Dr Andrew Maiden
PhD, MEng
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Director of Programme Delivery
Senior Lecturer Computational Holography
Semiconductor Materials and Devices Research Group
+44 114 222 5181
Full contact details
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Sir Frederick Mappin Building
Mappin Street
91Ö±²¥
S1 3JD
- Profile
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I’m interested in computational optics – enhancing optical systems such as microscopes, cameras or projectors with computer code.
My interest began with my PhD at Durham University, where I used computer modelling of the way light propagates to design digital holograms.
The holograms were printed out and projected a 3D pattern of circuitry when illuminated with a laser. We used these projected patterns to expose photoresist for the manufacture of volumetric integrated circuits and 3D antennas.
I spent a year living in the Lake District (where I grew up) after my PhD. I got to indulge my passion for outdoor sports – rock climbing, fell running and triathlon – whilst I was there, so when I decided to return to academia 91Ö±²¥ was a natural choice, being a very outdoors city with excellent Universities.
I moved to 91Ö±²¥ to work with Professor John Rodenburg and was lucky enough to join him in the pioneering days of a computational optics technique called ptychography (pronounced tie-cog- ra-fee).
Ptychography uses diffraction pattern measurements to enhance microscopes. It realises ‘perfect’ imaging, where the image of a microscopic specimen it recreates is an exact copy of how that specimen interacts with a beam of light.
I left 91Ö±²¥ University for a brief spell to work with a spin-out company on commercialisation of ptychography-enhanced microscopes. I missed the freedom of the academic environment, and returned as a Lecturer after a couple of years.
As well as my continuing research in computational optics, I now teach analogue electronics to our third years.
- Qualifications
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- PhD, University of Durham 2005
- MEng (Electronic & Electrical Engineering), University of Birmingham 2001
- Research interests
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- Coherent Diffractive Imaging (CDI)
- Ptychography
- Computer-generated holography
- Phase imaging in the Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)
- Inverse problems
- Image processing
- Publications
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Journal articles
- . BIO Web of Conferences, 129, 04034-04034.
- . Optics Letters, 49(17), 4839-4839.
- . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 30(Supplement_1).
- . Optics Express, 32(12), 21327-21327.
- . Applied Physics Letters, 123(19).
- . Optics Express, 31(10), 15791-15791.
- . Applied Optics, 61(10), 2874-2874.
- . Optics Letters, 46(7), 1624-1624.
- . Ultramicroscopy.
- . Optics Express, 26(19), 25471-25480.
- . Ultramicroscopy, 187, 71-83.
- . Applied Optics, 57(8), 1800-1806.
- . Scientific Reports, 8(1).
- . Journal of Microscopy.
- . Optica, 4(7), 736-745.
- . Optics Letters, 42(3), 371-374.
- . Physical Review A, 94.
- . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 22(S3), 510-511.
- . Optics Express, 24(8), 9038-9038.
- . Scientific Reports, 5.
- . Optics Express, 22(10), 12513-12523.
- . Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, 87(5).
- . Nat Commun, 4, 1669.
- . Contact Lens and Anterior Eye, 35, e20-e20.
- . Ultramicroscopy, 120, 64-72.
- . Opt Express, 20(9), 9911-9918.
- . Nat Commun, 3, 730.
- . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 18(S2), 502-503.
- . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 18(S2), 1024-1025.
- . Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision, 29(8), 1606-1614.
- . Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8338.
- . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 17(S2), 1058-1059.
- . J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis, 28(4), 604-612.
- . Ultramicroscopy, 111(8), 1117-1123.
- . Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8001.
- . PHYS REV B, 82(12).
- . Opt Lett, 35(15), 2585-2587.
- . Microscopy and Microanalysis, 16(S2), 748-749.
- . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 241.
- . Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7729.
- . Ultramicroscopy, 109(10), 1256-1262.
- . J MICRO-NANOLITH MEM, 6(4).
- . Opt Lett, 30(11), 1300-1302.
- . Circuit World, 31(2), 10-14.
- . Light: Science & Applications, 13(1).
- . Nature Protocols.
Chapters
- , Springer Handbook of Microscopy (pp. 819-904). Springer International Publishing
- (pp. 475-476). Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
Conference proceedings papers
- . Optica Imaging Congress 2024 (3D, AOMS, COSI, ISA, pcAOP), Vol. 29 (pp CW3B.1-CW3B.1), 2024.
- . Quantitative Phase Imaging V, 2 February 2019 - 7 February 2019.
- . Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 902 (pp 012015-012015)
- . Optics in the Life Sciences Congress, 2017.
- OPTICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR PHASE-SENSITIVE IMAGING USING ELECTRON PTYCHOGRAPHY. RECENT TRENDS IN CHARGED PARTICLE OPTICS AND SURFACE PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION (pp 60-61)
- The Remarkably Flexible Ptychographic Data Set. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
- . Microscopy and Microanalysis, Vol. 20(S3) (pp 372-373)
- . Classical Optics 2014, 2014.
- TRANSMISSION AND REFLECTION MICROSCOPY WITHOUT LENSES. RECENT TRENDS IN CHARGED PARTICLE OPTICS AND SURFACE PHYSICS INSTRUMENTATION (pp 61-62)
- A photolithographic process for grossly non-planar substrates - art. no. 69212E. EMERGING LITHOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGIES XII, PTS 1 AND 2, Vol. 6921 (pp E9212-E9212)
- Non-planar photolithography using digital holograms. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
- . Proceedings - Electronic Components and Technology Conference, Vol. 2006 (pp 283-288)
- Photolithography on grossly non-planar substrates. Proceedings of the Seventh IEEE CPMT Conference on High Density Microsystem Design, Packaging and Failure Analysis (HDP'05) (pp 442-446)
Patents
- Calibration of a probe in ptychography. US8942449 (US). Appl. 27 Jan 2015.
- Provision of image data. US8908910 Appl. 09 Dec 2014.
- Method and apparatus for providing image data. US8917393 Appl. 23 Dec 2014.
- Holographic Lithography. GB2419501 (UK). Appl. 01 Jan 1970.
Preprints
- Teaching activities
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- EE335 (integrated electronics)
- EEE6231 (optical imaging systems)
- Postgraduate Research Admissions Tutor
- Research students
Student Degree Status Primary/Secondary Cao S PhD Graduated Secondary