The Spotlight Report
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The Spotlight ReportAug 14, 2020
Pearl John on Utilizing Holography for Art and Outreach
Dr. Pearl John sat down to discuss her work in art, holography, and optics outreach. Pearl discusses her artwork, which touches upon both the very human side of time, memories, and relationships, as well as pieces that help to promote and explain complex science topics. Throughout her work, a common feature is the use of art, and holograms, to convey and speak to these concepts. In addition, or perhaps as part of, her art, Pearl also has been active in performing optics outreach, and fostering excitement and joy at learning more about optics. Pearl's work is remarkable, and her approach helps to explore the boundary between art, science, and humans involved in both. I hope you enjoy as much as I did! Resources: 1) Pearl's Website: https://www.pearljohn.co.uk/ 2) Lights Express: http://www.lightexpress.soton.ac.uk/ 3) Robotic Vision and Virtual Interfacings, Pearl John as co-author: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-robotic-vision-and-virtual-interfacings.html Artists working with Holography 5) Paula Dawson PhD- To Absent Friends (large transmission hologram art piece of a working bar https://vimeo.com/74709932 (Video) 6) Isabel Azevedo PhD: Artist specialising in large format digital animated holography: https://www.isabelazevedo.com/ Holography Galleries and Exhibitions (including educational facilities). 7) The Center for Holographic Arts (HoloCenter) USA https://holocenter.org/artist (Features work by Margaret Benyon PhD- a UK artist who was the first to use Holography as an art medium) and Pearl John. 8) Gallery 286 - and the Jonathan Ross Holography collection. UK. http://www.jrholocollection.com/ London UK. The collection is open to the public on invitation. Please contact Jonathan Ross to request a visit. 9) Dados Negros Contemporary Art and Holography , Madrid, Spain. https://www.dadosnegros.com/exposicio... (Exhibition I'm featured in 11 May - 8 September 2024. Photonics Outreach activities Pearl has been involved with: 10) The Future Manufacturing Photonics Hub - outreach resources: https://www.photonicshubuk.org/outreach/ at the University of Southampton. 11) Photonics Workshop ideas for teachers/educators (including Holography Workshops) http://www.phablabs.eu/photonics-work... Photographer we discussed: 12) Julia Margaret Cameron (1815 – 1879) was one of the most important early photographers and is now recognized the world over as a pioneer of photography as art. Her home and studio in the Isle of Wight UK has been turned into a museum/permanent exhibition: https://www.dimbola.co.uk/
Wayne Geerling on Using Pop Culture and Chat GPT In Teaching Economics
Wayne Geerling discusses his research and work in utilizing pop culture to engage students in introductory Economics courses. Pop culture, from Squid Game to Taylor Swift, can tell us quite a lot about various core economics concepts, and Dr. Geerling has leveraged the accessiblity and appeal of pop culture to engage early students, providing them with strong motivation to continue pursuits an otherwise math heavy and technically intimidating field. Wayne additionally comments on the new reality of Chat GPT and how it has impacted the university classroom, and his approaches to adapting to this new reality. Overall, I see a lot synergy between Wayne's work in pedagogy as it applies towards economics, and how it could apply to optics or other technical and math heavy fields. Additionally, his approach to Chat GPT is fascinating and seems like it will be universally true for teaching at any level. This was a really fun interview for me, Wayne was a wonderful guest. I hope you enjoy! Links: 1) "ChatGPT has Mastered the Principles of Economics: Now What?" https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4356034 2) "The Economics Behind the Billions: How Taylor Swift and MrBeast Can Be Used to Teach Economics" https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4640484 3) "Using Squid Game to Teach Game Theory" https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3990316 4) The Rest is History Podcast: https://therestishistory.com/episodes/
Bill Green on Looking Up, Street Astronomy, and Light Pollution
NOTE: If you or someone you know has achromatic doublets they would donate to Bill for his street astronomy, reach out! Bill is looking for doublets and his contact info can be found at philly moon men, or you can comment below. This time we are joined by Bill Green, who was a founder of Philly Moon Men. Bill brought street astronomy to Philadelphia and found there was a lot of enthusiasm and wonder at simply looking up at the night sky. Bill discusses light pollution, how he does street astronomy, and how to spread awareness about light. Links: https://phillymoonmen.org/ https://www.celestron.com/
Donn Silberman on a Career in Optics, Education, and Outreach
This week I spoke with Donn Silberman, who first entered optics in 1976 as a high school student, getting involved in astronomy. Donn shared his insights from his career in optics, in not only engineering but also sales and management. Additionally, he discussed founding the Optics Institute of Southern California and his outreach work. We talked about how he has fostered outreach to get others of all ages interested and involved in optics and how other can also join in on these endeavors. It was a pleasure to speak with Donn and to hear his continued enthusiasm and work to get more people interested in optics!
