Generation of midfield concentrated beam arrays using periodic metal annular apertures

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1076–1085 (2012)
• Hwi Kim, Jaebum Cho, Jihwan Park, Seungoh Han, and Sungkyu Seo

Microbubble based fiber-optic Fabry–Perot interferometer formed by fusion splicing single-mode fibers for strain measurement

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1033–1036 (2012)
• De-Wen Duan, Yun-jiang Rao, Yu-Song Hou, and Tao Zhu

Three-dimensional phase step profilometry with a multicore optical fiber

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1045–1048 (2012)
• Ari Novack, David D’Annunzio, Ekin Dogus Çubuk, Naci Inci, and Lynne Molter

Compact infrared cryogenic wafer-level camera: design and experimental validation

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1049–1060 (2012)
• Florence de la Barrière, Guillaume Druart, Nicolas Guérineau, Gilles Lasfargues, Manuel Fendler, Nicolas Lhermet, and Jean Taboury

Spatial mismatch calibration using circular carrier technique in the simultaneous phase shifting interferometry

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1037–1044 (2012)
• Bo Li, Lei Chen, Bing Zhao, Mingxiao Yang, and Jinpeng Li

Measurement of in-plane displacement by wavelength-modulated heterodyne speckle interferometry

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1095–1100 (2012)
• Ju-Yi Lee, Ming-Pei Lu, Kun-Yi Lin, and Szu-Han Huang

Improved algorithm for phase-to-height mapping in phase measuring profilometry

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1149–1155 (2012)
• Yanshan Xiao, Yiping Cao, and Yingchun Wu

Photothermal self-phase-modulation technique for absorption measurements on high-reflective coatings

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1156–1161 (2012)
• Jessica Steinlechner, Lars Jensen, Christoph Krüger, Nico Lastzka, Sebastian Steinlechner, and Roman Schnabel

Three-dimensional measuring technique for surface topography using a light-sectioning microscope

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1162–1170 (2012)
• Linglin Xia, Peifeng Chen, Ying Wang, Le Zhou, and Xi Luo

Magnetic field sensing based on V-shaped groove filled with magnetic fluids

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1010–1020 (2012)
• Hongzhu Ji, Shengli Pu, Xiang Wang, and Guojun Yu

Resonance shifts of transverse-electric whispering gallery modes in a spheroidal resonator

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1101–1108 (2012)
• Iwao Teraoka

Reactive self-tracking solar concentrators: concept, design, and initial materials characterization

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1086–1094 (2012)
• Katherine A. Baker, Jason H. Karp, Eric J. Tremblay, Justin M. Hallas, and Joseph E. Ford

Broadband and mid-infrared absorber based on dielectric-thin metal film multilayers

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1109–1114 (2012)
• Timothy D. Corrigan, Dong Hun Park, H. Dennis Drew, Shy-Hauh Guo, Paul W. Kolb, Warren N. Herman, and Raymond J. Phaneuf

Semiellipsoid microlens fabrication method using UV proximity printing

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1122–1130 (2012)
• Chien-Hsin Hung, Shih-Yu Hung, Ming-Ho Shen, and Hsiharng Yang

Optical properties of solution-processable semiconducting TiO_x thin films for solar cell and other applications

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1131–1136 (2012)
• Jiguang Li, Albert M. DeBerardinis, Lin Pu, and Mool C. Gupta

On the influence of noise statistics on polarimetric contrast optimization

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1178–1187 (2012)
• Guillaume Anna, François Goudail, Pierre Chavel, and Daniel Dolfi

All-fiber Q-switched operation of thulium-doped silica fiber laser by piezoelectric microbending

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1067–1070 (2012)
• Hajime Sakata, Shungo Araki, Ryo Toyama, and Masahiro Tomiki

Extended ABCD matrix formalism for the description of femtosecond diffraction patterns; application to femtosecond digital in-line holography with anamorphic optical systems

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1137–1148 (2012)
• Marc Brunel, Huanhuan Shen, Sebastien Coetmellec, and Denis Lebrun

Highly nonlinear all-solid photonic crystal fibers with low dispersion slope

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1021–1027 (2012)
• Huizhen Xu, Jian Wu, Kun Xu, Yitang Dai, and Jintong Lin

Photonic generation of tunable microwave signal using Brillouin fiber laser

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1028–1032 (2012)
• Rugang Wang, Xuping Zhang, Junhui Hu, and Guanghui Wang

Temperature-dependent photoluminescence spectra of Er-Tm codoped calcium boroaluminate glasses

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1115–1121 (2012)
• Fei Xu, Lingling Zheng, Mingzhu Li, Fang Lu, Zhongquan Ma, Zuimin Jiang, Pinghua Zhou, Jianwei Shi, and Yu Pu

Multiparameter measurement of absorbing liquid by time-resolved photoacoustics

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1061–1066 (2012)
• Zuomin Zhao and Risto Myllylä

All-fiber broadband supercontinuum source with high efficiency in a step-index high nonlinear silica fiber

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1071–1075 (2012)
• Weiqing Gao, Meisong Liao, Lingzhen Yang, Xin Yan, Takenobu Suzuki, and Yasutake Ohishi

Utilization of a digital-versatile-disc pickup head for benchtop laser microfabrication

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 8, pp. 1171–1177 (2012)
• Mathieu Hautefeuille, Alejandro K. Jimenez-Zenteno, Pablo Roberto Pérez-Alcázar, Kristopher M. Hess-Frieling, Gerardo Fernandez-Sanchez, Victor Velazquez, Marcela Grether-Gonzalez, and Enrique Lopez-Moreno