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VOL. 36 · NO. 5 | May 1997
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Editorial: Stewardship
Brian Thompson
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601344
TOPICS: Optical engineering, Optics, Associative arrays, Telecommunications, Heart
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Guest Editorial: Special Section on Micro-Opto-Electro-Mechanical Systems
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601329
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Micro-opto-electro-mechanical devices and on-chip optical processing
M. Edward Motamedi, Ming Wu, Kristofer Pister
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601356
TOPICS: Microlens, Microelectromechanical systems, Mirrors, Optical signal processing, Switches, Digital micromirror devices, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Microlens array, Photoresist materials, Micro optics
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Tradeoffs in micro-opto-electro-mechanical system materials
Cleopatra Cabuz
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601330
TOPICS: Silicon, Boron, Dielectrics, Microopto electromechanical systems, Raman spectroscopy, Actuators, Diffusion, Resonators, Etching
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Modern trends in microstructures and integrated optics for communication, sensing, and actuation
Massood Tabib-Azar, Glenn Beheim
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601331
TOPICS: Waveguides, Sensors, Silicon, Information operations, Integrated optics, Interferometers, Switches, Refractive index, Fiber optics, Actuators
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Optoelectronic multichip modules for high-speed computer systems and communication networks
Seungug Koh, Daniel Sadler, Chong Ahn
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601345
TOPICS: Silicon, Mirrors, Semiconducting wafers, Telecommunications, Prototyping, Optoelectronics, Computing systems, Waveguides, Etching, Reflectivity
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Use of micro-electro-mechanical deformable mirrors to control aberrations in optical systems: theoretical and experimental results
Michael Roggemann, Victor Bright, Byron Welsh, Shaun Hick, Peter Roberts, William Cowan, John Comtois
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601355
TOPICS: Mirrors, Micromirrors, Point spread functions, Wavefronts, Deformable mirrors, Reflectivity, Diffraction, Aberration correction, Reflection, Control systems
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Micro-opto-mechanical beam defectors
Steffen Gloeckner, Rolf Goering, Torsten Possner
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601332
TOPICS: Switches, Actuators, Lenses, Switching, Scanners, Optical components, Microlens array, Single mode fibers, Multimode fibers, Gaussian beams
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Development of micro-electro-mechanical optical scanner
M. Edward Motamedi, Sangtae Park, A. Wang, Mahyar Dadkhah, Angus Andrews, Henry Marcy, Mohsen Khoshnevisan, Arthur Chiou, R. Huhn, C. Sell, Johannes Smits
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601357
TOPICS: Scanners, Optical scanning, Mirrors, Actuators, Metals, Microelectromechanical systems, Silicon, Microactuators, Composites, Semiconductor lasers
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Continuous-membrane surface-micromachined silicon deformable mirror
Thomas Bifano, Raji Mali, John Dorton, Julie Perreault, Nelsimar Vandelli, Mark Horenstein, David Castanon
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601598
TOPICS: Mirrors, Actuators, Deformable mirrors, Silicon, Surface micromachining, Microelectromechanical systems, Oxides, Adaptive optics, Electrodes, Optical engineering
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Multi-point dynamic displacement probe that uses a self-focusing micro-lens array
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601358
TOPICS: Modulation, Photodetectors, Ferroelectric materials, Sensors, Collimation, Reflectivity, Microscopes, Acousto-optics, Error analysis, Servomechanisms
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Optical performance of high-aspect LIGA grating
J. Allen Cox, J. David Zook, Thomas Ohnstein, David Dobson
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601333
TOPICS: Transmittance, Optical filters, Polarization, Tunable filters, Actuators, Wave propagation, Optical filtering, Linear filtering, Interfaces, Nickel
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Micro-optic integration with focal plane arrays
M. Edward Motamedi, William Tennant, Haluk Sankur, Robert Melendes, Natalie Gluck, Sangtae Park, Jose Arias, Jagmohan Bajaj, John Pasko, William McLevige, Majid Zandian, Randolph Hall, Karla Steckbauer, Patti Richardson
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601347
TOPICS: Microlens, Photoresist materials, Sensors, Diodes, Microlens array, Micro optics, Diffraction, Thin films, Staring arrays, Quantum efficiency
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Technology and applications of micromachined silicon adaptive mirrors
Gleb Vdovin, Simon Middelhoek, Pasqualina Sarro
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601334
TOPICS: Mirrors, Electrodes, Silicon, Control systems, Actuators, Technologies and applications, Adaptive optics, Semiconducting wafers, Anisotropic etching, Etching
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Linear array of complementary metal oxide semiconductor double-pass metal micromirrors
Johannes Buehler, Franz-Peter Steiner, Roland Hauert, Henry Baltes
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601346
TOPICS: Mirrors, Aluminum, Metals, Micromirrors, Etching, Reflectivity, Electrodes, CMOS technology, Oxides, Actuators
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Micromachined electromagnetic scanning mirrors
Raanan Miller, Yu-Chong Tai
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601348
TOPICS: Mirrors, Magnetism, Microelectromechanical systems, Holograms, Silicon, Electromagnetism, Holography, Crystals, Data storage, Optical engineering
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Single crystal silicon supported thin film micromirrors for optical applications
Zhimin Yao, Noel MacDonald
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601349
TOPICS: Mirrors, Silicon, Polishing, Semiconducting wafers, Thin films, Actuators, Micromirrors, Silicon films, Etching, Crystals
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Rapid alignment of laser beams within optical systems
George Seward, John Leszcynski, Edward Mulhern
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601335
TOPICS: Optical alignment, Mirrors, Sensors, Actuators, Alignment procedures, Laser marking, Laser systems engineering, Iris recognition, Semiconductor lasers, Laser drilling
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Bistatic liquid mirror telescope lidar alignment
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601359
TOPICS: LIDAR, Liquids, Telescopes, Mirrors, Sensors, Mercury, Sodium, Dye lasers, Helium neon lasers, Glasses
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Pyramid adaptive dynamic Hough transform to detect edges with arbitrary shapes
Paul Wu, Ming Li
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601371
TOPICS: Hough transforms, Edge detection, Lithium, Binary data, Optical engineering, Signal to noise ratio, Shape analysis, Manufacturing, Optical instrument design, Instrumentation engineering
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Pyramid edge detection for color images
Ming Li, Paul Wu
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601372
TOPICS: Edge detection, Digital filtering, RGB color model, Linear filtering, Optical engineering, Image analysis, Image processing, Lithium, Image filtering, Optical filters
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Environmental effects on the mechanical integrity of optical fibers
Nathan German, Spiro Yannacopoulos
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601336
TOPICS: Optical fibers, Corrosion, Glasses, Sodium, Failure analysis, Telecommunications, Copper, Reliability, Optical engineering, Silica
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Binary fractal image quantification using probe coherent beam scanning
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601373
TOPICS: Fractal analysis, Binary data, Laser beam diagnostics, Statistical analysis, Light scattering, Diffraction, Signal detection, Collimation, Optical engineering, Transmittance
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New restoration filter for signals distorted by random impulse response function and noise
Hsien-Sen Hung
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601337
TOPICS: Electronic filtering, Interference (communication), Linear filtering, Dysprosium, Filtering (signal processing), Stochastic processes, Distance measurement, Optical engineering, Detection theory, Mathematical modeling
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Exploitation of incoherent source for partially coherent processing
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601350
TOPICS: Spatial coherence, Light sources, Optical filters, Temporal coherence, Image processing, Computer programming, Spatial filters, Filtering (signal processing), Data processing, Spatial frequencies
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Recognition of broken and noisy handwritten characters using statistical methods based on a broken-character-mending algorithm
Dahai Cheng, Hong Yan
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601374
TOPICS: Detection and tracking algorithms, Statistical methods, Optical engineering, Neodymium, Statistical modeling, Reliability, Optical character recognition, Databases, Algorithm development, Feature extraction
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Generalized wavelet decompositions in image compression: arbitrary subbands and parallel algorithms
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601338
TOPICS: Wavelets, Image compression, Image filtering, Optimization (mathematics), Signal to noise ratio, Wavelet transforms, Wavelet packet decomposition, Computer programming, Linear filtering, Optical engineering
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Speckle shearing interferometry using a diffractive optical beam splitter
Arnd Gundlach, Jonathan Huntley, Bernd Manzke, Johannes Schwider
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601351
TOPICS: Diffraction gratings, Speckle, Diffraction, Speckle pattern, Interferometry, Phase shifts, Shearography, Phase measurement, Beam splitters, Interferometers
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Method of single-fiber multimode interferometer speckle-signal processing
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601343
TOPICS: Interferometers, Signal processing, Speckle pattern, Photodiodes, Modulation, Optical filters, Analog electronics, Electronic filtering, Computing systems, Optical fibers
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Higher order kinoform lenses: diffraction efficiency and aberrational properties
Lakshminarayan Hazra, Claude Delisle
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601375
TOPICS: Computer generated holography, Lenses, Diffraction, Monochromatic aberrations, Lens design, Refractive index, Chromatic aberrations, Optical engineering, Optical design, Optical components
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Method for measurement of the angles of an equilateral (60-deg) prism
S. Rao
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601339
TOPICS: Prisms, Glasses, Spectrometers, Autocollimators, Opacity, Polishing, Cements, Helium neon lasers, Diffraction, Distance measurement
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Active alignment of replicated microlens arrays on a charge-coupled device imager
Michael Gale, Joern Pedersen, Helmut Schuetz, Hans-Peter Povel, Achim Gandorfer, P. Steiner, Pietro Bernasconi
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601352
TOPICS: Charge-coupled devices, Microlens array, Imaging systems, Microlens, CCD image sensors, Polarimetry, Optical alignment, Modulation, Glasses, Stray light
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Size distributions for multivariate morphological granulometries: texture classification and statistical properties
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601340
TOPICS: Image classification, Optical engineering, Image processing, Statistical analysis, Signal to noise ratio, Signal processing, Feature selection, Electrical engineering, Instrumentation engineering, Feature extraction
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Role of interface absorption in laser-induced local heating of optical coatings
Qian Zhao, Zhengxiu Fan, ZhiJiang Wang
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601341
TOPICS: Interfaces, Absorption, Multilayers, Optical coatings, Laser induced damage, Fluctuations and noise, Thin film coatings, Thin films, Refractive index, Optical engineering
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Tunable optical filter using long-range surface plasmons
Peter Kajenski
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601376
TOPICS: Optical filters, Surface plasmons, Reflectivity, Electro optics, Dielectrics, Glasses, Metals, Electro optic polymers, Gaussian beams, Polymers
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Routing scheme, permutation properties, and optical implementation of a four-shuffle-exchange based Omega network
Lan Shao, Liren Liu, Haifeng Peng, Guoqiang Li
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601342
TOPICS: Switching, Switches, Calcite, Channel projecting optics, Polarization, Optical networks, Network architectures, Optical engineering, Optical components, Parallel processing
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Fiber optic distributed sensing scheme for monitoring structural strain and deformation
Fei Luo, Jingyuan Liu, Shuchan Chen
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601353
TOPICS: Sensors, Fiber optics sensors, Structured optical fibers, Sensing systems, Fiber optics, Light sources, Interferometers, Optical sensing, Optical fibers, Fiber couplers
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Trade-off study and computer simulation for assessing spacecraft pointing accuracy and stability capabilities
Marcelo Algrain, Richard Powers
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601377
TOPICS: Gyroscopes, Computer simulations, Space operations, Mathematical modeling, Filtering (signal processing), Optical engineering, Systems modeling, Computing systems, Error analysis, Dysprosium
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Low-cost frequency-domain photon migration instrument for tissue spectroscopy, oximetry, and imaging
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601354
TOPICS: Tissue optics, Calibration, Imaging spectroscopy, Signal detection, Photonic devices, Absorption, Optical properties, Blood, Spectroscopes, Frequency division multiplexing
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Simplified tunable single sideband CO2 laser spectrometer: absorption measurements of ozone
Kambiz Shahnazi, Peter Cheo, Lahmer Lynds
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601378
TOPICS: Ozone, Absorption, Gas lasers, Spectroscopy, Laser spectroscopy, Carbon monoxide, Tunable lasers, Modulators, Signal detection, Carbon dioxide lasers
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Book Rvw: Lasers and Electro-Optics. By Christopher C. Davis
Opt. Eng. 36(5), (1 May 1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.601328
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