Applications of Lasers for Sensing and Free Space Communications: introduction to the feature issue

Mark F. Spencer, Santasri Bose-Pillai, Alex Fuerbach, Nicolas Riviere, Italo Toselli, Miranda van Iersel, and Edward A. Watson

Appl. Opt. 62(23), ALS1-ALS4 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Generalizable turbulent flow forecasting for adaptive optics control

Benjamin D. Shaffer, Jeremy R. Vorenberg, Christopher C. Wilcox, and Austin J. McDaniel

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G1-G11 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

David L. Fried: bringing vision to atmospheric optics [Invited]

Robert Q. Fugate, Jeffrey D. Barchers, and Brent L. Ellerbroek

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G112-G127 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

On-orbit demonstration of inter-satellite free-space optical stable communication enabled by integrated optical amplification of HPA and LNA

Zhaofeng Bai, Jiacheng Meng, Yulong Su, Yunqiang Zheng, Zhiyuan Chang, Sentao Wei, Duorui Gao, Wenchao Nie, Xiangsheng Meng, Junfeng Han, Bin Xue, Chunmin Zhang, Wei Wang, and Xiaoping Xie

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G18-G25 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Maximizing atmospheric-disturbed fiber coupling efficiency with speckle-based phase retrieval and a single-pixel camera

Mohamadreza Pashazanoosi, Michael Taylor, Oliver Pitts, Costel Flueraru, Antony Orth, and Steve Hranilovic

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G43-G52 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

High-bandwidth coherent optical communication over 10.3 km of turbulent air

Skevos F. E. Karpathakis, Benjamin P. Dix-Matthews, David R. Gozzard, and Sascha W. Schediwy

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G85-G89 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Equalization equal gain combining for a single-input to multiple-output underwater wireless optical communication system under a Gaussian beam

Yi Yang, Xiaofen Qiu, Jianlei Zhang, Huan Nie, Hanyu He, and Zhanwang Min

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G90-G100 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Object recognition using sparse, reduced-dimension point cloud data

Edward A. Watson

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G37-G42 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Reduced spatiotemporal bandwidth of motion stabilized event-based imaging sensors: experimental demonstration

Joseph C. Cox, Amit Ashok, and Nicholas Morley

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G128-G142 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser Doppler multi-beam differential vibration sensor for real-time continuous visualization of buried objects in multiple frequency bands

Vyacheslav Aranchuk, Stanley Johnson, Ina Aranchuk, and Craig Hickey

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G12-G17 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Towards real-time active imaging of greenhouse gases using tunable mid-infrared all-fiber lasers

Louis-Charles Michaud, Tommy Boilard, Sébastien Magnan-Saucier, Pascal Paradis, Lauris Talbot, Antoine Thiboult, Daniel F. Nadeau, Réal Vallée, and Martin Bernier

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G69-G76 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Speckle-based structured light shift-keying for non-line-of-sight optical communication

Purnesh Singh Badavath, Venugopal Raskatla, T. Pradeep Chakravarthy, and Vijay Kumar

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G53-G59 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Space-based quantum networking in the presence of a nuclear disturbed environment

Alexander Miloshevsky, Brandon A. Wilson, Brian P. Williams, David A. Hooper, Warren P. Grice, and Nicholas A. Peters

Appl. Opt. 62(23), G60-G68 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Flexible scattering order formulation of the discrete dipole approximation

Ynon Hefets and Carynelisa Haspel

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6093-6105 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Chlorophyll-based model underpinned by measured inherent optical properties of Jerlov water types

Richard C. Hollins and Craig A. Williamson

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6218-6233 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Scattering direction sampling methods for polarized Monte Carlo simulation of oceanic lidar

Huixin He, Mingyu Shi, Junwu Tang, and Songhua Wu

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6253-6263 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Particle swarm optimizer for the surface plasmon resonance effect on metal gratings

Felipe José Lucena de Araujo, Ernande Ferreira de Melo, and Eduardo Fontana

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6120-6130 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Joint precoding and power allocation in a FSO channel with signal-dependent noise

Renhai Feng, Jingtian Kong, Xinchun Guo, Jiang Wang, and Sheng Xie

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6060-6071 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

High-sensitivity humidity sensing of a U-shaped microfiber coated with porous methacryloxyethyl trimethyl ammonium chloride film

Danting Cui, Sihuan Huang, Hongdao Cheng, Huadan Zheng, Wenguo Zhu, Jianhui Yu, Yongchun Zhong, and Zhe Chen

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6106-6112 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical image conversion and encryption based on structured light illumination and a diffractive neural network

Yanfeng Su, Kang Xu, Wenzhe Rong, Zhihan Wang, Ruijie Xue, Lijuan Xue, Zhijian Cai, and Wenqiang Wan

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6131-6139 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Secondary lens with hybrid structure of freeform surface and microstructure for ultra-thin backlight unit

