Spring/Summer 1996 - CREOL - University of Central Florida

CREOL
SpringISummer 1996 Vol. 7 No.1
Inside ...
Director's Corner ........................ 2
Bloembergen Receives
Honorary Degree ................. 3
Pictorial Overview of
Grand Opening ................. 4-5
OSA Student Chapter Activities..6
CREOL Student News ............. 6
First LEOS Student Chapter .... 6
CREOL Welcomes
Visiting Scientists ................. 6
X-rays of Living Organisms ....... 7
Schwartz Fellowship Fund ....... 9
Degrees in Optical Science
and Engineering Approved ... 9
Change in CREOL's
Affiliate Fees ......................... 9
Transverse Motion
Velocimeter ........ . ............. 9
Gijnter and Spiller are
Distinguished Visiting
Professors ......................... 10
Faculty & Staff News ................ 11
BookslTalksIPapers .......... 11-1 2
Affiliates Program Application ... I3
CREOL in Finals for
NSF Materials Center ........ I4
New Contracts & Grants ......... 14
University of Central Florida Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers
UCF Celebrates Grand Opening of
CREOL Building
On Thursday, April 1 llh at 6:30
PM, a laser was used by Dr. M. J.
Soileau, the Director of CREOL, and
Dr. Charles B. Reed, Chancellor of the
State University Systemof Florida, to
cut the ribbon which officially opened
the new CREOL Building.
Other officials in attendance in-
cluded James F. Heekin, Chairman of
the Board of Regents, and President
John C. Hitt, who announced the es-
tablishment of the William Schwartz
endowment for student fellowships,
and presented proclamations by the
Mayor of Orlando, GlendaHood, and
the Orange County Chairman, Linda
Chapin, declaring April 8-13, CREOL
Week in Orlando.
Dr. Reed gave the keynote ad-
dress in which he recalled significant
events along the way in constructing
the building, and expressed great con-
fidence in CREOL's continuing suc-
cess in the years to come. A recep-
tion and tours followed the ribbon cut-
-
ting.
The $1 1M building, paid for by
the State of Florida, had been in the
planning and consuuction stages since
1988, and is located adjacent to the Engineering
Building. It has 90 laboratories
and 90 offices, and is constructed
as a special building for optics and laser
education and research.
The Grand Opening began with
the presentation of an Honorary Doctor
of Science Degree to Dr. Nicolaas
Bloembergen, Emeritus Professor of
Harvard University, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1981, and
CREOL's First Distinguished Visiting
Professor, a position Dr. Bloembergen
occupied in the winter of 1995. (See a
related article on pg. 3). Dr.
Bloembergen's early contributions to
nonlinear optics formed the basis for
much of CREOL's research in thisarea.
After the conferment of the honorary
degree, students, donning their
newly designed CREOL shirts, led the
Continued on page 3
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CREOL Welcomes Dr. Jannick Rolland
We are pleased to welcome Dr. States, Dr. Rolland worked at REOSC
Jannick P. Rolland as a new faculty corporation, a French optical company
member of CREOL, and as Assistant specializing in spatial optics. While
Professor of Electrical and Computer at REOSC, she de-
Entineering. Her fields of speciality signed the optics for
include virtual reality, medical imag- SPOT4, a satellite
ing, and vision. for observation of
Dr. Rolland was born in the Earth which is
Tlemcen, Algeria in 1961 and grew currently in orbit.
up in France, near Paris. She received While pursuing her
a Diplome d'Ingenieur from 1' Ecole Ph.D. degree at the
Superieure d'Optique in Orsay, University of Ari-
France in 1984, and her Ph.D. in Op- zona, Dr. Rolland
tical Science from the University of joined the Perkin
Arizona in 1990. Kolland
Before moving to the United Continued on page10

Director's Corner -
A lot has happened at CREOL
since the last issue of Highlights:
we moved into our new building on
the main UCF campus, our MS and
Ph.D. degrees in Optical Science
and Engineering were approved by
the Board of Regents, Dr. Jannik
Rolland joined our faculty, we ad-
vanced to the final round of a ma-
jor NSF Center competition (keep
your fingers crossed!), and we
completed a banner year of
achievement in Ph.Ds granted,
scholarly works published and re-
search funding. The Grand Open-
ing of our building was a week of
celebration of the growth of
CREOL and the Center's achieve-
ments thus far. Everyone associ-
ated with the Center has reason to
be proud of how far we have come
and how much has been accom-
plished.
As we celebrated the success
of our short history we should also
take a hard, critical look at where
we are and at our plans for the fu-
ture. This was accomplished by an
internal review by CREOL's Stra-
tegic Planning Committee (SPC),
and by a prestigious External Re-
view Committee (ERC). The ERC
consisted of Dr. Art Guenther
(Chair) of the Sandia National
Laboratory, Prof. Bob Shannon of
the University of Arizona, and Prof.
Brian Thompson of the University
of Rochester. These gentlemen are
among the leaders of the nation's
optics community and currently
serve on the NSFmational Acad-
emy of Science's Committee on O p
tical Science and Engineering
(COSE). They spent the week of
the Grand Opening at CREOL re-
viewing the Center and interview-
ing the faculty, staff, and students
of the Center and various univer-
sity administrators. The ERC has
completed and submitted its report
to CREOL and the leadership of the
university.
The ERC report is quite thor-
ough and concludes that CREOL
is poised to take its place among
the leading optical science and en-
gineering centers in the world. The
report recommends specific steps
needed to accomplish this goal in-
cluding the following: 1) changes
in CREOL's internal administra-
tive structure to provide coherent
leadership in representing CREOL
students to the University, provide
a more consistent plan and identity
to the students, and establish an
overall standard of quality expected
of optics students at CREOL; 2)
provide a more focused effort in the
area of technology transfer and in-
dustrial partnerships; and 3) the
university consider, in the near
term, the elevation of CREOL to a
separate academic unit. The first
two of these recommendations
have been acted on by the CREOL
faculty. The third recommendation
cannot be implemented without
considerable discussion, consider-
ation of other UCF units (e.g., the
Departments of Physics, Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Chem-
istry, etc.), and approval of the se-
nior university administration.
I cannot over emphasize how
critical this organizational issue is
to CREOL's future. It can be ar-
gued that the current "matrix man-
agement" structure of CREOL
works so why change it? A practi-
cal answer to this questions is that
the current scheme works at the ex-
pense of time, energy and the dilu-
tion of the opportunity to join
Rochester and Arizona as world
leaders in optics education and re-
search. I quote from the ERC re-
port:
"CREOL is in a position to
meet a current need for a 'third'
general optics center in the U.S.
The leading institutions, Rochester
and Arizona, run their own gradu-
ate programs, and award degrees in
the subject. .. . CREOL is at
present structurally inadequate to
take full advantage of these new
opportunities. . . . Recopnition of
CREOL as an academic unit as well
as a research unit-is necessary to
build the overall image of the in-
stitution."
DK M.J. Soileau
Here is the problem in a nut-
shell: in order to hire faculty we
must convince another unit, e.g.
Chemistry or Physics, to accept that
person as a member of their faculty.
