1. Practical Accurate Optical Ranging Based on Polarization Self Modulation of a Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser Diode

   • Seiichi Kakuma
   • Ryoji Ohba

   OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Pages: 511 - 513

2. Grating Interferometer Using ± 1st Order Beams for Step-Profile Altitude Difference Measurement

   • Yande Xu
   • Osami Sasaki
   • Takamasa Suzuki

   GENERAL AND PHYSICAL OPTICS Pages: 514 - 517

3. Interference Effects Using Ring-Shaped Filtering

   • Antonio Jiménez-Ceniceros
   • Victor M. Castaño Meneses

   GENERAL AND PHYSICAL OPTICS Pages: 518 - 522

4. Performance Comparison and Evaluation of Options for Arranging Data in Digital Optical Parallel Computing

   • Naoki Nishimura
   • Yasuhiro Awatsuji
   • Toshihiro Kubota

   INFORMATION OPTICS Pages: 523 - 533

5. Reversal Bleached Transmission Holograms Derived from Slavich PFG-01 Plate: the Influence of Developer Composition on Diffraction Efficiency

   • Chun-Woo Lim
   • Dae-Wook Choi
   • Sang-Ho Sohn

   INFORMATION OPTICS Pages: 534 - 538

6. Unidirectional Single-Mode 532-nm Nd:YAG Laser Using Intracavity Frequency Doubling in Nonplanar Ring Geometry

   • Jong Rak Park
   • Hyun Su Kim
   • Jin-Tae Kim

   LASERS Pages: 539 - 543

7. Characteristics of Multi-Beam Module Using Waveguides for Laser Scanning Optical Systems

   • Akiyoshi Hamada
   • Naoki Nishida
   • Masayuki Mino

   LASERS Pages: 544 - 548

8. Phase Modulation in Interferometry: Phase-Drift Suppression over a Wide Range of the Modulation Index

   • Adrian Dobroiu
   • Manabu Sato
   • Naohiro Tanno

   OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Pages: 549 - 553

9. An Imaging Colorimeter for Noncontact Skin Color Measurement

   • Li Yang
   • Mariko Egawa
   • Michio Miyakawa

   ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SPACE OPTICS Pages: 554 - 561

10. Blood Flow Analyses of Skin Tissue Under the Sacrum Using Laser Speckle Flowgraphy

    • Min-Chul Lee
    • Naoki Konishi
    • Hitoshi Fujii

    ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SPACE OPTICS Pages: 562 - 566

11. Process Algorithms for Resolution Improvement and Contrast Enhancement in Optical Coherence Tomography

    • I-Jen Hsu
    • Chia-Wei Sun
    • Chii-Wann Lin

    INFORMATION OPTICS Pages: 567 - 571

12. Novel Optical Delay Line for Optical Coherence Tomography System

    • Byeong Ha Lee
    • Tae-Jung Eom
    • Changsu Lee

    INFORMATION OPTICS Pages: 572 - 575

13. Optical Coherence Tomography Premiere in Korea

    • EunSeo Choi
    • Young-Jae Kim
    • Byoeng Ha Lee

    INFORMATION OPTICS Pages: 576 - 579

14. Evaluating a Multi-Spectral Imaging System for Mapping Pigments in Human Skin

    • Masahiro Okuyama
    • Norimichi Tsumura
    • Yoichi Miyake

    OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Pages: 580 - 584

15. Development of Fiber Optic Sensing System for Analyzing Isozymes Reaction of Cytochrome P450-1A Doubted as Carcinogen Activator

    • Isao Yamakawa
    • Yuuta Saitoh
    • Akio Kazusaka

    OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGIES Pages: 585 - 587

16. Multi-Photon Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: a Quantification of Tryptophan Methylester Solutions by Visible Emission

    • Goro Nishimura
    • Masataka Kinjo

    ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SPACE Pages: 588 - 591

17. A New Optical Imager for Hemoglobin Distribution in Human Skin

    • Ikuo Konishi
    • Yasnobu Ito
    • Yoshio Tsunazawa

    ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SPACE Pages: 592 - 595

18. Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) Analysis of Human Red Blood Cell System

    • Yasuo Takahashi
    • Niklas Bark
    • Rudolf Rigler

    ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SPACE Pages: 596 - 599

19. Monte Carlo Simulation of Near Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy in the Wavelength Range from 1000 nm to 1900 nm

    • Kenji Iino
    • Katsuhiko Maruo
    • Yukio Yamada

    ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SPACE Pages: 600 - 606

20. Individual Cerebral Hemodynamic Response to Caffeine Was Related to Performance on a Newly Developed Stroop Color-Word Task

    • Tadashi Niioka
    • Makoto Sasaki

    ENVIRONMENTAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND SPACE Pages: 607 - 608

21. Transient Photon Transport in Turbid Media with an Irregularly Shaped Foreign Object

    • John C. Chai

    INFORMATION OPTICS Pages: 609 - 610