Dr. Chris Summitt on Optic Chip Interconnects
Dr. Chris Summitt talks about a new fabrication process of a polymer out-of-plane optical coupler by gray-scale lithography. Dr. Summitt discusses the motivation for optical chip interconnects, the li...
3 Dec 20191h 25min
Hannah Grant on Characterizing Silicon Photonic Switches
Hannah Grant discusses her work which focuses on Silicon Photonics. Most recently she has developed and demonstrated a heuristic characterization of Si-Photonic switches. While Si-Photonics is impress...
2 Dec 201956min
Neil Momsen on SPECT Imaging
Neil Momsen, a graduate student whose research focuses on biomedical imaging applications, explains the working concept for a SPECT imaging system. There is discussion covering the system components, ...
2 Dec 20191h 12min
Dr. Christine Bradley on Spectropolarimetric Observations
Dr. Christine Bradley discusses her doctoral work on spectropolarimetric imaging, which was used to map the polarimetric BRDF of various Earth based zones. An alternative way to thinking about this is...
2 Dec 20191h 2min
Dr. Chase Salsbury on the Unspoken Challenges of Graduate School
This week we sit down with Chase Salsbury and have a candid conversation about some of the common challenges graduate students face, particularly ones that are not often spoken of outside of grad stud...
2 Dec 20191h 5min
Dae Wook Kim on Large Optics
Dr. Dae Wook Kim is the head of the LOFT group at the College of Optics at the University of Arizona. While his original background was in astronom, he came to the University of Arizona and completed ...
1 Maj 201747min
Graves on Infrared Deflectometry
This week we discuss infrared deflectometry and its applications towards large optics fabrication. By utilizing a long wavlength, surfaces that are not reflective in the visible are able to be tested ...
24 Apr 201743min
The Large Optics and Fabrication Group
This week we introduce the first series for The Spotlight Report, which will be the LOFT Group. The LOFT Group (large optics and fabrication technology) focuses on metrology research, such as CGH’s an...
10 Apr 201722min
