W. Thomas Cathey

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
68 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

W. Thomas Cathey is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering and Media Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Thomas Cathey has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 22 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 21 papers in Media Technology. Recurrent topics in W. Thomas Cathey's work include Advanced optical system design (14 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (14 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (11 papers). W. Thomas Cathey is often cited by papers focused on Advanced optical system design (14 papers), Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies (14 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (11 papers). W. Thomas Cathey collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Mexico. W. Thomas Cathey's co-authors include Edward R. Dowski, Sherif S. Sherif, S. C. Tucker, B. Roy Frieden, C.K. Rushforth, William T. Rhodes, Kristina M. Johnson, Albert Macovski, W.C. Karl and Mark A. Handschy and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Physics Today and Proceedings of the IEEE.

In The Last Decade

W. Thomas Cathey

61 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Extended depth of field through wave-front coding

1995 846 citations Edward R. Dowski, W. Thomas Cathey Applied Optics profile →

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Edward R. Dowski United States

J. Ojeda‐Castañeda Mexico

Emanuel Marom Israel

Genaro Saavedra Spain

Marı́a J. Yzuel Spain

Toshihiro Kubota Japan

Stefan Sinzinger Germany

José Sasián United States

Liren Liu China

James R. Leger United States

Edward R. Dowski United States

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949 ×1.0

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478 ×1.0

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231 ×0.6

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Sherif, Sherif S., Edward R. Dowski, & W. Thomas Cathey. (2005). Effect of detector noise in incoherent hybrid imaging systems. Optics Letters. 30(19). 2566–2566. 7 indexed citations

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Sherif, Sherif S., et al.. (2004). Phase plate to extend the depth of field of incoherent hybrid imaging systems. Applied Optics. 43(13). 2709–2709. 103 indexed citations

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Sherif, Sherif S. & W. Thomas Cathey. (2002). Reduced depth of field in incoherent hybrid imaging systems. Applied Optics. 41(29). 6062–6062. 7 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas & Edward R. Dowski. (2002). New paradigm for imaging systems. Applied Optics. 41(29). 6080–6080. 11 indexed citations

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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (2000). Channel reduction and applications to image processing. Applied Optics. 39(11). 1794–1794.

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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (2000). Passive ranging through wave-front coding: information and application. Applied Optics. 39(11). 1700–1700. 24 indexed citations

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Dowski, Edward R., et al.. (1997). Defocus transfer function for circularly symmetric pupils. Applied Optics. 36(23). 5796–5796. 42 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas, et al.. (1997). Realizations of focus invariance in optical–digital systems with wave-front coding. Applied Optics. 36(35). 9157–9157. 91 indexed citations

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Gracht, Joseph van der, et al.. (1995). <title>Aspheric optical elements for extended depth-of-field imaging</title>. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 2537. 279–288. 19 indexed citations

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Морозов, В Н & W. Thomas Cathey. (1994). Practical speed limits of free-space global holographic interconnects: time skew, jitter and turn-on delay. Applied Optics. 33(8). 1380–1380. 2 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas. (1991). Toward a photonics curriculum--Recommendations for optoelectronics education. Optics and Photonics News. 2(3). 15–18.

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Schmidt, Rodney A. & W. Thomas Cathey. (1988). Optical Representations For Symbolic Logic. Optical Engineering. 27(6). 3 indexed citations

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Handschy, Mark A., et al.. (1987). Polarization-based optical parallel logic gate utilizing ferroelectric liquid crystals. Optics Letters. 12(8). 611–611. 18 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas, B. Roy Frieden, William T. Rhodes, & C.K. Rushforth. (1984). Image gathering and processing for enhanced resolution. Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 1(3). 241–241. 44 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas. (1981). Book reviews - Electro-optics handbook. IEEE Communications Magazine. 19(1). 54–55. 1 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas. (1974). Angular spectrum and coherent imaging*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 64(11). 1503–1503. 2 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas. (1968). Multiple Frequency Wavefront Recording. Optica Acta International Journal of Optics. 15(1). 35–45. 2 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas. (1966). Spatial Phase Modulation of Wavefronts in Spatial Filtering and Holography. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 56(9). 1167–1167. 20 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas. (1965). Partially Coherent Diffraction by a Slit with an Odd Phase Distribution*. Journal of the Optical Society of America. 55(8). 1035_1–1035_1. 1 indexed citations

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Cathey, W. Thomas & F. B. Beck. (1964). Radiation patterns of the logarithmic spiral antenna on an elliptical cone. IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. 12(4). 491–492. 1 indexed citations

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