1. Content-addressable Holographic Digital Data Storage Based on Hybrid Ternary Modulation with a Twisted-Nematic Liquid-Crystal Spatial Light Modulator

   • Renu John
   • Joby Joseph
   • Kehar Singh

   OriginalPaper Pages: 155 - 160

2. Fast Encoding Method for Image Vector Quantization Based on Multiple Appropriate Features to Estimate Euclidean Distance

   • Zhibin Pan
   • Koji Kotani
   • Tadahiro Ohmi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 169

3. Numerical Simulation of a Diode-Laser-Pumped Self-Q-Switched Cr,Yb:YAG Microchip Laser

   • Jun Dong
   • Akira Shirakawa
   • Ken-ichi Ueda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 170 - 178

4. Influence of Polarization and Pulse Shape of Femtosecond Initial Laser Pulses on Spectral Broadening in Microstructure Fibers

   • Montian Tianprateep
   • Junji Tada
   • Fumihiko Kannari

   OriginalPaper Pages: 179 - 189

5. A Variation of Schwarzschild Telescope: Golden Section Solution with Two Concentric Spheres and Its Extension to Finite Distance Solutions

   • Kyoji Nariai
   • Hiroshi Iwamoto

   OriginalPaper Pages: 190 - 195

6. A 64 × 64 CMOS Active Pixel Sensor Operative at a Very Low Illumination Level

   • Jae-Hyoun Park
   • Hoon Kim
   • Jang-Kyoo Shin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 201

7. Multiple-Scattering-Free Optical Glucose Monitoring Based on Femtosecond Pulse Interferometry

   • Yasuaki Hori
   • Takeshi Yasui
   • Tsutomu Araki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 202 - 206

8. Photodynamic Therapy for Cancer Cells Using a Flash Wave Light Xenon Lamp

   • Makoto Kimura
   • Kasumi Kashikura
   • Norimichi Kawashima

   OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 210

9. Color Appearance Determined by Recognition of Space

   • Pontawee Pungrassamee
   • Mitsuo Ikeda
   • Aran Hansuebsai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 218

10. Paraxial and Aberration Analysis of Off-Axial Optical Systems

    • Keisuke Araki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 222

11. Electro-Optical Characteristics of a Twisted Nematic Liquid-Crystal Cell Doped with Carbon Nanotubes in a DC Electric Field

    • Hui-Yu Chen
    • Wei Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 225

12. The Design of Flat Intensity Lenses for Optical Pick-up Units

    • T. W. Tukker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 226 - 227

13. Full-Field Determination of Principal-Stress Directions Using Photoelasticity with Plane-Polarized RGB Lights

    • Pichet Pinit
    • Eisaku Umezaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 228 - 232

14. Ray Model of an Incident Gaussian Beam for Analyzing a Micro-Optical Communication Device with a GRIN Lens System

    • Hun Yong Park
    • Sang-Woo Ha
    • El-Hang Lee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 233 - 236

15. Integration of a Proposed All-Optical Analog-to-Digital Converter using Self-Frequency Shifting in Fiber and a Pulse-Shaping Technique

    • Takashi Nishitani
    • Tsuyoshi Konishi
    • Kazuyoshi Itoh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 241

16. Design of a Label Recognition Filter for Crosstalk Suppression in a Label Recognition Unit using Optical Correlation Assuming the Assistance of Optical Time-Gating

    • Hideaki Furukawa
    • Tsuyoshi Konishi
    • Kazuyoshi Itoh

    OriginalPaper Pages: 242 - 246

17. A Prophylactic Strategy for Global Synthesis in Lens Design

    • L. N. Hazra
    • S. Chatterjee

    OriginalPaper Pages: 247 - 254

18. Electrowetting-Based Variable-Focus Lens for Miniature Systems

    • B. H. W. Hendriks
    • S. Kuiper
    • T. W. Tukker

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 259

19. Simple and Accurate Propagation-Angle Observation of a Collimated Laser Beam within a Short Optical Path Range by Use of a Dual-Focus Fresnel Lens

    • Teruo Fujita
    • Keiji Nakamura
    • Toshiya Matozaki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 260 - 263

20. Analysis of Light Propagation in a Realistic Head Model by a Hybrid Method for Optical Brain Function Measurement

    • Yosuke Ogoshi
    • Eiji Okada

    OriginalPaper Pages: 264 - 269