1 February 2001, Volume 40, Issue 4, pp. 435-600  
21 articles

Curvature sensors, adaptive optics, and Neumann boundary conditions

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 435-438 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonnull testing of rotationally symmetric aspheres: a systematic error assessment

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 439-446 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Fabrication of large-aperture lightweight diffractive lenses for use in space

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 447-451 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Dispersion equations for vacuum-deposited tilted-columnar biaxial media

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 452-457 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

High return loss at the end face of fiber

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 458-460 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Universal method for holographic grating recording: multimode deformable mirrors generating Clebsch–Zernike polynomials

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 461-471 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of the thermal offset of the Eppley precision spectral pyranometer

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 472-484 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Absolute phase-measurement technique based on number theory in multifrequency grating projection profilometry

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 492-500 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Improved Ronchi tester

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 501-505 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical-feedback semiconductor laser Michelson interferometer for displacement measurements with directional discrimination

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 506-513 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Sensitivity of an imaging space infrared interferometer

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 514-526 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Adsorption of water on porous Vycor glass studied by ellipsometry

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 527-532 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Thermal influences on optical properties of light-emitting diodes: a semiempirical model

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 533-537 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Nondestructive quantification of chemical and physical properties of fruits by time-resolved reflectance spectroscopy in the wavelength range 650–1000 nm

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 538-543 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of telescope aberrations through atmospheric turbulence by use of phase diversity

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 544-552 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

X-ray telescope onboard Astro-E: optical design and fabrication of thin foil mirrors

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 553-564 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Linear dichroism of the retinal nerve fiber layer expressed with Mueller matrices

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 565-569 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Resonant-enhanced evanescent-wave fluorescence biosensing with cylindrical optical cavities

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 570-582 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Hollow-glass waveguide delivery of an infrared free-electron laser for microsurgical applications

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 583-587 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-dimensional simulation of near-infrared diffusion in tissue: boundary condition and geometry analysis for finite-element image reconstruction

Appl. Opt. 40(4), 588-600 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF