20 April 1996, Volume 35, Issue 12, pp. 1917-2146  
26 articles

Improved method of exponential sum fitting of transmissions to describe the absorption of atmospheric gases

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 1931-1941 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Infrared absorption by methane isotopes near 2999 cm−1: an analytical method using the Zeeman split He–Ne laser line at 2999.24 cm−1

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 1942-1949 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Ellipsometry of diffractive insect reflectors

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 1950-1955 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Avalanche photodiodes and quenching circuits for single-photon detection

open access Appl. Opt. 35(12), 1956-1976 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser with a nonlinear mirror: application for improving the output power stability of a cw laser

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 1977-1986 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Photonic textile fibers

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 1991-1994 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Dual-wavelength operation of a self-seeded dye laser oscillator

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 1995-1998 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Pulsed Ti:sapphire laser seeded off the gain peak

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 1999-2004 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Theory and optimization of lens ducts

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2005-2015 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical feedback effects in Nd-doped fiber lasers with broadband spectra

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2016-2022 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser demonstration of diode-laser-pumped neodymium-doped strontium fluorovanadate

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2023-2025 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Regenerative amplification of femtosecond pulses at 745 nm in Ti:sapphire

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2026-2029 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Fluorescence and phase-conjugated signals of organic materials

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2030-2031 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Absolute measurement of the effective nonlinearities of KTP and BBO crystals by optical parametric amplification

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2032-2040 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Accurate expressions for the LP modes in a uniform circular-core curved fiber

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2041-2047 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimum refractive-index profile of the graded-index polymer optical fiber, toward gigabit data links

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2048-2053 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Theory of reflectivity of an asymmetric mirror

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2054-2059 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Improved propagation-mode near-field method for refractive-index profiling of optical waveguides

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2060-2068 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Low-power resonant laser ablation of copper

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2069-2082 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Signal processing and calibration of continuous-wave focused CO2 Doppler lidars for atmospheric backscatter measurement

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2083-2095 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Lidar calibration technique using laboratory-generated aerosols

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2096-2108 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectral attenuation and aerosol particle size distribution

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2114-2124 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurements of hydroxyl concentrations and lifetimes in laminar flames using picosecond time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2125-2139 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF

Investigation of NO detection in flames by the use of polarization spectroscopy

Appl. Opt. 35(12), 2140-2146 (1996)  View: HTML | PDF