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August

Effects of the peripheral layers on the optical properties of spherical fish lenses
Yakir Gagnon, Bo S�derberg, and Ronald Kr�ger
received 01/28/2008; accepted 08/08/2008; posted 08/12/2008; Doc. ID 92100
[full text: PDF (126) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(000.1430) General : Biology and medicine
(110.2760) Imaging systems : Gradient-index lenses
(170.1420) Medical optics and biotechnology : Biology
(080.6755) Geometric optics : Systems with special symmetry
(330.7326) Vision, color, and visual optics : Visual optics, modeling

Split Atmospheric Tomography using Laser and Natural Guide Stars
Luc Gilles and Brent Ellerbroek
received 05/22/2008; accepted 08/06/2008; posted 08/12/2008; Doc. ID 96540
[full text: PDF (270) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(010.1080) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Active or adaptive optics
(010.1330) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric turbulence

Determination of height distribution on a rough interface by measuring the coherently transmitted or reflected light intensity
Masoomeh Dashtdar and M. Tavassoly
received 07/09/2008; accepted 08/05/2008; posted 08/15/2008; Doc. ID 98599
[full text: PDF (354) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(120.1680) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Collimation
(120.6660) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Surface measurements, roughness
(120.7000) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Transmission
(260.1960) Physical optics : Diffraction theory
(290.5880) Scattering : Scattering, rough surfaces
(300.6170) Spectroscopy : Spectra

INTERFERENCE IN PHASE - SPACE
Roman Castaneda, Rafael Betancur, and John Restrepo
received 05/20/2008; accepted 08/01/2008; posted 08/11/2008; Doc. ID 96332
[full text: PDF (546) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(030.1640) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherence
(030.1670) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherent optical effects
(050.1970) Diffraction and gratings : Diffractive optics

July

Renormalization Group interpretation of the Born and Rytov approximations
Eleftherios Kirkinis
received 06/23/2008; accepted 07/31/2008; posted 08/12/2008; Doc. ID 97756
[full text: PDF (399) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(000.3860) General : Mathematical methods in physics
(350.7420) Other areas of optics : Waves
(290.5825) Scattering : Scattering theory

Scattering by a Dense Finite Layer of Infinite Cylinders at Oblique Incidence
Siu-Chun Lee
received 05/07/2008; accepted 07/31/2008; posted 08/05/2008; Doc. ID 95830
[full text: PDF (604) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(290.1350) Scattering : Backscattering
(290.2200) Scattering : Extinction
(290.4020) Scattering : Mie theory
(290.4210) Scattering : Multiple scattering
(290.5850) Scattering : Scattering, particles

Generalized signal-to-noise ratio for spectral sensors with correlated bands
Zhipeng Wang, J Tyo, and Majeed Hayat
received 04/18/2008; accepted 07/29/2008; posted 08/07/2008; Doc. ID 95174
[full text: PDF (325) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(110.2960) Imaging systems : Image analysis
(280.0280) Remote sensing and sensors : Remote sensing and sensors

THE INTERFACE BETWEEN TRANSPARENT ISOTROPIC AND UNIAXIAL ABSORBING DIELECTRIC MEDIA: EQUATIONS FOR RAY TRACING AND FOR THE DIRECTION OF PROPAGATION
Coro Alberdi, Santiago Alfonso, Jose Manuel Di�eiro, Bego�a Hernandez, and Carlos Saenz
received 02/11/2008; accepted 07/28/2008; posted 08/08/2008; Doc. ID 92667
[full text: PDF (1799) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(260.0260) Physical optics : Physical optics
(260.2110) Physical optics : Electromagnetic optics
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization

Propagation of a random electromagnetic beam through a misaligned optical system in turbulent atmosphere
Yingbin Zhu and Daomu Zhao
received 06/09/2008; accepted 07/28/2008; posted 08/01/2008; Doc. ID 97169
[full text: PDF (399) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(010.1300) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Atmospheric propagation
(030.1640) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherence
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization

The wavefront and caustics of a plane wave refracted by an arbitrary surface
David Shealy and John Hoffnagle
received 04/28/2008; accepted 07/27/2008; posted 07/28/2008; Doc. ID 95548
[full text: PDF (774) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(080.0080) Geometric optics : Geometric optics
(080.2720) Geometric optics : Mathematical methods (general)
(080.2740) Geometric optics : Geometric optical design

Coherence and polarization of electromagnetic beams modulated by random phase screens and their changes through complex ABCD optical systems
Steen Hanson, Wei Wang, Michael Jakobsen, and Mitsuo Takeda
received 02/08/2008; accepted 07/21/2008; posted 07/22/2008; Doc. ID 92541
[full text: PDF (545) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(030.1640) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherence
(030.1670) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherent optical effects
(030.6140) Coherence and statistical optics : Speckle
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization
(290.5855) Scattering : Scattering, polarization

Coherence effects in digital in-line holographic microscopy
Unnikrishnan Gopinathan, Giancarlo Pedrini, and Wolfgang Osten
received 06/12/2008; accepted 07/21/2008; posted 08/12/2008; Doc. ID 97336
[full text: PDF (388) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(030.1640) Coherence and statistical optics : Coherence
(180.0180) Microscopy : Microscopy
(070.1675) Fourier optics and signal processing : Coherent states (in wave optics)
(090.1995) Holography : Digital holography

Self-imaging of gratings with rough strips
Francisco Jose Torcal-Milla, Luis Miguel Sanchez-Brea, and Eusebio Bernabeu
received 05/14/2008; accepted 07/20/2008; posted 07/25/2008; Doc. ID 96107
[full text: PDF (464) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(030.5770) Coherence and statistical optics : Roughness
(050.0050) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction and gratings
(050.2770) Diffraction and gratings : Gratings
(290.5880) Scattering : Scattering, rough surfaces

A modal method for classical diffraction by slanted lamellar gratings
Sam Campbell, Lindsay Botten, Ross McPhedran, and C. de Sterke
received 07/03/2008; accepted 07/20/2008; posted 07/30/2008; Doc. ID 98141
[full text: PDF (2175) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(050.0050) Diffraction and gratings : Diffraction and gratings
(050.1755) Diffraction and gratings : Computational electromagnetic methods
(050.6624) Diffraction and gratings : Subwavelength structures

Parametric fuzzy sets for automatic color naming
Robert Benavente, Maria Vanrell, and Ramon Baldrich
received 01/30/2008; accepted 07/18/2008; posted 08/01/2008; Doc. ID 92139
[full text: PDF (3637) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(100.0100) Image processing : Image processing
(100.2960) Image processing : Image analysis
(100.5010) Image processing : Pattern recognition
(110.0110) Imaging systems : Imaging systems
(110.1758) Imaging systems : Computational imaging

Non-linear techniques for reflectance spectra estimation
Ville Heikkinen, Tuija Jetsu, Jussi Parkkinen, Markku Hauta-Kasari, Timo J��skel�inen, and Reiner Lenz
received 02/12/2008; accepted 07/18/2008; posted 08/11/2008; Doc. ID 92708
[full text: PDF (362) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(100.3010) Image processing : Image reconstruction techniques
(100.3190) Image processing : Inverse problems
(330.1710) Vision, color, and visual optics : Color, measurement

Quantitative Photoacoustic Tomography from Boundary Pressure Measurements: Non-iterative Recovery of Optical Absorption Coefficient from the Reconstructed Absorbed Energy Map
Biswanath Banerjee, Srijeeta Bagchi, R. Vasu, and Debasish Roy
received 01/14/2008; accepted 07/16/2008; posted 07/23/2008; Doc. ID 91702
[full text: PDF (957) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(100.3190) Image processing : Inverse problems
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(170.4580) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical diagnostics for medicine
(170.5120) Medical optics and biotechnology : Photoacoustic imaging
(170.6960) Medical optics and biotechnology : Tomography

Reply to Comment on �Minimization of geometric-beam broadening in a grating-based time-domain delay line for optical coherence tomography application�
Zhen Jiang, Quing Zhu, and Daqing Piao
received 06/27/2008; accepted 07/15/2008; posted 07/21/2008; Doc. ID 98004
[full text: PDF (110) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(050.1970) Diffraction and gratings : Diffractive optics
(080.2740) Geometric optics : Geometric optical design
(170.3880) Medical optics and biotechnology : Medical and biological imaging
(170.4500) Medical optics and biotechnology : Optical coherence tomography

Differential Hartmann-Shack curvature sensor: Local principal curvature measurements
Weiyao Zou, Kevin Thompson, and Jannick Rolland
received 01/14/2008; accepted 07/15/2008; posted 07/22/2008; Doc. ID 91598
[full text: PDF (615) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(080.0080) Geometric optics : Geometric optics
(120.6650) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Surface measurements, figure
(220.4840) Optical design and fabrication : Testing

Introducing secure modes of operation for optical encryption
Thomas Naughton, Bryan Hennelly, and Thomas Dowling
received 02/27/2008; accepted 07/15/2008; posted 07/31/2008; Doc. ID 93219
[full text: PDF (266) KB)]

Keywords (OCIS):
(070.2580) Fourier optics and signal processing : Paraxial wave optics
(070.4560) Fourier optics and signal processing : Data processing by optical means
(060.4785) Fiber optics and optical communications : Optical security and encryption
(100.4998) Image processing : Pattern recognition, optical security and encryption