Once hired, CREOL faculty must
meet the expectation of CREOL,
their peers in C REOL,m the fac-
ulty of the department in which they
hold tenure or in which their tenure
is tracked. Further, CREOL's in-
terdisciplinary programs are de-
signed and implemented by our fac-
ulty but must be approved and ac-
cepted by the faculty of the ECE
department (the department in
which our optical science and engi-
neering degrees are "housed").
This situation does not benefit
our students, faculty or the commu-
nity that we strive to serve. Cur-
rently CREOL and its research pro-
grams report to the Vice President
for Research and Graduate Studies.
A simple solution to these problems
is to have our academic programs
report to this office and have
CREOL faculty tenured (or tenure
tracked) within CREOL.
A committee is being formed
by the Provost to consider the rec-
ommendations of the ERC. I call
upon the "stake holders" of CREOL
(our faculty, staff and students, the
industry that we serve, our alumni,
our external sponsors, and members
of the UCF community) to support
the ERC recommendation that
CREOL be recognized as an aca-
demic unit which is empowered to
hire its faculty, track the tenure of
its faculty, and administer its inter-
disciplinary academic programs.

Bloembergen Receives Honorary Degree
On the occasion of the dedication and Grand Opening of the new CREOL building, an Honorary Doctor of
IC\ Science Degree was awarded to Nicolaas Bloembergen. The following is the citation read by President Hitt as the
degree was conferred:
"We have welcomed back Nicolaas Bloembergen to the University of Central Florida to honor him as one of
the great scientists and educators in the last forty years of the history of science. He has made remarkable contributions
in physics to nuclear resonance, electron spin resonance, three-level lasers, nonlinear optics, picosecond pulses,
and other topics. His work in laser spectroscopy and nonlinear optics, which earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics
in 1981, has served as the foundation of our understanding of nonlinear processes in optics.
We invited him here on this day not only to be honored but to celebrate with us in the formal opening of our
new Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers. We are extremely proud of this facility and its people,
among whom we include Nicolaas Bloembergen as CREOL7s First Distinguished Visiting Professor. We look
forward to the contributions which will come from CREOL as they continue to build on the base of understanding of
nonlinear optics that he established.
We honor him, too, for his integrity, thoughtful leadership, and great insight into the many aspects of optical
physics - all of which the faculty and students have experienced through our interaction with him over the past years
and during his visits to CREOL. For these associations, both in the past and continuing in the future, we are very
grateful."
UCF Celebrates Grand Opening of CREOL Building (cont.)
several hundred guests on tours and
optics demonstrations in the new
building. While all of the labs were
open, the showcase labs were Dr.
Elias' free electron laser; Dr.
Boreman's IR lab and real time IR
camera; Dr. Kar's lab demonstrat-
ing cutting of stainless steel with a
laser; Dr. Delfyett's lab demonstrat-
ing communications with optics; Drs.
Hagan's and Van Stryland's lab
demonstrating electrical breakdown
of air with a pulsed laser; and Dr.
Moharam's lab demonstrating real
time holography using
photorefraction in crystals.
On Friday morning, an Open
House was held for high school stu-
dents participating in the Engineer-
ing Science Fair being held at UCF.
The students were given tours of
the labs followed by hot dogs and
soft drinks with Dr. Bloembergen
and Mr. Tracey L. Bailey, a former
ScienceTeacher of the Year in the
US (who is from Florida!) and cur-
rently the State Coordinator of Edu-
cation Reform in Tallahassee,
Florida. The students took advan-
tage of their informal lunch with
these two outstanding people by
seeking their guidance and asking
about their careers in science edu-
cation. Later that day, the Open
House was extended to all the fac-
ulty, staff and students of UCF and
other visitors.
On Saturday, Prof. Boris
Zel'dovich held one of his regular,
informal sessions with local junior
and senior high school students with
an interest in and aptitude for phys-
ics. Students travel from 50 miles
or more for the opportunity to hear
this outstanding scientist speak of
his passion for teaching physics, and
there are often more parents in at-
tendance than students!
On Saturday afternoon,
CREOL's celebration ended with
our annual 'Spring Thing' held at
Prof. Soileau's home on nearby
Lake Jesup, the Florida lake which
is rumored to have more alligators
per square foot than any other lake
in Florida. Several hundred people
attended - including visitors,
students, staff, and faculty - and
enjoyed volleyball, outstanding
Cajun food by the Chemistry
Department's Chris Claussen and
his family, boat rides, the 5 PM
alligator parade in the lake, and just
plain relaxation after a hectic period
of preparation for the week.
Among the visitors in
attendance were Drs. Art
Guenther, Bob Shannon, and Brian
Thompson of CREOL's External
Review Committee (see the
Director's Corner for more
information on their activities);
members of the leadership teams
of OSA, SPIE, LIA, and LEOS;
attendees at the American
Precision Optics Manufacturer's
Association meeting; and attendees
of the Center for Optics
Manufacturing meeting. All of
these groups met at different
meetings hosted by CREOL during
the dedication week. Attendees
from SPIE's annual AeroSense
Meeting held each April in Orlando
also visited.
We are indebted to the follow-
ing companies and organizations
whose generosity made the week's
celebration possible: Central
Florida Research Park, Economic
Development Commission of Mid-
Florida, Florida Power Corporation,
Greenberg Traurig, Lockheed Mar-
tin, Maniott Management Services,
Sprint Metropolitan Network, Inc.,
University of Central Florida Foun-
dation, Inc., Quantum Images, Ex-
celIContro1 Lasers, and Laser
Photonics.

CREOL Building Grand Opening Celebration
1. CREOL's External Review Committee (1 to r) Bob Shannon, Brian Thompson, (M.J. Soileau), and Art Guenther
2. Prof. Bloembergen talking with science fair students
3. Science fair students visiting a CREOL lab
4. Faculty in academic regalia before presentation of honorary Doctor of Science degree to Pro$ Bloembergen
5. Bill Schwartz, President of SEO (center) receiving plaque from M.J. Soileau rn
6. President John Hitt, Prof. Bloembergen with degree, and Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies Diane Jacob
7. Celebrants prior to the ribbon cutting ceremony in atrium of new CREOL building
8. Dr. Charles Reed, Chancellor of the Florida State University System, operating the ribbon-cutting laser
9. Dr. Reed and Dr. Soileau cutting the ribbon
10. Dr. Soileau presenting memento and thanks to Prof. Bloembergen

11. A student looking at her 1R image in Prof Boreman's lab
12. Three of the CREOL tour guides (1 to r): Brian Mathason, Brian Lawrence, and Carl Kutsche
13. Outstanding science teacher Tracey Bailey talking to science fair students
14. Prof Boris Zel'dovich meeting with his Saturday morning hi school physics students
15. Ayrnan Kanan explaining optical experiment to student visitors
16. Prof Delfyett demonstrating optical communications for student visitors
17. Dr. Soileau presenting memento and thanks to Prof Ron Phillips
18. Milling around at the "Spring Thing'' held at the Soileau Swamp on Lake Jessup
19. Prof Chris Claussen and family dishing up a Cajun feast at the "Spring Thing"
20. "Spring Thing" - a cruise around the lake

OSA Student Chapter Activities
The students at CREOL have great interest in optics and lasers.
