Proceedings of SPIE Volume 5826

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Opto-Ireland 2005: Optical Sensing and Spectroscopy

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A fluorescence methodology for assessing the polarity and composition of novel thermoresponsive hydrophylic/hydrophobic copolymer system (Invited Paper)

Author(s): Boguslaw Szczupak; Alan G. Ryder; Yuri A. Rochev; Andrey S. Klymchenko; Alexander Gorelov; Thomas J. Glynn

Spectroscopic analysis of the interaction of SWNT with simple organic molecules

Author(s): Theresa G. Hedderman; Sinead M. Keogh; Gordon Chambers; Hugh J. Byrne

The potential of vibrational spectroscopy in the early detection of cervical cancer: an exciting emerging field

Author(s): Eoghan O Faolain; Mary B. Hunter; Joe M. Byrne; Peter Kelehan; Hugh J. Byrne; Fiona M. Lyng

Growth of metal-phthalocyanine on GaAs(001): an NEXAFS study

Author(s): G. Cabailh; I. T. McGovern; A. Vearey-Roberts; A. Bushell; D. A. Evans

Matrix method in laser fluorimetry of organic compounds

Author(s): V. V. Fadeev; T. A. Dolenko; A. A. Banishev; P. N. Litvinov; D. V. Maslov; E. E. Ostroumov

Use of Raman spectroscopy in the investigation of debundling of single walled carbon nanotubes

Author(s): E. Gregan; S. M. Keogh; T. G. Hedderman; G. Chambers; H. J. Byrne

Fluorescence concentration studies of HiPco SWNTs and semi-conjugated polymers

Author(s): S. M. Keogh; T. G. Hedderman; E. Gregan; G. Farrell; P. Lynch; G. Chambers; F. M. Lyng; H. J. Byrne

Investigation of polymerization rate in an acrylamide-based photopolymer using Raman spectroscopy

Author(s): Raghavendra Jallapuram; Izabela Naydenova; Hugh J. Byrne; Suzanne Martin; Robert G. Howard; Vincent Toal

Precision control of magneto-optically cooled rubidium atoms (Invited Paper)

Author(s): S. Nic Chormaic; A. Yarovitskiy; B. Shortt; K. Deasy; M. Morrissey

Micro x-ray fluorescence as a high throughput screening method for metal chelating compounds

Author(s): Edel M. Minogue V.D.M.; George J. Havrilla; Tammy P. Taylor; Anthony K. Burrell; Benjamin P. Warner

Optical studies into the SPLITS effect: new insights into controlling sampling errors in turbid solutions for analytical instruments

Author(s): A. C. Bertho; D. D. G. McMillan; N. D. McMillan; S. P. R. Smith; B. O'Rourke

The application of laser raman spectroscopy to fluid inclusion studies: a case study from Pocos de Caldas Alkaline Massif, Sao Paulo State, Brazil

Author(s): Alessandra Costanzo; Martin Feely; Kathryn Moore

A novel application of UV-LEDs in the contact lens manufacturing process

Author(s): Sharon McDermott; James E. Walsh; Robert G. Howard

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of chlorinated solvents using Raman spectroscopy and machine learning

Author(s): Jennifer Conroy; Alan G. Ryder; Marc N. Leger; Kenneth Hennessey; Michael G. Madden

D.L. capacitance-emission spectroscopy of determining the electrochemical behavior of anodized aluminium in aqueous solutions

Author(s): K. Habib

EUV laser produced plasma source development for lithography (Invited Paper)

Author(s): Patrick Hayden D.D.S.; Paul Sheridan; Gerry O'Sullivan; Padraig Dunne; Lynn Gaynor; Nicola Murphy; Anthony Cummings

The evolution of 4D photoabsorption in tellurium with increasing ionisation

Author(s): Lynn Gaynor; Nicola Murphy; Anthony Cummings; Gerry O'Sullivan; Michael Lysaght; Patrick Hayden; Deirdre Kilbane; John Costello; Eugene Kennedy; Paul van Kampen

Analysis of hydrocarbon-bearing fluid inclusions (HCFI) using time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

Author(s): Milosz A. Przyjalgowski; Alan G. Ryder; Martin Feely; Thomas J. Glynn

Fluorescence imaging spectroscopy utilising acousto-optic tuneable filters

Author(s): Mounir Bouhifd; Maurice P. Whelan; Marc Aprahamian

Spectroscopic study of the properties of chemically modified ZnO nanowires

Author(s): Robert Groarke; Justina Grabowska; Karuna KarNanda; Enda McGlynn; Johannes G. Vos

