The Center for Optics Manufacturing (COM) at the University of Rochester has made significant advances in the fabrication of precision optical components using deterministic microgrinding with rigid, computer-controlled machining centers and high-speed tool spindles. In deterministic microgrinding, the infeed rate of the microgrinding tool across the optical workpiece is optimized and controlle...

Despite being close neighbors on the Periodic Table, selenium and tellurium present a totally different abilities to form glasses. Se is a very good glass former, and gives rise to numerous glass compositions which are popular for their transparency in the infrared range and their stability against crystallization. These glasses can be shaped into sophisticated optical devices such as optical f...

Changes in the optical absorption and the formation of point defects in three types of synthetic SiO2 glasses, wet ~OH content; 120 ppm!, dry ~OH content ,1 ppm!, and fluorine ~F!-doped ~;1 mol %! SiO2 glasses, by irradiation with fluorine dimer (F2) excimer laser light pulses (;8 mJ/cm / pulse33.6310 pulses) were examined by various spectroscopic methods. Intense optical absorptions were induc...

Bi2O3-based glasses are very attractive from the viewpoints of low-melting, high refractive index, and crystallization, and the research on their glasses and glass-ceramics is at the frontiers of glass science and technology. Non-linear optical Bi2ZnB2O7 crystal lines with a high orientation were patterned in 3Sm2O3-30.3Bi2O3-33.3ZnO-33.3B2O3 glass by using a laser-induced crystallization techn...

The optical properties of a new family of neodymium doped BPG (Bi2O3-PbO-Ga2O3 ) glasses are presented. We measured a high refractive index, of 2.5, and a transmission cutoff in the far infrared at 8microm. Three intense emission bands are observed centered at 877nm, 1066nm and 1341nm. The emission cross-section is 10 -20 cm 2 and the total spectral linewidth is 30nm at 1066nm. The Judd-Ofelt p...

Zinc lithium bismuth borate glasses containing Er in (25x): Bi2O3:20Li2O:20ZnO: 35B2O3:xEr2O3 (where x=1, 1.5,2 mol %) have been prepared by melt-quenching method. The amorphous nature of the glasses was confirmed by x-ray diffraction studies. Optical absorption and fluorescence spectra were recorded at room temperature for all glass samples. Judd-Ofelt intensity parameters Ωλ (λ=2, 4, 6) are e...

introduction of the metallic nanoparticles (nps) in the bulk glass received a large interest due to their versatile applications. the effect of silver nps on optical properties of the eu3+-doped zinc tellurite glasses is presented for the first time. glass samples are prepared by melt-quenching technique. the surface plasmon absorption bands of silver nps are recorded in the visible region. the...

Improving the up-conversion efficiency is the key issue in rare earth doped glasses. The quantum efficiency, optical gap, radiative transition rate and lifetimes of excited states are greatly influenced by the optical properties of the host material, ligand field, multi-phonon relaxation processes, impurities, temperature and concentration of rare earth ions. This presentation gives a panoramic...

introduction: contrast sensitivity is one of the most important psychophysical tests that may be used for the evaluation of refractive state of eye and retinal image quality. yellow vs. blue color contrast sensitivity may be more suitable in this regard. materials and methods: thirty myopic eyes were considered in this study. yellow vs. blue color contrast sensitivity was evaluated under the sa...

OBJECTIVE To introduce a new ophthalmic optical coherence tomography technology that allows unprecedented simultaneous ultra-high speed and ultra-high resolution. METHODS Using a superluminescent diode source, a clinically viable ultra-high speed, ultra-high resolution spectral domain optical coherence tomography system was developed. RESULTS In vivo images of the retina, the optic nerve he...