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| Watt's Up
College of Optical Sciences News for April 2, 2009
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Today's Colloquium. 3:45 p.m. Meinel 307
Our own Russell Chipman will present Frontiers in Optical Design.
Tuesday's Special Presentation. 10:00 a.m. Meinel 821
Mark T. Gruneisen, United States Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate, will present Reconfigurable Diffractive Optics for Imaging and Beam Control . Nasser Peyghambarian is the host.
Abstract: Diffractive wavefront control with high-resolution programmable phase modulators is emerging as a technology for novel approaches to imaging and beam control. Advances in liquid-crystal (LC) and micromachined electro-mechanical system (MEMS) spatial light modulator (SLM) technologies make reconfigurable diffractive optics an increasingly viable approach for real system applications. This seminar presents a brief overview of reconfigurable diffractive optics research at AFRL/RDS including, analytic modeling of SLMs as diffractive media, laboratory demonstrations with prototype SLMs including, wavefront steering, large aberration compensation, enhanced-field mosaic imaging, compensated narrowband and extended bandwidth imaging and generation of complex (i.e. amplitude and phase modulated) fields via computer-generated holography with SLMs for high-dimensional quantum key distribution (HD QKD). An analysis of volume multiplexed holography for HD QKD photon sorting will also be presented.
Bio: Mark Gruneisen is the principal investigator for the advanced wavefront control program in the Beam Projection and Compensation group of the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Directorate. This program develops novel components and approaches for advanced imaging and beam control applications. He is a Fellow of SPIE and co-recipient of the 2004 Rudolf Kingslake Medal. He received the PhD degree in Optics from the University of Rochester in 1988.
Tuesday's OSC Group Photo. 3:30 p.m. Meet in the 3rd Floor Lobby
The enlarged and framed 2009 photo will grace the 4th floor hallway outside the Academic Programs office and smaller versions will be used on our Web site, in brochures, and in presentations. A low-resolution version will be available for download from our Web site and professional prints will be available for a fee from the photographer, Robert Walker.
The photo location is TBD, but for the moment, please plan to meet in the 3rd floor lobby. Please arrive a few minutes early and allow 15 or 20 minutes.
About the location: We think we look a bit crowded in last year's photo (please click on the thumbnail at right for a larger image) and are searching for another spot. Your suggestions are very welcome -- please send an e-mail to Cathy Alexander at cathy-alexander@optics.arizona.edu
Next Week's Colloquium. 3:45 p.m. Meinel 307
Irving J. Bigio, Boston University Departments of Biomedical Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Physics, and Medicine will present Elastic Light Scattering Spectroscopy for the Detection of Pre-Cancer. Stanley Pau is the host.
Abstract: Optical spectroscopy mediated by fiber-optic probes can be used to perform noninvasive, or minimally-invasive, real-time assessment of tissue pathology in-situ. The method of elastic-scattering spectroscopy (ESS) is sensitive to the sub-cellular architectural changes, such as nuclear grade and nuclear to cytoplasm ratio, mitochondrial size and density, etc., which correlate with features used by pathologists when performing histological assessment. The ESS method senses those morphology changes without actually imaging the microscopic structure. Clinical demonstrations of ESS have been conducted in a variety of organ sites, with promising results, and larger-scale clinical studies are now ongoing. We have recently developed an analytical model that extracts, from the ESS spectra, the underlying physical correlates of the tissue relating to disease.
Happy Birthday and Best Wishes for a Wonderful Year
April 6Jihun Kim (jihun@optics.arizona.edu) April 7Robert
Crawford (rcrawfor@u.arizona.edu) April 8David
Bogner (bogner@ag.arizona.edu) April 9Jared Connolly (connoljl@email.arizona.edu) April 10Mark
Nimmer (marknimmer@hotmail.com) April 12Terry
McDaniel (terry.w.mcdaniel@seagate.com)
OSC Calendar
April 2 PhD Final Oral Defense. 2:00 pm. Radiology Research Bldg 211 Room 101. Anthony Tanbakuchi will present A Surgical Confocal Microlaparoscope for Real-Time Optical Biopsies.
April 3 OSC Sports Friday. Sport and location are TBD.
