09/27/2018: P.-A. Blanche et al., “A 300 THz tabletop radar range system with sub-micron distance accuracy“, Scientific Reports, (2018) 8:14443, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-32846-9. Link
In this article I am describing how optics can be used to simulate the information that will be perceived by a radar system looking at a specific target. With this system, you don’t need neither the radar nor the target to obtain the information.
05/29/18: M. Babaeian et al., “Nonline
ar optical components for all-optical probabilistic graphical model“, Nature Communications, 9, 2128 (2018). Link
03/12/2018 C
olton M. Bigler, Pierre-Alexandre Blanche, and Kalluri Sarma , “Holographic waveguide heads-up display for longitudinal image magnification and pupil expansion“, Applied Optics, 57(9), March 2018. Link
Press release from OSA: “Holography Approach Improves Heads up Displays for Planes and Cars”
Information relayed by:
| • Photonics Media | • Air Force technology | • Eurasia Review |
| • Science Daily | • RandD Magazine | • ECNmag |
| • InAVate | • Engineering.com | • Manufacturing & Engineering Magazine |
| • Electronics360 | • Long Room.com |
02/28/2018: P.-A. Blanche, “Holographic Recording Media and Devices“, in Encyclopedia of Modern Optics (Second Edition), Elsevier, Pages 87–101, 2018. Link
P.-A. Blanche, “Holography”, in “Handbook of Optical Engineering”, Second edition, D. Malacara ed., CRC Press, December 2017. Link
12/19/17 P.-A. Blanche, M. Neifeld, and N. Peyghambarian, “A 100,000 Scale Factor Radar Range“, Scientific Reports, 7, 17767. Link
The article demonstrates that radar measurement can be reproduced using near IR light, by scaling both the size of the object (battle ship) and the wavelength.
P.-A. Blanche et al., “Diffraction-Based Optical Switching with MEMS“, MDPI Applied Sciences, 2017, 7(4), 411. Link
Thanks to the NSF and the DOE for their support.
L. Ruiz Diaz et al., “Implementation of Solar Diffuse CIE Model in Ray Trace Program for Irradiance Calculations“, IEEE PVSC-44 conference, June 25-30, 2017, Washington, D.C. Link
Â
P.-A. Blanche et al., “Diffraction response of photorefractive polymers over nine orders of magnitude of pulse duration”, Scientific s, 6:29027, (2016). Link
P.-A. Blanche ed., “Photorefractive Organic Materials and Applications”, Springer 2016.
8 chapters, 312 pages.
Available here