Researches in 2010
Photonics Research Laboratory – NIP
Prepared by: Percival Almoro, Ph.D. (Program Coordinator), 1.Dec.2010
Summary:
Theses
BS Physics / BS Applied Physics (3)
Ph.D. Physics (1)
Projects (3)
Conference presentations
Local (15)
International (5)
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
International (5)
Awards/ Honors Received (2)
Theses
BS Physics / BS Applied Physics (3)
Name (Course)/Adviser
Thesis title
Raphael Santos (BS
Non-Destructive Inspection of Materials Using
App. Physics)/ Dr.
Digital Shearography and a Diffusing Mask
Almoro
Winsome Chloe Rara
Ruby Crystal for Demonstrating Spectroscopic
(BS App. Physics)/ Dr.
Characterization of Laser Crystals in the Visible to
Garcia
the Near Infrared Region
John Paul Rotap (BS
Trace metal detection in E. Crassipes (Water
Physics)/ Dr. Garcia
Hyacinth) from the Pasig river via laser-induced
breakdown spectroscopy
Ph.D. Physics (1)
Name
Jacque Lynn Gabayno
Thesis title
Amplification of ultraviolet femtosecond pulse by
side-pumped prismatic mirror configuration in a
micro-pulling down method-grown Ce-LiCaF crystal
Date
April 2010
April 2010
April 2010
Date
October 2010
Projects (3)
Project Leader
Percival
Almoro
Jeffrey C. de
Vero
Jeffrey C. de
Vero
Title
Object wavefront recognition
using speckles and phase
retrieval (Project No. 101001
PNSE)
Infrared Pulsed Laser Deposition
of Y-doped BSCCO
Fabrication of Bow-tie
Photoconductive Antenna in IRPLD grown High- Tc
Superconducting Thin Films
Funding Agency
U.P. OVCRD
Inclusive dates
Jan. 2December 31,
2010
National Research
Council of the
Philippines (NRCP).
U.P. OVCRD
Jan. 2December 31,
2010
April 1, 2010March 31, 2011
Conference presentations
Local (15)
Authors
Timothy J. T. Abregana, Victor
A. C. Gonzalez and Percival F.
Almoro
Title
Effects of Illumination Wavelength
and Diffuser Roughness Height on
Speckle Formation and Phase
Retrieval
Conference/Venue/Date
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
Anne Margarette S. Maallo and
Percival F. Almoro
Object boundary detection using
speckle-based phase retrieval
Maria Vanessa C. Balois and
Percival F. Almoro
Wavefront sensing using correlations
of two speckle intensity
measurements and a Shack
Hartmann-based algorithm
Argon Plasma Etching of IR-PLD
Grown Bi-2212 Thin Films
.Jeffrey C. de Vero, Wilson O.
Garcia, Henry J. Ramos and
Roland V. Sarmago
Jaziel R. Vitug, Jeffrey C. de
Vero, Glaiza Rose S. Blanca,
Roland V. Sarmago, and Wilson
O. Garcia
Jeffrey C. de Vero, F. B. Awitan,
Wilson O. Garcia and Roland V.
Sarmago
Alladin C. Jasmin, Jeffrey C. de
Vero, Lean L. Dasallas, Wilson
O. Garcia, and Roland V.
Sarmago
Rusty A. Lopez, Melvin John F.
Empizo, Jaziel R. Vitug, Lean L.
Dasallas, Jeffrey C. De Vero,
Wilson O. Garcia and Roland V.
Sarmago
Melvin John F. Empizo, Jeffrey
C. De Vero, Wilson O. Garcia
and Roland V. Sarmago
Jacque Lynn Gabayno, Wilson
Garcia, Marilou Cadatal, Minh
Pham, Elmer Estacio, Tomoharu
Nakazato, Toshihiko Shimizu,
Nobuhiko Sarukura, Toshihisa
Suyama, Kentaro Fukuda,
Kyoung Jin Kim, Akira
Yoshikawa, and Fumio Saito
Awitan, F. B., De Vera, F.N.,
Tumanguil, M., Lopez, R. A.,
Bugante, J.I.L., De Vero, J.C.,
Somintac, A., Salvador, A.,
Sarmago, R.V.
Pabelina, K., Guhit, J., Romero
C., Daseco, J., De Vero, J.C.,
Ramos, H.J.
De Vero, J.C., Gabayno,J.F.,
Blanca, G.R.S., Gepilano, K.,
Vitug, J.D.R., Garcia, W. O.
