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B. J. Howell, I. J. Abramovitz, A. Brunsting, J. A. Decker, D. Fisher, D. C. Gilkeson, R. L. Hilliard, S. F. Jacobs, R. Kingslake, P. M. Kuhn, W. H. Lee, D. C. Leiner, E. Loewen, A. Mann, B. R. Masters, S. D. Miles, H. Miranda, G. L. Mitchell, R. D. Rallison, D. C. Rich, M. J. Simpson, W. Stevenson, D. L. Sullivan, D. E. Williamson, and R. F. Wuerker

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7161-7166 (1998)  View: PDF

Photodynamic therapy revisited: introduction to the focus issue

Howard Nathel

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7167-7167 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling of photosensitizer fluorescence emission and photobleaching for photodynamic therapy dosimetry

Thomas J. Farrell, Robert P. Hawkes, Michael S. Patterson, and Brian C. Wilson

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7168-7183 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Cationic photoimmunoconjugates between monoclonal antibodies and hematoporphyrin: selective photodestruction of ovarian cancer cells

Michael R. Hamblin, Michael P. Bamberg, Jaimie L. Miller, and Tayyaba Hasan

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7184-7192 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Dynamic microforce measurement by distortion detection with a coupled-cavity laser displacement sensor stabilized in a mechanical negative-feedback loop

Yoshitada Katagiri and Kiyoshi Itao

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7193-7199 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Convex grating types for concentric imaging spectrometers

Pantazis Mouroulis, Daniel W. Wilson, Paul D. Maker, and Richard E. Muller

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7200-7208 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Theory of spherical holographic gratings recorded by use of a multimode deformable mirror

Michel Duban

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7209-7213 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Illustration of the use of multimode deformable plane mirrors to record high-resolution concave gratings: results for the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph gratings of the Hubble Space Telescope

Michel Duban, Kjetel Dohlen, and Gérard R. Lemaitre

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7214-7217 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Light propagation in a planar dielectric waveguide with a gyrotropic layer

Daniel O. Hogenboom, Steven A. Oliver, and Charles A. DiMarzio

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7218-7222 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Demonstration of long-period-grating efficient couplings with an external medium of a refractive index higher than that of silica

Olivier Duhem, Jean-François Henninot, Marc Warenghem, and Marc Douay

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7223-7228 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Classification of stable configurations of plane mirrors

Yaakov Friedman and Naftali Schweitzer

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7229-7234 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of the modulation transfer function of paper

Geoffrey L. Rogers

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7235-7240 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Distorted wave front produced by a high-resolution projection optical system having rotationally symmetric birefringence

Yasuyuki Unno

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7241-7247 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Deriving the Coltman correction for transforming the bar transfer function to the optical transfer function (or the contrast transfer function to the modulation transfer function)

Robert L. Lucke

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7248-7252 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase-shifting interferometry and maximum-likelihood estimation theory. II. A generalized solution

Eric W. Rogala and Harrison H. Barrett

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7253-7258 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of transient deformations with dual-pulse addition electronic speckle-pattern interferometry

David I. Farrant, Guillermo H. Kaufmann, Jon N. Petzing, John R. Tyrer, Bob F. Oreb, and David Kerr

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7259-7267 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Refracted near-field measurements of refractive index and geometry of silica-on-silicon integrated optical waveguides

Philippe Oberson, Bernard Gisin, Bruno Huttner, and Nicolas Gisin

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7268-7272 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Modeling the optical constants of diamonds from 0.06 to 30 eV

Aleksandra B. Djurišić and E. Herbert Li

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7273-7275 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Photon scanning-tunneling microscopy of unstained mammalian cells and chromosomes

F. Meriaudeau, J. P. Goudonnet, E. Carver, J. E. Parks, K. B. Jacobson, R. J. Warmack, and Thomas L. Ferrell

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7276-7288 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Chemically etched fiber tips for near-field optical microscopy: a process for smoother tips

