Fast computation of hologram patterns of a 3-D object using run-length encoding and novel look-up table methods

• Seung-Cheol Kim and Eun-Soo Kim
• received 10/13/2008; accepted 01/05/2009; posted 01/05/2009; Doc. ID 102449
• [full text: PDF (4641) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (090.1760) Holography : Computer holography
• (090.5694) Holography : Real-time holography

[LACSEA] Evanescent field sensors and the implementation of waveguiding nanostructures

• Sandra B�rner, Wolfgang Schade, Rozalia Orghici, Siegfried Waldvogel, and Ulrike Willer
• received 07/22/2008; accepted 01/02/2009; posted 01/05/2009; Doc. ID 99287
• [full text: PDF (674) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
• (060.2370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics sensors
• (120.0120) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology
• (350.4238) Other areas of optics : Nanophotonics and photonic crystals

Analysis of the Temperature, Thermal Stress and Thermal Strain Fields in an Orthotropic Laser Medium

• Xiulan Huai, Zhigang Li, and Yujia Tao
• received 10/22/2008; accepted 12/26/2008; posted 01/05/2009; Doc. ID 103138
• [full text: PDF (2814) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
• (140.6810) Lasers and laser optics : Thermal effects

(TBO)Ex vivo and in vivo second-harmonic-generation imaging of dermal collagen fiber in skin: comparison of imaging characteristics between mode-locked Cr:Forsterite and Ti:Sapphire lasers

• Takeshi Yasui, Yu Takahashi, Masahiro Ito, Shuichiro Fukushima, and Tsutomu Araki
• received 09/02/2008; accepted 12/26/2008; posted 01/05/2009; Doc. ID 100978
• [full text: PDF (5665) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (170.1870) Medical optics and biotechnology : Dermatology
• (170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
• (170.6960) Medical optics and biotechnology : Tomography
• (190.4160) Nonlinear optics : Multiharmonic generation
• (180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy

Three-dimensional coherent transfer function for a confocal microscope with two D-shaped pupils

• Ke Si, Wei Gong, and Colin Sheppard
• received 08/19/2008; accepted 12/23/2008; posted 01/05/2009; Doc. ID 100311
• [full text: PDF (479) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (050.1220) Diffraction and gratings : Apertures
• (170.0110) Medical optics and biotechnology : Imaging systems
• (170.0180) Medical optics and biotechnology : Microscopy
• (180.1790) Microscopy : Confocal microscopy
• (260.1960) Physical optics : Diffraction theory

Influence of nonideal chirped fiber Bragg grating characteristics on all-optical clock recovery based on temporal Talbot effect

• Masaki Oiwa, Shunsuke Minami, Kenichiro Tsuji, Noriaki Onodera, and Masatoshi Saruwatari
• received 09/19/2008; accepted 12/20/2008; posted 12/22/2008; Doc. ID 101587
• [full text: PDF (1611) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
• (070.6760) Fourier optics and signal processing : Talbot and self-imaging effects
• (320.5550) Ultrafast optics : Pulses
• (060.3735) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber Bragg gratings

Nonlinearly-coupled, gain-switched Nd:YAG second harmonic laser with variable pulse width

• Aniruddha Ray, Susanta Das, Loknath Mishra, Prasanta Datta, and Solomon Saltiel
• received 09/16/2008; accepted 12/19/2008; posted 12/22/2008; Doc. ID 101589
• [full text: PDF (249) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
• (140.3538) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, pulsed

Flat-top and Ultra-narrow Bandpass Filter Designed by Sampled Fiber Bragg Grating with Multiple Equivalent Phase Shifts

• Xi-Hua Zou, Fei Wang, and Wei Pan
• received 10/01/2008; accepted 12/19/2008; posted 12/22/2008; Doc. ID 102219
• [full text: PDF (265) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (050.2770) Diffraction and gratings : Gratings
• (050.5080) Diffraction and gratings : Phase shift
• (060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
• (060.2340) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics components
• (120.2440) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Filters

Three-channel three-dimensional self-mixing thin-slice solid-state laser Doppler measurements

• Takayuki Ohtomo, Seiichi Sudo, and Kenju Otsuka
• received 09/22/2008; accepted 12/19/2008; posted 12/19/2008; Doc. ID 101882
• [full text: PDF (519) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.7250) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Velocimetry
• (120.7280) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Vibration analysis
• (140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
• (140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
• (290.7050) Scattering : Turbid media

