Design of error-compensating algorithms for sinusoidal phase shifting interferometry

• Peter de Groot
• received 08/12/2009; accepted 11/05/2009; posted 11/10/2009; Doc. ID 115548
• [full text: PDF (408) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.3180) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Interferometry
• (120.5050) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Phase measurement

The optical properties of boron carbide near boron K-edge evaluated by soft x-ray reflectometry from Ru/B4C multilayer

• Dmitiry Ksenzov, Tobias Panzner, Christoph Schlemper, Christian Morawe, and Ullrich Pietsch
• received 09/03/2009; accepted 11/05/2009; posted 11/10/2009; Doc. ID 116612
• [full text: PDF (1081) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.4530) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical constants
• (310.6860) Thin films : Thin films, optical properties
• (340.7470) X-ray optics : X-ray mirrors

Optical Coherence Tomography for quantitative surface topography

• Sergio Ortiz, Damian Siedlecki, Laura Remon, and Susana Marcos
• received 10/22/2009; accepted 11/05/2009; posted 11/13/2009; Doc. ID 118609
• [full text: PDF (1762) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (110.4500) Imaging systems : Optical coherence tomography
• (110.6880) Imaging systems : Three-dimensional image acquisition
• (120.4640) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical instruments
• (120.6650) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Surface measurements, figure
• (330.4300) Vision, color, and visual optics : Vision system - noninvasive assessment
• (330.7327) Vision, color, and visual optics : Visual optics, ophthalmic instrumentation

An Efficient Approach to Design Schmidt-Cassegrain Objective for Remote Sensing Satellite

• Tamer Tawfik
• received 10/07/2009; accepted 11/05/2009; posted 11/16/2009; Doc. ID 118255
• [full text: PDF (549) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (220.3620) Optical design and fabrication : Lens system design
• (080.1005) Geometric optics : Aberration expansions

Spectrally resolved cavity ring down measurement of high reflectivity mirrors using a super continuum laser source

• Gabriele Schmidl, Wolfgang Paa, Wolfgang Triebel, Stefan Schippel, and Hartmut Heyer
• received 07/28/2009; accepted 11/03/2009; posted 11/11/2009; Doc. ID 114859
• [full text: PDF (368) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (120.4820) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical systems
• (140.4780) Lasers and laser optics : Optical resonators

A model reduction using wavelet multiresolution technique applied to fluorescence Diffuse Optical Tomography

• Anne Frassati, Jean-Marc Dinten, Didier Georges, and Anabela Da Silva
• received 06/04/2009; accepted 11/03/2009; posted 11/04/2009; Doc. ID 112399
• [full text: PDF (788) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (000.4430) General : Numerical approximation and analysis
• (100.7410) Image processing : Wavelets
• (170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging

Design and analysis of surface plasmon polariton modulator using electro-optic effect

• Ashwani Kumar, S. Yu, and X. Li
• received 08/24/2009; accepted 11/02/2009; posted 11/04/2009; Doc. ID 116019
• [full text: PDF (538) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
• (240.6680) Optics at surfaces : Surface plasmons
• (260.3910) Physical optics : Metal optics

Layered Ag nanoparticles embedded in a BaF2 matrix: optical characterization

• M. Protopapa, A. Rizzo, M. Re, and L. Pilloni
• received 08/04/2009; accepted 11/02/2009; posted 11/03/2009; Doc. ID 114657
• [full text: PDF (1347) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (310.6860) Thin films : Thin films, optical properties
• (160.4236) Materials : Nanomaterials

Least-squares Calibration Method for Fringe Projection Profilometry Considering Camera Lens Distortion

• Lei Huang, Patrick Chua, and A. Asundi
• received 09/22/2009; accepted 11/01/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 117564
• [full text: PDF (3693) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (150.6910) Machine vision : Three-dimensional sensing
• (150.1488) Machine vision : Calibration

Angular shape of the volume scattering function in the backward direction.