been very busy this Spring, but not Many even suggested fiat they
just in the labs.. . were interested in a career in op-
In February, the OSA stu- tics in the thank you letters they
dent chapter participated in the En- sent to the OSA chapter.
gineering Expo 96, organized by April marked the beginning
the UCF Engineering College of Science and Technology week,
Council. Even with two to four stu- and CREOL OSA students were in-
dents present at all times to talk vited to EPCOT to show how tech-
with onlookers, there were still nology today can be as fascinating
people lined up to see the CREOL as the futuristic environment envi-
display and ask questions about la- sioned by Disney. CREOL stu-
sers and optics. The CREOL dis- dents spent a week at the EPCOT's
play was so well received that it Innoventions Pavillion educating
was awarded first place in Re- and entertaining tourists with laser
search Exhibits at the Expo. demonstrations. It is estimated that
In March, CREOL students the exhibit was seen by thousands
Jennifer McKinley and Carl of people. The fact that some people
Kutsche visited Jackson Heights spent more than an hour at the
Middle School and performed CREOL display when they were
demonstrations for over 250 stu- paying to be in EPCOT was a trib-
dents. The demonstrations com- ute to the value of our efforts.
bined components of several re- In May, CREOL students
search areas at CREOL, showing achieved international recognition
how lasers interact with mirrors by starting a student chapter of
and lenses, how optical glasses are SPIE led by Eric Park. UCF is the
made, and showing some of the fun first University to have student or-
things that can be done with liquid ganizations for all of the major op-
nitrogen. The students showed tical societies!
CREOL Student
News
The following CREOL
Graduate Research Assistants have
recently achieved educational mile-
stones:
James Gorda received his
MS degree in OSE in Spring of 1996
under the direction of Dr. Martin
Richardson.
Jin Kang received is PhD de-
gree in OSE in the Spring of 1996
under the direction of Dr. George
Stegeman and is now working at the
United States Naval Research Labo-
ratory.
Stephen Reddy received his
MS degree in EE in spring of 1996
under the direction of Dr. James
Harvey. He is now working with
Broadband Communications Prod-
ucts, Inc. in Melbourne, Florida.
Jayachree Shivamoggi re-
ceived her PhD in Physics, in June
1996 under the direction of Dr. Alan
Miller.
First LEOS
Student Chapter T
In Spring 1996, Dr. N. A. -
Riza, the IEEE LEOS Orlando
Chapter Chair, initiated the forma-
tion of the first student chapter of
the IEEE Laser and Electro-Optics
Society at any university. The oc-
casion was marked by placing an
IEEE LEOS plaque highlighting the
names of the founding 16 student
members in the newly inaugurated
CREOL building. This LEOS Stu-
dent Chapter emphasizes the ap-
plied research side of the photonics
profession, and complements the
UCF OSA Student Chapter that is
closely tied to fundamental optics.
As the first activity, the new LEOS
Student Chapter invited and hosted
two IEEE LEOS Distinguished
Lecturers: Prof. R. S. Tucker
(IEEE Fellow) from University of
Melbourne-Australia, and Prof.
Peter Zory (IEEE Fellow) from the
University of Florida at Gainesville.
In the planning stage as the next
activity is a road-trip this summer
to the IEEE Chapter at the Univer- p
sity of Florida.
CREOL Welcomes Visiting Scientists
Dr. Salah Khodja, a scientist
from France, is working with Dr.
Eric VanStryland and Dr. David
Hagan on several areas of nonlinear
optics.
Markus Kreuzer, a scientist
from the Institute of Applied Phys-
ics, Technische Hochschule,
Darmstadt, Germany working with
Dr. Boris Zel'dovich on optical prop-
erties of complex materials based on
Nicholas Madamopoulos, a
CREOL PhD student in the Optical
Sciences and Engineering Program,
was selected as one of the ten world-
wide winners in theJirst New Fo-
cus, Inc. Student Essay Competi-
tion. Essays were required to be fo-
cused on photonics applications.
The title of Mr. Madamopoulos's
winning essay was " Antenna Con-
trol using Photonics." This presti-
gious student award included a
$1,000 cash prize and a trophy.
liquid crystals
Dr. Victor Latorre, a scien-
tist from the University of Cuzco,
Peru was here working with Dr. Luis
Elias on establishing scientific, tech-
nological, and educational programs
in Peru.
Patrick Moebert, a scientist
from the University of Hamburg,
Germany has been here since Janu-
ary 1996, studying fluoride crystal
growth with Dr. Bruce Chai as part
of his thesis work.
Dr. Olga Przhonska, a sci-
entist- from Kiev, Ukraine, is work-
ing with Dr. Eric VanStryland and
Dr. David Hagan on polymer host
media for organic dyes.
Cynthia Vernold, a visiting
scholar from the Optical Sciences p*
Center, University of Arizona, is
working with Dr. James Harvey on
image degradation due to surface
scatter.

Insights into CREOL Research
Ir\ Laser Plasma Laboratory Develops New X-Ray Microscope for
Medicine and Biology
Biology and the medical sciences have long de-
sired the capability to peer inside living organisms, and
to examine the internal structures of cells and respond
to stimuli as they undergo reversible and irreversible
changes. Two forms of microscopy, electron micros-
copy and optical microscopy, separately provide pow-
erful insight into the operations of complex organisms.
Modem electron microscopes can now resolve indi-
vidual atoms. Commercial units are found in many
hospitals and research institutes, however they do not
allow for the examination of living organisms. To ex-
amine biological specimens with electron microscopes
requires the specimens to be stained, dried or cryogeni-
cally cooled, and then sectioned with a microtome to
provide ultrafine slices of fixed specimens that are then
coated with a thin layer of gold. They are then inserted
into the evacuated chamber of the electron microscope.
Thus, although nanometer resolution of the constituents
of biological matter is achieved, these processes pre-
vent observation of the organism in its natural state.
Moreover, little is known of the degradation of the mi-
crostructure within the specimen when it undergoes
these processes.
Optical microscopy, on the other hand, does allow
visualization of specimens in their natural state, a capa-
bility that has lead to the identification of many of the
world's most fearful diseases, from anthrax to tubercu-
losis. It is, however, limited in resolution by the funda-
mental wavelength of the light used to illuminate the
specimens. This so-called diffraction limit makes im-
possible the observation of any features that are smaller
than 700 nm or so in size. Although the new technique
of optical confocal microscopy improves on this resolv-
ing power by a factor of three, and allows for three-
dimensional visualizations of complete organisms to the
200 nm level, the resolution of features finer than this
remains out of reach.
The shortcomings of these microscopes can in prin-
ciple be satisfied by another form of microscopy that
uses x-rays. X-rays have a shorter wavelength and,
therefore, pose a much smaller limit to spatial resolu-
tion. Moreover, in the 2.5 - 4.5 nm wavelength range,
high image contrast of in vitro biological specimens is
obtained because of the difference in absorptivity of
these x-rays in water and in living matter. Other poten-
tial advantages accrue from using x-rays. Since the ab-
sorptivity of x-rays is strongly material-specific, wave-
length selectivity will provide the capability to image
specific elements, such as calcium or phosphorus within
living organisms. The use of coherent x-rays and/or
holographic techniques will allow the formation of three-
dimensional images of whole specimens, providing for
the first time a window into the inner operations of liv-
ing matter.