Relevant Links:
Donn's Bio at OSSC: https://ossc.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=239344&module_id=61827
Donn's Website (with links to other resources!): https://donn601.wixsite.com/opticsage
Donn's Talk at 2024 Photonics West: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/americom-optics_join-us-for-this-important-panel-discussion-activity-7151260300296556544-CYaH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Dr. Eva Acosta on Visual Optics, Wavefront Coding, and Imaging through Cataracts
Dr. Eva Acosta sat down to share her research in the area of visual optics. She discussed how she entered the field of optics and specific visual optics, her work on wavefront coding, cataract imaging, and intraocular lenses. It was a pleasure to speak with Dr. Acosta and her work is not only incredibly interesting, but stands in that unique realm of also having very tangible benefits for humanity. I hope you enjoy!
Youtube Video version: https://youtu.be/EncOAKDRwaU?si=8K_qMA3Izmb2ohES
ELEO Forum: https://community.eleoptics.com/t/dr-eva-acosta-on-visual-optics-wavefront-coding-and-imaging-through-cataracts/360?u=lrgraves Resources: Dr. Acosta's ResearchGate page, listing most publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/... Jacobi-Fourier Masks: https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/co... Improvement of Retinal Images Affected by Cataracts: https://www.mdpi.com/1581236
Heejoo Choi on Innovative Optical Designs
In this episode, I sat down with Heejoo Choi. Heejoo recently won the Kevin P. Thompson Optical Design Innovator Award He won the award for an innovative UV cross-dispersion space telescope and engineering of a laser-truss LBT metrology system. He is currently an assistant research professor at the James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences and an Optical Scientist at the Large Binocular Telescope.
Heejoo discusses the motivations for why innovative designs were required in the LBT metrology system as well as the Hyperion cross-dispersion space telescope. He goes into what drove the design choices and how that impacted the system performance overall. These are both cutting-edge optical designs so I am sure the audience will have a lot to explore in both.
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Resources:
1. Andrew Rakich, Heejoo Choi, Christian Veillet, John M. Hill, Matthieu Bec, Yang Zhang, Trenton Brendel, Breann Sitarski, Michael Gardiner, Dae Wook Kim, Stephanie Rodriguez, "A laser-truss based optical alignment system on LBT," Proc. SPIE 11445, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VIII, 114450R (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558013
2. Heejoo Choi, Isaac L. Trumper, Yi-Ting Feng, Hyukmo Kang, Joel Berkson, Haeun Chung, Erika T. Hamden, Dae Wook Kim, "Long-slit cross-dispersion spectroscopy for Hyperion UV space telescope," J. Astron. Telesc. Instrum. Syst. 7(1) 014006 (12 March 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.014006
David Shafer on His Philosophy of Optical Design
In this episode, I sat down with David Shafer. David has been creating incredible and cutting edge lens designs for decades; my first introduction to his work were his free slides he posted which looked like magic to me at the time. David discusses how he got into optics, his background in philosophy and how that guided his approach to optical design, and his optical design methodology. He also touches upon his insights about operating as a consultant, and how he created a successful career in optical design consulting. Overall this has been one of favorite interviews, David's experience and thoughts on optical design is incredible and I hope you enjoy the episode as well.
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Resources:
- David Shafer’s Slideshare webpage with all of his freely shared presentations. Read them! They are great!
