Theoretical model for double pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G30–G37 (2008)
• Virendra N. Rai, Fang Yu Yueh, and Jagdish P. Singh

Time-dependent single and double pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of chromium in liquid

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G21–G29 (2008)
• Virendra N. Rai, Fang Yu Yueh, and Jagdish P. Singh

Single pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of bulk aqueous solutions at oceanic pressures: interrelationship of gate delay and pulse energy

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G122–G130 (2008)
• Anna P. M. Michel and Alan D. Chave

Double pulse laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of bulk aqueous solutions at oceanic pressures: interrelationship of gate delay, pulse energies, interpulse delay, and pressure

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G131–G143 (2008)
• Anna P. M. Michel and Alan D. Chave

Time-resolved spectroscopy measurements of hydrogen-alpha, -beta, and -gamma emissions

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G1–G6 (2008)
• Christian G. Parigger, Matthew Dackman, and James O. Hornkohl

Dynamics of laser-ablated carbon plasma: formation of C₂ and CN

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G65–G71 (2008)
• Archana Kushwaha and R. K. Thareja

Commercialization of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for lead-in-paint inspection

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G7–G14 (2008)
• Richard A. Myers, Noah J. Kolodziejski, and Michael R. Squillante

Movable fiber probe for gas-phase laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G88–G98 (2008)
• Cosmin E. Dumitrescu, Paulius V. Puzinauskas, and Semih Olcmen

Extraction of information from laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy spectral data by multivariate analysis

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G158–G165 (2008)
• Nicole Labbé, Isabel Maya Swamidoss, Nicolas André, Madhavi Z. Martin, Timothy M. Young, and Timothy G. Rials

Elemental analysis of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy aided by an empirical spectral database

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G99–G104 (2008)
• Steven Rock, Aristides Marcano, Yuri Markushin, Chandran Sabanayagam, and Noureddine Melikechi

Multivariate analysis of standoff laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy spectra for classification of explosive-containing residues

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G112–G121 (2008)
• Frank C. De Lucia, Jr., Jennifer L. Gottfried, Chase A. Munson, and Andrzej W. Miziolek

Chemical taggant detection and analysis by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G15–G20 (2008)
• Steven H. Wise and Jose R. Almirall

Quantitative analysis of gallstones using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G38–G47 (2008)
• Vivek K. Singh, Vinita Singh, Awadhesh K. Rai, Surya N. Thakur, Pradeep K. Rai, and Jagdish P. Singh

Detection of indoor biological hazards using the man-portable laser induced breakdown spectrometer

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G48–G57 (2008)
• Chase A. Munson, Jennifer L. Gottfried, Emily Gibb Snyder, Frank C. De Lucia, Jr., Brian Gullett, and Andrzej W. Miziolek

Determination of thorium and uranium in solution by laser-induced breakdown spectrometry

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G58–G64 (2008)
• Arnab Sarkar, Devanathan Alamelu, and Suresh Kumar Aggarwal

Use of laser induced breakdown spectroscopy in the determination of gem provenance: beryls

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G72–G79 (2008)
• Catherine E. McManus, Nancy J. McMillan, Russell S. Harmon, Robert C. Whitmore, Frank C. De Lucia, Jr., and Andrzej W. Miziolek

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for the classification of unknown powders

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G80–G87 (2008)
• Emily Gibb Snyder, Chase A. Munson, Jennifer L. Gottfried, Frank C. De Lucia, Jr., Brian Gullett, and Andrzej Miziolek

Detection sensitivity of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for Cr II in liquid samples

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G105–G111 (2008)
• Nilesh K. Rai, Awadhesh K. Rai, Akshaya Kumar, and Surya N. Thakur

Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy measurement in methane and biodiesel flames using an ungated detector

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G144–G148 (2008)
• Kemal E. Eseller, Fang Y. Yueh, and Jagdish P. Singh

Comparison of laser-induced breakdown spectra of organic compounds with irradiation at 1.5 and 1.064 μm

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. G149–G157 (2008)
• Diane M. Wong and Paul J. Dagdigian

Modal filtering for midinfrared nulling interferometry using single mode silver halide fibers

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5728–5735 (2008)
• A. Ksendzov, T. Lewi, O. P. Lay, S. R. Martin, R. O. Gappinger, P. R. Lawson, R. D. Peters, S. Shalem, A. Tsun, and A. Katzir

Automated collimation testing using a temporal phase shifting technique in Talbot interferometry

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5938–5943 (2008)
• Shashi Prakash, Santosh Rana, Satya Prakash, and Osami Sasaki

X-ray modulation transfer functions of photostimulable phosphor image plates and scanners

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5753–5761 (2008)
• John F. Seely, Glenn E. Holland, Lawrence T. Hudson, and Albert Henins

Defocus sensitivity optimization using the defocus Taylor expansion of the optical transfer function

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5893–5902 (2008)
• Shane Barwick

Observing the solar corona with a tunable Fabry-Perot filter

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5744–5749 (2008)
• Matthew W. Noble, David M. Rust, Pietro N. Bernasconi, Jay M. Pasachoff, Bryce A. Babcock, and Megan A. Bruck