Until a decade or so ago these tantalizing possi-
bilities seemed out of reach, for despite the use of x-
rays for medical diagnosis and therapy, the develop-
ment of the optics of x-rays, precision sources, focus-
ing elements and sensitive detectors needed for high-
resolution imaging proceeded at a slow pace. However,
as recent spectacular x-ray images of supernova beamed
down from satellite-born telescopes attest, a revolution
is now occurring in the technology of x-ray optics. The
Laser Plasma Laboratory at CREOL is playing a part
in this renaissance by developing x-ray probing tech-
niques that take advantage of compact bright point x-
ray sources, high resolution optics and superfast time-
resolving techniques.
Fig. l. X-ray image of a large scavenger-tjpe cell from a mouse's intestine. Recorded on PMMA
photoresist and scanned with an atomic force microscope.

One of the programs of this laboratory concen-
trates on the development of x-ray imaging techniques
specifically for medicine and biology. During the past
four years, a unique laser-plasma based x-ray imaging
facility dedicated to the analysis of biological speci-
mens has been established. Starting from a collabora-
tion between Prof Martin Richardson and Japanese col-
leagues, begun during a sabbatical visit to Osaka Uni-
versity, this effort now involves the participation of
many medical and biology research groups in Florida
and elsewhere. Together with Dr Masataka Kado at
CREOL, they have a developed a simple, relatively non-
invasive technique for imaging live biological organ-
isms in their natural state with a spatial resolution ap-
proaching 10 nm. The technique is user-friendly and
adaptable, it avoids the complex preparation and struc-
tural alterations implicit to electron microscopy, and
eliminates the need to schedule time on expensive x-
ray synchrotrons. The specimens are simply encapsu-
lated in their natural state in a small, thin x-ray optical
cell containing a high-resolution photoresist. The cell
is then exposed to a single, nanosecond flash of x-rays
emanating from a high-intensity laser plasma created
from a special target chosen to produce the desired
wavelength range of the illuminating x-rays. After ex-
posure, the photo-resist is developed and examined with
a state-of-the-art atomic-force microscope, a device that
measures the three-dimensional topology of solid ob-
jects with nanometer precision.
The x-ray images that result are impressive. Fig-
ure 1 shows an image of a live macrophage (a large
scavenger cell) taken from the intestines of a mouse, in
collaboration with Prof Yoshimasa Yamamoto of the
Medical School at USF in Tampa. The figure shows
the fine detail of the inner structure of this macroph-
age, where the intricate nature of the external fibrils is
clearly visible. Images similar to this have captured in
one single nanosecond flash of such a macrophage in
Fig. 2. Design concept of a compact, stand-alone, laser-plasma
x-ray microscope.
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the process of eating latex and other cellular structures.
In another collaboration, with Drs Jayshree
Rajyaguru and Michael Musinski of the Arnold Palmer
Hospital in Orlando, x-ray microscopy is being used to
examine bacteria such as pseudomonticepacia. Forms
of the latter have proven extremely resilient to antibacterial
drugs, sometimes hastening the death of HIV and
MS patients. These researchers hope that x-ray microscopy
will show the effect of drugs on the penetrability
of the exterior wall of this bacteria.
Other collaborations involve examining the use
of x-ray microscopy for the analysis of enterococcus
(Dr. Steven Fisher, Yale Univ. Medical School), Candida
Albican Yeast (Dr. Bill Safranek, Wuesthoff Hospital
in Melbourne, Florida), and blood cells (Drs. John
Francis and John Biggerstaff, Walt Disney Cancer Institute,
Orlando). The Laser Plasma Laboratory physicists
are eager to collaborate with other biological, botanical
and medical research groups. They hope that
increased interest in x-ray microscopy by these communities
will push them to develop x-ray imaging techniques
that, in conjunction with compact laser plasma
x-ray sources, will provide real-time imaging at the 10
nm level. Although at the pre-competitive technology
level at present, with strong support from these user
communities, this technology will eventually break out
into viable systems in the market place. An artist's im- -,
pression of such a system is shown in Figure 2. Of
similar complexity and cost to one of today's electron
microscopes, it would combine both optical and x-ray
microscopy in such a way as to permit initial observation
of specific organisms with visible light first, perhaps
with provisions for specific treatments prior to
high-resolution imaging with x-rays. The Laser Plasma
Laboratory physicists will be trying hard in the future
to press the development of this technology to the point
where its commercial development is assured. For further
information, contact Dr. Martin Richardson at 407-
823-68 19.

MS and Ph.D. Degrees in Optical Science
and Engineering Approved
Last January, a major academic milestone has been achieved by
CREOL when the Board of Regents of the State University System of Florida
formally approved the establishment of stand-alone MS and Ph.D. degree
programs in Optical Science and Engineering (OS&E). While the approval
of these programs was in progress, MS and Ph.D. OS&E options in the
electrical engineering program, established in 1991, could be awarded. Stu-
dents previously enrolled in the OS&E options are now enrolled in the new
stand-alone program. In May 1996, Dr. Jin Kang, advised by Dr. George
Stegeman, was granted the first Ph.D. degree in Optical Science and Engi-
neering under the new program. For additional information about the aca-
demic programs see the CREOL home page, http://www.creol.ucf.edu, or
contact Dr. Jim Moharam at moharam@creol.ucf.edu
Change in CREOL's Affiliate Fees
As a result of the strong, positive response CREOL received from the
optics/lasers/materials industry when CREOL solicited them for pledges to
support the proposed NSF Center for Materials for Modern Optics, the de-
cision was made to reduce the fees to become an Affiliate of CREOL to the
same level as those proposed for CMMO: gifts-in-kind, services, and cash
at the following levels: sales < $1M - $250; sales > $lM - $500; sales >
$lOM - $1000. Cash contributions of $3,000 or greater will qualify the
company to participate in CREOL's External Advisory Board.
The rationale for this reduction in Affiliate fees was the recognition
that (a) money is tight, and (b) becoming an Affiliate is a beginning of a
relationship and not an end in itself. We are striving to create new relation-
ships and we want them to grow, but these relationships would never begin
if the fees were high enough to preclude small companies from joining, and
small companies constitute the vast majority of the optics and laser indus-
try. Thus we hope that small (and large!) companies which have not be-
come a CREOL Affiliate will do so now and begin to work with us to build
a mutually beneficial relationship for the future. For more information con-
tact Dr. Martin Stickley at 407-823-6837.
CREOL Endows
Schwartz
Fellowship Fund
A highlight of the ribbon cut-
ting ceremony during CREOL's
Grand Opening celebration was an
announcement bv UCF President
John Hitt of the establishment of a
major endowment for student fel-
lowships in honor of Dr. William
Schwartz, President of Schwartz
Electro-Optics, Orlando, FL. In the
mid go's, Bill Schwartz helped to
establish CREOL and has been ac-
tive in supporting us ever since: he
has served on our External Advi-
sory Board, and our Strategic Plan-
ing Committee, and has kept us in-
formed about industry's needs and
how CREOL might best serve
them. More broadly, he has been
the spokesman for the laser and
electro-optic industry in central
Florida and considers CREOL to be
a major factor in the growth of this
industry, both in the past and in the
future.
