About the Journal

Applied Optics is a highly regarded, premium quality must read for everyone in the optics field that offers applications-centered research in optics. Each issue contains content from three divisions of editorial scope: Optical Technology; Information Processing; and Lasers, Photonics, and Environmental Optics

Editor-in-Chief: Joseph N. Mait, US Army Research Laboratory
ISSN: 1559-128X | eISSN: 2155-3165
Frequency: Rapid article-at-a-time publication; 3 issues per month
2010 ISI Impact Factor: 1.707

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From the Editor:

Please join me as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Applied Optics. Applied Optics’ Golden Anniversary will be a year of definition and rebranding. Although my emphasis on quality will remain paramount, appearances and presentation will change to reflect the start of the journal’s second half century. I would appreciate your feedback on these as they are implemented. The past 50 years for the journal have been incredibly successful. I share in your excitement as we all look forward to the future we can create for Applied Optics. Read Joseph Mait’s entire January 1 editorial.

Quantitative carbon measurement in anthracite using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with binder
Quantitative carbon measurement in anthracites remains difficult with laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 7, pp.B22-B29 (2012)

Simultaneous wavenumber measurement and coherence detection using temporal phase unwrapping
Wavelength scanning interferometry and swept-source optical coherence tomography require accurate measurement... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 5, pp.558-567 (2012)

Instrumentation design for bridge scour monitoring using fiber Bragg grating sensors
Scour is one of the main causes of bridge failures. In order to measure and monitor scour depth variations... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 5, pp.547-557 (2012)

Image degradation due to surface scatter in the presence of aberrations
Image analysis in the presence of surface scatter due to residual optical fabrication errors is often... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 5, pp.535-546 (2012)

High peak-power single-frequency pulses using multiple stage, large core phosphate fibers and preshaped pulses
We have developed a monolithic high power pulsed fiber laser in a master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA)... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 5, pp.531-534 (2012)

Study of a novel and simple method of generating binary mask for microprism fabrication
A new and simple method for generating binary masks for fabrication of gray scale micro-optical elements is... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 5, pp.525-530 (2012)

Concept, modeling, and performance prediction of a low-cost, large deformable mirror
While it is attractive to integrate a deformable mirror (DM) for adaptive optics (AO) into the telescope... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 5, pp.515-524 (2012)

Imaging systems and applications
Imaging systems are used in consumer, medical, and military applications. Designing, developing, and building... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.ISA1-ISA1 (2012)

Spectrally reconfigurable pixels for dual-color-mode imaging sensors
The use of full color-sensitive photodetectors with three electrically tunable spectral responses allows the... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.A91-A98 (2012)

Digital camera simulation
We describe a simulation of the complete image processing pipeline of a digital camera, beginning with a... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.A80-A90 (2012)

Space–time compressive imaging
Compressive imaging systems typically exploit the spatial correlation of the scene to facilitate a lower... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.A67-A79 (2012)

Low-cost multispectral vegetation imaging system for detecting leaking CO₂ gas
As a component of a multisensor approach to monitoring carbon sequestration sites for possible leaks of the... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.A59-A66 (2012)

Prototype development and field-test results of an adaptive multiresolution PANOPTES imaging architecture
The design, development, and field-test results of a visible-band, folded, multiresolution, adaptive... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.A48-A58 (2012)

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Topics in Current Issue

Vol. 51, Iss. 4 — Feb. 1, 2012  pp: 408–514

	Diffraction and Gratings (3)
	Fiber Optics and Optical Communications (1)
	Geometric Optics (1)
	Image Processing (2)
	Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology (1)
	Integrated Optics (1)
	Lasers and Laser Optics (1)
	Medical Optics and Biotechnology (1)
	Optical Devices (1)
	Optics in Computing (1)
	Remote Sensing and Sensors (1)
	Spectroscopy (1)

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In Progress

Correlation Optics

Oleg Angelsky, Greg Gbur, Peter Polyanskii, Steen Hanson, Alexander Volyar, Dmitry Zimnyakov, and Igor Mokhun In Progress (no new submissions accepted)

Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

Jose Almirall, Andrzej Miziolek, Mohamad Sabsabi, and Jagdish Singh In Progress (no new submissions accepted)

Published

Imaging Systems and Applications
	Gisele Bennett, Peter Catrysse, Joyce Farrell, Boyd Fowler, and Joseph Mait Published

Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging
	Ting-Chung Poon, Changhe Zhou, Byoungho Lee, Toyohiko Yatagai, and Hongchen Zhai Published

Applications of Nano-optics
	Changhe Zhou, Yeshaiahu Fainman, and Yunlong Sheng Published

Light and Color in the Open Air
	Joseph A. Shaw, Raymond L. Lee, Jr., and Philip Laven Published

Practical Data Mining and Machine Learning for Optics Applications
	Ghaleb Abdulla, Abdul Awwal, Kirk Borne, Tin Kam Ho, and W. Thomas Vestrand Published

Fiber Optics and Photonics: Emerging Applications
	Satoshi Kawata, Sunil K. Khijwania, Bishnu Pal, and H. Y. Tam Published

Optical Interference Coatings
	Christopher Stolz, Detlev Ristau, and Markus Tilsch Published

Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging
	Partha P. Banerjee, George Barbastathis, Myung K. Kim, and Nickolai Kukhtarev Published

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