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50
Citations
22553
World Ranking
5471
National Ranking
2498

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For development and applications of phase retrieval algorithms.
  • 1986 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

James R. Fienup is affiliated with the University of Rochester in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy, as well as Engineering. The scientist has contributed significantly to subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Radiation, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Biomedical Engineering, and Media Technology.

Their work covers several main topics including:

  • Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing
  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Optical measurement and interference techniques
  • Digital Holography and Microscopy
  • Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
  • Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
  • Advanced optical system design

Frequent co-authors in their publications include:

  • Scott D. Will
  • Joseph S. Tang
  • Matthias T. Banet
  • Yaocheng Tian
  • Tyler D. Groff

The venues where James R. Fienup has most often published are:

  • Journal of the Optical Society of America A
  • Optics Letters
  • Applied Optics
  • Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems
  • Optical Engineering

The following recent papers highlight the scientist's research contributions:

  • "3D multi-plane sharpness metric maximization with variable corrective phase screens," 2021, Applied Optics
  • "Phase retrieval with only a nonnegativity constraint," 2022, Optics Letters
  • "Jacobian-free coronagraphic wavefront control using nonlinear optimization," 2021, Journal of Astronomical Telescopes Instruments and Systems
  • "Development of a concave freeform surface measurement using transverse translation-diverse phase retrieval," 2020, Optical Engineering
  • "Demonstration of multi-plane sharpness metric maximization on motion-compensated, multi-wavelength 3D digital holographic field data," 2023, Optics Letters

James R. Fienup has been recognized with several awards including being named a Member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2012 for the development and applications of phase retrieval algorithms. They were also honored as a SPIE Fellow in 1986.

Best Publications

  • Phase retrieval algorithms: a comparison.

    James R. Fienup

  • Reconstruction of an object from the modulus of its Fourier transform.

    James R. Fienup

  • Efficient subpixel image registration algorithms

    Manuel Guizar-Sicairos;Samuel T. Thurman;James R. Fienup

  • Reconstruction of a complex-valued object from the modulus of its Fourier transform using a support constraint

    J. R. Fienup

  • Phase-retrieval stagnation problems and solutions

    J. R. Fienup;C. C. Wackerman

  • Joint estimation of object and aberrations by using phase diversity

    Richard G. Paxman;Timothy J. Schulz;James R. Fienup

  • Iterative Method Applied To Image Reconstruction And To Computer-Generated Holograms

    J. R. Fienup

  • Phase retrieval algorithms: a personal tour [Invited]

    James R Fienup

  • Phase-retrieval algorithms for a complicated optical system

    J. R. Fienup

  • Aberration correction by maximizing generalized sharpness metrics

    J. R. Fienup;J. J. Miller

  • Invariant error metrics for image reconstruction.

    J R Fienup

  • Detecting moving targets in SAR imagery by focusing

    J.R. Fienup

  • Hubble Space Telescope characterized by using phase-retrieval algorithms

    J. R. Fienup;J. C. Marron;T. J. Schulz;J. H. Seldin

  • Nonlinear apodization for sidelobe control in SAR imagery

    H.C. Stankwitz;R.J. Dallaire;J.R. Fienup

  • Optical misalignment sensing and image reconstruction using phase diversity

    R. G. Paxman;J. R. Fienup

  • Machine learning for improved image-based wavefront sensing.

    Scott W. Paine;James R. Fienup

  • Reconstruction of the support of an object from the support of its autocorrelation

    J. R. Fienup;T. R. Crimmins;W. Holsztynski

  • High-resolution synthetic-aperture digital holography with digital phase and pupil correction.

    Abbie E. Tippie;Abhishek Kumar;James R. Fienup

  • Space Object Imaging Through The Turbulent Atmosphere

    J. R. Fienup

  • Phase retrieval for a complex-valued object by using a low-resolution image

    J. R. Fienup;A. M. Kowalczyk

Frequent Co-Authors

James R. Graham
James R. Graham University of California, Berkeley
Jere H. Lipps
Jere H. Lipps University of California, Berkeley
Michael Manga
Michael Manga University of California, Berkeley
Joachim Stöhr
Joachim Stöhr SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Ayman F. Abouraddy
Ayman F. Abouraddy University of Central Florida
Joseph W. Goodman
Joseph W. Goodman Stanford University
Michael Farle
Michael Farle University of Duisburg-Essen
Bahaa E. A. Saleh
Bahaa E. A. Saleh University of Central Florida
Emil Wolf
Emil Wolf University of Rochester

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