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August

Fabrication of a thermally actuated tunable grating and it�s application as the CO2 laser beam profile meter
Mohammadreza Riahi, Hamid Latifi, and Ghazaleh Moghimislam
received 06/03/2008; accepted 08/23/2008; posted 08/25/2008; Doc. ID 96918
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Keywords (OCIS):
(050.1950) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction gratings
(050.5080) Diffraction and gratings : Phase shift

A windowed Fourier filtered and quality guided phase unwrapping algorithm
Kemao Qian, Wenjing Gao, and Haixia Wang
received 06/27/2008; accepted 08/23/2008; posted 08/27/2008; Doc. ID 98037
[full text: PDF (746) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(120.3940) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Metrology
(280.6730) Remote sensing and sensors : Synthetic aperture radar
(100.5088) Image processing : Phase unwrapping

Piezo-locking a diode laser with saturated absorption spectroscopy
J. Debs, N. Robins, A. Lance, M. Kruger, and J. Close
received 03/18/2008; accepted 08/22/2008; posted 08/27/2008; Doc. ID 94016
[full text: PDF (417) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(020.1335) Atomic and molecular physics : Atom optics
(020.1475) Atomic and molecular physics : Bose-Einstein condensates
(020.3320) Atomic and molecular physics : Laser cooling

Mode Purity Comparison of Optical Vortices Generated By A Segmented Deformable Mirror And A Static Multilevel Phase Plate.
Marco Scipioni, Robert Tyson, and Jaime Viegas
received 04/25/2008; accepted 08/22/2008; posted 08/27/2008; Doc. ID 95426
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Keywords (OCIS):
(260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
(050.4865) Diffraction and gratings : Optical vortices

An Ultra-Fast Low Threshold All Optical Switch Implemented by Arrays of Ring Resonators Coupled to a MZI Arm: Based on 2D Photonic Crystals
M. Mansouri-Birjandi, M. Moravvej-Farshi, and A. Rostami
received 05/01/2008; accepted 08/22/2008; posted 08/22/2008; Doc. ID 95483
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Keywords (OCIS):
(230.1150) Optical devices : All-optical devices
(230.4555) Optical devices : Coupled resonators
(230.5298) Optical devices : Photonic crystals

Nanoscale Topography of Dynamic Surfaces with Ultrafast Time Resolution
Anthony Valenzuela, Steven Clarke, and George Rodriguez
received 05/22/2008; accepted 08/22/2008; posted 08/22/2008; Doc. ID 96539
[full text: PDF (973) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(320.7100) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast measurements
(240.6648) Optics at surfaces : Surface dynamics
(110.7348) Imaging systems : Wavefront encoding

Phase retrieval of singular scalar light fields using a two-dimensional directional wavelet transform and a spatial carrier
Alejandro Federico and Guillermo Kaufmann
received 06/09/2008; accepted 08/21/2008; posted 08/27/2008; Doc. ID 97236
[full text: PDF (2016) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(100.5070) Image processing : Phase retrieval
(120.5050) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Phase measurement

Simultaneous measurement of multi-parameters using a Sagnac interferometer with polarization maintaining side-hole fiber
O. Frazao, S. Silva, J. Baptista, J. Santos, G. Statkiewicz-Barabach, W. Urbanczyk, and J. wojcik
received 07/09/2008; accepted 08/20/2008; posted 08/21/2008; Doc. ID 98571
[full text: PDF (264) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(060.2370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics sensors
(060.4005) Fiber optics and optical communications : Microstructured fibers

Reply to comments on �the reported fiber attenuations in the visible regime�
Guiyao Zhou, Zhiyun Hou, Shuguang Li, and Lantian Hou
received 04/28/2008; accepted 08/20/2008; posted 08/20/2008; Doc. ID 95462
[full text: PDF (92) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(060.2280) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber design and fabrication
(220.4000) Optical design and fabrication : Microstructure fabrication

In-vacuum optical isolation changes by heating in a Faraday isolator
F. Acernese, M. Alshourbagy, P. Amico, F. Antonucci, S. Aoudia, P. Astone, S. Avino, L. Baggio, G. Ballardin, F. Barone, L. Barsotti, M. Barsuglia, Th. Bauer, S. Bigotta, S. Birindelli, M. A. Bizouard, C. Boccara, F. Bondu, L. Bosi, S. Braccini, C. Bradaschia, A. Brillet, V. Brisson, D. Buskulic, G. Cagnoli, E. Calloni, E. Campagna, F. Carbognani, F. Cavalier, R. Cavalieri, G. Cella, E. Cesarini, E. Chassande-Mottin, S. Chatterji, F. Cleva, E. Coccia, C. Corda, A. Corsi, F. Cottone, J.-P. Coulon, E. Cuoco, S. D'Antonio, A. Dari, V. Datillo, M. Davier, R. De Rosa, M. Del Prete, L. Di Fiore, A. Di Lieto, M. Di Paolo Emilio, A. Di Virgilio, M. Evans, V. Fafone, I. Ferrante, F. Fidecaro, I. Fiori, R. Flaminio, J.-D. Fournier, S. Frasca, F. Frasconi, L. Gammaitoni, F. Garufi, E. Genin, A. Gennai, A. Giazotto, L. Giordano, V. Granata, C. Greverie, D. Grosjean, G. Guidi, S. Hamdani, S. Hebri, H. Heitmann, P. Hello, D. Huet, P. La Penna, M. Laval, N. Leroy, N. Letendre, B. Lopez, M. Lorenzini, V. Loriette, G. Losurdo, J.-M. Mackowski, E. Majorana, N. Man, M. Mantovani, F. Marchesoni, F. Marion, J. Marque, F. Martelli, A. Masserot, F. Menzinger, L. Milano, Y. Minenkov, C. Moins, J. Moreau, N. Morgado, S. Mosca, B. Mours, I. Neri, F. Nocera, G. Pagliaroli, C. Palomba, F. Paoletti, S. Pardi, A. Pasqualetti, R. Passaquieti, D. Passuello, F. Piergiovanni, L. Pinard, R. Poggiani, M. Punturo, P. Puppo, O. Rabaste, P. Rapagnani, T. Regimbau, A. Remillieux, F. Ricci, I. Ricciardi, A. Rocchi, L. Rolland, R. Romano, P. Ruggi, G. Russo, D. Sentenac, S. Solimeno, B. Swinkels, M. Tarallo, R. Terenzi, A. Toncelli, M. Tonelli, E. Tournefier, F. Travasso, G. Vajente, J. F. J. Van Den Brand, S. Van Der Putten, D. Verkindt, F. Vetrano, A. Vicer�, J.-Y. Vinet, H. Vocca, and M. Yvert
received 02/14/2008; accepted 08/20/2008; posted 08/21/2008; Doc. ID 92581
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Keywords (OCIS):
(140.6810) Lasers and laser optics : Thermal effects
(230.2240) Optical devices : Faraday effect