The initial funding for the
endowment came from United
Technologies. We have a goal to
raise an additional $69,800 to
qualify for State Matching funds
for the endowment. The interest
on this money will be used to sup-
port student fellowships at CREOL.
Your support through cash dona-
tions is sought for this worthy
cause. Checks should be made out
to the UCF Foundation. Dr. Soileau
will be happy to discuss this with
you at 407-823-6834.
Nonlinear Laser Transverse Motion Velocimeter
Presently, lasers measure only
the longitudinal component of velocity
via the Doppler effect. Recently, Dr.
N.V.Tabiryan, in collaboration with
Prof. M. Warenghem at the
University of Artois in France,
experimentally demonstrated the
feasibility of measuring the speed of
motion of a transparent medium
moving transversally to the laser
beam. A simple all-optical scheme
of registration ensured an accuracy
of better than l/dim/s, while electro-
optical schemes have significantly
higher potential.
The principle of the "nonlinear
laser radar" lies in the strong modifi-
cation of the laser beam - matter in-
teraction due to motion. Specifically,
the laser beam modulates the trans-
verse profile of the nonlinear refrac-
tive index resulting in modulation of
the output parameters of the beam
(on-axis intensity, divergence, far field
pattern). These processes can be
recorded by measurement of changes
in these output parameters.
Since the effect is due to the
dynamics of nonlinear interaction, the
minimum detectable transverse
movement can be very small. Fur-
ther, since all transparent materials
are optically nonlinear for sufficiently
high power radiation, the method is
universally applicable. The extreme
simplicity and sensitivity of the method
may lead to applications where Dop
pler-based laser velocimeters are ei-
ther too expensive, or fundamentally
do not apply. For further informa-
tion, contact Dr. Nelson Tabiryan at
407-823-683 1.

CREOL Welcomes
Dr. Jannick
Rolland (cont.)
Elmer lens design group in
Danbury, Connecticut, in the sum-
mer of 1985, and in Orangegrove,
California, in the summer of 1986.
From 1984 to 1987, Dr. Rolland
focused on lens design, fabrication
and testing. Some of her more ex-
citing projects were the design of a
camera for observation of Mars, the
design, fabrication, and testing of
novel null lenses, the design of an
off-axis tracking telescope, and the
opportunity to contribute to the in-
house lens-design software at
Perkin Elmer.
In 1987, Dr. Rolland joined
the medical imaging group at Ari-
zona led by Dr. H. H. Barrett. Af-
ter her exploration of instrumenta-
tion for astronomy, she focused on
the detection of weak signals in
complex backgrounds, a problem
that is common to astronomy and
medical imaging. Dr. Rolland ex-
panded the theory of detection of
weak signals in uniform noisy
backgrounds to the detection of
weak signals in non-uniform noisy
backgrounds for 2D greyscale im-
ages. This new model has since
been widely adopted by the inter-
national medical imaging commu-
nity.
After completing her Ph.D. in
1990, Dr. Rolland joined the vir-
tual reality and medical imaging
groups of the Department of Com-
puter Science at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(UNC-CH) as a postdoctoral stu-
dent. Dr. Rolland joined the fac-
ulty of UNC-CH as a Research
Assistant Professor in 1992. She
was also appointed project leader
of the vision group within the medi-
cal imaging project. Dr. Rolland
designed various head-mounted dis-
plays (HMDs), including a novel
off-axis HMD for visualization of
medical data. She initiated a line
of research on quantification of
perception in virtual environments
and designed and built the instru-
mentation that supports the re-
Giinter and Spiller are CREOL
Distinguished Visiting Professors r7
Drs. Peter Gunter of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH) in Zurich, and Eherhard Spiller, IBM Emeritus, were selected as
CREOL's second and third Distinguished Visiting Professors.
Giinter Spiller
Dr. Gunter spent from mid-
January to mid-February with
CREOL as part of his sabbatical
year activities. At ETH, he heads
a world-renown research program
involving more than 50 graduate
students, postdoctoral fellows and
technicians specializing in
photorefractive and organic mate-
rials, and their applications. He
was accompanied by his wife,
Carolina, a well-known scientist in
the field of photorefractives. Dr.
Giinter gave a series of five heavily
attended lectures on the fundamen-
tals of photorefractive media and
their applications to image process-
ing, data storage, and spatial soli-
tons. These were especially timely
because of CREOL's new efforts
investigating data storage media
and spatial solitons. These lectures
led to broad-ranging discussions
with many of the faculty and gradu-
ate students which resulted in a
number of collaborations with
CREOL faculty.
search. In parallel to her work in
virtual reality, Dr. Rolland pursued
various research projects in medi-
cal imaging, vision, and image
quality.
In 1994, Dr. Rolland received
a three-year award from the Office
of Naval Research to further pur-
sue her research on the quantifica-
tion of perception in virtual envi-
ronments. Recently, she has been
developing a novel virtual-reality-
based teaching tool for 3D dynamic
anatomy. She has made pioneer-
Eberhard Spiller, the third
CREOL Distinguished Visiting
Professor, spent three months at
CREOL from February 1 " to April
301h. Dr. Spiller is a leading author-
ity on x-ray optics and the original
developer of multilayer x-ray mir-
ror technology. These topics are-
central to the research program of
the Laser Plasma Laboratory, run
by Profs. Martin Richardson and
William Silfvast, and are of con-
siderable interest to a wide cornrnu-
nity at CREOL. During his stay at
CREOL, Dr. Spiller organized and
taught a full graduate course on
Modern X-ray Science, PHY5055,
gave seminars to the Physics De-
partment and to CREOL, partici-
pated in research project planning
and the analysis of experimental
data, and had widespread discus-
sions with many faculty and stu-
dents. We look forward to the con-
tinuing participation of both of
these outstanding scientists in the
activities at CREOL.
ing contributions to the field of vir-
tual reality, in particular in the
modeling of the optical interface to
virtual.environments.
She has served as a commit-
tee member for SPIE and IEEE In-
ternational Conferences on lens de-
sign, medical imaging, and virtual
reality. Dr. Rolland has several in-
vited presentations to her credit,
with over 20 refereed publications
in the fields of medical imaging, vi-
sion, and virtual reality.
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Faculty &
Glenn Boreman, Associate
Professor, Electrical and Computer
Engineering, participated in collaborative
research with the Swiss
Federal Institute of Technology
(ETH), Zurich, Switzerland's Institute
of Quantum Electronics, Infrared
Physics Group from May 1 to
June 30, 1996. His research activity
at ETH was a collaboration with
Prof. Fritz Kneubuehl, head of the
Infrared Physics Group. They investigated
the polarization response
of planar spiral microantennas used
with nickellnickel-oxide electrontunelling
diodes for detection of infrared
radiation at 30 THz (10 microns).
