Publications

Journal Publications

 

L. Waller, M. Tsang, S. Ponda, G. Barbastathis, “Complex-field estimation by Kalman filtering,”

Opt. Express 19(3), 2805-2815 (2011). link

 

L. Waller, Y. Luo, S. Yang, G. Barbastathis, “Transport of intensity phase imaging in a Volume Holographic Microscope,” Opt. Letters 35(17), 2961-2963 (2010). link

 

L. Waller, S. Kou, C. Sheppard, G. Barbastathis, “Phase from chromatic aberration,” Opt. Express 18(22), 22817-22825 (2010). link

 

L. Waller, L. Tian, G. Barbastathis, “Transport of Intensity phase-amplitude imaging with higher order intensity derivatives,” Opt. Express 18(12), 12552-12561 (2010). link

 

S. Kou, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, C. Sheppard, “A Transport-of-Intensity approach to Differential Interference Contrast (TI-DIC) Microscopy for quantitative phase imaging,” Opt. Lett., 35(3), 447-449 (2010). link

 

C.-H. Chang, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, “Design and optimization of broadband wide-angle antireflecting structures for binary diffractive optics,” Opt. Lett. 35(7), 907-909 (2010). link

 

L. Waller, J. Kim, Y. Shao-Horn, G. Barbastathis, “Interferometric tomography of fuel cells for monitoring membrane water content,” Opt. Express, 17(17), 14806-14816 (2009). link

 

E. Uccelli, L. Waller, M. Bichler, G. Abstreiter, A. Fontcuberta I Morral, “Optical properties of InAs quantum dot array ensembles with predetermined lateral sizes from 20 to 40 nm,” Jap. J. Appl. Phys. 49(4), 045201 (2010), . link

 

J. Kim, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, Y. Shao-Horn, “Water transport in Nafion membranes measured by laser interferometry: Measurement of water content with spatial and temporal resolution,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society (submitted 2009).

 

J. Kim, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, Y. Shao-Horn, “Water transport in Nafion membranes measured by laser interferometry: Experimental determination of diffusion and electro-osmotic drag coefficients,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society (submitted 2009).

 

 

Conference proceedings

 

L. Waller, M. Tsang, S. Ponda, G. Barbastathis, “Phase and amplitude imaging from noisy intensity measurements using a Kalman filter,” OSA Frontiers in Optics FTuK3, October 2010, Rochester, NY. link

 

D.V. Dylov, L. Waller , J.W. Fleischer, “Nonlinear recovery of diffused images by seeded instability”, OSA Frontiers in Optics conference FME5, October 2010, Rochester, NY. link

 

L. Waller, Y. Luo, G. Barbastathis, “Quantitative phase imaging in a Volume Holographic Microscope,” Advanced Phase Measurement Methods in Optics and Imaging, May 2010, Monte Verita, Switzerland. link

**Award for Best Contribution

 

N. Loomis, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, “High-speed phase recovery using chromatic transport of intensity computation in graphics processing units,” OSA Digital Holography conference, April 2010, Miami, FL. link

 

L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, “Phase from defocused color images,” OSA Frontiers in Optics, October 2009, San Jose, CA. link

 

L. Waller, L. Tian, G. Barbastathis, “Transport of Intensity Imaging with Higher Order Derivatives,” Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, October 2009, San Jose, CA. link

 

G. Barbastathis, L. Waller, S. Oh, L. Tian, N. Loomis, J. Dominguez-Caballero, “Digital Holography in opto-fluidic measurements,” European Optical Society Topical Meeting on Optical Microsystems, Capri, Italy, Sept 27-30, 2009 (Invited).

 

L. Waller, J. Kim, Y. Shao-Horn, G. Barbastathis, “Tomographic phase imaging of fuel cell systems”, OSA Optics and Photonics for Advanced Energy Technology, June 2009, Cambridge, MA. link

 

L. Waller, J. Kim, Y. Shao-Horn, G. Barbastathis, “Tomographic detection of water in fuel cell systems”, OSA Frontiers in Optics, October 2008, Rochester, NY. link

**Outstanding Presentation Award.

 

J. Kim, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, Y. Shao-Horn, “Water transport in Nafion® membranes measured by laser interferometry”,  Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstract, 802 835 (October 2008, Hawaii). link

 

E. Uccelli, L. Waller, G. Abstreiter, A. Fontcuberta I Morral. “Optical Properties of Ordered Self-assembled Wires, Mono- and Bi- chains of InAs Quantum Dots”, Materials Research Society Meeting, November 2007, Boston, MA.

 

G. Barbastathis, J. Milgram, R. Kostuk, J. Barton, J. Dominguez-Caballero, N. Loomis, S. Oh, L. Waller, J. Watson, Y. Luo, P. Gelsinger, Optics East 2007, Keynote address (Invited).

 

J.Kim, L.Waller, G.Barbastathis, and Y.Shao-Horn, “Water Transport in Nafion® Membrane Measured by Laser Interferometry”, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstract ,702 420, (October 2007). link

 

L.Waller, G.Barbastathis, “Error Analysis of Phase-Shifting for Phase and Amplitude Tomographic Reconstruction”, Computational Optical Imaging and Sensing OSA Topical Meeting, June 2007, Vancouver, CAN. link

 

W.J. Arora, W. Sun, K.Tian, P.Stellman, L.Waller and G. Barbastathis, “Three dimensional optics for three dimensional imaging: physics, fabrication and computation”, Proc. of SPIE, Vol.6188, 618810-1 (Invited paper) April 2006. link

 

J. Kim, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, and Y. Shao-Horn, “Methodology to Understand the Degradation Mechanism of Nafion Membrane in PEM Fuel Cells,” Electrochemical Society Transactions 1(8) 323, 2006. link

 

J. Kim, L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, Y. Shao-Horn, “Temperature and water content measurements of Nafion® membrane in PEM fuel cells”, Electrochemical Society Meeting Abstract 502 1198, (2005).

 

L. Waller, S. Takahashi, G. Nielson, D. Seneviratne, H. Tuller, G. Barbastathis, „Microelectromechanical wavelength-selective switching for intgrated optics”, Proc. of ASME IMECE, November 2005, Orlando, FL.

 

 

Poster presentations

 

L. Waller, N. Loomis, S. Kou, C. Sheppard, G. Barbastathis, “Quantitative phase from defocused color images”, CENSAM poster Jan 2010.

 

L. Tian, J. Dominguez-Caballero, L. Waller, N. Loomis, C. Tan, C. Chang, G. Barbastathis, M. Triantafyllou, J. Miao, “Digital holographic imaging of flows”, CENSAM poster Jan 2009.

 

L. Waller, S. Kou, G. Barbastathis, C. Sheppard, “Interferometric optical tomography”, CENSAM poster Jan 2009.

 

L.Waller, J.Dominguez-Caballero, N.Loomis, G.Barbastathis.  “Phase retrieval and synthesis”, CIPS annual meeting poster session, May 2008.

 

L.Waller, G.Barbastathis.  “Phase-shifting complex field tomography”, CIPS annual meeting poster session, May 2007.

 

L. Waller, J. Kim, Y. Shao-Horn, G. Barbastathis, “Optical detection of Nafion membrane degradation in PEM fuel cells”, CIPS annual meeting poster session, May 2006.

 

 

PhD Thesis

 

L. Waller, “Computational phase imaging based on intensity transport,” Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, PhD Thesis, June 2010. link

 

Patents

 

L. Waller, G. Barbastathis, “Phase from defocused color images,” US Patent App. No.12/898,830 (2010).