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E. Published conference papers

  1. Sheppard CJR, Ahmed H (1972) An UHV reflection scanning electron diffraction system, Proceedings of Conference on Vacuum Instruments and Methods in Surface Studies, British Vacuum Council, pp.133-137.
  2. Sheppard CJR, Ahmed H (1974) Scanning electron diffraction, Proceedings of Conference on Physical Methods of Surface Study in Corrosion, University of Surrey, invited.
  3. Howorth J, Sheppard CJR, Holtom R, Trawny E (1975) Transmission silicon photoemitters and electron multipliers, Proceedings Int. Conf. on Low Light and Thermal Imaging Systems, London.
  4. Jordan MP, Kompfner R, Sheppard CJR, Solymar L (1976) Coupling of optical fibres by means of volume holograms, Proc.6th European Microwave Conference, Rome, pp. 438-442.
  5. Sheppard CJR (1977) The scanning optical microscope, IEEE/OSA Conf. Laser Engineering and Applications Washington, IEEE J. Quantum Elec., QE-13, 49D.
  6. Sheppard CJR, Kompfner R, Gannaway J, Walsh D (1977) The scanning harmonic optical microscope, IEEE/OSA Conf. Laser Engineering and Applications Washington, IEEE J. Quantum Elec., QE-13, 100D, post-deadline.
  7. Gannaway JN, Sheppard CJR, Walsh D, Wilson T (1978) Scanning optical microscopy, UKAEA Report ND-R-337(S).
  8. Wilson T, Sheppard CJR (1979) Phase imaging in scanning optical microscopes, Annual meeting of OSA, Rochester 1979, J. Opt. Soc. Am. 69, 1443.
  9. Sheppard CJR, Wilson T (1980) Image formation in confocal optical systems, Int. Optical Computing Conference, Washington DC, Proc. SPIE 232, 197-202.
  10. Wilson T, Sheppard CJR (1980) Coded apertures and detectors for optical differentiation, Int. Optical Computing Conference, Washington DC, Proc. SPIE 232, 203-209.
  11. Sheppard CJR (1982) Applications of scanning optical microscopy, SPIE Meeting on Microscopy - Techniques and Capabilities, London, 1982, Proc. SPIE 368, 88-95.
  12. Sheppard CJR (1984) Confocal imaging of surfaces with height variations, ICO-13, Sapporo, Japan, in Optics in modern science and technology, H Ohzu, ed., pp.502-503, International Commission for Optics.
  13. Sheppard CJR (1984) Scanning microscopy, Proc. Workshop on Unconventional Imagery, Rigi, Switzerland, A. Lohmann, ed., pp. 13-18, US Army Research Development and Standardization Group.
  14. Sheppard CJR, Cox IJ (1985) Resolution of scanned optical systems, Image Science '85, Helsinki June 1985, Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Appl. Phys. Ser. 149, 279-281.
  15. Sheppard CJR (1985) Three dimensional microscopic imaging, Image Science '85, Helsinki June 1985, Acta Polytechnica Scandinavica, Appl. Phys. Ser. 149, 282-284.
  16. Sheppard CJR (1986) Optical sectioning in confocal microscopy, 19 Kolloquium Arbeitkreises für Elektronenmikroskopische Direktabbildung und Analyse von Oberflächen, Aachen, 1986, Beitr. elektronenmikroskop. Direktabb. Oberfl. 19, 133-138.
  17. Sheppard CJR (1989) General Considerations of diffraction theory of 3-D imaging, International Conf. on 3-D Image Processing in Microscopy, Giessen, invited,  European J. Cell Biology, Suppl. 25, 48, 29-32.
  18. Sheppard CJR (1989) Confocal Microscopy of Thick Structures, International Conf. on 3-D Image Processing in Microscopy, Giessen, European J. Cell Biology, Suppl. 25, 48, 33-34.
  19. Sheppard CJR, Hamilton DK, Matthews HJ (1988) Confocal interference microscopy, ECO1, Hamburg, August 1988, Proc. SPIE 1028, 92-95.          
  20. Sheppard CJR, Sheridan JT (1989) Micrometrology of thick structures, International Congress on Optical Science and Engineering Paris, April 1989, Proc. SPIE 1139, 32-39.
  21. Cogswell CJ, Sheppard CJR (1989) Imaging using confocal brightfield techniques, Institute of Physics Conference Series No. 98, 14, 633-638.
  22. Sheppard CJR, Cogswell CJ (1990) Optimization of the confocal microscope system, Micro 90, incorporating the 2nd International Conference on Confocal Microscopy and the 3rd International Conference on 3-D Image Processing in Microscopy, London, 2-6 July,Trans. RMS. 1, 231-234, H. Elder, ed. Hilger, Bristol. ISBN 0 7503 0064 7
  23. Cogswell CJ, Sheppard CJR (1990) Confocal Nomarski differential interference contrast (DIC) microscopy, Micro 90, incorporating the 2nd International Conference on Confocal Microscopy and the 3rd International Conference on 3-D Image Processing in Microscopy, London, 2-6 July,Trans RMS 1,  251-255, H. Elder, ed. Hilger, Bristol. ISBN 0 7503 0064 7
  24. Cogswell CJ, Hamilton DK, Sheppard CJR (1990) Full-colour confocal reflection imaging using red, green and blue lasers with an on-axis scanning microscope, Micro 90, incorporating the 2nd International Conference on Confocal Microscopy and the 3rd International Conference on 3-D Image Processing in Microscopy, London, 2-6 July,Trans. RMS  1, 267-270, H. Elder, ed.; Hilger, Bristol. ISBN 0 7503 0064 7
  25. Cogswell CJ, Sheppard CJR (1991) Visualization of 3-D phase structure in confocal and conventional microscopy, SPIE/SPSE International Symposium on electronic imaging science and technology. San Jose, Feb. 1991, Proc. SPIE. 1450, 323-328

