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Optical physics and communications

News and Updates

Projects and Programs

Optical scattering from surfaces

Ongoing
We study how material properties, surface topography, and contaminants affect the distribution of light scattered from surfaces. Our aim is to support industry

GaN Nanowire Metrology and Applications

Ongoing
We synthesize semiconductor nanostructures to serve both as test structures for measurement techniques and as building blocks for novel metrology tools and

Publications

Software

HolograFREE

An electron hologram is a fringe modulated image containing the amplitude and phase information of an electron transparent object. The HolograFREE routines

Modeled integrated scatter tool (MIST)

The MIST program has been developed to provide users with a general application to model an integrated scattering system. The program performs an integration of

Tools and Instruments

Transfer spectrophotometer

A Perkin-Elmer Lambda 1050 spectrophotometer is used to complement the reference reflectance and transmittance instruments. It performs this function by

Awards