50 Most Cited Articles (As of January 6, 2012)
Launched in 1962, Applied Optics (AO) has published some of the most important applied research in the field. As one of the oldest applied journals in the industry, AO has paved the way for both OSA journals and non-OSA journals alike.
Below are the 50 most cited Applied Optics articles of all time, according to Thomson Reuters. They will be free to access throughout 2012.
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Knut Stamnes, S-Chee Tsay, Warren Wiscombe, and Kolf Jayaweera
Applied Optics, Vol. 27, Issue 12, pp. 2502-2509 (1988)
TOTAL CITES: 1444
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H. Kogelnik and T. Li
Applied Optics, Vol. 5, Issue 10, pp. 1550-1567 (1966)
TOTAL CITES: 1408
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Optical Constants of Water in the 200-nm to 200-µm Wavelength Region
George M. Hale and Marvin R. Querry
Applied Optics, Vol. 12, Issue 3, pp. 555-563 (1973)
TOTAL CITES: 1401
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Phase retrieval algorithms: a comparison
J. R. Fienup
Applied Optics, Vol. 21, Issue 15, pp. 2758-2769 (1982)
TOTAL CITES: 1280
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Michael S. Patterson, B. Chance, and B. C. Wilson
Applied Optics, Vol. 28, Issue 12, pp. 2331-2336 (1989)
TOTAL CITES: 1126
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Photothermal deflection spectroscopy and detection
W. B. Jackson, N. M. Amer, A. C. Boccara, and D. Fournier
Applied Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 8, pp. 1333-1344 (1981)
TOTAL CITES: 913
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Optical constants of ice from the ultraviolet to the microwave
Stephen G. Warren
Applied Optics, Vol. 23, Issue 8, pp. 1206-1225 (1984)
TOTAL CITES: 901
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D. Gloge
Applied Optics, Vol. 10, Issue 10, pp. 2252-2258 (1971)
TOTAL CITES: 843
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The HITRAN database: 1986 edition
L. S. Rothman, R. R. Gamache, A. Goldman, L. R. Brown, R. A. Toth, H. M. Pickett, R. L. Poynter, J.-M. Flaud, C. Camy-Peyret, A. Barbe, N. Husson, C. P. Rinsland, and M. A. H. Smith
Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Issue 19, pp. 4058-4097 (1987)
TOTAL CITES: 767
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Optical properties of the clearest natural waters (200-800 nm)
Raymond C. Smith and Karen S. Baker
Applied Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 177-184 (1981)
TOTAL CITES: 766
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Light Waves in Thin Films and Integrated Optics
P. K. Tien
Applied Optics, Vol. 10, Issue 11, pp. 2395-2413 (1971)
TOTAL CITES: 765
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ART 2: self-organization of stable category recognition codes for analog input patterns
Gail A. Carpenter and Stephen Grossberg
Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Issue 23, pp. 4919-4930 (1987)
TOTAL CITES: 747
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Digital Wavefront Measuring Interferometer for Testing Optical Surfaces and Lenses
J. H. Bruning, D. R. Herriott, J. E. Gallagher, D. P. Rosenfeld, A. D. White, and D. J. Brangaccio
Applied Optics, Vol. 13, Issue 11, pp. 2693-2703 (1974)
TOTAL CITES: 728
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Measurement of Thin Film Parameters with a Prism Coupler
R. Ulrich and R. Torge
Applied Optics, Vol. 12, Issue 12, pp. 2901-2908 (1973)
TOTAL CITES: 727
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M. A. Ordal, L. L. Long, R. J. Bell, S. E. Bell, R. R. Bell, R. W. Alexander, Jr., and C. A. Ward
Applied Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 7, pp. 1099-1119 (1983)
TOTAL CITES: 718
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Fourier transform profilometry for the automatic measurement of 3-D object shape
Mitsuo Takeda and Kazuhiro Mutoh
Applied Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 24, pp. 3977-3982 (1983)
TOTAL CITES: 672
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Theory of Transparency of the Eye
G. B. Benedek
Applied Optics, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp. 459-473 (1971)
TOTAL CITES: 665
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A Technique For Optically Convolving 2 Functions
C. S. Weaver and J. W. Goodman
Applied Optics, Vol. 5, Issue 7, pp. 1248-1249 (1966)
TOTAL CITES: 647
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Absorption spectrum (380-700 nm) of pure water. II. Integrating cavity measurements
Robin M. Pope and Edward S. Fry
Applied Optics, Vol. 36, Issue 33, pp. 8710-8723 (1997)
TOTAL CITES: 631
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Joseph L. Horner and Peter D. Gianino
Applied Optics, Vol. 23, Issue 6, pp. 812-816 (1984)
TOTAL CITES: 606
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Light propagation in graded-index optical fibers
