Generating artificial reference images for open loop correlation wavefront sensors (2018)
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Townson, M., Love, G., & Saunter, C. (2018). Generating artificial reference images for open loop correlation wavefront sensors. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479(2), 1595-1602. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty1362

Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensors for both solar and laser guide star adaptive optics (with elongated spots) need to observe extended objects. Correlation techniques have been successfully employed to measure the wavefront gradient in solar adaptive o... Read More about Generating artificial reference images for open loop correlation wavefront sensors.

Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes? (2015)
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Banks, M. S., Sprague, W. W., Schmoll, J., Parnell, J. A., & Love, G. D. (2015). Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?. Science Advances, 1(7), Article e1500391. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1500391

There is a striking correlation between terrestrial species’ pupil shape and ecological niche (that is, foraging mode and time of day they are active). Species with vertically elongated pupils are very likely to be ambush predators and active day and... Read More about Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes?.

Quantitative High Dynamic Range Beam Proling for Fluorescence Microscopy (2014)
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Mitchell, T., Saunter, C., O'Nions, W., Girkin, J., & Love, G. (2014). Quantitative High Dynamic Range Beam Proling for Fluorescence Microscopy. Review of Scientific Instruments, 85(10), Article 103713. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4899208

Modern developmental biology relies on optically-sectioning uorescence microscope techniques to produce non-destructive in-vivo images of developing specimens at high resolution in three dimensions. As optimal performance of these techniques is relia... Read More about Quantitative High Dynamic Range Beam Proling for Fluorescence Microscopy.

Laser-targeted ablation of the zebrafish embryonic ventricle: A novel model of cardiac injury and repair (2013)
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Matrone, G., Taylor, J. M., Wilson, K. S., Baily, J., Love, G. D., Girkin, J. M., …Denvir, M. A. (2013). Laser-targeted ablation of the zebrafish embryonic ventricle: A novel model of cardiac injury and repair. International Journal of Cardiology, 168(4), 3913-3919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.063

Background: While the adult zebrafish (Danio rerio) heart demonstrates a remarkable capacity for self-renewal following apical resection little is known about the response to injury in the embryonic heart. Methods: Injury to the beating zebrafish emb... Read More about Laser-targeted ablation of the zebrafish embryonic ventricle: A novel model of cardiac injury and repair.

Comparison of closed loop and sensorless adaptive optics in widefield optical microscopy (2013)
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Bourgenot, C., Saunter, C., Love, G., & Girkin, J. (2013). Comparison of closed loop and sensorless adaptive optics in widefield optical microscopy. Journal of the European Optical Society-Rapid Publications, 8, Article 13027. https://doi.org/10.2971/jeos.2013.13027

We report on a closed loop widefield adaptive optics, optical microscopy system in which the feedback signal is provided by backscattered light from the sample acting as a guide star. The improvement in imaging performance is compared to an adaptive... Read More about Comparison of closed loop and sensorless adaptive optics in widefield optical microscopy.

3D adaptive optics in a light sheet microscope (2012)
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Bourgenot, C., Saunter, C. D., Taylor, J. M., Girkin, J. M., & Love, G. D. (2012). 3D adaptive optics in a light sheet microscope. Optics Express, 20(12), 13252-13261. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.20.013252

We report on a single plane illumination microscope (SPIM) incorporating adaptive optics in the imaging arm. We show how aberrations can occur from the sample mounting tube and quantify the aberrations both experimentally and computationally. A wavef... Read More about 3D adaptive optics in a light sheet microscope.

Refractive elements for the measurement of the orbital angular momentum of a single photon (2012)
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Lavery, M. P., Robertson, D. J., Berkhout, G. C., Love, G. D., Padgett, M. J., & Courtial, J. (2012). Refractive elements for the measurement of the orbital angular momentum of a single photon. Optics Express, 20(3), 2110-2115. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.20.002110

We have developed a mode transformer comprising two custom refractive optical elements which convert orbital angular momentum states into transverse momentum states. This transformation allows for an efficient measurement of the orbital angular momen... Read More about Refractive elements for the measurement of the orbital angular momentum of a single photon.