Glenn Boreman will receive
the Kingslake Prize of the SPIE for
the "Most noteworthy paper to appear
in the Journal of Optical Engineering
in 1995". The paper is: A.
Daniels, G. Boreman, A.
Ducharme, and E. Sapir, "Random
transparency targets for modulation
transfer function measurement in
the visible and infrared," This work
was performed at CREOL as part
of Arnold Daniels' PhD dissertation
in EE.
Bruce Chai has been elected
to the rank of Fellow of the Optical
Society of America, January 1996.
He was also appointed honorary
professor of the Shanghai Institute
of Science of Optics and Fine Mechanics
by the Chinese Academy of
Science.
Luis Elias was made a Fellow
of the American Physical Society
in November 1995 for "the development
of Free Electron Lasers
based on electrostatic accelerators
and for demonstrating that electrostatic
accelerators can operate on
a quasi continuous basis using beam
charge and energy recovery."
Luis Elias was invited to the
Private University of Antenor
Orrego, in the city of Trujillo, Peru
in January 1996, where he was
made an Honorary Professor and
was awarded a Merit Badge in recognition
for his work in Physics.
He was also invited as a special
guest on the 30th Anniversary of
the National University Herminio
Staff News
Valdizan of the city of Huanuco,
Peru in in.February 1996, where he
lectured on modern technology and
new teaching methods, and was
granted the degree of Honorary Pro-
fessor.
Jim Moharam has been
elected to the rank of Fellow of the
Optical Society of America "in rec-
ognition for the development of the
rigorous grating diffraction analy-
sis and key contribution to the de-
velopment of the optics education
program at CREOL."
Jim Moharam served as the
General Chair of the Optical Soci-
ety of America Topical Meeting on
Diffractive Optics and Micro- Op-
tics held in Boston, Massachusetts
from April 29-May 1, 1996. This
bi-annual topical conference is con-
sidered to be the premier profes-
sional meeting on diffractive optics.
Martin Richardson's devel-
opment of a "Debris-Free X-Ray
Source" was selected by R&D
Magazine to receive a 1996 R&D
100 Award. Such an award is rarely
given to a university.
M. J. Soileau was elected as
a Foreign Member of the Russian
Academy of Engineering Sciences.
Martin Stickley was ap-
pointed Vice President of IEEE
LEOS for Membership and Re-
gional Activities of the Americas.
Eric Van Stryland was ap-
pointed an honorary professor in the
Physics and Astronomy Depart-
ments from the University of Saint
Andrews in Scotland for the
1996-97 year. He also gave a se-
ries of lectures at a NATO spon-
sored summer school during this
summer.
Ron Raike recently attended
the American Homebrewers Asso-
ciation National Homebrew Com-
petition in New Orleans. Of his two
entries, one was a Belgian Style
Lambic and the other, a German
style Light Lager - Dortmunder
Export. The lager finished 6th in
its category. The Lambic took first
place in its category and went on to
take an unofficial 2nd place in Best-
of-Show overall - the second best
beer out of 3331 entries!
Books, Papers,
Talks Published1
Presented
Books Published:
A. Kar, J. Mazumder, "Theory and Applications
of Laser Chemical Vapor Deposition,"
Plenum Press, (1995).
E. Dereniak and G. Boreman, "Infrared Detectors
and Systems," John Wilej & Sons,
1996.
W.T. Silfvast, "Laser Fundamentals," Cambridge
University Press (1966).
Papers Published:
W.E. Tormellas, M. Cha, G.I. Stegeman, J.A.
Osaheni, and S.A. Jenekhe, "Enhancement
of Third Order Nonlinear Optical Susceptibilities
of Rigid-Rod Benzobisthiazole Polymers,"
Nonlinear Oprrcs, (1996).
D. Beljonne, J.L. Bredas, W.E.Tormellas,M.
Cha, G.I. Stegeman, G. Mohlmann, and W.
Horsthuis, "Two-Photon Well Displacement
in Dans," J. Chem. Phys., (1996).
M. Li, A. Kar, V. Desai, and A. Khanna, "High
Temperature Oxidation Resistance Improvement
of Titanium using Laser Surface Alloying,"
J. Mate,: Sci., Vol. 30, (1995).
A. Kar and M.D. Langlais, "Opto-Thenmal Effects
of Laser Modes in Laser Materials Processing,"
Opt. Quant. Elec., Vol. 27, (1995).
J. Singh,B.N. Bhat, R. Poorman, A. Kar,and J.
Mazumder, "Laser Glazing of Vacuum
Plasma-Sprayed Narloy-Z." SurfCoat. Tech.,
( 1995).
P. Fredin and G. Boreman. "Resolution-eauiva-
lent D* for SPRITE detectors," ~ ~ ~ Opt. 1 . '
34.7179-7182(1995).
G. Boreman and S. Yana, "Modulation transfer
function measureme; using three and fourbar
targets," Appl. Opr. 34,8050-8052 (1995).
F. Effenberger and G. Boreman, "Dual-canier
transport model of SPRITE detectors," Solid-
State Elecrronics 39,2 17-223 ( 1996).
T. Nicholls,G. Boreman, and C. Dainty, "Use of
Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor to measure
deviations from Kolmogorov phase spectrum,"
Opr. Lett. 20,2460-2462 (1995).
E Effenberger and G. Boreman, "Modal analys~s
of no~se in SPRITEdetectors," Appl. Opt.
35,566-57 1 (1996).
G. Boreman and C. Dainty, "Zernike expansions
for non-Kolmogorov turbulence," Jour: Opt.
Soc. Am. A 13.5 17-522 (1996).
F. Effenberger and G. Boreman, "MTF-enhanced
readout for SPRITE detectors," Appl. Opr.
35,1022- I024 (19%).
G. Boreman, A. Dogariu, C. Christodoulou, and
D. Kotter. "Dioole-on-dielectric model for infrared
lithbgrabhic spiral antennas," Opt. Lett.
21,309-31 l(1996).
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A. Dogariu and G. Boreman, "Facet model for
photon-flux transmission through rough di-
electric interfaces," Opt. Let. 21, 701-703
( 1996).
N.A. Riza and M.M. K. Howlader,
"Acousto-optic System for the Generation
and Control of Tunable Low Frequency Sig-
nals," Optical Engineering, April, 1996.
N.A. Riza and M.M.K. Howlader,
"Narrowband Ultrasonic Phased Array Con-
trol using a Photonic Controller," Ultrason-
ics, March, 1996.
A. DiLieto, P. Minguzzi, A. Toncelli, M.
Tonelli, H.P. Jenssen, "Effect of pm con-
centration on the tunability of the YLF laser
in the 1.9 um region,"Appl. Phys. B, 62,443-
447, (1996).
A. DiLieto, P. Minguzzi, A. Toncelli, M.
Tonelli, and H.P. Jenssen, "Fluoride Crys-
tals for Tunable Lasers in the Near Infrared,"
Adv. Mater., 8, (1996).
A.L. Murazyan, N.V. Tabiryan, T. Vogeler,
IT. Tschudi, "Non-resonant optical limiting
due to self-induced multiwave interference."
Optik: International Journal for Light and
Electron Optics, 101, 145-148, (1996).
N.V. Tabiryan, B. Ya. Zel'dovich, M. Kreuzer,
T. Vogeler, T. Tschudi, "Higher-dimension-
ality caustics owing to competing reorienta-
tion of a liquid crystal by laser beams," J.
Opt. Soc. Am., 13, (1996).
J.F. Henninot, D. Louvergneaux, N.V.
Tabiryan, M. Warenghem, "Controlled
leakage of a tapered optical fiber with liquid
crystal cladding," Mol. Cryst. Liquid Cryst.,
282, 297-308, 1996.
A. Dogariu, G. Boreman, and M. Dogariu,
"Enhanced backscattering from a random
medium behind a phase screen," Opt. Lett.,
20, 1665-1667, (1996).
A. Dogariu, J. Uozumi, and T. Asakura, "En-
hancement factor in the light backscattered
by fractal aggregated media," Opt. Rev., 3,
71, (1996).
L.B. Glebov, M.N. Tolstoi, "Designation of
Russian optical glasses," Handbook of La-
ser Science and Technolog). Supplement 2:
Optical Materials, M.J. Weber, Ed. CRC
Press, (1 995).
L.B. Glebov, A.V. Dotsenko, N.V. Nikonorov,
Yu.A. Flegontov, "Ion-exchange technolo-
gies for photocontrollable waveguide stmc-
tures and modeling of radiation-propagation
processes," J. Opt. Techtzology. 62, 757,
(1995).
L.B. Glebov, O.M. Efimov, Yu.A. Matveev,
"Nonlinear coloring mechanisms of silicate
glasses," J. Opt. Technology, 62, 780, 1995.
L.B. Glebov,V.N. Polukhin, K.O. Shchavelev,
"Correlation of the secondary electron emis-
sion coefficient of vitreous and crystalline
materials with their atomization energies,"
Glass Php. Chem., 22.27 (1996). .
Papers Presented at Conferences:
K. Richardson, J. McKinley, A. Clare
and A. Ott, "Progress towards improv-
ing glass grindability: aglass chemistry ap-
proach," Optical Fabrication and Testing,
Boston MA, May 1996.
S.P.Reddy, J.E.Harvey,andR.L. Phillips, "Point-
ing, Tracking and Acquisition through Atmo-
spheric Turbulence utilizing Reciprocal Path
Techniques," loth Annual SPIE AeroSense
Symposium, Orlando, FL, April 1995.
A. Kotha and J.E. Harvey, "Image Degradation due
to the Opticam Manufacturing Process," Op-
tical Fabrication and Testing, Boston, MA,
May 1996.
J.E. Harvey, "Bridging the Gap between 'Figure'
and 'Finish'," Optical Fabrication and Testing,
Boston, MA, May 1996.
N. A. Riza, "In-Line Acousto-Optic Architectures
for Holographic Interferometry and Sensing,"
OSA Topical Meeting on Holography, Boston,
May 1996.
N.A. Riza, "Multichannel Variable Optical Control
Systems for Large Coherent Optical Arrays,"SPIE
Proc, Orlando, FL April, 1996.
N.A. Rizaand N. Madamopoulos, "Photonic time
delay beamforming architectures using polarization
switching arrays,"SPIE Proc, Vol. 2754,
Orlando, FL April, 1996
N.A. Riza, "Acousto-optic Null Steering Adaptive
Photonic Processor Architecture for
Phased Arrays," SPIE Proc, Vol. 2754, Orlando,
FL April, 1996.
J. Kim and N.A. Riza, "Fiber Array Optical Coupling
Design Issues for Photonic
Beamformers,"SPIE Proc, Vol. 2754, Orlando,
FL, April, 1996.
N.A. Riza and M.M.K. Howlader, "Photonic processor
for in-phase and quadrature array signal
processing,"SPIE Proc., Vol. 2754, No.06,
Orlando, FL, April, 1996.
N.A. Riza, "Complex Spatial Codes and Remote
Optical Communications - An Advanced Photonic
Security System Solution," Presented at
the First Workshop on "The Role of Optical
Systems and Devices in Security and
Anti-Counterfeiting." Feb. 26-28, Alexandria,
VA, 1996.( Invited)
A.M. Kan'an, P. LiKamWa, Mitra-Dutta, and J.
Pamulapati, "Integrated optical waveguide devices
achieved by the disordering of multiple
quantum wells," CLEO, June 2-7, 1996, Anaheim,
CA.
L. Zhu, P. LiKamWa, J. Pamulapati, P. Cooke,
and Mitra-Dutta, "Lateral Canier Sweep-Out
in Multi-Quantum Well Optoelectronic Devices,"
IEEE-LEOS, October, 1995, San Francisco,
CA.
L. Zhu, P. Li Kam Wa, J. Pamulapati, P. Cooke,
and Mitra-Dutta, "Lateral Field Effect Optoelectronic
Waveguide Devices Employing
Multi-Quantum Wells," SPIE Aerosense 96,
April, 1996, Orlando, FL.
C.M. Stickley, P. Gatt, T. Costello, D.
Heimmermann, and D. Castellanos, "Coherent
Optical Array Receivers for Mitigation of
Turbulence and Speckle Effects," 2nd NATO1
IRIS Joint Symposium, London, England. June,
1996.
P. Delfyett and S. Gee, "lntracavity Gain Dynamics
of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers-Their
Role in External Cavity Hybrid Modelocked
Diode Lasers," SPIE Photonics, West San Jose.
CA, 1996. (Invited)
P. Delfvett S. Grantham. K. Gabel, A. Yusim. S.
~eeiand M. ~ichardson, o ode locked semiconductor
Laser Diode Seeded Regenerative
Amplifier System," SPIE Photonics, West San
Jose, CA, 1996. (Invited)
P. Delfyett and S. Gee, "Intracavity Gain Dynamics
of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers-
Their Role in External Cavity Hybrid
Modelocked Diode Lasers," SPlE Aerosense,
Orlando, FL, 1996. (Invited)
B. Mathason and P. Delfyett, "Modelocked Diodes
for Network Synchronization." SPIE
Aerosense, Orlando. FL, 1996. (Invited)
P. Delfyett and S. Gee, "Time-resolved
lntracavity Spectrograms in Modelocked Semiconductor
Diode Lasers," IEEE LEOS Semiconductor
Laser Workshop, (CLEO), Anaheim,
CA, June, 1996. (Invited)
W. Silfvast, "Tutorial on X-Ray Lasers," Lasers
and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Anaheim, CA,
June, 1996. (Invited)
W. Silfvast, "Lithographic Applications of X-Ray
Lasers and Other Short Wavelength Sources,"
Generation of Coherent XUV and X-Ray Radiation,
Lake District of England, June, 1996.
(Invited)
M Klosner and W. Silfvasf "Lithium Discharge
Source for EUV Lithography," Extreme Ultra-
violet Lithography Conference, Boston, MA,
May 1996.
H Bender, W. Silfvast, and J. Rocca, "Capillary
Discharge Soft X-Ray Amplifier For Use In
Amplifying Harmonic Radiation," 5Ih International
Conference on X-Ray Lasers, Lund,
Sweden, June, 1996.
