Adaptive-optics system with liquid-crystal phase-shift interferometer

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3409–3414 (2006)
• Cheng-Ying Chung, Keng-Chi Cho, Chih-Chiang Chang, Cheng-Hsiang Lin, Wei-Chung Yen, and Shean-Jen Chen

Demonstration and characterization of a detector for minimally destructive detection of Bose condensed atoms in real time

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3415–3419 (2006)
• Cristina Figl, Laurent Longchambon, Matthew Jeppesen, Michael Kruger, Hans A. Bachor, Nicholas P. Robins, and John D. Close

Optimization of sawtooth surface-relief gratings: effects of substrate refractive index and polarization

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3420–3424 (2006)
• Shun-Der Wu, Thomas K. Gaylord, and Elias N. Glytsis

Optical traps with geometric aberrations

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3425–3429 (2006)
• Yael Roichman, Alex Waldron, Emily Gardel, and David G. Grier

Zoom lens design for a novel imaging spectrometer that controls spatial and spectral resolution individually

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3430–3441 (2006)
• Jin Choi, T. H. Kim, H. J. Kong, and Jong Ung Lee

Full-aperture wavefront reconstruction from annular subaperture interferometric data by use of Zernike annular polynomials and a matrix method for testing large aspheric surfaces

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3442–3455 (2006)
• Xi Hou, Fan Wu, Li Yang, Shibin Wu, and Qiang Chen

High-speed digital holographic interferometry for vibration measurement

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3456–3462 (2006)
• Giancarlo Pedrini, Wolfgang Osten, and Mikhail E. Gusev

Polarization phase-shifting point-diffraction interferometer

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3463–3476 (2006)
• Robert M. Neal and James C. Wyant

Water jet: a promising method for cutting optical glass

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3477–3481 (2006)
• Javier Salinas-Luna, Roberto Machorro, Javier Camacho, Esteban Luna, and Juan Nunez

Polymer-dispersed liquid-crystal voltage sensor

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3482–3488 (2006)
• Elizabeth Scherschener, César D. Perciante, Enrique A. Dalchiele, Erna M. Frins, Matthias Korn, and José A. Ferrari

Liquid-crystal panel with microdots on an electrode used to modulate optical phase profiles

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3489–3494 (2006)
• Koichiro Kishima, Naoko Yoshida, Kiyoshi Osato, and Nobuyoshi Nakagawa

Ferrofluidic adaptive mirrors

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3495–3500 (2006)
• P. Laird, N. Caron, M. Rioux, E. F. Borra, and A. Ritcey

Light-scattering efficiency of starch acetate pigments as a function of size and packing density

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3501–3509 (2006)
• Antti Penttilä, Kari Lumme, and Lauri Kuutti

Effect of the working gas of the ion-assisted source on the optical and mechanical properties of SiO₂ films deposited by dual ion beam sputtering with Si and SiO₂ as the starting materials

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3510–3515 (2006)
• Jean-Yee Wu and Cheng-Chung Lee

Three-color mixing for classifying agricultural products for safety and quality

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3516–3526 (2006)
• Fujian Ding, Yud-Ren Chen, Kuanglin Chao, and Moon S. Kim

Fast calculation method for spherical computer-generated holograms

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3527–3533 (2006)
• Mark L. Tachiki, Yusuke Sando, Masahide Itoh, and Toyohiko Yatagai

Characterizing the propagation path in moderate to strong optical turbulence

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3534–3543 (2006)
• Frida Strömqvist Vetelino, Bradley Clare, Kerry Corbett, Cynthia Young, Kenneth Grant, and Larry Andrews

Preliminary measurements with an automated compact differential absorption lidar for the profiling of water vapor: errata

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3544–3544 (2006)
• Janet L. Machol, Tom Ayers, Karl T. Schwenz, Keith W. Koenig, R. Michael Hardesty, Christoph J. Senff, Michael A. Krainak, James B. Abshire, Hector E. Bravo, and Scott P. Sandberg

High cw power using an external cavity for spectral beam combining of diode laser-bar emission

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3545–3547 (2006)
• Andreas Jechow, Volker Raab, and Ralf Menzel

Bright diode laser light source

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3548–3552 (2006)
• Erkki Lassila and Rolf Hernberg

Bragg mirror inscription on LiNbO₃ waveguides by index microstructuration

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3553–3560 (2006)
• Richard Ferriere, Badr-Eddine Benkelfat, John M. Dudley, and Kamal Ghoumid

Algorithm improvement and validation of National Institute for Environmental Studies ozone differential absorption lidar at the Tsukuba Network for Detection of Stratospheric Change complementary station

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3561–3576 (2006)
• Chan Bong Park, Hideaki Nakane, Nobuo Sugimoto, Ichiro Matsui, Yasuhiro Sasano, Yasumi Fujinuma, Izumi Ikeuchi, Jun-Ichi Kurokawa, and Noritaka Furuhashi

Effect of bio-optical parameter variability and uncertainties in reflectance measurements on the remote estimation of chlorophyll-a concentration in turbid productive waters: modeling results

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3577–3592 (2006)
• Giorgio Dall'Olmo and Anatoly A. Gitelson

In situ optical variability and relationships in the Santa Barbara Channel: implications for remote sensing

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3593–3604 (2006)
• Grace C. Chang, Andrew H. Barnard, Scott McLean, Peter J. Egli, Casey Moore, J. Ron V. Zaneveld, Tommy D. Dickey, and Al Hanson

Spectral variation of the volume scattering function measured over the full range of scattering angles in a coastal environment

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3605–3619 (2006)
• Malik Chami, Eugeny B. Shybanov, Gueorgui A. Khomenko, Michael E.-G. Lee, Oleg V. Martynov, and Gennady K. Korotaev

Noise-resolution trade-off in projection algorithms for laser diffraction particle sizing

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3620–3628 (2006)
• Francisco Pedocchi and Marcelo H. García

Mirror magneto-optical trap using circularly polarized light-emitting optical fibers

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3629–3633 (2006)
• Masaharu Hyodo, Kazuyuki Nakayama, Ryuzo Ohmukai, Kazuyoshi Kurihara, and Masayoshi Watanabe

Scattering of a tightly focused beam by an optically trapped particle

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3634–3645 (2006)
• James A. Lock, Susan Y. Wrbanek, and Kenneth E. Weiland (retired)

Simultaneous temperature and exhaust-gas recirculation-measurements in a homogeneous charge-compression ignition engine by use of pure rotational coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3646–3651 (2006)
• Markus C. Weikl, Frank Beyrau, and Alfred Leipertz

Method of calibration to correct for cloud-induced wavelength shifts in the Aura satellite's Ozone Monitoring Instrument

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3652–3658 (2006)
• Robert Voors, Marcel Dobber, Ruud Dirksen, and Pieternel Levelt

Effect of washing on identification of Bacillus spores by principal-component analysis of fluorescence data

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 15, pp. 3659–3664 (2006)
• Joseph Kunnil, Sivananthan Sarasanandarajah, Easaw Chacko, and Lou Reinisch