Publications

Selected recent papers

C. C. Hokin and B. D. Chalifoux, “Stability of Ultrafast Laser-Induced Stress in Fused Silica and Ultra-Low Expansion Glass,” Photonics 12, 778 (2025). https://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/12/8/778
 
K. A. Laverty and B. D. Chalifoux, “Ultrafast laser stress generation landscape in fused silica,” Opt. Express, OE 33, 24787–24799 (2025). https://opg.optica.org/oe/fulltext.cfm?uri=oe-33-12-24787
 
B. D. Chalifoux, B. D. McElwain, C. C. Hokin, H. R. Tailor, S. Hillman, W. C. Esher, I. J. Arnold, K. A. Laverty, D. Synan, D. N. Gurgew, and C. J. Oh, “Flex modules: a path to high-resolution x-ray imaging via final-step figuring,” in Proc. SPIE (2025), Vol. 13626, p. 136260X. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3064123
 
B. D. McElwain, S. Hillman, H. Tailor, I. J. Arnold, L. P. Keerthi Gurunathan, W. C. Esher, and B. D. Chalifoux, “Fabrication and assembly of Flex Module prototypes,” in Proc. SPIE (2025), Vol. 13626, p. 136260Y. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3065506
 
S. Hillman, I. J. Arnold, and B. D. Chalifoux, “Accurate mirror metrology of X-ray mirrors the “wrong way”: measuring a mirror surface through its substrate,” in Proc. SPIE (2025), Vol. 13626, p. 136261A. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3064570
 
H. R. Tailor, B. D. McElwain, I. J. Arnold, and B. D. Chalifoux, “Fabrication of Wedged Glass Spacers for Segmented X-ray Mirror Assemblies using HF Etching,” in Proc. SPIE (2025), Vol. 13626, p. 1362617. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3063952
 
D. Synan, I. J. Arnold, and B. D. Chalifoux, “Selective laser etching of slumped glass mirrors for X-ray astronomy,” in Proc. SPIE (2025), Vol. 13626, p. 136261E. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3069511
 
L. P. K. Gurunathan, K. Ettinger, and B. D. Chalifoux, “Ultrafast laser welding of fused silica and sapphire,” in Proc. SPIE (2025), Vol. 13599, p. 135990I. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3063976
 
K. J. Ettinger, L. P. K. Gurunathan, I. J. Arnold, and B. D. Chalifoux, “Tunable ultra-stable composites and laser interference dilatometry,” in Optomechanical Engineering 2025 (SPIE, 2025), Vol. 13599, p. 135990J. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3064152
 
H. J. Wisniewski, I. J. Arnold, D. Kim, H. E. Zuo, and B. D. Chalifoux, “Laboratory Demonstration of Grating Embedded Mirrors for Single-Shot Heliostat Optical Metrology,” J. Sol. Energy Eng 146, (2024). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4065432
 
K. A. Laverty, D. Kim, J. B. Johnson, M. A. Echter, and B. D. Chalifoux, “Investigation of ultrafast laser stress generation in fused silica, Corning Eagle XG glass, Corning ULE glass, and sapphire,” in Proc. SPIE (2023), Vol. 12669, p. 1266907.
 
H. J. Wisniewski, R. K. Heilmann, M. L. Schattenburg, and B. D. Chalifoux, “Axial shift mapping: a self-referencing test for measuring the axial figure of near-cylindrical surfaces,” Appl. Opt., AO 62, 9307–9316 (2023).
 
B. D. Chalifoux, K. A. Laverty, and I. J. Arnold, “Ultrafast laser stress figuring for accurate deformation of thin mirrors,” Opt. Express 30, 17767–17780 (2022).

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