Conferences

Through these pages you will have access to all the presentations given by the HW WAF group at conferences all around the world.

Where copyright allows you will also be able to download PDF copies of the papers we submitted to these conferences as well. There are also some links to pages about what we got up to while we were there, or you can visit our travel pages...

Conferences attended (most recent first):


Advanced Photonics Techniques in Biology, London, 18th December 2008

This meeting was attended by Heather Dalgarno, Euan Ramsay and Graham Craik. Posters were presented by Heather and Graham and are available for download using the links below:

Four Dimensional Imaging and Particle Tracking for Biological Applications and Beyond..., poster presented by Heather Dalgarno at two separate meetings; Adaptive Optics Meeting of the Photonics KTN, London, 25th November 2008 and Advanced Photonics Techniques in Biology, London, 18th December 2008. PDF

Quantitative Phase Contrast Imaging, poster presented by Graham Craik at Advanced Photonics Techniques in Biology, London, 18th December 2008. PDF

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New technologies for protein analysis, STFC KITE Club, London, 10th December 2008

This meeting sought to investigate the current limitations in the field of instrumentation and data processing for proteomics, introduce STFC technologies to the life science community and broker new research partnerships. The workshop was held in collaboration with the Sensors & Instrumentation KTN.

This meeting was attended by Alan Greenaway. His presentation is available for download using the link below:

3D data capture for studying dynamical processes, PDF

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Adaptive Optics Meeting of the Photonics KTN, London, 25th November 2008

Attended by Heather Dalgarno.

Four Dimensional Imaging and Particle Tracking for Biological Applications and Beyond..., poster presented by Heather Dalgarno at two separate meetings; Adaptive Optics Meeting of the Photonics KTN, London, 25th November 2008 and Advanced Photonics Techniques in Biology, London, 18th December 2008. PDF

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European Optical Society Annual Meeting 2008, Paris, 29th Sept - 2nd Oct 2008

Attended by Alan Greenaway, Heather Dalgarno and Euan Ramsay. Click on the link below to download a copy of her presentation slides. Alan presented this work in the Dynamical Optics topical session (TOM7), click on the link below to download a copy of his presentation slides:

Tracking cells and particles in 3D using image sharpness, PDF

We did not submitt a paper to the conference proceedings as we had other publications on this work being drafted for journal publication and patent coverage.

To learn more about this work please visit our bioimaging research page, of for more Biological images please visit our biomage gallery for some of our latest results!

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Photon 2008, Heriot-Watt University, 26th-29th August 2008

Attended by Heather Dalgarno. Click on the link below to download a copy of her presentation slides.

Three dimensional imaging on the nanoscale: applications in single cell biological imaging and nano-particle tracking, PDF

We did not submitt a paper to the conference proceedings as we had other publications on this work being drafted for journal publication and patent coverage.

To learn more about this work please visit our bioimaging research page, of for more Biological images please visit our biomage gallery for some of our latest results!

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Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) AGM, 24th June 2008

Attended by Alan Greenaway and Heather Dalgarno.

Four dimensional particle tracking for biological applications, poster presented by Heather Dalgarno at the SUPA AGM meeting, 24th June 2008, Glasgow, PDF

Click here to learn more about SUPA by visiting their website.

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6th International Workshop on Adaptive Optics in Industry and Medicine, Galway, June 2007

Attended by Alan Greenaway, Heather Campbell, Anne-Marie Johnson, Richard Eastwood and Graham Craik. Click the links below for copies of the presentations: posters Heather and Alan presented and Richards oral presentation.

Papers

R.J. Eastwood, A.M. Johnson, C. Kolper, A.H. Greenaway, Correction of Wavefront Aberrations and Optical Communication using Aperture Synthesis, p.471

D.M. Faichnie, A.H. Greenaway and I. Bain, Thin film optical metrology using principles of wavefront sensing and interference, p.237

Heather I. Campbell , Paul A. Dalgarno, Aurelie Putoud, et al., Towards four dimensional particle tracking for biological applications, p.394

All papers published in: Adaptive Optics in Industry and Medicine, Proceedings of the 6th international workshop, Imperial College Press, (2008), edited by C. Dainty (ISBN-13 978-1-84816-110-8).

Presentations

Thin film optical metrology using principles of wavefront sensing and interference, poster presented by Alan (on David's behalf), PDF

Towards four dimensional particle tracking for biological applications, poster presented by Heather. Winner of the "Best Poster" award! PDF

Correction of Wavefront Aberrations and Optical Communication using Aperture Synthesis, PDF

More...

For photos from Galway and it's surrounding areas visit the Galway travel page in the Just for fun section...

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Durham Christmas Adaptive Optics Mini-Conference 14-15th December 2005

The AO mini-conference was attended by the whole group, and PDF copies of the presentations we gave are posted below. As an informal meeting there were no proceedings, so if you have any questions feel free to contact us.

Heriot-Watt Waves and Fields - An overview of the group's research, presented by Alan Greenaway, PDF

Wavefront Sensing @ Heriot Watt, presented by Heather Campbell, PDF

Thin Film Metrology using Wavefront Sensing, presented by David Faichnie, PDF

Synthesis Imaging, presented by Anne-Marie Johnson, PDF

Pupil Replication for Exo-Planet Imaging, presented by Frank Spaan, PDF

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5th International Workshop on Adaptive Optics in Industry and Medicine, Beijing, Aug/Sept 2005

Attended by Sijiong Zhang, Heather Campbell, Clare Dillon and David Faichnie. Click the links below for copies of Sijiong, Heather, and Clare's presentations and the five proceedings papers submitted.