- Innovation in Optical Design, A Short History slides presentation by David Shafer
- Designing a Double Gauss Lens the Hard Way slides presentation by David Shafer
- Optimum Design for a Fast Speed Lens slides presentation by David Shafer
- Design Methods slide presentation by David Shafer
- David Shafer’s Zeiss Talk Summer 2022
- Man Versus Machine-A Lens Design Challenge Donald C. Dilworth, David Shafer,
- Simple Method For Designing Lenses David Shafer,
- Highlights of My 48 Years in Optical Design slide presentation by David Shafer. Demonstrates the lithography lens system and his design for Salvador Dali!
- Some Unusual Telescope Designs slide presentation by David Shafer. Demonstrates the optical design sent on space missions mentioned.
- A Perfect Lens Design Hiding in Plain Sight for 167 Years D. Shafer,
- Principles of Optical Design by Born and Wolf. Maxwell’s Fishe-eye design is mentioned in section 4.2.
- The scientific papers of James Clerk Maxwell Volume 1.. Maxwell discusses his fish-eye design in XVII.
- Galaxy Quest Trailer. Seriously, watch it, a great sci-fi movie.
Graves on Creating a Science Startup
In this episode, we do something a bit new, in that I am the person being interviewed by previous guest Kris Ford. I talk about my own perspectives on being a co-founder of ELE Optics, the general experience , fun, and stress of a startup. I do want to give warning this episode is lighter on technical aspects or science and instead focuses on our experience in business. Kris is an excellent interviewer and I believe sheds light on some interesting topics. We also touch upon Kris' experience in his own startup. If you are interested in my own thoughts on a startup, or hearing two scientists talk about the business and ethical considerations of forming a company, please give it a listen!
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Resources:
3. After Virtue
4. The Nuts and Bolts of a Business Plan MIT OpenCourse (free!)
7. Master and Man (free!)
Bob Parks on the Point Source Microscope, Alignment, and Optics
In this episode, Bob Parks discusses his background in optics. For those who are not aware, Bob has been a key figure in the world of optics, being a force to establish using an auto-stigmatic microscope for all sorts of alignment and assembly of optical systems (and that is only a small portion of his contributions). Bob explains how he entered optics, his early experiences at the Kodak company and how rich that experience was, his work on the Hubble Investigatory committee, and his work involved in creating the Point Source Microscope. We also explore recent innovations for using the PSM, and how computer generated holograms tie into these potentials. Bob is truly and incredible optical scientist, and was one of my favorite guests to interview. We only scratch the surface of topics I would like to discuss this episode but I highly recommend it.
After the end of the episode Bob shared a few more thoughts, which I am putting here. Bob Parks:"At the very end you asked me about advice for younger people and I mentioned diversity in interests. Another thing is being open to taking risks, much as you guys are. It is so much nicer to suggest a new adventure and have a yes response than no. And one other thing. As we talked about, science and engineering get you hard facts, and just one "right" answer. If a colleague gets a different answer, don't call them out, but ask what assumptions they made deriving their answer. That you differ is often that you have made different assumptions."
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Resources:
1. Optical Perspectives Group LLC , Bob Parks optical engineering company.
2. Alignment with Axicon Plane Gratings, by Robert Parks
3. Aligning Reflecting Optics with Bessel Beams, by Robert Parks
4. The Autostigmatic Microscope and How It Works, by Robert Parks
5. Hubble Space Telescope Secondary Mirror Vertex Radius/conic Constant Test Final Technical Report, by Robert Parks
6. A Canticle for Leibowitz, an excellent Sci-Fi book exploring meaning, ethics, and science.
Craig Ament on Thin Films, Entrepreneurship, and Founding Arizona Thin Films
In this episode, Craig Ament discusses thin films and their near universal application in the optics industry. He comments on how he started his company, Arizona Thin Films, key considerations in incorporating films into a design, and what unique features his company provides. Craig also discusses some of the key lessons learned with regards to founding a company, and addressed common questions he gets when a customer needs a new thin film for their product. Highly recommended!
