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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
ArticleCitations
Ultrahigh Q SOI ring resonator with a Hermite or B-spline curved waveguide74
Spatially resolved reflectance from turbid media having a rough surface. Part II: experiments61
Estimation precision for a normalized response matrix in linear polarization calibration58
Potential of edge machine learning for instrumentation55
Real-time high-precision FMCW laser range extraction method based on a hardware multiplier array51
Configurable topological phonon polaritons in twisted hBN metasurfaces50
Chemometrics applied quantitative analysis of iron oxide mixtures by terahertz spectroscopy50
Free-form off-axis three-mirror optical antenna design with an integrated primary/tertiary-mirror structure40
Binarization for low-quality ESPI fringe patterns based on preprocessing and clustering40
Mode-locked Cr:LiSAF laser far off the gain peak: tunable sub-200-fs pulses near 1  µm39
Using a broadband long-wavelength channel to increase the capture range of segment piston phase retrieval for segmented-aperture systems39
Thermally responsive polymer-dispersed liquid crystal diffusers fabricated using laser speckle pattern irradiation39
Adaptive dynamic adjustment star identification threshold estimation for a terrestrial star tracker35
Confocal microscopy multi-focus image fusion method based on axial information guidance34
Control of light-induced torque in quantum well waveguides through electron spin coherence34
Design and implementation of a physical layer optical fiber security communication system based on a ZUC stream cipher33
Multi-channel synthetic aperture infrared imaging and experimental research31
Effective interference mitigation scheme for multi-LED-based mobile optical camera communication30
Optical design and development of an underwater dual-channel microlens array integral field snapshot hyperspectral imager29
Mask correction method for surface plasmon lithography29
Vanadium dioxide metasurface with dual functionalities of an optical switch and a sensor28
Compact and broadband design of an 850 nm 2 × 2 3-dB directional coupler with a shallowly etched SWG gap27
High anti-interference dual-parameter sensor using EIT-like effect photonic crystal cavity coupled system26
Quasi-TPPs/Fano resonance systems based on an MDM waveguide structure and its sensing application26
Cutting sinusoidal gratings to enhance light trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells26
Mirror-backed dielectric metasurface sensor with ultrahigh figure of merit based on a super-narrow Rayleigh anomaly26
Phase retrieval from single-shot square wave fringe based on image denoising using deep learning25
Sensitivity improvement of the closed-loop resonant fiber-optic gyroscope interrogated with a broadband source25
Calibration reinforcement regularizations for optimized snapshot spectral imaging24
Performance analysis of an SMF-/MMF-based single/double/quadruple tapered optical fiber structure24
Design of an efficient illuminator for partially coherent sources in the extreme ultraviolet24
Titanium content influence on the optical response characteristics of TiO2/ormosils composite films doped with azobenzene24
Design parameters for Airy beams in light-sheet microscopy24
Data transmission scheme based on the DC-QOSTBC in indoor MIMO-VLC systems24
High-performance reconstruction method combining total variation with a video denoiser for compressed ultrafast imaging24
Mach–Zehnder modulator condition for a low chirp factor versus DC bias24
Combined multi-scale mesh and full-matrix inversion for enhancing time-domain breast diffuse optical tomography24
Reed microstructure detection by optical coherence tomography, an efficient and non-invasive method24
Engineering a conformal optical window of a square-to-circular transition isolator23
Underwater optical guiding and communication solution for the AUV and seafloor node23
Mathematical model of potential distribution in a pinned photodiode of an indirect time of flight CMOS image sensor23
High-performance phase measuring profilometry architecture based on Zynq SoC23
Fast algorithm based on the Hilbert transform for high-speed absolute distance measurement using a frequency scanning interferometry method23
Optical design of multilayer antireflection coatings for indoor solar cell applications23
Design of a zoom head-up display optical system based on a nodal aberration theory23
L-band compact Q-switched fiber laser based on a thulium-doped fiber saturable absorber23
Single-shot enhanced imaging through multimode fiber based on self-learning networks23
Rapid quantitative analysis of calcium in infant formula powder assisted by long short-term memory with variable importance using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy23
Adaptive thermal refocusing system for a high-resolution space camera22
