20 July 2002, Volume 41, Issue 21, pp. 4209-4432  
29 articles

Comparison of linear forms of the radiative transfer equation with analytic Jacobians

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4209-4219 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Partitioning spectral absorption in case 2 waters: discrimination of dissolved and particulate components

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4220-4233 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

New method for simultaneous gas and aerosol retrievals from space limb-scanning spectral observation of the atmosphere

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4234-4244 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Classification of particle effective shape ratios in cirrus clouds based on the lidar depolarization ratio

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4245-4257 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Propagation through the ocean’s surface at shallow angles with a laser beam

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4258-4266 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Orthogonal planar laser polarization spectroscopy

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4267-4272 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Effect of ambient temperature on Robertson–Berger-type erythemal dosimeters

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4273-4277 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Qualityb assurance of reference standards from nine European solar-ultraviolet monitoring laboratories

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4278-4282 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Automatic alignment of a displacement-measuring heterodyne interferometer

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4314-4317 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Direct measurement of the group refractive index of air with interferometry between adjacent femtosecond pulses

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4318-4324 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Empirical model for the waveguiding properties of directly UV-written waveguides

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4325-4330 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Efficient 550–600-nm tunable laser based on noncritically phase-matched frequency doubling of room-temperature LiF:F2- in lithium triborate

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4331-4335 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Decentered elliptical Gaussian beam

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4336-4340 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Model for variation of laser power with M2

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4341-4346 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of dual-wavelength oscillation in a broad-area diode laser operated with an external cavity

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4347-4355 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical properties of waveguides fabricated in fused silica by femtosecond laser pulses

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4360-4364 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Femtosecond measurements of two-photon absorption coefficients at λ = 264 nm in glasses, crystals, and liquids

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4365-4376 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Characterization and laser performance of a new material: 2 at. % Nd:YAG grown by the Czochralski method

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4377-4384 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase effects at fifth-harmonic generation

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4385-4389 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Generation of multicolor spatial solitons by stimulated Raman scattering

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4390-4393 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Coupling-loss reduction of a vertically coupled microring resonator filter by spot-size-matched busline waveguides

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4394-4399 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Fe Boltzmann temperature lidar: design, error analysis, and initial results at the North and South Poles

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4400-4410 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhanced signal coupling into periodically poled lithium niobate with microlens arrays

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4411-4415 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Laboratory experiments on backscattering from regolith samples

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4416-4420 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF

Fluorescence from airborne microparticles: dependence on size, concentration of fluorophores, and illumination intensity: erratum

Appl. Opt. 41(21), 4432-4432 (2002)  View: HTML | PDF