Top 10 Downloads by Technology

Updated 10 February 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. 

Top 10 Overall
Astronomy
Biomedical Optics & Medical Imaging
Defense & Security
Electronic Imaging & Signal Processing
Illumination & Displays
Industrial Sensing & Measurement
Lasers & Sources
Micro/Nano Lithography
Nanotechnology
Optical Design & Engineering
Optoelectronics & Communications
Remote Sensing
Solar & Alternative Energy

• Advancement in 17-micron pixel pitch uncooled focal plane arrays (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Fabrication of silicon optical fiber (Optical Engineering)
• Functional transcranial brain imaging by optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (J. Biomedical Optics)
• High-precision synchronization of video cameras using a single binary light source (J. Electronic Engineering)
• Micro-optical spatial and spectral elements (Optical Engineering)
• Modular bimorph mirrors for adaptive optics (Optical Engineering)
• Nanostructures for high-efficiency photovoltaics (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Orientation Zernike polynomials: a useful way to describe the polarization effects of optical imaging systems (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Unmanned aerial vehicle-based remote sensing for rangeland assessment, monitoring, and management (J. Remote Sensing)
• Why silicon is and will remain the dominant photovoltaic material (J. Nanophotonics)

• Adaptive optics and ESA's optical ground station (Proceedings of SPIE) 
• Design and fabrication of lenses for the color science cameras aboard the Mars Science Laboratory rover (Optical Engineering)
• Herschel Space Observatory mission overview (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Modeling of adaptive compensation of aberrations of optical system using deformable mirror (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Modular bimorph mirrors for adaptive optics (Optical Engineering)  
• Optical design of an off-axis telescope: large aperture, small f/number, wide FOV (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Teledyne Imaging Sensors: infrared imaging technologies for astronomy and civil space (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Teledyne Imaging Sensors: Silicon CMOS imaging technologies for x-ray, UV, visible, and near infrared (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Three mirror anastigmat survey telescope optimization (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Verification of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) wavefront sensing and control system (Proceedings of SPIE)

• Combined optical and electrical stimulation of neural tissue in vivo (J. Biomedical Optics) 
• Comparison of different focusing systems for common-path optical coherence tomography with fiber-optic bundle as endoscopic probe (Optical Engineering)
• Design and realization of a high-stability optical tweezer (Optical Engineering)
• Diagnosing breast cancer using Raman spectroscopy: prospective analysis (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Extended in vivo anterior eye-segment imaging with full-range complex spectral domain optical coherence tomography (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Functional transcranial brain imaging by optical-resolution photoacoustic microscopy (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Group-wise registration of ultrasound to CT images of human vertebrae (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Measurement of optical absorption coefficient of bio-tissue at 532nm wavelength (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Simultaneous, noninvasive observation of elastic scattering, fluorescence and inelastic scattering as a monitor of blood flow and hematocrit in human fingertip capillary beds (J. Biomedical Optics)
• Single fiber optical tweezers for manipulation of microscopic objects (Proceedings of SPIE)

• Advancement in 17-micron pixel pitch uncooled focal plane arrays (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Fiber-pigtailed terahertz time domain spectroscopy instrumentation for package inspection and security imaging (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High-performance silicon single-photon diode array (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Handheld terahertz spectrometer for the detection of liquid explosives (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High-strength edge-bonded sapphire windows (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High-performance uncooled amorphous silicon TEC less XGA IRFPA with 17µm pixel-pitch (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Uncooled amorphous silicon IRFPA for high performance and high volume applications (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Historical perspectives on HgCdTe material and device development at Raytheon Vision Systems (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Search and detection comparing midwave and longwave infrared (Optical Engineering)
• Quantum-dot infrared photodetectors: a review (J. Nanophotonics)

