20 July 1998, Volume 37, Issue 21, pp. 4523-5036  
70 articles

Adaptive optics: introduction to the feature issue

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4523-4524 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Density of turbulence-induced phase dislocations

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4525-4535 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Potential and vortex features of optical speckle fields and visualization of wave-front singularities

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4536-4540 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Finite temporal measurements of the statistical characteristics of the atmospheric coherence length

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4541-4543 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Modal compensation and the atmospheric-turbulence outer scale: computer simulations

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4544-4548 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Phase-compensation experiment with a 37-element adaptive optics system

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4549-4552 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Horizontal line-of-sight turbulence over near-ground paths and implications for adaptive optics corrections in laser communications

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4553-4560 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Partial correction for turbulent distortions in telescopes

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4561-4568 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectrometer slit-power-coupling calculations for natural and laser guide-star adaptive optics

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4569-4576 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Two-deformable-mirror concept for correcting scintillation effects in laser beam projection through the turbulent atmosphere

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4577-4585 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Real-time modal control implementation for adaptive optics

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4586-4597 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Analysis of algorithms for adaptive control of laser beams in a nonlinear medium

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4598-4604 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Myopic deconvolution of adaptive optics images by use of object and point-spread function power spectra

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4614-4622 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Optimization of a predictive controller for closed-loop adaptive optics

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4623-4633 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Minimum diameter of a laser projector for some perspective-based laser guide-star tilt retrieval schemes

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4645-4648 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Membrane mirror and bias electronics

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4649-4655 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of an adaptive secondary mirror: a global approach

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4656-4662 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Low-order adaptive deformable mirror

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4663-4668 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparison of near-forward light scattering on oceanic turbulence and particles

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4669-4677 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Determination of the atmospheric-water-vapor content in the 940-nm absorption band by use of moderate spectral-resolution measurements of direct solar irradiance

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4678-4689 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Iterative method for the inversion of multiwavelength lidar signals to determine aerosol size distribution

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4690-4700 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Beam spread function with time dispersion

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4701-4711 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Global tropospheric and total ozone monitoring with a double-etalon Fabry–Perot interferometer. I. Instrument concept

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4721-4731 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Global tropospheric and total ozone monitoring with a double-etalon Fabry–Perot interferometer. II. Feasibility analysis

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4732-4743 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Spatial variability of oceanic phycoerythrin spectral types derived from airborne laser-induced fluorescence emissions

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4744-4749 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Physically based parameterizations of the short-wave radiative characteristics of weakly absorbing optically thick media: application to liquid-water clouds

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4750-4757 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Self-aligning lidar for the continuous monitoring of the atmosphere

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4758-4764 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Apparent optical properties of oceanic water: dependence on the molecular scattering contribution

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4765-4776 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Single-crystal laser-heated pedestal-growth sapphire fibers for Er:YAG laser power delivery

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4777-4781 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental verification and theory for an eight-element multiple-aperture equal-gain coherent laser receiver for laser communications

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4782-4788 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Laser-to-fiber optical coupling scheme with a long working distance by use of thermally overexpanded fiber

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4789-4796 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Linearly polarized Er3+-doped fiber laser by use of a fiber loop polarizer and a wavelength-selective fiber loop reflector

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4797-4800 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Nonlinear holographic imaging of phase errors

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4801-4805 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Application of Zeeman modulation Faraday spectroscopy to the measurement of a magnetic field

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4806-4809 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Development of a system for studying the morphology and dynamics of agglomerated flame particulates by use of dynamic light scattering

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4810-4818 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Throughput of tilted interferometers

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4819-4822 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparisons of laser-saturated, laser-induced, and planar laser-induced fluorescence measurements of nitric oxide in a lean direct-injection spray flame

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4823-4833 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Noninvasive magnetometry based on magnetic rotation spectroscopy of oxygen

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4834-4839 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Beam propagation (M2) measurement made as easy as it gets: the four-cuts method

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4840-4850 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Ray analysis of parabolic-index segmented planar waveguides

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4851-4856 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Diode-pumped emission of Tm3+-doped Ca2Al2SiO7 crystals

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4857-4861 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Suppression of amplified spontaneous emission from a four-pass dye laser amplifier

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4867-4870 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Narrow-linewidth master-oscillator power amplifier based on a semiconductor tapered amplifier

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4871-4875 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Tunable picosecond blue and ultraviolet pulses from a diode-pumped laser system seeded by a gain-switched laser diode

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4876-4880 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Technique for continuous tuning of optical fiber lasers

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4897-4901 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Experimental determination of the fundamental-mode diameter in solid-state lasers

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4902-4906 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Pulse amplification of a single-frequency Cr:forsterite laser

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4907-4913 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Spectroscopy and laser characteristics of copper-vapor-laser pumped Pyrromethene-556 and Pyrromethene-567 dye solutions

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4914-4920 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Widely tunable continuous-wave mid-infrared laser source based on difference-frequency generation in AgGaS2

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4925-4928 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Widely tunable continuous-wave Cr3+:LiSrAlF6 ring laser from 800 to 936 nm

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4929-4932 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Refractive-index measurements of undoped yttrium aluminum garnet from 0.4 to 5.0 μm

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4933-4935 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Response of a Fabry–Perot optical cavity to phase modulation sidebands for use in electro-optic control systems: errata

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4936-4936 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

One-dimensional, time-resolved Raman measurements in a sooting flame made with 355-nm excitation

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4937-4943 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Remote-sensing technique for determination of the volume absorption coefficient of turbid water

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4944-4950 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Disturbance of laser-induced-fluorescence measurements of NO in methane–air flames containing chlorinated species by photochemical effects induced by 225-nm-laser excitation

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4951-4962 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurements and modeling of acetone laser-induced fluorescence with implications for temperature-imaging diagnostics

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4963-4978 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Turn-key Raman lidar for profiling atmospheric water vapor, clouds, and aerosols

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4979-4990 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Water-core waveguide for pollution measurements in the deep ultraviolet

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 4991-4997 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Measurement of beam-shape coefficients in the generalized Lorenz–Mie theory for the on-axis case

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 5005-5013 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Optical free-path-length distribution in a fractal aggregate and its effect on enhanced backscattering

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 5014-5018 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF

Anomalous diffraction theory for arbitrarily oriented finite circular cylinders and comparison with exact T-matrix results

Appl. Opt. 37(21), 5019-5030 (1998)  View: HTML | PDF