20 August 2000, Volume 39, Issue 24, pp. 4195-4450  
36 articles

Calculation of the reflection function of an optically thick scattering layer for a Henyey–Greenstein phase function

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4195-4204 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Light scattering and absorption by soot in the presence of sulfate aerosols

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4205-4213 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of the aerosol size distribution by analytic inversion of the extinction spectrum in the complex anomalous diffraction approximation

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4214-4231 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Light absorption by black sand dust

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4232-4236 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Influence of the environment reflectance on the ultraviolet zenith radiance for cloudless sky

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4247-4254 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Theory and experiments of a three-cavity wavelength-selective photodetector

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4263-4269 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling and optimization of add–drop dynamics in gain-clamped fiber amplifiers

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4270-4277 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Transient infrared temperature measurements of liquid-fuel surfaces: results of studies of flames spread over liquids

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4278-4283 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Polar cap mesosphere wind observations: comparisons of simultaneous measurements with a Fabry–Perot interferometer and a field-widened Michelson interferometer

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4284-4291 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Self-gated two-photon photorefractive effect induced by light upconversion in Er-doped LiTaO3

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4292-4295 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Birefringence control in plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition planar waveguides by ultraviolet irradiation

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4296-4299 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Coherent, directional, laserlike emission from random gain media

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4300-4305 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Triangular laser resonators with astigmatic compensation

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4306-4312 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Correction of birefringence and thermal lensing in nonreciprocal resonators by use of a dynamic imaging mirror

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4313-4319 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparative study of tunable room-temperature laser operation in the 900–1100-nm range: LiF:F2+ and Ti3+:sapphire

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4320-4326 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Compact and efficient Nd:YVO4 laser that generates a tunable single-frequency green output

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4333-4337 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser diode facet modal reflectivity measurements

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4338-4344 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Glass doped with PbS quantum dots for passive Q switching of a 1.54-µm laser

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4345-4347 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Static and dynamic two-wave mixing in GaAs

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4348-4354 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Estimation of thermal conductivity of magneto-optic media

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4355-4360 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Single device for laser source measurements from the ultraviolet to the far infrared

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4361-4365 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Bright afterglow illuminator made of phosphorescent material and fluorescent fibers

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4366-4371 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Short-pulse properties of optical frequency comb generators

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4372-4376 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Band-ratio or spectral-curvature algorithms for satellite remote sensing?

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4377-4380 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of target shape and reflection on laser radar cross sections

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4381-4391 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Applicability of the aero-optic linking equation to a highly coherent, transitional shear layer

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4392-4401 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Aerosol properties from spectral extinction and backscatter estimated by an inverse Monte Carlo method

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4402-4410 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Diode-pumped 214.8-nm Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG microchip laser system for the detection of NO

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4418-4424 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Effective utilization of quantum-cascade distributed-feedback lasers in absorption spectroscopy

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4425-4430 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Changes in porphyrin nonlinear absorption owing to interaction with bovine serum albumin

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4431-4435 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Difference-frequency-based tunable absorption spectrometer for detection of atmospheric formaldehyde

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4436-4443 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of an automated diode-laser-based multicomponent gas sensor

Appl. Opt. 39(24), 4444-4450 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF