Applied Optics

Papers
(The median citation count of Applied Optics is 2. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
ArticleCitations
Rapid focusing of light through turbid water based on a digital micromirror device93
Vanadium dioxide metasurface with dual functionalities of an optical switch and a sensor67
SBS mitigation by sinusoidal phase modulation of a 1572  nm all-fiber amplifier for lidar CO2 sensing67
Quasi-BIC empowered asymmetric grating for high-Q angularly tolerant THz filters with switchable transmission-reflection dualities58
Frequency resolution improvement by sub-bins and an inverse matrix in discrete Fourier transform56
Optimal polishing trajectory generation for complex optical surfaces modeled by meshes53
Sensor network based on multiplexed intermodal fiber interferometers for quasi-distributed measurements44
Measurement of the thickness and refractive index of a thin film by analyzing reflected interference fringes41
Free-form off-axis three-mirror optical antenna design with an integrated primary/tertiary-mirror structure34
Optical experimental results using Singer product apertures34
Thermally responsive polymer-dispersed liquid crystal diffusers fabricated using laser speckle pattern irradiation33
Using a broadband long-wavelength channel to increase the capture range of segment piston phase retrieval for segmented-aperture systems32
Confocal microscopy multi-focus image fusion method based on axial information guidance31
Adaptive dynamic adjustment star identification threshold estimation for a terrestrial star tracker31
Control of light-induced torque in quantum well waveguides through electron spin coherence31
Multi-channel synthetic aperture infrared imaging and experimental research30
Effective interference mitigation scheme for multi-LED-based mobile optical camera communication30
Compact and broadband design of an 850 nm 2 × 2 3-dB directional coupler with a shallowly etched SWG gap29
Optical design and development of an underwater dual-channel microlens array integral field snapshot hyperspectral imager29
Combined multi-scale mesh and full-matrix inversion for enhancing time-domain breast diffuse optical tomography27
Phase retrieval from single-shot square wave fringe based on image denoising using deep learning27
Design parameters for Airy beams in light-sheet microscopy27
Cutting sinusoidal gratings to enhance light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells27
Reed microstructure detection by optical coherence tomography, an efficient and non-invasive method26
High-performance reconstruction method combining total variation with a video denoiser for compressed ultrafast imaging26
Single-shot enhanced imaging through multimode fiber based on self-learning networks25
Design of an efficient illuminator for partially coherent sources in the extreme ultraviolet25
Mathematical model of potential distribution in a pinned photodiode of an indirect time of flight CMOS image sensor25
Engineering a conformal optical window of a square-to-circular transition isolator25
Adaptive thermal refocusing system for a high-resolution space camera25
Ultra-narrow linewidth transmission filters based on the cladding mode assisted Fabry–Perot effect in a planar waveguide24
Diamond microscraping for the fabrication of a trimmed radial Fresnel array on a roller mold24
Dual-wavelength off-axis digital holography in ImageJ: toward real-time phase retrieval using CUDA streams24
Randomly aperiodically poled LiNbO3 crystal design by Monte Carlo–Metropolis with simulated annealing optimization for ultrabroadband photon pair generation24
Extreme learning machine and genetic algorithm in quantitative analysis of sulfur hexafluoride by infrared spectroscopy: erratum24
Self-supervised stereo depth estimation based on bi-directional pixel-movement learning24
Optimization technology for DCF dispersion compensation based on cascaded fiber Bragg grating23
Efficient progressive algorithm for light scattering of a multilayered concentric nanoparticle23
Automatic measurement system for large-aperture-angle non-holonomic spherical stitching with laser differential confocal interference23
Profile evolution during photochemical nano-polishing of a rough quartz surface under direct illumination23
Lock-in range in a semiconductor ring laser gyroscope23
Estimation precision for a normalized response matrix in linear polarization calibration23
Design and analysis of an ultra-wide-angle laser communication optical system23
Polarimetric analysis of whitefly larvae on pomegranate leaves via Mueller matrix imaging23
Flexible PTFE hollow dielectric waveguides for terahertz applications: analysis and experimental study23
Spatially resolved reflectance from turbid media having a rough surface. Part II: experiments22
Adaptive phase control of a phase-only spatial light modulator using the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor22
Sensitivity improvement of the closed-loop resonant fiber-optic gyroscope interrogated with a broadband source22
Design of a zoom head-up display optical system based on a nodal aberration theory22
Fast algorithm based on the Hilbert transform for high-speed absolute distance measurement using a frequency scanning interferometry method22
High anti-interference dual-parameter sensor using EIT-like effect photonic crystal cavity coupled system22
Potential of edge machine learning for instrumentation21
End-to-end computational ghost imaging method that suppresses atmospheric turbulence21
High sensitivity detection of different pH ranges with rGO-nanocomposite coated eFBG sensor21
Advanced terahertz-range dopamine detection using a 2D material-based metasurface biosensor21
Phase retrieval algorithm applied to high-energy ultrafast lasers21
Propagation characteristics of off-axis Laguerre–Gaussian vortex beam in an oceanic turbulent stratified oblique channel21
Dynamic light scattering from single macroscopic particles21
Accurate ray-tracing optical model for coded aperture spectral snapshot imagers21
Optical characterization of a manual tunable lens for eye-care applications21
Bessel beams with an adjustable focal position21
High-performance phase measuring profilometry architecture based on Zynq SoC21
Improving the beam quality of single-grating spectrally combined fiber lasers with adaptive optics21
EUV telescope for a Cubesat nanosatellite21
Design and implementation of a physical layer optical fiber security communication system based on a ZUC stream cipher21
Digital holographic approaches to the detection and characterization of microplastics in water environments20
Fabry–Perot interference optical fiber biosensor based on the ECF for label-free DNA detection20
Athermal panoramic annular lens design with a thermal analysis method20
Compact dual-parameter sensor design based on a photonic crystal nanobeam cavity with chirped slotted annular holes20
Prescriptive method for fiber polarization compensation in two bases20
Simultaneous wavelength beam combination and dark region compressing using a segmented coated step prism group for a fiber-coupled system20
Atmospheric optical turbulence mitigation using iterative image registration and least squares lucky look fusion20
Real-timing processing of fiber bundle endomicroscopy images in Python using PyFibreBundle20
Influences of focusing conditions on optical poling in lithium niobate using a 1035  nm femtosecond fiber laser20
Implementation of stacked ensemble machine learning for the detection of surrogate plutonium contamination in soil via LIBS19
Rapid quantitative analysis of calcium in infant formula powder assisted by long short-term memory with variable importance using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy19
High-fidelity source mask optimization for suppressing line-end shortening19
Improved magnetorheological finishing of a 3D K9 glass surface for ultra-precision optical applications19
Monolithic 24  cm2 flexible triple-junction solar cell encapsulated module based on the ipsilateral electrode welding technology: erratum19
Integrated barium titanate electro-optic modulators operating at CMOS-compatible voltage19
Brewster-coupling-based thin film filter design for wide-angle high-efficiency phosphor emission18
Compact high-power MIR laser through pulse fiber laser pumped PPMgLN-based OPO18
High-efficiency simulation of coherent beam combining using a scaled angular spectrum method18
Machine recognition of gas spectra based on a spectral image encoding method18
Performance analysis of an SMF-/MMF-based single/double/quadruple tapered optical fiber structure18
Integrative design and processing of a conformal optical window pair in a cylindrical isolator18
Precise measurements of the low optical absorption coefficients of massive lithium triborate crystal boules with untreated facets formed during the growth process18
Short wavelength operation of a 10 m perimeter ring laser gyroscope18
Applied Optics Research at imec: introduction to the feature issue18
Reflective microring-resonator-based microwave photonic sensor incorporating a self-attention assisted convolutional neural network18
Secrecy performance of mixed single-input multiple-output-FSO/single-input multiple-output-RF networks with energy harvesting18
Pointing jitter correction in hollow-core fiber nonlinear systems based on LSTM18
Non-monotonic dependence of compressive sensing in ghost imaging with LC-SLM under noisy conditions18
Eliminating the influence of modulation depth by a laser interference double detection system18
Sensitivity analysis and comparison of broadband source-driven resonant fiber-optic gyroscopes18
Optical pilot tone correction of phase errors in photodetection chains18
Adaptive optical wireless communication systems with camera-based underwater turbulence and fog channel estimation18
Continuously variable Fourier filters fabricated using varying angle glancing angle deposition for chip-scale spectroscopy18
Formation mechanism of blemishes in a fiber-optic imaging element18
Effect of the purity of the host material 2FPPICz on the performance of crystalline organic light-emitting diodes18
Experimental generation of adjustable partially coherent optical vortices from coherent and incoherent light sources18
Deep-learning-based model for the inverse design of a reconfigurable multi-tap optical filter17
Pulsed laser milling process of CVD single crystal diamond17
Dual-beam polarimeter based on nonachromatic wave plates with high polarimetric efficiency over a broad band17
Accurate measurement of the frequency offset of the laser based on electromagnetically induced transparency17
Integrating inverse design and partially etched platform: an ultra-compact polarization splitter and rotator as an example17
Calibration for endoscopic 3D shape measurement with cone beam projection17
Analysis and optimization of MEMS-based Michelson interferometers featuring curved mirrors under partially coherent light conditions17
Calibration reinforcement regularizations for optimized snapshot spectral imaging17
Optical electrocardiogram monitor with a real-time analysis of an abnormal heart rhythm for home-based medical alerts17
Effect of preheating conditions on UV laser direct coloring of stainless steel surfaces17
Mach–Zehnder modulator condition for a low chirp factor versus DC bias17
Study and synthesis of inhomogeneous optical modes by solving the wave and telegraph equations17
One-shot reflectance direction field imaging for measuring the surface slope distribution of a capillary wave17
Speckle classification of a multimode fiber based on Inception V317
Optimal vector phase-matching conditions in biaxial crystalline materials determined by the extreme surfaces method: the case of orthorhombic crystals17
Grain size characterization of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy based on laser ultrasonic random forest regression16
Ultrahigh Q SOI ring resonator with a Hermite or B-spline curved waveguide16
Underwater optical guiding and communication solution for the AUV and seafloor node16
Improved phase hologram generation of multiple 3D objects16
Feasibility analysis of an SMS-/MSM-/SMSMS-based optical fiber sensor structure16
Quasi-TPPs/Fano resonance systems based on an MDM waveguide structure and its sensing application16
Optical design of multilayer antireflection coatings for indoor solar cell applications16
Real-time high-precision FMCW laser range extraction method based on a hardware multiplier array16
On-orbit demonstration of inter-satellite free-space optical stable communication enabled by integrated optical amplification of HPA and LNA16
Chemometrics applied quantitative analysis of iron oxide mixtures by terahertz spectroscopy16
Ultra-wideband high-efficiency reflective polarization converter based on a silver metasurface in the near-infrared region16
Mirror-backed dielectric metasurface sensor with ultrahigh figure of merit based on a super-narrow Rayleigh anomaly16
Pitfalls in the spectral measurements of polarization-altering metasurfaces16
Single-lens integrated miniature Raman spectrometer with fine resolution and high étendue16
Accurate stereo vision system calibration with chromatic concentric fringe patterns16
Main lobe shifting and splitting of 2D symmetric Airy beams via digital phase modulation16
Broadband and linearized photonic time-stretch analog-to-digital converter based on a compact dual-polarization modulator15
Measuring the linear optical absorption coefficient by interferometry and the thermal lensing effect: a numerical analysis15
Quantitative detection for textured surface cracks based on cluster integration15
Self-healing and self-matching effects in astigmatic structured beams as a basis for measuring orbital Stokes parameters15
High brightness in-band pumped fiber MOPA with output power scaling to >4.6kW15
In situ areal mass measurement of laser shock-loaded aluminum using point-projection x-ray backlighting15
Numerical simulation of a large area scintillometer and laser differential image motion monitor15
Ray-tracing model of a perfect lens compliant with Fermat’s principle: the Cardinal Lens15
Ring core few-mode fiber sensor for curvature measurement15
Nickel oxide morphology synthesized with a hydrothermal method for inverted perovskite solar cells15
High-performance perovskite photodetectors based on CsPbBr3 microwire arrays: erratum15
Numerical study of feature-distribution effects for anti-reflection structured surfaces on binary gratings15
Temperature evolution of the optical parameters of sapphire in the THz-IR range15
Curved OLED-based NLOS optical camera communications links15
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
Binocular laser scanning imaging-based disordered object recognition method15
Laser-induced damage thresholds in SiO2-coated aluminum mirrors under various ultrashort pulse widths15
Dual-step method to manufacture a polymeric GRIN lens with a high refractive index range15
Energy-scaling of a diode-pumped Alexandrite laser and prototype development for a compact general-purpose Doppler lidar15
Security-enhanced optical image authentication based on cascaded geometric-phase metasurfaces15
Reconfigurable hybrid silicon waveguide Bragg filter using ultralow-loss phase-change material15
Design and optimization of the grating coupler in the 2  µm band15
Efficient ultraviolet beam generation at 294.5  nm by frequency-quadrupling a LD-pumped actively Q-switched Nd:YAG/SrWO4 Raman laser15
Applications of digital speckle pattern shearing interferometry in characterization of fluids15
Radiometry and contrast-to-noise ratio for continuous-wave and laser range-gated active imaging systems15
Spot diagram borders are always caustic curves and/or marginal rays III: segmented mirror in hexagons and trapezoids15
Loading test on the oil tank ground settlement performance monitored by an optical parallel scheme15
Source optimization method employing dynamic polarization aberration model for high-NA EUVL15
Automatic lens-splitting optimization algorithm for spherical aberration correction15
Theoretical model and optimization of diffractive optical elements with aspheric substrates in ophthalmology15
Mask correction method for surface plasmon lithography15
Comparing optical four-flux model results with experimental data obtained by integrating sphere measurements15
Detection and analysis of microplastics in offshore sediment by microscopic differential Raman spectroscopy15
Optical pulling force on a uniaxial anisotropic sphere by a high-order Bessel (vortex) beam14
Refractive index sensor based on a ring with a disk-shaped cavity for temperature detection applications14
45 W kHz-linewidth single-frequency fiber laser at 1120 nm14
Multiline molecular tagging velocimetry of nitric oxide at 100  kHz using an injection-seeded burst-mode OPO14
Design of an all-optical insulator-metal-insulator and metal-insulator-metal Feynman logic gates14
Super-resolution terahertz synthetic aperture image reconstruction algorithm14
Micro-ring wavelength selective switch device based on contra-DC14
Theoretical study of a four-level EIT-type system in the presence of structured coupling light for microwave field detection14
Research on the Optically Addressed Liquid Crystal Light Valve Utilizing GaN as both Photoconductive and Conductive Layers14
Ps-ViT: phase space vision transformer pre-training for the depth estimation in computer-generated holograms14
Design of a single lens wavefront coded infrared camera14
Continuous optical generation of microwave signals for fountain clocks14
In situ, back-focal-plane-based determination of the numerical apertures in optical microscopes14
Control of surface edge roughness for an aluminum alloy mirror based on sub-aperture polishing14
Effect of oils on the transmission properties of a terahertz photonic crystal14
Method of calculation of paraxial design parameters of a hybrid catadioptric zoom system with focus tunable elements14
Femtosecond LIPSS on indium-tin-oxide thin films at IR wavelengths14
Stabilization of the mean wavelength of an erbium-doped fiber source as part of high-accuracy FOG with increased spectrum width14
Apparatus and its principle for thermal aberration compensation14
Tri-comb generation with a dual-ring structure14
Infrared emissivity measurement methods considering target reflective characteristics14
Multimode heralded single photons based on the DLCZ14
Broadband free space 2 × 4 90° optical hybrid for satellite laser communication14
Optical analog-signal transmission and retrieval through turbid water14
Application of the Powell algorithm for estimating optical properties of a semitransparent medium based on time-domain information14
Low-cross-talk and thermo-insensitive CWDM (de)multiplexer assisted with compact MZIs and slot waveguides14
Frequency-domain equalization technology for a vortex optical multiplexing system14
Automatic depth map retrieval from digital holograms using a depth-from-focus approach14
Compact 200  W level linearly polarized microsecond-pulse Nd:YAG oscillator with nearly diffraction-limited beam quality14
Tunable spectral modulation period and depth of loosely bound soliton pairs in an erbium-doped fiber laser14
Binocular camera calibration using a BP algorithm optimized by an improved subtraction-average-based optimizer14
Hyperspectral camera as a compact payload architecture for remote sensing applications13
Mode analysis and measurement of single-emitter blue diode lasers13
Practical technique for balancing the optical aberrations among conceptual thin-lens components of optical zoom lenses13
Frequency multiplexing in millimeter-wave over fiber fronthaul transmission links with an InAs/InP quantum dash mode-locked laser13
Numerical and analytical analysis of an ultrahigh sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensor based on a black phosphorene/graphene heterostructure13
Detection method of micro and macro scale defects in silicon carbide castings13
Speckleless color dynamic three-dimensional holographic display based on complex amplitude modulation: erratum13
Ultra-compact on-chip meta-waveguide phase modulator based on split ring magnetic resonance13
Antireflective properties of Al2O3/SiO2 multilayer stacks for GaAs solar cells13
Examining the change of half-period voltage in longitudinal electro-optic modulation and residual stress of potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystal13
Turning point monitoring of narrow bandpass filters: the enormous strength of the error self-compensation effect13
Laser radius measurement method based on the amplitude jump of a thermal wave13
Performance of dual-hop FSO/RF systems with fixed-gain relaying over Fisher–Snedecor F and κ-μ shadowed fading channels13
Degree of cross-polarization of elliptical Gaussian partially coherent beams propagating in turbulent atmosphere13
THz-TDS with gigahertz Yb-based dual-comb lasers: noise analysis and mitigation strategies13
Gbit/s secure key generation and distribution based on the phase noise of an amplified spontaneous emission source13
Parametric multiphysics study of focus-variable silicone lenses13
InSPECtor: an end-to-end design framework for compressive pixelated hyperspectral instruments13
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
Non-resonant broadband RCS reduction based on the patch distribution of a phase gradient metasurface13
Freeform mirror array design for concentrating sunlight onto a CPV solar cell13
Numerical analysis of optical confinement in silica and tellurite multicore fibers for near-infrared image transportation13
Camera pose estimation algorithm involving weighted measurement uncertainty of feature points based on rotation parameters13
Equal-intensity beam splitter fabricated by tandem dielectric beam splitters for passive laser speckle reduction13
Optical information hiding for different surface images13
Vibration rejection of phased array telescope systems via disturbance-propagation-characteristics-based feedforward control13
Dynamic measurement of three-dimensional absolute displacements using dual-camera multiplexed digital holography13
Partial Mueller matrix polarimeter using liquid crystal modulators13
Fourier-domain filtering analysis for color-polarization camera demosaicking: publisher’s note13
High-efficiency broadband fiber-to-chip coupler using a 3D nanoprinting microfiber13
Silicon photonics 2  ×  2 trench coupler design and foundry fabrication13
Dynamic ONU grouping algorithm based on combination partition for centralized flexible PON13
SPP excitation and coupling mechanism based on micro/nano fibers13
Implementation of a high-resolution micro-grating accelerometer using a subdivision interpolation technique13
Laser derusting on low carbon steel surface based on coordinated application of machine vision and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy12
Random depolarization film design for real-color displays12
Integrated Fabry–Perot filter with wideband noise suppression for satellite-based daytime quantum key distribution12
Tunable and enhanced optical activity in twisted graphene metasurface bilayers12
Real-time automatic polarization control based on golden section search and proportional endless reset-free control action12
Laser air plasma expansion by microwaves12
Untangling parasitic reflection in phase measuring deflectometry by multi-frequency phase-shifting12
Parallel unambiguous generalized phase-shifting and T-spline fitting algorithms for optical micro-structured surface 3D topography metrology12
Structural design and cryogenic stability analysis for long-wave infrared spatial heterodyne spectrometers12
Study in the Reduction of the Temperature Shift of dielectric Interference Filters12
Performance of a resonant fiber-optic gyroscope based on a broadband source12
Design and analysis of a far-infrared metamaterial perfect absorber with sensing applications12
Time-difference-of-arrival positioning based on visible light communication for harbor-border inspection12
Efficient dual-wavelength metasurface for second-order differential edge detection in the ultraviolet12
Enlargement of the viewing zone and size of a reconstructed image in electro-holography using multiple reconstruction lights by eye-tracking12
High-efficiency metalens-based compact multispectral variable spectrometer12
In-flight measurement of atmospheric-imposed tilt: experimental results and analysis12
Visualization of simulated coating efficiency and uniformity12
Stimulated vibrational–rotational Raman scattering of hydrogen pumped at a 1064-nm laser12
Application of optical switching technology in a lunar laser ranging system based on a superconducting detector12
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