Enhanced R-matrix algorithms for multilayered diffraction gratings

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4803–4809 (2006)
• Eng Leong Tan

Simultaneous measurement of stress and temperature with a fiber Bragg grating based on a loop thin-wall section beam

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4810–4814 (2006)
• Lifang Xue, Jianguo Liu, Qida Zhao, Tuan Guo, Guiling Huang, and Xiaoyi Dong

Surface contouring by optical edge projection based on a continuous wavelet transform

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4815–4820 (2006)
• Chenggen Quan, Hong Miao, and Yu Fu

Linear displacement measurement with a grating and speckle pattern illumination

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4821–4825 (2006)
• Fernando Perez-Quintián, Ariel Lutenberg, and María A. Rebollo

Quantitative rainbow schlieren deflectometry as a temperature diagnostic for nonsooting spherical flames

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4826–4832 (2006)
• Douglas A. Feikema

Surface roughness of stainless-steel mirrors for focusing soft x rays

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4833–4842 (2006)
• Valeriy V. Yashchuk, Eric M. Gullikson, Malcolm R. Howells, Steve C. Irick, Alastair A. MacDowell, Wayne R. McKinney, Farhad Salmassi, Tony Warwick, James P. Metz, and Thomas W. Tonnessen

Replicated, high-aspect-ratio micro-optical components fabricated from inorganic solgel materials

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4843–4849 (2006)
• Holger Krause, Wolfgang Mönch, and Hans Zappe

Wavelet-modified maximum average correlation height filter for rotation invariance that uses chirp encoding in a hybrid digital-optical correlator

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4850–4857 (2006)
• Shilpi Goyal, Naveen K. Nishchal, Vinod K. Beri, and Arun K. Gupta

Programmable polarization-independent spectral phase compensation and pulse shaping by use of a single-layer liquid-crystal modulator

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4858–4863 (2006)
• C. G. Slater, D. E. Leaird, and A. M. Weiner

Implementation of discrete unitary transformations by multimode waveguide holograms

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4864–4872 (2006)
• Shuo-Yen Tseng, Younggu Kim, Christopher J. K. Richardson, and Julius Goldhar

Phase-shifting digital holography with a phase difference between orthogonal polarizations

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4873–4877 (2006)
• Takanori Nomura, Shinji Murata, Eiji Nitanai, and Takuhisa Numata

Use of polarimetric lidar for the study of oriented ice plates in clouds

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4878–4887 (2006)
• Massimo Del Guasta, Edgar Vallar, Olivier Riviere, Francesco Castagnoli, Valerio Venturi, and Marco Morandi

Hot-air optical turbulence generator for the testing of adaptive optics systems: principles and characterization

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4888–4897 (2006)
• Onur Keskin, Laurent Jolissaint, and Colin Bradley

Complementary study of differential absorption lidar optimization in direct and heterodyne detections

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4898–4908 (2006)
• Didier Bruneau, Fabien Gibert, Pierre H. Flamant, and Jacques Pelon

Spaceborne profiling of atmospheric temperature and particle extinction with pure rotational Raman lidar and of relative humidity in combination with differential absorption lidar: performance simulations--erratum

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4909–4909 (2006)
• Paolo Di Girolamo, Andreas Behrendt, and Volker Wulfmeyer

Doppler-free spectroscopy using a continuous-wave optical frequency synthesizer

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4910–4915 (2006)
• Hajime Inaba, Takeshi Ikegami, Feng-Lei Hong, Youichi Bitou, Atsushi Onae, Thomas R. Schibli, Kaoru Minoshima, and Hirokazu Matsumoto

Laser triangulation for liquid film thickness measurements through multiple interfaces

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4916–4926 (2006)
• Jerrod P. Peterson and Richard B. Peterson

Narrowband Bragg reflectors in Ti:LiNbO₃ optical waveguides

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4927–4932 (2006)
• Ryoung-Han Kim, Jun Zhang, Ohannes Eknoyan, Henry F. Taylor, and Terry L. Smith

Multimode interference devices with input-output ports on the sides

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4933–4940 (2006)
• David M. Mackie

Characteristic analysis of nanosilicon rectangular waveguides for planar light-wave circuits of high integration

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4941–4946 (2006)
• Daoxin Dai, Yaocheng Shi, and Sailing He

Saturable-absorber-based spatial filtering of high-power laser beams

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4947–4956 (2006)
• Sucharita Sinha, K. Dasgupta, S. Sasikumar, and S. Kundu

Single-frequency Sb-based distributed-feedback lasers emitting at 2.3 μm above room temperature for application in tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4957–4965 (2006)
• Abdelmagid Salhi, David Barat, Daniele Romanini, Yves Rouillard, Aimeric Ouvrard, Ralph Werner, Jochen Seufert, Johannes Koeth, Aurore Vicet, and Arnaud Garnache

Ammonia detection by using quantum-cascade laser photoacoustic spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4966–4971 (2006)
• Milton B. Filho, Marcelo G. da Silva, Marcelo S. Sthel, Delson U. Schramm, Helion Vargas, Andras Miklós, and Peter Hess

Control of giant pulse duration in neodymium minilasers with controllable cavity length and pulsed pumping

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4972–4976 (2006)
• Vladimir A. Berenberg, Miguel A. Cervantes, and Vladimir S. Terpugov

Group-velocity-matched optical parametric oscillator in tilted quasi-phase-matched gratings

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4977–4981 (2006)
• Wei Quan Zhang

Laser-induced fluorescence of ketones at elevated temperatures for pressures up to 20 bars by using a 248 nm excitation laser wavelength: experiments and model improvements

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4982–4989 (2006)
• Andreas Braeuer, Frank Beyrau, and Alfred Leipertz

Extension of geometrical-optics approximation to on-axis Gaussian beam scattering. I. By a spherical particle

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 4990–4999 (2006)
• Feng Xu, Kuan Fang Ren, and Xiaoshu Cai

Extension of geometrical-optics approximation to on-axis Gaussian beam scattering. II. By a spheroidal particle with end-on incidence

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 5000–5009 (2006)
• Feng Xu, Kuan Fang Ren, Xiaoshu Cai, and Jianqi Shen

Quantitative flow visualization in supersonic jets through tomographic inversion of wavefronts estimated through shadow casting

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 5010–5019 (2006)
• Hemanth Thayyullathil, R. Mohan Vasu, and Rajan Kanhirodan

Subnanosecond-resolution phase-resolved fluorescence imaging technique for biomedical applications

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 5020–5026 (2006)
• U. S. Dinish, C. Y. Fu, Z. X. Chao, L. K. Seah, V. M. Murukeshan, and B. K. Ng

Analytical solution for light propagation in a two-layer tissue structure with a tilted interface for breast imaging

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 5027–5036 (2006)
• Mini Das, Chen Xu, and Quing Zhu

High-resolution image reconstruction in fluorescence microscopy with patterned excitation

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 20, pp. 5037–5045 (2006)
• Rainer Heintzmann and Pier A. Benedetti