Applied Optics Group NUI Galway

An Grúpa Optaice Feidhmí.
Part of the School of Physics, NUI Galway (@PhysicsNUIG)

[Nicholas Devaney @NicholasDevaney]

Congratulations to Michelle Rocha, who passed her PhD viva today !
@PhysicsNUIG @OpticsNUIG

[Brian Vohnsen @BVohnsen]

If you love optics, this is for you.

[Niamh Fitzgerald @niamhafitz]

That Friday feeling brought to you courtesy of this sombrero shaped wavefront

[Sarah Kendrew @sarahkendrew]

As we're now solidly into jobs season, I can remind you all of this astro-instrumentation career guide I put together with some friends at the @SPIEtweets hack day in 2018. Please use Github issues/PRs if you want to make additions or corrections! https://t.co/KfBFtoB1qz

[MBRYONICS @mbryonics]

⁦1/ Tune in now to see @DrFionaK⁩ of ⁦@OpticsNUIG⁩ giving an overview of ⁦@LISACommunity⁩ on #AstroTechTalk and how it will measure gravitational waves in space using lasers!! https://t.co/pe4eH96y0y
⁦⁦@NUIGalwayPress⁩ ⁦@esa⁩ #AdaptiveOptics

[Dr Patricia Scully @PPadraigin]

Congratulations to our PhysiGIST competition winners and to everyone for a great seminar session with 12 presentations from students & two from Post Docs this morning! Thanks to @KirFossum for organising it and all who attended and voted. @PhysicsNUIG

[Niamh Fitzgerald @niamhafitz]

@DrFionaK kindly made a word cloud of my PhD thesis following a presentation on research at @OpticsNUIG..... I do like to talk about lenses 😅

[Dr Patricia Scully @PPadraigin]

Join our Virtual School Seminar competition at @PhysicsNUIG and findout what our PostGrads are working on. From Neuromorphic planar nanowire networks, to Brain mechanics, COVID-19 PPE testing and.... twisting cylinders? Contact @PPadraigin @KirFossum for Teams link.

[Careers - University of Galway @GalwayCareers]

Register now for @DF_Engineers Army Engineer #GraduateProgramme webinar on Thurs 21 May 11am.

Students & recent graduates from @PhysicsNUIG @chemistrynuig #ElectronicEng @MechEngNUIG @OpticsNUIG #CivilEng #EngineeringNUIG

https://t.co/7101gC8gdn

[Applied Optics Group NUI Galway @OpticsNUIG]

Today on #IDL2020 we celebrate 60 years since Maiman operated the first ruby laser. Who knew how widespread the applications would be – from gravitational wave detectors and laser communications to superresolution microscopy and quantum computing! 🔭🌟🔬✨

[opnmagazine @OPNmagazine]

#IDL2020 is tomorrow! Have you read the OPN cover article highlighting the incredibly rich field the laser has created over the past 60 years? #SEETHELIGHT @IDLofficial https://t.co/QKqKNK7k6f

[Nicholas Devaney @NicholasDevaney]

Congratulations to Timothée Cognard, who has just passed his (online) PhD viva examination !! Many thanks to examiners Prof. Andrew Harvey and Dr. Ray Butler, as well as Prof. Ger O Connor who chaired the viva.

[FindLight @FindLightInc]

Check out how optics and photonics are being deployed in the fight against COVID-19. Read more here:
https://t.co/BSWJJI1e7P
#coronavirus #photonics #optics #covid19 #science #technology #health #biotech #biotechnology #engineering #molecular #diagnostics

[MBRYONICS @mbryonics]

⁦@NASA⁩ #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope Full Mirror Deployment a Success
https://t.co/P8ORFKcnFG

[FindLight @FindLightInc]

The same optical techniques used to hunt for stars are now helping ecologists find at risk animals! This article is a great example of how optics is present across disciplines:
https://t.co/1U4HDTEa0Q
#photonics #optics #astronomy #physics #astrophysics #tech #environment

[Enterprise Ireland @Entirl]

Enterprise Ireland, @scienceirel, @IDAIRELAND and others have joined forces to offer research funding to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak.
Read more: https://t.co/rvX8cpjvk6 #Covid19

[Institute of Physics @PhysicsNews]

In support of the #COVID19 response, the IOP is asking members of the #physics community to work with their supplier networks & identify organisations that can supply ventilators & ventilator components. Find out more including how suppliers can respond: https://t.co/kCICRZaxQM

[Kevin Murphy @kevmy85]

Have registered interest in this fantastic idea/project. I'm not sure if my sklillset is of use but maybe some others might have them @optrace @CRESTDIT @markdeegandit @PD_TUDublin @cerialmrott @IEO_Centre @Hothouse_TUDub @Walshsharp @danburke1984

[Mace Head-CCAPS @Mace_Head]

Due to technical difficulties with mobile phone users we are going to be streaming LIVE on youtube.

LIVE LINK:
https://t.co/OoF0qK7Tqo

Looking forward to Talk @KHayhoe

[Juan Carlos Munoz @astro_jcm]

1/ Last Friday @ESO released this awesome image of the surface of Betelgeuse, taken with the SPHERE instrument. You may have read that SPHERE uses a deformable mirror to correct atmospheric turbulence. But how do we know how to deform the mirror? Keep reading!

[Applied Optics Group NUI Galway @OpticsNUIG]

Adaptive optics in action!

[Juan Carlos Munoz @astro_jcm]

Here's SPHERE's adaptive optics in action. A wavefront sensor monitors the "twinkling" of the target, and sends commands to a deformable mirror that reshapes more than 1000 times per second. Look how that messy turbulent blob suddenly resolves into several stars!