Editor's Picks
Optical Properties: Measurements and Measuring Techniques
The editors of Applied Optics have selected articles from a variety of topic areas that reflect the progression of each area over Applied Optics' history.
These collections and the articles within them are not meant to be comprehensive but authoritative, showing that significant contributions were made and continue to be made in these areas.
For this collection, we are focusing on measuring optical properties and have provided a selection of 20 articles for your reading pleasure.
Homogeneous media
Optical Constants of Water in the 200-nm to 200-µm Wavelength Region- George M. Hale and Marvin R. Querry
- Applied Optics, Vol. 12 Issue 3, pp.555-563 (1973)
- R. Ulrich and R. Torge
- Applied Optics, Vol. 12, Issue 12, pp. 2901- (1973)
- D. E. Aspnes and A. A. Studna
- Applied Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 220-228 (1975)
- M. A. Ordal, L. L. Long, R. J. Bell, S. E. Bell, R. R. Bell, R. W. Alexander, Jr., and C. A. Ward
- Applied Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 7, pp. 1099-1119 (1983)
- Stephen G. Warren
- Applied Optics, Vol. 23, Issue 8, pp. 1206-1225 (1984)
- M. A. Ordal, Robert J. Bell, R. W. Alexander, Jr, L. L. Long, and M. R. Querry
- Applied Optics, Vol. 24, Issue 24, pp. 4493-4499 (1985)
- W. Scott Pegau, Deric Gray, and J. Ronald V. Zaneveld
- Applied Optics, Vol. 36 Issue 24, pp.6035-6046 (1997)
- Robin M. Pope and Edward S. Fry
- Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Issue 33, pp. 8710-8723 (1997)
- Aleksandar D. Rakić, Aleksandra B. Djurišić, Jovan M. Elazar, and Marian L. Majewski
- Applied Optics, Vol. 37, Issue 22, pp. 5271-5283 (1998)
Inhomogeneous media
Optical properties of the clearest natural waters (200-800 nm)
- Raymond C. Smith and Karen S. Baker
- Applied Optics, Vol. 20 Issue 2, pp.177-184 (1981)
- R. A. J. Groenhuis, H. A. Ferwerda, and J. J. Ten Bosch
- Applied Optics, Vol. 22 Issue 16, pp.2456-2462 (1983)
- Michael S. Patterson, B. Chance, and B. C. Wilson
- Applied Optics, Vol. 28, Issue 12, pp. 2331-2336 (1989)
- Hugo J. van Staveren, Christian J. M. Moes, Jan van Marie, Scott A. Prahl, and Martin J. C. van Gemert
- Applied Optics, Vol. 30, Issue 31, pp. 4507-4514 (1991)
- Scott A. Prahl, Martin J. C. van Gemert, and Ashley J. Welch
- Applied Optics, Vol. 32 Issue 4, pp.559-568 (1993)
- Lihong Wang and Steven L. Jacques
- Applied Optics, Vol. 34 Issue 13, pp.2362-2366 (1995)
- Alwin Kienle, Lothar Lilge, Michael S. Patterson, Raimund Hibst, Rudolf Steiner, and Brian C. Wilson
- Applied Optics, Vol. 35 Issue 13, pp.2304-2314 (1996)
- Judith R. Mourant, Tamika Fuselier, James Boyer, Tamara M. Johnson, and Irving J. Bigio
- Applied Optics, Vol. 36 Issue 4, pp.949-957 (1997)
- Frédéric Bevilacqua, Andrew J. Berger, Albert E. Cerussi, Dorota Jakubowski, and Bruce J. Tromberg
- Applied Optics, Vol. 39 Issue 34, pp.6498-6507 (2000)
- Giovanni Zaccanti, Samuele Del Bianco, and Fabrizio Martelli
- Applied Optics, Vol. 42 Issue 19, pp.4023-4030 (2003)
- Young L. Kim, Yang Liu, Ramesh K. Wali, Hemant K. Roy, and Vadim Backman
- Applied Optics, Vol. 44 Issue 3, pp.366-377 (2005)