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Resources:
- Arizona Thin Films, Craig Ament’s company providing thin film coating and design services
- Atomic Layer Deposition technology
- Edmund Optics Introduction to Optical Coatings
David Aikens and Eric Herman on Modern Optical Drawings: The ISO10110 Companion
I sat down with Dave Aikens and Eric Herman to discuss their recent book “Modern Optical Drawings: The ISO10110 Companion”, which they co-authored along with Richie Youngworth. I cannot recommend this book highly enough for those who need to get an optic made. It concisely serves as a companion reference book for when you need to know how to define certain aspects of your system, and it contains practical guides on how to utilize the ISO10110 standard in your design process to assure you get your system made correctly, from design to drawing to verification and testing. Dave and Eric discuss why they made the book, some of the art and subtleties behind what goes into getting a design made correctly, and the benefits of using the ISO10110 designation in your drawings.
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Resources:
- Modern Optics Drawings: The ISO 10110 Companion | (2022) | Herman | Publications | Spie
- Official ISO10110 Drawing Standards
- Optimax’s Tolerancing Sheet, the standard for where to start on tolerances.
Dr. Shelby D V Ament on Computer Generated Holograms, Metrology, and Art
This week I spoke with Dr. Shelby D V Ament, who is currently a senior optical scientist at Arizona Optical Metrology. Shelby discusses how she decided to enter optics, why art was an essential aspect of arriving into the field, and her dissertation work pairing holograms and solar energy. She also discusses her passion for optics outreach and teaching the community and younger generation about optics. I have had the pleasure of working with Shelby in a professional role, and her knowledge and expertise in optics is consistently inspiring. I highly recommend this episode, for insights on how optics bridges seemingly unrelated areas like art, and for absolutely the best explanation of computer generated holograms, and how they are used in practice, that you can get anywhere.
Video Version: https://youtu.be/BA4HkQa9QBA
Additional Links:
- Dr. Shelby D V Ament's LinkedIn
- Arizona Optical Metrology, where you can work with Shelby if you need a CGH.
- Dr. Ament's Dissertation, Vorndran, S. D. (2016). *Diffractive optical element design for lateral spectrum splitting photovoltaics* (Order No. 10109718). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ University of Arizona; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1796855096).
- Helmholtz On the Sensations of Tone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensations_of_Tone, the final reference to how harmonics impact the 'quality' of music.
Erin McDermott on creating Odd Engineer, overcoming obstacles, and determination
This week we spoke with Erin McDermott, who has most recently created Odd Engineer, a service for companies to find experts in a field who they can quickly speak to for expert advice. Erin discusses how she got into optics, the many obstacles she faced along her career, and the stunning determination she has cultivated and maintained to get to where she is at now; namely being her own boss, and creating her own career. She also discusses her recently published book, Freelancer’s Framework, where she discusses how engineers of physical products can succeed as freelancers. I have had the pleasure of working with Erin in a professional role, and her knowledge of how to succeed and thrive in the world of optics, which she shares here, has been invaluable. I am sure listeners will find this episode to be a great resource.
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Additional Links:
* Odd Engineer, Erin’s platform securing expert engineering advice.
* Freelancer’s Framework, Guidebook 1, Erin’s recent publication.
* College Co-Op programs article from 2020.
* Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF) pdf explaining the general concept.
* Youtube video of a Goniophotometer in action.
Henry Quach on how COVID has affected graduate research.
In this episode, Henry Quach, who is in his third year of the Wyant College of Optics graduate program, discusses how his research has been affected by COVID-19. This is a fascinating topic as we discuss how this period of graduate school is already typically one of the more challenging yet formative phases of a graduate program, and Henry explores how the unique constraints have required creative inspiration on the student's part to maintain forward progress. We discuss mental health, research, and the meta-purpose of graduate school; and if all of that doesn't meet the science/engineering expectations for this podcast, Henry also shows off some very cool home built devices and 3D printed tools he has created.
For updates on Henry's, and the LOFT group's, research, see: http://www.loft.optics.arizona.edu/
For the full video of the episode, please visit: https://youtu.be/WsofGJlQ1IY
Julius Muschaweck on Illumination and Education
Our guest this week is Julius Muschaweck, who has an extensive and impressive background in illumination. He discusses his prior work in the field, the importance of LEDs, and his current work on fostering education on this overlooked area of physics and creating an active illumination community. I greatly enjoyed this conversation, Julius is clearly an expert in illumination, and is excellent and teaching about these topics. I strongly encourage listeners to explore is personal page, his announced courses (I intend to attend them), and his free webinars, shared in the related resources section.
