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DR NICOLETA DRAGOMIR



Contact Details

Organization: Physics
Position: Honorary (Fellow)
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Work: 8344 5085
Fax: 9347 4783
Room: 513
Level: 05
Building: Physics Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Optics Confocal laser scanning microscopy, advanced optical phase imgaging techniques, near field imaging, optical fibres, refractive index tomography Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
France Laboratoire de Physique de la Matiere Condensee Exchange, Research
Australia Victoria University of Technology Exchange, Research, Technical Assistance/Training

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) University of the West of Timisoara 31-Dec-1992
Doctor of Philosophy Victoria University of Technology 08-Jun-2005

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Institute of Physics Full Member 31-Dec-2002
Registered Australian Optical Society Full Member 01-Dec-2000
Registered Optical Society of America Full Member 01-Dec-2001
Registered Institue of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Full Member 01-Dec-2001
Registered IEEE Women in Engineers Full Member 01-Jan-2006
Registered European Light Microscopy Initiative Member 05-Feb-2007

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Australian Research Council Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship 01-Jun-2006
Scholarship Victoria University Postgraduate Research Scholarship 01-Jan-1999
Other (Award) Victoria University Vice-Chancellor?s Graduate Award for Excellence in Research 2005 08-Jul-2006
Prize Australian Conference in Optical Fibre Technology The Wanda Henry Student Prize for Best Presentation 11-Dec-2000

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Quantitative polarisation phase microscopy: A new tool for advances in structural analysis and biophotonics Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Three-Dimensional Refractive Index Reconstruction With Quantitative Phase Tomography
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Microscopy Research and Technique
    Volume: 71
    Page numbers: 5-10
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Cardiomycytes birefingence imaging: simultaneous phase and retardation 2D measurements
    Year: 2007
    Journal: G I T Imaging & Microscopy
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 62-64
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  • Noninterferometric characterization of partially coherent scalar wave fields and application to scattered light
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of the Optical Society of America A -Optics Image Science and Vision
    Volume: 24
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 3189-3197
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  • Optical tomographic reconstruction of ion beam induced refractive index changes in silica
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Applied Physics Letters
    Volume: 91
    Page numbers: 1811021-1811023
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  • Quantitative polarized phase microscopy for birefringence imaging
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 15
    Issue: 26
    Page numbers: 17690-17698
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Axial stress changes in optical fibres on fusion splicing
    Year: 2007
    Event name: COIN - ACOFT 2007
    Conference Publication: COIN - ACOFT 2007 Conference Proceedings
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: IEE Institute of Electronic Engineers(New York)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Analysis of changes in optical fibers during arc-fusion splicing by use of quantitative phase imaging
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Microscopy Research and Technique
    Volume: 69
    Page numbers: 847-851
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  • Phase-sensitive imaging techniques applied to optical fibre characterisation
    Year: 2006
    Journal: IET Optoelectronics
    Volume: 153
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 217-221
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  • Quantitative investigation of the refractive-index modulation within the core of a fiber Bragg grating
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 14
    Issue: 22
    Page numbers: 10332-10338
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Comparison between a simulated and measured image of a fibre Bragg grating


    Year: 2006
    Event name: 31st Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology and Meeting of the Australian Optical Society
    Conference Publication: ACOFT&AOS Conference 2006
    Page numbers: 81-83
    Publisher: Australian Optical Society(Melbourne)
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  • Micro-tomographic reconstruction for arbitrary refractive index profiling of optical fibers
    Year: 2006
    Event name: A NIST Symposium for Photonic and Fiber Measurements
    Conference Publication: Technical Digest: SOFM 2006
    Volume: 1055
    Page numbers: 119-122
    Publisher: Optical Society of America(Washington DC)
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  • Non-destructive three-dimensional index profiling of optical fibres and photonic devices
    Year: 2006
    Event name: 31st Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology and Meeting of the Australian Optical Society
    Conference Publication: ACOFT&AOS Conference 2006
    Page numbers: 103-105
    Publisher: Australian Optical Society(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Reflections near 1030 nm from 1540 nm fibre Bragg gratings: evidence of a complex refractive index structure
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Optics Communications
    Volume: 256
    Page numbers: 310-318
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  • Refractive index profiling of axially symmetric optical fibers: a new technique
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Optics Express
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 3277-3282
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  • Refractive index profiling of optical fibers using differential interference contrast microscopy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 2149-2151
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Three Parameter Sensing With A Single Bragg Grating In Non-Birefringent Fiber


