20 March 1996, Volume 35, Issue 9, pp. 1381-1573  
27 articles

Plane-wave theory of a Michelson laser coupler with a dielectric slab beam splitter

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1395-1398 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical constants of various chromites as determined by Kramers–Kronig analysis

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1399-1403 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

High-power dye laser using steady-state amplification with chirped pulses

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1404-1408 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Thermally induced strain and birefringence calculations for a Nd:YAG rod encapsulated in a solid pump light collector

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1409-1423 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser-diode end-pumped Tm3+:YAG eye-safe laser

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1424-1426 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration and characterization of a multibillion-shot, 2.5-mJ, 4-ns, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1427-1429 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient Nd:YAG laser end pumped by a high-power multistripe laser-diode bar with multiprism array coupling

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1430-1435 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-mode diode laser with a large frequency-scanning range based on weak grating feedback

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1436-1441 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonparaxial analysis of the far-field radiation patterns of double-heterostructure lasers

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1442-1451 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Absolute frequency stabilization of an injection-seeded optical parametric oscillator

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1464-1472 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonlinear-index-of-refraction measurement in a resonant region by the use of a fiber Mach–Zehnder interferometer

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1485-1488 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of water vapor in a y-cut lithium niobate waveguide

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1489-1491 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Theoretical waveguide optimization in a Ti:LiNbO3 Mach–Zehnder modulator by Mg diffusion

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1492-1499 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication of channel waveguides from sol-gel-processed polyvinylpyrrolidone/SiO2 composite materials

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1500-1506 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Weighted distributed feedback structure for all-optical bistable devices

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1507-1511 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Iterative method to determine an averaged backscatter-to-extinction ratio in cirrus clouds

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1512-1518 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Laboratory technique for the measurement of thermal-emission spectra of greenhouse gases: CFC-12

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1519-1522 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimal bandwidth for topographical differential absorption lidar detection

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1531-1536 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Discussion of two quadrature methods of evaluating beam-shape coefficients in generalized Lorenz–Mie theory

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1537-1542 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Partial-wave expansions and properties of axisymmetric light beams

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1543-1555 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurements of the four-point coherence function by the use of the coherence enhancement phenomenon

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1556-1560 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Simulations of time series of atmospherically distorted wave fronts

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1561-1565 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Refractive index of air: new equations for the visible and near infrared

Appl. Opt. 35(9), 1566-1573 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF