Cover-layer-protected Solid Immersion Lens-based Near-field Recording with an Annular Aperture

• Yong-Joong Yoon, Wan-Chin Kim, Kyoung-Su Park, No-Cheol Park, and Young-Pil Park
• received 02/23/2009; accepted 06/25/2009; posted 07/01/2009; Doc. ID 107901
• [full text: PDF (506) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (180.4243) Microscopy : Near-field microscopy
• (210.4245) Optical data storage : Near-field optical recording

Fourier-wavelet regularization of phase retrieval in x-ray in-line phase tomography

• Max Langer, Peter Cloetens, and Fran�oise Peyrin
• received 01/13/2009; accepted 06/24/2009; posted 07/01/2009; Doc. ID 106346
• [full text: PDF (737) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (100.5070) Image processing : Phase retrieval
• (110.7440) Imaging systems : X-ray imaging
• (180.0180) Microscopy : Microscopy
• (110.7410) Imaging systems : Wavelets

Three-Dimensional speckle size in generalised optical systems with limiting apertures

• Jennifer Ward, Damin Kelly, and John Sheridan
• received 03/30/2009; accepted 06/22/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 109400
• [full text: PDF (450) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (030.6140) Coherence and statistical optics : Speckle
• (070.2580) Fourier optics and signal processing : Paraxial wave optics
• (110.6150) Imaging systems : Speckle imaging

Improved equivalent source theory

• Yusuf Umul
• received 05/13/2009; accepted 06/21/2009; posted 06/24/2009; Doc. ID 111370
• [full text: PDF (301) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (050.1220) Diffraction and gratings : Apertures
• (050.1960) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction theory
• (260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
• (260.1960) Physical optics : Diffraction theory
• (290.5825) Scattering : Scattering theory

Interaction of Gaussian Beam with Near-Spherical Particle: an Analytic-Numerical Approach for Assessing Scattering and Stresses

• Lars Boyde, Kevin Chalut, and Jochen Guck
• received 05/01/2009; accepted 06/21/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 110878
• [full text: PDF (653) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (140.7010) Lasers and laser optics : Laser trapping
• (290.4020) Scattering : Mie theory
• (290.5850) Scattering : Scattering, particles
• (350.4855) Other areas of optics : Optical tweezers or optical manipulation

Macular pigment density assessed by directional fundus reflectance

• Jean-Marie Gorrand, Michel Doly, and Franck Bacin
• received 12/05/2008; accepted 06/16/2009; posted 06/30/2009; Doc. ID 104910
• [full text: PDF (815) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (330.7326) Vision, color, and visual optics : Visual optics, modeling
• (330.7331) Vision, color, and visual optics : Visual optics, receptor optics

Bilinear Wavefront Transformation

• Keith Dillon
• received 01/08/2009; accepted 06/16/2009; posted 06/26/2009; Doc. ID 105930
• [full text: PDF (266) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (000.3870) General : Mathematics
• (010.1080) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Active or adaptive optics
• (010.1290) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric optics
• (010.7350) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Wave-front sensing
• (220.1010) Optical design and fabrication : Aberrations (global)
• (330.4460) Vision, color, and visual optics : Ophthalmic optics and devices

Optimized circularly symmetric phase mask to extend the depth of focus

• Feng ZHOU, Ran YE, Guangwei LI, Haitao ZHANG, and Dongsheng WANG
• received 01/09/2009; accepted 06/16/2009; posted 06/23/2009; Doc. ID 106152
• [full text: PDF (642) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (070.0070) Fourier optics and signal processing : Fourier optics and signal processing
• (100.5090) Image processing : Phase-only filters
• (110.0110) Imaging systems : Imaging systems

Spiral phase filtering and orientation-selective edge detection/enhancement

• Guohai Situ, Giancarlo Pedrini, and Wolfgang Osten
• received 01/30/2009; accepted 06/16/2009; posted 06/23/2009; Doc. ID 106948
• [full text: PDF (5982) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (070.6110) Fourier optics and signal processing : Spatial filtering
• (100.2980) Image processing : Image enhancement
• (050.4865) Diffraction and gratings : Optical vortices
• (070.6120) Fourier optics and signal processing : Spatial light modulators

Sub-wavelength focusing by a micro-/nanofiber array

• Xiao Wang, Jian Fu, Xu Liu, and Li-Min Tong
• received 04/28/2009; accepted 06/15/2009; posted 06/18/2009; Doc. ID 110675
• [full text: PDF (724) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (350.3950) Other areas of optics : Micro-optics
• (050.6624) Diffraction and gratings : Subwavelength structures

Operational and Convolution Properties of 2D Fourier Transforms in Polar Coordinates

• Natalie Baddour
• received 02/24/2009; accepted 06/11/2009; posted 06/12/2009; Doc. ID 108008
• [full text: PDF (374) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (070.4790) Fourier optics and signal processing : Spectrum analysis
• (070.6020) Fourier optics and signal processing : Continuous optical signal processing
• (100.6950) Image processing : Tomographic image processing
• (350.6980) Other areas of optics : Transforms

{OC} All-Optical Linear Reconfigurable Logic with Non-linear Phase Erasure

• Moshe Nazarathy, Zeev Zalevsky, Arkady Rudnitsky, Bar Larom, Amir Nevet, Meir Orenstein, and Baruch Fischer
• received 12/02/2008; accepted 05/31/2009; posted 06/29/2009; Doc. ID 104694
• [full text: PDF (1596) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (130.3750) Integrated optics : Optical logic devices
• (190.4390) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, integrated optics
• (200.3760) Optics in computing : Logic-based optical processing

Internal and External Electromagnetic Fields for On-axis Gaussian Beam Scattering from a Uniaxial Anisotropic Sphere

• Zhen-sen Wu, Qiong-kun Yuan, Yong Peng, and Zheng-jun Li
• received 02/24/2009; accepted 05/29/2009; posted 06/19/2009; Doc. ID 107916
• [full text: PDF (2175) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (290.5838) Scattering : Scattering, in-field
• (290.5845) Scattering : Scattering, out-of-field

Fraunhofer diffraction by arbitrary-shaped obstacles

• Aleksey Malinka and Eleonora Zege
• received 04/09/2009; accepted 05/28/2009; posted 06/09/2009; Doc. ID 109832
• [full text: PDF (280) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (050.1960) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction theory
• (290.2558) Scattering : Forward scattering

Towards in vivo imaging of intramolecular fluorescence resonance energy transfer parameters

• Vaibhav Gaind, Kevin Webb, Sumith Kularatne, and Charles Bouman
• received 12/02/2008; accepted 05/13/2009; posted 05/18/2009; Doc. ID 104722
• [full text: PDF (551) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (100.3190) Image processing : Inverse problems
• (170.3660) Medical optics and biotechnology : Light propagation in tissues
• (170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
• (170.6960) Medical optics and biotechnology : Tomography

[OC] Extended active tunable optical lattice filters enabled by four-dimensional couplers: Systems Modelling

• Amr El Nagdi, Louis Hunt, Duncan MacFarlane, and Viswanath Ramakrishna
• received 01/08/2009; accepted 03/30/2009; posted 04/20/2009; Doc. ID 105802
• [full text: PDF (1273) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):

• (070.6020) Fourier optics and signal processing : Continuous optical signal processing
• (130.3120) Integrated optics : Integrated optics devices
• (070.2025) Fourier optics and signal processing : Discrete optical signal processing
• (070.5753) Fourier optics and signal processing : Resonators
• (070.7145) Fourier optics and signal processing : Ultrafast processing