• Adaptive quarter-pel motion estimation and motion vector coding algorithm for the H.264/AVC standard (Optical Engineering)
• Display systems and registration methods for mixed reality applications (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Estimation of 3D reconstruction errors in a stereo-vision system (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Fingerprint matching using local alignment based on multiple pairs of reference minutiae (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Flexible and reflective polarizer-free liquid crystal displays using dye-doped liquid crystal gels (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High-precision synchronization of video cameras using a single binary light source (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Real-time image processing system design for multi-processor architectures (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Resolution limits in practical digital holographic systems (Optical Engineering)
• Robust color circle-marker detection algorithm based on color information and Hough transformation (Optical Engineering)
• Segmentation, surface rendering, and surface simplification of 3-D skull images for the repair of a large skull defect (J. Electronic Imaging)  

• Advances in LED packaging and thermal management materials (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Comparison of different LED packages (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Design and optimization of a collimating optical system for high divergence LED light sources (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Fractional optimization of illumination optics (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Green LED development in polar and non-polar growth orientation (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Improvement in light extraction efficiency of high brightness InGaN-based light emitting diodes (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Köhler integrators embedded into illumination optics add functionality (Proceedings of SPIE)
• New materials of co-doped ZnO for LEDs and thin films solar cells (Proceedings of SPIE) 
• Recent developments in high brightness LEDs (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Secondary optical design for LED illumination using freeform lens (Proceedings of SPIE)

• Application to temperature sensor based on near-infrared emissions of Nd³⁺:Er³⁺:Yb³⁺ codoped Al₂O₃ (Optical Engineering)
• Development of a novel system for accurate and continuous measurement of fruit diameter in agriculture and its applications to grapesin a naval environment (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Floor location effect on a frame structure damage detetion (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Improved algorithm for automated alignment of wafers via optimized features location (J. Electronic Imaging)
• Low voltage linear actuators based on carbide-derived carbon powder (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Lucky interferometry for displacement measurement (Optical Engineering)
• Measurement of discontinuous surfaces using multiple-wavelength interferometry (Optical Engineering)
• Single-shot three-dimensional shape measurement method using a digital micromirror device camera by fringe projection (Optical Engineering)
• Overview of three-dimensional shape measurement using optical methods (Optical Engineering)
• Texture classification via morphological scale-space: Tex-Mex features (J. Electronic Imaging)

• Applications of high power lasers in the battlefield (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Fiber design for high-power fiber lasers (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High-brightness laser design based on volume Bragg gratings (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Hybrid ECL/DBR wavelength and spectrum stabilized lasers demonstrate high power and narrow spectral linewidth (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Monolithically integrated 30-wavelength DFB laser array (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Output beam characteristics of a toric concave mirror laser resonator (Optical Engineering)
• Plasma density-gradient measurement using x-ray laser wave-front distortion (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Self-focusing and filamentation of optical vortex beams: spatio-temporal analysis (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Switchable single-longitudinal-mode dual-wavelength erbium-doped fiber laser based on one polarization-maintaining fiber Bragg grating in linear cavity (Proceedings of SPIE)  
• Wavelength-stabilized tapered laser diodes in an external Talbot cavity: simulations and experiments (Proceedings of SPIE)

• Accurate models for EUV lithography (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Challenges for the 28nm half node: Is the optical shrink dead? (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Double-patterning requirements for optical lithography and prospects for optical extension without double patterning (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Estimating the out-of-band radiation flare levels for extreme ultraviolet lithography  (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Experimental result and simulation analysis for the use of pixelated illumination from source mask optimization for 22nm logic lithography process  (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Imaging budgets for extreme ultraviolet optics: ready for 22-nm node and beyond (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• Intensive optimization of masks and sources for 22nm lithography (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)  
• On the uniqueness of optical images and solutions of inverse lithographical problems (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Orientation Zernike polynomials: a useful way to describe the polarization effects of optical imaging systems (J. Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS)
• SMO photomask inspection in the lithographic plane (Proceedings of SPIE)