26.  Sheppard CJR, Gu M (1991) Three-dimensional transfer functions, Scanning '91, Atlantic City, Scanning 13, I-55.

27.  Cogswell CJ, O'Byrne JW, Sheppard CJR (1991) Reflection and transmission modes for imaging phase objects in confocal microscopy.  Scanning '91, Atlantic City, Scanning, 13, I75-76 (1991)

28.  Sheppard CJR, Gu M, Cogswell CJ (1991) Confocal imaging through aberrating layers, Scanning '91, Atlantic City, Scanning 13, I-61.

  1. Gu M, Sheppard CJR (1992) Three-dimensional image formation in confocal fluorescence microscopy, SPIE/IS&T Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, San Jose, Proc. SPIE 1660, 188-198.
  2. Sheppard CJR, Gu M, Roy M (1992) Signal strength and its effects on processing of confocal images, SPIE/IS&T Symposium on Electronic Imaging: Science and Technology, San Jose, Proc. SPIE 1660, 243-249
  3. Cogswell CJ, O'Byrne JW, Sheppard CJR (1991) Reflection and transmission modes for imaging phase objects in confocal microscopy, Scanning 13, I 75-76.
  4. Sheppard CJR, Gu M (1992) Aberrations in confocal microscopy, Scanning 92, Atlantic City, Scanning 14, Suppl II, 1.

33.  Sheppard CJR, Cogswell CJ (1992) Image formation in video-enhanced and confocal DIC microscopy, International Conference on Phase Contrast and Differential Interference Contrast, Warsaw, Poland, invited,  Proc. SPIE 1846, 64-71.

  1. Gu M, Sheppard CJR (1992) Fibre-optical confocal scanning microscopy in metrology: imaging of a straight edge.  17th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology Proceedings, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 368-371
  2. Sheppard CJR, Gu Min (1993) Imaging in high aperture optical systems, The 16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, Budapest, Hungary, Aug 9-13, 1993, Proc. SPIE 1983, 195-196.
  3. Gu Min, Sheppard CJR (1993) Three-dimensional coherent transfer functions in confocal scanning imaging, The 16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, Budapest, Hungary, Aug 9-13, 1993, Proc. SPIE 1983, 211-212.
  4. Sheppard CJR, Connolly TJ, Gu Min (1993) A treatment of light scattering by rough surfaces in terms of the three-dimensional transfer function, The 16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, Budapest, Hungary, Aug 9-13, 1993, Proc. SPIE 1983, 305-306.
  5. Sheppard CJR (1993) A treatment of light scattering by a rough surface in terms of its three-dimensional spectrum, Int Conf on Holography, Correlation Optics and Recording Materials,  Chernovtsy, Ukraine, 10-14 May, Proc. SPIE 2108, 238-242.
  6. Sheppard CJR (1993) Light scattering problems in confocal scanning microscopy, Int Conf on Diffractometry and Scatterometry, Warsaw, Poland, 24-28 May, invited, Proc. SPIE 1991, 151-158.
  7. Sheppard CJR (1993) The influence of confocal microscope design on imaging performance, 51st Annual Meeting of the Microscopy Society of America, Cincinnati, invited, Proceedings, Bailey GW and Rieder CL, eds. San Francisco Press, 144-145 ISSN 0424 8201

41.  Sheppard CJR, Connolly TJ (1994) Confocal imaging of thin films, Conference on Three-dimensional Microscopy: Image acquisition and processing, San Jose, 7-8 Feb, Proc. SPIE 2184, 104-110.

