Guided Wave Optics: Physics, Technology, and Applications: introduction to the feature issue

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. GWO1–GWO1 (2009)
• Bishnu Pal, Anurag Sharma, Govind Agrawal, and Claude Fabre

Fabrication and characterization of straight and compact S-bend optical waveguides on a silicon-on-insulator platform

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G125–G130 (2009)
• Rupesh Kumar Navalakhe, Nandita DasGupta, and Bijoy Krishna Das

Improved cascaded sum and difference frequency generation-based wavelength converters in low-loss quasi-phase-matched lithium niobate waveguides

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G143–G147 (2009)
• Amirhossein Tehranchi and Raman Kashyap

Coupling characteristics of dielectric-loaded surface plasmon polariton waveguides: a simple method of analysis

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G44–G47 (2009)
• Triranjita Srivastava and Arun Kumar

Generation of supercontinuum and its theoretical study in three-ring silica microstructured optical fibers

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G12–G20 (2009)
• Debashri Ghosh, Samudra Roy, Mrinmay Pal, Atasi Pal, Shyamal K. Bhadra, John McCarthy, Henry Bookey, and Ajoy Kar

Seminumerical approach for modeling side-polished microstructured optical fiber-based devices

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G6–G11 (2009)
• Bezawada Nagaraju, Ravendra Kumar Varshney, and Bishnu P. Pal

Fluorescent response of dye-filled suspended-core microstructured polymer optical fiber

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G64–G67 (2009)
• Jan Vanda, Jan Skapa, Vladimir Vasinek, Alex Argyros, Marianne Large, and Richard Lwin

Mode degeneration in bent photonic crystal fiber study by using the finite element method

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G131–G138 (2009)
• B. M. Azizur Rahman, Namassivayane Kejalakshmy, Muhammad Uthman, Arti Agrawal, Tiparatana Wongcharoen, and Kenneth T. V. Grattan

Modeling the tapering effects of fabricated photonic crystal fibers and tailoring birefringence, dispersion, and supercontinuum generation properties

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G106–G113 (2009)
• Sourabh Roy, Kajal Mondal, and Partha Roy Chaudhuri

Photo-induced gratings in thin color center layers on lithium fluoride

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G38–G43 (2009)
• Francesca Bonfigli, Maria Aurora Vincenti, Salvatore Almaviva, Rosa Maria Montereali, Enrico Nichelatti, Rogério N. Nogueira, and Hypolito José Kalinowski

Refractive index sensing characteristics of dual resonance long period gratings in bare and metal-coated D-shaped fibers

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G53–G58 (2009)
• Saurabh Mani Tripathi, Emmanuel Marin, Arun Kumar, and Jean-Pierre Meunier

Broadband output from an actively mode-locked fiber ring laser

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G28–G32 (2009)
• Deepa Venkitesh, Aditi Ghosh, and R. Vijaya

Multiple Bragg diffraction in polymeric photonic crystals

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G59–G63 (2009)
• Rajesh V. Nair and R. Vijaya

Study of Brillouin amplifier characteristics toward optimized conditions for slow light generation

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G48–G52 (2009)
• Aditi Ghosh, Deepa Venkitesh, and R. Vijaya

Gas sensors based on superluminescent diodes for combustion monitoring

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G1–G5 (2009)
• Nilesh J. Vasa and Makaram Singaperumal

Stable optical trapping of latex nanoparticles with ultrashort pulsed illumination

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G33–G37 (2009)
• Arijit Kumar De, Debjit Roy, Aveek Dutta, and Debabrata Goswami

Finite-size nondiffracting beam from a subwavelength metallic hole with concentric dielectric gratings

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G68–G72 (2009)
• Hwi Kim, Junghyun Park, and Byoungho Lee

Integrated C-band erbium-doped fiber amplifier and dispersion compensation module with negligible pump power penalty

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G73–G76 (2009)
• Samuel Varghese, Peter Blixt, David Darby, and Suresh Nair

Linear transmission properties of a vertically stacked multiring resonator with a defect

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G148–G155 (2009)
• Mehdi Shafiei, Mohammad Khanzadeh, Mohammad Agha-Bolorizadeh, and Reza Farrahi Moghaddam

Thin film metal coated fiber optic hydrophone probe

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G77–G82 (2009)
• Rupa Gopinath Minasamudram, Piyush Arora, Gaurav Gandhi, Afshin S. Daryoush, Mahmoud A. El-Sherif, and Peter A. Lewin

Analysis of transmission characteristics of long period gratings in tapered optical fibers

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G95–G100 (2009)
• Krishna Chandra Patra, Rashmi Singh, Enakshi Khular Sharma, and Kiyotoshi Yasumoto

Influence of cooling on a bismuth-doped fiber laser and amplifier performance

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G83–G87 (2009)
• Mridu P. Kalita, Seongwoo Yoo, and Jayanta K. Sahu

Long period grating refractive-index sensor: optimal design for single wavelength interrogation

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G88–G94 (2009)
• Amita Kapoor and Enakshi K. Sharma

Femtosecond laser fabrication of microfluidic channels for organic photonic devices

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G114–G118 (2009)
• Krishna Chaitanya Vishnubhatla, Jenny Clark, Guglielmo Lanzani, Roberta Ramponi, Roberto Osellame, and Tersilla Virgili

Design of all-optical read-only memory

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G21–G27 (2009)
• Young Jin Jung, Namkyoo Park, Young Min Jhon, and Seok Lee

Transformation optical design of a bending waveguide by use of isotropic materials

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G101–G105 (2009)
• Xiaojiong Wu, Zhifang Lin, Huanyang Chen, and C. T. Chan

Erbium emission properties in nanostructured fibers

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G119–G124 (2009)
• Wilfried Blanc, Bernard Dussardier, Gérard Monnom, Romain Peretti, Anne-Marie Jurdyc, Bernard Jacquier, Marie Foret, and Ann Roberts

Nonchemical-vapor-deposition process for fabrication of highly efficient Yb-doped large core fibers

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G139–G142 (2009)
• Mathieu Devautour, Philippe Roy, Sébastien Février, Carlos Pedrido, Frédéric Sandoz, and Valerio Romano

Propagation characteristics of single-mode graded-index elliptical core linear and nonlinear fiber using super-Gaussian approximation

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G156–G162 (2009)
• Sunil K. Khijwania, Veena M. Nair, and Somenath Sarkar

Controlled excitation of scar modes in passive and active multimode chaotic fiber

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. G163–G168 (2009)
• Claire Michel, Valérie Doya, Sorin Tascu, Wilfried Blanc, Olivier Legrand, and Fabrice Mortessagne

Radiometry and metrology of a phase zone plate measured by extreme ultraviolet synchrotron radiation

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5970–5977 (2009)
• John F. Seely, Benjawan Kjornrattanawanich, James C. Bremer, Michael Kowalski, and Yan Feng

Theoretical analysis of curved Bragg diffraction images from plane wave reference volume holograms

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5984–5996 (2009)
• Se Baek Oh, Jonathan M. Watson, and George Barbastathis

Macrobending single-mode fiber-based refractometer

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 6044–6049 (2009)
• Pengfei Wang, Yuliya Semenova, Qiang Wu, Gerald Farrell, Yunqiang Ti, and Jie Zheng

Half-magnitude extensions of resolution and field of view in digital holography by scanning and magnification

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 6026–6034 (2009)
• Ferenc Gyímesi, Zoltán Füzessy, Venczel Borbély, Béla Ráczkevi, György Molnár, Aladár Czitrovszky, Attila Tibor Nagy, Gyozo Molnárka, Abdelhakim Lotfi, Attila Nagy, István Harmati, and Dezso Szigethy

Analysis of normalized point source sensitivity as a performance metric for large telescopes

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5997–6007 (2009)
• Byoung-Joon Seo, Carl Nissly, George Angeli, Brent Ellerbroek, Jerry Nelson, Norbert Sigrist, and Mitchell Troy

Limitations on the control of hexagonal mirror segment figures by means of edge measurements

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 6074–6081 (2009)
• Gary Chanan

Anomalous dispersion in atomic line filters applied for spatial frequency detection

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5948–5955 (2009)
• Andrin Landolt and Thomas Roesgen

Optical diagnostics of anisotropic nanoscale films on transparent isotropic materials by integrating reflectivity and ellipsometry

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5906–5916 (2009)
• Peep Adamson

Light field image sensors based on the Talbot effect

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5897–5905 (2009)
• Albert Wang, Patrick Gill, and Alyosha Molnar

Double random phase encryption scheme to multiplex and simultaneous encode multiple images

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5933–5947 (2009)
• Ayman Alfalou and Ali Mansour

Three-dimensional structure measurement of diamond crowns based on stereo vision

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5917–5932 (2009)
• Zhiguo Ren and Lilong Cai

Advanced short-wavelength infrared range-gated imaging for ground applications in monostatic and bistatic configurations

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5956–5969 (2009)
• Endre Repasi, Peter Lutzmann, Ove Steinvall, Magnus Elmqvist, Benjamin Göhler, and Gregor Anstett

Numerical and experimental investigation of a continuous-wave and passively mode-locked Yb:YAG laser at a wavelength of 1.05 μm

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5978–5983 (2009)
• Binbin Zhou, Zhiyi Wei, Dehua Li, Hao Teng, and Gilbert L. Bourdet

Optical triggering of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser via transverse bleaching of a Cr:YAG saturable absorber

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 6008–6014 (2009)
• Brian Cole, Jonathan Lei, Tom DiLazaro, Bradley Schilling, and Lew Goldberg

Effects of including a diffraction term into Rigrod theory for a continuous-wave laser

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 6035–6043 (2009)
• David L. Carroll and Joseph T. Verdeyen

Improvement of the light extraction efficiency of top-emitting organic light-emitting diodes by a two-dimensional diffraction layer fabricated using self-assembled nanoparticles

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 5889–5896 (2009)
• Tsutomu Nakanishi, Toshiro Hiraoka, Akira Fujimoto, Shigeru Matake, Satoshi Okutani, Hiroshi Sano, and Koji Asakawa

General finite-difference time-domain solution of an arbitrary electromagnetic source interaction with an arbitrary dielectric surface

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 6015–6025 (2009)
• Wenbo Sun, Huiying Pan, and Gorden Videen

Light scattering by coccoliths detached from Emiliania huxleyi

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 6059–6073 (2009)
• Howard R. Gordon, Timothy J. Smyth, William M. Balch, G. Chris Boynton, and Glen A. Tarran

Lorentzian spatial intensity distribution in one-photon fluorescence correlation spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics Vol. 48, Iss. 31, pp. 6050–6058 (2009)
• Hans Blom and Gunnar Björk