• Effects of functionalized metal and semiconductor nanoparticles in nematic liquid crystal phases (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Efficiency enhancement of GaN-based LED using nanotechnology (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Nano-imprint fabrication and light extraction simulation of photonic crystals on OLED (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Nanophotonics for optical super resolution from an information theoretical perspective: a review (J. Nanophotonics)
• Nanostructured photovoltaics for space power (J. Nanophotonics)  
• Optical manipulation of nanoparticles: a review (J. Nanophotonics)
• Plasmonic nanoparticle scattering for enhanced performance of photovoltaic and photodetector devices (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Preparation and optoelectronic properties of NiO/ZnO heterostructure nanowires (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Quantum-dot infrared photodetectors: a review (J. Nanophotonics)
• Why silicon is and will remain the dominant photovoltaic material (J. Nanophotonics)

• Asphere, o asphere, how shall we describe thee?  (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Chromatic adaptation-based tone reproduction for high-dynamic-range imaging (Optical Engineering)
• Designing freeform reflectors for extended sources (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Electrochemical investigation of the stability and corrosion resistance of boron phosphide films prepared by PECVD (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Image quality assessment using contourlet transform (Optical Engineering)
• Microlens optical fiber Fabry-Pérot tunable filter (Optical Engineering)
• Micro-optical spatial and spectral elements (Optical Engineering)
• Modeling of adaptive compensation of aberrations of optical system using deformable mirror (Proceedings of SPIE)
• New technique for the visualization of high dynamic range infrared images (Optical Engineering)
• The fascinating early history of optics! Archaeological optics 2009: our knowledge of the early history of lenses, mirrors, and artificial eyes! (Proceedings of SPIE)

• 5.6 Gbps optical intersatellite communication link (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Architecture overview and data summary of a 5.4 km free-space laser communication experiment (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Fabrication of silicon optical fiber (Optical Engineering)
• High-power GaN LED chip with low thermal resistance (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Indoor optical wireless communications: recent developments and future challenges (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Investigation of a method to use a single shared delayed interferometer for receiving optical differential phase shift keying wavelength-division multiplexing signals (Optical Engineering)
• Optical communications in atmospheric turbulence (Proceedings of SPIE)  
• Optical properties and material studies of InGaN/GaN multi-quantum well light emitting diode wafers with different structures (Proceedings of SPIE) 
• Photoinduced electron transfer from conducting polymers onto Buckminsterfullerene (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes for high-speed detection and broadband sensing (Proceedings of SPIE)

• A review of ultra-short pulse lasers for military remote sensing and rangefinding (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Algorithm for automatic image registration on Harris-Laplace features (J. Remote Sensing)
• Automated imagery orthorectification pilot (J. Remote Sensing)
• Change detection in remote sensing images using modified polynomial regression and spatial multivariate alteration detection (J. Remote Sensing)
• Geolocation and image registration for day and night time multispectral imagery (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Laser ranging: a critical review of usual techniques for distance measurement (Optical Engineering)
• Object-based change detection and classification (Proceedings of SPIE)
• The Missile Defense Agency's space tracking and surveillance system (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Unmanned aerial vehicle-based remote sensing for rangeland assessment, monitoring, and management (J. Remote Sensing)
• Vision-based vehicle detection and tracking algorithm design (Optical Engineering)

• Air-stable efficient polymer solar cells incorporating solution-processed titanium oxide layer (Proceedings of SPIE)
• High efficiency polymer solar cells with internal quantum efficiency approaching 100% (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Nanoscale self-assembly of high-efficiency copper indium gallium selenide photovoltaic thin films (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)
• Semiconductor nanowire photovoltaics (Proceedings of SPIE)
• Surface plasmon enhanced photocurrent in thin GaAs solar cells (Proceedings of SPIE)
• The influence of light intensity, active area, and excitation wavelength on the temporal response of a dye sensitized solar cell (Proceedings of SPIE)