Laboratory demonstration of accurate and efficient nanometer-level wavefront control for extreme adaptive optics

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1317–1326 (2008)
• Lisa A. Poyneer, Daren Dillon, Sandrine Thomas, and Bruce A. Macintosh

High-resolution refractive index anisotropy measurement in optical fibers through phase retardation modulation

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1215–1222 (2008)
• Benoit Sévigny, François Busque, Nicolas Godbout, Suzanne Lacroix, and Mathieu Faucher

Simulation, implementation, and analysis of an optical fiber bundle distance sensor with single mode illumination

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1302–1309 (2008)
• Haiying Huang and Uday Tata

Tilt sensitivity of the two-grating interferometer

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1327–1335 (2008)
• Christopher N. Anderson and Patrick P. Naulleau

Self-referenced interferometry for the characterization of axicon lens quality

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1200–1205 (2008)
• David Kupka, Philip Schlup, and Randy A. Bartels

Single actuator alignment control for improved frequency stability of a cavity-based optical frequency reference

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1239–1246 (2008)
• Samuel T. Dawkins and André N. Luiten

Terahertz imaging system performance model for concealed-weapon identification

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1286–1297 (2008)
• Steven R. Murrill, Eddie L. Jacobs, Steven K. Moyer, Carl E. Halford, Steven T. Griffin, Frank C. De Lucia, Douglas T. Petkie, and Charmaine C. Franck

Hilbert transform analysis of a time series of speckle interferograms with a temporal carrier

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1310–1316 (2008)
• Fernando A. Marengo Rodriguez, Alejandro Federico, and Guillermo H. Kaufmann

Adaptive optics technique to overcome the turbulence in a large-aperture collimator

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1298–1301 (2008)
• Quanquan Mu, Zhaoliang Cao, Dayu Li, Lifa Hu, and Li Xuan

Dynamics of interacting Brownian particles in concentrated colloidal suspensions

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1257–1262 (2008)
• Hui Xia, Katsuhiro Ishii, Toshiaki Iwaii, Hongjian Li, and Bingchu Yang

Spectral amplitude coding OCDMA using and subtraction technique

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1263–1268 (2008)
• Feras N. Hasoon, S. A. Aljunid, M. D. A. Samad, Mohamad Khazani Abdullah, and Sahbudin Shaari

Modified Fourier-Hankel method based on analysis of errors in Abel inversion using Fourier transform techniques

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1350–1357 (2008)
• Shuiliang Ma, Hongming Gao, and Lin Wu

Multifilter rotating shadowband radiometer calibration for spectral aerosol optical depth retrievals over São Paulo City, Brazil

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1171–1176 (2008)
• Nilton do Rosário, Márcia Akemi Yamasoe, André Sayão, and Ricardo Siqueira

Development of a spectrometer using a continuous wave distributed feedback quantum cascade laser operating at room temperature for the simultaneous analysis of N₂O and CH₄ in the Earth's atmosphere

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1206–1214 (2008)
• Lilian Joly, Claude Robert, Bertrand Parvitte, Valery Catoire, Georges Durry, Guy Richard, Bernard Nicoullaud, and Virginie Zéninari

Photodarkening rate in Yb-doped silica fibers

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1247–1256 (2008)
• Joona Koponen, Mikko Söderlund, Hanna J. Hoffman, Dahv A. V. Kliner, Jeffrey P. Koplow, and Mircea Hotoleanu

Mid-infrared gas sensing using a photonic bandgap fiber

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1269–1277 (2008)
• Nicolas Gayraud, Lukasz W. Kornaszewski, James M. Stone, Jonathan C. Knight, Derryck T. Reid, Duncan P. Hand, and William N. MacPherson

Improvement of amplified spontaneous emission by encapsulating green fluorescent dye in inverted-opal titania photonic crystals

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1177–1181 (2008)
• Dingke Zhang, Yanping Wang, Yanling Cao, and Dongge Ma

Mode-locked Yb-doped fiber laser with external compression to 89 fs in normal dispersion fiber

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1182–1186 (2008)
• Robert Herda and Oleg G. Okhotnikov

Effect of post-epitaxial-growth processing on the nonlinear response of saturable absorber

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1235–1238 (2008)
• Tommi Hakulinen, Robert Herda, and Oleg G. Okhotnikov

Coloring linens with excimer lasers to simulate the body image of the Turin Shroud

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1278–1285 (2008)
• Giuseppe Baldacchini, Paolo Di Lazzaro, Daniele Murra, and Giulio Fanti

Analytical expression for femtosecond-pulsed Z scans on instantaneous nonlinearity

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1187–1192 (2008)
• Bing Gu, Wei Ji, and Xiao-Qin Huang

Standoff determination of the particle size and concentration of small optical depth clouds based on double scattering measurements: concept and experimental validation with bioaerosols

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1336–1349 (2008)
• Gilles Roy and Nathalie Roy

Digital micromirror device as a spatial illuminator for fluorescence lifetime and hyperspectral imaging

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1193–1199 (2008)
• Artur Bednarkiewicz, Mounir Bouhifd, and Maurice P. Whelan

Hyperspectral Fourier transform spectrometer for reflection spectroscopy and spectral self-interference fluorescence microscopy

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• Applied Optics Vol. 47, Iss. 9, pp. 1223–1234 (2008)
• Julia Rentz Dupuis, James Needham, Emre Özkumur, David A. Bergstein, Bennett B. Goldberg, James R. Engel, David L. Carlson, and M. Selim Ünlü