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Angular spread and directionality of Hermite-Gaussian array beams propagating through atmospheric turbulence

Xiaoling Ji and Xiaoqing Li
received 11/17/2008; accepted 06/30/2009; posted 07/01/2009; Doc. ID 104010
[full text: PDF (364) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(010.1300) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric propagation
(010.1330) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric turbulence

(AOE)Solutions to Remove a Boundary Image Sticking in AC Plasma Display Panel

Heung-Sik Tae and Choon-Sang Park
received 03/26/2009; accepted 06/30/2009; posted 07/01/2009; Doc. ID 109062
[full text: PDF (766) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(350.5400) Other areas of optics : Plasmas

Infrared human tracking with improved Mean Shift algorithm based on multi-cue fusion

Xin Wang, Lei Liu, and Zhenmin Tang
received 03/30/2009; accepted 06/29/2009; posted 07/01/2009; Doc. ID 109126
[full text: PDF (882) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(040.1880) Detectors : Detection
(040.3060) Detectors : Infrared
(100.2000) Image processing : Digital image processing
(100.4999) Image processing : Pattern recognition, target tracking

Cost effective bandwidth-reduced Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry using reference Brillouin scattering beam

Daisuke Iida and Fumihiko Ito
received 04/07/2009; accepted 06/29/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 109823
[full text: PDF (2061) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(060.2300) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber measurements
(060.2370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics sensors

Linear optical characterization of transparent thin films by Z-scan technique

G. Boudebs and K. Fedus
received 05/18/2009; accepted 06/29/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 111550
[full text: PDF (348) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(050.1220) Diffraction and gratings : Apertures
(120.5050) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Phase measurement

Characterization of optically imprinted polarization gratings

Sarik Nersisyan, Nelson Tabiryan, Diane Steeves, and Brian Kimball
received 06/19/2009; accepted 06/29/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 112951
[full text: PDF (543) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(050.1940) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction
(050.1950) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction gratings

Ultracompact Backlight-reversed Concentration Optics

Ming-Chin Chien, Yu Lung Tung, and Chung-Hao Tien
received 03/26/2009; accepted 06/26/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 109241
[full text: PDF (2280) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(220.1770) Optical design and fabrication : Concentrators
(220.2740) Optical design and fabrication : Geometric optical design
(220.4298) Optical design and fabrication : Nonimaging optics

design of an All-reflective unobscured optical-power zoom objective

Kristof Seidl, Jens Knobbe, and Heinrich Gr�ger
received 04/01/2009; accepted 06/26/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 109516
[full text: PDF (1752) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(110.0110) Imaging systems : Imaging systems
(220.0220) Optical design and fabrication : Optical design and fabrication
(220.4830) Optical design and fabrication : Systems design

Scanning optical system with a constant speed of rays

Antonin Miks, Jiri Novak, and Pavel Novak
received 04/08/2009; accepted 06/26/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 109888
[full text: PDF (247) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(080.0080) Geometric optics : Geometric optics
(080.2740) Geometric optics : Geometric optical design
(120.4820) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical systems

Microscopic hyperspectral imaging used as bio-optical taxonomic tool for micro- and macroalgae

Zsolt Volent, Geir Johnsen, and Fred Sigernes
received 01/22/2009; accepted 06/26/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 106688
[full text: PDF (1170) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(110.0180) Imaging systems : Microscopy
(110.4234) Imaging systems : Multispectral and hyperspectral imaging

Figuring technology of non-axisymmetrical errors with spiral path

Changjun Jiao, Shengyi Li, and Xuhui Xie
received 02/24/2009; accepted 06/26/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 107761
[full text: PDF (1203) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(220.0220) Optical design and fabrication : Optical design and fabrication
(220.4610) Optical design and fabrication : Optical fabrication
(220.5450) Optical design and fabrication : Polishing

Fast computation algorithm for the Rayleigh-Sommerfeld diffraction formula using a new type of scaled convolution

Victor Nascov and Petre Logofatu
received 04/22/2009; accepted 06/26/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 110458
[full text: PDF (649) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(000.3860) General : Mathematical methods in physics
(070.0070) Fourier optics and signal processing : Fourier optics and signal processing
(260.1960) Physical optics : Diffraction theory
(070.2575) Fourier optics and signal processing : Fractional Fourier transforms

(GWO)Designs of All-optical Read Only Memory

Young Jin Jung, Namkyoo Park, Young Min Jhon, and Seok Lee
received 04/02/2009; accepted 06/25/2009; posted 07/01/2009; Doc. ID 109596
[full text: PDF (1028) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(200.3760) Optics in computing : Logic-based optical processing
(250.5980) Optoelectronics : Semiconductor optical amplifiers

A Sensor Fusion of Phase Measuring Profilometry and Stereo Vision For Three-dimensional Inspection of Electronic Components Assembled On Printed Circuit Boards

Deokhwa Hong, Hyunki Lee, Min Young Kim, Hyungsuck Cho, and Jeon Il Moon
received 03/06/2009; accepted 06/25/2009; posted 06/26/2009; Doc. ID 108384
[full text: PDF (5925) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(150.6910) Machine vision : Three-dimensional sensing
(330.1400) Vision, color, and visual optics : Vision - binocular and stereopsis
(150.3045) Machine vision : Industrial optical metrology

Path Averaged Cn2 Estimation Using a Laser and Corner Cube System

Walter Cole and Michael Marciniak
received 04/02/2009; accepted 06/24/2009; posted 07/01/2009; Doc. ID 109595
[full text: PDF (722) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(010.1300) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric propagation
(010.1330) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric turbulence
(010.3310) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Laser beam transmission

Determination of velocity of self-mobile phytoplankton using a Self-mixing Thin-slice Solid-state Laser

Seiichi Sudo, Takayuki Ohtomo, Yohei Takahashi, Tomohiko Oishi, and Kenju Otsuka
received 04/28/2009; accepted 06/24/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 110479
[full text: PDF (545) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

(280.7250) Remote sensing and sensors : Velocimetry
(280.1415) Remote sensing and sensors : Biological sensing and sensors

Sellmeier Equations and Phase-Matching Characteristics of the Nonlinear Optical Crystal: RbBe2BO3F2

HuaXing Wu, GuiLing Wang, XiaoYang Wang, Xin Zhang, Yong Zhu, and ChuangTian Chen
received 04/27/2009; accepted 06/24/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 110626
[full text: PDF (490) KB)]

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