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Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Optics
  • Electrical engineering
  • Mechanical engineering

Thomas G. Bifano mainly investigates Optics, Deformable mirror, Adaptive optics, Microelectromechanical systems and Grinding. His Optics study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Surface micromachining. He combines subjects such as Optical communication, Wavefront and Actuator with his study of Adaptive optics.

His Microelectromechanical systems research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Fluid dynamics and Realization. His studies in Grinding integrate themes in fields like Brittleness, Polishing and Machining. His Metallurgy study deals with Manufacturing engineering intersecting with Precision engineering.

His most cited work include:

  • Ductile-Regime Grinding: A New Technology for Machining Brittle Materials (723 citations)
  • Microelectromechanical deformable mirrors (159 citations)
  • Development of a MEMS microvalve array for fluid flow control (114 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Thomas G. Bifano spends much of his time researching Optics, Adaptive optics, Deformable mirror, Microelectromechanical systems and Actuator. His Optics study frequently links to other fields, such as Surface micromachining. The concepts of his Adaptive optics study are interwoven with issues in Field of view, Wavefront and Aperture.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Silicon, Optical aberration, Optical communication, Free-space optical communication and Modulation in addition to Deformable mirror. His work in Microelectromechanical systems addresses issues such as Electronics, which are connected to fields such as CMOS. His Actuator research incorporates elements of Coronagraph, Frequency response and Voltage.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Optics (75.00%)
  • Adaptive optics (55.77%)
  • Deformable mirror (55.77%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2021)?

  • Optics (75.00%)
  • Microscopy (16.83%)
  • Adaptive optics (55.77%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His scientific interests lie mostly in Optics, Microscopy, Adaptive optics, Deformable mirror and Microscope. His studies link Reverberation with Optics. His Microscopy study also includes fields such as

  • Two-photon excitation microscopy that intertwine with fields like Optoelectronics,
  • Depth of field which intersects with area such as Deconvolution, Laser scanning and Frame rate,
  • Sample that intertwine with fields like Feature.

His Adaptive optics study combines topics in areas such as Spatial light modulator, Field of view, Phase retrieval and Microelectromechanical systems. His research in Deformable mirror intersects with topics in Lens, Plane and Matched filter. In his study, Fluid dynamics and Fluorescent imaging is inextricably linked to Biomedical engineering, which falls within the broad field of Microscope.

Between 2013 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Field of view advantage of conjugate adaptive optics in microscopy applications (57 citations)
  • Extended depth-of-field microscopy with a high-speed deformable mirror. (49 citations)
  • Adaptive optics in multiphoton microscopy: comparison of two, three and four photon fluorescence (38 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Optics
  • Electrical engineering
  • Mechanical engineering

Thomas G. Bifano spends much of his time researching Optics, Microscopy, Deformable mirror, Adaptive optics and Microscope. His study in Light sheet fluorescence microscopy and Scattering falls under the purview of Optics. His Microscopy research includes themes of Two-photon excitation microscopy, Resolution and Depth of field.

He has included themes like Lens and Plane in his Deformable mirror study. His Adaptive optics research integrates issues from Spatial light modulator, Field of view and Optical fiber. His Field of view study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Wavefront and Spatial frequency.

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Best Publications

Ductile-Regime Grinding: A New Technology for Machining Brittle Materials

T. G. Bifano;T. A. Dow;R. O. Scattergood.
Journal of Engineering for Industry (1991)

1237 Citations

Microelectromechanical deformable mirrors

T.G. Bifano;J. Perreault;R. Krishnamoorthy Mali;M.N. Horenstein.
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (1999)

258 Citations

Continuous-membrane surface-micromachined silicon deformable mirror

T. G. Bifano;Raji Krishnamoorthy Mali;J. K. Dorton;J. Perreault.
Optical Engineering (1997)

167 Citations

Development of a MEMS microvalve array for fluid flow control

N. Vandelli;D. Wroblewski;M. Velonis;T. Bifano.
IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (1998)

160 Citations

Adaptive imaging: MEMS deformable mirrors

Thomas Bifano.
Nature Photonics (2011)

147 Citations

Elimination of stress-induced curvature in thin-film structures

T.G. Bifano;H.T. Johnson;P. Bierden;R.K. Mali.
IEEE/ASME Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems (2002)

138 Citations

Ductile-Regime Grinding of Brittle Materials

Thomas G. Bifano;Thomas A. Dow;Ronald O. Scattergood.
(1988)

136 Citations

Adaptive optic correction using microelectromechanical deformable mirrors

Julie A. Perreault;Thomas G. Bifano;B. Martin Levine;Mark N. Horenstein.
Optical Engineering (2002)

136 Citations

Process for manufacturing optical data storage disk stamper

Thomas G. Bifano.
(1995)

133 Citations

Management of R&D projects under uncertainty: a multidimensional approach to managerial flexibility

L.P. Santiago;T.G. Bifano.
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management (2005)

119 Citations

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