Spatial and temporal coherence of filtered thermal light

Lorenzo Basano, Pasquale Ottonello, Giovanni Rottigni, and Marco Vicari

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6239-6244 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Wadsworth mount redux: paraboloidal versus spherical gratings

William R. Hunter, Michael P. Kowalski, and Raymond G. Cruddace

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6245-6254 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

All-dielectric reflection gratings: a study of the physical mechanism for achieving high efficiency

Hongbo Wei and Lifeng Li

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6255-6260 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

All-fiber spot-size transformer for efficient free-space optical interconnecting devices

Kyung-Rok Kim and Kyunghwan Oh

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6261-6266 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Finite-element analysis of birefringence and dispersion properties in actual and idealized holey-fiber structures

Masanori Koshiba and Kunimasa Saitoh

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6267-6275 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Digital and analog readout systems for fiber-optic strain sensors as applied to the monitoring of roller element bearing systems

Juan C. Juarez, Andrew P. Conkey, Robert X. Perez, and Henry F. Taylor

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6276-6283 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of pressure and temperature sensitivities of a Bragg grating imprinted in a highly birefringent side-hole fiber

Ewa Chmielewska, Waclaw Urbańczyk, and Wojtek J. Bock

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6284-6291 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Noise-equivalent change in radiance for misalignment noise in a double-sided interferogram

Douglas L. Cohen

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6292-6304 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Interferential scanning grating position sensor operating in space at 4 K

Guy Michel, Kjetil Dohlen, Jerome Martignac, Jean-Claude Lecullier, Patrick Levacher, and Claude Colin

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6305-6313 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical phase singularities in detection of laser beam collimation

Paramasivam Senthilkumaran

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6314-6320 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of a grating-based thin-film filter for broadband spectropolarimetry

Donghyun Kim and Kieron Burke

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6321-6326 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Application of schlieren interferometry to temperature measurements during laser welding of high-density polyethylene films

João M. P. Coelho, Manuel A. Abreu, and F. Carvalho Rodrigues

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6327-6334 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Application of wire-grid polarizers to projection displays

Xing-Jie Yu and Hoi-Sing Kwok

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6335-6341 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Mutual diffusion process for continuous fabrication of graded-index plastic rod lenses

Yoshihiro Uozu and Kazuyuki Horie

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6342-6348 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Direct writing of microlenses in polycarbonate with excimer laser ablation

Kris Naessens, Heidi Ottevaere, Roel Baets, Peter Van Daele, and Hugo Thienpont

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6349-6359 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Interferometric laser diode probing of micrometer- and nanometer-scale materials

Gregory W. Sherman and Curtis C. Bradley

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6360-6366 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical design of a spectrometer–monochromator for the extreme-ultraviolet and soft-x-ray emission of high-order harmonics

Luca Poletto, Giuseppe Tondello, and Paolo Villoresi

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6367-6373 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of extreme-ultraviolet attenuation edges of magnesium, tin, and indium filters

John Seely and Benjawan Kjornrattanawanich

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6374-6381 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectroscopic ellipsometry of metal phthalocyanine thin films

Aleksandra B. Djurišić, Chung Yin Kwong, Tsz Wai Lau, Zheng Tong Liu, Hoi Sing Kwok, Lillian Sze Man Lam, and Wai Kin Chan

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6382-6387 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Angular distribution of light scattered by single biological cells and oriented particle agglomerates

Jörg Neukammer, Carsten Gohlke, Andreas Höpe, Thomas Wessel, and Herbert Rinneberg

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6388-6397 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of the optical properties of a two-layer tissue model by detecting photons migrating at progressively increasing depths

Yasser S. Fawzi, Abo-Bakr M. Youssef, Mohamed H. El-Batanony, and Yasser M. Kadah

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6398-6411 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Breast cancer detection by mapping hemoglobin concentration and oxygen saturation

Xuefeng Cheng, Jian-min Mao, Robin Bush, Daniel B. Kopans, Richard H. Moore, and Maryann Chorlton

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6412-6421 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF

Endoscopic optical coherence tomography with a modified microelectromechanical systems mirror for detection of bladder cancers

Tuqiang Xie, Huikai Xie, Gary K. Fedder, and Yingtian Pan

Appl. Opt. 42(31), 6422-6426 (2003)  View: HTML | PDF