Light and color in the open air—introduction by the feature editors

James A. Lock and Craig F. Bohren

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4535-4536 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Observations of vertically elliptical halos

Marko Riikonen and Jukka Ruoskanen

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4537-4538 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

The sylvanshine: retroreflection from dew-covered trees

Alistair B. Fraser

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4539-4547 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Vertical elliptical coronas caused by pollen

Pekka Parviainen, Craig F. Bohren, and Veikko Mäkelä

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4548-4551 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Simulation and analysis of pollen coronas

Eberhard Tränkle and Bernd Mielke

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4552-4562 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Supernumerary ice-crystal halos?

Michael V. Berry

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4563-4568 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Halo polarization profiles and the interfacial angles of ice crystals

G. P. Können, Sara H. Muller, and J. Tinbergen

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4569-4579 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Subsuns, Bottlinger's rings, and elliptical halos

David K. Lynch, Stanley D. Gedzelman, and Alistair B. Fraser

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4580-4589 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of ice-crystal structure on halo formation: cirrus cloud experimental and ray-tracing modeling studies

Kenneth Sassen, Nancy C. Knight, Yoshihide Takano, and Andrew J. Heymsfield

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4590-4601 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Volcanic Bishop's ring: evidence for a sulfuric acid fefrahydrate particle aureole

Kenneth Sassen, Thomas Peter, Beiping P. Luo, and Paul J. Crutzen

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4602-4606 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Simulating rainbows and halos in color

Stanley David Gedzelman

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4607-4613 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Influence of a solar eclipse on twilight

Edward H. Geyer, M. Hoffmann, and H. Volland

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4614-4619 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Horizon brightness revisited: measurements and a model of clear-sky radiances

Raymond L. Lee

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4620-4628 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Twilight and daytime colors of the clear sky

Raymond L. Lee

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4629-4638 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Mirages with atmospheric gravity waves

Waldemar H. Lehn, Wayne K. Silvester, and David M. Fraser

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4639-4643 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Moving through a mirage

Peter D. Sozou and George Loizou

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4644-4651 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Glory of clouds in the near infrared

James D. Spinhirne and Teruyuki Nakajima

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4652-4662 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Correlated light scattering by a dense distribution of condensation droplets on a window pane

James A. Lock and Chin-Lien Chiu

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4663-4671 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Rainbow-enhanced forward glory from fused-silica spheres

John J. D'Amico, Marcus D. Knudson, and Dean S. Langley

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4672-4676 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Rainbow scattering by a coated sphere

James A. Lock, J. Michael Jamison, and Chih-Yang Lin

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4677-4690 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

E₆ diffraction catastrophe of the primary rainbow of oblate water drops: observations with white-light and laser illumination

Gregory Kaduchak, Philip L. Marston, and Harry J. Simpson

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4691-4696 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Hyperbolic umbilic and E₆ diffraction catastrophes associated with the secondary rainbow of oblate water drops: observations with laser illumination

Gregory Kaduchak and Philip L. Marston

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4697-4701 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Generalized rainbows and unfolded glories of oblate drops: organization for multiple internal reflections and extension of cusps into Alexander's dark band

Philip L. Marston and Gregory Kaduchak

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4702-4713 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Black-and-white fringes and the colors of caustics

Michael V. Berry and A. N. Wilson

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4714-4718 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Blue shadows: physical, physiological, and psychological causes

Michael E. Churma

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4719-4722 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Mach bands and airplane shadows cast on dry terrain

J. T. Enright

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4723-4726 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Colors of the spectrum: Do you wonder where the yellow went?

John N. Kidder

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4727-4732 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Appearance of the Sun and the Moon seen through clouds

Jeffery R. Linskens and Craig F. Bohren

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4733-4740 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Color recognition and discrimination under full-moon light

George Smith, Algis J. Vingrys, Jennifer D. Maddocks, and Christopher P. Hely

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4741-4748 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Intraocular light scattering in vision, artistic painting, and photography

Claes Beckman, Olle Nilsson, and Lars-Erik Paulsson

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4749-4753 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Disputing Viking navigation by polarized skylight

Curt Roslund and Claes Beckman

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4754-4755 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Possible halo depictions in the prehistoric rock art of Utah

Kenneth Sassen

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4756-4760 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Target-plane intensity approximation for apertured Gaussian beams applied to heterodyne backscatter lidar systems

Waltraud Pichler and Walter R. Leeb

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4761-4770 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Calculation of spectral linewidth reduction of external-cavity strong-feedback semiconductor lasers

Haiyin Sun, Steve Menhart, and Alois Adams

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4771-4775 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Second-order nonlinear optical susceptibility measurement of crystal with a glass prism in total-reflection geometry

Midori Kato, Masashi Kiguchi, and Yoshio Taniguchi

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4776-4780 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Raman scattering in air: four-dimensional analysis

Y. Lin, T. J. Kessler, and G. N. Lawrence

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4781-4791 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Amplitude modulation and beam-steering properties of active binary phase gratings with reconfigurable absorption areas

L. Buydens and P. Demeester

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4792-4800 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Double ring and Fabry–Perot ring resonators: application for an optical fiber laser

J. C. Martín and M. P. Bernal

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4801-4806 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Operator approach to electromagnetic coupled-wave calculations of lamellar gratings: infrared optical properties of intrinsic silicon gratings

S. Hava, M. Auslender, and D. Rabinovich

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4807-4813 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of radiation-mode coherent coupling in integrated optics discontinuities

Philippe Gerard, Pierre Benech, Diaa A. M. Khalil, and Roger Rimet

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4814-4824 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Application of dynamic light scattering to the study of small marine particles

Dariusz Stramski and Marián Sedlák

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4825-4834 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Filling in of Fraunhofer lines in the ocean by Brillouin scattering

Xin Xu and George W. Kattawar

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4835-4840 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

General method for calibrating Sun photometers

Bruce W. Forgan

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4841-4850 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Extensive measurements of H₂¹⁶O line frequencies and strengths: 5750 to 7965 cm⁻¹

Robert A. Toth

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4851-4867 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Transition frequencies and strengths of H₂¹⁷O and H₂¹⁸O: 6600 to 7640 cm⁻¹

Robert A. Toth

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4868-4879 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Remote sensing of atmospheric turbulence and transverse winds from wave-front slope measurements from crossed optical paths

Byron M. Welsh and Steven C. Koeffler

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4880-4888 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Experiments concerning resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization probe measurements of flame-species profiles

Asa Fein, Jeffrey S. Bernstein, Xiao-Mei Song, and Terrill A. Cool

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4889-4898 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Time-interval statistics applied to the analysis of low-polydispersity samples for low light-intensity levels

A. Madrazo, F. González, and F. Moreno

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4899-4905 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Single scattering of light by circular cylinders

Foeke Kuik, Johan F. de Haan, and Joop W. Hovenier

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4906-4918 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Variability in atmospheric light-scattering properties with altitude

Frank W. Gibson

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4919-4929 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of particulates on performance of optical communication in space and an adaptive method to minimize such effects

S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4930-4937 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Evaluation of Nd:YAG-pumped Raman shifter as a broad-spectrum light source

George B. Jarvis, Sam Mathew, and Jonathan E. Kenny

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4938-4946 (1994)  View: HTML | PDF

Color Plates

Appl. Opt. 33(21), 4953-4964 (1994)  View: PDF