Dr Fiona Kenny

B.Sc., PhD

Contact Details

Post Doctoral Researcher
SCHOOL OF PHYSICS
NUI GALWAY
E: FIONA.KENNY@nuigalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Research Interests

Optics, imaging, astronomical & space instrumentation, high-NA microscopy, polarisation & polarimetry.

Research Projects

  Project Start Date End Date
MEMS based nanoparticle storage and release system for Quantum Physics Platform 05-OCT-20
Beam propagation simulations for the laser interferometer space antenna (LISA) 25-JAN-19
Active optics for future large space telescopes 10-OCT-16

Peer Reviewed Journals

  Year Publication
(2018) 'Development of a prototype active optics system for future space telescopes'
Nicholas Devaney and Fiona Kenny and Alexander V. Goncharov and Matthias Goy and Claudia Reinlein (2018) 'Development of a prototype active optics system for future space telescopes'. Appl. Opt, 57 :E101-E106 [Details]
(2015) 'Adaptive optimisation of a generalised phase contrast beam shaping system'
Kenny, F;Choi, FS;Gluckstad, J;Booth, MJ (2015) 'Adaptive optimisation of a generalised phase contrast beam shaping system'. Optics Communications, 342 :109-114 [DOI] [Details]
(2012) 'Complete polarization and phase control for focus-shaping in high-NA microscopy'
Kenny, F;Lara, D;Rodriguez-Herrera, OG;Dainty, C (2012) 'Complete polarization and phase control for focus-shaping in high-NA microscopy'. Optics Express, 20 :14015-14029 [DOI] [Details]
(2012) 'Fast vectorial calculation of the volumetric focused field distribution by using a three-dimensional Fourier transform'
Lin, J;Rodriguez-Herrera, OG;Kenny, F;Lara, D;Dainty, JC (2012) 'Fast vectorial calculation of the volumetric focused field distribution by using a three-dimensional Fourier transform'. Optics Express, 20 :1060-1069 [DOI] [Details]

Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2019) 'Introduction to Polarisation and Polarimetry'
Kenny, Fiona (2019) 'Introduction to Polarisation and Polarimetry' In: Astronomical Polarisation from the Infrared to Gamma Rays. Springer International Publishing. [Details]

Conference Publications

  Year Publication
(2018) Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Fiona Kenny and Nicholas Devaney and Alexander Goncharov and Matthias Goy and Claudia Reinlein (2018) An active optics system for large UVOIR space telescopes . In: Makenzie Lystrup and Howard A. MacEwen and Giovanni G. Fazio and Natalie Batalha and Nicholas Siegler and Edward C. Tong eds. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave , pp.1789-1795 [Details]
(2018) Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Fiona Kenny and Nicholas Devaney and Alexander Goncharov and Matthias Goy and Claudia Reinlein (2018) An active optics system for large UVOIR space telescopes . In: Makenzie Lystrup and Howard A. MacEwen and Giovanni G. Fazio and Natalie Batalha and Nicholas Siegler and Edward C. Tong eds. Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave , pp.1789-1795 [Details]
(2016) Multimodal Biomedical Imaging XI
Mariana T. Carvalho and Amrit S. Lotay and Fiona M. Kenny and John M. Girkin and Anderson S. L. Gomes (2016) Random laser illumination: an ideal source for biomedical polarization imaging? . In: Fred S. Azar and Xavier Intes eds. Multimodal Biomedical Imaging XI , pp.79-84 [Details]
(2013) Imaging and Applied Optics
Daniel Burke and Fiona Kenny and Brian Patton and Martin J. Booth (2013) Optimal Sensorless Adaptive Optics Schemes for Super-Resolution Microscopy Imaging and Applied Optics [Details]
(2011) Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII
F. Kenny and O. G. Rodr\'iguez Herrera and D. Lara and C. Dainty (2011) Vectorial polarimeter using an inhomogeneous polarization state generator Frontiers in Optics 2011/Laser Science XXVII [Details]

Modules Taught

  Term/Year Module Title Module Code Subject / Desc
Semester 1 2018/2019 Quantum Mechanics PH421