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Title: NONPROPAGATING EXCITATIONS IN 2-D
Author: Abney, Ray
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Physics
Description: Nonpropagating excitations have been studied in 1-D and in 3-D, but not so much in 2-D. So, this thesis concerns 2-D nonpropagating excitations. In particular, we construct nonpropagating excitations confined to an annulus under a time-independent...

Title: FOCUSING, IMAGING AND RESONACE PROPERTIES OF MICROPHOTONICS STRUCTURES AND DEVICES
Author: Abolmaali, Farzaneh
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Structures and devices built using microspherical building blocks attract significant attention in recent years due to an extraordinary high-quality factor (Q>106) of whispering gallery modes in dielectric microspheres and due to their ability to ...

Title: MANAGEMENT OF OPTICAL ABSORPTION IN PLASMONIC METAMATERIALS
Author: Alisafaee, Hossein
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Electromagnetism
Description: In this dissertation, the main focus has been on the manipulation of optical absorption. That is to either decrease the unwanted losses or increase the desired absorption for specific applications. The approaches have been chosen to provide insigh...

Title: WAVEGUIDE, PHOTODETECTOR, AND IMAGING APPLICATIONS OF MICROSPHERICAL PHOTONICS
Author: Allen, Kenneth
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Engineering, Physics
Description: Dielectric microspheres with diameters (D) on the order of several wavelengths of light have attracted increasing attention from the photonics community due to their ability to produce extraordinarily tightly focused beams termed "photonic nanojet...

Title: Quantifying the Binding Affinities of the PAI-H19Y Mutant of Sleeping Beauty Transposase to DNA
Author: Arango, Maria
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Physics
Description: The Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system is the leading and only DNA transposon-based gene-delivery vehicle that has been adapted for human gene therapy. The SB system consists of a transposon DNA flanked by inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) and ...

Title: PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATION OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS WITH MID-SPATIAL FREQUENCY SURFACE ERRORS
Author: Aryan, Hamidreza
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: The advent of sub-aperture computer-numerically controlled (CNC) manufacturing techniques has enabled new opportunities for high-performance optical components and systems. Freeform and other challenging designs are now possible like never before....

Title: DYNAMIC RANGE ENHANCMENT IN DIGITAL FRINGE PROJECTION AND LASER INTERFEROMETRY
Author: Babaie, Gelareh
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Engineering, Meteorology
Description: GELAREH BABAIE. Dynamic range enhancement in digital fringe projection and laser interferometry. (Under the direction of DR. FARAMARZ FARAHI)Optical metrology is the science and technology concerning measurements with light. Surface texture and 3D...

Title: THE FRACTIONAL BISPECTRUM NOISE REDUCTION TECHNIQUE AND APPLICATIONS IN INTERFEROMETRY
Author: Babaie, Jonathan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: In the field of optical metrology, there are many existing techniques for measurement of the surface profile or film thickness of a sample of interest. However, many of these common techniques break down when there exists a high level of noise in ...

Title: DYNAMIC ENERGY DISTRIBUTION IN SMART GRIDS ENABLED BY INTERNET OF THINGS SENSORS AND HYBRID TELECOM NETWORKS
Author: Bikmetov, Ravil
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Power resources, Operations research
Description: ABSTRACTRAVIL BIKMETOV. Dynamic Energy Distribution in Smart Grids Enabled by Internet of Things Sensors and Hybrid Telecom Networks. (Under the direction of DR. YASIN RAJA)Ability to manage energy consumption and generation is a major feature of ...

Title: Characterization of Signal Degradation and Polarization Backscatter in Laser-Illuminated Scenes
Author: Bodrucki, Frances
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Scenes containing laser illumination are commonly encountered in a variety of remote-sensing applications. One aspect of laser illumination is that it can interfere with electronic image acquisition, especially if it is modulated at temporal frequ...

Title: Microspherical Photonics for Enhancing Resolution of Optical Microscopy and Sensitivity of Focal Plane Arrays
Author: Brettin, Aaron
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: It is shown that the resolution of virtual images of dye-doped dielectric nanospheres obtained through dielectric microspheres can be increased beyond the classical diffraction limit by decreasing the period of nanoplasmonic array used for localiz...

Title: The Evalution of Chemical Wear on Single Crystal Diamond Tools while Diamond Turning a Binary Cu-Ni Alloy System
Author: Browy, Eric
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: The current work describes the evaluation of chemical wear on diamond tools while diamond turning copper nickel alloys of varying composition. The primary goal of my project is to quantify the chemical wear of single crystal diamond tools while di...

Title: SELECTIVE HEATING OF VASCULAR STRUCTURES TO CREATE CONTRAST IN MEDICAL MID-IR IMAGES
Author: Case, Jason
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Diagnostic imaging
Description: The goal of this study is to develop an enhanced mid-IR imaging modality for mapping vascular structures. This imaging technique is intended for real-time use by medical professionals during surgical procedures such as tumor removal and vascular m...

Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF LIGHT-META STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS
Author: Chandra, Nitish
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics
Description: The advent of metamaterials has increased the complexity of possible light-matter interactions, creating gaps in knowledge and violating various commonly used approximations and rendering some common mathematical frameworks incomplete. Our forward...

Title: SUBSURFACE THERMAL COAGULATION OF TISSUES USING NEAR INFRARED LASERS
Author: Chang, Chun-Hung
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Biophysics, Biomedical engineering
Description: Noninvasive laser therapy is currently limited primarily to cosmetic dermatological applications such as skin resurfacing, hair removal, tattoo removal and treatment of vascular birthmarks. In order to expand applications of noninvasive laser ther...

Title: Specification and Modeling of Mid-Spatial Frequency Errors in Optical Systems
Author: DeMars, Luke
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Recent advancements in manufacturing and post-processing of optics with sub-aperture methods have enabled greater degrees of freedom to realize complex optical surfaces. Introduction of residual mid-spatial frequency (MSF) surface errors is a cons...

Title: Absolute Surface Reconstruction by Slope Metrology and Photogrammetry
Author: Dong, Yue
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Developing the manufacture of aspheric and freeform optical elements requires an advanced metrology method which is capable of inspecting these elements with arbitrary freeform surfaces. In this dissertation, a new surface measurement scheme is in...

Title: OPTICAL PERFORMANCE OF RANDOM ANTIREFLECTION STRUCTURED SURFACES ON NON-VITREOUS SUBSTRATES AND FUSED SILICA MICROLENS ARRAYS
Author: Eckart, Abigail
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Random anti-reflection surface structures (rARSS) are randomly spaced, densely packed, sub-wavelength cylindrical or conical features that are fabricated on the surface of optical substrates. As light passes from the superstrate to the substrate m...

Title: IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF DIMENSIONS AND SURFACE PROFILE OF AXISYMMETRIC OBJECTS USING FRINGE PROJECTION TECHNIQUE
Author: Farahi, Navid
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics
Description: Fringe projection technique has been a powerful tool for 3D metrology and surface profilometry with high repeatability. However, for in-situ measurement of objects with highly specular surfaces, large dimensions, and large varying slopes, acquirin...

Title: RESOLUTION ANALYSIS OF FILMS WITH EMBEDDED SPHERES FOR IMAGING OF NANOPLASMONIC ARRAYS
Author: Farahi, Navid
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics
Description: With the advent of microsphere assisted microscopy in 2011, this technique emerged as a simple and easy way to obtain optical super-resolution. Although the possible mechanisms of imaging by microspheres are debated in the literature, most of the ...