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Graduate Students

Pero Alcaraz

M.S. in Optical Sciences.

Pedro worked on both the RCS radar emulator program, and the advanced volume holographic filter. Pedro graduated in 2021, and is now working for Applied Energetics in Tucson.

  • P. E. Alcaraz, R. S. Ketchum, and P.-A. Blanche, “Robust phase unwrapping algorithm based on enhanced denoising and fringe quality improvement routines,” OSA Continuum 4, 633-649 (2021). Link
  • P. E. Alcaraz and P.-A. Blanche, “Advanced volume holographic filter to improve the SNR of polychromatic sources in a noisy environment,” Opt. Express 29, 1232-1243 (2021). Link

Craig Draper

M.S. in Optical Sciences.

Craig mainly worked on holographic waveguide for HUD. Craig joined our group during summer 2017 as an undergraduate student then transitioned on the accelerated master. Craig was twice the recipient of a WAESO scholarship.

  • Craig T. Draper and Pierre-Alexandre Blanche, “Examining aberrations due to depth of field in holographic pupil replication waveguide systems,” Appl. Opt. 60, 1653-1659 (2021). Link
  • C. Draper et al. “Holographic waveguide head-up display with 2-D pupil expansion and longitudinal image magnification”, Applied Optics, Vol. 58, Issue 5, pp. A251-A257 (2019). Link
  • Craig T. Draper and Pierre-Alexandre Blanche, “A Light Combiner Employing a Curved Waveguide System”, patent application WO/2020/232170 (2020). Link

Remington “Spencer” Ketchum

Ph.D. in Optical Sciences.

Spencer is working on both the RCS radar emulator program and the Texas Instruments phase light modulator (PLM) for  HUD and augmented reality.

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Colton Bigler

Ph.D. in Optical Sciences.

Graduated in 2019 and is now working as a civilian contractor for the US Air Force on high energy laser.

Colton worked on a head up display for avionic using holography and waveguide optics. This project was initially funded by Honeywell, and completed by a TRIF Industry Engagement and Interdisciplinary Link Student Team Awards.

  • C. M. Bigler, P.-A. Blanche, and K. Sarma, “Holographic waveguide heads-up display for longitudinal image magnification and pupil expansion”, Applied Optics, 57(9), March 2018. Link
  • C. Bigler, and P.-A. Blanche, “Holographic Waveguide Heads-Ip Display for Image Magnification and Pupil Expansion”, OSA IONS, Okinawa Japan, October 2017. Link
  • C. Bigler et al., “Holographic Amplification of the Diffraction Angle from Optical Phase Array for Optical Beam Steering“, Applied Optics, Special issue on Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging (2019).
  • C. Bigler et al., “Holographic Waveguide HUD with in-line pupil expansion and 2D FOV expansion“, Applied Optics, Special issue on Digital Holography and 3-D Imaging (2019).

Lichuan Liu

M.S. in Optical Sciences.

Graduated in 2017. Joined Goertek.

Lichuan worked on an “holographic cross connect for optical computing” including computer generated hologram on SLM and individual collimation of light coming from a multicore fiber. This project is part of a MURI on optical computing sponsored by ONR.

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Alexander Miles

Graduated in 2016.
Joined Apple Inc.

  •  A. Miles et al., “7 x 7 DMD-Based Diffractive Fiber Switch at 1550nm”, Optics Communications, vol. 334, pp 41-45, (2015). Click here

LynnBrittany Lynn

Graduated in 2015.
Joined the Navy Research Laboratory at SPAWAR.

  • B. Lynn et al., “Nine order of magnitude temporal response of photorefractive polymers toward video-rate holographic display”, in preparation
  • B. Lynn et al., “Real-time imaging of chromophore alignment in photorefractive polymer devices through multiphoton microscopy”, MRS Communications,  vol. 15, issue 2, pp 243-250, (2015). Click here
  • B. Lynn et al., “Photorefractive polymer for holography”, review article, Journal of  Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 2014 (52), pp 193-231, (November 2013). Click here
  • B. Lynn et al. “Design and Preliminary Implementation of an NĂ—N Diffractive All-optical Fiber Optic Switch” IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, 31 (24), pp 4016 – 4021,December 2013. Click here
  • B. Lynn et al., “Recent advancements in photorefractive holographic imaging”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series 415 (2013) 012050. Click here

ChristensonCory Christenson

Graduated in 2011.
Joined Case Western Reserve University.

  • C. W. Christenson, et al., “Interdigitated coplanar electrodes for enhanced sensitivity in a photorefractive polymer”, Optics Letters, Vol. 36, No. 17, September 1, 2011. Click here
  • C. W. Christenson et al., “Grating dynamics in a photorefractive polymer with Alq3 electron traps”, Optics Express, vol. 18, No. 9, pp 9358-9365 (2010). Click here
  • C. W. Christenson et al., “Materials for an Updatable Holographic 3D Display”, IEEE, Journal of Display Technology, vol. 6, No: 7, (2010). Click here

TaySavas Tay

Graduated in 2007.
Joined Standford University for a postdoctoral position.
Now Professor at ETH Zurich

  • S. Tay et al., “An updateable holographic 3D display”, Nature 451, pp 694-698 (2008). Click here

Undergraduates

Lauren McAffrey

Lauren start working on the AVHF (advanced volume holographic filter) as an intern for ATA corps in 2021, and follow through during 2022 as an undergraduate student.

Spring 2019

From left to right: James Nekoliczak, Colton Bigler (grad.), Joshua McDonald, Jeremy Dauer, Gregory Tailor, Spencer Ketchum (grad.), Luke Benoit, Micah Mann, Craig Draper. in abstentia: Zachary Rovig.

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Summer 2018

From left to right: Craig Draper (NSF IOU-NA), Micah Mann (NSF IOU-NA), James Nekoliczak (TRIF), Gregory Tailor (Independent study), Richard Herriman (Independent study), Jeremy Dauer (in absentia, TRIF).

Fall 2017

Left to right: Cameryn Yow (TRIF), Michael Hasting (PHOTO), and Ricky Herriman (TRIF) working on multiplexed hologram.

Summer 2017 Students

Right to left: Colton Bigler (grad.), Carlos Ogas (NSF REU), Lichuan Liu (grad.), Jarod Weber (NSF REU), Craig Draper (TRIF ONR), Isreal Aragon (NSF IOU), Pierre-Alexandre Blanche (PI).

Micah Mann

Micah joined the group in Summer 2018 as a recipient of the NSF “IOU-NA REU” scholarship. He then received twice a WAESO scholarship.
Micah worked on head up display and presented his work at both the SACNAS and the MANRMC conferences:

  • M. Mann, et al., “HUD with in-line filed of view expansion”, Minority Access National Role Models Conference, Washington DC, September 2019. Link
  • M. Mann, et al., “Holographic Waveguide Head-Up Display for Pupil Expansion and Image Magnification”, SACNAS conference,  San Antonio, TX, October 2018. Link

Craig Draper

Craig joined our group during summer 2017 on a  “holographic cross connect for optical computing” thanks to a TRIF grant associated with a MURI ONR project on optical computing.

Craig was twice the recipient of a WAESO scholarship. He worked on head up display during 2018 and 2019 with its own first author publication:

  • C. Draper et al. “Holographic waveguide head-up display with 2-D pupil expansion and longitudinal image magnification”, Applied Optics, Vol. 58, Issue 5, pp. A251-A257 (2019). Link

Craig also devise a technique to use curved waveguide in HUD application that lead to a patent application.

Carlos Ogas

Carlos was recipient of an NSF REU grant during summer 2017 on the implementation of a “Top of the rack ultrafast holographic optical switch for hybrid data center architecture“.