Related Resources:
Julius' Illumination Course Announcement
Communities of Practice Introduction
Julius' Webinar "What is Etendue and Why is it Important?"
Julius' Webinar "Source Modeling in Illumination Optics"
Data Format Standard for Sharing Light Source Measurements
Watch the youtube video of the discussion: https://youtu.be/YmOZ7lGkXPU
Dr. Araceli Venegas-Gomez on Qureca, Quantum Optics, and the future of quantum industry
This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Araceli Venegas-Gomez. Araceli received her doctorate in Quantum Optics from the University of Strathclyde, and is the founder and CEO of Qureca, a company leading the way on creating and strengthening bridges between companies and the workforce in Quantum. We spoke in depth about how Araceli entered into quantum optics from being an aerospace engineer, why she created a quantum company, and what she views as the future of quantum industry and key skills needed by companies now. This was a very enjoyable conversation for me, and I learned quite a bit about an and field of quantum, which was previously very opaque and confusing. Dr. Venegas-Gomez's insight on the diversity of workforce needed for quantum, and the various avenues to enter the field were refreshing and eye opening to me for a field traditionally considered extremely esoteric and confined to the highest reaches of academia. Highly recommended.
Related Reading and Links:
- Qureca
- Building The Quantum Workforce Of The Future
- Quantum Optics and Quantum Many-body Systems- Andrew Daley's Research group at the University of Strathclyde
- The U.S. National Quantum Initiative: From Act to action
- A list of courses offered by Qureca in the fall, for anyone interested I strongly recommend reaching out (I for one may be looking into Quantum for everyone!):
- Quantum for everyone (introductory course and quantum technologies overview).
- Quantum Computing algorithms for Finance
- Finance introduction for quantum algorithms
- Applications in Quantum Chemistry
- Quantum and AI
- QKD technology
- Quantum computing hardware
Dr. Patrick Hagar on Material Chemistry, Films, Adhesives, and Finding Success and Innovation in Industry
We were extremely fortunate to have Dr. Pat Hagar sit down with us for this episode. Pat received his doctorate in polymer material science, which provided him with a strong science background for his 30 year career at the 3M Corporation. Pat discusses some of the applications of films and adhesives that he worked on during his time at 3M, what driving factors motivate innovation and product development, and what optical considerations exist with respect to films and adhesives. Pat also speaks about his personal experience inside of a corporation, and how he found success and growth in his role and how to collaborate in industry, as team centric work becomes essential. Overall, I just want to say Pat is a hugely impressive scientist and engineer, and a fantastic person; I highly recommend this episode.
Related Readings:
Tony Kinlock (Material Scientist): https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.kinloch
Fracture Mechanics (Introduction, MIT): https://web.mit.edu/course/3/3.11/www/modules/frac.pdf
John Scalzi (Sci-Fi Author): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scalzi
The Long Earth (Recommended Sci-Fi Book): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Earth
Robert Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Johnson
Reverend Gary Davis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverend_Gary_Davis
Archeology Southwest: https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/
Dr Kris Ford on Plasma Physics, Analytical Chemistry, and Life After Graduate School
This week Dr. Kris Ford sat down to talk about his dissertation topic on plasma physics, and his life after graduate school. Dr. Ford received his PhD in nuclear physics studying plasma diagnostic methods. After graduating, he has gone on to lead an analytical chemistry lab studying and classifying cannabis products. Dr. Ford shares interesting insight regarding receiving feedback that your dissertation topic may not be novel, how to complete a thesis, and what challenges exist in industry post graduation.
We have also shifted to a new format with the podcast, and we have a new host! Please let us know what you think of the new format.
Related Reading:
Plasma (Wikipedia): a high-level overview of plasma physics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_%28physics%29
Pulse Plasma (UT Dallas): an older report on the uses and methods to pulse plasma. Probably outdated at this point. https://personal.utdallas.edu/~overzet/Puls_97/
Effective Altruism: the website for a group that supports effective altruism. Not necessarily meant as the definitive guide on it. https://www.effectivealtruism.org/
Peter Singer TED Talk on Effective Altruism: a brief TED talk discussing the merits and methods for effective altruism. https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_singer_the_why_and_how_of_effective_altruism
Why introductory chemistry lab is boring by Trevor Klee: an article discussing why intro chem lab is boring and may not serve us well when learning chemistry. Highly recommend. https://get21stnight.com/2019/12/27/why-introductory-chemistry-is-boring-a-long-term-historical-perspective/
Golijov: La Pasión según San Marcos: Lating/African contemporary classical music. Absolutely beautiful and highly recommend. https://www.amazon.com/Golijov-Pasi%C3%B3n-seg%C3%BAn-San-Marcos/dp/B0036OC9ME/ref=pd_sbs_15_1/135-5854595-2558859?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B0036OC9ME&pd_rd_r=d55f40a5-bb93-495f-99ee-206472608ff3&pd_rd_w=F8snG&pd_rd_wg=yqtOp&pf_rd_p=bdd201df-734f-454e-883c-73b0d8ccd4c3&pf_rd_r=07CAMTV3BK24DAJN8K4T&psc=1&refRID=07CAMTV3BK24DAJN8K4T
Electrostatic Chromatography: an intro to electrostatic chromatography on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophilic_interaction_chromatography
Conversations with Tyler: a podcast hosted by economist Tyler Cowen which covers a truly stunning array of topics. Recommend for just about anyone as there is almost assured a guest you will find interesting. https://conversationswithtyler.com/
Dr Heejoo Choi On Large Astronomical Optics
Related Reading:
Dr. Heejoo Choi Profile: www.loft.optics.arizona.edu/members/post-doc/heejoo-choi/
Nonlinear Optics: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear_optics
Large Binocular Telescope Observatory (LBT): www.lbto.org/
What are Active and Adaptive Optics: www.eso.org/sci/facilities/develop/ao/what_ao.html
Telescope Seeing Limit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_seeing
Reference laser star-ARGOS for LBT: www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/argos
Econtalk Gerd Gigerenzer on Gut Feelings: www.econtalk.org/gerd-gigerenzer-on-gut-feelings/
European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT): www.eso.org/sci/facilities/eelt/
Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT): www.tmt.org/
NASA Space Borne Balloon Telescopes: asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/balloon/
Wikipedia on Space Balloon Telescopes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon-borne_telescope
Henry Quach On 3D Printing
Related Reading:
1) FDM 3D printing: www.stratasys.com/fdm-technology
2) Thingaverse.com- free 3D models: www.thingiverse.com/
3) Prussa I3 KM3: www.prusa3d.com/original-prusa-i3-mk3/
4) Stereolithography: www.livescience.com/38190-stereolithography.html
5) Digital Light Processing: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Light_Processing
6) CLIP-Continuous liquid interface production: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous_Liquid_Interface_Production
7) The Maker Movement: time.com/104210/maker-faire-maker-movement/
8) Addressing Ethics of Synthetic Human Organs: elifesciences.org/articles/20674
9) 3D Printing a Miniature Human Heart: www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/3d-printing-mini-heart
10) A Swifter way of Printing Organs: www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190906172436.htm
11) 3D Printing for Bioengineering: www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/cp-fwb081116.php
David Vega on Falloposcope Design and Biomedical Optics
Further Resources:
1) Dr. Barton’s Lab: bmeoptics.engr.arizona.edu/
2) Ovarian Cancer Wikipedia Page: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_cancer
3) Histology Wikipedia Page, offers excellent images showing what a histologist will typically have to look through to make a diagnosis. :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histology
Dr. Hannah Grant on Opportunities and Challenges in Silicon Photonics
As always, we thank our guest Dr. Hannah Grant look forward to our listeners comments!
References
Dr. Hannah Grant’s Dissertation (Draft Version): www.airyinsights.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/HRG_Thesis_DraftVersion.pdf
Optical Switches : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_switch
Photonics: www.rp-photonics.com/photonics.html
Crosstalk: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosstalk
Lisa Li on Vision, Computer Science, and Culture
Dr. Maham Aftab on Modal Integration
Resources:
Aftab’s Paper:
Maham Aftab, James H. Burge, Greg A. Smith, Logan Graves, Chang-jin Oh, and Dae Wook Kim, “Modal Data Processing for High Resolution Deflectometry,” Int. J. of Precis. Eng. and Manuf.-Green Tech. (2018). (in press)
Southwell Integration Paper: www.osapublishing.org/josa/abstract.cfm?uri=josa-70-8-998
Round Table 2: What is your reason for doing?
Finally, I realized after listening again we entirely missed the mark by considering a wider scope, namely, outside of higher education, or optics, etc. This topic bears coming back to which we will hopefully do soon.
Note: Image Credit Jeremy Perkins
Nirantha Balagopal on Industry, Optics, and Math
References:
1) Balagopal’s Master Thesis : www.optics.arizona.edu/sites/optics.arizona.edu/files/nirantha-balagopal-ms-report.pdf
2) Momsom on SPECT Imaging
3) The ABCs of Fluency: www.aubreydaniels.com/sites/default/files/ABCsofFluency_2015.pdf
4) SPIE Women in Optics Survey 2017: spie.org/about-spie/advocacy/women-in-optics/women-in-optics-survey?SSO=1
5) Society of Women Engineers: societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/
6) Edmund Optics Youtube for Tutorials and Lessons: www.youtube.com/edmundoptics
Discuss, don't Lecture-Optics Roundtable No. 1
Resources and Links from this Episode:
Common Knowledge and Aumann’s Agreement Theorem: www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=2410
Note: Image Credit to Nadine Shaabana
Dr. Edward LaVilla on Visual Optics, Inspiration, and the Spirit of Learning
References:
1) Ibn al-Haytham “The Father of Optics”: www.photonics.com/a36717/Before_Newton_there_was_Alhazen
2) Roorda Lab: roorda.vision.berkeley.edu/
3) Multmodal Retinal Imaging: www.amazon.com/Multimodal-Retinal-Imaging-Amresh-Chopdar/dp/1907816607
4)Statistical Model for Normal Eyes: iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2188017
Dr. Shuang Wu on Biostatistics
Spencer on Podiatry
Episode Resources
1) Neuropathy : www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Education/Fact-Sheets/Peripheral-Neuropathy-Fact-Sheet
2) Ford on plasma research and nuclear engineering : soundcloud.com/user-981189121/ford-on-plasma-research-and-nuclear-engineering
Dr. Abdullah Zafar on plasma diagnostics for nuclear fusion
References and Resources for this episode:
1) ITER: www.iter.org/
Dr. Kris Ford on Plasma Research and Nuclear Engineering
Dr. John Koshel on Illumination, the Century of Light, and Academics
Relevant material to this episode:
Century of Optics: www.osapublishing.org/books/bookshelf/osa-century-optics.cfm
Oliver Spires on Optical Fabrication
Related Reading:
1)Science Direct on Diamond Turning: www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/diamond-turning
2)Edmund Optics on Diamond Turning Optics: www.edmundoptics.com/capabilities/diamond-turning/
3) Wikipedia Article on Glass Moulding: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_glass_moulding
Dr. Cooper-Sood on using Ketamine for Pain Management in Sickle Cell Anemia Patients
Related Reading:
1) Dr. Cooper-Sood on Seat Belts for Children: insights.ovid.com/crossref?an=00006565-900000000-98148
2) Dr. Cooper-Sood on Pediatric Pneumonia: europepmc.org/article/MED/30943363
3) Ketamine for Sickle-Cell Anemia: sicklecellanemianews.com/ketamine/
4) Low Dose Ketamine for Adults with Sickle-Cell Anemia: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15360288.2018.1468383?journalCode=ippc20
Dr. Chris Summitt on Optic Chip Interconnects
As always we look forward to your feedback and comments!
