20 April 1998, Volume 37, Issue 12, pp. 2185-2504  
46 articles

Submillimeter Fourier-transform spectrometer measurements of atmospheric opacity above Mauna Kea

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2185-2198 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Assessment of lidar inversion errors for homogeneous atmospheres

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2199-2206 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Ice-crystal absorption: a comparison between theory and implications for remote sensing

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2207-2215 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Ocean-color model incorporating transspectral processes

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2216-2227 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarization anomaly of the microwave brightness temperature from ice

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2228-2230 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-dimensional analysis of urban aerosols by use of a combined lidar, scanning electron microscopy, and x-ray microanalysis

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2231-2237 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Use of the A1- and the A2-sequences to modulate continuous-wave pseudorandom noise lidar

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2238-2241 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Photosensitivity in silica-based waveguides deposited by atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2242-2244 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Retrieval of physical particle properties from lidar observations of extinction and backscatter at multiple wavelengths

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2260-2263 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Rotational line strengths and self-pressure-broadening coefficients for the 1.27-μm, a1Δg–X3Σg-, v = 0–0 band of O2

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2264-2270 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

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

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2271-2271 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Performance of InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes as gated-mode photon counters

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2272-2277 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of a high-efficiency volume grating coupler for line focusing

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2278-2287 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental cross sections of erbium-doped silica fibers pumped at 1480 nm

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2288-2295 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Modulation of coupling in a photonic switch by resonant interference

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2296-2302 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-dimensional visualization of fluorescence lifetimes by use of a picosecond laser and a streak camera

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2303-2314 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Monte Carlo simulation of a single-molecule detection experiment

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2315-2326 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-line fluorescence thermometry of optically thick shock-tunnel flow

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2334-2339 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Imaging spectroradiometer for the 8–12-μm region with a 3-cm-1 passband acousto-optic tunable filter

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2340-2345 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of thermal annealing on the optical characteristics of K+–Na+ waveguides

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2346-2356 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Recovery of the refractive-index profile from the wigner distribution of an optical waveguide

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2357-2360 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Neodymium:YAG 30-W cw laser side pumped by three diode laser bars

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2361-2364 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling of a diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG laser

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2365-2370 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Spatial filter pinhole for high-energy pulsed lasers

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2371-2378 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Highly scattering Intralipid-10% assisted lasing from microdroplets with Acridine Orange dye

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2379-2384 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Graphic analysis of the effective reflectivity of antireflection-coated films on diode facets

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2385-2389 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultrabroadband operation of a Cr4+: forsterite laser by use of a spatially dispersed resonator

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2390-2393 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Intracavity frequency-doubled and frequency-stabilized cw ring Nd:YAP laser

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2394-2396 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Polarization-dependent periodic pulse oscillation in a diode-laser-pumped and intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YVO4 laser

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2397-2401 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Coherent addition of adjacent lasers by forked eigenstate operation

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2402-2406 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Direct bonding of Ti:sapphire laser crystals

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2407-2410 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Automatic time delay optimization between the pump and seed pulses of a broadly tunable femtosecond optical parametric amplifier

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2411-2413 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Group-velocity control in the mixing of three noncollinear phase-matched waves

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2414-2423 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication of high performance laminated polarization splitters consisting of thick a-Si:H/SiOx:H multilayers

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2424-2428 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication of ridge waveguides: a new solgel route

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2429-2434 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Improved standard beams with application to reverse radiation pressure

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2435-2440 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling of the influence of snow reflectance on ultraviolet irradiance for cloudless sky

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2441-2447 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Mueller matrices and information derived from linear polarization lidar measurements: theory

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2448-2463 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Practical model for the calculation of multiply scattered lidar returns

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2464-2472 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Scattering-matrix elements of coated infinite-length cylinders

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2473-2482 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Controlled modification of the expansion order as a tool in Mie computations

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2483-2492 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of combined spectra of NH and N2

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2493-2498 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Frequency modulation spectroscopy with a tunable CO2 sideband laser: ozone detection

Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2502-2504 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF