Applied Optics

Papers
(The median citation count of Applied Optics is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ultrahigh Q SOI ring resonator with a Hermite or B-spline curved waveguide73
Digital holographic approaches to the detection and characterization of microplastics in water environments57
High-efficiency simulation of coherent beam combining using a scaled angular spectrum method56
Low power, high speed, all-optical logic gates based on optical bistability in graphene-containing compact microdisk resonators53
Prescriptive method for fiber polarization compensation in two bases50
Continuously variable Fourier filters fabricated using varying angle glancing angle deposition for chip-scale spectroscopy50
Precise measurements of the low optical absorption coefficients of massive lithium triborate crystal boules with untreated facets formed during the growth process49
Eliminating the influence of modulation depth by a laser interference double detection system39
Integrative design and processing of a conformal optical window pair in a cylindrical isolator39
Spatially resolved reflectance from turbid media having a rough surface. Part II: experiments37
Estimation precision for a normalized response matrix in linear polarization calibration37
Potential of edge machine learning for instrumentation36
Real-time high-precision FMCW laser range extraction method based on a hardware multiplier array35
Configurable topological phonon polaritons in twisted hBN metasurfaces34
Chemometrics applied quantitative analysis of iron oxide mixtures by terahertz spectroscopy34
Feasibility analysis of an SMS-/MSM-/SMSMS-based optical fiber sensor structure31
Binarization for low-quality ESPI fringe patterns based on preprocessing and clustering31
Free-form off-axis three-mirror optical antenna design with an integrated primary/tertiary-mirror structure30
Mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser far off the gain peak: tunable sub-200-fs pulses near 1  µm29
Using a broadband long-wavelength channel to increase the capture range of segment piston phase retrieval for segmented-aperture systems29
Thermally responsive polymer-dispersed liquid crystal diffusers fabricated using laser speckle pattern irradiation29
Compact dual-parameter sensor design based on a photonic crystal nanobeam cavity with chirped slotted annular holes29
Adaptive dynamic adjustment star identification threshold estimation for a terrestrial star tracker27
Control of light-induced torque in quantum well waveguides through electron spin coherence26
Effective interference mitigation scheme for multi-LED-based mobile optical camera communication25
Confocal microscopy multi-focus image fusion method based on axial information guidance25
Multi-channel synthetic aperture infrared imaging and experimental research25
Optical design and development of an underwater dual-channel microlens array integral field snapshot hyperspectral imager25
Design and implementation of a physical layer optical fiber security communication system based on a ZUC stream cipher25
Mask correction method for surface plasmon lithography24
High-fidelity source mask optimization for suppressing line-end shortening24
Optical characterization of a manual tunable lens for eye-care applications24
Vanadium dioxide metasurface with dual functionalities of an optical switch and a sensor24
Compact and broadband design of an 850 nm 2 × 2 3-dB directional coupler with a shallowly etched SWG gap24
Quasi-TPPs/Fano resonance systems based on an MDM waveguide structure and its sensing application24
Mirror-backed dielectric metasurface sensor with ultrahigh figure of merit based on a super-narrow Rayleigh anomaly24
High anti-interference dual-parameter sensor using EIT-like effect photonic crystal cavity coupled system24
Sensitivity improvement of the closed-loop resonant fiber-optic gyroscope interrogated with a broadband source23
Improved phase hologram generation of multiple 3D objects23
Combined multi-scale mesh and full-matrix inversion for enhancing time-domain breast diffuse optical tomography23
Ring core few-mode fiber sensor for curvature measurement23
Design parameters for Airy beams in light-sheet microscopy23
Performance analysis of an SMF-/MMF-based single/double/quadruple tapered optical fiber structure23
Phase retrieval from single-shot square wave fringe based on image denoising using deep learning23
Mach–Zehnder modulator condition for a low chirp factor versus DC bias23
Titanium content influence on the optical response characteristics of TiO2/ormosils composite films doped with azobenzene23
Calibration reinforcement regularizations for optimized snapshot spectral imaging23
Cutting sinusoidal gratings to enhance light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells23
Reed microstructure detection by optical coherence tomography, an efficient and non-invasive method22
Engineering a conformal optical window of a square-to-circular transition isolator22
Data transmission scheme based on the DC-QOSTBC in indoor MIMO-VLC systems22
Design of an efficient illuminator for partially coherent sources in the extreme ultraviolet22
High-performance reconstruction method combining total variation with a video denoiser for compressed ultrafast imaging22
Fast algorithm based on the Hilbert transform for high-speed absolute distance measurement using a frequency scanning interferometry method21
Underwater optical guiding and communication solution for the AUV and seafloor node21
Accurate stereo vision system calibration with chromatic concentric fringe patterns21
Mathematical model of potential distribution in a pinned photodiode of an indirect time of flight CMOS image sensor21
L-band compact Q-switched fiber laser based on a thulium-doped fiber saturable absorber21
High-performance phase measuring profilometry architecture based on Zynq SoC21
Rapid quantitative analysis of calcium in infant formula powder assisted by long short-term memory with variable importance using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy21
Optical design of multilayer antireflection coatings for indoor solar cell applications21
Single-shot enhanced imaging through multimode fiber based on self-learning networks21
Design of a zoom head-up display optical system based on a nodal aberration theory21
Atmospheric optical turbulence mitigation using iterative image registration and least squares lucky look fusion21
Accurate and efficient internal deformation measurement of multiphase/porous materials via segmentation-aided digital volume correlation20
Ultra-narrow linewidth transmission filters based on the cladding mode assisted Fabry–Perot effect in a planar waveguide20
Randomly aperiodically poled LiNbO3 crystal design by Monte Carlo–Metropolis with simulated annealing optimization for ultrabroadband photon pair generation20
Design and analysis of an ultra-wide-angle laser communication optical system20
Photon detection probability enhancement using an anti-reflection coating in CMOS-based SPADs20
Dual-wavelength off-axis digital holography in ImageJ: toward real-time phase retrieval using CUDA streams20
Influences of focusing conditions on optical poling in lithium niobate using a 1035  nm femtosecond fiber laser20
Self-supervised stereo depth estimation based on bi-directional pixel-movement learning20
Adaptive thermal refocusing system for a high-resolution space camera20
Extreme learning machine and genetic algorithm in quantitative analysis of sulfur hexafluoride by infrared spectroscopy: erratum20
Diamond microscraping for the fabrication of a trimmed radial Fresnel array on a roller mold20
Optimization technology for DCF dispersion compensation based on cascaded fiber Bragg grating19
Ray-tracing model of a perfect lens compliant with Fermat’s principle: the Cardinal Lens19
Profile evolution during photochemical nano-polishing of a rough quartz surface under direct illumination19
Optimal vector phase-matching conditions in biaxial crystalline materials determined by the extreme surfaces method: the case of orthorhombic crystals19
Applied Optics Research at imec: introduction to the feature issue19
Frequency resolution improvement by sub-bins and an inverse matrix in discrete Fourier transform19
Optical experimental results using Singer product apertures19
Optical pilot tone correction of phase errors in photodetection chains19
Triple coding empowered FDMA-CDMA mode high-security CAOS camera19
Efficient progressive algorithm for light scattering of a multilayered concentric nanoparticle18
Brewster-coupling-based thin film filter design for wide-angle high-efficiency phosphor emission18
Accurate measurement of the frequency offset of the laser based on electromagnetically induced transparency18
Rapid focusing of light through turbid water based on a digital micromirror device18
Theoretical model and optimization of diffractive optical elements with aspheric substrates in ophthalmology18
Compact high-power MIR laser through pulse fiber laser pumped PPMgLN-based OPO18
Lock-in range in a semiconductor ring laser gyroscope18
Improving the beam quality of single-grating spectrally combined fiber lasers with adaptive optics18
Comparing optical four-flux model results with experimental data obtained by integrating sphere measurements18
Short wavelength operation of a 10 m perimeter ring laser gyroscope18
Monolithic 24  cm2 flexible triple-junction solar cell encapsulated module based on the ipsilateral electrode welding technology: erratum18
Automatic measurement system for large-aperture-angle non-holonomic spherical stitching with laser differential confocal interference18
Experimental generation of adjustable partially coherent optical vortices from coherent and incoherent light sources18
Secrecy performance of mixed single-input multiple-output-FSO/single-input multiple-output-RF networks with energy harvesting18
Polarimetric analysis of whitefly larvae on pomegranate leaves via Mueller matrix imaging18
Optimal optical path difference of an asymmetric common-path coherent-dispersion spectrometer18
Flexible PTFE hollow dielectric waveguides for terahertz applications: analysis and experimental study18
SBS mitigation by sinusoidal phase modulation of a 1572  nm all-fiber amplifier for lidar CO2 sensing17
Fabry–Perot interference optical fiber biosensor based on the ECF for label-free DNA detection17
Bessel beams with an adjustable focal position17
Nickel oxide morphology synthesized with a hydrothermal method for inverted perovskite solar cells17
Accurate ray-tracing optical model for coded aperture spectral snapshot imagers17
Rotational speed measurement using self-mixing interferometry17
Complex Kernel-based spectrum reconstruction algorithm for cascaded Fabry–Perot interferometric spectrometer17
Pitfalls in the spectral measurements of polarization-altering metasurfaces17
Noncritical acousto-optic Bragg phase matching: analysis of orthorhombic and monoclinic crystal systems17
Analysis and optimization of MEMS-based Michelson interferometers featuring curved mirrors under partially coherent light conditions17
Speckle classification of a multimode fiber based on Inception V317
Reflective microring-resonator-based microwave photonic sensor incorporating a self-attention assisted convolutional neural network17
Integrating inverse design and partially etched platform: an ultra-compact polarization splitter and rotator as an example17
Aberration compensation strategy for the radius of curvature error of the primary mirror in off-axis three-mirror anastigmatic telescopes16
Phase retrieval algorithm applied to high-energy ultrafast lasers16
Dual-beam polarimeter based on nonachromatic wave plates with high polarimetric efficiency over a broad band16
Deep-learning-based model for the inverse design of a reconfigurable multi-tap optical filter16
EUV telescope for a Cubesat nanosatellite16
Calibration for endoscopic 3D shape measurement with cone beam projection16
Adaptive phase control of a phase-only spatial light modulator using the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor16
Sensitivity analysis and comparison of broadband source-driven resonant fiber-optic gyroscopes16
Single-pixel imaging of high-temperature objects16
Reconfigurable hybrid silicon waveguide Bragg filter using ultralow-loss phase-change material16
Integrated barium titanate electro-optic modulators operating at CMOS-compatible voltage16
End-to-end computational ghost imaging method that suppresses atmospheric turbulence16
Real-timing processing of fiber bundle endomicroscopy images in Python using PyFibreBundle16
Measurement of the thickness and refractive index of a thin film by analyzing reflected interference fringes16
Pointing Jitter Correction in Hollow-Core Fiber Nonlinear Systems Based on LSTM16
Effect of the Purity of the Host Material 2FPPICz on the Performance of Crystalline Organic Light Emitting Diodes16
Optical electrocardiogram monitor with a real-time analysis of an abnormal heart rhythm for home-based medical alerts16
Formation mechanism of blemishes in a fiber-optic imaging element16
Compressive spectral image reconstruction using deep prior and low-rank tensor representation16
Grain size characterization of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy based on laser ultrasonic random forest regression16
One-shot reflectance direction field imaging for measuring the surface slope distribution of a capillary wave16
Dynamic light scattering from single macroscopic particles16
Energy-scaling of a diode-pumped Alexandrite laser and prototype development for a compact general-purpose Doppler lidar16
Effect of preheating conditions on UV laser direct coloring of stainless steel surfaces16
High sensitivity detection of different pH ranges with rGO-nanocomposite coated eFBG sensor16
Visualization of simulated coating efficiency and uniformity15
Quantitative detection for textured surface cracks based on cluster integration15
Numerical simulation of a large area scintillometer and laser differential image motion monitor15
Laser air plasma expansion by microwaves15
Thermal lens Z-scan measurements: theoretical and experimental uncertainties for low and high fluorescence quantum yields15
Set of all possible stigmatic pairs of mirrors15
On-orbit demonstration of inter-satellite free-space optical stable communication enabled by integrated optical amplification of HPA and LNA15
Loading test on the oil tank ground settlement performance monitored by an optical parallel scheme15
Numerical and analytical analysis of an ultrahigh sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensor based on a black phosphorene/graphene heterostructure15
In situ areal mass measurement of laser shock-loaded aluminum using point-projection x-ray backlighting15
Theoretical study of a four-level EIT-type system in the presence of structured coupling light for microwave field detection15
