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Adaptive Optics for High-Resolution Microscopy and Precision Laser Fabrication

Presenter: Martin J. Booth Chair in Optical and Photonic Engineering University of Oxford

Presented in person in Wilmot 116 and on Zoom

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Abstract

I will review recent work on using dynamic optical elements, such as deformable mirrors and spatial light modulators, to increase the capabilities of laser micro fabrication and optical microscopy. In particular, I will show how adaptive aberration correction and dynamic beamshaping can improve precision and reliability and increase the accessible volume and speed of these systems. Applications of our laser writing technology range from integrated optics, through extreme environment sensing to security marking of diamond gemstones. Our adaptive optics imaging methods include applications in cell biology, neuroscience and super-resolution microscopy.

Biography

Professor Martin Booth is chair in Optical and Photonic Engineering at the University of Oxford. His research involves the development and application of adaptive optical methods in microscopy, laser-based materials processing and biomedical imaging. In particular, his group have developed numerous implementations of adaptive optics for aberration correction in high resolution microscopes and precision laser fabrication systems. He has held Royal Academy of Engineering and EPSRC Research Fellowships and in 2016 received an Advanced Grant from the European Research Council. In 2014 he was awarded the International Commission for Optics Prize. He was appointed Professor of Engineering Science in 2014 and Chair in Optics and Photonics in 2023. He is a fellow of SPIE, Optica, and the Institute of Physics and serves on the board of Optica. He has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals, over thirty patents, and has co-founded two spin-off companies, Aurox Ltd and Opsydia Ltd.