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Generating artificial reference images for open loop correlation wavefront sensors (2018)
Journal Article
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.

Design, manufacture, and evaluation of prototype telescope windows for use in low-vision aids (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Young, L., Robertson, D., Love, G., Girkin, J., Cowie, E., Bourgenot, C., & Courtial, J. (2017). Design, manufacture, and evaluation of prototype telescope windows for use in low-vision aids. In A. J. Davis, C. F. Hahlweg, & J. R. Mulley (Eds.), Novel optical systems design and optimization XX. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2272992

Pixellated Optics, a class of optical devices which preserve phase front continuity only over small sub areas of the device, allow for a range of uses that would not otherwise be possible. One potential use is as Low Vision Aids (LVAs), where they ar... Read More about Design, manufacture, and evaluation of prototype telescope windows for use in low-vision aids.

ChromaBlur: Rendering Chromatic Eye Aberration Improves Accommodation and Realism (2017)
Journal Article
Cholewiak, S. A., Love, G. D., Srinivasan, P. P., Ng, R., & Banks, M. S. (2017). ChromaBlur: Rendering Chromatic Eye Aberration Improves Accommodation and Realism. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 36(6), Article 210. https://doi.org/10.1145/3130800.3130815

Computer-graphics engineers and vision scientists want to generate images that reproduce realistic depth-dependent blur. Current rendering algorithms take into account scene geometry, aperture size, and focal distance, and they produce photorealistic... Read More about ChromaBlur: Rendering Chromatic Eye Aberration Improves Accommodation and Realism.

Why do animal eyes have pupils of different shapes? (2015)
Journal Article
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?.

Realtime wavefront sensing in a SPIM microscope, and active aberration tracking (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Taylor, J. M., Saunter, C. D., Bourgenot, C., Girkin, J. M., & Love, G. D. (2015). Realtime wavefront sensing in a SPIM microscope, and active aberration tracking. In T. G. Bifano, J. Kubby, & S. Gigan (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2080061

Adaptive optics (AO) can potentially allow high resolution imaging deep inside living tissue, mitigating against the loss of resolution due to aberrations caused by overlying tissue. Closed-loop AO correction is particularly attractive for moving tis... Read More about Realtime wavefront sensing in a SPIM microscope, and active aberration tracking.

Quantitative High Dynamic Range Beam Proling for Fluorescence Microscopy (2014)
Journal Article
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.

AO modal optimization in a live, beating zebrafish heart (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Bourgenot, C., Taylor, J. M., Saunter, C. D., Girkin, J. M., & Love, G. D. (2013). AO modal optimization in a live, beating zebrafish heart. . https://doi.org/10.1364/aopt.2013.ow4a.4

We report on the combinated use of heart synchronization and wavefront sensorless modal AO to enable significant improvement in image quality of a live transgenic zebrafish embryo heart, imaged with a light sheet microscope.

Laser-targeted ablation of the zebrafish embryonic ventricle: A novel model of cardiac injury and repair (2013)
Journal Article
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.

An optical platform for the production, trapping, manipulation and visualization of ultra-low interfacial tension emulsion droplets (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Hargreaves, A. L., Kirby, A. K., Bain, C. D., Love, G. D., Bolognesi, G., Ces, O., …Ward, A. D. (2013). An optical platform for the production, trapping, manipulation and visualization of ultra-low interfacial tension emulsion droplets. In K. Dholakia, & G. C. Spalding (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2027105

We discuss the design, implementation and performance of a novel platform for the production and optical control of ultra-low interfacial tension droplets in the 1-10 micron regime. A custom-designed, integrated microfluidic system allows the product... Read More about An optical platform for the production, trapping, manipulation and visualization of ultra-low interfacial tension emulsion droplets.

Comparison of closed loop and sensorless adaptive optics in widefield optical microscopy (2013)
Journal Article
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.

Light sheet adaptive optics microscope for 3D live imaging (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Bourgenot, C., Taylor, J., Saunter, C., Girkin, J., & Love, G. (2013). Light sheet adaptive optics microscope for 3D live imaging. In C. J. Cogswell (Ed.), . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2002057

We report on the incorporation of adaptive optics (AO) into the imaging arm of a selective plane illumination microscope (SPIM). SPIM has recently emerged as an important tool for life science research due to its ability to deliver high-speed, optica... Read More about Light sheet adaptive optics microscope for 3D live imaging.

Adaptive optical methods for in vivo imaging in developing Zebra fish (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Girkin, J., Taylor, J., Bourgenot, C., Saunter, C., & Love, G. (2012). Adaptive optical methods for in vivo imaging in developing Zebra fish. In 2012 International Symposium on Optomechatronic Technologies (ISOT 2012). https://doi.org/10.1109/isot.2012.6403295

The humble Zebra fish is rapidly establishing itself as the model of choice for a wide range of biological investigations, in particular at the developing embryo stage. Single Plane Illumination Microscopy (SPIM) has already been shown to be a very p... Read More about Adaptive optical methods for in vivo imaging in developing Zebra fish.

3D adaptive optics in a light sheet microscope (2012)
Journal Article
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.

Closed loop adaptive optics with a laser guide star for biological light microscopy (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Saunter, C. D., Bourgenot, C., Girkin, J. M., & Love, G. D. (2012). Closed loop adaptive optics with a laser guide star for biological light microscopy. In S. S. Oliver, T. G. Bifano, & J. Kubby (Eds.), . https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909927

We report on the development of a widefield microscope that achieves adaptive optics correction through the use of a wavefront sensor observing an artificial laser guide star induced within the sample. By generating this guide star at arbitrary posit... Read More about Closed loop adaptive optics with a laser guide star for biological light microscopy.

Refractive elements for the measurement of the orbital angular momentum of a single photon (2012)
Journal Article
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.

Wide field adaptive optics microscopy using both closed loop correction and image sharpness optimization (2011)
Conference Proceeding
Bourgenot, C., Love, G. D., Saunter, C. D., & Girkin, J. M. (2011). Wide field adaptive optics microscopy using both closed loop correction and image sharpness optimization. . https://doi.org/10.1364/aopt.2011.jtua2

We report on results from a wide field microscope fitted with adaptive optics. We describe results based on both image optimization (wavefront sensorless adaptive optics) and full closed loop correction.