Numerical study of feature-distribution effects for anti-reflection structured surfaces on binary gratings15
Automatic lens-splitting optimization algorithm for spherical aberration correction15
Dual-step method to manufacture a polymeric GRIN lens with a high refractive index range15
Integrated Fabry–Perot filter with wideband noise suppression for satellite-based daytime quantum key distribution15
Laser-induced damage thresholds in SiO2-coated aluminum mirrors under various ultrashort pulse widths15
Athermal panoramic annular lens design with a thermal analysis method15
Enlargement of the viewing zone and size of a reconstructed image in electro-holography using multiple reconstruction lights by eye-tracking15
Multimode heralded single photons based on the DLCZ15
Continuous optical generation of microwave signals for fountain clocks15
Laser-induced schliere anemometry in a Mach 6 flow with collinear light entry15
High-efficiency metalens-based compact multispectral variable spectrometer15
Spot diagram borders are always caustic curves and/or marginal rays III: segmented mirror in hexagons and trapezoids15
Phase singularity reduction in speckle interferometry by tailoring the spatial coherence of light15
Surface solution to correct a freeform wavefront15
Assessment of a computed tomography imaging spectrometer using an optimized expectation-maximization algorithm15
Source optimization method employing dynamic polarization aberration model for high-NA EUVL15
Zero drift suppression method of a distributed feedback fiber laser hydrophone15
Propagation through and characterization of atmospheric and oceanic phenomena: introduction to the joint feature issue in Applied Optics and Journal of the Optical Society of America A15
Design and optimization of the grating coupler in the 2  µm band15
Broadband free space 2 × 4 90° optical hybrid for satellite laser communication15
Infrared emissivity measurement methods considering target reflective characteristics14
In situ, back-focal-plane-based determination of the numerical apertures in optical microscopes14
Three-dimensional gradient index microlens arrays for light-field and holographic imaging and displays14
Random depolarization film design for real-color displays14
Surface profile measurement of metal objects by use of a fringe projection system with polarized dual projectors14
Binocular laser scanning imaging-based disordered object recognition method14
Vibration rejection of phased array telescope systems via disturbance-propagation-characteristics-based feedforward control14
Applications of digital speckle pattern shearing interferometry in characterization of fluids14
Capacity analysis of oceanic channels with localized Lommel–Gaussian vortex beams14
Radially self-accelerating Stokes vortices in nondiffracting Bessel–Poincaré beams14
Super-resolution terahertz synthetic aperture image reconstruction algorithm14
Tri-comb generation with a dual-ring structure14
Compact 200  W level linearly polarized microsecond-pulse Nd:YAG oscillator with nearly diffraction-limited beam quality14
Binocular camera calibration using a BP algorithm optimized by an improved subtraction-average-based optimizer14
Self-healing and self-matching effects in astigmatic structured beams as a basis for measuring orbital Stokes parameters14
THz-TDS with gigahertz Yb-based dual-comb lasers: noise analysis and mitigation strategies14
Untangling parasitic reflection in phase measuring deflectometry by multi-frequency phase-shifting14
Design of an all-optical insulator-metal-insulator and metal-insulator-metal Feynman logic gates14
Equal-intensity beam splitter fabricated by tandem dielectric beam splitters for passive laser speckle reduction14
Dynamic measurement of three-dimensional absolute displacements using dual-camera multiplexed digital holography14
Time-difference-of-arrival positioning based on visible light communication for harbor-border inspection14
Double chiral resonances in a quasi-BIC metasurface with both strong circular dichroism and high quality factor14
Degree of Cross-Polarization of Elliptical Gaussian Partially Coherent Beams Propagating in Turbulent Atmosphere14
Laser derusting on low carbon steel surface based on coordinated application of machine vision and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy14
Graphene suspensions in carbon tetrachloride: an excellent nonlinear optical limiting material with a high damage threshold at 1064  nm14
Apparatus and its principle for thermal aberration compensation14
Frequency multiplexing in millimeter-wave over fiber fronthaul transmission links with an InAs/InP quantum dash mode-locked laser14
Stimulated vibrational–rotational Raman scattering of hydrogen pumped at a 1064-nm laser14
Real-time automatic polarization control based on golden section search and proportional endless reset-free control action14
Optical pulling force on a uniaxial anisotropic sphere by a high-order Bessel (vortex) beam13
Hyperspectral camera as a compact payload architecture for remote sensing applications13
