By mwkudenoAbstract: Combining hyperspectral and polarimetric imaging provides a powerful sensing modality with broad applications from astronomy to biology. Existing methods rely on temporal data acquisition... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: While standard visible-light imaging offers a fast and inexpensive means of quality analysis of horticultural products, it is generally limited to measuring superficial (surface)... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: For many horticultural crops, variation in quality (e.g., shape and size) contribute significantly to the crop’s market value. Metrics characterizing less subjective harvest quantities... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Polarimeters have broad applications in remote sensing, astronomy, and biomedical imaging to measure a scene’s polarization state. An intrinsic coincident (IC) full-Stokes polarimeter was... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Polarimeters have broad applications in remote sensing, astronomy, and biomedical imaging to measure the emitted, reflected, or transmitted state of polarization. An intrinsic coincident... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Spectrally narrowband imaging in remote sensing applications can be advantageous for detecting atomic emission features. This is especially useful in detecting specific constituents within... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Channeled spectropolarimetry (CSP) is a spectral modulation technique that furnishes snapshot polarimetric measurements. Among the different spectropolarimetric methods, fiber-based techniques are fundamental requirements in... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Measuring the radial velocity of an object can be achieved by quantifying the Doppler shift of Fraunhofer lines. Measurements are typically made using high-resolution... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Infrared imaging spectrometers are frequently used for detecting chemicals at standoff distances. Cost, size, and sensitivity are common tradeoffs in this regime, particularly when... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: In this paper, we present the design and experimental demonstration of a snapshot imaging spectrometer based on channeled imaging spectrometry (CIS) and channeled imaging... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Channeled spectropolarimetry is a snapshot technique for measuring the spectral dependence of the state of polarization of light. However, it suffers from two major... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Techniques for tracking objects in low Earth orbit include line-of-sight angle measurements and range measurements using RADAR or laser reflection. However, active ranging techniques... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Polymer conductors that are solution-processable provide an opportunity to realize low-cost organic electronics. However, coating sequential layers can be hindered by poor surface wetting... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: In this report, a high-performance all-polymer organic photodetector that is sensitive to linearly polarized light throughout the visible spectrum is demonstrated. The active layer... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract. Aircraft coatings are critical for protecting the substrate material from corrosion, and in some cases, serve to reduce the aircraft’s RADAR cross section. A... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Spectropolarimetry of intact plant leaves allows to probe the molecular architecture of vegetation photosynthesis in a non-invasive and non-destructive way and, as such, can... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: We present a one-dimensional (1-D) imaging technique that uses longitudinal spatial coherence interferometry to encode a scene’s spatial information onto the source’s power spectrum.... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoImproved fabrication techniques are creating a new generation of gratings, lenses, and other elements that are physically thin and optically thick. http://www.osa-opn.org/home/articles/volume_27/february_2016/features/controlling_light_with_geometric-phase_holograms/ |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Two-photon calcium imaging provides an optical readout of neuronal activity in populations of neurons with subcellular resolution. However, conventional two-photon imaging systems are limited in... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: We describe a method to achromatize a Wollaston prism beam splitter by combining it with a polarization grating. The advantage of this technique, compared to... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAn intrinsic coincident full-Stokes polarimeter is demonstrated by using strain-aligned polymer-based organic photovoltaics (OPVs) that can preferentially absorb certain polarized states of incident light. The... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoPolarimetry has widespread applications within atmospheric sensing, telecommunications, biomedical imaging, and target detection. Several existing methods of imaging polarimetry trade off the sensor’s spatial resolution... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoSnapshot hyperspectral imaging Fourier transform (SHIFT) spectrometers are a promising technology in optical detection and target identification. For any imaging spectrometer, spatial, spectral, and temporal... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoWe present a combined theoretical and experimental effort to enable strong light absorption (>70%) in atomically thin MoS2 films (≤4 layers) for either narrowband incidence... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoSolid particulate matter introduced into the bloodstream as a result of parenteral drug administration can produce serious pathological conditions. Particulate matter that cannot be eliminated... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Systematic phase errors in Fourier transform spectroscopy can severely degrade the calculated spectra. Compensation of these errors is typically accomplished using post-processing techniques, such as... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoThroughout optics and photonics, phase is normally controlled via an optical path difference. Although much less common, an alternative means for phase control exists: a... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Bulk heterojunction (BHJ) organic solar cells are fabricated with the polymer semiconductor aligned in the plane of the fi lm to probe charge recombination... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract. Spatial heterodyne interferometry (SHI) is a technique based on Fourier transform spectroscopy. As such, many of the benefits, such as high spectral resolving power,... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: In this study, we demonstrate linearly polarized organic photovoltaic cells with a well-controlled level of polarization sensitivity. The polarized devices were created through the application... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: Within the field of spectral imaging, the vast majority of instruments used are scanning devices. Recently, several snapshot spectral imaging systems have become commercially available,... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoChanneled spectropolarimeters measure the polarization state of light as a function of wavelength. Typically, a channeled spectropolarimeter uses high-order retarders made of uniaxial crystal to... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoA challenging task in ornithology lies in identifying high-altitude nocturnal migrating bird species and genders. While the current approaches including radar, lunar obscuration, and single-band... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: The implementation of a polarization-based spatial heterodyne interferometer (SHI) is described. While a conventional SHI uses a Michelson interferometer and diffraction gratings, our SHI exploits... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoA snapshot imaging Mueller matrix polarimeter (SIMMP) is theoretically described and empirically demonstrated through simulation. Spatial polarization fringes are localized onto a sample by incorporating... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract. A computed tomographic imaging spectrometer (CTIS) disperses the three-dimensional (3-D) datacube (x, y, λ) into two-dimensional (2-D) projections on a focal plane array (FPA).... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: The design and experimental demonstration of a snapshot hyperspectral imaging Fourier transform (SHIFT) spectrometer is presented. The sensor, which is based on a multiple-image... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: We introduce a low-cost and compact spectral imaging camera design based on unmodified consumer cameras and a custom camera objective. The device can be used... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: A compact short-wavelength and middle-wavelength infrared hyperspectral imaging polarimeter (IHIP) is introduced. The sensor includes a pair of sapphire Wollaston prisms and several high-order retarders... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract. Channeled spectropolarimetry measures the complete polarization state of light, using a single spectrum, by amplitude modulating the Stokes parameters onto spectral carrier frequencies. However,... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract. A long-wave infrared division of amplitude imaging Stokes polarimeter is presented. For the first time, to our knowledge, application of microbolometer focal plane array... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: A white-light snapshot channeled linear imaging (CLI) polarimeter is demonstrated by utilizing polarization gratings (PGs). The CLI is capable of measuring the 2-dimensional distribution... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: The theoretical and experimental demonstration of a multispectral Sagnac interferometer (MSI) is presented. The MSI was created by including two multiple-order blazed diffraction gratings... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: The theoretical and experimental demonstration of a dispersion-compensated polarization Sagnac interferometer (DCPSI) is presented. An application of the system is demonstrated by substituting the... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoWe present and demonstrate a compact and miniature snapshot imaging polarimeter camera; it is anticipated that such a camera can be scaled down to less... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoThe calibration of a complete Stokes birefringent prismatic imaging polarimeter (BPIP) in the MWIR is demonstrated. The BPIP technique, originally developed by K. Oka, is... |Research Papers
By mwkudenoAbstract: A complete Fourier Transform Spectropolarimeter in the MWIR is demonstrated. The channeled spectral technique, originally developed by K. Oka, is implemented with the use...
