The Center works to identify and implement new, practical uses for optics. A few of the Center's specialty areas include the design of optics-related products and instruments, non-destructive testing, vibration analysis, fiber optic component/system testing, biomedical instrumentation, surface roughness measurements, computer-aided optical system design, measurements using lasers, spectroscopic analysis, image enhancement, remote sensing, applications of photo-refractive materials, sensing devices and laser beam steering applications.

Highlights:
Focus on applied research and development Access to a diverse base of expertise Multidisciplinary projects Optical solutions to industrial problems Opto-mechanics, opto-electronics, biomedical optics Develop new products and instruments Perform testing and evaluation

CAOS Associated Faculty and Staff:

• Jameel Ahmed
• Optical measurements of blood flow, processing of visual signals by retina, biomedical instrumentation
• Robert M. Bunch
• Optics-related products, optical instruments, optical measurements, fiber optics, sensors
• Richard Ditteon
• Optical system design, infrared optics
• Galen C. Duree, Jr.
• Optics, Photorefraction, Nonlinear Optics, Lasers
• Charles Joenathan
• Interferometry, Sensors, holography, Speckle techniques
• Sudipa M. Kirtley
• Fluorescence, lifetime measurements
• Brij Khorana
• Biomedical and agricultural applications of optics, interferometry, image processing, machine vision
• Michael F. McInerney
• Microscopes and Image processing
• Howard L. McLean
• Spectroscopic analysis using optical, electrical and mass detectors, electro-optical sensors, separation methods
• Daniel L. Morris, Jr
• Analytical chemistry, Raman spectroscopy, Polyene photoisomerization, DNA oxidation , lasers
• Azad Siahmakoun
• Applications of photorefractive materials, WDM optical signal processing, optical mems.
• Jerome F. Wagner
• Infrared detectors coupled with guided wave optics
• Arthur B. Western
  • Holographic Interferometry, Non-destructive testing

Access to Facilities, Specialized Laboratories and Equipment:

	Facilities and Laboratories
	Fiber Optics Lab Crystal Growth and Characterization Lab Non-linear Optics Lab Optical Metrology (ESPI) Lab Imaging Systems Lab
			Equipment
			Lasers (Argon, Ruby, YAG, HeNe, diode) Holographic and speckle interferometers Optical design/layout (CodeV, ASAP, LightTools, custom) Image processing/analysis (LabView-based, Image Tool, Global Lab Image) Image acquisition systems (LabView IMAQ, integrated computers/CCD, custom) Microscopes (light and SEM)