Updated 10 May 2012

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Astronomy: Large Binocular Telescope Adaptive Optics System: new achievements and perspectives in adaptive optics (Proceedings of SPIE)

Biomedical Optics & Medical Imaging: Optical coherence photoacoustic microscopy: accomplishing optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic microscopy with a single light source (J. Biomedical Optics) 

Communications & Information Technology: Progress on the development of a simulation environment for optical communications (Proceedings of SPIE)

Defense & Security: MWIR wide-area step and stare imager (Proceedings of SPIE)

Electronic Imaging & Signal Processing: From Wheatstone to Cameron and beyond: overview in 3-D and 4-D imaging technology (Optical Engineering)

Energy: Thin air-plasma-treated alkali fluoride layers for improved hole extraction in copper phthalocyanine C₇₀-based solar cells (J. Photonics for Energy)

Lasers: Microfabrication by optical tweezers (Proceedings of SPIE)

Light Sources & Illumination: Organic light-emitting-diode lighting overview (J. Photonics for Energy)

Lithography & Microelectronics: Communication theory in optical lithography (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)

Metrology: Holographic measurement of thermal distortion during laser spot welding (Optical Engineering)

Nanotechnology: Optical properties of nanostructured materials: a review (J. Nanophotonics)

Optics: Progress in color night vision (Optical Engineering)

Remote Sensing: Subpixel hyperspectral target detection using local spectral and spatial information (J. Applied Remote Sensing)

Sensors: Compressed sensing for practical optical imaging systems: a tutorial (Optical Engineering)

 Astronomy

• Advanced Technology Large-Aperture Space Telescope: science drivers and technology developments  (Optical Engineering)
• Experience with the Hubble Space Telescope: 20 years of an archetype (Optical Engineering)
• Fabrication and testing of the first 8.4-m off-axis segment for the Giant Magellan Telescope (Proceedings of SPIE)
• James Webb Space Telescope: large deployable cryogenic telescope in space (Optical Engineering)
• Large Binocular Telescope Adaptive Optics System: new achievements and perspectives in adaptive optics (Proceedings of SPIE) 
• Review of active optics methods in astronomy from x-rays to the infrared (Proceedings of SPIE) 
• Space telescope design considerations (Optical Engineering)
• Space telescope sensitivity and controls for exoplanet imaging (Optical Engineering)
• Space-based telescopes for actionable refinement of ephemeris pathfinder mission (Optical Engineering)
• The VST active primary mirror support system (Proceedings of SPIE)

• Development of a noncontact diffuse optical spectroscopy probe for measuring tissue optical properties (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Hybrid method for fast Monte Carlo simulation of diffuse reflectance from a multilayered tissue model with tumor-like heterogeneities (J. Biomedical Optics) 
• Microfluidic sensing: state of the art fabrication and detection techniques (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Near-infrared diffuse correlation spectroscopy in cancer diagnosis and therapy monitoring (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Noncontact diffuse correlation spectroscopy for noninvasive deep tissue blood flow measurement (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Optical coherence photoacoustic microscopy: accomplishing optical coherence tomography and photoacoustic microscopy with a single light source (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Reflection-mode submicron-resolution in vivo photoacoustic microscopy (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Risk assessment of the application of a plasma jet in dermatology (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Tissue polarimetry: concepts, challenges, applications, and outlook (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Vibrational spectroscopy: a tool being developed for the noninvasive monitoring of wound healing (J. Biomedical Optics)

• 10-Gbps electroabsorptive modulated laser bidirectional optical subassembly using novel two-window flat package for passive optical network  (Optical Engineering)
• 3000W CW diode laser cladding system (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Coherent inter-satellite and satellite-ground laser links (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Design and applications of silicon waveguide grating couplers (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Experimental analysis of the effects of atmospheric turbulence on a 29-km free-space laser communication link (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Free-space optical communication using mid-infrared or solar-blind ultraviolet sources and detectors (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High-power high-brightness semiconductor lasers based on novel waveguide concepts (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Optical satellite communications in Europe (Proceedings of SPIE) 
• SCALPEL: a long range free-space optical communication system with adaptive optics in the MIR bandwidth (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Tactical network demonstration with free space lasercomm (Proceedings of SPIE)

• Latest developments in advanced MCT infrared cooled detectors (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Laser radar in a system perspective (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Laser radar: from early history to new trends (Proceedings of SPIE)  
• MWIR wide-area step and stare imager (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Overview of DRS uncooled VOx infrared detector development (Optical Engineering)
• Progress in color night vision (Optical Engineering)
• Review of current aided/automatic target acquisition technology for military target acquisition tasks (Optical Engineering)
• Two-element lenses for military applications (Optical Engineering)
• Uncooled infrared detectors toward smaller pixel pitch with newly proposed pixel structure (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Uncooled infrared sensor technology for hostile fire indication systems (Optical Engineering)

• Fusion of thermal- and visible-band video for abandoned object detection
(J. Electronic Imaging)
• Improved lossless coding algorithm in H.264/AVC based on hierarchical intraprediction and coding-mode selection (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Low-complexity 2D to 3D video conversion (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Moving object detection in the presence of dynamic backgrounds using intensity and textural features (J. Electronic Imaging)
• A novel 2D-to-3D conversion technique based on relative height-depth cue (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Toward a digital camera to rival the human eye (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Unsupervised object segmentation for 2D to 3D conversion (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Vehicle detection algorithm based on light pairing and tracking at nighttime (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Vergence and accommodation to multiple-image-plane stereoscopic displays: “real world” responses with practical image-plane separations? (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Visual comfort assessment metric based on salient object motion information in stereoscopic video (J. Electronic Imaging)

• 17.2% efficiency multicrystalline solar cells by optimizing structure of the MgF₂/SiN_x double antireflection layer (J. Photonics for Energy) 
• Connecting physical properties of spin-casting solvents with morphology, nanoscale charge transport, and device performance of poly(3-hexylthiophene):phenyl-C₆₁-butyric acid methyl ester bulk heterojunction solar cells (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Cu(In,Ga)Se₂ thin-film solar cells based on a simple sputtered alloy precursor and a low-cost selenization step (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Cu₂ZnSnS₄ polycrystalline thin films with large densely packed grains prepared by sol-gel method (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Growth and characterization of In_xGa_1−xN alloys by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition for solar cell applications (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Light scattering and parasitic absorption in thin film silicon solar cells containing metal nanoparticles (J. Nanophotonics)
• One-axis tracking holographic planar concentrator systems (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells made from hyperbranched phthalocyanines (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Simulation of energy harvesting from roads via pyroelectricity (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Thin air-plasma-treated alkali fluoride layers for improved hole extraction in copper phthalocyanine/C₇₀-based solar cells (J. Photonics for Energy)

• A 15-kW fiber-coupled diode laser for pumping applications (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Analysis of delivering a laser diode beam with the smallest spot (Optical Engineering)
• Design and performance of broadly tunable, narrow line-width, high repetition rate 1310nm VCSELs for swept source optical coherence tomography (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Fiber laser beam combining and power scaling progress: Air Force Research Laboratory Laser Division (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High power infrared QCLs: advances and applications (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Laser radar: from early history to new trends (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Microfabrication by optical tweezers (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Short history of laser development (Optical Engineering)
• Study of the laser-induced damage in DKDP crystal (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Transparent ceramics for high-power solid-state lasers (Proceedings of SPIE)

Light Sources & Illumination

• Effect of BCP layer on electroluminescent performances in blue top-emitting organic light-emitting devices(Proceedings of SPIE) 
• Electronic structure of molybdenum-oxide films and associated charge injection mechanisms in organic devices (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Energy saving through LED in signaling functions for automotive exterior lighting (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Enhancement of quality of downconverted white light (J. Photonics for Energy) 
• Enhancing light extraction in organic light-emitting devices via hemispherical microlens arrays fabricated by soft lithography (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Is solid state lighting ready for the incandescent lamp phase-out? (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Liquid-crystal photonic applications (Optical Engineering)
• Optical design in illumination system of digital light processing projector using laser and gradient-index lens (Optical Engineering)
• Optimization of down-conversion phosphor films for high efficiency white organic light-emitting diodes (J. Photonics for Energy)
• Organic light-emitting-diode lighting overview (J. Photonics for Energy)

Lithography & Microelectronics

• Block copolymer directed self-assembly enables sublithographic patterning for device fabrication (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Communication theory in optical lithography (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Comparing positive and negative tone development process for printing the metal and contact layers of the 32- and 22-nm nodes (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Fundamental investigation of negative tone development (NTD) for the 22nm node (and beyond) (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Lens heating challenges for negative tone develop layers with freeform illumination: a comparative study of experimental vs. simulated results (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Materials challenges for sub-20-nm lithography (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Multi-aperture optics for wafer-level cameras (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Rigorous electromagnetic field simulation of the impact of photomask line-edge and line-width roughness on lithographic processes (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)  
• Technology review and assessment of nanoimprint lithography for semiconductor and patterned media manufacturing (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Toward 22 nm: fast and effective intrafield monitoring and optimization of process windows and critical dimension uniformity (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)

Metrology

• Application for vibration monitoring of aspheric surface machining based on wireless sensor networks (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Application of the speckle technique for three-dimensional deformation measurement (Optical Engineering)
• Characterization and control of dynamic lens heating effects under high volume manufacturing conditions (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Design and fabrication of a debris flow sensor using a fiber optic interferometer (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Holographic measurement of thermal distortion during laser spot welding (Optical Engineering)
• MKV carrier vehicle sensor calibration (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Optical three-dimensional metrology with structured illumination (Optical Engineering)
• Overlay metrology for low-k₁: challenges and solutions (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Photoacoustic correlation spectroscopy for in vivo blood flow speed measurement (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Roughness measurement of paper using speckle (Optical Engineering)

Nanotechnology

• Combined atomic force microscopy-Raman mapping of electric field enhancement and surface-enhanced Raman scattering hot-spots for nanosphere lithography substrates (J. Nanophotonics)
• Fabrication and realistic modeling of three-dimensional metal-dielectric composites (J. Nanophotonics)
• Limitations and potentials of metamaterial lenses (J. Nanophotonics)
• Nanotechnologies for efficient solar and wind energy harvesting and storage in smart-grid and transportation applications (J. Nanophotonics)
• Optical manipulation of nanoparticles: a review (J. Nanophotonics)
• Optical properties of nanostructured materials: a review (J. Nanophotonics)
• Photonic-plasmonic integration through the fusion of photonic crystal cavity and metallic structure (J. Nanophotonics)
• Preparation of nanostructured ultrathin silver layer (J. Nanophotonics)
• Scattering optics resolve nanostructure (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Ultraviolet electroluminescence from zinc oxide nanorods/deoxyribonucleic acid hybrid bio light-emitting diode (J. Nanophotonics)

Optics

• Compressed sensing for practical optical imaging systems: a tutorial (Optical Engineering)
• Attack propagation of high-powered intrachannel crosstalk in transparent optical networks (Optical Engineering)
• Design and characterization of an axicon structured lens (Optical Engineering)
• Dwell time algorithm for computer-controlled polishing of small axis-symmetrical aspherical lens mold (Optical Engineering)
• Early advances on rays and refraction: a review through selected illustrations (Optical Engineering)
• Fabrication and testing of the first 8.4-m off-axis segment for the Giant Magellan Telescope (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Imaging system fundamentals (Optical Engineering)
• Integrated modeling for design of lightweight, active mirrors (Optical Engineering)
• New method for designing narrow-band reflecting filters with application in optical integration (Optical Engineering)
• New visualization method for high dynamic range images in low dynamic range devices (Optical Engineering)
• Two-element lenses for military applications (Optical Engineering) 

• Absolute radiometric calibration of the RapidEye multispectral imager using the reflectance-based vicarious calibration method (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Adaptive support vector machine and Markov random field model for classifying hyperspectral imagery (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Characterization of the Sonoran desert as a radiometric calibration target for Earth observing sensors (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Coherence-based land cover classification in forested areas of Chattisgarh, Central India, using environmental satellite-advanced synthetic aperture radar data (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Exploring the solar system: the view of planetary surfaces with VIS/IR remote sensing methods (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• High-resolution multispectral satellite image matching using scale invariant feature transform and speeded up robust features (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Mapping rice areas of South Asia using MODIS multitemporal data (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Modeling bistatic spectral measurements of temporally evolving reflected and emitted energy from a distant and receding target (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Multispectral and panchromatic image fusion based on improved bilateral filter (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Ocean color patterns help to predict depth of optical layers in stratified coastal waters (J. Applied Remote Sensing)

Sensors

• 25 years of structural monitoring using fiber optic sensors (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Advanced geometric camera calibration for machine vision (Optical Engineering)
• Fast data acquisition for three-dimensional shape measurement using fixed-pattern projection and temporal coding (Optical Engineering) 
• Laser vibration sensing: overview and applications (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Laser vibrometry vibration measurements on vehicle cabins in running conditions: helicopter mock-up application (Optical Engineering)
• Optical three-dimensional metrology with structured illumination (Optical Engineering)
• Process for designing a freeform Fresnel lens (Optical Engineering)
• Recognition methods for 3D textured surfaces (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Roughness measurement of paper using speckle (Proceedings of SPIE)
• The upcoming revolution in ultrasonic guided waves (Proceedings of SPIE)