Conjugate Plane Photometry: Reducing Scintillation for Ground-Based Fast Photometry (2011)
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Osborn, J., Wilson, R. W., Dhillon, V., Avila, R., & Love, G. D. (2011). Conjugate Plane Photometry: Reducing Scintillation for Ground-Based Fast Photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411(2), 1223-1230

Real-time optical gating for three-dimensional beating heart imaging. (2011)
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Taylor, J., Saunter, C., Love, G., Girkin, J., Henderson, D., & Chaudhry, B. (2011). Real-time optical gating for three-dimensional beating heart imaging. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 16, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3652892

Not all aberrations are equal: Reading impairment depends on aberration type and magnitude. (2011)
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Young, L. K., Liversedge, S. P., Love, G. D., Myers, R. M., & Smithson, H. E. (2011). Not all aberrations are equal: Reading impairment depends on aberration type and magnitude. Journal of Vision, 11(13), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1167/11.13.20

Multidepth, multiparticle tracking for active microrheology using a smart camera (2011)
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Silburn, S. A., Saunter, C. D., Girkin, J. M., & Love, G. D. (2011). Multidepth, multiparticle tracking for active microrheology using a smart camera. Review of Scientific Instruments, 82(3), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3567801

The quantitative measurement of particle motion in optical tweezers is an important tool in the study of microrheology and can be used in a variety of scientific and industrial applications. Active microheology, in which the response of optically tra... Read More about Multidepth, multiparticle tracking for active microrheology using a smart camera.

Conjugate-plane photometry: reducing scintillation in ground-based photometry (2011)
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Osborn, J., Wilson, R. W., Dhillon, V., Avila, R., & Love, G. D. (2011). Conjugate-plane photometry: reducing scintillation in ground-based photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411(2), 1223-1230. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17759.x

High-precision fast photometry from ground-based observatories is a challenge due to intensity fluctuations (scintillation) produced by the Earth's atmosphere. Here we describe a method to reduce the effects of scintillation by a combination of pupil... Read More about Conjugate-plane photometry: reducing scintillation in ground-based photometry.

PSF halo reduction in adaptive optics using dynamic pupil masking (2009)
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Osborn, J., Myers, R. M., & Love, G. D. (2009). PSF halo reduction in adaptive optics using dynamic pupil masking. Optics Express, 17(20), 17279-17292. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.17.017279

A Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor projected on to the sky with reduced focal anisoplanatism (2006)
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Butterley, T., Love, G., Wilson, R., Myers, R., & Morris, T. (2006). A Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor projected on to the sky with reduced focal anisoplanatism. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 368(2), 837-843. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10160.x

A method for producing a laser guide star wavefront sensor for adaptive optics with reduced focal anisoplanatism is presented. A theoretical analysis and numerical simulations have been carried out and the results are presented. The technique, named... Read More about A Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensor projected on to the sky with reduced focal anisoplanatism.

Common path interferometric wavefront sensor for extreme adaptive optics (2005)
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Love, G., Oag, T., & Kirby, A. (2005). Common path interferometric wavefront sensor for extreme adaptive optics. Optics Express, 13(9), 3491-3499

Multiconjugate adaptive optics: laboratory experience (2004)
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Langlois, M., Saunter, C., Dunlop, C., Myers, R., & Love, G. (2004). Multiconjugate adaptive optics: laboratory experience. Optics Express, 12(8), 1689-1699

Adaptive Modally Addressed Liquid Crystal Lenses (2004)
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Hands, P., Kirby, A., & Love, G. (2004). Adaptive Modally Addressed Liquid Crystal Lenses. Proceedings of SPIE, 5518, 136-143

Fast, large and controllable phase modulation using dual frequency liquid crystals (2004)
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Kirby, A., & Love, G. (2004). Fast, large and controllable phase modulation using dual frequency liquid crystals. Optics Express, 12(7), 1470-1475. https://doi.org/10.1364/opex.12.001470

We report on a method for high speed, large stroke phase modulation using dual frequency control of liquid crystals. Our system uses an all-electronic feedback system in order to simplify the control. We show half wave phase modulations of ~120Hz wit... Read More about Fast, large and controllable phase modulation using dual frequency liquid crystals.

Modal liquid crystal wavefront corrector (2002)
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Kotova, S., Kvashnin, M., Rakhmatulin, M., Zayakin, O., Guralnik, I., Klimov, N., …Toporkova, L. (2002). Modal liquid crystal wavefront corrector. Optics Express, 10(22), 1258-1272. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.10.001258

Results are presented of the properties of a liquid crystal wavefront corrector for adaptive optics. The device is controlled using modal addressing in which case the device behaves more like a continuous facesheet deformable mirror than a segmented... Read More about Modal liquid crystal wavefront corrector.

Laser beacon wave-front sensing without focal anisoplanatism (2002)
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Buscher, D., Love, G., & Myers, R. (2002). Laser beacon wave-front sensing without focal anisoplanatism. Optics Letters, 27(3), 149-151. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.27.000149

Wave-front sensing from artificial beacons is normally performed by formation of a focused spot in the atmosphere and sensing of the wave-front distortions produced during the beam's return passage. We propose an alternative method that senses the di... Read More about Laser beacon wave-front sensing without focal anisoplanatism.