Book review Background Optical imaging systems, such as microscopes or telescopes, aim to provide as crisp and detailed a view as possible. Unfortunately, most devices do not achieve their full optical power due to aberrations that are introduced by the imaging system itself (e.g., the chromatic aberration introduced by a simple lens), in the object to be imaged (e.g., extensive scattering with...

in this paper, we propose an optical millimetre wave radio-over-fibre (mm-wave rof) system that uses a dual drive mach zehnder modulator (dd-mzm), which is biased at the maximum transmission biasing point, to generate an optical double sideband-suppressed carrier. the input to the dd-mzm are binary phase shift keying (bpsk), quadrature phase shift keying (qpsk), 8-phase shift keying (8-psk) and...

for an indoor non-directed line of sight optical wireless communication (nlos-owc) system we investigate the optimized lambertian order (olo) of light-emitting diodes (leds). we firstly derive an expression for the olo from a conventional lambertian led model. then, we analyze the indoor multi-cell nlos-owc channel characteristics including the optical power distribution and the multipath time ...

The advent of nanophotonic evanescent field trapping and transport platforms has permitted increasingly complex single molecule and single cell studies on-chip. Here, we present the next generation of nanophotonic Standing Wave Array Traps (nSWATs) representing a streamlined CMOS fabrication process and compact biocompatible design. These devices utilize silicon nitride (Si3N4) waveguides, oper...

By introducing a thin ZnO layer as an optical spacer, we have demonstrated that inserting this layer between an active layer and a reflective electrode results in a re-distribution of the optical electric field inside bulk heterojunction solar cells. A theoretical analysis by optical modeling showed that the thin ZnO layer could shift the position of the maximum of the electric field into the a...