K.M. Dinndorf, H.P. Jenssen, "Lack of Correlation
Between Tm, Ho Upconversion Measurements,"
OSA TOPS on Advanced Solid-State
Lasers, 1996.
I.T. Sorokina, E. Sorokin, E. Wintner, A.
Cassanho, H.P. Jenssen, and R. Szipocs,
"47 fs pulse generation from a prismless selfmode-locked
Cr:LiGaF laser," OSA TOPS on
Advanced Solid-State Lasers, 1996.
N.V. Tabiryan, B.Ya. Zel'dovich, P.
LiKamWa, T. Tschudi, T. Vogeler, "Alloptical,
In-line, Non-perturbing and Parallel
Measurment of Laser Beam Intensity With
Transparent Thin Layers of Liquid Crystals,"
3rd International Workshop on Laser beam
and Optics Characterization, July, 1996. Quebec.
Canada. (Invited)
T. Vogeler, R. Bachmann, M. Kreuzer, N.V.
Tabiryan, T. Tschudi, "Applications of liquid
crystals to laser beam analysis," 16th International
Liquid Crystal Conference, Kent.
OH, June 1996.
L.B. Glebov, A.V. Dotsenko, G.T. Petrovskii,
"Russian Optical Glasses," Fall Meeting of
the American Ceramic Society, New Orleans,
LA. November 1995.
L.B. Glebov, E.N. Boulos, R. Suroviec, T.V.
Smirnova, "Absorption spectra of Iron in
Float Glass," Fall Meeting of the American
Ceramic Society, New Orleans. LA,
November 1995.
L.B. Glebov, E.N. Boulos, T.V. Smirnova,
"Structure of the Absorption Spectra of Iron
and Water in Na-Ca-Mg-Si Glass. American
Ceramic Society 98th Annual Meeting. Indianapolis,
IN, April 1996.
L.B. Glebov, "Optical Properties of Silicate
Glasses under Photo-Induced Ionization,"
American Ceramic Society 98th Annual
Meeting. Indianapolis, IN, April 1996.
A.V. Belykh, O.M. Efimov, L.B. Glebov, Yu.A.
Matveev, A.M. Mekryukov, M.D.
Mikhailov, K. Richardson, "Photo-Structural
Transformation of Chalcogenide
Glasses under Nonlinear Absorption of Laser
Radiation," loth International Symposium on
Non-Oxide Glasses, Coming, N?, ~"ne 1996.
A. Belykh, L. Glebov,C.Lerminiaux,S. Lunter,
M. Mikhailov, A. Plyukhin, M. Prassas, A.
Przhevuskii, "Spectral and Luminescence
Properties of Neodymium in Chalcogenide
Glasses," loth International Symposium on
Non-Oxide Glasses, Coming, NY, June 1996.
L. Glebov, "Information Recording in Silicate
Glasses," Gordon Research Conference.
Tilton. NH, June 1996.
Seminars & Presentations Given:
J. Harvey presented a joint seminar entitled "A
Fourier Treatment of Near-field Scalar Diffnction
Theory" at the Optoelectronic Materials,
Devices and Systems Group and the Optoelectronic
Computing Systems Center at the
University of Colorado. Febmarv 1996.
N.V. ~abiryan, "Complex Materials fbr optical Information
IStonge and Display: Liquid Crystals
in Mobile Networks,'' University of Pueno
Rico. May 1996.
L. Glebov, "Optical Anisotropy and Nonlinearity
of Radiation Defects in Glasses," Wright-
Patterson AirForce Base," July 1995.
L. Glebov, "Information Recording in Glasses,"
Coming Inc., June 1996.
L. Glebov, "Optical Properties of Glasses in Bulk
and Planar Waveguides," Galileo Electro-Optics
Corporation, July 1996.
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CREOL in Finals for NSF Center for Materials for Modern Optics
In the last issue of Highlights we solicited companies NSF to review and prioritize them. The panel asked tough
in the optics and laser industry to join with CREOL as an Af- questions, but we believe that we have a 50-50 chance for an
filiate in an effort to be awarded a NSF Materials Research, award, especially considering our strong industrial support -?
Science and Engineering Center for Materials for Modern Op- we received 44 letters pledging support if we won! The re--
tics. The response of the industry was outstanding and helped sults of the competition will not be made known until mid-
CREOL get into the finals - the group of 20 universities se- August when the National Science Board meets to renew NSF's
lected for a 'reverse site visit' to NSF in late May for a chance recommendations. So we are keeping our finger's crossed!
to present their proposals to the panel of experts selected by
New CREOL Contract and Grant Awards
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Title S~onsor $ Amount
Bass All in One Laser Rod (AOLR) Project Schwartz Electro-Optics, Inc. $15,000
Boreman Lithographic Antennas for Enhancement of Solar Lockheed IdahoTechnologies $19,985
Chai Single Crystals for High Average Power SS Lasers DODIArm yIAR0 $332,804
Delfyett Ultrahigh Speed Photonics Devices for Networking NSF $99,274
Delfyett High Speed Multiwavelength Opto-electronic Sources DODIAF $54,443
Delfyett/LiKamWa/Jenssen/Chai Optical Amplifiers Based on VibronicTransitions ARPA $237,303
Dixon Sub A: Multiple Aperture Coherent Array Technology SanDiego State Univ. Found. $18,650
Hap Research Experiences in Lasers &Optics NSFIREU $61,174
Jenssen Development of Cr3+:LiSrGaF4 Lightningophcal $14,975
Kar Thermal Analysis for Applicationsof High Power DOD/AFOSR/ADL $25,000
Richardson, K. Glass Measurements Texas Instruments $25,075
Richardson, M. X-Ray Probe Experiments for Energetic Materials DODtNavyIONR $69,877
Richardson, M. X-Ray Diagnosis of Rocket Combustion University of Illinois $38,504
Richardson, M. X-Ray Diagnosis of Rocket Combustion University of Illinois $21,729
Riza PhotonicsTime Delay Beamforming for Aegis Radar DODtNavyIONR $315,220
Riza Photonic S ysterns Gractuate Student Support Photonic Systems, Inc. $6,831
Rolland Psychophysical Investigation of See-through HMDs University of NorthCarolina $106,851
Soileau/Delfyett/K. Richardson Light Power Orlando Science Center 90,314
Soileau CREOL Royalty Share Various $434-
StegemanNan Stryland Phased-Based Second-Order nonlinear Optics NSF $110,000
Stegeman Photodegradation of Electro-Optics Polymers NSF $113,553
Stegeman Novel Frequency Conversion Phenomenon DODIAFIAFOSR $100,000
Stegeman Cascading: Large Third Order Nonlinearities DODIArmylARO $131,572
Stickley Multiple Aperture Coherent Array Technology San Diego State Univ. Found. $378,766
Stickley Terchnology Transfer NCCOSC RDTE Division $25,000
Van Stryland Passiveqptical Limiting DOD/Navy/N AWC (NTSC) $88,800
Van Stryland Investigation: Dispersion of NLA & NLR in Organics NSF $92,480
Zel'dovich Equilibrium and Dynamic Properties of Liquid University ofPuerto Rico $28,375
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