Applied Optics

Papers
(The TQCC of Applied Optics is 4. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Quasi-BIC empowered asymmetric grating for high-Q angularly tolerant THz filters with switchable transmission-reflection dualities65
Frequency resolution improvement by sub-bins and an inverse matrix in discrete Fourier transform58
Optimal polishing trajectory generation for complex optical surfaces modeled by meshes54
Sensor network based on multiplexed intermodal fiber interferometers for quasi-distributed measurements53
Control of light-induced torque in quantum well waveguides through electron spin coherence37
Confocal microscopy multi-focus image fusion method based on axial information guidance36
Multi-channel synthetic aperture infrared imaging and experimental research35
Compact and broadband design of an 850 nm 2 × 2 3-dB directional coupler with a shallowly etched SWG gap34
Cutting sinusoidal gratings to enhance light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells34
Design parameters for Airy beams in light-sheet microscopy33
High-performance reconstruction method combining total variation with a video denoiser for compressed ultrafast imaging32
Reed microstructure detection by optical coherence tomography, an efficient and non-invasive method30
Engineering a conformal optical window of a square-to-circular transition isolator30
Dual-wavelength off-axis digital holography in ImageJ: toward real-time phase retrieval using CUDA streams29
Mathematical model of potential distribution in a pinned photodiode of an indirect time of flight CMOS image sensor29
Profile evolution during photochemical nano-polishing of a rough quartz surface under direct illumination28
Automatic measurement system for large-aperture-angle non-holonomic spherical stitching with laser differential confocal interference28
Diamond microscraping for the fabrication of a trimmed radial Fresnel array on a roller mold28
Lock-in range in a semiconductor ring laser gyroscope28
Design and analysis of an ultra-wide-angle laser communication optical system28
Estimation precision for a normalized response matrix in linear polarization calibration27
Bessel beams with an adjustable focal position26
High-performance phase measuring profilometry architecture based on Zynq SoC26
Compact dual-parameter sensor design based on a photonic crystal nanobeam cavity with chirped slotted annular holes25
Study and synthesis of inhomogeneous optical modes by solving the wave and telegraph equations24
Simultaneous wavelength beam combination and dark region compressing using a segmented coated step prism group for a fiber-coupled system24
Improved magnetorheological finishing of a 3D K9 glass surface for ultra-precision optical applications24
Fabry–Perot interference optical fiber biosensor based on the ECF for label-free DNA detection24
Combined multi-scale mesh and full-matrix inversion for enhancing time-domain breast diffuse optical tomography24
Rapid quantitative analysis of calcium in infant formula powder assisted by long short-term memory with variable importance using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy24
Ultra-wideband high-efficiency reflective polarization converter based on a silver metasurface in the near-infrared region23
Chemometrics applied quantitative analysis of iron oxide mixtures by terahertz spectroscopy23
Underwater optical guiding and communication solution for the AUV and seafloor node23
Ultra-narrow linewidth transmission filters based on the cladding mode assisted Fabry–Perot effect in a planar waveguide23
Single-lens integrated miniature Raman spectrometer with fine resolution and high étendue23
Accurate ray-tracing optical model for coded aperture spectral snapshot imagers23
Ray-tracing model of a perfect lens compliant with Fermat’s principle: the Cardinal Lens23
Vanadium dioxide metasurface with dual functionalities of an optical switch and a sensor23
Pointing jitter correction in hollow-core fiber nonlinear systems based on LSTM22
Integrative design and processing of a conformal optical window pair in a cylindrical isolator22
Effect of the purity of the host material 2FPPICz on the performance of crystalline organic light-emitting diodes22
Machine recognition of gas spectra based on a spectral image encoding method22
Efficient progressive algorithm for light scattering of a multilayered concentric nanoparticle22
Short wavelength operation of a 10 m perimeter ring laser gyroscope21
Brewster-coupling-based thin film filter design for wide-angle high-efficiency phosphor emission21
Experimental generation of adjustable partially coherent optical vortices from coherent and incoherent light sources21
Eliminating the influence of modulation depth by a laser interference double detection system21
Precise measurements of the low optical absorption coefficients of massive lithium triborate crystal boules with untreated facets formed during the growth process21
Applied Optics Research at imec: introduction to the feature issue21