Hannah Grant on Characterizing Silicon Photonic Switches
For a more detailed description of Hannah Grant’s most recent work, please see: doi.org/10.1364/PS.2017.PTu3C.1
Related Reading:
1) Heuristic Characterization of Photonic Switches : doi.org/10.1364/PS.2017.PTu3C.1
2)Photonics: Optical Electronics in Modern Communications by By Amnon Yariv and Pochi Yeh (https://www.amazon.com/Photonics-Electronics-Communications-Electrical-Engineering/dp/0195179463)
Neil Momsen on SPECT Imaging
As always, please leave your feedback and comment on today's episode.
Related Reading:
1) Anger Mathematics: mathworld.wolfram.com/AngerFunction.html
2)SPECT Imaging Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-photon_emission_computed_tomography
Dr. Christine Bradley on Spectropolarimetric Observations
We hope you enjoy this weeks podcast, and as always we encourage our listeners to comment on this weeks episode.
Related Reading/ Viewing:
1) Dr. Bradley's Dissertation Defense: www.facebook.com/10135028/videos/10106093474570012/
2) Spectral Invariance Theory: www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/9613/96130U/Spectral-invariance-hypothesis-study-of-polarized-reflectance-with-Ground-based/10.1117/12.2187495.short
3) SpectroPolarimetric Imaging Observations by Dr. Christine Bradley: repository.arizona.edu/handle/10150/624499
Note: Image Credit to Chris Summitt.
Dr. Chase Salsbury on the Unspoken Challenges of Graduate School
Related Reading:
1) blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2018/03/26/depression-and-anxiety-in-graduate-school
2)https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-emotional-toll-of-graduate-school/
Dae Wook Kim on Large Optics
To learn more about Dr. Dae Wook Kim’s recent work, we recommend reading his recent publication in Business Insider discussing how the world’s largest mirrors are created. The publication can be found at: www.loft.optics.arizona.edu/documents/journal_articles/TheConveration_BM_DKim_2016Jan.pdf
Graves on Infrared Deflectometry
For more information on infrared deflectometry please read:
www.loft.optics.arizona.edu/documents/journal_articles/IR_Deflectometry_SPIE_Newsroom_2015_DKim.pdf
Thank you for listening to this weeks episode. If you have any questions or comments please let us know. Additionally, we are always looking for new topics to cover, so please email or comment to let us know who should be in the spotlight in the future.
The Large Optics and Fabrication Group
Also, this week we mentioned swing arm profilometry, which was indeed created in the LOFT Group. You can find the journal article discussing the swing arm profilometer at:
www.loft.optics.arizona.edu/documents/journal_articles/Anderson%20Proc%20SPIE%202536.pdf
Trumper on Instantaneous Phase Shifting Deflectometry
Background:
Deflectometry is a specific method used to optically measure a surface shape. The concept is based on a simple principle, if a candle is lit and we hold it at a known position in front of a reflective surface, also at a known position, and then move our eye until we see the candle, we can calculate the slope of the mirror. By doing this for all points on a mirror, we can integrate the surface slopes to arrive at a surface profile. If instead of a candle we upgraded to a screen, we can now display very complex images to illuminate the entire mirror surface at once, allowing us to calculate all the surface slopes without moving our source. A source image used commonly is a sinusoidal pattern, which is phase shifted a number of times. This pattern is presented in the x and y orthogonal directions to obtain x and y slope maps, which allows for the calculation of a complete surface map. One previous limitation to this method is that the screen had to display each phase shifted sinusoid consecutively. This is no longer the case, as Isaac Trumper recently has proven that the phase shifts can be encoded into different color channels, red, green, and blue, of the screen. This allows for three simultaneous phase shifted sinusoids to be presented at once. Additionally, using Fourier transform techniques, Trumper was able to encode the x and y sinusoid patterns simultaneously, allowing for one screen to be showing a total of 3 unique patterns in the x direction, and 3 unique patterns in the y direction; i.e. 6 multiplexed channels at once. This allows for a single display and image capture to entirely capture all the required information to completely solve for the surface profile of your optic under test.
For a complete description of the work done, please see Isaac Trumper’s recent paper, located at www.loft.optics.arizona.edu/documents/journal_articles/oe-24-24-27993_DKim.pdf .