A method to reduce the effect of thermal drift in optical resonant sensors

• Thanh Le, Anatoliy Savchenkov, Nan Yu, Lute Maleki, and W. Steier
• received 07/01/2008; accepted 12/19/2008; posted 12/19/2008; Doc. ID 95978
• [full text: PDF (520) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.6810) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Thermal effects
• (140.4780) Lasers and laser optics : Optical resonators
• (170.4520) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical confinement and manipulation
• (230.5750) Optical devices : Resonators

Determination of the size distribution of metallic nanoparticles by optical extinction spectroscopy

• Ovidio Pe�a Rodr�guez, Luis Rodr�guez Fern�ndez, Vladimir Rodr�guez-Iglesias, Guinther Kellermann, Alejandro Crespo-Sosa, Juan Carlos Cheang-Wong, H�ctor Gabriel Silva-Pereyra, Jes�s Arenas-Alatorre, and Alicia Oliver
• received 11/14/2008; accepted 12/19/2008; posted 12/19/2008; Doc. ID 104084
• [full text: PDF (812) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (160.4236) Materials : Nanomaterials
• (050.6624) Diffraction and gratings : Subwavelength structures

Dual-prism interferometer for collimation testing

• King Ung Hii and Kuan Hiang Kwek
• received 10/15/2008; accepted 12/19/2008; posted 12/19/2008; Doc. ID 102770
• [full text: PDF (525) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.1680) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Collimation
• (120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
• (120.3940) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrology

Temporal wavefront stability of an ultrafast high-power laser beam

• Juan Bueno, Brian Vohnsen, Luis Roso, and Pablo Artal
• received 09/05/2008; accepted 12/19/2008; posted 01/05/2009; Doc. ID 101030
• [full text: PDF (639) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (010.7350) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Wave-front sensing
• (140.0140) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers and laser optics
• (220.1010) Optical design and fabrication : Aberrations (global)
• (320.7090) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast lasers

(TBO)Following dimethyl sulfoxide skin optical clearing dynamics with quantitative nonlinear multimodal microscopy

• Maxwell Zimmerley, R. McClure, Bernard Choi, and Eric Potma
• received 09/05/2008; accepted 12/19/2008; posted 01/05/2009; Doc. ID 101056
• [full text: PDF (587) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
• (180.4315) Microscopy : Nonlinear microscopy

Theoretical study on removal rate and surface roughness in grinding RB-SiC mirror with fixed abrasive

• Xu Wang and Xuejun Zhang
• received 11/06/2008; accepted 12/18/2008; posted 01/05/2009; Doc. ID 103784
• [full text: PDF (9877) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (220.4000) Optical design and fabrication : Microstructure fabrication
• (220.4610) Optical design and fabrication : Optical fabrication
• (220.5450) Optical design and fabrication : Polishing

[LACSEA] 2.7�m DFB Diode Laser Spectrometer for Sensitive Spatially Resolved H2O Vapour Detection

• K. Wunderle, S. Wagner, I. Pasti, R. Pieruschka, U. Rascher, U. Schurr, and V. Ebert
• received 08/19/2008; accepted 12/17/2008; posted 12/18/2008; Doc. ID 100275
• [full text: PDF (1653) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.6200) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Spectrometers and spectroscopic instrumentation
• (300.6260) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, diode lasers
• (300.6340) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, infrared

Pointing and tracking errors due to localized distortion induced by transmission-type antenna in inter-satellite laser communications

• Yuqiang Yang, Liying Tan, and Jing Ma
• received 09/22/2008; accepted 12/17/2008; posted 12/18/2008; Doc. ID 101836
• [full text: PDF (465) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (010.3310) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Laser beam transmission
• (140.0140) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers and laser optics

Surface characteristics of optical component manufactured with polyurethane lap

• Yaguo Lee and Jian Wang
• received 10/13/2008; accepted 12/17/2008; posted 12/18/2008; Doc. ID 102733
• [full text: PDF (928) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (220.4610) Optical design and fabrication : Optical fabrication
• (220.5450) Optical design and fabrication : Polishing
• (240.6700) Optics at surfaces : Surfaces

Spectrally-resolved White-light Interferometry for 3D Inspection of Thin-film Layer Structure

• Young-Sik Ghim and Seung-Woo Kim
• received 10/23/2008; accepted 12/17/2008; posted 12/18/2008; Doc. ID 103152
• [full text: PDF (311) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.3940) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrology
• (310.6860) Thin films : Thin films, optical properties

Tilted parallel dielectric slab as multi-level attenuator for incident p- or s-polarized light

• R. Azzam
• received 10/30/2008; accepted 12/16/2008; posted 12/18/2008; Doc. ID 103418
• [full text: PDF (452) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.1840) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Densitometers, reflectometers
• (230.0230) Optical devices : Optical devices