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Title: COMPRESSIVE IMAGING AND DUAL MOIRÉ LASER INTERFEROMETER AS METROLOGY TOOLS
Author: Abolbashari, Mehrdad
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Engineering
Description: Metrology is the science of measurement and deals with measuring different physical aspects of objects. In this research the focus has been on two basic problems that metrologists encounter. The first problem is the trade-off between the range of ...

Title: Design, Fabrication and Testing of Hierarchical Micro-optical Structures and Systems
Author: Cannistra, Aaron
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Micro-optical systems are becoming essential components in imaging, sensing, communications, computing, and other applications. Optically based designs are replacing electronic, chemical and mechanical systems for a variety of reasons, including l...

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: Electromagnetic Wave Phenomena In Periodic Metastructures
Author: Schenk, John
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Optics, System theory
Description: There is an active effort toward the development of negative index metamaterials for application in high-resolution imaging. In particular, engineering an artificial material exhibiting an index of exactly -1, may permit sub-wavelength imaging. Th...

Title: Novel Fiber Optic Tip Designs and Devices For Laser Surgery
Author: Hutchens, Thomas
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Fiber optic delivery of laser energy has been used for years in various types of surgical procedures in the human body. Optical energy provides several benefits over electrical or mechanical surgery, including the ability to selectively target spe...

Title: Optical super-resolution and periodical focusing effects by dielectric microspheres
Author: Darafsheh, Arash
Date Created: 2013
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics, Biomedical engineering
Description: Optical microscopy is one of the oldest and most important imaging techniques; however, its far-field resolution is diffraction-limited. In this dissertation, we proposed and developed a novel method of optical microscopy with super-resolution by ...