20 February 2001, Volume 40, Issue 6, pp. 714-993  
33 articles

Laser applications to chemical and environmental analysis: introduction to the feature issue

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 729-730 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of gas temperatures measured by coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) of O2 and N2

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 741-747 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-line laser-induced fluorescence imaging of vibrational temperatures in a NO-seeded flame

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 748-756 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Systematic errors in optical-flow velocimetry for turbulent flows and flames

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 757-764 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Atomic-hydrogen mapping in hot-filament chemical-vapor deposition

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 765-769 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Characterization of background signals in wavelength-modulation spectrometry in terms of a Fourier based theoretical formalism

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 770-782 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Background signals in wavelength-modulation spectrometry with frequency-doubled diode-laser light. I. Theory

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 783-793 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Background signals in wavelength-modulation spectrometry by use of frequency-doubled diode-laser light. II. Experiment

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 794-805 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Mid-infrared W quantum-well lasers for noncryogenic continuous-wave operation

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 806-811 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Application of balanced detection to absorption measurements of trace gases with room-temperature, quasi-cw quantum-cascade lasers

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 812-820 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

In situ combustion measurements of CO2 by use of a distributed-feedback diode-laser sensor near 2.0 µm

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 821-828 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Wavelength-modulation laser hygrometer for ultrasensitive detection of water vapor in semiconductor gases

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 829-839 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Detection and measurement of middle-distillate fuel vapors by use of tunable diode lasers

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 840-845 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Fast chemical sensor for eddy-correlation measurements of methane emissions from rice paddy fields

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 846-858 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of a jet–REMPI (resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization) continuous monitor for environmental applications

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 859-865 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Chromatic refraction with global ozone monitoring by occultation of stars. I. Description and scintillation correction

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 866-877 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Chromatic refraction with global ozone monitoring by occultation of stars. II. Statistical properties of scintillations

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 878-889 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of fiber Bragg gratings by a side-diffraction interference technique

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 890-896 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical time-domain reflectometry of bent plastic optical fibers

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 897-905 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Infrared ellipsometry characterization of porous silicon Bragg reflectors

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 906-912 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Semiconductor line source for low-coherence interferometry

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 913-915 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Theory of 1-N-way phase-locked resonators

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 916-920 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Modes of unstable resonators with a saturable gain guide

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 921-929 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical selection, manipulation, trapping, and activation of a microgear structure for applications in micro-optical–electromechanical systems

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 930-937 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

High-density optical data storage with one-photon and two-photon near-field fluorescence microscopy

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 938-940 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Remote sensing of the Earth’s atmosphere by the spaceborne Occultation Radiometer, ORA: final inversion algorithm

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 941-948 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Dual differential absorption lidar for the measurement of atmospheric SO2 of the order of parts in 109

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 949-956 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Diode-laser tomography for arcjet plume reconstruction

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 957-964 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Simultaneous velocimetry and thermometry of air by use of nonresonant heterodyned laser-induced thermal acoustics

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 965-968 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-particle laser Doppler anemometry at 1.55 µm

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 969-973 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Mie light-scattering granulometer with an adaptive numerical filtering method. II. Experiments

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 974-985 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy for phenol and intermediate products in aqueous solutions degraded by pulsed corona discharges above water

Appl. Opt. 40(6), 986-993 (2001)  View: HTML | PDF