Updated 9 July 2010

Updated monthly, each list includes a cross-disciplinary sampling of the most frequently downloaded papers from SPIE Conference Proceedings and SPIE Journal papers. Each title is linked to the abstract page for that paper on the SPIE Digital Library. 

Astronomy: Modular bimorph mirrors for adaptive optics (Optical Engineering)

Biomedical Optics & Medical Imaging: Laser speckle contrast imaging in biomedical optics (J. Biomedical Optics) 

Defense & Security: Latest developments in MCT for next generation of infrared staring arrays (Proceedings of SPIE)

Electronic Imaging & Signal Processing: New strategy for image and video quality assessment (J. Electronic Imaging)

Illumination & Displays: Novel concepts for OLED lighting (Proceedings of SPIE)

Industrial Sensing & Measurement: Object tracking using an adaptive Kalman filter combined with mean shift (Optical Engineering)

Lasers & Sources:Static wavelength scanning using tunable external cavity laser diode (Optical Engineering) 

Micro/Nano Lithography: 22-nm-node technology active-layer patterning for planar transistor devices (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)

Nanotechnology: Quantum-dot infrared photodetectors: a review (J. Nanophotonics)

Optical Design & Engineering: Edge tool influence function library using the parametric edge model for computer controlled optical surfacing (Proceedings of SPIE)

Optoelectronics & Communications: Optical satellite communications in Europe (Proceedings of SPIE)

Remote Sensing: Hyperspectral image analysis using artificial color (J. Applied Remote Sensing)

Solar & Alternative Energy: Nanostructures for high-efficiency photovoltaics (Proceedings of SPIE)

Astronomy

• Adaptive optics and ESA's optical ground station (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Development of a large ion beam figuring facility for correction of optics up to 1.7 m diameter (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Free-space gigabit laser link experiment incorporating Japanese and Canadian technology development (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Low dark current InGaAs detector arrays for night vision and astronomy (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Modular bimorph mirrors for adaptive optics (Optical Engineering)
• OCTL to OICETS optical link experiment (OTOOLE) electrooptical systems (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Optical properties of cosmic dust analogs: a review (J. Nanophotonics)
• Optimization of removal function parameters in CCOS (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Optimized method for manufacturing large aspheric surfaces (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Photon-counting detectors for space-based laser receivers (Proceedings of SPIE)

Biomedical Optics & Medical Imaging

• Fluorescence ghost imaging (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Gold nanorods for fluorescence lifetime imaging in biology (J. Biomedical Optics)
• A high-speed photoacoustic tomography system based on a commercial ultrasound and a custom transducer array (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Laser speckle contrast imaging in biomedical optics (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Measurement of optical absorption coefficient of bio-tissue at 532nm wavelength (Proceedings of SPIE)
• A microflow cytometer on a chip (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Molecular factors in cell (and tumor) response to photodynamic therapy: the role of Bid (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Multimodal simultaneous photoacoustic tomography, optical resolution microscopy, and OCT system (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Photoacoustic imaging and characterization of the microvasculature (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Structured illumination enhances resolution and contrast in thick tissue fluorescence imaging(J. Biomedical Optics)

• 17 ým microbolometer FPA technology at BAE Systems (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Advancement in 17-micron pixel pitch uncooled focal plane arrays (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Advances in high-rate uncooled detector fabrication at Raytheon (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Detection technique of targets for missile defense system (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Digital image fusion systems: color imaging and low-light targets (Proceedings of SPIE)
• DRS uncooled VOx infrared detector development and production status (Proceedings of SPIE)
• A history of laser radar in the United States (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Latest developments in MCT for next generation of infrared staring arrays (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Real-time passive terahertz imaging system for standoff concealed weapons imaging (Proceedings of SPIE)
• An uncooled 1280 x 1024 InGaAs focal plane array for small platform, shortwave infrared imaging (Proceedings of SPIE)