Broadband cavity-enhanced absorption spectroscopy for trace gas detection

Author(s): Dean S. Venables; Michael Staak; Albert A. Ruth

Temperature dependent solvation dynamics of electrons after one-photon detachment in aqueous iodide

Author(s): H. Iglev; A. Trifonov; I. Buchvarov; T. Fiebig; A. Laubereau

New insights into the molecular mechanisms of thrombosis from high resolution surface enhanced Raman microscopy

Author(s): Tia E. Keyes; Deirdre Leane; Robert J. Forster; Niamh Moran; Dermot Kenny M.D.

Electroabsorption studies of structurally modified fullerene thin films

Author(s): G. F. Farrell; G. Chambers; H. J. Byrne

Structural property relationships in conjugated polymers

Author(s): P. Lynch; L. O'Neill; J. Whelan; M. McNamara; H. J. Byrne

Relationships for electron-vibrational coupling in conjugated π organic systems

Author(s): L. O'Neill; P. Lynch; M. McNamara; H. J. Byrne

4D inner shell excitations of I, Ba, and La in the 70-125 eV region

Author(s): Nicola Murphy; Petru Niga; Lynn Gaynor; Gerry O'Sullivan

Photoabsorption spectra of a laser produced Sn plasma

Author(s): M. Lysaght; D. Kilbane; A. Cummings; N. Murphy; P. Dunne; G. O'Sullivan; L. Gaynor; P. van Kampen; J. T. Costello; E. T. Kennedy

About the possibility of determination of ion's hydration parameters by Raman spectroscopy

Author(s): Sergey A. Burikov; Nataliya E. Barinova; Tatiana A. Dolenko; Alexander V. Sugonjaev

A study of the competition between dissociation and autoionization in small molecules following photoexcitation using synchrotron radiation

Author(s): Eileen Weadick; Emma Sokell; Ant Wills; Nora Berrah

Neural network technologies in Raman spectroscopy of water solutions of inorganic salts

Author(s): Tatiana A. Dolenko; Sergey A. Burikov; Alexander V. Sugonjaev

On the opportunities of determination of oil pollution in nature water in situ by the method of fluorimetry using neural network technologies

Author(s): Tatiana A. Dolenko; Sergey A. Burikov; Victor V. Fadeev; Dmitrii V. Maslov; Rainer Reuter

Diagnostics of photosynthesizing organisms by the method of nonlinear fluorimetry

Author(s): D. Maslov; E. Ostroumov

On possibility of the monitoring of water masses' structure in natural reservoirs by fluorimetry with using neural network algorithms

Author(s): Irina V. Fadeeva; Sergey A. Burikov; Vasilii V. Chubarov; Alexandr S. Litvinov; Rainer Reuter

External-cavity diode laser based spectrometer for absolute determination of iodine lines around 633 nm

Author(s): M. Vainio; M. Merimaa; K. Nyholm; E. Ikonen

Classification of a target analyte in solid mixtures using principal component analysis, support vector machines, and Raman spectroscopy

Author(s): Marie-Louise O'Connell; Tom Howley; Alan G. Ryder; Marc N. Leger; Michael G. Madden

EUV spectroscopy of xenon ions created using an electron beam ion trap

Author(s): K. Fahy; E. Sokell; G. O'Sullivan; A. Cummings; A. Aguilar; J. D. Gillaspy; J. M. Pomeroy; J. N. Tan

Progress report on compact system for point projection x-ray absorption spectroscopy and imaging of laser produced plasmas

Author(s): John Dardis; Adrian Murphy; Hugo de Luna; Eugene T. Kennedy; Aurelian Seugnet; Philip Orr; Jason Greenwood; Colm McKenna; Ciaran L. S. Lewis; John T. Costello

Optical and structural characterization of as-deposited and annealed ZrO₂ thin films obtained by PIAD

Author(s): J. Sancho-Parramon; M. Modreanu; J. Bassas

Investigation of correlation between characteristics of Raman spectra and parameters of data-scattering obtained from phase coherence theory

Author(s): R. A. Moore; S. Unnikrishnan; T. S. Perova; N. D. McMillan; S. Riedel; M. O'Neill; G. Doyle