Accurate and efficient internal deformation measurement of multiphase/porous materials via segmentation-aided digital volume correlation22
Ultra-narrow linewidth transmission filters based on the cladding mode assisted Fabry–Perot effect in a planar waveguide22
Photon detection probability enhancement using an anti-reflection coating in CMOS-based SPADs22
Extreme learning machine and genetic algorithm in quantitative analysis of sulfur hexafluoride by infrared spectroscopy: erratum22
Influences of focusing conditions on optical poling in lithium niobate using a 1035  nm femtosecond fiber laser21
Dual-wavelength off-axis digital holography in ImageJ: toward real-time phase retrieval using CUDA streams21
Optical experimental results using Singer product apertures21
Design and analysis of an ultra-wide-angle laser communication optical system21
Randomly aperiodically poled LiNbO3 crystal design by Monte Carlo–Metropolis with simulated annealing optimization for ultrabroadband photon pair generation21
Ray-tracing model of a perfect lens compliant with Fermat’s principle: the Cardinal Lens21
Diamond microscraping for the fabrication of a trimmed radial Fresnel array on a roller mold21
Self-supervised stereo depth estimation based on bi-directional pixel-movement learning21
Optimization technology for DCF dispersion compensation based on cascaded fiber Bragg grating21
Lock-in range in a semiconductor ring laser gyroscope20
Frequency resolution improvement by sub-bins and an inverse matrix in discrete Fourier transform20
Comparing optical four-flux model results with experimental data obtained by integrating sphere measurements20
Profile evolution during photochemical nano-polishing of a rough quartz surface under direct illumination20
Triple coding empowered FDMA-CDMA mode high-security CAOS camera20
Automatic measurement system for large-aperture-angle non-holonomic spherical stitching with laser differential confocal interference20
Monolithic 24  cm2 flexible triple-junction solar cell encapsulated module based on the ipsilateral electrode welding technology: erratum20
Efficient progressive algorithm for light scattering of a multilayered concentric nanoparticle20
Theoretical model and optimization of diffractive optical elements with aspheric substrates in ophthalmology20
Polarimetric analysis of whitefly larvae on pomegranate leaves via Mueller matrix imaging20
Flexible PTFE hollow dielectric waveguides for terahertz applications: analysis and experimental study20
Rapid focusing of light through turbid water based on a digital micromirror device19
Analysis and optimization of MEMS-based Michelson interferometers featuring curved mirrors under partially coherent light conditions19
Bessel beams with an adjustable focal position19
Phase retrieval algorithm applied to high-energy ultrafast lasers19
Nickel oxide morphology synthesized with a hydrothermal method for inverted perovskite solar cells19
SBS mitigation by sinusoidal phase modulation of a 1572  nm all-fiber amplifier for lidar CO2 sensing19
Fabry–Perot interference optical fiber biosensor based on the ECF for label-free DNA detection19
End-to-end computational ghost imaging method that suppresses atmospheric turbulence19
Formation mechanism of blemishes in a fiber-optic imaging element19
Reflective microring-resonator-based microwave photonic sensor incorporating a self-attention assisted convolutional neural network19
Speckle classification of a multimode fiber based on Inception V319
Noncritical acousto-optic Bragg phase matching: analysis of orthorhombic and monoclinic crystal systems19
Dual-beam polarimeter based on nonachromatic wave plates with high polarimetric efficiency over a broad band19
Reconfigurable hybrid silicon waveguide Bragg filter using ultralow-loss phase-change material19
Deep-learning-based model for the inverse design of a reconfigurable multi-tap optical filter18
Athermal panoramic annular lens design with a thermal analysis method18
Pitfalls in the spectral measurements of polarization-altering metasurfaces18
High sensitivity detection of different pH ranges with rGO-nanocomposite coated eFBG sensor18
Feasibility analysis of an SMS-/MSM-/SMSMS-based optical fiber sensor structure18
Prescriptive method for fiber polarization compensation in two bases18
Measurement of the thickness and refractive index of a thin film by analyzing reflected interference fringes18
Calibration for endoscopic 3D shape measurement with cone beam projection18
Ring core few-mode fiber sensor for curvature measurement18
Compact dual-parameter sensor design based on a photonic crystal nanobeam cavity with chirped slotted annular holes18
Aberration compensation strategy for the radius of curvature error of the primary mirror in off-axis three-mirror anastigmatic telescopes18
Effect of preheating conditions on UV laser direct coloring of stainless steel surfaces18
