J. Fernandes, Francisco Rodrigues, M. Lima, A. Teixeira
{"title":"First approach on the Haar Transform applied with a 2 x 2 multimode interferometer","authors":"J. Fernandes, Francisco Rodrigues, M. Lima, A. Teixeira","doi":"10.1117/12.2272146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272146","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an overview of the Haar Wavelet Transform applied with a Multimode Interferometer. The Haar Wavelet Transform is one of the most used compressing method due to its fast computation and uncomplicated design. It only requires an averaging and differencing method, making it possible to easily decompose and compress an image. Based on Soldano1 self-imaging numerical approach and Besse design,2 an 2 x 2 Multimode Interferometer with modified access waveguides is presented as solution. Using Beam Propagation Method simulations, the solution was tested, analysed and applied on an Haar Network.","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116460141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Guerreiro, J. C. Costa, M. Gomes, R. Alves, N. Silva
{"title":"Physical ray-tracing method for anisotropic optical media in GPGPU","authors":"A. Guerreiro, J. C. Costa, M. Gomes, R. Alves, N. Silva","doi":"10.1117/12.2272144","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272144","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper we discuss the development of a fast ray-tracing solver for complex anisotropic uniaxial optical media based on heterogeneous supercomputing in GPGPU using PyOpenCl. This solver simulates both the propagation of ordinary and extraordinary rays, while taking into account the polarization rotation introduced by position dependent modulations of the optical axis of the medium. We demonstrate the application of this solver by simulating the generation of polarization caustics in random uniaxial optical media.","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115038311","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Manuel F. M. Costa, E. Freitas, H. Torres, V. Cerezo
{"title":"Optical microtopographic inspection of asphalt pavement surfaces","authors":"Manuel F. M. Costa, E. Freitas, H. Torres, V. Cerezo","doi":"10.1117/12.2270880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2270880","url":null,"abstract":"Microtopographic and rugometric characterization of surfaces is routinely and effectively performed non-invasively by a number of different optical methods. Rough surfaces are also inspected using optical profilometers and microtopographer. The characterization of road asphalt pavement surfaces produced in different ways and compositions is fundamental for economical and safety reasons. Having complex structures, including topographically with different ranges of form error and roughness, the inspection of asphalt pavement surfaces is difficult to perform non-invasively. In this communication we will report on the optical non-contact rugometric characterization of the surface of different types of road pavements performed at the Microtopography Laboratory of the Physics Department of the University of Minho.","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130642864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. Hincapie-Zuluaga, J. Herrera-Ramírez, J. Garcia-Sucerquia
{"title":"Using DSLR cameras in digital holography","authors":"D. Hincapie-Zuluaga, J. Herrera-Ramírez, J. Garcia-Sucerquia","doi":"10.1117/12.2275672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2275672","url":null,"abstract":"In Digital Holography (DH), the size of the bidimensional image sensor to record the digital hologram, plays a key role on the performance of this imaging technique; the larger the size of the camera sensor, the better the quality of the final reconstructed image. Scientific cameras with large formats are offered in the market, but their cost and availability limit their use as a first option when implementing DH. Nowadays, DSLR cameras provide an easy-access alternative that is worthwhile to be explored. The DSLR cameras are a wide, commercial, and available option that in comparison with traditional scientific cameras, offer a much lower cost per effective pixel over a large sensing area. However, in the DSLR cameras, with their RGB pixel distribution, the sampling of information is different to the sampling in monochrome cameras usually employed in DH. This fact has implications in their performance. In this work, we discuss why DSLR cameras are not extensively used for DH, taking into account the problem reported by different authors of object replication. Simulations of DH using monochromatic and DSLR cameras are presented and a theoretical deduction for the replication problem using the Fourier theory is also shown. Experimental results of DH implementation using a DSLR camera show the replication problem.","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"43 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134283047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Iris Aguilar, J. Pichardo-Molina, T. López-Luke, Nancy Ornelas-Soto
{"title":"Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy analysis of HeLa cells using a multilayer substrate","authors":"Iris Aguilar, J. Pichardo-Molina, T. López-Luke, Nancy Ornelas-Soto","doi":"10.1117/12.2272026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272026","url":null,"abstract":"Single cell analysis can provide important information regarding cell composition, and can be used for biomedical applications. In this work, a SERS active substrate formed by 3 layers of gold nanospheres and a final layer of gold nanocubes was used for the label-free SERS analysis of HeLa cells. Nanocubes were selected due to the high electromagnetic enhancement expected in nanoparticles with sharp corners. Significant improvement in the reproducibility and quality of SERS spectra was found when compared to the spectra obtained using a nanosphere-only substrate and normal Raman spectroscopy.","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123068895","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"2.05-μm Holmium-doped all-fiber continuous-wave laser at in-core diode-pumping at 1.125 μm","authors":"A. Kir'yanov, Y. Barmenkov","doi":"10.1117/12.2276271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276271","url":null,"abstract":"We report a Holmium-doped all-fiber laser oscillating in continuous-wave at ~2.05 μm, at in-core pumping by a 1.125-μm laser diode. The active fibers employed are alumino-germano-silicate fibers doped with Ho3+ at concentrations of ~1.2×1019 and ~1.8×1019 cm-3. The laser is implemented in non-optimized Fabry-Perot cavity’s geometry, composed of a couple of fiber Bragg gratings with reflectivity of 99 and 90%. When using the lower doped Holmium-doped fiber of proper length (1.4 m), low threshold (~370 mW) and moderate slope efficiency (~13%) of ~2.05-μm lasing were obtained. High-brightness (laser line’s width is ~60 pm) and good noise-to-signal ratio (<0.006) are the laser’s attractivities. In case of the heavier doped fiber of optimal length (1.2 m), the laser output (threshold of ~430 mW, slope efficiency of ~9%, output power of ~9 mW, laser line’s width of 110 pm, noise-to-signal ratio of <0.009) is worse, with a probable reason being deteriorating Ho3+ concentration effects.","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"202 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131571827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Shcherbakov, Miguel Chávez Dagostino, Adan Omar Arellanes, E. Tepichín Rodríguez
{"title":"Multi-arm spectrometer for parallel frequency analysis of radio-wave signals oriented to astronomical observations","authors":"A. Shcherbakov, Miguel Chávez Dagostino, Adan Omar Arellanes, E. Tepichín Rodríguez","doi":"10.1117/12.2276437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276437","url":null,"abstract":"We describe a potential prototype of modern spectrometer based on acousto-optical technique with three parallel optical arms for analysis of radio-wave signals specific to astronomical observations. Each optical arm exhibits original performances to provide parallel multi-band observations with different scales simultaneously. Similar multi-band instrument is able to realize measurements within various scenarios from planetary atmospheres to attractive objects in the distant Universe. The arrangement under development has two novelties. First, each optical arm represents an individual spectrum analyzer with its individual performances. Such an approach is conditioned by exploiting various materials for acousto-optical cells operating within various regimes, frequency ranges, and light wavelengths from independent light sources. Individually produced beam shapers give both the needed incident light polarization and the required apodization for light beam to increase the dynamic range of the system as a whole. After parallel acousto-optical processing, a few data flows from these optical arms are united by the joint CCD matrix on the stage of the combined extremely high-bit rate electronic data processing that provides the system performances as well. The other novelty consists in the usage of various materials for designing wide-aperture acousto-optical cells exhibiting the best performances within each of optical arms. Here, one can mention specifically selected cuts of tellurium dioxide, bastron, and lithium niobate, which overlap selected areas within the frequency range from 40 MHz to 2.0 GHz. Thus one yields the united versatile instrument for comprehensive studies of astronomical objects simultaneously with precise synchronization in various frequency ranges.","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131731474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I. Outumuro, J. Diz-Bugarin, J. L. Valencia, J. Blanco, B. Dorrio
{"title":"Wavemeter improvements for laser diode calibration","authors":"I. Outumuro, J. Diz-Bugarin, J. L. Valencia, J. Blanco, B. Dorrio","doi":"10.1117/12.2272010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272010","url":null,"abstract":"This paper shows the progress made in the wavemeter developed to give traceability to the wavelength of lasers and ECDLs (External Cavity Laser Diode). The improvements are: duplication of the optical path of the laser beams due to a double pass through the interferometer arms [1], the electronic fringe counter [2], the measurement of the refractive index of air and the uncertainty calculations of the wavelength for the case of lasers with frequencies that differs more than 10 THz from laser reference. The new measurements improve the previous results [3].","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"10453 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130460727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Rodríguez-Montero, E. Tepichin-Rodríguez, N. Korneev
{"title":"Detection of low frequency, out-of-plane vibrations by the Talbot effect and adaptive photodetectors","authors":"P. Rodríguez-Montero, E. Tepichin-Rodríguez, N. Korneev","doi":"10.1117/12.2276434","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276434","url":null,"abstract":"Detection and measurement of low frequency, out-of-plane vibrations play a very important role in several metrological applications. Classical interferometry is well suited for measuring small amplitudes of vibrations, ranging from picometers up to micrometers, but its use is limited to a laboratory environment. Here we consider the Talbot effect and the so-called adaptive photodetectors based on the non-steady-state photo-electromotive force effect for the measuring of low frequency, out-of-plane of vibrations of flat objects with rough surfaces and with amplitudes of vibrations in the order of microns. The adaptive photodetectors produce an electrical current proportional to the square of the visibility of the vibrating intensity pattern impinging on them. In the method here proposed, the vibrating object with rough surface is illuminated with a beam diffracted by a grating (a Ronchi grating), the light reflected by the object is collected by a lens and imaged on to a home-made GaAs adaptive photodetector. The electrical current from the adaptive photodetector is proportional to the instantaneous position of the vibrating object; this signal is monitored and measured with an oscilloscope connected to a lock-in output. The method is very robust and adequate for environments subjected to perturbations and presents the possibility of adjusting its dynamical range by modifying the period of the grating employed. Experimental results that verify our proposal are presented.","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127383608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Electro-thermal effects in large area white-organic light emitting diodes","authors":"M. Kumar, J. Gomes, A. Pinto, L. Pereira","doi":"10.1117/12.2276382","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2276382","url":null,"abstract":"OLEDs for lighting became of high relevance, although challenges in the uniformity and thermal effects. In this work, White-OLEDs with 16 cm2 emitting area was made with wide color temperature range (3200 K to 10500K) and color rendering index near 90. The CIE coordinates are stable with applied voltage. Thermal images shows 60°C in the center decreasing to 35°C at the border. This effect was study by a scalar electro-thermal model, considering the substrate, electrodes and organic layers. The thermal changing ratio in the series resistance and forward voltage obtained was of - 70 mΩ/°C and -10 mV/°C respectively.","PeriodicalId":150522,"journal":{"name":"Applications of Optics and Photonics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129941897","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}