Spectroscopic characteristics of nanocomposite structures in 3D, 2D, and 1D size confinements

Author(s): T. S. Perova; I. I. Shaganov; S. Unnikrishnan; R. A. Moore

Correlation of spectroscopic and biochemical assays post-ionising radiation exposure in human skin cell analogues

Author(s): A. D. Meade; H. J. Byrne; F. M. Lyng

Dual-laser CCD-Raman spectrometer applied to on-line measurement of paper coating paste

Author(s): Pentti Niemela; Juha Sumen; Janne Suhonen

Optical fibre sensor systems: new solutions for structural monitoring applications?

Author(s): K. T. V. Grattan; T. Sun; W. J. O. Boyle; Y. M. Gebremichael; P. M. Basheer; A. E. Long

The use of a novel phosphor screen for visualising the infrared beam of a gas detector

Author(s): Robert Withnall; Jack Silver; Nicola Wilstead; Terry G. Ireland; George R. Fern; David Klein; Stephen Bishton; Bob Rhodes

Linear canonical transforms and speckle based metrology

Author(s): Ying Liu; Damien P. Kelly; Bryan M. Hennelly; Jennifer E. Ward; Robert F. Patten; John T. Sheridan

Multi-species gas sensing using monolithic widely tuneable laser diodes

Author(s): R. Phelan; M. Lynch; J. F. Donegan; V. Weldon

Low pressure gas discharges for electric field intensity monitoring in microwave resonant cavities

Author(s): Ahmed Al-Shamma'a; Colin Fitzpatrick; Jim Lucas; Ionnais Pandithas; Elfed Lewis

Strain-imposed fiber optic laser-based system for wide range temperature measurement applications

Author(s): Jharna Mandal; Tong Sun; Kenneth T. V. Grattan; Andreas T. Augousti; Scott A. Wade; Stephen F. Collins; Gregory W. Baxter; Bernard Dussardier; Gerard Monnom; Rui T. Zheng; Nam Q. Ngo

Characteristics of WDM in distributed fiber temperature sensor

Author(s): Yi Zhang; Yuan Luo

Optical chemical and biochemical sensors: new trends (Invited Paper)

Author(s): F. Baldini; A. Giannetti

Measurement of corneal surface refractive index

Author(s): Barbara K. Pierscionek; Roger Green

Novel polymer platform for enhanced biochip performance

Author(s): Helen M. McEvoy; Robert Blue; Nigel Kent; Lubos Polerecky; Colette McDonagh; Brian D. MacCraith

Intelligent instrumentation applied in environment management

Author(s): Mihnea I. Magheti; Patrick Walsh; Patrick Delassus

Development of a second-generation novel UVR sensor for the quantification of the light field at the anterior ocular surface

Author(s): David Fleming; James E. Walsh; Linda Moore; Jan P. G. Bergmanson; David McMahon

Broad-band green phosphor screens as a light source for head up displays in moving platforms

Author(s): Jack Silver; Robert Withnall; John Rose; Nicola Wilstead; George Fern; Stephen Bishton; David Klein; Bob Rhodes; Charles Barclay; John Whitmarsh

Smart packaging for the monitoring of fish freshness

Author(s): Alexis Pacquit; King Tong Lau; Dermot Diamond

A label-free detection method of biochemical interactions with low-cost plastic and other transparent transducers

Author(s): Rudiger Frank; Bernd Mohrle; Dieter Frohlich; Gunter Gauglitz

Performance improvements of widely tunable lasers for multi gas species detection and analysis

Author(s): Neil Ryan; David McDonald; Adrian Lavin

A photon-counting avalanche photodiode array with fully integrated active quenching and recharging circuit

Author(s): F. Lin; M. Mac Sweeney; M. M. Sheehan; A. Mathewson

Interferometric fiber optic sensing via digital signal processing

Author(s): Barry Griffin; Michael J. Connelly

Optical fibre sensors for the monitoring of harmful emissions from land transport vehicles

Author(s): Jim Mulrooney; John Clifford; Colin Fitzpatrick; Elfed Lewis; W. Z. Zhao; T. Sun; K. T. V. Grattan; M. Degner; H. Ewald; S. Lochmann; A. Al-Shamma'a; J. Lucas; E. Merlone Borla; P. Faraldi; M. Pidria