Temporal Evolution of the Electron
Temperature and Density of Laser
Produced Bi2Sr2Ca1-xYxCu2Oδ-x
Plasma
Surface morphology of IR-PLD grown
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ Thin Films
Etched by Hydrochloric Acid (HCl)
Solution
IR-PLD Assisted Growth of Iron
Oxide Nanostructures
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
Ex-Situ Heat Treatment and
Oxygenation of YBa2Cu3Oy Thin
Films Produced by Infrared Pulsed
Laser Deposition (IR-PLD)
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
Growth Mechanism of Zinc Oxide
Films by Infrared Pulsed Laser
Deposition
Experimental and Numerical
Evaluation of Pump Energy
Absorption in a Side–Pumped
Ce:LiCAF Crystal Rod in a Prismatic
Mirror Geometry
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
Ex-situ heat treatment and
oxygenation of YBa2Cu3Oy thin films
produced by infrared pulsed laser
deposition (IR-PLD)
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
Optical emission spectroscopy studies
on the efficacy of nitrogen addition to
boric acid plasma as flame retardant
on wood
Effects of heat treatment on IR-PLD
deposited BSCCO films
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
Vitug,J.D.R., De Vero,
J.C.,Blanca, G.R.S., and Garcia,
W.O.
Optical and Film Characterization of
IR PLD Grown Superconducting
Films
Empizo, M. J. F., De Vero, J.C.,
Garcia, W.O,. Sarmago,
ZnO transparent film prepared by
Infrared Pulsed Laser Deposition
International (5)
Authors
Victor A. C. Gonzalez,
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
28th SPP, Antipolo
City, (October 25-27,
2010)
Title
Complete wavefront reconstruction at
77th General
Membership Assembly
of the NRCP, Manila
Hotel, Manila, 2010
77th General
Membership Assembly
of the NRCP, Manila
Hotel, Manila, 2010
77th General
Membership Assembly
of the NRCP, Manila
Hotel, Manila, 2010
Conference/Venue/Date
EOS Annual Meeting 2010,
Timothy J. T. Abregana,
Percival F. Almoro,
Percival F. Almoro,
Jacque Lynn Gabayno
and Wilson O. Garcia
Grace G. Manahan,
Maria Leilani Y. TorresMapa and Wilson O.
Garcia
infrared wavelength using speckle
phase retrieval
Reconstruction of wavefront from a
photonic crystal fiber using speckle
phase retrieval
Experimental and Numerical Analysis
of Image Wavelength Conversion with a
Hydrogen Raman Shifter
J. C. de Vero, J.F.
Gabayno, J. R. Vitug,
R.V. Sarmago, W.O.
Garcia
De Vero, J.C., Vitug,
J.D.R., Blanca, G.R.S.,
Garcia, W.O., Sarmago,
R.V.
Time–Resolved
Optical
Emission
Analysis
and
Growth
of
Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ Thin Films
Infrared Pulsed Laser Deposition of Ydoped BSCCO Superconducting thin
films
Paris, France (26 - 29
October 2010)
Photonics 2010, Guwahati,
India (December 11-15,
2010)
European Opt. Soc. Annual
Mtg. 2010 – TOM 6:
Nonlinear Optics and
Photonics, Paris, France
26 to 29 Oct. 2010
European Opt. Soc. Annual
Mtig. 2010 – TOM 4: MicroOptics, Paris, France 26 to
29 October 2010
Applied Superconductivity
Conference,
Washington
D.C., USA, 2010
Publications in peer-reviewed journals
International (5)
Authors
Title
Anne Margarette S. Maallo,
Percival F. Almoro and
Steen G. Hanson
Percival F. Almoro, Jesper
Glückstad and Steen G.
Hanson
Percival F. Almoro,
Giancarlo Pedrini,
Phanindra N. Gundu,
Wolfgang Osten, and Steen
G. Hanson
Percival F. Almoro,
Giancarlo Pedrini, Fucai
Zhang, Anne Margarette S.
Maallo, Arund Anand,
Phanindra N. Gundu, Wei
Wang, Anand Asundi,
Wolfgang Osten, and Steen
G. Hanson
De Vero, J.C., Gabayno, J.F.,
Garcia, W.O., Sarmago, R.V.
Quantization analysis of speckle
intensity measurements for phase
retrieval
Single-plane multiple speckle pattern
phase retrieval using a deformable
mirror
Phase microscopy of technical and
biological samples through random
phase modulation with a diffuser
Journal/Vol/Issue
no./Date
Applied Optics 49(27),
5087-5094 (2010)
Optics Express 18(18),
15304-19313 (2010)
Optics Letters 35(7),
1028-1030 (2010)
Fault-tolerant characterization of
phase objects using a speckle-based
phase retrieval technique,”
International Journal of
Optomechatronics 4(4),
397-400 (2010)
Growth evolution of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ
thin films deposited by infrared (1064
nm) pulsed laser deposition
Physica C 470, 149–154
(2010)
Awards/ Honors Received (2)
Name
Jeffrey C. de
Vero
John Paul
Rotap
Award
Gawad Chancellor (para sa Natatanging REPS,
Research Extension and Professional Staff)
Best undergraduate thesis (BS Physics)
Trace metal detection in E. Crassipes (Water Hyacinth)
from the Pasig river via laser-induced breakdown
spectroscopy
Conferred by (date)
U.P. Diliman (2010)
NIP-CS, April 2010