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Developments of narrow-linewidth Q-switched fiber laser, 1480 nm Raman fiber laser, and free space fiber amplifiers
Fundus spectroscopy and studies in retinal oximetry using intravitreal illumination
Characterizing thermal and chemical properties of materials at the nanoscale using scanning probe microscopy
System calibration and image reconstruction for a new small-animal SPECT system
Induced polarization imaging and other topics associated with the solid immersion lens
Organic opto-electronic devices for data storage and solid-state lighting
Miniature microscope design and construction based on tilted rotationally asymmetric printed lenses
Visible and near infrared sensitive photorefractive polymers for holographic display applications
Vortex formation by merging and interference of multiple trapped Bose-Einstein condensates
Dual interferometer system for measuring index of refraction
The multi-module multi-resolution SPECT system: A tool for variable-pinhole small-animal imaging
Modeling stochastic processes in gamma-ray imaging detectors and evaluation of a multi-anode PMT scintillation camera for use with maximum-likelihood estimation methods
Quantum well intermixing for photonic integrated circuits
Advanced technologies for fabrication and testing of large flat mirrors
Ultrahigh-resolution endoscopic optical coherence tomography for in vivo mouse colonoscopy
Detection of light scattering for lab-on-a-chip immunoassays using optical fibers
On the role of linear processes in the development and evolution of filaments in air
Investigations of optics in the 10--500 wavelength size regime
Snapshot imaging spectropolarimetry
Astronomical adaptive optics using multiple laser guide stars
Novel devices for fiber laser application
Exploring life-cycles of the ISM at submillimeter wavelengths
GDx-MM: An imaging Mueller matrix retinal polarimeter
IR sensitive photorefractive polymers, the first updateable holographic 3D display
Analysis of an optical coherence imaging modality on the detection of an abnormality in biological tissue with a nanoparticle contrast agent
Characterization and advanced communication techniques for free-space optical channels
High dynamic range calibration for an infrared Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor
Vortex retarders
Coated nano particles for optical metamaterials and nano-photonic applications
Cooperative effects for measurement: Raman superradiance imaging and quantum states for Heisenberg limited interferometry
Enhanced detection of ground targets by airborne radar
Snapshot imaging polarimeters using spatial modulation
Modeling scatter in composite media
Imaging tissue engineered blood vessel mimics with optical coherence tomography
Hyper-spectral sensor calibration extrapolated from multi-spectral measurements
Spontaneous formation of quantized vortices in Bose-Einstein condensates
Study of optical destruction techniques for optical discs
Optical fiber devices: Novel fiber lasers and image amplifier
Absolute measurements of large mirrors
Effects of nonlinearity and disorder in communication systems
Optical metrology for transmission interferometric testing
hp-Finite element method for photonics applications
A task-specific approach to computational imaging system design
Quasioptical systems & components for terahertz astronomy
Electro-optic polymer based Fabry-Perot interferometer devices for optoelectronic applications
Quantum information science with neutral atoms
A framework for the analysis and evaluation of optical imaging systems with arbitrary response functions
Hydrodynamic force microscopy
Estimating signal features from noisy images with stochastic backgrounds
Feature-specific imaging: Extensions to adaptive object recognition and active illumination based scene reconstruction
Optical performance test & analysis of intraocular lenses
Multimode interference in optical fibers and its applications of fiber lasers and amplifiers
Aberrations of anamorphic optical systems
Quantum control and quantum chaos in atomic spin systems
Confocal microendoscopy: Characterization of imaging bundles, fluorescent contrast agents, and early clinical results
Single-frequency and mode-locked glass waveguide lasers and fiber-optic waveguide resonators for optical communications
High power pulsed fiber laser sources and their use in terahertz generation
Properties and processing of chemical vapor deposited zinc sulfide
A surgical confocal microlaparoscope for real-time optical biopsies
Electro-optic polymers: Materials and devices
Partial coherence and aberration effects on speckle characteristics
Metamaterial lens design
Electron diffraction and interferometry using nanostructures
Infrared Stokes polarimetry and spectropolarimetry
Optical imaging modalities: From design to diagnosis of skin cancer
Spherical aberration gauge for the human visual system
A study on high NA and evanescent imaging with polarized illumination
Ghost image analysis for optical systems
Slow-light physics for all-optical tunable delay
Ultrathin single and multi-channel fiberscopes for biomedical imaging
Tomographic reconstruction of wavefront aberrations using multiple laser guide stars
Application of laser tracker technology for measuring optical surfaces
Next generation computer controlled optical surfacing
Field-dependent aberrations for misaligned reflective optical systems
Error analysis and data reduction for interferometric surface measurements
Novel fundus camera design
Optical methods for molecular sensing: Supplementing imaging of tissue microstructure with molecular information
Fluidic astigmatic and spherical lenses for ophthalmic applications
Theory of semiconductor laser cooling
A study of image artifacts caused by structured mid-spatial frequency fabrication errors on optical surfaces
Hyper-NA optical systems and applications in sample measurement
Cavity quantum electrodynamics with quantum dot - photonic crystal nanocavities
Development and analysis of optical pH imaging techniques
Compressive imaging for difference image formation and wide-field-of-view target tracking
Methods for generating addressable focus cues in stereoscopic displays
All-optical clock recovery, photonic balancing, and saturated asymmetric filtering for fiber optic communication systems
Simulation and estimation of organ uptake in a digital mouse phantom
A variety of slow-light technologies in nonlinear dispersive media
Design, modeling and testing of optical surfaces in illumination optics
Analysis of an interferometric Stokes imaging polarimeter
Ionizing-radiation-induced color centers in YAG, Nd:YAG, and Cr:Nd:YAG: Developing and analyzing a radiation-hard laser gain medium
Characteristics and applications of a scanning nano-slit optical sensor
Infrared hyperspectral imaging stokes polarimeter
Rigorous coupled wave analysis for gyrotropic materials
1D and 2D photonic crystal nanocavities for semiconductor cavity QED
Quantum collective dynamics from the neV to the GeV
Use of computer generated holograms for optical alignment
Characterization of immobilized aqueous quantum dots: Efforts in high-resolution microscopy
Modeling compact high power fiber lasers and vecsels
Mueller matrix roots
Integrated multi-spectral fluorescence confocal microendoscope and spectral-domain optical coherence tomography imaging system for tissue screening
Improving sensitivity of photorefractive polymer composites for holographic display applications
Interferometric characterization of tear film dynamics
Corneal topography measurements for biometric applications
Polarization ray tracing
Characterization of optical surface grinding using bound and loose abrasives
Inverse optical design and its applications
Cavity enhanced THz generation in nonlinear crystals pumped by near-IR fiber lasers
Next generation wavefront controller for the MMT adaptive optics system: Algorithms and techniques for mitigating dynamic wavefront aberrations
The design, fabrication, and calibration of a fiber filter spectrometer
Sub-wavelength resonance imaging and addressing of cesium atoms trapped in an optical lattice
Patterned Liquid Crystal Polymer Retarders, Polarizers, and Sources
2microm pulsed fiber laser sources and their application in terahertz generation
Design and assessment of cardiac SPECT systems
Computational and design methods for advanced imaging
Task Performance with List-Mode Data
Task-based assessment and optimization of digital breast tomosynthesis
Optical design of volume holographic imaging systems for microscopy
Modulated imaging polarimetry
Application and System Design of Elastomer Based Optofluidic Lenses
Active reflective components for adaptive optical zoom systems
Thermoacoustic imaging and spectroscopy for enhanced cancer diagnostics
Monolithic soft glass single frequency fiber lasers
Computational tools and methods for objective assessment of image quality in x-ray CT and SPECT
The optical design of a visible adaptive optics system for the Magellan Telescope