1 September 1996, Volume 35, Issue 25, pp. 4953-5226  
41 articles

Optical interference coatings: introduction by the feature editors

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 4965-4965 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of a hot mirror: contest results

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 4966-4977 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Multilayer reflectors with absent higher-order reflectance bands

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 4978-4981 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical coating without phase dispersion for a Fabry–Perot interferometer

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 4987-4992 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Universal antireflection coatings for substrates for the visible spectral region

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 4993-4997 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Infrared ellipsometry investigation of SiOxNy thin films on silicon

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 4998-5004 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Fluorescence of Ta2O5 thin films doped by kilo-electron-volt Er implantation: application to microcavities

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5005-5012 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Light-induced refractive-index modifications in dielectric thin films: experimental determination of relaxation time and amplitude

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5013-5020 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Characterization of optical coatings by photothermal deflection

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5021-5034 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Estimation of optical constants of thin film by the use of artificial neural networks

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5035-5039 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Using surface plasmon resonances to test the durability of silver–copper films

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5044-5047 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of grain size in indium tin oxide films from transmission measurements

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5048-5051 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Combination of surface characterization techniques for investigating optical thin-film components

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5052-5058 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Substrate effects on absorption of coated surfaces

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5059-5066 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical and mechanical characterization of evaporated SiO2 layers. Long-term evolution

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5067-5072 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of surface compression strengthening on properties of indium tin oxide films deposited on automobile glass

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5080-5084 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Consequences of Ti-, Li-, and Er-ion implantations on the optical properties of single layers of Ta2O5

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5085-5090 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical properties of hafnia and coevaporated hafnia:magnesium fluoride thin films

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5091-5094 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Silicon dioxide and hafnium dioxide evaporation characteristics from a high-frequency sweep e-beam system

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5095-5101 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Realization and optimization of planar refracting microlenses by Ag–Na ion-exchange techniques

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5102-5107 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of phase-unwrapping algorithms by using gradient of first failure

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5108-5114 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Deformation measurement with object-induced dynamic phase shifting

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5115-5121 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Bandwidth limitations and dispersion in optical stellar interferometry

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5122-5124 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Radiometric calibration of the telescope and ultraviolet spectrometer SUMER on SOHO

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5125-5133 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Survey of Ti-, B-, and Y-based soft x-ray–extreme ultraviolet multilayer mirrors for the 2- to 12-nm wavelength region

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5134-5147 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Special configuration of a very large Schmidt telescope for extensive astronomical spectroscopic observation

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5155-5161 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber-optic transmission of stretched pulses from a Q-switched ruby laser

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5165-5169 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Asymmetric line shapes of the instrumental function found in two-étalon systems with a finite field of view

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5170-5176 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Autocorrelation measurements of bursts of picosecond pulses

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5177-5179 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of cylindrical particles with phase Doppler anemometry

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5180-5190 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Surface-bonded and embedded optical fibers as ultrasonic sensors

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5191-5197 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Impact and vibration detection in composite materials by using intermodal interference in multimode optical fibers

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5198-5201 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber Bragg grating cryogenic temperature sensors

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5202-5205 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical-fiber sensor for simultaneous measurement of pressure and temperature: analysis of cross sensitivity

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5206-5210 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Rapid multiexcitation fluorescence spectroscopy system for in vivo tissue diagnosis

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5211-5219 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Imaging acousto-optic tunable filter with 0.35-micrometer spatial resolution

Appl. Opt. 35(25), 5220-5226 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF