Optical Engineering and Design

Liquid Crystal Optics Prof. Stephen D. Jacobs Our work in the field of liquid crystals spans three decades. The OMEGA laser at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics is the only high peak power laser system in the world to use large aperture liquid crystal polarizers and wave plates. OMEGA contains 300 devices in apertures to 200 mm. Currently our liquid crystal group is conducting research on polymer cholesteric liquid crystal flakes as polarizing pigments for active e-o applications such as reflective particle displays and electronic paper.

Optical Metrology and System Alignment by Phase Retrieval Prof. James Fienup The Phase Retrieval and Imaging Science Group conducts research into obtaining improved performance in imaging systems and measuring wavefronts by computational means. Current projects include phase retrieval as means for precision optical metrology for aspheric surfaces and for alignment of optical systems.

Opto-Mechanics, Tolerancing, Optical System Analysis Prof. James Zavislan

 

 

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