 Electronic Imaging & Signal Processing

• 2D-to-3D conversion by using visual attention analysis (Proceedings of SPIE) 
• 2PFCTM (two pixels, full color): Image sensor demosaicing and characterization (J. Electronic Imaging) 
• Content-weighted video quality assessment using a three-component image model (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Estimating reflectance from multispectral camera responses based on partial least-squares regression (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Fast directional discrete cosine transform for image compression (Optical Engineering)
• Foreground objects detection using multiple difference images (Optical Engineering)
• High-sensitivity, wide-dynamic-range avalanche photodiode pixel design for large-scale imaging arrays (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Image reconstruction from limited-view projections by convex nonquadratic spline regularization (Optical Engineering)
• New strategy for image and video quality assessment (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Novel no-reference image blur metric based on block-based discrete cosine transform statistics (Optical Engineering)

Illumination & Displays 

• Design of free-form microlens for LED general illumination (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Development of phosphorescent OLED lighting panels for highly efficient solid state lighting (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Digital holographic three-dimensional display of 50-Mpixel holograms using a two-axis scanning mirror device (Optical Engineering)
• Future of photorefractive based holographic 3D display (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Measuring the internal luminescence quantum efficiency of OLED emitter materials in electrical operation (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Novel concepts for OLED lighting (Proceedings of SPIE)
• On the lighting design aspect of OLED lighting (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Outcoupling efficiency in small-molecule OLEDs: from theory to experiment (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Phosphor concentration and geometry for high power white light emitting diode (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Scalable large format 3D displays (Proceedings of SPIE)

• Compressive and adaptive imaging for target exploitation (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Dynamic displacement measurements with a stabilized fiber Michelson interferometer based on quadratrue-phase-tracking technique (Optical Engineering)
• Enhancing sensitivity of biconical tapered fiber sensors with multiple passes through the taper (Optical Engineering)
• Face recognition based on fringe pattern analysis (Optical Engineering)
• Floor location effect on a frame structure damage detetion (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Laser ranging: a critical review of usual techniques for distance measurement (Optical Engineering)
• Monitoring and evaluation of drying of paint by using phase-shifting digital holography (Optical Engineering)
• Object tracking using an adaptive Kalman filter combined with mean shift  (Optical Engineering)
• Radially expanding mechanism for dielectric elastomers (Optical Engineering)
• Videogrammetric system for dynamic deformation measurement during metal sheet welding processes (Optical Engineering)

• All-fiber side pump combiner for high-power fiber lasers and amplifiers (Proceedings of SPIE)
• First generation laser-produced plasma source system for HVM EUV lithography (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Generalized atmospheric turbulence: implications regarding imaging and communications (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High power VCSELs for miniature optical sensors (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High-brightness laser design based on volume Bragg gratings (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Impact of outgassing organic contamination on laser induced damage of optics (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Laser communications for unmanned aircraft systems using differential GPS and IMU data (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Laser source for DIRCM at CILAS (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Spaceborne laser instruments for high-resolution mapping  (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Static wavelength scanning using tunable external cavity laser diode (Optical Engineering)

• 22-nm-node technology active-layer patterning for planar transistor devices (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• EUV into production with ASML's NXE platform (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Evaluation of double-patterning techniques for advanced logic nodes  (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Freeform illumination sources: an experimental study of source-mask optimization for 22-nm SRAM cells (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Generation of arbitrary freeform source shapes using advanced illumination systems in high-NA immersion scanners (Proceedings of SPIE) 
• Lithographic qualification of new opaque MoSi binary mask blank for the 32-nm node and beyond (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Mask diffraction analysis and optimization for extreme ultraviolet masks (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Optics for EUV production (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Orientation Zernike polynomials: a useful way to describe the polarization effects of optical imaging systems (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Thin-absorber extreme-ultraviolet lithography mask with light-shield border for full-field scanner: flatness and image placement change through mask process (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)