Application of the Powell algorithm for estimating optical properties of a semitransparent medium based on time-domain information13
Identification of spectral signature for in situ real-time monitoring of smoltification13
Mode analysis and measurement of single-emitter blue diode lasers13
Design and analysis of a far-infrared metamaterial perfect absorber with sensing applications13
Design of a terahertz encoding metalens with adjustable focusing intensity13
Speckleless color dynamic three-dimensional holographic display based on complex amplitude modulation: erratum13
Method of calculation of paraxial design parameters of a hybrid catadioptric zoom system with focus tunable elements13
Low-cross-talk and thermo-insensitive CWDM (de)multiplexer assisted with compact MZIs and slot waveguides13
Femtosecond LIPSS on indium-tin-oxide thin films at IR wavelengths13
Integrated multimode optical waveguides in glass using laser induced deep etching13
High-performance perovskite photodetectors based on CsPbBr3 microwire arrays: erratum13
Two-photon absorption characterization and comparison of Au(I) fluorenyl benzothiazole complexes in the visible wavelength regime13
Camera pose estimation algorithm involving weighted measurement uncertainty of feature points based on rotation parameters13
Monolithic silicon microlens arrays for far-infrared astrophysics13
Control of surface edge roughness for an aluminum alloy mirror based on sub-aperture polishing13
Disturbance compensation of a multiaperture imaging system based on a coupling rotating prism using an improved model compensation control13
Structured illumination and image enhancement of three-dimensional and moving objects at a distance via incoherent Fourier ptychography13
Fourier-domain filtering analysis for color-polarization camera demosaicking: publisher’s note13
BRDF modeling and optimization of a target surface based on the gradient descent algorithm13
Laser-pulse-induced temperature, thermal stress, and crater morphology effect during multipulse nanosecond laser manufacturing13
Effects of illumination non-uniformity on the double-Ronchi lateral shearing interference field13
Effective half-wavelength pitch optical phased array design for aliasing-free 2D beam steering13
Structural design and cryogenic stability analysis for long-wave infrared spatial heterodyne spectrometers13
Nighttime bionic compass based on a short-wave infrared polarization sensing system13
Curved OLED-based NLOS optical camera communications links13
Partial Mueller matrix polarimeter using liquid crystal modulators13
Simulation and experimental research of a high-order Bragg grating semiconductor laser13
Optical–electronic hybrid Fourier convolutional neural network based on super-pixel complex-valued modulation13
Two camera phase contrast imaging using digital correlation imaging of speckles13
Performance of dual-hop FSO/RF systems with fixed-gain relaying over Fisher–Snedecor F and κ-μ shadowed fading channels13
45 W kHz-linewidth single-frequency fiber laser at 1120 nm13
Low-noise soliton molecule generation with an in-phase controllable pulse number by third- and second-order dispersion compensation in an all-fiber erbium-doped oscillator: publisher’s note13
Efficient dual-wavelength metasurface for second-order differential edge detection in the ultraviolet13
Effect of oils on the transmission properties of a terahertz photonic crystal13
Multiline molecular tagging velocimetry of nitric oxide at 100  kHz using an injection-seeded burst-mode OPO13
DL-CSPF: deep-learning-based cell segmentation with a physical framework for digital holographic microscopy13
Automatic depth map retrieval from digital holograms using a depth-from-focus approach13
All-sky camera system providing high temporal resolution annual time series of irradiance in the Arctic13
Optical detection of the ultrasound-induced pulsed thermal lens close to the ice-water phase transition12
Turning point monitoring of narrow bandpass filters: the enormous strength of the error self-compensation effect12
Alignment technology based on a central small aperture for the AIMS telescope12
Stabilization of the mean wavelength of an erbium-doped fiber source as part of high-accuracy FOG with increased spectrum width12
Ultra-compact on-chip meta-waveguide phase modulator based on split ring magnetic resonance12
Tunable terahertz absorber based on quasi-BIC supported by a graphene metasurface12
Wavefront accuracy of mechanically assembled all-cordierite reflective optical system for cryogenic applications12
High-efficiency broadband fiber-to-chip coupler using a 3D nanoprinting microfiber12
Non-resonant broadband RCS reduction based on the patch distribution of a phase gradient metasurface12
In-flight measurement of atmospheric-imposed tilt: experimental results and analysis12
Temporal and spatial domain detection model and method of infrared photoelectric detection target12
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