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COMPRESSIVE IMAGING AND DUAL MOIRÉ LASER INTERFEROMETER AS METROLOGY TOOLS
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Author
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Abolbashari, Mehrdad
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Engineering
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Description
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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 ...
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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF LOW LOSS AND LOW INDEX OPTICAL METAMATERIALS
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Author
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Cox, Princess
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Nanoscience
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Description
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The study of optics has changed over the past 3000 years. We have developed beyond the early lens technologies of quartz and other types of glass materials and new materials are being engineered to enhance the properties of naturally occurring mat...
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Novel Fiber Optic Tip Designs and Devices For Laser Surgery
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Author
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Hutchens, Thomas
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics
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Description
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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...
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Title
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Optical super-resolution and periodical focusing effects by dielectric microspheres
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Author
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Darafsheh, Arash
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Physics, Biomedical engineering
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Description
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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 ...
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Optical surface characterization with the structure function
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Author
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He, Liangyu
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Mechanical engineering, Optics
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Description
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It is important to characterize surface and transmitted wavefront errors in terms of the spatial content. The errors are typically analyzed in three spatial domains: figure, ripple (or mid-spatial frequency) and roughness. These errors can affect ...
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Title
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Thulium Fiber Laser Lithotripsy
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Author
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Blackmon, Richard
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Date Created
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2013
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Subjects--Topical
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Optics, Biomedical engineering
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Description
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The Thulium Fiber Laser (TFL) has been studied as a potential alternative to the conventional Holmium:YAG laser (Ho:YAG) for the treatment of kidney stones. The TFL is more ideally suited for laser lithotripsy because of the higher absorption coef...