January 2021

Information Acquisition, Processing, and Display

  • Spotlight Summary by Tomasz Tkaczyk

    • Development of a compact imaging spectrometer form for the solar reflective spectral region
    • A new compact imaging spectrometer is poised to break many barriers in remote sensing applications. Current state-of-the-art imaging spectrometers for Earth observation are often limited to large format, high...
    • Appl. Opt. 59(32) 10007-10017 (2020) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Light–Matter Interactions

  • Spotlight Summary by Abbie Watnik

    • Long-wave infrared multi-wavelength IPDA lidar for standoff detection of chemical warfare agents: theoretical study
    • A theoretical evaluation for detection and quantification of chemical warfare agents using a long-wave tunable lidar system is presented. Analysis on the detection performance is evaluated with respect to atmospheric...
    • Appl. Opt. 59(35) 11167-11179 (2020) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Abbie Watnik

    • Long-wave infrared multi-wavelength optical source for standoff detection of chemical warfare agents
    • A novel lidar emitter is experimentally tested to measure sarin, sulfur mustard and SF using differential absorption spectroscopy in the long-wave infrared. The authors provide a nice discussion on lidar requirements...
    • Appl. Opt. 59(35) 11156-11166 (2020) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Stefan Richter

    • Experimental free-space quantum secure direct communication and its security analysis
    • Quantum communication (QC) offers secure and future-proof tools for performing sensitive communication tasks. Quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) offers to protect the exchange of information between the distant...
    • Photon. Res. 8(9) 1522-1531 (2020) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF   [1]

Optical Design and Instrumentation

  • Spotlight Summary by Abbie Watnik

    • Long-wave infrared multi-wavelength IPDA lidar for standoff detection of chemical warfare agents: theoretical study
    • A theoretical evaluation for detection and quantification of chemical warfare agents using a long-wave tunable lidar system is presented. Analysis on the detection performance is evaluated with respect to atmospheric...
    • Appl. Opt. 59(35) 11167-11179 (2020) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

Optoelectronics

  • Spotlight Summary by Abbie Watnik

    • Long-wave infrared multi-wavelength optical source for standoff detection of chemical warfare agents
    • A novel lidar emitter is experimentally tested to measure sarin, sulfur mustard and SF using differential absorption spectroscopy in the long-wave infrared. The authors provide a nice discussion on lidar requirements...
    • Appl. Opt. 59(35) 11156-11166 (2020) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

  • Spotlight Summary by Brynmor Davis

    • Photonic nanojet generation under converging and diverging beams
    • Photonic nanojets (PNJs) are the optical phenomenon responsible for a freshly watered plant getting burned in the sun. The foliage is damaged when small water droplets refract sunlight to produce very tight, very...
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 38(2) 317-326 (2021) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF   [1]

  • Spotlight Summary by Martin Koch

    • Logic gates for terahertz frequencies fabricated by three-dimensional printing
    • In this article, Castro-Camus and coauthors use three-dimensional printing to demonstrate the first waveguide-based logic gates for the terahertz frequency range. All-optical logic gates may find important applications...
    • J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 37(12) 3660-3664 (2020) View: Abstract | HTML | PDF

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  2. Tandem dual-functioning multiple-quantum-well diodes for a self-powered light source [1]
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