• James Sullivan and Michael Twardowski
• received 08/05/2009; accepted 11/01/2009; posted 11/09/2009; Doc. ID 115338
• [full text: PDF (1175) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (000.2170) General : Equipment and techniques
• (010.4450) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Oceanic optics
• (120.5820) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Scattering measurements
• (290.1350) Scattering : Backscattering
• (350.4990) Other areas of optics : Particles

TANSO on the GOSAT Satellite for Greenhouse Gases Monitoring

• Akihiko Kuze, Hiroshi Suto, Masakatsu Nakajima, and Takashi Hamazaki
• received 03/02/2009; accepted 10/31/2009; posted 11/03/2009; Doc. ID 105985
• [full text: PDF (1562) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (010.1280) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric composition
• (120.0280) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Remote sensing and sensors
• (300.6300) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, Fourier transforms

Linear polarization difference imaging and its potential applications

• Nan Zeng, Xiaoyu Jiang, Qiang Gao, Yonghong He, and Hui Ma
• received 04/14/2009; accepted 10/30/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 110061
• [full text: PDF (1432) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (170.1610) Medical optics and biotechnology : Clinical applications
• (170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
• (260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization

Flat-top steep-edge photodetector with cascaded grating structure

• Xu Zhang, Yongqing Huang, Xiaomin Ren, Hui Huang, and Qi Wang
• received 07/06/2009; accepted 10/30/2009; posted 11/04/2009; Doc. ID 113612
• [full text: PDF (503) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (050.2770) Diffraction and gratings : Gratings
• (230.4170) Optical devices : Multilayers
• (230.5160) Optical devices : Photodetectors

Infrared differential-absorption Mueller matrix spectroscopy and neural network based data fusion for bioaerosol standoff detection

• Arthur Carrieri, Jack Copper, David Owens, Erik Roese, Jerold Bottiger, Robert Everly, and Kevin Hung
• received 06/29/2009; accepted 10/28/2009; posted 11/09/2009; Doc. ID 113358
• [full text: PDF (1232) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (070.5010) Fourier optics and signal processing : Pattern recognition
• (120.5050) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Phase measurement

Simultaneous laser-induced fluorescence and Raman imaging inside a hydrogen engine

• Sascha Engel, Peter Koch, Andreas Braeuer, and Alfred Leipertz
• received 09/11/2009; accepted 10/28/2009; posted 11/03/2009; Doc. ID 117015
• [full text: PDF (593) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (260.2510) Physical optics : Fluorescence
• (280.1740) Remote sensing and sensors : Combustion diagnostics
• (280.2490) Remote sensing and sensors : Flow diagnostics
• (290.5860) Scattering : Scattering, Raman
• (300.6440) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, optogalvanic
• (110.0115) Imaging systems : Imaging through turbulent media

Arbitrary shaped microlens array laser sintered on glass sheets

• Vitor Schneider and Changyi Lai
• received 07/23/2009; accepted 10/27/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 114682
• [full text: PDF (1288) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.3390) Lasers and laser optics : Laser materials processing
• (230.3990) Optical devices : Micro-optical devices

Freeform surface lens for LED uniform illumination

• Zheng Zhenrong, Hao Xiang, and Liu Xu
• received 08/20/2009; accepted 10/27/2009; posted 11/02/2009; Doc. ID 115864
• [full text: PDF (1636) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (220.4610) Optical design and fabrication : Optical fabrication
• (220.2945) Optical design and fabrication : Illumination design

Mode stability of external cavity diode lasers

• Robert Scholten, Sebastian Saliba, Mark Junker, and Lincoln Turner
• received 09/11/2009; accepted 10/27/2009; posted 10/28/2009; Doc. ID 117011
• [full text: PDF (624) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.2020) Lasers and laser optics : Diode lasers
• (140.3410) Lasers and laser optics : Laser resonators
• (140.3570) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, single-mode
• (140.3600) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, tunable
• (140.3425) Lasers and laser optics : Laser stabilization

Polarization induced instabilities in external four-mirror Fabry-Perot cavities

• F. Zomer, Y. Fedala, N. Pavloff, V. Soskov, and A. Variola
• received 05/22/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 10/27/2009; Doc. ID 111575
• [full text: PDF (698) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
• (260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization

Simple and Accurate Expressions for Diffuse Reflectance of Semi-Infinite and Two-Layer Absorbing and Scattering Media

• Dmitry Yudovsky and Laurent Pilon
• received 08/04/2009; accepted 10/26/2009; posted 10/27/2009; Doc. ID 115203
• [full text: PDF (1003) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (170.1470) Medical optics and biotechnology : Blood or tissue constituent monitoring
• (170.6510) Medical optics and biotechnology : Spectroscopy, tissue diagnostics
• (280.1350) Remote sensing and sensors : Backscattering