April 7 OSC Group Photo. 3:30 p.m. Location is TBD, please meet in the 3rd floor lobby.
On Campus
April 2 Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar. 4:00 p.m. AME Lecture Hall, Room S212. Glenn Schrader, University of Arizona Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department Head, will present Environmental Sustainability for Energy, Infrastructures and Manufacturing.
April 3 Physics Colloquium. 2:15 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. PAS 218. 2:15 brings a graduate student presentation. At 3:00 p.m. Neal Weiner, New York University Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, will present Illuminating Dark Matter.
April 6 Biomedical Engineering Builders' Day Seminar. 2:00 p.m. Keating/Bio 5 103. Kristen O'Halloran Cardinal , Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, will present Harder Than You Can Imagine, But More Fun Than You Think: The Transition to Life as an Assistant Professor.
April 8 Mathematical Physics Seminar. 1:00 p.m. Math 402. Sourav Chatterjee, University of California Berkeley Department of Statistics, will present Chaos, Concentration and Multiple Valleys.
Newport is an OSC Industrial Affiliate at the Principal Partners level
Newport Corporation (NASDAQ: NEWP) is a globally recognized leader in advanced technology products and solutions for fields such as Research, Life & Health Science, Aerospace & Defense, Industrial Manufacturing, Semiconductors, and Microelectronics. Our nearly 40 years of industry knowledge and expertise crosses a broad range of technologies, allowing us to continually deliver innovative products and solutions in a myriad of areas. Thanks to a steadfast commitment to quality, innovation, hard work and customer care - Newport is trusted the world over as the complete source for all photonics and laser technology and equipment.
As a Diamond Turning Engineer based out of Irvine, CA, your expertise in diamond turning operations are crucial to running the successful operations of this entire machine shop as you review customer drawings, design production tooling, troubleshoot the process, make prototypes and test parts using interferometers and other precision measurement instruments. Your product development experience is a perfect match as you interface with Engineering, Planning, Operations and other departments to take projects from the new product proposal phase through manufacturing planning, tooling design and program management. Leverage your troubleshooting skills to create new parts, test those parts and troubleshoot problems until you reach the desired conclusion of our customer requirements. Your proficiency in CAD programs like Solidworks or Autocad and ability to program in G-code is essential to designing machine control programming for the production of customer requested parts. In this role, your self-motivated flexible personality is key to evaluating the current efficiency of our production processes in addition to handling a multitude of projects at once. Contribute your specialized background to a growing corporation and influence the diamond turning operations of the future.
Use this link to apply http://jobs.accolo.com/17091. Feel free to send resumes or questions to Corie Lin Thompson, Hiring Consultant, Accolo, Inc. 415.755.1271. cthompson@accolo.com www.accolo.com
Optical Engineer. Space Dynamics Lab. Requires BS degree in related field, experience with optical design software, optical alignment, optical testing and/or calibration of optical systems, radiometric modeling of optical systems, including IR and visible detectors. Must be able to obtain a US government security clearance (US citizenship required). Screening begins April 13th, Apply on-line at www.sdljobs.org AA/EOE/M/F/D/V
Western Digital. Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) Development. We are looking for experts with a Ph.D degree and 4+ years of experience in the following field: 1) Sr. manager, optical integration 2) Optical modeling engineer (near field optics) 3) Optical characterization/testing engineer (near field) 4) Device optical characterization/testing engineer 5) Optical processing engineers (wafer level laser, grating or waveguide processing). Please contact sam.williams@wdc.com (510) 683 7800. Location: Fremont, California.
OSC Short Courses on DVD
Continue your education anywhere, anytime with these self-paced, non-credit, OSC faculty-taught short courses for working professionals. Each course is available for individual use or as a site license.
Applications of Zernike Polynomials Introduction to Interferometric Optical Testing Holographic Techniques for Advanced Photonic Systems Solid State Lasers 1: Fundamental Physics Solid State Lasers 2: Specific Systems Illumination Engineering: Basics, Sampling, and Sources Illumination Engineering: Lightpipes and Reflectors Illumination Engineering: Displays Illumination Engineering: Optimization, Tolerancing, and Special Topics Illumination Engineering: The Complete Set of all 4 Discs
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