Qibin Feng, Qiyu Sun, Kejing Li, Zi Wang, and Guoqiang Lv

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6081-6086 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase analysis for focus plane detection in digital inline holography: application to three-dimensional locations of drops and threads in a beads-on-a-string structure

Robin Noury, Marie-Charlotte Renoult, Gilles Godard, and Denis Lebrun

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6241-6252 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Low-cost and simple optical system based on wavefront coding and deep learning

Shijie Wei, Huachao Cheng, Ben Xue, Xiaopeng Shao, and Teli Xi

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6171-6179 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Shape recovery from fusion of polarization binocular vision and shading

Zhiying Tan, Weifeng Kong, Yan Ji, Xu Tao, Jinying Zhao, Meiling Wang, and Xiaobin Xu

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6194-6204 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Optical measurements of the silicon vacuum window with anti-reflective sub-wavelength structure for ASTE Band 10

Makoto Nagai, Shohei Ezaki, Ryo Sakai, Keiko Kaneko, Hiroaki Imada, Takafumi Kojima, Wenlei Shan, Yoshinori Uzawa, and Shinichiro Asayama

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6287-6296 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Frequency regulated transmission–reflection integration modes of a terahertz metasurface

Shu-ping Zhang, Jiu-Sheng Li, Feng-lei Guo, and Yi Chen

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6087-6092 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser debonding application in ultra-thin device processing

Saiqiang Wang, Yang Yu, Song Li, Ye Feng, Jinhui Li, Chunlei Yang, and Weimin Li

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6140-6146 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Influences of focusing conditions on optical poling in lithium niobate using a 1035 nm femtosecond fiber laser

Xin Chen, Chunsheng Xu, Shan Liu, Dawei Liu, Bihui Tan, Yi Zhang, Huan Chen, Yan Sheng, and Junli Wang

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6212-6217 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Mode analysis and measurement of single-emitter blue diode lasers

Yaodan Hu, Songjia Liu, Cong Hu, Yu Xiao, Peng Zhou, Hao Peng, and Xiahui Tang

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6264-6274 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Numerical simulation and testing of laser-MIG hybrid-welding angle-structure sheets

C. Y. Cui, L. Chen, J. Yang, H. H. Xu, W. L. Zhang, X. G. Cui, and J. Z. Lu

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6180-6193 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Method for algebraic calculation of initial design parameters of a two-element telecentric f-theta lens

Jiří Novák and Antonín Mikš

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6113-6119 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Cooled infrared coaxial four-mirror system design with a low F-number

Shuqing Zhang, Guangsen Liu, Zhile Wang, Jiayi Xie, Lingyun Ji, Xiaobo He, and Shanjun Tang

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6234-6240 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Temperature-robust optical microphone with a compact grating interferometric module

Xinyu Hu, Yan Yue, Chen Cai, and Zhi-Mei Qi

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6072-6080 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Theoretical optimization of a frequency-domain- based color polarization interference sensor via coupling with a Gaussian beam

Guiqiang Wang, Pengpeng Xie, and Xiaoxue Xu

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6147-6155 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Nested micro-ring refractive index sensor based on a subwavelength grating waveguide and the Vernier effect

Xinyu Shi, Ming Chen, Renjie Li, Xiangyang Wang, Wenhao Han, Wanli Zhao, Jinbiao Liu, Chuanxin Teng, Shijie Deng, Yu Cheng, and Libo Yuan

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6205-6211 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

In-line refractive index measurement: a simple method based on image detection

Elisabetta Bodo, Hitesh G. B. Gowda, Ulrike Wallrabe, and Matthias C. Wapler

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6282-6286 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

GST plasmonic gap structure investigation as a switch and sensor

Arya Zareizadeh and Najmeh Nozhat

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6156-6162 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Realization of an optical nanostructure 4×1 multiplexer based on metal-insulator-metal plasmonic waveguides

Saif H. Abdulwahid, Ahmed Ghanim Wadday, Faris Mohammed Ali, Bashar J. Hamza, and Ali Najah Al-Shamani

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6163-6168 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Extreme learning machine and genetic algorithm in quantitative analysis of sulfur hexafluoride by infrared spectroscopy: erratum

Huan Liu, Jun Zhu, Huan Yin, Qiangqiang Yan, Hong Liu, Shouxin Guan, Qisheng Cai, Jiawen Sun, Shun Yao, and Ruyi Wei

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6169-6170 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Cassini composite infrared spectrometer: correcting an offset error and refining the pointing parameters for the midinfrared detectors: publisher’s note

John C. Pearl, Conor A. Nixon, Donald E. Jennings, Shahid Aslam, Simon Calcutt, Monte S. Kaelberer, Nicolas Gorius, Richard K. Achterberg, Paul N. Romani, Gordon L. Bjoraker, and Michael Flasar

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6298-6298 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Terahertz angle-independent photonic bandgap in a one-dimensional photonic crystal containing InSb-based hyperbolic metamaterials: erratum

Feng Wu, Xi Yu, Abinash Panda, and Dejun Liu

Appl. Opt. 62(23), 6297-6297 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF