Automated stabilization of a single-pass plane Fabry-Perot interferometer

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6707–6710 (1997)
• Rogerio N. Suave and Antonio R.B de Castro

Diffraction effects in single- and two-laser photothermal lens spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6711–6721 (1997)
• Stephen E. Bialkowski and Agnès Chartier

Broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy with a modeless dye laser

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6722–6728 (1997)
• Jae Won Hahn, Chul Woung Park, and Seung Nam Park

Corrected and calibrated I₂ absorption model at frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser wavelengths

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6729–6738 (1997)
• Joseph N. Forkey, Walter R. Lempert, and Richard B. Miles

Interferometric Raman spectrometry with fiber waveguides

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6739–6750 (1997)
• Harold I. Heaton

Characterization and modeling of drift noise in Fourier transform spectroscopy: implications for signal processing and detection limits

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6751–6759 (1997)
• Geoff Hazel, Frank Bucholtz, and Ishwar D. Aggarwal

Toward millions of laser pulses with pyrromethene- and perylene-doped xerogels

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6760–6763 (1997)
• Mohammed Faloss, Michael Canva, Patrick Georges, Alain Brun, Frédéric Chaput, and Jean-Pierre Boilot

Polarization properties of fiber lasers with twist-induced circular birefringence

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6764–6769 (1997)
• Ho Young Kim, El Hang Lee, and Byoung Yoon Kim

Orthogonal linear polarization tunable-beat ring laser with a superluminescent diode

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6770–6773 (1997)
• Yoshitaka Takahashi and Toshihiko Yoshino

Extrasampling and thermal behavior of diode lasers used as a reference source in a Fourier transform IR spectrometer

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6774–6779 (1997)
• Giuseppe Piccioni, V. Formisano, and V. I. Moroz

Single-frequency diode-pumped Nd:YAG prism laser with use of a composite laser crystal

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6780–6787 (1997)
• Christian Pedersen, Peter Lichtenberg Hansen, Preben Buchhave, and Torben Skettrup

Temporal properties of the second-harmonic generation of a short pulse

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6788–6793 (1997)
• Dal-Woo Kim, Gang-Yao Xiao, and Guo-Bin Ma

Ultraviolet generation tunable to 0.185 μm in CsLiB₆O₁₀

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6794–6796 (1997)
• Nobuhiro Umemura and Kiyoshi Kato

Generation of 224-nm radiation by stimulated Raman scattering of ArF excimer laser radiation in a mixture of H₂ and D₂

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6797–6801 (1997)
• Genie G. M. Stoffels, Patrick Schmidt, Nico Dam, and J. J. ter Meulen

Response of a Fabry-Perot optical cavity to phase modulation sidebands for use in electro-optic control systems

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6802–6808 (1997)
• Kenneth D. Skeldon and Kenneth A. Strain

Optical properties of GeO₂ glass and optical fibers

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6809–6814 (1997)
• Shigeki Sakaguchi and Shin-ichi Todoroki

Holmium-doped optical fiber for filter applications

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6815–6821 (1997)
• Manjula D. Sharma and Colin J. R. Sheppard

Single-mode fiber-linearly tapered planar waveguide tunable coupler

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6822–6827 (1997)
• Alok K. Das and Anwar Hussain

Moisture-induced drift in thermo-optic phase shifters composed of deuterated and fluorinated methacrylate polymer waveguides

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6828–6837 (1997)
• Yasuhiro Hida, Katsuhide Onose, and Saburo Imamura

Graded-index profiles produced by ion exchange in an interacting system

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6838–6842 (1997)
• Jesús Liñares, K. Siva Rama Krishna, and Marí C. Nistal

Accurate determination of solid and liquid dispersions from spectra channeled with the Fabry-Perot interferometer

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6843–6851 (1997)
• Mahmoud A. Khashan and Aly Y. Nassif

Bragg gratings printed upon thin glass films by excimer laser irradiation and selective chemical etching

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6852–6856 (1997)
• Junji Nishii and Hiroshi Yamanaka

Correction scheme for experimental biases in differential absorption lidar tropospheric ozone measurements based on the analysis of shot per shot data samples

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6857–6863 (1997)
• Luca Fiorani, Bertrand Calpini, Laurent Jaquet, Hubert Van den Bergh, and Eric Durieux

Dual-wavelength diode-seeded Ti:sapphire laser for differential absorption lidar applications

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6864–6868 (1997)
• Jin Yu, Patrick Rambaldi, and Jean-Pierre Wolf

Simulation of error in optical radar range measurements

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6869–6874 (1997)
• Sandor Der, Brian Redman, and Rama Chellappa

Optical properties of tropospheric aerosols determined by lidar and spectrophotometric measurements (Photochemical Activity and Solar Ultraviolet Radiation campaign)

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6875–6886 (1997)
• Franco Marenco, Vincenzo Santacesaria, Alkiviadis F. Bais, Dimitris Balis, Alcide di Sarra, Alexandros Papayannis, and Christos Zerefos

Accuracy limitations on Brillouin lidar measurements of temperature and sound speed in the ocean

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6887–6894 (1997)
• Edward S. Fry, Yves Emery, Xiaohong Quan, and Jeffrey W. Katz

Operational calibration of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-8 and-9 imagers and sounders

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6895–6904 (1997)
• Michael Weinreb, Michael Jamieson, Nancy Fulton, Yen Chen, Joy Xie Johnson, James Bremer, Carl Smith, and Jeanette Baucom

Effect of suspended particulate and dissolved organic matter on remote sensing of coastal and riverine waters

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6905–6912 (1997)
• Michael Sydor and Robert A. Arnone

Coherent imaging with two-dimensional focal-plane arrays: design and applications

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6913–6920 (1997)
• Marc L. Simpson, Chuck A. Bennett, Mike S. Emery, Don P. Hutchinson, Gordon H. Miller, Roger K. Richards, and David N. Sitter

Measurement of integrated speckle statistics for CO₂ lidar returns from a moving, nonuniform, hard target

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6921–6937 (1997)
• Edward P. MacKerrow and Mark J. Schmitt

Atmospheric correction of ocean color sensors: analysis of the effects of residual instrument polarization sensitivity

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6938–6948 (1997)
• Howard R. Gordon, Tao Du, and Tianming Zhang

Simultaneous determination of water-leaving reflectance and aerosol optical thickness from Coastal Zone Color Scanner measurements

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6949–6956 (1997)
• Fengsheng Zhao and Teruyuki Nakajima

Unique temperature profiles for the atmosphere below an observer from sunset images

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6957–6961 (1997)
• William D. Bruton and George W. Kattawar

In situ measurements of Raman scattering in clear ocean water

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6962–6967 (1997)
• Chuanmin Hu and Kenneth J. Voss

Practical circular-polarization-maintaining optical fiber

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6968–6975 (1997)
• Hung-chia Huang

Radiative transfer. I. Atmospheric transmission monitoring with modeling and ground-based multispectral measurements

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6976–6982 (1997)
• Harry D. Kambezidis, Vera Djepa-Petrova, and Ayastassios D. Adamopoulos

Radiative transfer. II. Impact of meteorological variables and surface albedo on atmospheric optical properties retrieved from ground-based multispectral measurements

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6983–6988 (1997)
• Harry D. Kambezidis, Vera Djepa-Petrova, and Ayastassios D. Adamopoulos

Two-dimensional temperature determination in the exhaust region of a laminar flat-flame burner with linear Raman scattering

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6989–6996 (1997)
• Friedrich Rabenstein and Alfred Leipertz

Velocity measurements in a convective flow by holographic interferometry

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 6997–7007 (1997)
• Nieves Andrés, Pilar Arroyo, and Manuel Quintanilla

Scattering matrix elements of fractal-like soot agglomerates: erratum

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7008–7008 (1997)
• Sivakumar Manickavasagam and Mustafa P. Menguc

Twilight polarization and optical depth of stratospheric aerosols over Beijing after the Pinatubo volcanic eruption

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7009–7015 (1997)
• Beiying Wu and Yufang Jin

Multiangle Imaging Spectroradiometer: optical characterization of the calibration panels

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7016–7022 (1997)
• Brendan T. McGuckin, David A. Haner, and Robert T. Menzies

Improved heterodyne mixing efficiency and signal-to-noise ratio with an array of hexagonal detectors

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7023–7026 (1997)
• Kamal K. Das, Khan M. Iftekharuddin, and Mohammad A. Karim

Hazardous cloud imaging: a new way of using passive infrared

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7027–7036 (1997)
• Dennis F. Flanigan

Sensitive measurement of adsorption dynamics with nonresonant gas phase photoacoustics

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7037–7045 (1997)
• Jes Henningsen and Nikolaj Melander

Photothermal lensing detection: theory and experiment

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7046–7058 (1997)
• Qifang He, Reeta Vyas, and Rajendra Gupta

Near-infrared thermal lens spectrometer based on an erbium-doped fiber amplifier and an acousto-optic tunable filter, and its application in the determination of nucleotides

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7059–7065 (1997)
• Mauricio S. Baptista and Chieu D. Tran

Indium tin oxide overlayered waveguides for sensor applications

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7066–7072 (1997)
• B. Jonathan Luff, James S. Wilkinson, and Guido Perrone

Cleaning processes of encrusted marbles by Nd:YAG lasers operating in free-running and Q-switching regimes

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7073–7079 (1997)
• Salvatore Siano, Fabrizio Margheri, Roberto Pini, Piero Mazzinghi, and Renzo Salimbeni

Optimization of a beam delivery system for a short-pulse KrF laser used for material ablation

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Iss. 27, pp. 7080–7085 (1997)
• Paolo Dainesi, Jürgen Ihlemann, and Peter Simon