December 2002 Issue
- Biomedical Imaging
- Detectors
- Functional Imaging
- Imaging Systems
- Interferometry
- Laser Materials
- Laser Optics
- Localization
- Microscopy
- Microstructured Fibers
- Nonlinear Optics
- Novel Sources
- Optical Communications
- Optical Devices
- Optical Engineering
- Optical Materials
- Optical Wave Fronts
- Phase Optics
- Photonic Structures
- Quantum Dots
- Quantum Optics
- Singular Optics
- Terahertz Technology
- Ultrafast Optics
- Unconventional Imaging
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Feature Articles
Simultaneous Imaging Of in SituTissue Structure, Blood-Flow Velocity, Standard Deviation, Birefringence and Stokes Vectors in Human Skin
by Zhongping Chen, Hongwu Ren, Zhihua Ding, Yonghua Zhao, Jianjun Miao and J. Stuart NelsonElectro-Optic Detection of Continuous-Wave Mid-Infrared Radiation
by Hua Cao and Ajay NahataThree-Dimensional Imaging of Diffusion Volumes in Silicon Circuits by Use of the Two- Photon Optical-Beam- Induced Current Effect
by D.T. Reid, E. Ramsay and K.WilsherThin Annulus Aperture Active Imager.
by Scott W.Teare, Sergio R. Restaino and Don M. PayneYoshihiro Sugawara, Oliver B.Wright and Osamu Matsuda
by Watching Ripples on Crystals With a Sagnac InterferometerSemiconductor Quantum-Well Designer Active Materials.
by J. Hader,A. R. Zakharian, J.V. Moloney,T.R. Nelson, W.J. Siskaninetz, J.E. Ehret, K. Hantke, S.W. Koch and M. HofmannUltrabroadband Quantum Cascade Lasers.
by Claire Gmachl, Deborah L. Sivco,Alex Soibel, Raffaele Colombelli, Federico Capasso and Alfred Y. ChoPhoton Localization in Resonant Media
by A.A. Chabanov and A. Z. GenackUltrafast Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
by Dzmitry Yarotski and Antoinette J.TaylorDelivery of Nanojoule Femtosecond Pulses Through Large-Core Microstructured Fibers
by D. G. Ouzounov, K. D. Moll, M. A. Foster,W. R. Zipfel,W.W.Webb and Alexander L. GaetaHoneycomb Pattern Formation by Laser-Beam Filamentation in Atomic Sodium Vapor.
by Ryan S. Bennink,Vincent Wong,Alberto M. Marino, David L. Aronstein,Robert W.Boyd,C. R. Stroud, Jr., Svetlana Lukishova and Daniel J. GauthierExtraordinary Transmission of Luminescence Through a Metal Electrode
by Dawn K. Gifford and Dennis G. HallPhotonic Lattices Induced By Partially Coherent Light
by Zhigang Chen, Kathryn McCarthy and Hector MartinEnhancement of Spontaneous Emission Rate by Resonant Surface Plasmon Coupling
by Arup Neogi, Chang-Won Lee, Henry O. Everitt, Takamasa Kuroda,Atsushi Tackeuchi and Eli YablonovitchAdiabatic Beam Shaping of Diffuse Light
by Nándor Bokor and Nir DavidsonPhotorefractive Polymers For Real-Time Holography Fabricated by Injection Molding
by Bernard Kippelen, Seth R. Marder and N. PeyghambarianA.A. Ishaaya, G. Machavariani, N. Davidson, E. Hasman and A.A. Friesem
by Efficient Mode Conversion of Laser BeamsFormation of Pancharatnam- Berry Phase Optical Elements With Space-Variant Subwavelength Gratings
by Erez Hasman,Vladimir Kleiner, Gabriel Biener and Avi NivS.W. Koch,T. Stroucken, R. Eichmann, M.Kira and W. Hoyer
by Exciton Effects in Photonic Crystal StructuresAnomalous Carrier-Induced Dispersion in Semiconductor Quantum Dots
by H.C. Schneider,W.W. Chow, P. M. Smowton, E. J. Pearce and S.W. KochSingular Optics With Polychromatic Light.
by G. Gbur,T.D.Visser and E.WolfCoherent and Widely Tunable THz and Millimeter Waves Based on Difference-Frequency Generation in GaSe and ZnGeP2
by Wei Shi and Yujie J. DingCraig W. Siders, George Rodriguez and Antoinette J.Taylor
by Femtosecond Time- Resolved Optical Field Ionization in GasesAxi-Vision camera
by Keigo Iizuka and Masahiro KawakitaDepartments and Columns
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