Compact high-power MIR laser through pulse fiber laser pumped PPMgLN-based OPO18
Sensitivity analysis and comparison of broadband source-driven resonant fiber-optic gyroscopes18
Integrated barium titanate electro-optic modulators operating at CMOS-compatible voltage18
Accurate stereo vision system calibration with chromatic concentric fringe patterns17
Complex Kernel-based spectrum reconstruction algorithm for cascaded Fabry–Perot interferometric spectrometer17
Optimal vector phase-matching conditions in biaxial crystalline materials determined by the extreme surfaces method: the case of orthorhombic crystals17
Secrecy performance of mixed single-input multiple-output-FSO/single-input multiple-output-RF networks with energy harvesting17
Low power, high speed, all-optical logic gates based on optical bistability in graphene-containing compact microdisk resonators17
High-efficiency simulation of coherent beam combining using a scaled angular spectrum method17
Continuously variable Fourier filters fabricated using varying angle glancing angle deposition for chip-scale spectroscopy17
Integrating inverse design and partially etched platform: an ultra-compact polarization splitter and rotator as an example17
Adaptive Optical Wireless Communication Systems with Camera-based Underwater Turbulence and Fog Channel Estimation17
Rotational speed measurement using self-mixing interferometry17
Accurate ray-tracing optical model for coded aperture spectral snapshot imagers17
Dynamic light scattering from single macroscopic particles17
Optical electrocardiogram monitor with a real-time analysis of an abnormal heart rhythm for home-based medical alerts16
Precise measurements of the low optical absorption coefficients of massive lithium triborate crystal boules with untreated facets formed during the growth process16
Digital holographic approaches to the detection and characterization of microplastics in water environments16
Optical pilot tone correction of phase errors in photodetection chains16
Brewster-coupling-based thin film filter design for wide-angle high-efficiency phosphor emission16
Improved phase hologram generation of multiple 3D objects16
Simultaneous wavelength beam combination and dark region compressing using a segmented coated step prism group for fiber coupled system16
Accurate measurement of the frequency offset of the laser based on electromagnetically induced transparency16
Energy-scaling of a diode-pumped Alexandrite laser and prototype development for a compact general-purpose Doppler lidar16
Experimental generation of adjustable partially coherent optical vortices from coherent and incoherent light sources16
Machine recognition of gas spectra based on a spectral image encoding method16
Improving the beam quality of single-grating spectrally combined fiber lasers with adaptive optics16
Real-timing processing of fiber bundle endomicroscopy images in Python using PyFibreBundle16
Pointing jitter correction in hollow-core fiber nonlinear systems based on LSTM16
Optical characterization of a manual tunable lens for eye-care applications16
Atmospheric optical turbulence mitigation using iterative image registration and least squares lucky look fusion16
On-orbit demonstration of inter-satellite free-space optical stable communication enabled by integrated optical amplification of HPA and LNA16
Integrative design and processing of a conformal optical window pair in a cylindrical isolator16
Eliminating the influence of modulation depth by a laser interference double detection system16
Short wavelength operation of a 10 m perimeter ring laser gyroscope16
Applied Optics Research at imec: introduction to the feature issue16
Effect of the purity of the host material 2FPPICz on the performance of crystalline organic light-emitting diodes16
Adaptive phase control of a phase-only spatial light modulator using the Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor16
Advanced terahertz-range dopamine detection using a 2D material-based metasurface biosensor16
One-shot reflectance direction field imaging for measuring the surface slope distribution of a capillary wave16
Graphene suspensions in carbon tetrachloride: an excellent nonlinear optical limiting material with a high damage threshold at 1064  nm15
Vibration rejection of phased array telescope systems via disturbance-propagation-characteristics-based feedforward control15
Frequency multiplexing in millimeter-wave over fiber fronthaul transmission links with an InAs/InP quantum dash mode-locked laser15
Phase singularity reduction in speckle interferometry by tailoring the spatial coherence of light15
Automatic lens-splitting optimization algorithm for spherical aberration correction15
Source optimization method employing dynamic polarization aberration model for high-NA EUVL15
Main lobe shifting and splitting of 2D symmetric Airy beams via digital phase modulation15
