This template is designed to assist with creating an article to submit to Applied Optics, JOSA A, JOSA B, or Optics Letters. See the OSA’s Style Guide and Manuscript Templates pages for more details. Use the shortarticle/false option for Applied Optics, JOSA A, and JOSA B. Use the shortarticle/true option for Optics Letters. Select the appropriate journal abbreviation (ao, josaa, josab, ol).
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The sections below show examples of different article components.
It is not necessary to place figures and tables at the back of the manuscript. Figures and tables should be sized as they are to appear in the final article. Do not include a separate list of figure captions and table titles.
Figures and Tables should be labelled and referenced in the standard way using the \label{} and \ref{} commands.
Table \ref{tab:shape-functions} shows an example table.
| local node | \(\{N\}_m\) | \(\{\Phi_i\}_m\) \((i=x,y,z)\) |
|---|---|---|
| \(m = 1\) | \(L_1(2L_1-1)\) | \(\Phi_{i1}\) |
| \(m = 2\) | \(L_2(2L_2-1)\) | \(\Phi_{i2}\) |
| \(m = 3\) | \(L_3=4L_1L_2\) | \(\Phi_{i3}\) |
\label{tab:shape-functions}
Let \(X_1, X_2, \ldots, X_n\) be a sequence of independent and identically distributed random variables with \(\text{E}[X_i] = \mu\) and \(\text{Var}[X_i] = \sigma^2 < \infty\), and let \[S_n = \frac{X_1 + X_2 + \cdots + X_n}{n} = \frac{1}{n}\sum_{i}^{n} X_i \label{eq:refname1}\] denote their mean. Then as \(n\) approaches infinity, the random variables \(\sqrt{n}(S_n - \mu)\) converge in distribution to a normal \(\mathcal{N}(0, \sigma^2)\).
Algorithms can be included using the commands as shown in algorithm \ref{alg:euclid}.
\label{alg:euclid}
\(r\gets a\bmod b\) \(a\gets b\) \(b\gets r\) \(r\gets a\bmod b\) \label{euclidendwhile} return \(b\)
Consult the Author Guidelines for Supplementary Materials in OSA Journals for details on accepted types of materials and instructions on how to cite them. All materials must be associated with a figure, table, or equation or be referenced in the results section of the manuscript. (1) 2D and 3D image files and video must be labeled “Visualization,” not “Movie,” “Video,” “Figure,” etc. (2) Machine-readable data (for example, csv files) must be labeled “Data File.” Number data files and visualizations consecutively, e.g., “Visualization 1, Visualization 2….” (3) Large datasets or code files must be placed in an open, archival database. Such items should be mentioned in the text as either “Dataset” or “Code,” as appropriate, and also be cited in the references list. For example, “see Dataset 1 (Ref. [1]) and Code 1 (Ref [2]).” Here are examples of the references:
1. M. Partridge, “Spectra evolution during coating,” figshare (2014) [retrieved 13 May 2015], http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1004612.
2. C. Rivers, “Epipy: Python tools for epidemiology” (Figshare, 2014) [retrieved 13 May 2015], http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1005064.
Funding information should be listed in a separate block preceding any acknowledgments. List just the funding agencies and any associated grants or project numbers, as shown in the example below:
National Science Foundation (NSF) (1263236, 0968895, 1102301); The 863 Program (2013AA014402).
The acknowledgments may contain any information that is not related to funding:
The authors thank H. Haase, C. Wiede, and J. Gabler for technical support.
Do not use Funding Information or Acknowledgment headings.
Note that Optics Letters uses an abbreviated reference style. Citations to journal articles should omit the article title and final page number. However, full references (to aid the editor and reviewers) must be included as well on a fifth informational page that will not count against page length.
Add citations manually or use BibTeX. See \cite{Zhang:14}.