1. Independent Component Analysis of Spectral Absorbance Image in Human Skin

   • Norimichi Tsumura
   • Hideaki Haneishi
   • Yoichi Miyake

   INFORMATION OPTICS Pages: 479 - 482

2. Collimation Characteristics of Planar Microlens for Parallel Optical Interconnect

   • Yasuhiko Aoki
   • Yuji Shimada
   • Kenichi Iga

   PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS Pages: 483 - 485

3. Fabrication of an Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Functional Probe of Sub-Micron Size by Photochemical Vapor Deposition

   • Yoh Yamamoto
   • Guen-hyoung Lee
   • Motoichi Ohtsu

   OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Pages: 486 - 488

4. Femtosecond Time-Resolved Third-Order Nonlinear Response of 4-(N, N-Diethylamino)-β-Nitrostyrene Solutions in the Nonresonant Region—Experimental Evidence of Group-Velocity Dispersion Effec—

   • Yoshihisa YAMAOKA
   • Ryuji MORITA
   • Mikio YAMASHITA

   QUANTUM OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY Pages: 489 - 494

5. Phase-Modulation Fluorometer Using an Ultraviolet Light-Emitting Diode

   • Tetsuo Iwata
   • Takeshi Kamada
   • Tsutomu Araki

   QUANTUM OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY Pages: 495 - 498

6. Pancharatnam Phase of Two-Mode Optical Fields with Kerr Nonlinearity

   • M. ABDEL-Aty
   • S. Abdel-Khalek
   • A.-S. F. Obada

   QUANTUM OPTICS AND SPECTROSCOPY Pages: 499 - 504

7. Properties of a Thin-Film Optical Waveguide Using Fluorinated Silicon Oxide and Organic Spin-on-Glass Films

   • Tetsuya Homma
   • Hiroyasu Kondo
   • Hideo Takahashi

   PHOTONICS AND OPTOELECTRONICS Pages: 505 - 510

8. Passive Q-switches for Nd:hosted Solid State Lasers

   • Junewen CHEN
   • Hong-Chang KUNG
   • Chao-Chia CHENG

   LASERS Pages: 511 - 519

9. Thermal- and Spectral-Characteristics of High-Power Quasi-Continuous Wave 940-nm InGaAs Diode Laser Arrays

   • Toshiyuki Kawashima
   • Tomokazu Ichii
   • Hirofumi Kan

   LASERS Pages: 520 - 524

10. Investigation of High-Precision Lithography Lens Aberration Measurement Based on Three-Beam Interference Theory: Sensitivity versus Coherent Factor and Variations with Dose and Focus

    • Hiroshi Nomura

    OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Pages: 525 - 534

11. Shockwave Visualization Using Holographic Interferometer

    • Sung-Hoon Baik
    • Seung-Kyu PARK
    • Soo-Yong KIM

    OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Pages: 535 - 542

12. Phase-Measuring Algorithms to Suppress Spatially Nonuniform Phase Modulation in a Two-Beam Interferometer

    • Kenichi Hibino
    • Makoto Yamauchi

    OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Pages: 543 - 549

13. Effect of Linewidth Enhancement Factor on Doppler Beat Waveform Obtained from a Self-Mixing Laser Diode

    • Sahin Kaya ÖZDEMIR
    • Shigenobu SHINOHARA1
    • Hirofumi Yoshida

    OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Pages: 550 - 554

14. Ultraviolet Rayleigh Lidar for Wind and Temperature Measurements

    • Dongsong SUN
    • Sakae KAWATO
    • Takao Kobayashi

    ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SPACE OPTICS Pages: 555 - 560

15. Phase Imaging with a Phase-Shifting X-ray Shearing Interferometer Using an X-ray Line Source

    • Koichi Iwata
    • Atsuo Kawasaki
    • Hisao Kikuta

    FAR INFRARED AND SHORT WAVELENGTH OPTICS Pages: 561 - 565

16. A New Method of Analyzing Edge Effect in Phase Contrast Imaging with Incoherent X-rays

    • Akira ISHISAKA
    • Hiromu OHARA
    • Chika HONDA

    FAR INFRARED AND SHORT WAVELENGTH OPTICS Pages: 566 - 572

17. Single-Mode Operation of Broad-Area Diode Laser at 670 nm by External Cavity Configuration with a Diffraction Grating

    • Shunichi Sato
    • Rui Takada
    • Humio Inaba

    LASERS Pages: 573 - 575

18. Throughput Measurement of a Multilayer-Coated Schwarzschild Objective Using Synchrotron Radiation

    • Takanori Kiyokura
    • Fumihiko MAEDA
    • Akira Yagishita

    FAR INFRARED AND SHORT WAVELENGTH OPTICS Pages: 576 - 578