and Osama Terra

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 622-626 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Waveform reconstruction for an ultrasonic fiber Bragg grating sensor demodulated by an erbium fiber laser

Qi Wu and Yoji Okabe

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 694-698 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Stretched-pulse and solitonic operation of an all-fiber thulium/holmium-doped fiber laser

Rajesh Kadel and Brian R. Washburn

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 746-750 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

High-power spectral beam combining of linearly polarized Tm:fiber lasers

Lawrence Shah, R. Andrew Sims, Pankaj Kadwani, Christina C.C. Willis, Joshua B. Bradford, Alex Sincore, and Martin Richardson

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 757-762 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Controlling the optical fiber output beam profile by focused ion beam machining of a phase hologram on fiber tip

Jiho Han, Martin Sparkes, and William O’Neill

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 890-894 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Study on particle size dependence of axial trapping efficiency

Wonwook Lee, Hyunji Kim, and Cha-Hwan Oh

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 901-907 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable random distributed feedback fiber laser operating at 1  μm

Xueyuan Du, Hanwei Zhang, Xiaolin Wang, and Pu Zhou

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 908-911 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation of optical and thermal properties of N-(alkyl-substituted) maleimides for use in zero–zero-birefringence polymer

Shotaro Beppu, Hikaru Hotta, Houran Shafiee, Akihiro Tagaya, and Yasuhiro Koike

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 779-788 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical relative humidity sensor with high sensitivity based on a polyimide-coated symmetrical metal-cladding waveguide

Wen Yuan, Xianping Wang, Yiyou Nie, Jun Li, and Minghuang Sang

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 834-838 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Modified rod-in-tube for high-NA tellurite glass fiber fabrication: materials and technologies

Qiuling Chen, Hui Wang, Qingwei Wang, Qiuping Chen, and Yinlei Hao

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 946-952 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Background elimination and interferometric capability in optical coherence tomography by a nonlinear optical gating based on type-II second-harmonic generation

K. Mallat, C. Trillo, A. Amin, A. Deraoui, X. Urbain, A. Cornet, and J. L. Fernandez

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 650-657 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Temperature increase effects on a double-pass cavity type II second-harmonic generation: a model for depleted Gaussian continuous waves

Mohammad Sabaeian, Fatemeh Sedaghat Jalil-Abadi, Mostafa Mohammad Rezaee, Alireza Motazedian, and Mohammadreza Shahzadeh

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 869-875 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Z-scan measurement of the nonlinear refractive index of Nd³⁺, Y³⁺-codoped CaF₂ and SrF₂ crystals

Yue Guo, Shunbin Lu, Liangbi Su, Chujun Zhao, Han Zhang, and Shuangchun Wen

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 953-958 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Calibration function for an experimental setup for the measurement of irradiance distributions via a transmitting diffuser

Tobias Schmid, Thorsten Hornung, and Peter Nitz

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 927-933 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Compact waveguide crossings with a cascaded multimode tapered structure

Chyong-Hua Chen

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 828-833 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Interference effect from noise on range-gated laser ranging and tracking system

Pengfei Du, Wei Wang, Dongxian Geng, Gan Gao, Yuan Qiu, and Mali Gong

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 770-778 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of tunable negative refraction in a lossy and extrinsic semiconductor

Tsung-Wen Chang, Yi Min Zeng, and Chien-Jang Wu

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 658-662 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of the morphology on the anisotropic light scattering of polycarbonate (PC)/poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (SAN)(70/30) blend

Xianming Dong, Ying Xiong, Guangshun Chen, and Shaoyun Guo

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 608-614 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of prestrain applied to poly(ethylene terephthalate) substrate on microstructures and morphologies of porous TiO₂ film and optical scattering behaviors of light

Tse-Chang Li, Cheng-Fang Ho, and Jen-Fin Lin

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 816-827 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Studies on laser-assisted Penning ionization by the optogalvanic effect in Ne/Eu hollow cathode discharge

V. K. Saini, P. Kumar, S. K. Dixit, and S. V. Nakhe

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 595-602 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Survey of emissivity measurement by radiometric methods

M. Honner and P. Honnerová

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 669-683 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Full-field measurement of surface topographies and thin film stresses at elevated temperatures by digital gradient sensing method

Changxing Zhang, Zhe Qu, Xufei Fang, Xue Feng, and Keh-Chih Hwang

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 721-727 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Further enhancement of light extraction efficiency from light emitting diode using triangular surface grating and thin interface layer

R. Ghosh, A. Haldar, K. K. Ghosh, and R. Chakraborty

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 919-926 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical properties and residual stress in Nb-Si composite films prepared by magnetron cosputtering

Chien-Jen Tang, Glen Andrew Porter, Cheng-Chung Jaing, and Fang-Ming Tsai

Appl. Opt. 54(4), 959-965 (2015)  View: HTML | PDF