Photons to the left, photons to the right, photons down under: editorial

P. Scott Carney

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), ED5-ED5 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Optics in Africa: introduction

Andrew Forbes, Rim Cherif, Angela Dudley, and Alain M. Dikande

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), OIA1-OIA3 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Onset times of long-lived rogue waves in an optical waveguide array

C. D. Pelwan, A. Quandt, and R. Warmbier

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C67-C72 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance analysis of different intensity modulation techniques over atmospheric turbulent free-space optical channels

Sara S. Abdelhak, Ahmed E. Morra, Fathi E. Abd El-Samie, and Abdulaziz E. Elfiqi

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C138-C145 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser-induced autofluorescence assisted by multivariate techniques discriminates a cataractous lens from healthy lens tissues of Sprague–Dawley rats

Peter Osei-Wusu Adueming, Moses Jojo Eghan, Benjamin Anderson, Samuel Kyei, Jerry Opoku-Ansah, Charles Lloyd Yeboah Amuah, Charles Darko Takyi, and Paul Kingsley Buah-Bassuah

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C27-C32 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser-induced fluorescence combined with multivariate techniques identifies the geographical origin of antimalarial herbal plants

Charles Lloyd Yeboah Amuah, Moses Jojo Eghan, Benjamin Anderson, Peter Osei-Wusu Adueming, Jerry Opoku-Ansah, and Paul Kingsley Buah-Bassuah

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C103-C110 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Cosine beam: diffraction-free propagation and self-healing

Abdelhalim Bencheikh, Saoussene Chabou, Ouis Chouaib Boumeddine, Hocine Bekkis, Abdeldjallil Benstiti, Laarfa Beddiaf, and Widad Moussaoui

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C7-C14 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Far-field modeling of obstructed Laguerre–Gauss beams

Abdelhalim Bencheikh, Saoussene Chabou, and Ouis Chouaib Boumeddine

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C20-C26 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Lossless reshaping of structured light

Stirling Scholes, Valeria Rodríguez-Fajardo, and Andrew Forbes

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C80-C85 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of ultrastable fiber-optic time and frequency reference networks in Africa

Shukree Wassin, Kagiso Leburu, George Isoe, and Tim Gibbon

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C57-C66 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient video-based breathing pattern and respiration rate monitoring for remote health monitoring

Ali I. Siam, Nirmeen A. El-Bahnasawy, Ghada M. El Banby, Atef Abou Elazm, and Fathi E. Abd El-Samie

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C118-C124 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

VO₂-based active tunable emittance thermochromic flexible coatings

N. Numan, B. Mabakachaba, A. Simo, Z. Nuru, and M. Maaza

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C45-C49 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Surface Brillouin scattering study of tantalum nitride (TaN) thin films

Jonah Kuria, Daniel Wamwangi, Darrell Comins, Arthur Every, and Dave Billing

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C125-C131 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF  [Suppl. Mat. (1)]

Minimum lattice thermal conductivity of In₃SbTe₂ by surface Brillouin scattering

Keshaan Singh, Daniel Wamwangi, Bhekumusa Mathe, Dave Billing, and Morgan Madhuku

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C132-C137 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Numerical approach for hydrodynamic behavior in the kerf with a quasi-complete model of the laser cutting process

T. Tamsaout, E. H. Amara, and A. Bouabdallah

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C86-C94 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Numerical model of an Er³⁺/Yb³⁺ co-doped seven-core fiber amplifier for a space division multiplexing system

Ali Nassiri, Abdelkader Boulezhar, and H. Idrissi Saba

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C50-C56 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical properties of biosynthesized nanoscaled Eu₂O₃ for red luminescence applications

H. E. A. Mohamed, K. Hkiri, M. Khenfouch, S. Dhlamini, M. Henini, and M. Maaza

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C73-C79 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Frequency stability characterization: DFB laser and Raman pump performance on a distributed clock signal over 24.69 km fiber