Confocal reflection readout thresholds in two-photon-induced optical recording
Xiangping Li, James Chon, and Min Gu
received 05/06/2008; accepted 08/19/2008; posted 08/21/2008; Doc. ID 95712
[full text: PDF (709) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(180.1790) Microscopy : Confocal microscopy
(110.3010) Imaging systems : Image reconstruction techniques

[LACSEA] Particle size distribution retrieving from multiwavelength lidar signals for droplet aerosol
Anna Jagodnicka, Tadeusz Stacewicz, Grzegorz Karasinski, Micha? Posyniak, and Szymon Malinowski
received 05/16/2008; accepted 08/19/2008; posted 08/21/2008; Doc. ID 96308
[full text: PDF (427) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(280.0280) Remote sensing and sensors : Remote sensing and sensors
(010.0280) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Remote sensing and sensors

Hole Assisted Lightguide Fibers with Small Negative Dispersion and Low Dispersion Slope
Dora Juan Juan Hu, Ping Shum, Guobin Ren, and Chao Lu
received 06/13/2008; accepted 08/19/2008; posted 08/21/2008; Doc. ID 97393
[full text: PDF (225) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(060.0060) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics and optical communications
(060.5295) Fiber optics and optical communications : Photonic crystal fibers

Liquid Crystal over Silicon device characteristics for holographic projection of High-Definition Television images
A. Georgiou, J. Christmas, J. Moore, A. Jeziorska, A. Davey, N. Collings, and W. Crossland
received 04/22/2008; accepted 08/19/2008; posted 08/19/2008; Doc. ID 95288
[full text: PDF (3597) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(090.2870) Holography : Holographic display
(090.1995) Holography : Digital holography

[LIBS] Multivariate analysis of standoff LIBS spectra for classification of explosive-containing residues
Frank De Lucia, Jennifer Gottfried, Chase Munson, and Andrzej Miziolek
received 03/13/2008; accepted 08/18/2008; posted 08/18/2008; Doc. ID 93762
[full text: PDF (3102) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(020.0020) Atomic and molecular physics : Atomic and molecular physics
(140.3440) Lasers and laser optics : Laser-induced breakdown
(280.0280) Remote sensing and sensors : Remote sensing and sensors
(300.6210) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, atomic
(300.6365) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, laser induced breakdown

Electromagnetically induced Bragg reflection with a stationary coupling field in a buffer Rb vapor cell
In-Ho Bae, Han Seb Moon, Min-Koeung Kim, Lim Lee, and Jung Bog Kim
received 04/14/2008; accepted 08/16/2008; posted 08/18/2008; Doc. ID 94939
[full text: PDF (728) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(020.1670) Atomic and molecular physics : Coherent optical effects
(190.4223) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear wave mixing

Limitations of Self-Phase Modulation Based Tunable Delay System for All-Optical Buffer Design
Ravi Pant, Michael Stenner, and Mark Neifeld
received 02/28/2008; accepted 08/16/2008; posted 08/20/2008; Doc. ID 93215
[full text: PDF (684) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(190.0190) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics
(190.4370) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, fibers

Time resolved studies of photoinduced birefringence in azobenzene dye doped polymer films
ChuanXiang Sheng, Robert Norwood, Jiafu Wang, Jayan Thomas, Yinglan Wu, Zhiping Zheng, N. Tabirian, Diane Steeves, Brian Kimball, and N. Peyghambarian
received 06/26/2008; accepted 08/15/2008; posted 08/21/2008; Doc. ID 97953
[full text: PDF (272) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(210.4810) Optical data storage : Optical storage-recording materials
(260.1440) Physical optics : Birefringence

Lidar Backscatter Signal Recovery from Phototransistor Systematic Effect by Deconvolution
Tamer Refaat, Syed Ismail, M. Nurul Abedin, Scott Spuler, Shane Mayor, and Upendra Singh
received 06/04/2008; accepted 08/15/2008; posted 08/19/2008; Doc. ID 96990
[full text: PDF (775) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(280.3640) Remote sensing and sensors : Lidar
(010.0280) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Remote sensing and sensors

Embedded metal-wire nanograting for a multifunction optical device
Wen Liu, Yun Zeng, Long Chen, Dingli Wang, and Qingming Xiao
received 01/23/2008; accepted 08/15/2008; posted 08/19/2008; Doc. ID 91757
[full text: PDF (206) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(060.1810) Fiber optics and optical communications : Buffers, couplers, routers, switches, and multiplexers
(050.2555) Diffraction and gratings : Form birefringence