Optics in Ireland: introduction to the feature issue

A. Louise Bradley, Martin Leahy, Nabeel A. Riza, and John T. Sheridan

Appl. Opt. 57(22), IRE1-IRE1 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

High power narrow linewidth discrete mode laser diode integrated with a curved semiconductor optical amplifier emitting at 2051  nm

Richard Phelan, Michael Gleeson, Diarmuid Byrne, John O’Carroll, Marta Nawrocka, Kevin Carney, Rob Lennox, Lina Maigyte, Phil Long, Chris Herbert, Jim Somers, and Brian Kelly

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E1-E5 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase randomization for spatiotemporal averaging of unwanted interference effects arising from coherence

Fergal Shevlin

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E6-E10 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Advancing Raman microspectroscopy for cellular and subcellular analysis: towards in vitro high-content spectralomic analysis

Hugh J. Byrne, Franck Bonnier, Alan Casey, Marcus Maher, Jennifer McIntyre, Esen Efeoglu, and Zeineb Farhane

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E11-E19 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser beam imaging via multiple mode operations of the extreme dynamic range CAOS camera

Nabeel A. Riza and Mohsin A. Mazhar

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E20-E31 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Label-free multimodal coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering analysis of microparticles in unconstrained microfluidics

K. O’Dwyer, R. Mouras, A. A. Mani, D. Rice, M. Gleeson, N. Liu, S. A. M. Tofail, and C. Silien

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E32-E36 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Dynamics of two identical mutually delay-coupled semiconductor lasers in photonic integrated circuits

Masoud Seifikar, Andreas Amann, and Frank H. Peters

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E37-E44 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Stabilization of self-mode-locked QDash lasers subject to simultaneous continuous-wave optical injection and optical feedback

Haroon Asghar, Ehsan Sooudi, and John G. McInerney

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E45-E49 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Surface plasmon propagation enhancement via bowtie antenna incorporation in Au–mica block waveguides

Isabel A. Pita, Mahendar Kumbham, Michael Schmidt, Matthew Gleeson, Kevin M. Ryan, Christophe Silien, and Ning Liu

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E50-E56 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonpupil adaptive optics for visual simulation of a customized contact lens

Mark F. Coughlan and Alexander V. Goncharov

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E57-E63 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Key enabling technologies for optical communications at 2000 nm

F. C. Garcia Gunning, N. Kavanagh, E. Russell, R. Sheehan, J. O’Callaghan, and B. Corbett

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E64-E70 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable thermally induced gradient index for extended depth of field

Conor J. Sheil

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E71-E79 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Self-written waveguides in photopolymer

Ra’ed Malallah, Derek Cassidy, Inbarasan Muniraj, James P. Ryle, John J. Healy, and John T. Sheridan

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E80-E88 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Numerical investigation of a feed-forward linewidth reduction scheme using a mode-locked laser model of reduced complexity

Sean O’Duill, M. Omar Sahni, Stéphane Trebaol, Pascal Landais, L. Bramerie, Stuart G. Murdoch, Pascal Besnard, and Liam P. Barry

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E89-E100 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of a prototype active optics system for future space telescopes

Nicholas Devaney, Fiona Kenny, Alexander V. Goncharov, Matthias Goy, and Claudia Reinlein

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E101-E106 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Holographic characterization of diffraction grating modulation in photopolymers

Haoyu Li, Yue Qi, Changliang Guo, Ra’ed Malallah, and John T. Sheridan

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E107-E117 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Multicomponent analysis using a confocal Raman microscope

Zhengyuan Tang, Sinead J. Barton, Tomas E. Ward, John P. Lowry, Michelle M. Doran, Hugh J. Byrne, and Bryan M. Hennelly

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E118-E130 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Serialized holography for brand protection and authentication

Dinesh Vather, Izabela Naydenova, Dervil Cody, Monika Zawadzka, Suzanne Martin, Emilia Mihaylova, Stephen Curran, Paul Duffy, Josune Portillo, Daniel Connell, Stephen McDonnell, and Vincent Toal

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E131-E137 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Estimating axial resolution with diffraction theory

Timothée E. Cognard, Chris Dainty, and Nicholas Devaney

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E138-E141 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Characterization of an amplified piezoelectric actuator for multiple-reference optical coherence tomography

Sean O’Gorman, Kai Neuhaus, Sergey Alexandrov, Josh Hogan, Carol Wilson, Paul McNamara, and Martin Leahy

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E142-E146 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Intensity-dependent nonlinear refraction of antimonene dispersions in the visible and near-infrared region

Gaozhong Wang, Sean Higgins, Kangpeng Wang, Daniel Bennett, Nina Milosavljevic, John James Magan, Saifeng Zhang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Jun Wang, and Werner J. Blau

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E147-E153 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling mutually coupled non-identical semiconductor lasers on photonic integrated circuits

Fabien M. Dubois, Masoud Seifikar, Alison H. Perrott, and Frank H. Peters

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E154-E162 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of a photopolymer holographic lens for collimation of light from a green light-emitting diode

Sanjay Keshri, Kevin Murphy, Vincent Toal, Izabela Naydenova, and Suzanne Martin

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E163-E172 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Self-processing photopolymer materials for versatile design and fabrication of holographic sensors and interactive holograms

Dervil Cody, Sabad-e Gul, Tatsiana Mikulchyk, Muhammad Irfan, Anastasia Kharchenko, Kamila Goldyn, Suzanne Martin, Svetlana Mintova, John Cassidy, and Izabela Naydenova

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E173-E183 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Surface-enhanced Raman scattering for rapid hematopoietic stem cell differentiation analysis

Nebras Alattar, Hasbullah Daud, Rasoul Al-Majmaie, Domonic Zeulla, Mohameed Al-Rubeai, and James H. Rice

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E184-E189 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Hartmann–Shack wavefront sensing without a lenslet array using a digital micromirror device

Brian Vohnsen, Alessandra Carmichael Martins, Salihah Qaysi, and Najnin Sharmin

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E199-E204 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Measuring refractive index of glass by using speckle

Changliang Guo, Dayan Li, Damien P. Kelly, Haoyu Li, James P. Ryle, and John T. Sheridan

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E205-E217 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Thermally stable hybrid cavity laser based on silicon nitride gratings

S. Iadanza, A. P. Bakoz, P. K. J. Singaravelu, D. Panettieri, S. A. Schulz, G. C. R. Devarapu, S. Guerber, C. Baudot, F. Boeuf, S. Hegarty, and L. O’Faolain

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E218-E223 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Feasibility of correlation mapping optical coherence tomography angiographic technique using a 200  kHz vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser source for in vivo microcirculation imaging applications

Cerine Lal, Hrebesh M. Subhash, Sergey Alexandrov, and Martin J. Leahy

Appl. Opt. 57(22), E224-E231 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF

Grey-scale silicon diffractive optics for selective laser ablation of thin conductive films

C. McDonnell, E. Coyne, and G. M. O’Connor

Appl. Opt. 57(24), 6966-6970 (2018)  View: HTML | PDF