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Watt's Up College of Optical Sciences News for October 2, 2008
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Today's Colloquium: 3:30 p.m. Meinel 307
Steven R.J. Brueck, University of New Mexico Department of ECE and Physics, and Director, Center for High Technology Materials will present Imaging Interferometric Microscopy -- Optics to the Nanoscale. Stanley Pau is the host.
Abstract: Microscopy is among the oldest applications of optical technology. Despite this long tradition, it remains a very active area of research. Recently, much attention has been paid to “beating the diffraction limit” with negative index metamaterials, “perfect” lenses, hyperlenses, plasmonics, … As traditionally applied, the diffraction limit applies to a specific optical system and scales as kl/NA (l the wavelength and NA the objective lens numerical aperture). At UNM we have developed imaging interferometric microscopy (IIM), a synthetic aperture approach to microscopy, that allows access to all of the available spatial frequencies and extends the resolution to the Abbé (maximum spatial frequency) limit of l/4, independent of the lens NA, while retaining the depth-of-field, field-of-view and working distance advantages of low-NA optics. Using a modest 0.4 NA lens (20×) and a 633 nm source, resolution to 180 nm features is demonstrated. Further improvement is available by taking advantage of evanescent illumination through the substrate, essentially “half-immersion” [to l/2(n+1)]. Using a glass substrate (n = 1.5) a resolution to 126 nm is demonstrated. Finally, an approach to “dry” immersion is described that with a high index substrate (GaP; n = 3.3) will allow resolution to the “true” diffraction limit of l/4n or below 50 nm at a 633 nm wavelength (~l/12).
Friday's OSC Community Speakers: Noon. Meinel 410 Sponsored by the OSA/SPIE Student Optics Chapter
(1) Sheng Yuan will present The Primary Aberration Coefficients of Cross-Cylindrical Anamorphic Optical Systems.
Abstract: An anamorphic system is an imaging system contains double curvature surfaces, which have two mutually perpendicular planes of symmetry. Example of existing anamorphic system is a cross-cylindrical anamorphic system which can map a square object field into a rectangular image field. For different types of anamorphic systems, the primary aberration coefficients are different. However, method of calculating the actually primary aberration coefficients formulas for different types of anamorphic systems remains a challenge for geometrical optics research. I will speak about our development of a method of calculating the primary aberration coefficients for cross-cylindrical anamorphic systems and we found all sixteen anamorphic primary aberration coefficients, in a form parallel to the Seidel aberrations.
(2) Robert Norwood will present Optical Polymer Nanocomposites.
Abstract: The talk will discuss a new class of materials, polymer nanocomposites, that take advantage of advances in nanoparticle technology, optical polymers, and processing techniques. It will cover fundamental aspects such as effective medium theory and composite refractive index tuning, as well as recent advances in our laboratory in magneto-optical nanoparticle composites.
Friday's Women in Optics Meeting: 3:30 p.m. Meinel 701
Attention all men and women in the College of Optical Sciences! Now's your time to get involved and share your thoughts regarding the newly formed Women In Optics (WIO) club. The first WIO meeting will be held Friday, October 3, in Meinel 701. Please attend and help brainstorm ideas for upcoming events and outreach opportunities.
Women In Optics is a University of Arizona student club run by graduate students of the College of Optical Sciences. We participate in outreach opportunities to raise awareness and teach optics to future scientists of all ages. We also serve as a forum for women in the optical sciences community to communicate and exchange ideas
Wednesday and Thursday's Industrial Affiliates Workshop: All Day
This year, for the first time, we welcome our Industrial Affiliates to a fall workshop.
The workshop agenda includes presentations by our students and faculty members, optical design project presentations by our seniors, a poster session of our students' research projects, tours of our building, labs, and antique optics collection, employment interviews, company info sessions, and of course, plenty of opportunities for our faculty and students to get together with our guests.
For more information about our Industrial Affiliates program, including a workshop agenda, please visit http://www.optics.arizona.edu/Affiliates/default.htm
Rolyn Optics Company Rewards Three OSC Students
Riley Aumiller was nominated by Hong Hua for TAing Opti 471B, Advanced Optics Laboratory.
Anoop George was nominated by Tom Milster for TAing Opti 505L, Fundamentals of Physical Optics Laboratory.
Tyler Neely was nominated by Brian Anderson for TAing Opti 511R, Optical Physics and Lasers.
The awards recognize and reward Optical Sciences graduate students who have done outstanding work as teaching assistants. Faculty members nominate their best TAs for a variety of reasons including unusual dedication to student assistance, the design of innovative teaching labs, the launch and maintenance of course web sites, and excellence in substitute lecturing.
Because the nature of the award involves a high degree of excellence, the awards have gradually acquired great prestige among the faculty members who nominate their students and are prized by the students selected to receive them.
The awards are sponsored by John Ross of Rolyn Optics Company of Covina, California, a supplier of precision optics since 1925 and a pioneer in modern fabrication and distribution of quality off-the-shelf industrial and precision optics. Their in-house fabrication and metrology capabilities enable them to modify many of their stock items to fit customer needs for "almost stock" items and they also supply large production runs of completely custom parts. For more information about Rolyn Optics Company, please visit their web site at www.rolyn.com.
Rolyn gives six awards per year; three in the spring and three in the fall. Since 1997, Rolyn Optics Company has rewarded 66 outstanding graduate students at OSC.
50% Off OSA Dues for New Student Members
If you've been thinking about joining the Optical Society of America, there's probably no better time than now because they are offering a 50% dues discount to new student members: from $30 down to $15. This offer is good until the end of the year: December 31, 2008.
Your $15 expenditure gives you a generous selection of benefits including, but not limited to, opportunities to apply for activity and travel grants, publications discounts, career services, and an OSA email alias.
For more information about OSA, please visit www.osa.org You can download a membership application form at www.optics.arizona.edu/news/2008newsletters/osa.pdf
Students: Are You Taking Prelims this Spring?
Downloadable copies of past prelim exam questions (you'll have to come up with the answers on your own) from Fall 2007 through Spring 2008 are available online via the OSC Library. You can find them at www.optics.arizona.edu/library/default.htm under their real name: Comprehensive Exams.
Happy Birthday and Best Wishes for a Wonderful Year
October 13
Dominic Bourland (djb@email.arizona.edu) October 14
Dewen Cheng (dcheng@optics.arizona.edu) October 15Anthony Tanbakuchi (atanbakuchi@optics.arizona.edu) October 17Carroll Oquest (oquest@cox.net) October 19Frank Cropanese (frank.c.cropanese.jr@intel.com)
OSC Calendar
October 2 OSC Colloquium. 3:30 p.m. Meinel 307
October 2 OSC Soccer. 5:00 p.m. UA Mall just south of the tennis courts. If you plan to go, please RSVP to Pouria.
October 3 OSC Community Speakers. Noon. Meinel 410
October 3 Women in Optics Meeting. 3:30 p.m. Meinel 701
October 3 Sports Friday. 5:30p.m. Location is TBA
October 8 PhD Final Oral Defense. 1:00 p.m. Meinel 701. Nathan Leisso will present Vicarious Calibration of a High-View Angle Sensor using In-Situ Automated Ground-Viewing Radiometers
October 8 and 9 Industrial Affiliates Fall Workshop
November 1 Save the date for our OSC fall picnic. 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Ft. Lowell Park. We provide the food and reserve a ramada and a softball field. You bring your families and/or significant others and plan to enjoy the afternoon.
On Campus
October 2 AME Seminar. 4:00 p.m. AME Lecture Hall Room S212. Dr. Hanqing Jiang, Arizona State University Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, will present Mechanics of Stretchable Electronics.
October 3 Physics Colloquium. 2:15 p.m. PAS 224. At 2:15 Grad student Andrew Hill will be the speaker. At 3:00 p.m. Professor Matthew lang, MIT, will present Advances in Single Molecule Biophysics, Studies of Actin Machinery and the Force Generation Mechanism of Kinesin.
October 6 BME Seminar. 2:00 p.m. Keating 103. Grad student Stephen Moore and Professor Lars Furenlid will present ModPET, Development of a Low-Cost Small-Animal PET System.
October 8 Mathematical Physics Seminar. 1:00 p.m. Math 402. Doug Pickrell will present 2D Scalar Quantum Field Theory (from a string perspective).
Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia Science and Engineering Expo - Invitation Only Recruiting Event at Sandia National Laboratories. January 12-14, 2009. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sandia National Laboratories is a national security laboratory involved in a variety of research and development programs to help secure a peaceful and free world through technology. We develop technologies to sustain and modernize our armed forces, protect our nuclear arsenal, prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction, defend against terrorism, protect our national infrastructures, and ensure stable energy and water supplies. Sandia National Laboratories seeks top MS and PhD engineering and science students desiring full time employment after graduation. We need technical candidates with a desire to take on national and world technical challenges. Come work at Sandia and help us change the world. During the on-site recruiting event, invited candidates will: Interview with key hiring managers for job opportunities in Albuquerque, NM and Livermore, CA. Meet top research scientists and engineers. Tour state of the art facilities. Explore exciting career opportunities in a national laboratory . Visit Albuquerque, NM, the land of enchantment. Interested candidates should: Visit www.sandia.gov/employment Apply to job titled: SEE Sandia. Selected participants will be notified by invitation. Application does not guarantee selection, participation or offer of employment.
Tessera. It’s an exciting time to join Tessera. We are actively hiring for current and future opportunities to support our fast growing Micro-Optics and Consumer Optics divisions. We will be on campus for in-person interviews at the College of Optical Sciences on October 31 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Please email your resume to shalverson@tessera.com and copy Allison MacPherson at allison@optics.arizona.edu on the e-mail. We will be in touch to arrange an interview time. Tessera North America Inc., (formerly Digital Optics Corporation, Inc.) is the world leader in wafer-based micro-optics and micro-optical systems. Based in beautiful Charlotte, NC, we are a technology development and licensing company that provides innovative technologies for miniaturization and cost reduction to the high volume opto-electronics and optics industry. Our products are widely used in consumer electronics, imaging, communications, sensing and scanning applications, semiconductor manufacturing as well as homeland security systems. We offer employees an enjoyable, high-paced, flexible environment that rewards creativity and teamwork. We offer an attractive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, vision and life insurance, STD/LTD, stock options, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), up to 23 PTO Days, 10 paid holidays, a 401K plan with company match, tuition reimbursement, relocation assistance and much more. Current and future openings. Optical Design/Applications Engineer. Mechanical Engineer. Principal Optical Engineer. Optical Test Engineer. Project Manager. Industrial Chemist- Plating. Process Engineer- Etch. Process Engineer- High Volume Manufacturing. Process Engineer- Technology Transfer. Process Engineer- Replication. Process Engineer- Statistics. Senior Materials Scientist. For more details, please view our web page at http://www.tessera.com/ Please email your resume to shalverson@tessera.com and copy Allison MacPherson on the e-mail at allison@optics.arizona.edu We look forward to meeting you.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Explore the Possibilities at JPL. Aerospace Engineering, Flight Software, Object Oriented Design Methodologies, Mission Concept Design, Embedded Systems, Science or Mathematical Software and Databases, System Engineering, Mission Planning, Physics, Optics, Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Communications Architectures, Digital and RF Engineering, Optical Communications, Spacecraft Engineering, Electro-Mechanical design, Electronics Packaging Technology, Industrial Engineering and more. Tech Talk Information Session. Tuesday, October 14. 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Meinel 408-410. On-campus interviews. Resumes must be submitted by October 5. Optical Engineering Career Services. Interview dates: October 15 and 16. www.jpl.nasa.gov
Optical Engineer. Nanometrics. Nanometrics is looking for an Optical Engineer to join our growing team of engineers and scientists. The candidate will contribute to all phases of the product life cycle from concept, to prototyping, and new product introduction. Nanometrics designs and manufactures a wide range of metrology systems based on optical techniques including reflectometry, ellipsometry, photoluminescence, FTIR, and interferometry. Our tools are used by the world’s largest Semiconductor, LED, and solar companies to characterize sub-wavelength grating structures, complicated thin film stacks, doping, and other physical properties. Qualifications: BS, MS, or PhD in Optics is required. Excellent oral and written communication skills are required. The ideal candidate will have a good understanding of aberrations, diffraction, polarization, and interferometry. She or he will also have good laboratory skills, including optical alignment, breadboarding, etc. Experience with Zemax or another design program is required. Nanometrics headquarters are in Milpitas, California (Silicon Valley) with offices worldwide.
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Cathy Alexander Information Specialist Coordinator College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona cathy.alexander@optics.arizona
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nearly 30 years we have invited our Industrial Affiliates to be our
guests at a special workshop in the spring, usually in late
February or early March.