In 1854 J. C. Maxwell devised his fish-eye lens a sphere with a radially diminishing refractive index [*1. The optical characteristics of this lens, which can produce aperfect image of an object, as the computer plot above suggests, are fairly easy to calculate analytically. This is not generally the case with optical elements of varying refractive index as used today for data transmission. The...

This feature issue of Applied Optics contains a series of selected papers reflecting recent progress of correlation optics and showing, in part, the trend from micro-optics to nano-optics.

A new optics with phase advances mx = 131 ° and my = 90 ° in the arc cells has been proposed for LEP. This note summarises the main results from the optics evaluation procedure that is now routinely applied to new LEP optics. This includes the study of the orbits, optics and dynamic apertures of an ensemble of imperfect machines with corrections similar to those applied in operation. It provide...

We are very pleased to introduce the inaugural issue of Biomedical Optics Express. Published by The Optical Society, Biomedical Optics Express is a new peer-reviewed journal focusing on biomedical optics and biophotonics. Biomedical Optics Express is intended to become OSA’s principal outlet for serving the biomedical optics community with rapid, open-access publication of biomedical content. A...

Zigzag ZnS thin films prepared by thermal evaporation method using glancing angle deposition (GLAD) technique. ZnS films with zigzag structure were produced at deposition angles of 0˚, 60˚ and 80˚ at room temperature on glass substrates. Surface morphology of the films w:as char:acterized by using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM). The optical properties of the specimens were i...

In this paper, the physical optics method is used to study the problem of electromagnetic scattering from Haack series nose cone. First, a meshing scheme is introduced which approximates the curvature of the surface by piecewise linear functions in both axial and rotational directions. This results in planar quadrilateral patches and enables efficient determination of the illuminated region and...