M. D. Feit and J. A. Fleck, Jr.
Applied Optics, Vol. 17, Issue 24, pp. 3990-3998 (1978)
TOTAL CITES: 599
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T. Todorov, L. Nikolova, and N. Tomova
Applied Optics, Vol. 23, Issue 23, pp. 4309-4312 (1984)
TOTAL CITES: 592
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Improved Mie scattering algorithms
W. J. Wiscombe
Applied Optics, Vol. 19, Issue 9, pp. 1505-1509 (1980)
TOTAL CITES: 584
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Light scattering in Intralipid-10% in the wavelength range of 400-1100 nm
Hugo J. van Staveren, Christian J. M. Moes, Jan van Marie, Scott A. Prahl, and Martin J. C. van Gemert
Applied Optics, Vol. 30, Issue 31, pp. 4507-4514 (1991)
TOTAL CITES: 573
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David M. Gates, Harry J. Keegan, John C. Schleter, and Victor R. Weidner
Applied Optics, Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp. 11-20 (1965)
TOTAL CITES: 570
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Stable analytical inversion solution for processing lidar returns
James D. Klett
Applied Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 211-220 (1981)
TOTAL CITES: 558
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High Precision Scanning Ellipsometer
D. E. Aspnes and A. A. Studna
Applied Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 220-228 (1975)
TOTAL CITES: 551
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Model for laser Doppler measurements of blood flow in tissue
R. Bonner and R. Nossal
Applied Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 12, pp. 2097-2107 (1981)
TOTAL CITES: 528
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Repetitively Pulsed Tunable Dye Laser for High Resolution Spectroscopy
T. W. Hänsch
Applied Optics, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pp. 895-898 (1972)
TOTAL CITES: 526
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J. M. White and P. F. Heidrich
Applied Optics, Vol. 15, Issue 1, pp. 151-155 (1976)
TOTAL CITES: 512
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Howard R. Gordon and Menghua Wang
Applied Optics, Vol. 33, Issue 3, pp. 443-452 (1994)
TOTAL CITES: 507
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Howard R. Gordon, Dennis K. Clark, James W. Brown, Otis B. Brown, Robert H. Evans, and William W. Broenkow
Applied Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 1, pp. 20-36 (1983)
TOTAL CITES: 501
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A New Theory of Wood's Anomalies on Optical Gratings
A. Hessel and A. A. Oliner
Applied Optics, Vol. 4, Issue 10, pp. 1275-1297 (1965)
TOTAL CITES: 498
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R. G. Smith
Applied Optics, Vol. 11, Issue 11, pp. 2489-2494 (1972)
TOTAL CITES: 496
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Analysis of atmospheric lidar observations: some comments
Frederick G. Fernald
Applied Optics, Vol. 23, Issue 5, pp. 652-653 (1984)
TOTAL CITES: 485
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Direct recording of holograms by a CCD target and numerical reconstruction
U. Schnars and W. Jüptner
Applied Optics, Vol. 33, Issue 2, pp. 179-181 (1994)
TOTAL CITES: 483
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The Spectra of the Doubly and Triply Ionized Rare Earths
G. H. Dieke and H. M. Crosswhite
Applied Optics, Vol. 2, Issue 7, pp. 675-686 (1963)
TOTAL CITES: 476
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Binary Fraunhofer Holograms, Generated by Computer
A. W. Lohmann and D. P. Paris
Applied Optics, Vol. 6, Issue 10, pp. 1739-1748 (1967)
TOTAL CITES: 467
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Digital phase-shifting interferometry: a simple error-compensating phase calculation algorithm
P. Hariharan, B. F. Oreb, and T. Eiju
Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Issue 13, pp. 2504-2506 (1987)
TOTAL CITES: 448
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Spectrally narrow pulsed dye laser without beam expander
Michael G. Littman and Harold J. Metcalf
Applied Optics, Vol. 17, Issue 14, pp. 2224-2227 (1978)
TOTAL CITES: 435
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Light Scattering by a Spheroidal Particle
Shoji Asano and Giichi Yamamoto
Applied Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 29-49 (1975)
TOTAL CITES: 417
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Digital wave-front measuring interferometry: some systematic error sources
J. Schwider, R. Burow, K.-E. Elssner, J. Grzanna, R. Spolaczyk, and K. Merkel
Applied Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 21, pp. 3421-3432 (1983)
TOTAL CITES: 407
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Off-Axis Paths in Spherical Mirror Interferometers
D. Herriott, H. Kogelnik, and R. Kompfner
Applied Optics, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 523-526 (1964)
TOTAL CITES: 399
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Howard R. Gordon, Otis B. Brown, and Michael M. Jacobs
Applied Optics, Vol. 14, Issue 2, pp. 417-427 (1975)
TOTAL CITES: 397
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Speckle masking in astronomy: triple correlation theory and applications
Adolf W. Lohmann, Gerd Weigelt, and Bernhard Wirnitzer
Applied Optics, Vol. 22, Issue 24, pp. 4028-4037 (1983)
TOTAL CITES: 396
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Herwig Kogelnik
Applied Optics, Vol. 4, Issue 12, pp. 1562-1569 (1965)
TOTAL CITES: 392
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Polarization optics of twisted single-mode fibers
R. Ulrich and A. Simon
Applied Optics, Vol. 18, Issue 13, pp. 2241-2251 (1979)
TOTAL CITES: 385
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Adaptive bidirectional associative memories
Bart Kosko
Applied Optics, Vol. 26, Issue 23, pp. 4947-4960 (1987)
TOTAL CITES: 373
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Phase-shifting speckle interferometry
Katherine Creath
Applied Optics, Vol. 24, Issue 18, pp. 3053-3058 (1985)
TOTAL CITES: 370
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Avalanche photodiodes and quenching circuits for single-photon detection
S. Cova, M. Ghioni, A. Lacaita, C. Samori, and F. Zappa
Applied Optics, Vol. 35, Issue 12, pp. 1956-1976 (1996)
TOTAL CITES: 365