Babbling brook to thunderous torrent: Using sound to monitor river stage (2021)
Journal Article
Osborne, W. A., Hodge, R. A., Love, G. D., Hawkin, P., & Hawkin, R. E. (2021). Babbling brook to thunderous torrent: Using sound to monitor river stage. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 46(13), 2656-2670. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5199

The passive, ambient sound above the water from a river has previously untapped potential for determining flow characteristics such as stage. Measuring sub-aerial sound could provide a new, efficient way to continuously monitor river stage, without t... Read More about Babbling brook to thunderous torrent: Using sound to monitor river stage.

Creating Correct Blur and its Effect on Accommodation (2018)
Journal Article
Cholewiak, S., Love, G., & Banks, M. (2018). Creating Correct Blur and its Effect on Accommodation. Journal of Vision, 18(9), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1167/18.9.1

Blur occurs naturally when the eye is focused at one distance and an object is presented at another distance. Computer-graphics engineers and vision scientists often wish to create display images that reproduce such depthdependent blur, but their met... Read More about Creating Correct Blur and its Effect on Accommodation.

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.

Focus-tunable and fixed lenses and stereoscopic 3D displays (Conference Presentation) (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Banks, M. S., Johnson, P., Kim, J., Koulieris, G. A., Drettakis, G., & Gordon, L. (2017). Focus-tunable and fixed lenses and stereoscopic 3D displays (Conference Presentation). In L. Chien (Ed.), Proceedings SPIE 10125, Emerging Liquid Crystal Technologies XII. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2257371

Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) displays provide an enhanced sense of depth by sending different images to the two eyes. But these displays do not reproduce focus cues (blur and accommodation) correctly. Specifically, the eyes must accommodate to the display s... Read More about Focus-tunable and fixed lenses and stereoscopic 3D displays (Conference Presentation).

Varifocal virtuality: a novel optical layout for near-eye display (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Aksit, K., Ng, R., Banks, M. S., Love, G. D., Lopes, W., Kim, J., …Srinivasan, P. (2017). Varifocal virtuality: a novel optical layout for near-eye display. In SIGGRAPH '17 Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA, July 30-August 03, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3084822.3084829

Augmented reality (AR) has recently gained momentum in the form of a variety of available optical see-through near-eye displays (NEDs) such as the Meta 2and the Microsoft Hololens. These devices are a big step forward towards Sutherland's vision of a... Read More about Varifocal virtuality: a novel optical layout for near-eye display.

Correlation wavefront sensing for extended objects (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Townson, M. J., Love, G. D., Kellerer, A., & Saunter, C. D. (2016). Correlation wavefront sensing for extended objects. In E. Marchetti, L. M. Close, & J. Véran (Eds.), Proceedings of SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2234415

Dynamic lens and monovision 3D displays to improve viewer comfort (2016)
Journal Article
Johnson, P. V., Parnell, J. A., Kim, J., Saunter, C. D., Love, G. D., & Banks, M. S. (2016). Dynamic lens and monovision 3D displays to improve viewer comfort. Optics Express, 24(11), 11808-11827. https://doi.org/10.1364/oe.24.011808

Stereoscopic 3D (S3D) displays provide an additional sense of depth compared to non-stereoscopic displays by sending slightly different images to the two eyes. But conventional S3D displays do not reproduce all natural depth cues. In particular, focu... Read More about Dynamic lens and monovision 3D displays to improve viewer comfort.

Blur and the Perception of Depth at Occlusions (2016)
Journal Article
Zannoli, M., Love, G. D., Narain, R., & Banks, M. S. (2016). Blur and the Perception of Depth at Occlusions. Journal of Vision, 16(6), Article 17. https://doi.org/10.1167/16.6.17

The depth ordering of two surfaces, one occluding the other, can in principle be determined from the correlation between the occlusion border's blur and the blur of the two surfaces. If the border is blurred, the blurrier surface is nearer; if the bo... Read More about Blur and the Perception of Depth at Occlusions.

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.

Traceable interferometry using binary reconfigurable holograms (2014)
Journal Article
Cashmore, M., Hall, S., & Love, G. (2014). Traceable interferometry using binary reconfigurable holograms. Applied Optics, 53(24), 5353-5358. https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.53.005353

We describe the characterization of a ferroelectric-liquid-crystal-on-silicon (FLCOS) spatial light modulator (SLM) in the production of holograms for use in interferometric metrology. It has already been shown that such a device can be used in produ... Read More about Traceable interferometry using binary reconfigurable holograms.

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.