Conference Committee ix SESSION 1 SPACE OPTICS Optical design of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope four-mirror spherical aberration corrector (3779-01) 2(15) R. K. Jungquist Optical design of the Next-Generation Sky Survey (NGSS) telescope (3779-02) 17(5) M. P. Chrisp QuickBird telescope: the reality of large high-quality commercial space optics (3779-03) 22(9) J. W. Figoski LISA far-field phase patterns (3779-04) 31(9) E. Waluschka Optical design for Terrestrial Plant Finder (3779-05) 40(7) M. C. Noecker J. W. Leitch G. A. Kopp B. K. McComas Design of a day/night star camera system (3779-07) 47(9) C. D. Alexander W. R. Swift K. Ghosh B. D. Ramsey SESSION 2 PHYSICAL OPTICS, COATINGS, AND LASER BEAM CONTROL High-power 0.98-μm broad-waveguide lasers using novel material system of InGaAs/InGaAsP/AIGaAs(3779-12) 56(9) G. Yang R. J. Hwu J. H. Chern Z. T. Xu J. Y. Xu Spatio-temporal structures of laser-induced amisotropy and applications (3779-13) 65(8) X. Chen H. Berger R. Chaux Design verifications of a linear laser encoder with high head-to-scale tolerance (3779-14) 73(10) C. C. Wu Y. C. Chen C. K. Lee J. C. Hsieh W. J. Wu S. S. Lu FDTD simulation of microavity DBR surface-emitting lasers (3779-15) 83(8) W. Xu X. Wang W. Sui R. J. Hwu Effects of opticla feedback on the filamentation and mode control of broad-area semiconductor lasers (3779-16) 91(6) W. Xu X. Wang R. B. Gwynn J. M. Worlock R. J. Hwu Polarization seeding approach to probe the injection locking of pulsed lasers (3779-17) 97(7) J. Lei P. Liang Y. Zhang R. Ye Hyperbolic and oval cylindrical lenses to compress the semiconductor laser beam (3779-18) 104(6) C. Li R. Li L. Liu SESSION 3 NOVEL OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Progress report on the optical system for closed-loop testing of the Multiple Mirror Telescope adaptive secondary mirror (3779-20) 110(8) R. J. Sarlot C. J. Bresloff J. H. Burge B. C. Fitz-Patrick P. C. McGuire B. L. Stamper C. Y. Zhao Novel design concepts for UV laser beam shaping (3779-21) 118(8) J. Berges L. Unnebrink T. F. Henning E. W. Kreutz R. Poprawe Dual use of LED traffic signal system (3779-22) 126(11) Y. Y. Tam C. W. Man D. Yang S. W. Cheung E. S. Yang Wavefront coding: a modern method of achieving high-performance and/or low-cost imaging systems (3779-23) 137(9) E. R. Dowski, Jr. G. E. Johnson Optical tiling for wide-field-of-view head-mounted displays (3779-24) 146(8) M. J. Hoppe J. E. Melzer Rotating-prism scanning system to equpt an NFOC camera lens (3779-25) 154(12) E. O. Curatu P. C. Chevrette D. StGermain SESSION 4 IR DIFFRACTIVE AND LENS DESIGN Abrrations of perturbed and unobscured optical systems (3779-27) 166(12) I. P. Agurok Precise algebraic method to solve the noncemebted two-lens objective free from the aperture aberrations (3779-28) 178(12) T. Kryszczynski Dispersion sensitivity of large-scale axial gradient index glass for sphrochromat doublets (3779-29) 190(14) R. K. Manhart B. V. Hunter R. Blankenbecler SESSION 5 OPTICAL SYSTEM DESIGN All-plastic optical design for NIR region (3779-31) 204(12) C. D> Ivanov I. D. Nikolov Deisng constraints of high-bit-rate soliton communication systems (3779-32) 216(12) M. F. S. Ferreira Effect of retro-reflector diameter on testing optical systems (3779-34) 228(6) T. E. Carter II P. K. Manhart K. S. Ellis Compact finger imager (3779-35) 234(7) P. P. Clark D. S. Goodman W. T. Plummer Calibrations and idiosyncrasies of microlandsed CCD cameras (3779-37) 241(9) J. A. Penkethman Candidate materials for smitransmitting DVD mirror coatings (3779-38) 250(10) T. Lindstrom R. Loow C. G. Ribbing Optical design of high-aperture compact relay systems (3779-39) 260(14) I. D. Nikolov SESSION 6 INSTRUMENT DESIGN Optical deisng of ARIES: the new-infrared science instrument for the adaptive f/15 Multiple Mirror Telescope (3779-40) 274(10) R. J. Sarlot D. W. McCarthy J. H. Burge J. Ge Fluorescence array scanner (3779-41) 284(9) J. I. Montagu P. Honkanen Geometric theory of double monochromator (3779-42) 293(10) E. A. Sokolova Optical microscope for nuclear emulsion readout: system design and results in application (3779-43) 303(10) K. Winkler L. Korner P. Gussek I. Balogh S. Breitflder J. Schlichting J.-P. Dupraz J.-P. Fabre J. Panman I. M. Papadopoulos P. Zucchelli B. Van de Vyyer Volume phase gratings for spectroscopy, ultrafast laser compressors, and wavelength division multiplexing (3779-44) 313(11) J. A. Arns W. S. Colburn S. C. Barden Calibration of 3D ring lens systems (3779-45) 324(10) Y. A. Ahmed H. Afifi G. Rubino SESSION 7 STRY LIGHT AND SCATTERING Effects and prediction of stray light produced by diffractice lenses (3779-48) 334(10) S. Thibault N. Renaud M. Wang Computer modeling and analysis of veiling glare and stray light in Fresnel lens optical system (3779-49) 344(9) D. J. Lamb L. W. Hillman Stray light design and analysis of SIRTF CTA (3779-50) 353(10) J. C. Fleming Segmented illumination lenses for step lighting and wall washing (3779-51) 363(8) W. A. Parkyn Generalized Wolter Type I design for wide-field x-ray imaging applications (3779-52) 371(11) J. E. Harvey P. L. Thompson Full-field mapping and analysis of veiling glare sources for helmet-mounted display systems (3779-53) 382(8) D. M. Hasenauer J. M. Kunick Image quality criteria for wide-field x-ray imaging applications (3779-54) 390(12) P. L. Thompson J. E. Harvey SESSION 8 INFRARED AND ULTRAVIOLET ELEMENTS AND SYSTEMS Agile beam director system deisgn: ROBS/TCATS optical tracker (3779-55) 402(11) B. W. Neff R. G. Trissel M. Dunn L. Scotese Optical system design for excimer laser material processing (3779-56) 413(10) L. Unnebrink T.F. Henning E.W. Kreutz R. Poprawe Optical Design of a visible and infrared survey telescope for astronomy (3779-58) 423(11) E. Atad-Ettedgui M.M. Casali T.G. Hawarden D.M. Henry S.P. Worswick Capabilities of each arch element for correcting conformal optical dome s(3779-60) 434(11) S.W. Sparroid D.J. Knapp P.K. Manhart K.W. Elsberry Addendum 445(2) Author Index 447