D. M. Osiemo, D. W. Waswa, K. M. Muguro, G. M. Isoe, T. B. Gibbon, and A. W. R. Leitch

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C95-C102 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Modal analysis of structured light with spatial light modulators: a practical tutorial

Jonathan Pinnell, Isaac Nape, Bereneice Sephton, Mitchell A. Cox, Valeria Rodríguez-Fajardo, and Andrew Forbes

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C146-C160 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Generalized temporal synthesis method for a birefringent laser pulse shaper

Abderezzaq Halassi, Youcef Driouche, Rachid Hamdi, and Badr-Eddine Benkelfat

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C15-C19 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Digital Stokes polarimetry and its application to structured light: tutorial

Keshaan Singh, Najmeh Tabebordbar, Andrew Forbes, and Angela Dudley

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C33-C44 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Anderson localization of IR light in 1D nanosystems

M. Maaza and C. N. R. Rao

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), C111-C117 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Estimating and measurement of atmospheric optical turbulence according to balloon-borne radiosonde for three sites in China

Cuicui Bi, Xianmei Qian, Qing Liu, Wenyue Zhu, Xuebin Li, Tao Luo, Xiaoqing Wu, and Chun Qing

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1785-1794 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Degree of paraxiality of an anisotropic hollow multi-Gaussian Schell-model beam

Ju Huang, Ziyuan Wang, Xiaoling Ji, and Tao Wang

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1778-1784 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Statistical properties of a partially coherent radially polarized vortex beam propagating in a uniaxial crystal

Lina Guo, Yongzhu Chen, Xianlong Liu, Minghui Zhang, Yahong Chen, Lin Liu, and Yangjian Cai

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1806-1813 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Structure-preserving spectral reflectance estimation using guided filtering

Frank Sippel, Jürgen Seiler, Nils Genser, and André Kaup

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1695-1710 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-shot and twin-image free unique phase retrieval using an aspect of autocorrelation that considers the object asymmetry

Surya Kumar Gautam, Rakesh Kumar Singh, C. S. Narayanamurthy, and Dinesh N. Naik

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1826-1831 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of numerical diffraction calculation methods: from the perspective of phase space optics and the sampling theorem

Wenhui Zhang, Hao Zhang, Colin J. R. Sheppard, and Guofan Jin

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1748-1766 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Simplification method for 3D Terracotta Warrior fragments based on local structure and deep neural networks

Guohua Geng, Jie Liu, Xin Cao, Yangyang Liu, Wei Zhou, Fengjun Zhao, Linzhi Su, Kang Li, and Mingquan Zhou

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1711-1720 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Fast infrared horizon detection algorithm based on gradient directional filtration

Lili Dong, Dexin Ma, Dongdong Ma, and Wenhai Xu

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1795-1805 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Uniqueness of stigmatic solutions

Rafael G. González-Acuña, Héctor A. Chaparro-Romo, and Julio C. Gutiérrez-Vega

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1832-1838 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

High étendue Fourier transform spectroscopy by quadratic off-axis path difference error cancellation

Selene Amy Routley, Jamie Flynn, Antony Martin, and William Palmer

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1767-1777 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

High-speed range and velocity measurement using frequency scanning interferometry with adaptive delay lines [Invited]

Christos A. Pallikarakis, Jonathan M. Huntley, and Pablo D. Ruiz

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1814-1825 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

All-dielectric metasurface with multi-function in the near-infrared band

Xiaodong Zhang, Depeng Kong, Sujuan Liu, and Haiyan Wang

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1731-1739 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Orbital angular momentum and topological charge of a multi-vortex Gaussian beam

Alexey A. Kovalev, Victor V. Kotlyar, and Alexey P. Porfirev

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1740-1747 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Poynting vector and beam divergence

Vladimir Niziev and Peter Muys

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1839-1844 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

ARC: Angle-Retaining Chromaticity diagram for color constancy error analysis

Marco Buzzelli, Simone Bianco, and Raimondo Schettini

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 37(11), 1721-1730 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF