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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2283–2283 (1987)
• John N. Howard

PATENTS PATTER

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2286–2286 (1987)
• Franklin S. Harris, Jr.

Phase locking of ring lasers

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2290–2291 (1987)
• S. Holswade, R. Riviere, K. Calahan, C. Clayton, and Carl A. Huguley

Flexible two-way optical interconnections in layered computers

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2291–2292 (1987)
• H. John Caulfield, Joseph Shamir, and Qichi He

Implementation of symbolic substitution logic using optical associative memories

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2293–2294 (1987)
• Francis T. S. Yu and Suganda Jutamulia

Simple side coupler for coupling between laser diode and single-mode optical fiber

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2294–2296 (1987)
• Kyung S. Lee and Frank S. Barnes

Magnetically induced spatial filtering effect with magnetic fluids

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2297–2298 (1987)
• R. V. Mehta, S. P. Vaidya, J. M. Patel, and P. M. Vora

Thermosetting resin substrate for computer-use optical memory disk: erratum

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2298–2298 (1987)
• S. Ohsawa, M. Tsuge, A. Takatsu, T. Okunishi, J. Tanaka, and S. I. Mikami

BOOKS

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2298_1–2298_1 (1987)

Optical Fourier transform characterization of fish scale age

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2299–2305 (1987)
• Silverio P. Almeida, Roger W. Wygant, Ambrose Jearld, Jr., and Judith A. Penttila

Data reduction for stellar speckle interferograms of binary stars based on the shift-and-add method

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2306–2310 (1987)
• Naoshi Baba, Syuzo Isobe, Motokazu Noguchi, Yuji Norimoto, and Noriaki Miura

Pattern recognition using reduced information content filters

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2311–2314 (1987)
• Joseph Shamir, H. John Caulfield, and Joseph Rosen

Distortion invariant pattern recognition with phase filters

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2315–2319 (1987)
• Joseph Rosen and Joseph Shamir

Effective optical processor for computing image moments at TV rate: use in handwriting recognition

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2320–2327 (1987)
• Jacques Duvernoy and Yun-Long Sheng

Conditional symbolic modified signed-digit arithmetic using optical content-addressable memory logic elements

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2328–2333 (1987)
• Yao Li and George Eichmann

Contact hole imaging characteristics from projection lithography

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2334–2341 (1987)
• Lawrence K. White

Quantization effects on the fields of electron-beam generated cylindrical zone plates

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2342–2347 (1987)
• Chin-Lin Chen and Timothy R. Osborne

Perfectly conducting diffraction grating formalisms extended to good conductors via the surface impedance boundary condition

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2348–2354 (1987)
• Ricardo A. Depine

Magnified grating images used in displacement sensing

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2355–2359 (1987)
• Kazuhiro Hane and Chander P. Grover

Diffraction from a circular aperture: on-axis field strength

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2360–2363 (1987)
• R. Edward English, Jr. and Nicholas George

Diffraction analysis of rough reflective surfaces

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2364–2375 (1987)
• Karen J. Allardyce and Nicholas George

Infrared simulation model SENSAT-2

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2376–2382 (1987)
• Rudolf Richter

Characterization of silicon avalanche photodiodes for photon correlation measurements. 2: Active quenching

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2383–2389 (1987)
• Robert G. W. Brown, Robin Jones, John G. Rarity, and Kevin D. Ridley

Second harmonic generation and accurate index of refraction measurements in flux-grown KTiOPO₄

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2390–2394 (1987)
• Tso Yee Fan, C. E. Huang, B. Q. Hu, R. C. Eckardt, Y. X. Fan, Robert L. Byer, and R. S. Feigelson

Optical properties of silver-island films having an overlayer of RhB dye

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2395–2400 (1987)
• V. N. Rai

Optical method for heterogeneity analysis in thin absorbing films

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2401–2406 (1987)
• P. Dolizy and F. Groliere

Measurement of weak absorption in optical thin films

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2407–2409 (1987)
• Shang-Zhong Jin and Jin-Fa Tang

Polarized light-scattering matrix elements for select perfect and perturbed optical surfaces

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2410–2415 (1987)
• Vincent J. lafelice and William S. Bickel

Distance measurements by differential confocal optical ranging

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2416–2420 (1987)
• Timothy R. Corle, Jeffrey T. Fanton, and Gordon S. Kino

Microcomputer-controlled polishing machine for very smooth and deep aspherical surfaces

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2421–2426 (1987)
• Gordon Doughty and James Smith

Solar radiance distribution in deep natural waters including fluorescence effects

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2427–2430 (1987)
• R. W. J. Dirks and D. Spitzer

Silicon radiometry compared with the Australian radiometric scale

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2431–2435 (1987)
• James L. Gardner and William J. Brown

Measurement of the integrated water vapor content in the atmosphere by a radiometric method

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2436–2440 (1987)
• E. Raz, Adam D. Devir, A. Ben-Shalom, Uri P. Oppenheim, and Stephen G. Lipson

Method for first-order design of a transfer optics system to throughput match a Fourier transform spectrometer to a sample cell without use of a field lens at the cell input

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2441–2445 (1987)
• W. Bruce Olson

Refracting system for annular laser beam transformation

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2446–2449 (1987)
• Mohammad A. Karim, Abdallah K. Cherri, A. A. Sami Awwal, and A. Basit

Absorptance characteristics of silver and silver-on-copper mirrors

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2450–2455 (1987)
• Wayne D. Kimura

Plasma current measurements by Faraday rotation in a single-mode fiber

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2456–2460 (1987)
• H. S. Lassing, W. J. Mastop, A. F. G. van der Meer, and A. A. M. Oomens

Optical fiber calorimeter for measuring CO₂ laser power

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2461–2464 (1987)
• H. Hirose, Y. Yoshida, and S. Kon

Reconstruction techniques of holograms from Spacelab 3

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2465–2473 (1987)
• William K. Witherow

Real-time hologram recording in SeGe films

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2474–2478 (1987)
• Amarjit Singh, Li Song, and Roger A. Lessard

Multichannel optical correlator/convolver utilizing the magnetooptic spatial light modulator

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2479–2483 (1987)
• Jeffrey A. Davis, Timothy Day, Roger A. Lilly, and Hua-Kuang Liu

Signal-dependent phase distortion in optical correlators

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Iss. 12, pp. 2484–2490 (1987)
• Joseph L. Horner and Peter D. Gianino