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.

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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)

Space-bandwidth scaling for wide field-of-view imaging
We examine the space-bandwidth product of wide field-of-view imaging systems as the systems scale in size.... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.A36-A47 (2012)

High-resolution multiband polarization epithelial tissue imaging method by sparse representation and fusion
Multiband polarization epithelial tissue imaging is an effective tool to measure tissue’s birefringence and... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.A27-A35 (2012)

Applications of the phase transfer function of digital incoherent imaging systems
The phase of the optical transfer function is advocated as an important tool in the characterization of... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.A17-A26 (2012)

Flat field concave holographic grating with broad spectral region and moderately high resolution
In order to deal with the conflicts between broad spectral region and high resolution in compact... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.509-514 (2012)

Temporal coupled-mode theory of ring–bus–ring Mach–Zehnder interferometer
The temporal coupled-mode theory (TCMT) for a ring–bus–ring Mach–Zehnder interferometer device is developed... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.504-508 (2012)

Two-dimensional mapping of the electron density in laser-produced plasmas
We performed two-dimensional (2D) mapping of the electron density in a laser-produced plasma with high... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.498-503 (2012)

Primary chromatic aberrations of a diffractive lens on finite substrate
In this report, we present an analysis for the primary chromatic aberrations of a diffractive lens on a... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.494-497 (2012)

Determination of first-order derivative matrix of wavefront aberration with respect to system variables
The first-order derivative matrix of a function with respect to a variable vector is referred to as the... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.486-493 (2012)

Laser-induced plasma chemistry of the explosive RDX with various metallic nanoparticles
The feasibility of exploiting plasma chemistry to study the chemical reactions between metallic nanoparticles... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 7, pp.B13-B21 (2012)

Multiband sensor using thick holographic gratings for sulfur detection by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy
Detection of sulfur by optical emission spectroscopy generally presents some difficulties because the... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 7, pp.B7-B12 (2012)

Analysis of time-resolved superposed atomic hydrogen Balmer lines and molecular diatomic carbon spectra
We present analysis of superposition spectra following laser-induced breakdown (LIB) of methane. Both... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 7, pp.B1-B6 (2012)

Time-average Fourier telescopy: a scheme for high-resolution imaging through horizontal-path turbulence
The problem of high-resolution imaging through long horizontal-path ground-level turbulence has gone unsolved... Applied Optics, Vol. 51 Issue 4, pp.A11-A16 (2012)

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Topics in Current Issue

Vol. 51, Iss. 3 — Jan. 20, 2012  pp: 290–407

	Detectors (1)
	Fiber Optics and Optical Communications (2)
	Geometric Optics (1)
	Holography (1)
	Image Processing (3)
	Imaging Systems (1)
	Instrumentation, Measurement, and Metrology (2)
	Lasers and Laser Optics (1)
	Materials (2)
	Optical Design and Fabrication (1)
	Scattering (1)
	Ultrafast Optics (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)

Imaging Systems and Applications

Gisele Bennett, Peter Catrysse, Joyce Farrell, Boyd Fowler, and Joseph Mait In Progress (no new submissions accepted)

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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