Implementation of stacked ensemble machine learning for the detection of surrogate plutonium contamination in soil via LIBS15
In situ areal mass measurement of laser shock-loaded aluminum using point-projection x-ray backlighting15
Stimulated vibrational–rotational Raman scattering of hydrogen pumped at a 1064-nm laser15
Surface profile measurement of metal objects by use of a fringe projection system with polarized dual projectors15
Apparatus and its principle for thermal aberration compensation15
Binocular laser scanning imaging-based disordered object recognition method15
Grain size characterization of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy based on laser ultrasonic random forest regression15
Numerical simulation of a large area scintillometer and laser differential image motion monitor15
Integrated Fabry–Perot filter with wideband noise suppression for satellite-based daytime quantum key distribution15
EUV telescope for a Cubesat nanosatellite15
High-efficiency metalens-based compact multispectral variable spectrometer15
Visualization of simulated coating efficiency and uniformity15
Dynamic measurement of three-dimensional absolute displacements using dual-camera multiplexed digital holography15
Self-healing and self-matching effects in astigmatic structured beams as a basis for measuring orbital Stokes parameters15
THz-TDS with gigahertz Yb-based dual-comb lasers: noise analysis and mitigation strategies15
Untangling parasitic reflection in phase measuring deflectometry by multi-frequency phase-shifting15
Enlargement of the viewing zone and size of a reconstructed image in electro-holography using multiple reconstruction lights by eye-tracking15
Dual-step method to manufacture a polymeric GRIN lens with a high refractive index range15
Set of all possible stigmatic pairs of mirrors15
High-fidelity source mask optimization for suppressing line-end shortening15
Laser-induced damage thresholds in SiO2-coated aluminum mirrors under various ultrashort pulse widths15
Design and optimization of the grating coupler in the 2  µm band15
Equal-intensity beam splitter fabricated by tandem dielectric beam splitters for passive laser speckle reduction15
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 note14
Effect of oils on the transmission properties of a terahertz photonic crystal14
Design of a terahertz encoding metalens with adjustable focusing intensity14
Automatic depth map retrieval from digital holograms using a depth-from-focus approach14
BRDF modeling and optimization of a target surface based on the gradient descent algorithm14
Femtosecond LIPSS on indium-tin-oxide thin films at IR wavelengths14
Super-resolution terahertz synthetic aperture image reconstruction algorithm14
Double chiral resonances in a quasi-BIC metasurface with both strong circular dichroism and high quality factor14
Radially self-accelerating Stokes vortices in nondiffracting Bessel–Poincaré beams14
Binocular camera calibration using a BP algorithm optimized by an improved subtraction-average-based optimizer14
Effects of illumination non-uniformity on the double-Ronchi lateral shearing interference field14
High-performance perovskite photodetectors based on CsPbBr3 microwire arrays: erratum14
Control of surface edge roughness for an aluminum alloy mirror based on sub-aperture polishing14
Structured illumination and image enhancement of three-dimensional and moving objects at a distance via incoherent Fourier ptychography14
Efficient dual-wavelength metasurface for second-order differential edge detection in the ultraviolet14
Effective half-wavelength pitch optical phased array design for aliasing-free 2D beam steering14
Structural design and cryogenic stability analysis for long-wave infrared spatial heterodyne spectrometers14
Tri-comb generation with a dual-ring structure14
Degree of cross-polarization of elliptical Gaussian partially coherent beams propagating in turbulent atmosphere14
Real-time automatic polarization control based on golden section search and proportional endless reset-free control action14
Low-cross-talk and thermo-insensitive CWDM (de)multiplexer assisted with compact MZIs and slot waveguides14
Speckleless color dynamic three-dimensional holographic display based on complex amplitude modulation: erratum14
DL-CSPF: deep-learning-based cell segmentation with a physical framework for digital holographic microscopy14
Application of the Powell algorithm for estimating optical properties of a semitransparent medium based on time-domain information14
Integrated multimode optical waveguides in glass using laser induced deep etching14
Multiline molecular tagging velocimetry of nitric oxide at 100  kHz using an injection-seeded burst-mode OPO14
Infrared emissivity measurement methods considering target reflective characteristics14
Generation of multi-focus shaping with high uniformity based on an improved Gerchberg–Saxton algorithm14
Optical information hiding for different surface images14
