Optics & Laser Technology
Volume 31, Number 1 , February 1999
iii News update
ix Calendar
Special issue—Optical methods and data processing in heat and fluid flow
1 Editorial
3 High resolution multigrid cross-correlation digital PIV measurements of a turbulent starting jet using half
frame image shift film recording
Julio Soria. John Cater and Jim Kostas
13 Speckle photography applied to statistical analysis of turbulence
/V. Fomin. F, Lavinskaja, W. Merzkirch and D. Vitkm
23 Pulsed TV holography and tomography for the study of transient waves in air
Xicfe Li. Per Gren, Anders Wihfin and Staffan Schedm
33 Visualization of turbulent spots and unsteady wake-induced boundary-layer transition with thermochromic
liquid crystals
S. Zhong, C. Kittichaikan, H.P. Hodson and P.T. frefand
41 Phosphorescent particle tracking, a novel optical technique with which to visualise the interaction of gas
flowstreams within the cylinder of an IC engine
M.P. Guemer. PA. Wffhams. A/^ Greig. M. Fry. A.J. Allnutt and J,N. Stewart
53 Quantitative visualization of high-speed 3D turbulent flow structures using holographic interferometric
tomography
B.H. Timmerman, D.W. Watt and P,J. Bryanston-Cross
67 3D-shock visualisation in a transonic compressor rotor
A Roehie, A. Le Guevef and C. Fradin
75 Laser Sheet Dropsizing of dense sprays
P. Le Gal, /V. Farrugia and D.A. Greenhaigh
85 Laser Doppler anemometry and the acousto-optic effect
R.I. Cnckmore. S.H. Jack. D.B. Hann and C.A. Created
95 Particle depth measurement based on depth-from-defocus
Shigeru Murata and Masayoshi Kawamura
103 Visualisation of dynamic flow birefringence of cardiovascular models
Yong-Da Sun. Yong-Fang Sun. Yang Sun. X.Y. Xu and M.W. Colims
113 Book review
Optics & Laser Technology
Volume. 31, Number. 2 , March 1999
Articles
115 Superachromatic lens combinations
P. Hariharan
119 Analysis of mechanism of plasma and spatter in 002 laser welding of galvanized steel
Hyunsung Park and Sehun Rhee
127 Interferometry based on Lau effect with a grating registered in a photorefractive crystal
M. Tebaldi, L. Angel Toro and N. Bolognini
135 Low loss smart hollow waveguides with new polymer coating material
Yi- Wei Shi. Yukio Abe. Yuji Matsuura and Mitsunobu Miyagi
141 Effects of image compression on PIV and PTV analysis
A. Cenedese, A. Pocecco and G. Querzoli
151 Axial superposition of Gaussian spherical beams
S. Wang, Q. Lin and X. Jiang
157 A detailed analysis of the MIG spectrum for the development of laser-based seam tracking sensors
G. Agapiou, C. Kasiouras and A.A. Serafetinides
163 Speckle time evolution characterization by the co-occurrence matrix analysis
Ricardo Arizaga, Marcelo Trivi and Hector Rabat
171 Characteristics of high power diode laser removal of multilayer chlorinated rubber coatings from concrete
surfaces
Marc J.J. Schmidt, Lin Li and Julian T. Spencer
181 Wavelength and temperature dependence properties of human blood-serum
H. EI-Kashef and M.A. Atia
191 Book reviews
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Optics & i Laser Technology
Volume. 31 , Number. 3 , April 1999
iii News update
ix Calendar
Articles
195 Diffraction gratings: aberrations and applications
Shyam Singh
219 Optical fiber strain gauge based on speckle correlation
Juan A. Pomarico, Enrique E. Sicre, Dante Patrignani and Lorenzo De Pasquale
225 Image evaluation for the synchronised laser scanning systems
H. Golnabi
233 A simple model of powder catchment in coaxial laser cladding
Jehnming Lin
239 Effect of chromatic aberration on Gaussian beams: non-dispersive laser resonators
LUIS Marti-Lopez and Omel Mendoza-Yero
247 Maximum peak power generation from Q-switched lasers
Ping Li, Qingpu Wang and Da Gao
251 Concentration mode of the powder stream in coaxial laser cladding
Jehnming Lin
259 Surface modification of poly[2-methoxy,5-(2'-ethyl-hexyloxy)-1,4-phenylene-vinylene] in the optical near
field
C.D. Skordoulis, H.-J. Brouwer and G. Hadziioannou
267 Book reviews
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Optics & Laser
Technology
Volume. 31, Number. 4, June 1999
iii News update
ix Calendar
Articles
269 Wavefront sensor using the Talbot effect
Norberto H. Salama. Dante Patrignani, Lorenzo De Pasquale and Enrique £. Sicre
273 Guided propagation in a step-index, multi-mode fiber: effect of index difference variation on allowable TM
propagation constants
Todd R. Downey, Fabrice Meriaudeau, AH Passian. Andrew Wig and Thomas L. Ferrelf
279 Laser output power over 5 W at 1,06 um for Nd:GdVO4 single crystal
Huaijin Zhang. XianUn Meng. Li Zhu, Junhai LiU, Changqing Wang and Zongshu Shao
283 Optimum phase matching and effective nonlinear coefficients of LBO and KTP for continuously changing
wavelength
Liqiang Liu and Kenji Nagashima
289 Measurement of pure curvature fringe distribution by usmg a double whole-field filtering technique
K.F. Wang. A.K. Tieu and E.B. Li
295 Anisotropic antireffection coatings: use as a laser intracavity polarization-direction selector
/,J. Hodgkinson, Q,H. Wu and N.L Moise
299 Enhancement of measurement accuracy in fiber Bragg grating sensors by using digital signal processing
C.C. Chan. W. Jm and M.S. Demokan
309 New formulas for phase retardance measurements of birefringent plates
N. N. Nagib
315 A novel method of recording high frequency circular gratings
Bohdan Mmziewicz, Bozena Janowska-Dmoch, Tomasz Tkaczyk and Marianna Gorska
325 Book reviews