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Publications

This is a record of a remarkably varied work experience, resulting from 14 years at the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 19 years with the New Zealand Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, and from 1992 to 2003 with the commercial metamorphosis of the DSIR, Industrial Research Limited. In 2003, Applied Physics Limited was registered as a private company in New Zealand.

1964

Horizontal Seismometer. British Patent No. 1014548

1965

A new long-period vertical component seismometer. AWRE Report O-70/65

1966

High temperature measurements by laser light scattering from plasma. AWRE Report O-66/66 (with J.L.Watson)

1967

1. The largest thermometer in the world. AWRE News, March 1967, 16.

2. A 12-channel Doppler-profile spectrophotometer for plasma-scattered laser light. J. Sci. Instrum. 44, 690-692 (1967) (Invited paper). Also AWRE Report O-42/67

1968

Centrifugal forming of paraboloid mirrors on mercury. Patent Application No. 28028/68. AWRE.

1969

1. High resolution measurements of plasma density, Brit. J. Appl. Phys. (J. Phys. D), Ser. 2, 2, 129-133 (1969) (with J. L. Watson)

2. Temperature and density measurements in the midplane of a long theta-pinch. UKAEA Culham pre-publication report CLM-P 198, and Nuclear Fusion, 9, 215-222 (1969) (11 other authors).

3. Thermograph scanner. Patent application No. 11007/69 (AWRE).

4. Thermograph scanner modifications. Patent application No. 23624/69 (AWRE).

5. Aperture-indexed collimators for gamma-cameras with semiconductor detector arrays, J. Sci. Instr. Ser. 2, 2, 378-380 (1969).

6. Improvements in or relating to optical apparatus. British Patent No. 1286458 (Surgical laser manipulator).

7. A laser manipulator for surgical use. J. Sci. Instrum. , Ser. 2, 2, 931-932 (1969)

1970

Laser Surgery. AWRE News, May 1970, p14-16.

1971

1. A carbon dioxide surgical laser. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 48, 181-188 (1971) (with R. R. Hall & D. W. Hill)

2. Incision of tissue by carbon dioxide laser. Nature, 232, 131-132 (1971) (with R. R. Hall, E. Baker & P. Morison)

3. A new optical system for quantitative thermographs. J. Sci. Instrum. (J. Phys. E) 4, 1024-1028 (1971)

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1974

Lens specification for carbon dioxide laser machining. AIDD Report G 101.

1975

A simple device for the efficient coupling of a light-emitting diode to an optical fibre. J. Sci. Instrum. (J. Phys. E), 8, 745-747 (1975)

1977

1. Stonehenge 1 and lunar dynamics. Nature, 265, 17-21 (1977)

2. 72PLOT, an X-Y plotter graph-drawing program with some data-analysis extensions. AIDD Report G 110.

1979

1. Stonehenge 1 and anthropology. MASCA Journal, 1, 53-55, (1979) (invited paper).

2. The pharyngeal effect of partial nasal obstruction. Pediatrics, 63, 261-271 (1979) (with S. L. Tonkin, J. Partridge & S. Whitney) (Cot death investigations).

1980

1. A bubble detector for automatic analgesic drug injectors. J. Sci. Instrum. (J. Phys. E.), 13, 1053-1054 (1980) (with G. T. Palmer).

2. Measurement of subcutaneous backfat depth in live lambs with an ultrasonic probe, NZ J. Agricultural Research, 23, 161-165 (1980) (with J. M. Gooden & R. W. Purchas)

1981

Between-operator repeatability of fat-depth measurements made on live sheep with an ultrasonic probe, NZ J. Experimental Agriculture, 9, 213-220 (1981) (with R. W. Purchas).

1982

Multiple pregnancy diagnosis in sheep using pulsed video-fluoroscopy and a semiconductor video store, NZ Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 10, 291-295 (1982)

1983

1. The cranial-caudal pillar complex as a site for sensors monitoring the amount and nature of the ruminal digesta. (Poster). International Meeting on Comparative Aspects of the Physiology of Digestion of Ruminants. University of Sydney Veterinary School (with C. S. W. Reid & J. F. Conway).

2. An ultrasonic equipment for the measurement of backfat on unshorn live sheep, Ultrasonics, July 1983 (with D. L. Tuck & R. J. Twizell).

1984

1. The effects of eating and drinking on the dimensions of the rumino-reticulum of the sheep, Proc. Nutrition Soc of NZ, 9, 178 (Abstract) (with C. S. W. Reid, F. Gatel & J. F. Conway).

2. Application of X-ray computer tomographic imaging for product improvement in the meat industry, Proceedings of the 21st NZ National Electronics Conference, 22-24 August 1984. (with K. L. Garden, A. R. Sykes, A. D. Gibson & R. H. T. Bates).

3. The vulnerability of the infant upper airway, Proceedings of the 17th International Intrascience Symposium - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. (with S. Tonkin).

