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About University of Galway
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Natural Sciences
Dr Niamh Fitzgerald
Contact Details
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Biography
Research Interests
Peer Reviewed Journals
Year | Publication | |
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(2017) | 'Extending the depth of field with chromatic aberration for dual-wavelength iris imaging'
Niamh M. Fitzgerald and Christopher Dainty and Alexander V. Goncharov (2017) 'Extending the depth of field with chromatic aberration for dual-wavelength iris imaging'. Opt. Express, 25 (25):31696-31707 [DOI] [Details] |
Conference Publications
Year | Publication | |
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(2023) | Optica Design and Fabrication Congress 2023 (IODC, OFT)
J. Van Erps and N. Fitzgerald and A. Naughton and D. Mackey and K. Vanmol and D. Rosseel and J. Verbaenen and K. Rochlitz and S. Verlinski and M. Vervaeke and H. Thienpont (2023) Manufacturing and metrology of an 8-channel micro-lens-based out-of-plane coupling component for optical interconnects Optica Design and Fabrication Congress 2023 (IODC, OFT) [Details] |
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(2023) | International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022
Szymon Gladysz and Raphael Bellossi and Andreas Zepp and Douglas McDonald and Max Segel and Ruth Mackey and Niamh Fitzgerald and Karin Stein (2023) Spectral and spatial filtering for daytime deep-space optical communications . In: Kyriaki Minoglou and Nikos Karafolas and Bruno Cugny eds. International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2022 [Details] |
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(2018) | Optical Design and Engineering VII
Niamh M Fitzgerald, Christopher Dainty, Alexander V Goncharov (2018) Two iris imaging over an extended depth of field with a mobile phone camera Optical Design and Engineering VII , pp.190-195 [DOI] [Details] |
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(2017) | Optical Design and Fabrication 2017 (Freeform, IODC, OFT)
Niamh Fitzgerald and Alexander V. Goncharov and Christopher Dainty (2017) Extending the Depth of Field in a Fixed Focus Lens Using Axial Colour Optical Design and Fabrication 2017 (Freeform, IODC, OFT) [Details] |
Professional Associations
Association | Function | From / To | |
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Optica | Early career member | 01-NOV-19 / |
Patents
Patent Number | Title | Granted | |
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11209633 | Iris image acquisition system | 28-DEC-21 | |
10212366 | Iris image acquisition system | 19-FEB-19 |
Employment
Employer | Position | From / To | |
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Mbryonics | Lead Optical Engineer | 01-APR-19 / 30-AUG-23 |
Education
Year | Institution | Qualification | Subject | |
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2015 | University of Galway | M.Sc Science by Research | Physics | |
2019 | University of Galway | PhD | Physics (Optics) |
Modules Taught
Term/Year | Module Title | Module Code | Subject / Desc | |
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Semester 1 | Energy Management | BST151 | Corporate Environmental Planning | |
Semester 1 and 2 | Computational Physics | PH3101/PH3102 | Physics | |
Semester 2 | Electromagnetism | PH2106 | Physics | |
Semester 1 | Physics | PH101 | Mechanics |