Effect of preheating conditions on UV laser direct coloring of stainless steel surfaces20
One-shot reflectance direction field imaging for measuring the surface slope distribution of a capillary wave20
Deep-learning-based model for the inverse design of a reconfigurable multi-tap optical filter20
Accurate measurement of the frequency offset of the laser based on electromagnetically induced transparency20
Continuously variable Fourier filters fabricated using varying angle glancing angle deposition for chip-scale spectroscopy20
Optical pilot tone correction of phase errors in photodetection chains20
Dual-beam polarimeter based on nonachromatic wave plates with high polarimetric efficiency over a broad band20
Theoretical model and optimization of diffractive optical elements with aspheric substrates in ophthalmology19
Phase retrieval from single-shot square wave fringe based on image denoising using deep learning19
Extreme learning machine and genetic algorithm in quantitative analysis of sulfur hexafluoride by infrared spectroscopy: erratum19
Implementation of stacked ensemble machine learning for the detection of surrogate plutonium contamination in soil via LIBS19
Real-time high-precision FMCW laser range extraction method based on a hardware multiplier array19
Optical experimental results using Singer product apertures19
Monolithic 24  cm 2 flexible triple-junction solar cell encapsulated module based on the ipsilateral electrode welding technology: erratum19
High sensitivity detection of different pH ranges with rGO-nanocomposite coated eFBG sensor19
Spatially resolved reflectance from turbid media having a rough surface. Part II: experiments19
Propagation characteristics of off-axis Laguerre–Gaussian vortex beam in an oceanic turbulent stratified oblique channel19
Main lobe shifting and splitting of 2D symmetric Airy beams via digital phase modulation19
Improving the beam quality of single-grating spectrally combined fiber lasers with adaptive optics19
Using a broadband long-wavelength channel to increase the capture range of segment piston phase retrieval for segmented-aperture systems19
Influences of focusing conditions on optical poling in lithium niobate using a 1035  nm femtosecond fiber laser19
Nickel oxide morphology synthesized with a hydrothermal method for inverted perovskite solar cells19
Sensitivity analysis and comparison of broadband source-driven resonant fiber-optic gyroscopes19
High-fidelity source mask optimization for suppressing line-end shortening19
Security-enhanced optical image authentication based on cascaded geometric-phase metasurfaces19
Optical characterization of a manual tunable lens for eye-care applications19
Prescriptive method for fiber polarization compensation in two bases18
Optimal vector phase-matching conditions in biaxial crystalline materials determined by the extreme surfaces method: the case of orthorhombic crystals18
Rapid focusing of light through turbid water based on a digital micromirror device18
Atmospheric optical turbulence mitigation using iterative image registration and least squares lucky look fusion18
Sensitivity improvement of the closed-loop resonant fiber-optic gyroscope interrogated with a broadband source18
Energy-scaling of a diode-pumped Alexandrite laser and prototype development for a compact general-purpose Doppler lidar18
Analysis and optimization of MEMS-based Michelson interferometers featuring curved mirrors under partially coherent light conditions18
Compact high-power MIR laser through pulse fiber laser pumped PPMgLN-based OPO18
On-orbit demonstration of inter-satellite free-space optical stable communication enabled by integrated optical amplification of HPA and LNA18
SBS mitigation by sinusoidal phase modulation of a 1572  nm all-fiber amplifier for lidar CO2 sensing18
Adaptive dynamic adjustment star identification threshold estimation for a terrestrial star tracker18
Grain size characterization of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy based on laser ultrasonic random forest regression18
Optical design and development of an underwater dual-channel microlens array integral field snapshot hyperspectral imager18
High-efficiency simulation of coherent beam combining using a scaled angular spectrum method18
Single-shot enhanced imaging through multimode fiber based on self-learning networks17
Design and implementation of a physical layer optical fiber security communication system based on a ZUC stream cipher17
Advanced terahertz-range dopamine detection using a 2D material-based metasurface biosensor17
Optimization technology for DCF dispersion compensation based on cascaded fiber Bragg grating17
Adaptive phase control of a phase-only spatial light modulator using the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor17
End-to-end computational ghost imaging method that suppresses atmospheric turbulence17
Speckle classification of a multimode fiber based on Inception V317
Ultrahigh Q SOI ring resonator with a Hermite or B-spline curved waveguide17
Reflective microring-resonator-based microwave photonic sensor incorporating a self-attention assisted convolutional neural network17
Cascaded microfiber interferometer–fiber Bragg grating sensor for decoupled strain and temperature measurement16
Opto-thermal coupling analysis and thermal management of high-power cladding power strippers16
Polarimetric analysis of whitefly larvae on pomegranate leaves via Mueller matrix imaging16
Techniques and technologies for shroud and baffle design in reflective triplet freeform telescopes16
Multichannel hybrid quantum cryptography for submarine optical communications16
Low-loss nonvolatile silicon photonic switching enabled by a GST superlattice16
Athermal panoramic annular lens design with a thermal analysis method16
Relative pose estimation algorithm for rigid bodies based on orthogonal Plücker lines16
Experimental realization and spectral sensitivity analysis of multiple-order barite wave plates in the near-infrared region of the spectrum16
Design of a compact four-lens collimation system with integrated light recycling16
Characterization and fabrication of high-performance B 4 C-coated mirrors for X-ray free-electron lasers16
Calibration for endoscopic 3D shape measurement with cone beam projection16
Photonic-assisted integrated system for communication and sensing based on time–frequency division flexibly multiplexing16
Infrared small target detection network based on multi-dimensional and multi-scale feature fusion16
High-performance microcavity sensing combining MgCo 2 O 4 modification with machine learning15
Calibration reinforcement regularizations for optimized snapshot spectral imaging15
Non-monotonic dependence of compressive sensing in ghost imaging with an LC-SLM under noisy conditions15
Pulsed laser milling process of CVD single crystal diamond15
Mask correction method for surface plasmon lithography15
Integrated barium titanate electro-optic modulators operating at CMOS-compatible voltage15
Fiber-optic LIBS using nitrogen gas emission for hardness assessment of simulated fuel debris15
Phase retrieval algorithm applied to high-energy ultrafast lasers15
Sparse tomographic reconstruction of temperature and concentration in ammonia flames15
Design of a zoom head-up display optical system based on a nodal aberration theory15
Digital holographic approaches to the detection and characterization of microplastics in water environments15
Time-ahead forecasting of fiber-coupled signals using temporal convolutional networks for free-space optical links [Invited]15
The Influence of Horizontally Inhomogeneous Water Clouds on the Sky Polarization Patterns15
Quasi-TPPs/Fano resonance systems based on an MDM waveguide structure and its sensing application15
Adaptive optical wireless communication systems with camera-based underwater turbulence and fog channel estimation15
Comparing optical four-flux model results with experimental data obtained by integrating sphere measurements15
Uncalibrated multi-coherent modulation imaging for phase measurement of semi-transparent Fermat-spiral photon sieves15
Compact simple dynamic holographic devices based on pattern-aligned liquid crystal micro-structures15
EUV telescope for a Cubesat nanosatellite15
Real-timing processing of fiber bundle endomicroscopy images in Python using PyFibreBundle15
Learning–Based Defect Inspection of µLED Patterns Using Reflection-Mode Fourier Ptychographic Microscopy15
Pitfalls in the spectral measurements of polarization-altering metasurfaces15
Optical design of multilayer antireflection coatings for indoor solar cell applications14
Source optimization method employing dynamic polarization aberration model for high-NA EUVL14
Binocular laser scanning imaging-based disordered object recognition method14
Efficient ultraviolet beam generation at 294.5  nm by frequency-quadrupling a LD-pumped actively Q-switched Nd:YAG/SrWO4 Raman laser14
Frequency-domain equalization technology for a vortex optical multiplexing system14
Continuous optical generation of microwave signals for fountain clocks14
Numerical study of feature-distribution effects for anti-reflection structured surfaces on binary gratings14
Flexible PTFE hollow dielectric waveguides for terahertz applications: analysis and experimental study14
Integrating inverse design and partially etched platform: an ultra-compact polarization splitter and rotator as an example14
Design and optimization of the grating coupler in the 2  µm band14
Spot diagram borders are always caustic curves and/or marginal rays III: segmented mirror in hexagons and trapezoids14
Compact 200  W level linearly polarized microsecond-pulse Nd:YAG oscillator with nearly diffraction-limited beam quality14
Method of calculation of paraxial design parameters of a hybrid catadioptric zoom system with focus tunable elements14
Numerical analysis of optical confinement in silica and tellurite multicore fibers for near-infrared image transportation14
Measurement of the thickness and refractive index of a thin film by analyzing reflected interference fringes14
Design of High-Efficiency Achromatic Metalens for Mid-Infrared Broadband Applications Enabled by Deep Learning Algorithms14
High brightness in-band pumped fiber MOPA with output power scaling to >4.6kW14
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 A14
Micro-ring wavelength selective switch device based on contra-DC14
Apparatus and its principle for thermal aberration compensation14
45 W kHz-linewidth single-frequency fiber laser at 1120 nm14
High-efficiency broadband fiber-to-chip coupler using a 3D nanoprinting microfiber13
Examining the change of half-period voltage in longitudinal electro-optic modulation and residual stress of potassium dihydrogen phosphate crystal13
Automatic depth map retrieval from digital holograms using a depth-from-focus approach13
Parametric multiphysics study of focus-variable silicone lenses13
Tri-comb generation with a dual-ring structure13
SPP excitation and coupling mechanism based on micro/nano fibers13
Three-dimensional gradient index microlens arrays for light-field and holographic imaging and displays13
Optical detection of the ultrasound-induced pulsed thermal lens close to the ice-water phase transition13
Ps-ViT: phase space vision transformer pre-training for the depth estimation in computer-generated holograms13
Degree of cross-polarization of elliptical Gaussian partially coherent beams propagating in turbulent atmosphere13
Design and analysis of a far-infrared metamaterial perfect absorber with sensing applications13
Non-resonant broadband RCS reduction based on the patch distribution of a phase gradient metasurface13
DL-CSPF: deep-learning-based cell segmentation with a physical framework for digital holographic microscopy13
Low-cross-talk and thermo-insensitive CWDM (de)multiplexer assisted with compact MZIs and slot waveguides13
Practical technique for balancing the optical aberrations among conceptual thin-lens components of optical zoom lenses13
Binocular camera calibration using a BP algorithm optimized by an improved subtraction-average-based optimizer13
Tunable terahertz absorber based on quasi-BIC supported by a graphene metasurface13
Vibration rejection of phased array telescope systems via disturbance-propagation-characteristics-based feedforward control13
Camera pose estimation algorithm involving weighted measurement uncertainty of feature points based on rotation parameters13
Optical information hiding for different surface images13
Dynamic ONU grouping algorithm based on combination partition for centralized flexible PON13
Control of surface edge roughness for an aluminum alloy mirror based on sub-aperture polishing13
InSPECtor: an end-to-end design framework for compressive pixelated hyperspectral instruments13
Super-resolution terahertz synthetic aperture image reconstruction algorithm13
Implementation of a high-resolution micro-grating accelerometer using a subdivision interpolation technique13
Research on the Optically Addressed Liquid Crystal Light Valve Utilizing GaN as both Photoconductive and Conductive Layers13
In situ, back-focal-plane-based determination of the numerical apertures in optical microscopes13
Numerical and analytical analysis of an ultrahigh sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensor based on a black phosphorene/graphene heterostructure13
Partial Mueller matrix polarimeter using liquid crystal modulators13
Characterization of diffraction efficiency for X-ray analyzer crystals using a laboratory-based primary diffraction photon method12
Assessment of a computed tomography imaging spectrometer using an optimized expectation-maximization algorithm12
Parallel unambiguous generalized phase-shifting and T-spline fitting algorithms for optical micro-structured surface 3D topography metrology12
THz-TDS with gigahertz Yb-based dual-comb lasers: noise analysis and mitigation strategies12
Detection method of a lead seal crack in a high-voltage cable based on laser atlas12
Optical fiber vibration signal recognition based on an efficient multidimensional feature extraction network12
Design of a terahertz encoding metalens with adjustable focusing intensity12
Large third-order nonlinear optical susceptibility in high-entropy perovskite oxide thin films prepared by pulsed-laser deposition12
High-precision surface profilometry on a micron-groove based on dual-comb electronically controlled optical sampling12
Highly sensitive magnetic field sensor based on the long-period gratings inscribed in the tapered fiber at the dispersion turning point12
Time-difference-of-arrival positioning based on visible light communication for harbor-border inspection12
Deep learning-based robust OAM mode recognition in atmospheric turbulence12
Mode analysis and measurement of single-emitter blue diode lasers12
Infrared emissivity measurement methods considering target reflective characteristics12
Loading test on the oil tank ground settlement performance monitored by an optical parallel scheme12
PiLocNet: physics-informed neural network on 3D localization with a rotating point spread function12