Presentations:

Extending Wavefront Sensing with Novel Diversity Functions, presented by Heather Campbell, PDF

Thickness Measurement and Surface Profiling Using Principles of Wavefront Sensing, presented by David Faichnie, PDF

Anisoplanatic Atmospheric Measurements for Terrestrial Imaging, presented by Clare Dillon, PDF

Small Angle Expansion, A Solution to the Phase-Retrieval Problem Using Generalised Phase Diversity in Pupil Space, presented by Sijiong Zhang, PDF

Adaptive Aperture Synthesis, presented by Sijiong Zhang, PDF

Papers

Due to copyright restrictions we are unable to put PDF versions of the papers on this site, you can however request a copy of any of our publications via our publication request form.

Campbell H.I, Zhang S., Greenaway A.H, Extending Wavefront Sensing with Novel Diversity Functions, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6018, p. 201-209

Faichnie D., Greenaway A.H, Bain I., Thickness Measurement and Surface Profiling Using Principles of Wavefront Sensing, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6018, p. 243-253

Dillon C, Campbell H.I, Zhang S., Greenaway A.H, Anisoplanatic Atmospheric Measurements for Terrestrial Imaging, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6018, p. 271-278

Zhang S., Campbell H.I, Greenaway A.H, Small Angle Expansion, A Solution to the Phase-Retrieval Problem Using Generalised Phase Diversity in Pupil Space, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6018, p. 390-398

Johnson A.M. Greenaway A.H, Mudassar A., Adaptive Aperture Synthesis, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6018, p. 452-459

More...

Visit the travel pages and read about our adventures in Beijing. You can also find out more about Heather and Clare's Far Eastern Adventure across the rest of China!

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ITHD Conference , Nice, May 2005

Attended by Alan Greenaway and Frank Spaan. You can download a copy of Frank's presentation from this conference here:

Pupil Replication, PDF

Papers

F.H.P. Spaan, E. Prot, V. Mourai and A.H. Greenaway, Pupil Replication , p. 261-280, PDF

H.I. Campbell, and A.H. Greenaway, Wavefront Sensing: From Historical Roots to the State-of-the-Art, p. 165-185, PDF

Both papers published in: Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging III: Instrumental Techniques, Modelling and Data Processing, EAS Publication Series Volume 22, p. 261-280, 2006, edited by M. Carbillet, A. Ferrari, and C. Aime, (ISBN 2868839029).

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Aimcal Fall Technical Conference, Charleston, South Carolina, October 2004

Attended by David Faichnie. Click the link below for a PDF copy of his presentation:

Broadband Interferometry, PDF

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AMOS 2004, Maui, USA, September 2004

Attended by Clare Dillon and Heather Campbell.

Presentations

Generalised Phase Diversity Wavefront Sensing, presented by Heather Campbell, PDF

Papers

H. I. Campbell, S. Zhang, et al., Generalised Phase Diversity Wavefront Sensing, 5th Annual AMOS Technical Conference, Wailea, Maui, USA 13-17th September 2004, PDF

C. Dillon et al, The Treatment of Branch Cuts in Adaptive Optics, 5th Annual AMOS Technical Conference, Wailea, Maui, USA, 13-17th September 2004, PDF

Note: There was no printed proceedings volume; papers were only available on CD.

More...

Visit the travel pages and read about our trip to the beautiful hawaiian island of Maui.

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Photon04, Caledonian University, Glasgow, September 2004

Attended by David Faichnie. Click the link below for a PDF copy of his presentation:

Thin Film Metrology Using Wavefront Sensing, PDF

Paper:

David Faichnie, Alan Greenaway, Ketil Karstad and Ian Bain, Thin film metrology using modal wavefront sensing, JOSA A, 7, S290-S297, 2005.

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1st Annual EMRS DTC conference, Edinburgh, May 2004

Attended by Alan Greenaway, Anne-Marie Johnson and Clare Dillon. Click the link below for a PDF copy of Alan's presentation:

Optical Aperture Synthesis, PDF

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4th International Workshop on Adaptive Optics in Industry and Medicine, Munster (Germany), October 2003

Attended by Sijiong Zhang, Heather Campbell, Clare Dillon and David Faichnie. Click the links below for copies of Sijiong, Heather, and Clare's presentations and see below for details of the two papers submitted to the conference proceedings.

Presentations

Generalised Phase Diversity, presented by Heather Campbell, PDF

Generalised Phase diversity - Initial Tests, presented by Sijiong Zhang, PDF

Papers

A. H. Greenaway,, H. I. Campbell, et al. Generalised Phase Diversity, p.177.

S. Zhang, H. I. Campbell, et al. Generalised Phase Diversity - Initial Tests, p.187.

Both papers published in: Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine, Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop, Springer Proceedings in Physics Volume 102.
Edited by U. Wittrock, 2003, (ISBN 3-540-23978-2).

More...

Read all about the group's trip to Munster.

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CLEO Europe, Munich, June 2003

Attended by Alan Greenaway and Heather Campbell. Click the links below for a copy of Heather's presentation and the abstract published in the CLEO proceedings (there were no full paper proceedings for this conference):

Compact Adaptive Optics, presented by Heather Campbell, PDF

Compact Adaptive Optics (abstract), PDF

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Smart Optics Space Forum, UCL, London, 27th Jan 2003

Attended by Alan Greenaway and Heather Campbell. Click the link below for copies of both of Alan's presentations:

OMAM - Optical Manipulation and Metrology, PDF

Smart Optics Technologies, Techniques and Space Applications, PDF

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Publications

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