[HTML][HTML] Digital holography as metrology tool at micro-nanoscale for soft matter

Z Wang, L Miccio, S Coppola, V Bianco… - Light: Advanced …, 2022 - light-am.com
The appearance of the first laser approximately 12 years after the invention of holography by
Gabor (1948) revolutionized the field of optical metrology. In fact, the invention of …

New tricks and emerging applications from contemporary azobenzene research

C Fedele, TP Ruoko, K Kuntze, M Virkki… - Photochemical & …, 2022 - Springer
Azobenzenes have many faces. They are well-known as dyes, but most of all, azobenzenes
are versatile photoswitchable molecules with powerful photochemical properties …

Shapeshifting diffractive optical devices

SL Oscurato, F Reda, M Salvatore… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In optical devices like diffraction gratings and Fresnel lenses, light wavefront is engineered
through the structuring of device surface morphology, within thicknesses comparable to the …

pyDHM: A Python library for applications in digital holographic microscopy

R Castañeda, C Trujillo, A Doblas - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
pyDHM is an open-source Python library aimed at Digital Holographic Microscopy (DHM)
applications. The pyDHM is a user-friendly library written in the robust programming …

Wavelength-dependent shaping of azopolymer micropillars for three-dimensional structure control

IK Januariyasa, F Borbone, M Salvatore… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Surfaces endowed with three-dimensional (3D) mesostructures, showing features in the
nanometer to micrometer range, are critical for applications in several fields of science and …

Accurate morphology-related diffraction behavior of light-induced surface relief gratings on azopolymers

F Reda, M Salvatore, F Borbone… - ACS Materials …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Holographic relief gratings can be fabricated directly on the surface of azobenzene-
containing materials (or simply azomaterials) without additional development steps. Despite …

Complex Fourier surfaces by superposition of multiple gratings on azobenzene thin films

A Berdin, HT Rekola, A Priimagi - Advanced Optical Materials, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Diffractive optical elements (DOE) are integral components for lightweight and ultra‐thin
optical elements due to their ability to manipulate light efficiently and accurately. However …

Large‐Scale Multiplexed Azopolymer Gratings with Engineered Diffraction Behavior

SL Oscurato, F Reda, M Salvatore… - Advanced Materials …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The diffraction of polychromatic light from periodic superficial structures is often responsible
for the structural colors observed in Nature. Similarly, engineered microtextures fabricated …

Metrology applications using off-axis digital holography microscopy

Y Emery, T Colomb, E Cuche - Journal of Physics: Photonics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Off-axis digital holography microscopy (DHM) systems have evolved during these last two
decades from research to commercial instrumentation. They are used in many research …

A field guide to azopolymeric optical fourier surfaces and augmented reality

Y Lim, B Kang, SJ Hong, H Son, E Im… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Optical Fourier surfaces (OFSs) are used for various applications, from diffractive
optics to augmented reality (AR). However, the current methods of fabricating OFSs primarily …