10 November 2004, Volume 43, Issue 32, pp. 5923-6050  
19 articles

Compound parabolic tapered fiber for fiber coupling with a highly divergent source

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5923-5925 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Effects of misalignment errors on the optical transfer functions of synthetic aperture telescopes

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5926-5932 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

In-line optical fiber sensors based on cladded multimode tapered fibers

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5933-5938 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Technique of microball lens formation for efficient optical coupling

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5939-5946 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Design of two-dimensional polarization-selective diffractive optical elements with form-birefringent microstructures

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5947-5954 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Structural characterization and lifetime stability of Mo/Y extreme-ultraviolet multilayer mirrors

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5955-5962 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Monitoring particle adsorption by use of laser reflectometry near the critical angle

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5963-5970 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Segmentation algorithm for diesel spray image analysis

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5971-5980 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Use of a Spectralon panel to measure the downwelling irradiance signal: case studies and recommendations

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5981-5986 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Airborne digital holographic system for cloud particle measurements

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5987-5995 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Chirped switchable reflection grating in holographic polymer-dispersed liquid crystal for spectral flattening in free-space optical communication systems

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 5996-6000 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Bottle beam from a bare laser for single-beam trapping

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 6001-6006 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Influence of reducing-oxidizing conditions on the optical properties of Co2+-doped magnesium aluminosilicate glass ceramics and their use as an effective saturable absorber Q switch

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 6011-6015 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Solid hydrogen Raman shifter for the mid-infrared range (4.4–8 μm)

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 6023-6029 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Thermally induced birefringence in Faraday devices made from terbium gallium garnet-polycrystalline ceramics

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 6030-6039 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Pulsed quantum-cascade laser-based sensor for trace-gas detection of carbonyl sulfide

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 6040-6046 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF

Nontrivial polarization shaping of femtosecond pulses by reference to the results of dual-channel spectral interferometry

Appl. Opt. 43(32), 6047-6050 (2004)  View: HTML | PDF