About me
12 Februari 2010. Published 'Exploiting disorder for perfect focusing' in Nature Photonics. High resolution microscopy and optics applications rely on sharp focusing of light. Scattering, which occurs in paint, milk, or biological tissues, normally causes blurring of a laser focus. In this experiment, however, this very scattering was exploited to make the focus sharper. Using a new method to control the incoming light waves, we found that a lens focuses light through a scattering object ten times more sharply than through air. Such scattering-assisted focusing will ultimately improve the resolution of optical methods in scattering materials.
Welcome to my homepage. On this site, you will find information about my scientific consultancy company, as well as my curriculum vitae, and a summary of my academic research.
After obtaining an PhD in physics with the Complex Photonic Systems (COPS) group at the MESA+ institute of the University of Twente, I worked as a postdoc in the Physical System Biology group of the University of Zurich and later at the the Biophotonics laboratory of the California Institute of Technology.
Our academic research has focused on controlling the propagation of light in materials with a complex microscopic structure, such as white paint or biological tissue. One of the highlights of the research was the construction of a microscope that looks right through non-transparent materials. In 2008, our work was recognized as one of the worlds most important contributions to physics.
Currently, I am a scientific consultant specializing in innovative optics and methods for controlling the propagation of waves in general. Please have look at the information page to see what I could do for you.
I hope you enjoy visiting my site,
Ivo
