20 November 2000, Volume 39, Issue 33, pp. 6049-6262  
25 articles

Statistics of the slope-method estimator

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6049-6057 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Error analysis of Raman differential absorption lidar ozone measurements in ice clouds

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6058-6071 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Rotational vibrational–rotational Raman differential absorption lidar for atmospheric ozone measurements: methodology and experiment

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6072-6079 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Halo observations provide evidence of airborne cubic ice in the Earth’s atmosphere

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6080-6085 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Tilt angular anisoplanatism and a full-aperture tilt-measurement technique with a laser guide star

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6097-6108 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Determining spatial modes of lasers with spatial coherence measurements

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6109-6117 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of a point-source integrating-cavity absorption meter

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6118-6127 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Imaging of free-space interference patterns used to manufacture fiber Bragg gratings

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6128-6135 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Preparation of fiber optics for the delivery of high-energy high-beam-quality Nd:YAG laser pulses

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6136-6143 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Mode coupling in tilted planar waveguide gratings

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6144-6149 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Frequency-derived distributed optical-fiber sensing technique: theory and characterization—errata

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6150-6150 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of an optical isolator with a semiconductor guiding layer that was obtained by use of a nonreciprocal phase shift

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6158-6164 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and optimization of a diode-pumped fiber-coupled Yb:Er glass waveguide laser

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6165-6173 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Intracavity beam behavior in hybrid resonator planar-waveguide CO2 lasers

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6174-6187 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Diode-pumped Er–Yb:glass laser passively Q switched by use of Co2+:MgAl2O4 as a saturable absorber

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6188-6192 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of refractive nonlinearities in GaAs above bandgap energy

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6193-6196 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Instrument to measure the bidirectional reflectance distribution function of surfaces

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6197-6206 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Retrieval of the scattering and microphysical properties of aerosols from ground-based optical measurements including polarization. I. Method

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6207-6220 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Imaging of droplets and vapor distributions in a Diesel fuel spray by means of a laser absorption–scattering technique

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6221-6229 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Detection and correction of instrumental line-shape distortions in Fourier spectroscopy

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6230-6237 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurements of benzene concentration by difference-frequency laser absorption spectroscopy

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6238-6242 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of high-resolution N2 coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering for measuring pressure, temperature, and density in high-speed gas flows

Appl. Opt. 39(33), 6243-6256 (2000)  View: HTML | PDF