Method of calculation of paraxial design parameters of a hybrid catadioptric zoom system with focus tunable elements14
45 W kHz-linewidth single-frequency fiber laser at 1120 nm14
Turning point monitoring of narrow bandpass filters: the enormous strength of the error self-compensation effect13
Dynamic ONU grouping algorithm based on combination partition for centralized flexible PON13
Numerical analysis of optical confinement in silica and tellurite multicore fibers for near-infrared image transportation13
Silicon photonics 2  ×  2 trench coupler design and foundry fabrication13
SPP excitation and coupling mechanism based on micro/nano fibers13
Mid-infrared ridge waveguides fabricated in CaF2 crystal by the technique of O5+ ion irradiation13
Extended Risley scanning system with 30 × 360 coverage13
Optical–electronic hybrid Fourier convolutional neural network based on super-pixel complex-valued modulation13
Camera pose estimation algorithm involving weighted measurement uncertainty of feature points based on rotation parameters13
Performance of dual-hop FSO/RF systems with fixed-gain relaying over Fisher–Snedecor F and κ-μ shadowed fading channels13
Partial Mueller matrix polarimeter using liquid crystal modulators13
Practical technique for balancing the optical aberrations among conceptual thin-lens components of optical zoom lenses13
Non-resonant broadband RCS reduction based on the patch distribution of a phase gradient metasurface13
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
Optimal design for a broadband Stokes polarimeter of liquid crystal variable retarders13
Directional control of the off-normal scattering from a single nanodisk by superposed linearly and radially polarized beams13
Tunable and enhanced optical activity in twisted graphene metasurface bilayers13
InSPECtor: an end-to-end design framework for compressive pixelated hyperspectral instruments13
Terahertz ultrasensitive dual-core photonic crystal fiber microfluidic sensor for detecting high-absorption analytes13
Hyperspectral camera as a compact payload architecture for remote sensing applications13
Simulation and experimental research of a high-order Bragg grating semiconductor laser13
Fourier-domain filtering analysis for color-polarization camera demosaicking: publisher’s note13
Defect detection system for silicon solar panels under all-day irradiation13
Optical detection of the ultrasound-induced pulsed thermal lens close to the ice-water phase transition13
Tunable terahertz absorber based on quasi-BIC supported by a graphene metasurface13
Freeform mirror array design for concentrating sunlight onto a CPV solar cell13
Ultra-compact on-chip meta-waveguide phase modulator based on split ring magnetic resonance13
All-sky camera system providing high temporal resolution annual time series of irradiance in the Arctic13
Collaborative semi-global stereo matching13
Parallel unambiguous generalized phase-shifting and T-spline fitting algorithms for optical micro-structured surface 3D topography metrology13
Parametric multiphysics study of focus-variable silicone lenses13
Laser radius measurement method based on the amplitude jump of a thermal wave13
Optical pulling force on a uniaxial anisotropic sphere by a high-order Bessel (vortex) beam13
Laser-pulse-induced temperature, thermal stress, and crater morphology effect during multipulse nanosecond laser manufacturing13
Application of optical switching technology in a lunar laser ranging system based on a superconducting detector13
Detection method of micro and macro scale defects in silicon carbide castings13
Implementation of a high-resolution micro-grating accelerometer using a subdivision interpolation technique13
Curved OLED-based NLOS optical camera communications links12
Surface solution to correct a freeform wavefront12
Zero drift suppression method of a distributed feedback fiber laser hydrophone12
Laser derusting on low carbon steel surface based on coordinated application of machine vision and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy12
Quantitative detection for textured surface cracks based on cluster integration12
Measuring the linear optical absorption coefficient by interferometry and the thermal lensing effect: a numerical analysis12
Applications of digital speckle pattern shearing interferometry in characterization of fluids12
Random depolarization film design for real-color displays12
Numerical and analytical analysis of an ultrahigh sensitive surface plasmon resonance sensor based on a black phosphorene/graphene heterostructure12
Loading test on the oil tank ground settlement performance monitored by an optical parallel scheme12
Laser-induced schliere anemometry in a Mach 6 flow with collinear light entry12
In-flight radiometric and polarimetric calibration of the Directional Polarimetric Camera onboard the GaoFen-5 satellite over the ocean12
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