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Title
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RED FLUORESCENCE IN BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN – GOLD COMPLEXES
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Author
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Dixon, Jacob
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Physics
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Description
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Bovine serum albumin (BSA)-gold (Au) complexes have been studied in great detail due to their unique red fluorescent (λem = 640 nm) properties, since being initially described by Xie et al. (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2009, 131, 888-889) as a Au25 nanoclus...
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Title
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DUAL PROJECTION FRINGE PROJECTION PROFILOMETRY
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Author
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Venkatesh, Bhanu teja
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Engineering, Three-dimensional modeling
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Description
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Fringe-pattern projection (FPP) techniques are widely used for surface-shape measurement in a wide range of applications like object and scene modeling, part inspection, and reverse engineering. This thesis presents a way to increase the accuracy ...
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Title
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A MODIFIED SELF-INTERFERENCE BASED INCOHERENT DIGITAL HOLOGRAPHIC RECORDING SYSTEM
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Author
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Mishra, Abhinav
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Optics
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Description
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A Fresnel-type self-interference based incoherent digital holographic system that can measure the intensity and direction of incoming light field is proposed. This system is composed primarily of a convex lens as an objective, a linear polarizer, ...
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Title
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Design for Metrology of Freeform Optics
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Author
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Venditti, Kristen
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
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Description
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Freeform optics offer significant advantages over the conventional aspheric optics, but pose new challenges in metrology and manufacturing. The spatial frequencies of an optical surface that must be measured have changed due to the progression of ...
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Title
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FREEFORM MEASUREMENT WITH STITCHING TALBOT INTERFEROMETER
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Author
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Furukawa, Yasunori
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics
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Description
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Freeform optics are being used in many fields to realize the outstanding performance due to their high degree of freedom. To realize sufficiently high performance, it is necessary to manufacture the freeform surface with high accuracy, which requi...
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Title
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OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION USING GEOMETRIC PHASE ELEMENTS
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Author
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Light, Alyson
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
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Description
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Traditional optical instrumentation typically requires a controlled, stable environment, and this limits systems to a laboratory setting. For in-situ metrology applications and outdoor measurements, novel methods that are compact and stable are re...
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Title
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OPTICAL METROLOGY OF FREEFORM OPTICS UTILIZING INTERFEROMETRIC STITCHING
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Author
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Hovis, Clark
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
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Description
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The utilization of interferometric stitching with coherence scanning interferometers has allowed these instruments to measure much larger areas than a single site measurement would permit. This has a major impact on the measurement of mid-spatials...
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Title
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Ultraprecision Diamond Machining of Polycarbonate Complex Multi-Sided Freeform Optics
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Author
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Swagler, Steven
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Mechanical engineering
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Description
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Advances in technology are driving optical systems to become more and more complex and compact. Ultra-precision machining centers have advanced to catch up with optical designs but there is a defined set of methods defining the use of the machines...
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Title
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Partially coherent radially polarized fractional vortex beam
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Author
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Gbur, Greg, Zeng, Jun, Liang, Chunhao, Cai, Yangjian
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics
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Description
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A new kind of partially coherent vector beam, named a partially coherent radially polarized fractional vortex (PCRPFV) beam, is introduced as a natural extension of the recently introduced scalar partially coherent fractional vortex beams [Zeng et...
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Title
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Massive parallel sorting of particles using unwound polygonal vortex beams
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Author
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Gbur, Greg
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics
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Description
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Optical sorting, as one kind of optical tweezers, is used to separate mixed particles in a background environment. This unusual tool has a wide application prospect because the non-contact and non-destructive advantages ideally suit the pressing n...
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Title
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Propagation of radially polarized Hermite non-uniformly correlated beams in a turbulent atmosphere
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Author
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Gbur, Greg, Yu, Jiayi, Cai, Yangjian, Lin, Rong
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics
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Description
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We study the propagation properties of a recently introduced class of structured beams, radially polarized Hermite non-uniformly correlated (RPHNUC) beams, in a turbulent atmosphere using the extended Huygens-Fresnel integral and investigate how t...
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Title
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Rectangular Hermite non-uniformly correlated beams and its propagation properties
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Author
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Gbur, Greg, Yu, Jiayi, Cai, Yangjian
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics
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Description
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We introduce a new class of non-uniformly correlated beams that are called rectangular Hermite non-uniformly correlated (RHNUC) beams, which possess rectangular symmetry in their degree of coherence. It is shown that, in free space and in turbulen...
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Title
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High order plasmonic vortex generation based on spiral nanoslits
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Author
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Gbur, Greg, Yu, Jiayi, Fang, Jing, Cai, Yangjian
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics
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Description
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Highly localized plasmonic vortices carrying orbital angular momentum are of importance for many applications. Yet, it is a challenge to generating plasmonic vortex with a high topological charge because of no available technique. Here, a novel pl...
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Title
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Controlled coherence plasmonic light sources
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Author
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Gbur, Greg, Smith, Matt
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics
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Description
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Through a computational model, we study the coherence converting capabilities of an array of holes in a surface plasmon-supporting metal plate, with an eye towards the creation of controlled coherence plasmonic light sources. We evaluate how the a...
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Title
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Propagation properties of Hermite non-uniformly correlated beams in turbulence
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Author
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Gbur, Greg, Yu, Jiayi
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Physics, Optics
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Description
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We study the propagation properties (intensity, degree of coherence and scintillation) of a new class of beams in a turbulent atmosphere, which are called Hermite non-uniformly correlated (HNUC) beams. The results show that the beams not only have...