• Increased light gathering capacity of sub-wavelength conical metallic apertures (J. Nanophotonics) 
• Influence of silver clusters on the light absorption in CdBr₂-Ag crystals (J. Nanophotonics) 
• Multiple trains of same-color surface plasmon-polaritons guided by the planar interface of a metal and a sculptured nematic thin film. Part IV: Canonical problem (J. Nanophotonics)
• Optical forces near a nanoantenna (J. Nanophotonics)
• Optical manipulation of nanoparticles: a review (J. Nanophotonics)
• Quantum-dot infrared photodetectors: a review (J. Nanophotonics)
• Separating diffraction from scattering: the million-dollar challenge (J. Nanophotonics)
• Shaping the future of nanoelectronics beyond the Si roadmap with new materials and devices (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Whispering gallery modes at 800 nm and 1550 nm in concentric Si-nc/Er:SiO₂ microdisks (J. Nanophotonics)
• ZnO thin films and nanostructures for emerging optoelectronic applications (Proceedings of SPIE)  

Optical Design & Engineering

• The amendment of the removal function model in edge effect (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Design and analysis of wide-field-of-view polarization imaging spectrometer (Optical Engineering)
• Design of stereoscopic viewing system based on a compact mirror and dual monitor (Optical Engineering)
• Development of a large ion beam figuring facility for correction of optics up to 1.7 m diameter (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Edge tool influence function library using the parametric edge model for computer controlled optical surfacing (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Measuring the effective focal length and the wavefront aberrations of a lens system (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Optical design for a spatial-spectral volume holographic imaging system (Optical Engineering)
• Optimization of removal function parameters in CCOS (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Optimized method for manufacturing large aspheric surfaces (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Retroreflection reduction by masking apertures (Optical Engineering)

• 5.6 Gbps optical intersatellite communication link (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Effect of two-photon absorption on soliton propagation and soliton-soliton interaction in a silicon waveguide (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Free space optical communications research at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (Proceedings of SPIE)
• InAs/GaSb type II superlattices for advanced 2nd and 3rd generation detectors (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Optical satellite communications in Europe (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Preliminary results of the OCTL to OICETS optical link experiment (OTOOLE) (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Quantum ghost imaging experiments (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Role of interface roughness on lateral transport in InGaN/GaN LEDs: diffusion length, dislocation spacing, and radiative efficiency (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Simple novel all-optical half-adder (Optical Engineering)
• Underwater optical wireless communication network (Optical Engineering) 

• Adaptive multidimensional Wiener filtering for target detector improvement (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Calibration and in-orbit performance of the Argus 1000 spectrometer - the Canadian pollution monitor (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Detection of disturbed earth using passive LWIR polarimetric imaging (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Field testing of a high-energy 2-ým Doppler lidar(J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Hyperspectral image analysis using artificial color(J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Modeling the human invader in the United States(J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Spectral compatibility of vegetation indices across sensors: band decomposition analysis with Hyperion data (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Unmanned aerial vehicle-based remote sensing for rangeland assessment, monitoring, and management (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Using the Sonoran and Libyan Desert test sites to monitor the temporal stability of reflective solar bands for Landsat 7 enhanced thematic mapper plus and Terra moderate resolution imaging spectroradiometer sensors (J. Applied Remote Sensing)
• Three-dimensional FLASH laser radar range estimation via blind deconvolution(J. Applied Remote Sensing)

• Air-stable efficient polymer solar cells incorporating solution-processed titanium oxide layer (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Design, development and manufacture of high-efficiency low-cost solar modules based on CIGS PVICs (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High efficiency polymer solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100% (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Nanostructured photovoltaics for space power (J. Nanophotonics)
• Nanostructures for high-efficiency photovoltaics (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Rapid reactive transfer printing of CIGS photovoltaics (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Research and developments in thin-film silicon photovoltaics (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Self textured transparent conductive oxide film for efficiency improvement in solar cell (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Structuring of thin film solar cells (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Why silicon is and will remain the dominant photovoltaic material (J. Nanophotonics)