Measuring the absolute photodetection efficiency using photon number correlations

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6059–6064 (2006)
• Michael Lindenthal and Johannes Kofler

Design and simulation of resonant cavity enhanced corrugated quantum well infrared photodetectors

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6065–6070 (2006)
• Jang Pyo Kim and Andrew M. Sarangan

Surface-mount sapphire interferometric temperature sensor

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6071–6076 (2006)
• Yizheng Zhu and Anbo Wang

Improvement of accuracy in digital holography by use of multiple holograms

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6077–6085 (2006)
• Torsten Baumbach, Ervin Kolenovic, Volker Kebbel, and Werner Jüptner

Measurement technique for in situ characterizing aberrations of projection optics in lithographic tools

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6086–6093 (2006)
• Fan Wang, Xiangzhao Wang, and Mingying Ma

Spectral response variation of a negative-electron-affinity photocathode in the preparation process

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6094–6098 (2006)
• Lei Liu, Yujie Du, Benkang Chang, and Qian Yunsheng

Localized measurement of the optical thickness of a transparent window: application to the study of the photosensitivity of organic polymers

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6099–6105 (2006)
• Julien Lumeau and Michel Lequime

Predicting phase steps in phase-shifting interferometry in the presence of noise and harmonics

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6106–6112 (2006)
• Rajesh Langoju, Abhijit Patil, and Pramod Rastogi

Design and demonstration of direct UV-written small angle X couplers in silica-on-silicon for broadband operation

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6113–6118 (2006)
• Faisal R. M. Adikan, Corin B. E. Gawith, Peter G. R. Smith, Ian J. G. Sparrow, Gregory D. Emmerson, Christos Riziotis, and Harith Ahmad

Quasi-null lens optical system for the fabrication of an oblate convex ellipsoidal mirror: application to the Wide Angle Camera of the Rosetta space mission

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6119–6125 (2006)
• Maria-Guglielmina Pelizzo, Vania Da Deppo, Giampiero Naletto, Roberto Ragazzoni, and Andrea Novi

Calculating petal tools by using genetic algorithms

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6126–6136 (2006)
• Jorge González-García, Alberto Cordero-Dávila, Irce Leal-Cabrera, Carlos Ignacio Robledo-Sánchez, and Agustin Santiago-Alvarado

Diffractive-refractive hybrid corrector for achro- and apochromatic corrections of optical systems

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6137–6141 (2006)
• Grigoriy I. Greisukh, Evgeniy G. Ezhov, and Sergei A. Stepanov

Long-period grating refractive index sensor with a modified cladding structure for large operational range and high sensitivity

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6142–6147 (2006)
• Jian Yang, Li Yang, Chang-Qing Xu, Chenglin Xu, Weiping Huang, and Yingfu Li

Shift-invariant real-time edge-enhanced VanderLugt correlator using video-rate compatible photorefractive polymer

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6148–6153 (2006)
• A. Heifetz, G. S. Pati, J. T. Shen, J.-K. Lee, M. S. Shahriar, C. Phan, and M. Yamamoto

Flash light detection and ranging range accuracy limits for returns from single opaque surfaces via Cramer-Rao bounds

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6154–6162 (2006)
• Stephen Cain, Richard Richmond, and Ernest Armstrong

Connector-induced offsets in optical fiber powermeters

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6163–6167 (2006)
• Igor Vayshenker, Xiaoyu Li, and Darryl A. Keenan

Moderate-to-high optical-isolation reconfigurable 1×2 fiber-optic add-drop switches using a dense wavelength division multiplexing thin-film filter

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6168–6174 (2006)
• Sarun Sumriddetchkajorn and Kosom Chaitavon

Performance analysis of a wavelength-locked Fabry-Perot laser diode by light injection of an external spectrally sliced Fabry-Perot laser diode

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6175–6179 (2006)
• Hyuk-Choon Kwon and Sang-Kook Han

Pulsed laser photofragment emission for detection of mercuric chloride

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6180–6186 (2006)
• Alexandra A. Hoops and Thomas A. Reichardt

Bichromatic, phase compensating interferometer based on prism pair compressors

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6187–6191 (2006)
• Daniel A. Flickinger, Ryan N. Coffee, George N. Gibson, and Thomas C. Weinacht

Field localization in very small aperture lasers studied by apertureless near-field microscopy

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6192–6197 (2006)
• Larissa Stebounova, Fang Chen, James Bain, T. E. Schlesinger, Shell Ip, and Gilbert C. Walker

Pulsed Raman fiber laser and multispectral imaging in three dimensions

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6198–6204 (2006)
• Joachim F. Andersen, Jens Busck, and Henning Heiselberg

Different cooling configurations for a high average power longitudinally diode-pumped Yb:YAG amplifier

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6205–6211 (2006)
• Haiwu Yu and Gilbert Bourdet

Overcoming the impeding effect of core-cladding interface on the progression of the second-order nonlinearity in thermally poled optical fibers

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6212–6217 (2006)
• Honglin An and Simon Fleming

Simple optical method for determination of crystal orientation in photorefractive crystals

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6218–6222 (2006)
• Di Qu, Ru Guo, Simin Liu, Zhaohong Liu, and Yuanmei Gao

Systematic design process for slanted grating couplers

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6223–6226 (2006)
• Bin Wang, Jianhua Jiang, and Gregory P. Nordin

Tomographic multiaxis-differential optical absorption spectroscopy observations of Sun-illuminated targets: a technique providing well-defined absorption paths in the boundary layer

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6227–6240 (2006)
• Erna Frins, Nicole Bobrowski, Ulrich Platt, and Thomas Wagner

Unpolarized emissivity with shadow and multiple reflections from random rough surfaces with the geometric optics approximation: application to Gaussian sea surfaces in the infrared band

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6241–6254 (2006)
• Christophe Bourlier

Debye series of normally incident plane-wave scattering by an infinite multilayered cylinder

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6255–6262 (2006)
• Renxian Li, Xiang'e Han, Huifen Jiang, and Kuan Fang Ren

Dual-LED imaging for finger liveliness detection and its evaluation with replicas

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6263–6269 (2006)
• Katsuki Tai, Etsuji Matsuyama, Masashi Kurita, and Ichiro Fujieda

Time-resolved optical tomography using short-pulse laser for tumor detection

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6270–6282 (2006)
• Gopalendu Pal, Soumyadipta Basu, Kunal Mitra, and Tuan Vo-Dinh

Hyperspectral confocal microscope

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6283–6291 (2006)
• Michael B. Sinclair, David M. Haaland, Jerilyn A. Timlin, and Howland D. T. Jones

Modeling low-coherence enhanced backscattering using Monte Carlo simulation

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• Applied Optics, Vol. 45, Iss. 24, pp. 6292–6300 (2006)
• Hariharan Subramanian, Prabhakar Pradhan, Young L. Kim, Yang Liu, Xu Li, and Vadim Backman