1985

Low-irradiation video-fluoroscopy assembly for protracted observation and measurement of the motility, dimensions and contents of the rumino-reticulum of sheep, Medical & Biological Engineering and Computing, 1985 23 , 501-504. (with C. S. W. Reid)

1986

Radiological measurement of the distension of the ovine rumino-reticulum (RR) during eating and drinking, Proc. Physiological Society NZ, 6, (abstract) (with C. S. W. Reid, J. F. Conway & F. Gatel).

1988

Improvements in or relating to reflector lens systems, 20 July 1988. NZ Patent Nos. 220299/220831/221211/221212.

1989

1. Shedding light on solar control, Architecture New Zealand, July/August 1989, 80-81

2. Multiple pregnancy diagnosis of ewes using real-time ultrasonic body scanner and video-fluoroscopy systems, Proc. NZ Soc. of Animal Production, Conference 1989. (with N. D. Grace, T. D. Quinlivan & B. Ward)

1990

Retroreflectors, 5 June 1990, US Patent No. 4,930,870.

1992

1. Catadioptric Lens. New Zealand Patent Application No. 236307/236308

2. Catadioptric Lens. United States Patent Application No. 07/892,896

3. Catadioptric Lens. Japanese Patent Application No. 4-185640

4. Automatic detection of contaminants in foodstuffs using X-ray video fluoroscopy. Presented at Conference of the NZ Institute of Food Science, Wellington, May 1992.

5. Detection of Contaminants in Dairy Products. Presented at the Annual NZ Dairy Industry Technical Conference, Palmerston North, June 1992.

6. Examples of metallic contamination detection in foodstuffs using X-rays. Presented at the Annual Conference of the NZ Non-destructive Testing Association, Taupo, October 1992.

7. Automatic x-ray inspection of canned products for foreign material. Proc. SPIE Conference on "Machine Vision Applications, Architectures and Systems Integration", Boston, November 1992. (with D.W.Penman, & O.J.Olsson)

1993

1. Videometrics 1992-93, FRST Contract CO8229, Objective 5, (with R.J.Valkenburg, P.W. Power&, G.T.Palmer) June 1993.

2. A fast large-aperture relayed concentric Cassegrain system with negligible Seidel aberrations. National Physics Conference, New Zealand Institute of Physics, Waikato University, 25-27 August 1993.

1995

1. Invited speaker: Detection of Non-Biological Contaminants in Foodstuffs - Present and Future, Joint Conference of NZIFST & AIFST, May 1995, "Bridging 2000 and Beyond".

2. Sodium vapour discharge lamps with high-frequency electronic ballast for machine vision systems illumination, Measurement Science and Technology, 6, 1634-1635 (1995) (with G. T. Palmer)

1997

1. "KiwiStar: a design system for ultra-fast, high-resolution, broad-spectrum, wide angle catadioptric lenses", Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 3130, Lens design, Illumination, and Optomechanical modelling, San Diego, July 1997, pp13-20. This paper was selected for inclusion in the CD-ROM "Optical Design", published by the SPIE in 1999.

2. Lens Relay System. New Zealand Patent Application No. 328540

3. Surveillance System. New Zealand Patent Application No. 328997

1998

1. Modular Imaging System. New Zealand Patent Application No. 329845

2. Improvements in or relating to lens system. US Patent No. 5734496

1999

1. "Novel technique for the design of ultra-fast, high-resolution, broad-spectrum, wide-angle catadioptric lenses", Optical Engineering, 38(10) 1627-1634 (October 1999).

2000

1. "Wide-field aberration corrector for spherical gossamer primary mirrors", Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 4091, Imaging Technology and Telescopes, San Diego, July/August 2000

2. "Simple system of aberration correction for very large spherical primary mirrors", Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 4092, Lens and Optical Design and Engineering, San Diego, July/August 2000

3. "Wide-field aberration corrector for spherical primary mirrors ", Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 4092, Lens and Optical Design and Engineering, San Diego, July/August 2000

4. "The double-pass Cassegrain revisited: a compact optic for space operations", Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 4092, Lens and Optical Design and Engineering, San Diego, July/August 2000

2001

1. “Compact optic for 50nm UV imaging with a diffraction-limited 1° angular field” accepted for oral presentation at the SPIE Annual Meeting, San Diego, July-August 2001

1. “Scalable MWIR and LWIR optical system designs employing a large spherical primary mirror and small refractive aberration correctors” accepted for oral presentation at the SPIE Annual Meeting, San Diego, July-August 2001

2. New Zealand Patent Application No. (to be advised) “Imaging System having a dual Cassegrain-like format”

3. US Provisional Patent Application No. 190809-8080  “Digital Light Projection System”1-March-2001

4. NZ Provisional Patent Application No. 511735 “High-etendue Optical System” 15-May-2001

2003

1. “Ultra-high-speed wide-angle catadioptric corrector system for medium-scale spherical mirror telescopes”, Optical Engineering 42(2) 405-415 (February 2003).

2004

1. “Ultra-fast focal reducer design for ~2m-class telescopes”, Proceedings of SPIE, 5523, 31-38

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Total of 24 refereed scientific publications

..............16 conference presentations

..............21 patents or patent applications

..............10 internal reports and articles

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