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Colin J. R. Sheppard

Colin J. R. Sheppard

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Physics

D-Index
79
Citations
28002
World Ranking
3076
National Ranking
160

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2012 - OSA Fellows For significant contributions in the areas of confocal, two-photon and interference microscopy, diffraction theory of focusing and three-dimensional imaging; and Bessel and Gaussian beams and pulses.

Overview

Colin J. R. Sheppard is affiliated with the Italian Institute of Technology in Italy and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily spans several subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Media Technology and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

Their main research topics reflect a focus on advanced imaging and microscopy techniques including:

  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
  • Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
  • Image Processing Techniques and Applications
  • Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Digital Holography and Microscopy

Colin J. R. Sheppard has been active in publishing in prominent venues, with a notable concentration in the following journals:

  • Journal of the Optical Society of America A
  • Photonics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Blood
  • Biomedical Optics Express

Recent publications include:

  • "Analysis of numerical diffraction calculation methods: from the perspective of phase space optics and the sampling theorem" (2020), Journal of the Optical Society of America A
  • "Two-photon image-scanning microscopy with SPAD array and blind image reconstruction" (2020), Biomedical Optics Express
  • "Scattering and three-dimensional imaging in surface topography measuring interference microscopy" (2021), Journal of the Optical Society of America A
  • "Focus image scanning microscopy for sharp and gentle super-resolved microscopy" (2022), Nature Communications
  • "Multiphoton microscopy: a personal historical review, with some future predictions" (2020), Journal of Biomedical Optics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with peers including Alberto Diaspro, Paolo Bianchini, Aymeric Le Gratiet, Giorgio Tortarolo, and Marco Castello.

Awards conferred to Colin J. R. Sheppard comprise:

  • SPIE Fellow (2017)
  • OSA Fellow (2012) for significant contributions in confocal, two-photon and interference microscopy, diffraction theory of focusing and three-dimensional imaging; and Bessel and Gaussian beams and pulses

Best Publications

  • Theory and practice of scanning optical microscopy

    Tony Wilson;Colin Sheppard

  • Creation of a needle of longitudinally polarized light in vacuum using binary optics

    Haifeng Wang;Luping Shi;Boris Lukyanchuk;Colin Sheppard

  • Electro-spinning of pure collagen nano-fibres - just an expensive way to make gelatin?

    Dimitrios I. Zeugolis;Shih T. Khew;Elijah S.Y. Yew;Andrew K. Ekaputra

  • Image Formation in the Scanning Microscope

    C.J.R. Sheppard;A. Choudhury

  • Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy

    Colin Sheppard;Colin Sheppard;David M Shotton

  • Advances in optical and electron microscopy

    R. Barer;V. E. Cosslett;T. Mulvey;C. J. R. Sheppard

  • Annular Pupils, Radial Polarization, and Superresolution

    Colin J. R. Sheppard;Amarjyoti Choudhury

  • Optical image encryption based on diffractive imaging

    Wen Chen;Xudong Chen;Colin J. R. Sheppard

  • Second-harmonic imaging in the scanning optical microscope

    J. N. Gannaway;C. J. R. Sheppard

  • Linear phase imaging using differential interference contrast microscopy.

    M. R. Arnison;K. G. Larkin;C. J. R. Sheppard;N. I. Smith

  • Axial behavior of pupil-plane filters

    C. J. R. Sheppard;Z. S. Hegedus

  • Information capacity and resolution in an optical system

    I. J. Cox;C. J. R. Sheppard

  • Imaging in high-aperture optical systems

    C. J. R. Sheppard;H. J. Matthews

  • Depth of field in the scanning microscope.

    C. J. R. Sheppard;T. Wilson

  • Superresolution by image scanning microscopy using pixel reassignment

    Colin J. R. Sheppard;Shalin B. Mehta;Rainer Heintzmann

  • Practical limits of resolution in confocal and non-linear microscopy.

    Guy Cox;Guy Cox;Colin J.R. Sheppard

  • Super-resolution in confocal imaging

    C. J. R Sheppard

  • Quantitative phase-gradient imaging at high resolution with asymmetric illumination-based differential phase contrast

    Shalin B. Mehta;Colin J. R. Sheppard

  • Image formation in two-photon fluorescence microscopy

    C. J. R Sheppard;M Gu

  • Differential phase contrast in scanning optical microscopy

    D. K. Hamilton;C. J. R. Sheppard

Frequent Co-Authors

Min Gu
Min Gu University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Alberto Diaspro
Alberto Diaspro Italian Institute of Technology
Xudong Chen
Xudong Chen National University of Singapore
Wei Zheng
Wei Zheng Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ingemar J. Cox
Ingemar J. Cox University College London
Rui Chen
Rui Chen Southern University of Science and Technology
Alberto Tosi
Alberto Tosi Polytechnic University of Milan
Wen Chen
Wen Chen Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Subodh G. Mhaisalkar
Subodh G. Mhaisalkar Nanyang Technological University

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