• Optical property of a material is defined as its interaction with electro-magnetic radiation in the visible. • Electromagnetic spectrum of radiation spans the wide range from γ-rays with wavelength as 10 m, through x-rays, ultraviolet, visible, infrared, and finally radio waves with wavelengths as along as 10 m. • Visible light is one form of electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths ranging...

During the night or in poorly lit areas, thermal cameras are a better choice instead of normal cameras for security surveillance because they do not rely on illumination. A thermal camera is able to detect a person within its view, but identification from only thermal information is not an easy task. The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the face image of a person from the thermal spectru...

A cadmium tetrahydroisoquinoline dithiocarbamate (DTC) complex has been used as single-source precursor for the synthesis of highly faceted hexadecylamine (HDA) capped CdS nanoparticles. Hexagonal and close to cubic shaped particles with distinct lattice fringes are visible in the high resolution transmission electron microscopy images. Crystalline particles in the shape of a hexagon are clearl...

Two synthetic pigment systems capable of enzymatically photoreducing NADP(+) are described. One system contains proflavine; the other, acridine. The complete system consists of ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (EDTA), proflavine (or acridine), ferredoxin-NADP reductase (EC 1.6.99.4), and NADP(+). The two pigments initiate the photoreduction of NADP(+) in different portions of the electromagnet...

Light reflection occuring at the surface of silicon wafers is drastically diminished by etching square pillars of height 110 nm and width 140 nm separated by a 100 nm gap distance in a square lattice. The design of the nanostructure is optimized to widen the spectral tolerance of the antireflective coatings over the visible spectrum for both fundamental polarizations. Angle and polarized resolv...

Two kinds of individual eye models, involving and without involving the angle between visual axis and optical axis, are established by means of optical design. We use them to study the properties of the transverse chromatic aberration (TCA) and longitudinal chromatic aberration (LCA) over the visible spectrum. Then the effects of the LCA and TCA on the visual quality of human eyes are evaluated...

We achieved reversible changes in length and spectrum of Ag nanorods based on plasmon-induced photoelectrochemical reactions. The changes are applied to multi-wavelength and dual-polarization photochromism in visible-infrared regions. It allows display of invisible images viewable only by infrared cameras. Also possible is display of superimposed visible and invisible images.

We demonstrate the fabrication and performance of tunable, elastic organic/inorganic composite one-dimensional photonic crystals (1DPCs) in the visible spectrum. By controlling the composition of high refractive index metal oxide nanoparticle/polymer composites, a refractive index difference of 0.18 between the filled and unfilled polymer layers can be achieved while maintaining desirable flexi...