    Year: 2005
    Event name: 30th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
    Conference Publication: BGPP/ACOFT 2005
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Tour Hosts(Sydney)
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  • Comparison Between The Modelled And Measured Refractive Index Modulation Within A FBG
    Year: 2005
    Event name: 30th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology
    Conference Publication: BGPP/ACOFT 2005
    Page numbers: 1-3
    Publisher: Tour Hosts(Sydney)
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  • Phase sensitive imaging techniques applied to optical fibre characterisation
    Year: 2005
    Event name: OFMC 2005
    Conference Publication: 7th Optical Fibre Measurement Conference
    Page numbers: 107-111
    Publisher: National Physical Laboratory(Middlesex)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Approximations for the fiber refractive index profile
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Computers & Mathematics with Applications
    Volume: 48
    Page numbers: 481-495
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Effects of high-temperature heat treatment on Nd3+-doped optical fibers for use in flourescence intensity ration based temperature sensing


    Year: 2003
    Journal: Review of Scientific Instruments
    Volume: 74
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 3524-3530
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  • Nondestructive imaging of a type I optical fiber Bragg grating
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Optics Letters
    Volume: 28
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 789-791
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Approximating the Finite Hilbert Transform via Trapezoid Type Inequalities
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Computers & Mathematics with Applications
    Volume: 43
    Page numbers: 1359-1369
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  • Determination of bending-induced strain in optical fibers by use of quantitative phase imaging
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Optics Letters
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 86-88
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  • Refractive-index profiling of optical fibers with axial symmetry by use of quantitative phase microscopy
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Optics Letters
    Volume: 27
    Issue: 23
    Page numbers: 2061-2063
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Characterisation of induced axial stress in bent optical fibres


    Year: 2002
    Event name: ACOFT 2002
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 27th Australian Conference on Optical Fiber Technology
    Page numbers: 65-67
    Publisher: The Institution of Engineers, Australia(Barton)
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  • DIC imaging of an optical fiber Bragg grating
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit
    Conference Publication: Technical Digest - Changing at light speed
    Page numbers: 700
    Publisher: OSA - Optical Society of America(Washington DC)
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  • Near Field Measurements of a Wollaston Prism Shear Displacement
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Australian Institute of Physics Congress 2002
    Conference Publication: Near Field Measurements of a Wollaston Prism Shear Displacement
    Page numbers: 331-333
    Publisher: The Australian Institute of Physics(Cronulla)
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  • Phase imaging methods for optical fiber characterization
    Year: 2002
    Event name: Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements
    Conference Publication: Technical Digest: Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 2002
    Volume: 988
    Page numbers: 109-112
    Publisher: Optical Society of America
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Publications in 2001

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Analysis of physical changes to optical fibre resulting from annealing processes
    Year: 2001
    Event name: Eleventh Conference on Sensors and their Applications 2001
    Conference Publication: Sensors and their Applications XI: Proceedings of the Eleventh Conference on Sensors and their Applications
    Page numbers: 347-353
    Publisher: IOP Publishing
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  • Investigating Refractive Index of Photonic Band Gap Fibres using DIC Microscopy
    Year: 2001
    Event name: OECC/IOCC 2001 CONFERENCE
    Conference Publication: OECC/IOOC 2001 Conference
    Volume: I
    Page numbers: 156,157
    Publisher: ACOFT 2001(Sydney)
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