10 May 2005, Volume 44, Issue 14, pp. 2694-2901  
27 articles

Editorial

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2694-2694 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Regularized phase tracker with isophase scanning strategy for analysis of dynamic interferograms of nonwetting droplets under excitation

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2695-2704 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Wave-front analysis method of circular aperture sampling for collimation testing

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2705-2709 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimal transformations for optical multiplex measurements in the presence of photon noise

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2710-2719 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Magnitude and direction of motion with speckle correlation and the optical fractional Fourier transform

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2720-2727 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Local denoising of digital speckle pattern interferometry fringes by multiplicative correlation and weighted smoothing splines

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2728-2735 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Miniature fiber-optic pressure sensor with a polymer diaphragm

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2736-2744 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Directional and angle-resolved optical scattering of high-performance translucent polymer sheets for energy-efficient lighting and skylights

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2745-2753 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Design and performance of thin cylindrical diffusers created in Ge-doped multimode optical fibers

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2754-2758 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Folded catadioptric panoramic lens with an equidistance projection scheme

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2759-2767 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Far-field pattern simulation of flip-chip bonded power light-emitting diodes by a Monte Carlo photon-tracing method

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2768-2771 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Adaptive correction to the speckle correlation fringes by using a twisted-nematic liquid-crystal display

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2772-2781 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimization of distributed resistive metal film heaters in thermally tunable dispersion compensators for high-bit-rate communication systems

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2782-2791 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental realization of an imaging system with an extended depth of field

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2792-2798 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Data compression for speckle correlation interferometry temporal fringe pattern analysis

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2799-2804 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Near-field nonuniformities in angularly multiplexed KrF fusion lasers with induced spatial incoherence

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2805-2817 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Submicrosecond temperature measurement in liquid water with laser-induced thermal acoustics

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2818-2826 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Characterization of a multiwavelength Brillouin–erbium fiber laser based on a linear cavity configuration

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2827-2831 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-dimensional analysis of mode discrimination in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2832-2838 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonlinear optical absorption of ZnO doped with copper nanoparticles in the picosecond and nanosecond pulse laser field

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2839-2845 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Ground-based zenith sky abundances and in situ gas cross sections for ozone and nitrogen dioxide with the Earth Observing System Aura Ozone Monitoring Instrument

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2846-2856 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Chlorophyll biomass in the global oceans: airborne lidar retrieval using fluorescence of both chlorophyll and chromophoric dissolved organic matter

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2857-2862 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Assessment of the ultraviolet radiation field in ocean waters from space-based measurements and full radiative-transfer calculations

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2863-2869 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Breadboard of a Fourier-transform spectrometer for the Radiation Explorer in the Far Infrared atmospheric mission

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2870-2878 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Geometric determination of saturation in fluorescence spectroscopy

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2879-2886 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF

Real-time trace-level detection of carbon dioxide and ethylene in car exhaust gases

Appl. Opt. 44(14), 2887-2894 (2005)  View: HTML | PDF