Introduction of the new Best Paper Prizes for Applied Optics: editorial

Gisele Bennett

Appl. Opt. 62(34), ED12-ED14 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

MIMO detection using an ALR-CNN in SDM transmission systems

Danni Zhang, Xinyuan Ma, Shun Lu, and Zhongwei Tan

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 8978-8986 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber laser cascaded with an MZ interferometer for simultaneous measurement of temperature and refractive index

Jingwen Li, Tianjia Hong, Desheng Yu, Kaijun Che, and Lujian Chen

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9119-9124 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-way focal stack fusion for light field saliency detection

Yani Zhang, Fen Chen, Zongju Peng, Wenhui Zou, Mengyu Nie, and Changhe Zhang

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9057-9065 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Depth estimation from a single-shot fringe pattern based on DD-Inceptionv2-UNet

Linlin Wang, Wenke Xue, Chuanyun Wang, Qian Gao, Wenjie Liang, and Yinwen Zhang

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9144-9155 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Universal method using a pre-deformed reference subset to eliminate the interpolation bias in digital image correlation

Yang Liu, Zheng Fang, Tianxiang Ren, Jiangcheng Zhao, Yong Su, and Qingchuan Zhang

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 8968-8977 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

High-accuracy reconstruction of Stokes vectors via spatially modulated polarimetry using deep learning at low light field

Xinxin Zhang, Lihui Liu, Yanqiu Li, Tianlei Ning, and Zhe Zhao

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9009-9017 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical pilot tone correction of phase errors in photodetection chains

Alexander Schultze, Dennis Weise, Claus Braxmaier, and Alexander Sell

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9066-9071 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis and design of an ultra-wide temperature difference very long wave infrared multifunctional imaging spectrometer

Jialun Zhang, Yuquan Zheng, and Chao Lin

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9096-9107 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance of a U²-net model for phase unwrapping

Liangzhe Liao, Zhenkun Lei, Chen Tang, Ruixiang Bai, and Xiaohong Wang

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9108-9118 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Low-loss adiabatic fiber-optic coupler for cryogenic photonics

Mengdi Zhao and Kejie Fang

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9036-9040 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

396 MHz CPA femtosecond laser system based on a single crystal fiber rod-type amplifier

Ting Luo, Tingyao Wang, Xinjian Pan, Zhili Li, Jianjun Yang, Liming Liu, and Shixiang Xu

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 8987-8993 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Focusing field energy flow simulation of an azimuthally polarized Lorentz–Gaussian beam modulated by a concentric vortex phase mask

Zijie Zhou, Jinsong Li, Guojin Feng, Shuo Li, and Chenxu Lu

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9125-9132 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Parameters of 391 nm lasing from molecular nitrogen ions pumped by a 950 nm femtosecond laser pulse

Ilya A. Zyatikov and Valery F. Losev

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9133-9135 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimization of the cavity length and pulse characterization based on germanene as a saturable absorber in an Er-doped fiber laser

Yanfeng Yu, Xueyao Liu, Tuo Li, Xiaofeng Zou, Jiashuai Ding, Nannan Xu, Xinxin Sahng, Xing Wang, Pu Huang, Chen Cheng, Shuhao Si, Hua Lu, Huanian Zhang, and Dengwang Li

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9156-9163 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Direct generation of lower-order cylindrical vector vortex modes from an end-pumped Pr³⁺:LiYF₄ laser

Takuya Morohashi, A. Srinivasa Rao, and Takashige Omatsu

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9183-9187 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Measuring the linear optical absorption coefficient by interferometry and the thermal lensing effect: a numerical analysis

Luis G. Rodriguez, Joseph Niemela, and Humberto Cabrera

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9002-9008 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Implementation of particle swarm optimization for complete inverse design of multilayered optical filters

Inho Lee, Changdae Kim, Kyoungjae Ju, Gunhee Jun, and Gwanho Yoon

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 8994-9001 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of an optimized Alvarez lens based on the fifth-order polynomial combination

Zhichao Ye, Jiapu Yan, Tingting Jiang, Shiqi Chen, Zhihai Xu, Huajun Feng, Qi Li, and Yueting Chen

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9072-9081 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Spherical aberration-based compensation method for narcissus

Lei Li, Xing Zhong, Zheng Qu, Guangqing Xia, Yuanhang Wang, and Chaoli Zeng

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9082-9088 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and fabrication of a lightweight 3D first surface mirror aluminized by DC magnetron sputtering

A. M. Bautista-Hernández, B. Villalobos-Mendoza, R. Izazaga-Pérez, F. Solís-Pomar, C. D. Gutiérrez-Lazos, A. Aviles-Alvarado, F. A. Garcia-Castillo, E. G. Pérez-Tijerina, and D. Aguirre-Aguirre

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9089-9095 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Rapid calculation method for backscattered light of a space gravitational-wave detection telescope

Jinhang Zhou, Yiping Wang, Zhenning Luo, Zizheng Li, Hongchao Zhao, Lei Fan, and Yong Yan

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9175-9182 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Mean wavelength-based Fresnel lens solar collector for eliminating the hotpot problem in daylighting systems

Vikas Kumar, Devendra Singh Bisht, and Harry Garg

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9188-9197 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultrasensitive refractive index sensor based on stainless steel metamaterial

GuiFang Wu, Fengping Yan, Wei Wang, LanJu Liang, Xin Yan, HaiYun Yao, Meng Wang, and Hao Guo

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9136-9143 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Scattering of a radially polarized Bessel beam by a PEMC sphere: photonic nanojet and bottle beam formation

Huan Tang, Zhuoyuan Shi, Yuan Zhang, Renxian Li, Bing Wei, Shuhong Gong, Xinbo He, Lixia Yang, Bing Yan, Han Sun, and F. G. Mitri

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9164-9174 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Mixed pesticide recognition based on three-dimensional fluorescence spectroscopy and a convolutional neural network

Xiaoyan Wang, Xu Chen, Rendong Ji, Tao Wang, Ying He, Haiyi Bian, Xuyang Wang, and Wenjing Hu

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9018-9027 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhancing THz fingerprint detection by the stretchable substrate with a dielectric metagrating

Xiangjun Li, Lu Nie, Hang Wu, Le Zhang, and Dexian Yan

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9028-9035 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF

Least-squares method constrained by phase smoothness for correcting illumination fluctuation errors in phase-shifting profilometry: erratum

Huijie Zhu and Hongwei Guo

Appl. Opt. 62(34), 9198-9198 (2023)  View: HTML | PDF