Near- to mid-IR (1–13  μm) III-V semiconductor lasers: introduction to the feature issue

Shamsul Arafin, Fatima Toor, Pengda Hong, and Kaikai Xu

Appl. Opt. 56(31), NIR1-NIR2 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable compact nanosensor based on Fano resonance in a plasmonic waveguide system

Xiaobin Ren, Kun Ren, and Yuanxue Cai

Appl. Opt. 56(31), H1-H9 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

InP-based pseudomorphic InAs/InGaAs triangular quantum well lasers with bismuth surfactant

W. Y. Ji, Y. Gu, Y. G. Zhang, Y. J. Ma, X. Y. Chen, Q. Gong, B. Du, and Y. H. Shi

Appl. Opt. 56(31), H10-H14 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Progress in high-power continuous-wave quantum cascade lasers [Invited]

Pedro Figueiredo, Matthew Suttinger, Rowel Go, Eugene Tsvid, C. Kumar N. Patel, and Arkadiy Lyakh

Appl. Opt. 56(31), H15-H23 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhanced 3  μm luminescence properties based on effective energy transfer Yb³⁺ : ²F_5/2→Dy³⁺ : ⁶H_5/2 in fluoaluminate glass modified by TeO₂

Fangwei Qi, Feifei Huang, Tao Wang, Ying Tian, Ruoshan Lei, Renguang Ye, Junjie Zhang, Long Zhang, and Shiqing Xu

Appl. Opt. 56(31), H24-H29 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Single mode GaSb diode lasers for sensor applications in a long wavelength regime

Tobias Milde, Christian Assmann, Alvaro Jimenez, Martin Honsberg, James O’Gorman, Wolfgang Schade, and Joachim Sacher

Appl. Opt. 56(31), H45-H50 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

High-depth-resolution range imaging with multiple-wavelength superheterodyne interferometry using 1550-nm lasers

Fengqiang Li, Joshua Yablon, Andreas Velten, Mohit Gupta, and Oliver Cossairt

Appl. Opt. 56(31), H51-H56 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of atmospheric carbon dioxide and water vapor in built-up urban areas in the Gandhinagar-Ahmedabad region in India using a portable tunable diode laser spectroscopy system

Anirban Roy, Neetesh Kumar Sharma, Arup Lal Chakraborty, and Abhishek Upadhyay

Appl. Opt. 56(31), H57-H66 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Photonic crystal bandedge membrane lasers on silicon

Shih-Chia Liu, Deyin Zhao, Yonghao Liu, Hongjun Yang, Yuze Sun, Zhengqiang Ma, Carl Reuterskiöld-Hedlund, Mattias Hammar, and Weidong Zhou

Appl. Opt. 56(31), H67-H73 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Laterally coupled distributed feedback type-I quantum well cascade diode lasers emitting near 3.22  μm

Tao Feng, Takashi Hosoda, Leon Shterengas, Gela Kipshidze, Aaron Stein, Ming Lu, and Gregory Belenky

Appl. Opt. 56(31), H74-H80 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Propagation of partially coherent Lorentz–Gauss vortex beam through oceanic turbulence

Dajun Liu, Hongming Yin, Guiqiu Wang, and Yaochuan Wang

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8785-8792 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Dual use architecture for innovative lidar and free space optical communications

Filippo Scotti, Daniel Onori, Claudio Porzi, Fabio Falconi, Vito Sorianello, Andreia Alves, Muhammad Imran, Sergio Pinna, Arismar Cerqueira, Marco Romagnoli, and Antonella Bogoni

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8811-8815 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fine-filter method for Raman lidar based on wavelength division multiplexing and fiber Bragg grating

Jun Wang, Jiao Zheng, Hong Lu, Qing Yan, Li Wang, Jingjing Liu, and Dengxin Hua

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8851-8856 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Graphene-oxide-coated interferometric optical microfiber ethanol vapor sensor

Jingle Zhang, Haiwei Fu, Jijun Ding, Min Zhang, and Yi Zhu

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8828-8831 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Fast, wide-field and distortion-free telescope with curved detectors for surveys at ultralow surface brightness

Eduard Muslimov, David Valls-Gabaud, Gérard Lemaître, Emmanuel Hugot, Wilfred Jahn, Simona Lombardo, Xin Wang, Pascal Vola, and Marc Ferrari

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8639-8647 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Concept of dual-resolution light field imaging using an organic photoelectric conversion film for high-resolution light field photography

Daisuke Sugimura, Suguru Kobayashi, and Takayuki Hamamoto

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8687-8698 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Simplified model of pinhole imaging for quantifying systematic errors in image shape

Laura Robin Benedetti, N. Izumi, S. F. Khan, G. A. Kyrala, O. L. Landen, T. Ma, S. R. Nagel, and A. Pak

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8719-8731 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of the absolute velocity of blood flow in early-stage chick embryos using spectral domain optical coherence tomography

Z.-H. Ma, Y.-S. Ma, Y.-Q. Zhao, J. Liu, J.-H. Liu, J.-T. Lv, and Y. Wang

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8832-8837 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Equivalent wavelength self-mixing interference vibration measurements based on envelope extraction Fourier transform algorithm

Dongyu Li, Zan Huang, Wenhao Mo, Yan Ling, Zhenghe Zhang, and Zhen Huang

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8584-8591 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