Analysis of iterative design algorithms for achromatic deterministic diffusers12
Equal-intensity beam splitter fabricated by tandem dielectric beam splitters for passive laser speckle reduction12
Wavefront accuracy of mechanically assembled all-cordierite reflective optical system for cryogenic applications12
Checkerboard corner detection method based on neighborhood linear fitting12
Generation of multi-focus shaping with high uniformity based on an improved Gerchberg–Saxton algorithm12
Real-time automatic polarization control based on golden section search and proportional endless reset-free control action12
Tunable spectral modulation period and depth of loosely bound soliton pairs in an erbium-doped fiber laser12
Enlargement of the viewing zone and size of a reconstructed image in electro-holography using multiple reconstruction lights by eye-tracking12
Application of the Powell algorithm for estimating optical properties of a semitransparent medium based on time-domain information12
Visualization of simulated coating efficiency and uniformity12
Multiline molecular tagging velocimetry of nitric oxide at 100  kHz using an injection-seeded burst-mode OPO12
Effective half-wavelength pitch optical phased array design for aliasing-free 2D beam steering12
Catadioptric sensor concept with interlaced beam paths for imaging and pinpoint spectroscopy12
High-speed 2D materials inspection using a microscopic dynamic spectroscopic imaging ellipsometer12
Temperature evolution of the optical parameters of sapphire in the THz-IR range12
Self-healing and self-matching effects in astigmatic structured beams as a basis for measuring orbital Stokes parameters12
Frequency multiplexing in millimeter-wave over fiber fronthaul transmission links with an InAs/InP quantum dash mode-locked laser12
Efficient dual-wavelength metasurface for second-order differential edge detection in the ultraviolet12
Structural design and cryogenic stability analysis for long-wave infrared spatial heterodyne spectrometers12
Integrated multimode optical waveguides in glass using laser induced deep etching11
High-efficiency metalens-based compact multispectral variable spectrometer11
Measuring the linear optical absorption coefficient by interferometry and the thermal lensing effect: a numerical analysis11
Effect of NiC layer thickness on the microstructure of magnetron-sputtered NiC/C multilayers11
High-precision calibration of a fringe projector based on Gaussian bicubic interpolation and orthogonal constrained homography11
BRDF modeling and optimization of a target surface based on the gradient descent algorithm11
Theoretical study of a four-level EIT-type system in the presence of structured coupling light for microwave field detection11
Quantitative detection for textured surface cracks based on cluster integration11
Thermal lens Z-scan measurements: theoretical and experimental uncertainties for low and high fluorescence quantum yields11
Information content analysis of shadow imaging of GEO satellites11
Single-sided lens terahertz flat-top beam shaping in the Fresnel region11
Design and performance estimation of an efficient collector lens using a fisheye metalens11
Ultra-broadband metamaterial absorber for near-infrared and mid-infrared applications optimized via deep learning11
Two camera phase contrast imaging using digital correlation imaging of speckles11
Application of transport of intensity and phase equations for quantitative phase imaging using a non-recursive method11
Fully self-supervised physics-aware holographic depth estimation11
Optical–electronic hybrid Fourier convolutional neural network based on super-pixel complex-valued modulation11
Double chiral resonances in a quasi-BIC metasurface with both strong circular dichroism and high quality factor11
Gradient index effect assisted anisotropic broadband absorption in α-MoO3 metamaterial11
Graphene suspensions in carbon tetrachloride: an excellent nonlinear optical limiting material with a high damage threshold at 1064  nm11
Measurement of ocular aberrations with an analog holographic wavefront sensor11
Thermal deformation measurement of an aluminum alloy telescope model under periodic temperature modulation11
Freeform mirror array design for concentrating sunlight onto a CPV solar cell11
Monolithic silicon microlens arrays for far-infrared astrophysics11
View synthesis for virtual exhibition of impasto artworks using spherical harmonics11
Integrating terrain and spectral attributes for automated water–land classification using airborne LiDAR without any prior information11
Optical pulling force on a uniaxial anisotropic sphere by a high-order Bessel (vortex) beam11
Broadband free space 2 × 4 90° optical hybrid for satellite laser communication11
Hyperspectral camera as a compact payload architecture for remote sensing applications11
Antireflective properties of Al2O3/SiO2 multilayer stacks for GaAs solar cells11
Structured light calibration method based on adaptive polarization fringe projection11
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