Israel Aragon

Participated to the 2017 Integrated Optics for Undergraduates (IOU) CIAN REU summer program sponsored by the NSF. Israel worked on the “simulation of the diffraction efficiency of a phase MEMS for optical switching“.

2016 Engineering Capstone Team

The team worked on the “Demonstration of a head-up display integration in a canopy“.
Team composed of Kade William Bowers, Abril Lopez Garcia, Savannah Paige Gaston, Bradley Jarrett Nees, Isaiah Brandon Strong.

The team was awarded the “Edmund Optics Perseverance and Recovery” prize. Link
Sponsored by Honeywell

Jarod Weber

Recipient of the 2016 CIAN Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program.

Jarod also secured a grant to present his research about an “holographic cross connect for optical computing” at the OSA Ions Koala conference in Melbourne Australia in December 2016.

In addition, Jarod was recipient of an NSF REU grant during summer 2017 on the implementation of a “Top of the rack ultrafast holographic optical switch for hybrid data center architecture“.

Samantha Macklin

Recipient of the 2016 CIAN Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program.

Samantha is also a Bass player for the University of Arizona Philharmonic Orchestra.

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Brittany Arviso

From the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Brittany participate to the 2016 CIAN Integrated Optics for Undergraduate Native Americans (IOU-NA) Research Experience for Undergraduates .
Her project: “Modeling Heads Up Display Image and Eyebox Expansion”

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Jilian Nguyen

Recipient of the 2015 CIAN Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program.

SampsonRachel Sampson

From Stony Brook University.

Participated to the CIAN REU summer program HOP (Hooked on Photonics) 2015.

Now a Graduate student at the University of Central Florida CREOL.

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Robert Castellanos

Participated to the CIAN REU summer program HOP (Hooked on Photonics) 2015.
Robert is pursuing a B.S. degree at Northern Arizona University.

2015 capstone team 2015 Engineering Capstone Team

Design and demonstration of a head-up display
Include: Adam Blumer, Erick Leon, Matthew Hart, Michael Green, Nick Paco, Stephania Vasiliev

Awarded:

  • II-VI Optical Systems Award for Best Use of Optical Design and Technology.
  • Honeywell Award for Excellence in Aerospace Electronic System Design.
    Click here
    Sponsored by Honeywell

CheahFeibien Cheah

Recipient of the 2014 CIAN Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program
Feibien is pursuing his Bachelors in Optical Science at the University of Arizona.

CromeyBenjamin Cromey

Worked in our group for 3 years (2012-2014).
Recipient of the Astronaut Scholarship see the UA Link.
See Benjamin and Braden Smith explain holography in this video.

Now Graduate student at UA.

SeagalJacob Seagal

Worked on a industry sponsored project during summer 2014

Brandon2Brandon O’Shea

Participated to the CIAN REU summer program HOP (Hooked on Photonics) 2014.
Brandon is a senior at Stony Brook University majoring in Physics and Mathematics.
– See Brandon shares his REU experience in this video.
– Read Brandon article about “My Experience with the Hooked on Photonics REU at UA”

Miller_JJoshua Miller

Participated to the CIAN REU summer program HOP (Hooked on Photonics) 2014.

RazafindramananaStephane Razafindramanana

International student exchange with the ENSICAEN (France).
Summer 2014.

2014 capstone team2014 Engineering Capstone Team

Holographic combiner for civilian aviation HuD
Include: Alexander Rodack, Gregory May, Lindsey Manion, Sabrina Ball, Alexander Cohen, Dolaphine Kwok.
Sponsored by Honeywell.

ThackerTonya Thacker

Participate to the CIAN RET program during summer 2013.

TatenoAdrien Tateno

High school intern for his senior year capstone project in 2012.
Joined Northwestern University Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Tang Joseph Tang

High school intern for his senior year capstone project in 2011.
joined the University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences.

DensmoreVictor Densmore

Participate to the MDITR REU program (Center on Materials and Devices for Information Technology Research) in summer 2008.
Now complete a master at the University of Arizona, College of Optical Sciences .