High-speed combined NIR low-coherence interferometry for wafer metrology

Hyo Mi Park and Ki-Nam Joo

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8592-8597 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

FLEET velocimetry for combustion and flow diagnostics

Nicholas J. DeLuca, Richard B. Miles, Naibo Jiang, Waruna D. Kulatilaka, Anil K. Patnaik, and James R. Gord

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8632-8638 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental investigation of thermal effects in laser-nanofluid interaction by moiré technique

Shahrzad Shahrabi Farahani, Khosro Madanipour, and Ata Koohian

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8664-8668 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Suomi NPP VIIRS solar diffuser screen transmittance model and its applications

Ning Lei, Xiaoxiong Xiong, and Jeff Mcintire

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8676-8686 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Absolute three-dimensional shape measurement with two-frequency square binary patterns

Chufan Jiang and Song Zhang

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8710-8718 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Suppression of interference noise caused by Fresnel reflection in all-fiber white-light interferometer

Yonggui Yuan, Yongqing Cheng, Jun Yang, Haoliang Zhang, Dongchuan Lu, Yan Lv, Feng Peng, Hanyang Li, Xiaojun Zhang, Fuqiang Jiang, and Libo Yuan

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8732-8737 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Digital demodulation algorithm based on frequency correction for the near-infrared spectrometer

Jingru Wang, Zhihong Wang, Yuzhe Wang, Jie Liu, and Xufei Ji

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8777-8784 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Silicon ring resonator-coupled Mach–Zehnder interferometers for the Fano resonance in the mid-IR

Benedetto Troia, Jordi Soler Penades, Zhibo Qu, Ali Z. Khokhar, Ahmed Osman, Yangbo Wu, Callum Stirling, Milos Nedeljkovic, Vittorio M. N. Passaro, and Goran Z. Mashanovich

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8769-8776 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and analysis of a polarization modulator based on surface plasmons

Ramin Djabery, Mohammad Naser-Moghaddasi, and Alireza Andalib

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8793-8796 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectral and far-field broadening due to stimulated rotational Raman scattering driven by the Nike krypton fluoride laser

James Weaver, Robert Lehmberg, Stephen Obenschain, David Kehne, and Matthew Wolford

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8618-8631 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Femtosecond versus picosecond laser pulses for film-free laser bioprinting

Stephane Petit, Olivia Kérourédan, Raphael Devillard, and Eric Cormier

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8648-8655 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of diffractive optical elements for subdiffraction spot arrays with high light efficiency

Chen Wu, Huarong Gu, Zhehai Zhou, and Qiaofeng Tan

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8816-8821 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

High-power diode-pumped Kerr-lens mode-locked bulk Yb:KGW laser

Reza Akbari and Arkady Major

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8838-8844 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable angular shearing interferometer based on wedged liquid crystal cells

Romain Laberdesque, Aurélie Jullien, Umberto Bortolozzo, Nicolas Forget, and Stefania Residori

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8656-8662 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Flat metaform near-eye visor

Chuchuan Hong, Shane Colburn, and Arka Majumdar

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8822-8827 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Weighted iterative algorithm for beam alignment in scanning beam interference lithography

Ying Song, Wei Wang, Shan Jiang, Bayanheshig, and Ning Zhang

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8669-8675 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Wet etching technique for fabrication of a high-quality plastic optical fiber sensor

Mingfu Zhao, Lang Dai, Nianbing Zhong, Zhengkun Wang, Ming Chen, Bingxin Li, Binbin Luo, Bin Tang, Shenghui Shi, Tao Song, and Xue Zou

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8845-8850 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Approach for the production chain of printed polymer optical waveguides–an overview

Florian Loosen, Carsten Backhaus, Jochen Zeitler, Gerd-Albert Hoffmann, Thomas Reitberger, Lukas Lorenz, Norbert Lindlein, Jörg Franke, Ludger Overmeyer, Oliver Suttmann, Klaus-Jürgen Wolter, and Karlheinz Bock

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8607-8617 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Raman scattering in single-crystal sapphire at elevated temperatures

Juddha Thapa, Bo Liu, Steven D. Woodruff, Benjamin T. Chorpening, and Michael P. Buric

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8598-8606 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Extending the applicability of the four-flux radiative transfer method

Marc A. Gali, Angus R. Gentle, Matthew D. Arnold, and Geoffrey B. Smith

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8699-8709 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Field imaging near to the surface of terahertz reflective optics using a vector network analyzer

Maryam Hajji, Jonathan Hammler, Dagou Zeze, Claudio Balocco, and Andrew J. Gallant

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8746-8750 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Technique developments and performance analysis of chirped-probe-pulse femtosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering combustion thermometry

Levi M. Thomas, Aman Satija, and Robert P. Lucht

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8797-8810 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Planar broad-band and wide-angle hybrid plasmonic IMI filters with induced transmission for visible light applications

Noha Anous, Tarek Ramadan, Mohamed Abdallah, Khalid Qaraqe, and Diaa Khalil

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8751-8758 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF

Planar photonic crystal based multifunctional sensors: erratum

Yongyao Chen, Haijun Liu, Zhijian Zhang, Ashwani K. Gupta, and Miao Yu

Appl. Opt. 56(31), 8663-8663 (2017)  View: HTML | PDF