Ernst Polnau
UMD Research Associate
University of Maryland
2107 Technology Ventures Building
5000 College Avenue
College Park, MD 20742
phone: 301-403-2097
fax: 301-403-2098
email: 
Education
- Ph.D. (Dr. phil. nat.) University of Bern
- M.Sc. (Dipl.-Phys.) Munich University of Technology
Research Interests
- Adaptive optics using speckle metrics
- Laser communication
- Range gated active imaging
- Infrared imaging, image processing and pattern recognition
- Atmospheric propagation of infrared radiation over Sea
- Meteoritics and radiometric dating techniques
Current Work
- Conducting research on adaptive laser beam projection on extended targets using speckle metrics.
Publications
Recent papers published as primary author
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Target-in-the-loop Wavefront Sensing and Control with
Collett-Wolf Beacon
2008 AMOS Conference Proceedings (2008) -
Adaptive compensation over a 2.33 km propagation path with retro
reflectors under strong scintillation conditions.
Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 6708 (2007) -
Precompaction exposure of chondrules and implications
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 65 (2001) -
Origin of modulated interference effects in
photoelastic modulators
Opt. Eng., Volume 35 (1996)
Recent papers published as co-author
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Target-in-the-loop wavefront sensing and control
with a Collett–Wolf beacon: speckle-average
phase conjugation
Applied Optics, Volume 48 (2009) -
Adaptive phase-locked fiber array with wavefront phase tip-tilt compensation using piezoelectric fiber positioners
Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 6708 (2007) -
Adaptive optical antennas: design and evaluation
Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 6708 (2007) -
Adaptive Beam Director for a Tiled Fiber Array
Proceedings of the 2006 AMOS Technical Conference, Pages 350-358 (2006) -
Integrated Analog Filter bank for Adaptive Optics Speckle Field Statistical Analysis
Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 5895 (2005)
