20 June 1995, Volume 34, Issue 18, pp. 3199-3553  
49 articles

Laser applications to chemical analysis: an introduction by the feature editors

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3202-3202 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Morphological resonances for multicomponent immunoassays

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3203-3207 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Rapid and efficient detection of single chromophore molecules in aqueous solution

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3208-3217 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-molecule detection: applications to ultrasensitive biochemical analysis

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3218-3222 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Fiber-optic laser-induced fluorescence probe for the detection of environmental pollutants

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3223-3233 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Microvolume index of refraction determinations by interferometric backscatter

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3234-3239 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Ultrasensitive dual-beam absorption and gain spectroscopy: applications for near-infrared and visible diode laser sensors

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3240-3249 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Trace detection of krypton using laser-induced fluorescence

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3250-3256 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Pulsed-laser excitation of acoustic modes in open high-Q photoacoustic resonators for trace gas monitoring: results for C2H4

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3257-3266 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Interferometric atmospheric refractive-index environmental monitor

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3267-3273 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Degenerate four-wave-mixing line shapes of hydroxyl at high pump intensities

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3274-3280 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Resonant degenerate four-wave mixing in I2: effect of buffer gas pressure

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3281-3289 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser-induced thermal acoustics (LITA) signals from finite beams

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3290-3302 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of coherent anti-Stokes Raman-scattering thermometry with thermocouple measurements and model predictions in both natural-gas and coal-dust flames

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3303-3312 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Tomographic analysis of CO absorption in a low-pressure flame

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3318-3324 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Spatially and temporally resolved electron number density measurements in a decaying laser-induced plasma using hydrogen-alpha line profiles

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3325-3330 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Temperature measurements from first-negative N2+ spectra produced by laser-induced multiphoton ionization and optical breakdown of nitrogen

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3331-3335 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Astigmatic mirror multipass absorption cells for long-path-length spectroscopy

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3336-3348 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of a high-power Nd:YAG Q-switched laser cavity

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3349-3351 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Theoretical and experimental studies of pump-induced probe deflection in a thermal medium

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3358-3366 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Reduction of the bulk absorption coefficient in silicon optics for high-energy lasers through defect engineering

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3367-3373 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of the optical damage threshold in fused quartz

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3374-3376 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Sol-gel silica laser tunable in the blue

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3380-3383 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Angular distribution of the forward light scattering from a quartz fiber

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3384-3391 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Second-harmonic generation in optically trapped nonlinear particles with pulsed lasers

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3392-3397 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Grating-enhanced second-harmonic generation in polymer waveguides: role of losses

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3398-3405 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Parametric study of an excimer-pumped, nitrogen Raman shifter for lidar applications

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3406-3412 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Mirrorless optical bistability in a semiconductor-doped-glass plate as a result of oblique incidence

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3413-3420 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Antireflection coating with fluoropolymer for a novel organic nonlinear optical crystal: 8-(4′-acetylphenyl)-1,4-dioxa-8-azaspiro[4.5]decane (ADPA)

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3421-3424 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Three-dimensional imaging of objects embedded in turbid media with fluorescence and Raman spectroscopy

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3425-3430 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Simple configuration to generate short bursts of picosecond optical pulses

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3431-3435 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Photoinduced absorption change in germanosilicate preforms: evidence for the color-center model of photosensitivity

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3436-3440 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Characteristics of hybrid modes in proton-exchanged lithium niobate waveguides

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3441-3448 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Parameterization of cloud lidar backscattering profiles by means of asymmetrical Gaussians

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3449-3456 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-dimensional Kerr–Fourier imaging of translucent phantoms in thick turbid media

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3463-3467 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Oceanic radiance model development and validation: application of airborne active–passive ocean color spectral measurements

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3468-3476 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Empirical equation for the index of refraction of seawater

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3477-3480 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation of seeing by means of an atmospheric mesoscale numerical simulation

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3481-3488 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Sizing of colloidal particles with light scattering: corrections for beginning multiple scattering

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3489-3501 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Enhanced backscattering from a free-standing dielectric film

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3529-3534 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF

Mode-selective dynamic light scattering: theory versus experimental realization

Appl. Opt. 34(18), 3546-3553 (1995)  View: HTML | PDF