Development of a switched integrator amplifier for high-accuracy optical measurements

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5821–5828 (2008)
• John Mountford, Geiland Porrovecchio, Marek Smid, and Radislav Smid

Evaluation of expanded uncertainties in luminous intensity and illuminance calibrations

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5829–5847 (2008)
• Ferhat Sametoglu

Planar waveguide obtained by burying a Ge₂₂As₂₀Se₅₈ fiber in As₂S₃ glass

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5750–5752 (2008)
• Quentin Coulombier, Shaoqian Zhang, Xianghua Zhang, Bruno Bureau, Jacques Lucas, Catherine Boussard-Plédel, Johan Trolès, Laurent Calvez, Hongli Ma, Sébastien Maurugeon, and Erwan Guillevic

High-irradiance reactors with unfolded aplanatic optics

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5722–5727 (2008)
• Daniel Feuermann and Jeffrey M. Gordon

Acceleration method of computing a compensated phase-added stereogram on a graphic processing unit

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5784–5789 (2008)
• Hoonjong Kang, Takeshi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Yoshikawa, Seung-Cheol Kim, and Eun-Soo Kim

Multichanneled encryption via a joint transform correlator architecture

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5903–5907 (2008)
• Dafne Amaya, Myrian Tebaldi, Roberto Torroba, and Néstor Bolognini

Measurement and simulation of the effect of snowfall on free-space optical propagation

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5736–5743 (2008)
• Makoto Akiba, Kayo Ogawa, Kazuhiko Wakamori, Kashiko Kodate, and Shigeo Ito

Thermal infrared radiance simulation with aggregation modeling (TITAN): an infrared radiative transfer model for heterogeneous three-dimensional surface--application over urban areas

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5799–5810 (2008)
• Guillaume Fontanilles, Xavier Briottet, Sophie Fabre, and Thierry Trémas

Development of a two-line OH-laser-induced fluorescence thermometry diagnostics strategy for gas-phase temperature measurements in engines

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5871–5885 (2008)
• R. Devillers, G. Bruneaux, and C. Schulz

Straight multimode interference phased array structure using periodic segmented waveguide phase array

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5916–5923 (2008)
• Muhammad A. Othman, Khaled Hassan, and Diaa A. Khalil

In-vacuum optical isolation changes by heating in a Faraday isolator

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5853–5861 (2008)

Coupling method for laser-diode-array end-pumped solid-state amplifiers

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5908–5915 (2008)
• Deng Qinghua, Peng Hansheng, Sui Zhan, Ding Lei, Li Mingzhong, Luo Yiming, Tang Jun, He Shaobo, Wang Jianjun, Lin Honghuan, Zhang Rui, Deng Ying, Cheng Yuanbin, Lu Zhenhua, Liu Jianguo, and Liu Yong

Broadly tunable ultraviolet light generation in a compact MgO-doped periodically-poled stoichiometric lithium tantalate optical parametric oscillator with a high-Q cavity

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5762–5766 (2008)
• Shih-Yu Tu, A. H. Kung, Sunao Kurimura, and Takeshi Ikegami

Observation of nonlinear transmission enhancement in cavities filled with nonlinear organic materials

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5777–5783 (2008)
• Dan T. Nguyen, Chuanxiang Sheng, Jayan Thomas, Robert Norwood, Brian Kimball, Diane M. Steeves, and Nasser Peyghambarian

Double optical limiting in gold nanoshell: tuning from visible to infrared region by shell thickness

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5848–5852 (2008)
• Jian Zhu

Detection of condensed-phase explosives via laser-induced vaporization, photodissociation, and resonant excitation

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5767–5776 (2008)
• C. M. Wynn, S. Palmacci, R. R. Kunz, K. Clow, and M. Rothschild

Radiative transfer model for aerosols at infrared wavelengths for passive remote sensing applications: revisited

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5924–5937 (2008)
• Avishai Ben-David, Charles E. Davidson, and Janon F. Embury

Free-electron-laser-induced shock-wave control and mechanistic analysis using pulse control

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5862–5870 (2008)
• Taizo Kanai, Sachiko Yoshihashi-Suzuki, and Kunio Awazu

Analysis of simulated and experimental backscattered images of turbid media in linearly polarized light: estimation of the anisotropy factor

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5811–5820 (2008)
• Julie Falconet, Raphaël Sablong, Emmanuel Perrin, Franck Jaillon, and Hervé Saint-Jalmes

In vivo fluorescent optical imaging of cytotoxic T lymphocyte migration using IRDye800CW near-infrared dye

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5944–5952 (2008)
• Aaron E. Foster, Sunkuk Kwon, Shi Ke, An Lu, Karen Eldin, Eva Sevick-Muraca, and Cliona M. Rooney

Chemical imaging with Fourier transform coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering microscopy

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5790–5798 (2008)
• Meng Cui, Joshua Skodack, and Jennifer P. Ogilvie

Effect of surface roughness on the extinction-based localized surface plasmon resonance biosensors

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 31, pp. 5886–5892 (2008)
• Kyung Min Byun, Soon Joon Yoon, and Donghyun Kim