Analysis of time-resolved superposed atomic hydrogen Balmer lines and molecular diatomic carbon spectra

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 7, pp. B1–B6 (2012)
• Christian G. Parigger, Alexander Woods, and James O. Hornkohl

Multiband sensor using thick holographic gratings for sulfur detection by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 7, pp. B7–B12 (2012)
• Daniel Gagnon, Simon Lessard, Marc Verhaegen, Patrick Mutchmore, Paul Bouchard, François R. Doucet, and Mohamad Sabsabi

Laser-induced plasma chemistry of the explosive RDX with various metallic nanoparticles

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 7, pp. B13–B21 (2012)
• Jennifer L. Gottfried

Quantitative carbon measurement in anthracite using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy with binder

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 7, pp. B22–B29 (2012)
• Tingbi Yuan, Zhe Wang, Lizhi Li, Zongyu Hou, Zheng Li, and Weidou Ni

Toward the optimization of double-pulse LIBS underwater: effects of experimental parameters on the reproducibility and dynamics of laser-induced cavitation bubble

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 7, pp. B30–B41 (2012)
• Gabriele Cristoforetti, Marco Tiberi, Andrea Simonelli, Paolo Marsili, and Francesco Giammanco

Concept, modeling, and performance prediction of a low-cost, large deformable mirror

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 515–524 (2012)
• Rikard Heimsten, Douglas G. MacMynowski, Torben Andersen, and Mette Owner-Petersen

Instrumentation design for bridge scour monitoring using fiber Bragg grating sensors

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 547–557 (2012)
• Wen Xiong, C. S. Cai, and Xuan Kong

Analysis of sensing coil polarization properties’ effect on performance of fiber optical gyroscope

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 621–625 (2012)
• Xiaobin Xu, Xiong Pan, and Jingming Song

Image degradation due to surface scatter in the presence of aberrations

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 535–546 (2012)
• Narak Choi and James E. Harvey

Application of S-transform profilometry in eliminating nonlinearity in fringe pattern

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 577–587 (2012)
• Min Zhong, Wenjing Chen, and Mohua Jiang

Self-consistent way to determine relative distortion of axial symmetric lens systems

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 588–593 (2012)
• Sukmock Lee, Robert Parks, and James H. Burge

Study of a novel and simple method of generating binary mask for microprism fabrication

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 525–530 (2012)
• Arash Sabatyan and Alireza Hemmat

Design of an optofluidic biosensor using the slow-light effect in photonic crystal structures

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 568–576 (2012)
• F. Hosseinibalam, S. Hassanzadeh, A. Ebnali-Heidari, and C. Karnutsch

Simultaneous wavenumber measurement and coherence detection using temporal phase unwrapping

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 558–567 (2012)
• A. Davila, J. M. Huntley, C. Pallikarakis, P. D. Ruiz, and J. M. Coupland

Application of the Hough transform for the automatic determination of soot aggregate morphology

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 610–620 (2012)
• Igor Grishin, Kevin Thomson, Francesca Migliorini, and James J. Sloan

High peak-power single-frequency pulses using multiple stage, large core phosphate fibers and preshaped pulses

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 531–534 (2012)
• Eliot Petersen, Wei Shi, Arturo Chavez-Pirson, and Nasser Peyghambarian

Performance improvement in a directly 879 nm dual-end-π-polarized-pumped CW and pulsed GdVO₄/Nd:GdVO₄ laser

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 600–603 (2012)
• Yufei Ma, Xin Yu, and Xudong Li

Ultrafast laser-induced microstructure/nanostructure replication and optical properties

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 604–609 (2012)
• Paul O. Caffrey, Barada K. Nayak, and Mool C. Gupta

Wavelength dispersion measurement of electro-optic coefficients in the range of 520 to 930 nm in rubidium titanyl phosphate using spectral interferometry

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• Applied Optics Vol. 51, Iss. 5, pp. 594–599 (2012)
• Olivier Gobert, Nikita Fedorov, Gabriel Mennerat, Dominique Lupinski, Delphine Guillaumet, Michel Perdrix, Antoine Bourgeade, and Michel Comte