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FOCUSING, IMAGING AND RESONACE PROPERTIES OF MICROPHOTONICS STRUCTURES AND DEVICES
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Author
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Abolmaali, Farzaneh
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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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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 ...
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PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATION OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS WITH MID-SPATIAL FREQUENCY SURFACE ERRORS
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Author
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Aryan, Hamidreza
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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 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....
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Title
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SELECTIVE HEATING OF VASCULAR STRUCTURES TO CREATE CONTRAST IN MEDICAL MID-IR IMAGES
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Author
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Case, Jason
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Diagnostic imaging
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Description
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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...
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CHARACTERIZATION OF LIGHT-META STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS
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Author
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Chandra, Nitish
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Physics
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Description
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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...
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Specification and Modeling of Mid-Spatial Frequency Errors in Optical Systems
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Author
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DeMars, Luke
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics
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Description
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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...
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Title
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THEORY, CHARACTERIZATION AND APPLICATIONS OF INFRARED HYPERBOLIC METAMATERIALS
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Author
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Fullager, Daniel
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Date Created
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2017
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Subjects--Topical
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Materials science, Engineering, Physics
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Description
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ABSTRACTDANIEL B. FULLAGER. Theory, characterization and applications of infraredhyperbolic metamaterials. (Under the direction of DR. MICHAEL A. FIDDY)Hyperbolic Metamaterials (HMMs) are engineered structures capable of supporting lightmatterinte...
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Title
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Surface Scatter of Antireflective Nanostructured Dielectric Interfaces
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Author
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Gonzalez, David
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Physics, Engineering
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Description
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Anti-reflective nanostructured surfaces (ARSS) enhance optical transmission through suppression of Fresnel reflection at boundaries between layered media by creating a gradually increasing ratio of material to air volume fraction. Previous studies...
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Title
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Evaluation of Spatial Resolution and The Non-Linearity Analysis for 3-D Metrology
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Author
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Jain, Swati
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Date Created
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2021
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Physics
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Description
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Structured light systems (SLS) have become increasingly important for three-dimensional shape measurements. A quantitative evaluation of the spatial resolution is also becoming increasingly important. The spatial frequency response of the instrume...
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Characterization of Broadband Optical Functionality of Freeform Optics
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Author
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Koerber, Jonathan
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics
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Description
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Freeform optics, broadly described as optical elements with at least one surface lacking translational or rotational symmetry, have seen increased interest due to recent advances in optical design, fabrication, and measurement. Freeform optics pro...
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STRUCTURED OPTICAL MATERIALS FABRICATED USING TWO-PHOTON POLYMERIZATION
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Author
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Li, Yanzeng
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Materials science, Optics, Physics
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Description
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Artificially structured materials, which are treated as macroscopically homogeneous media, exhibit effective optical properties that can be altered by engineering the materials' intrinsic geometries at a scale much smaller than the probing electro...
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Variable extended depth of field imaging using freeform optics
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Author
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Moein, Sara
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Date Created
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2022
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics
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Description
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Recent advancements in design, manufacturing, and metrology have enabled broader use of freeform components for high-performing optical systems. Freeform optics, which lack rotational symmetry, provide additional design freedoms that can enable co...
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Title
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Metasurfaces for Field Control and Detection
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Author
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Rosenbury, Christopher
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Nanoscience, Physics
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Description
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Metasurfaces have been of increasing interest in the scientific community due to their consistent ability to efficiently reproduce traditional optical elements via quasi-monolithic patterning. In this dissertation I will examine various metasurfac...