Patrick Lambelet, Abdeljalil Sayah, Michael Pfeffer, Claude Philipona, and Fabienne Marquis-Weible

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7289-7292 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of reflection-induced retardance on the immunity of bulk optic-material current sensors

Zheng Ping Wang, Wei Min Sun, Zong Jun Huang, Chong Kang, Sun Ling Ruan, Yao Hua Luo, Adrew Williams Palmer, and Keneth Thomas Vector Grattan

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7293-7297 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Time-of-flight optical ranging system based on time-correlated single-photon counting

John S. Massa, Gerald S. Buller, Andrew C. Walker, Sergio Cova, Manikam Umasuthan, and Andrew M. Wallace

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7298-7304 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser scattering from the turned surface occurrence of a stationary pattern

C. Babu Rao and A. V. Ananta Lakshmi

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7305-7309 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Computation of light scattering by axisymmetric nonspherical particles and comparison with experimental results

George N. Constantinides, Drossos Gintides, Spilios E. Kattis, Kiriakie Kiriaki, Christakis A. Paraskeva, Alkiviades C. Payatakes, Demosthenes Polyzos, Stephanos V. Tsinopoulos, and Spyros N. Yannopoulos

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7310-7319 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Photothermal detection of trace optical absorption in water by use of visible-light-emitting diodes

Jane Hodgkinson, Mark Johnson, and John P. Dakin

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7320-7326 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical coating synthesis by simultaneous refractive-index and thickness refinement of inhomogeneous films

Pierre G. Verly

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7327-7333 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Ellipsometry on sputter-deposited tin oxide films: optical constants versus stoichiometry, hydrogen content, and amount of electrochemically intercalated lithium

Jan Isidorsson, Claes G. Granqvist, Klaus von Rottkay, and Michael Rubin

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7334-7341 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Fast algorithm to determine optical properties of a turbid medium from time-resolved measurements

Ruikang K. Wang and Yapa A. Wickramasinghe

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7342-7351 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-photon fluorescence excitation cross sections of biomolecular probes from 690 to 960 nm

Marius A. Albota, Chris Xu, and Watt W. Webb

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7352-7356 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Coherence and polarization of light propagating through scattering media and biological tissues

Gilbert Jarry, Elisa Steimer, Vivien Damaschini, Michael Epifanie, Marc Jurczak, and Robin Kaiser

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7357-7367 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Acoustic field of a medical ultrasound probe operated in continuous-wave mode investigated by TV holography

Rolf Rustad

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7368-7377 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Thermal modeling of Laser Capture Microdissection

Seth R. Goldstein, Philip G. McQueen, and Robert F. Bonner

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7378-7391 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Monte Carlo procedure for investigating light propagation and imaging of highly scattering media

Angelo Sassaroli, Costantino Blumetti, Fabrizio Martelli, Lucia Alianelli, Daniele Contini, Andrea Ismaelli, and Giovanni Zaccanti

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7392-7400 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Accuracy of the diffusion approximation in determining the optical properties of a two-layer turbid medium

George Alexandrakis, Thomas J. Farrell, and Michael S. Patterson

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7401-7409 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Single scattering by red blood cells

Martin Hammer, Dietrich Schweitzer, Bernhard Michel, Eike Thamm, and Achim Kolb

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7410-7418 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of two- and three-dimensional reconstruction methods in optical tomography

Martin Schweiger and Simon R. Arridge

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7419-7428 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber-optic bundle design for quantitative fluorescence measurement from tissue

Brian W. Pogue and Gregory Burke

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7429-7436 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Artifact reduction in photoplethysmography

Matthew J. Hayes and Peter R. Smith

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7437-7446 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Influence of a superficial layer in the quantitative spectroscopic study of strongly scattering media

Maria Angela Franceschini, Sergio Fantini, L. Adelina Paunescu, John S. Maier, and Enrico Gratton

Appl. Opt. 37(31), 7447-7458 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF