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Title: ABSOLUTE DISTANCE (THICKNESS) METROLOGY USING WAVELENGTH SCANNING INTERFEROMETRY
Author: Suratkar, Amit
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Optical engineering, Metrology
Description: Wavelength scanning interferometry offers a new dimension in precision metrology by measuring the cavity length (thickness), the cavity length variation over the cavity area (flatness), and the optical homogeneity within a transparent cavity; with...

Title: Effects of Edge Roughness on Optical Scattering from Periodic Microstructures
Author: Bergner, Brent
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Nanotechnology
Description: Planar photonic crystals and other microstructured surfaces have important applications in a number of emerging technologies. However, these structures can be difficult to fabricate in a consistent manner. Rapid, precise measurements of critical p...

Title: FOURIER-BASED IMAGE SHARPNESS SENSOR FOR ADAPTIVE OPTICS CORRECTION
Author: Walker, Kristin
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Adaptive optics reduces undesirable turbulence effects present during propagation and imaging through the atmosphere or another random medium. Within an adaptive optics system, wavefront sensing determines the incoming wavefront errors. Image shar...

Title: Intracellular Subsurface Imaging Using a Hybrid Shear-Force Feedback/ Scanning Quantitative Phase Microscopy Technique
Author: Edward, Kert
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Quantitative phase microscopy (QPM) allows for the imaging of translucent or transparent biological specimens without the need for exogenous contrast agents. This technique is usually applied towards the investigation of simple cells such as red b...

Title: SURFACE PLASMON EFFECTS IN NANO-OPTICS: SUPER-RESOLVED OPTICAL READOUT AND COHERENCE CONVERSION
Author: Gan, Choon How
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Surface plasmon effects in nano-optical systems are investigated through rigorous numerical simulations and analytical modeling. Several strategies to achieve superresolution in plasmon-assisted optical readout systems are proposed, and simulation...

Title: Spectroscopic study of optical confinement and transport effects in coupled microspheres and pillar cavities
Author: Yang, Seungmoo
Date Created: 2009
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: In this thesis we investigated the spatial and spectral mode profiles, and the optical transport properties of single and multiple coupled cavities. We performed numerical modeling of whispering gallery modes (WGMs) in such cavities in order to ex...