42.  Sheppard CJR, Gu M, Sheridan JT, Connolly TJ (1994) Simulation and reconstruction of light-microscope images, Proc. 52nd Annual Meeting, Microscope Society of America, New Orleans, GW Bailey and AJ Garrett-Read, eds. San Francisco Press, pp.924-925. ISSN 0424 8201

43.  Sheppard CJR, Gu M (1994) Modeling of 3-D brightfield microscope images, Conference on Image Reconstruction and Restoration, San Diego, 25-36 July, invited, Proc. SPIE 2302, 352-358.

  1. Gu M, Zhou H, Sheppard CJR (1994) Fibre-optical confocal scanning interferometry, 19th ACOFT Proceedings, 318-321

45.  Sheppard CJR (1994) Fundamental limits to illumination strength in confocal microscopy, Scanning '94, Charleston, South Carolina, 17-20 May, Scanning 16, IV-7.

46.  Sheppard CJR, Connolly TJ, Gu Min (1994) Confocal imaging of rough surfaces, Scanning '94, Charleston, South Carolina, 17-20 May, Scanning 16, IV-34.

47.  Gu M, Sheppard CJR (1995) Fundamental improvement in axial resolution of confocal microscopy under ultra-short pulse illumination, Conference on three-dimensional microscopy: image acquisition and processing II, San Jose, February 1995, Proc. SPIE 2549, 254-260

48.  Sheppard CJR (1995) Laser microscopy of electronic devices, International Conference on Optical Diagnostics of Materials and Devices for Opto- Micro- and Quantum Electronics, Kiev, 10-13 May 1995,  invited, Proc. SPIE 2648, 545-547

49.  Sheppard CJR, Quartel JC and Roy M (1995) Scattering and imaging of random media, International Conference on Holography and Correlation Optics, Chernovtsy, Ukraine, 15-19 May 1995, invited, Proc. SPIE 2647, 13-19

50.  Gu M, Tannous T, Sheppard CJR (1995) Axial resolution in confocal imaging under ultra-short pulsed beam illumination, Focus on Microscopy '95, Taipei, Taiwan, 18-20 April 1995, Zoological Studies 34, Suppl.1, 76-78

51.  Sheppard CJR, Quartel JC (1995) Surface profiling and confocal microscopy, Focus on Microscopy '95, Taipei, Taiwan, 18-20 April 1995, invited, Zoological Studies 34, Suppl.1, 93-95

52.  Sheppard CJR, Fatemi H (1995) Optical fibre probe microscopy, Focus on Microscopy '95, Taipei, Taiwan, 18-20 April 1995, Zoological Studies 34, Suppl.1, 91-92

53.  Cox G, Sheppard CJR (1995) Appropriate image processing for confocal microscopy, Focus on Microscopy '95, Taipei, Taiwan, 18-20 April 1995, Zoological Studies 34, Suppl.1, 84-86

54.  Gu M, Sheppard CJR (1995) 3-D transfer function description for 4Pi confocal microscopy, Focus on Microscopy '95, Taipei, Taiwan, 18-20 April 1995, Zoological Studies 34, Suppl.1, 96-98

55.  Sheppard CJR, Quartel (1996) Reconstruction of surface profiles from scattering data, 2a Reunion Iberoamericana de Optica, Guanajuato, Mexico 18-22 Sept. 1996, invited, Proc. SPIE 2730, 290-293

  1. Sheppard CJR Török P (1996) A multipole expansion for efficient calculation of focal distributions, 2a Reunion Iberoamericana de Optica, Guanajuato, Mexico 18-22 Sept. 1996, Proc. SPIE 2730 630-633

57.  Sheppard CJR, Török P (1996) Confocal imaging through a dielectric interface: aberration modeling, Conference on three-dimensional microscopy: image acquisition and processing III, San Jose, 30 January-1 February 1996, Proc. SPIE, 2655, 280-286

58.  Sheppard CJR, Török P (1996) Vectorial theory of confocal fluorescence, Conference on three-dimensional microscopy: image acquisition and processing III, San Jose, 30 January-1 February 1996, Proc. SPIE, 2655, 26-33

59.  Sheppard CJR, Török P (1996) Electromagnetic diffraction in high aperture optical systems, ICO17, Taejon, Korea, 19-23 August 1996, Proc. SPIE 2778 31-32

60.  Sheppard CJR, Quartel J (1996) Inverse scattering for rough surfaces, ICO17, Taejon, Korea, 19-23 August 1996, Proc. SPIE 2778 286-287

61.  Sheppard CJR, Török P (1996) Aberrations in confocal microscopy, Scanning '96, Monterey, 9-12 April 1996, Scanning, 18,131

  1. Zhou H, Sheppard CJR, Gu M (1996) An optical-fibre version of confocal interference microscope, 21st ACOFT Proceedings, Queensland, December 1996,  pp.137-139

63.  Sheppard CJR, Zhou H (1997) Confocal interference microscopy, Conference on Three-Dimensional Microscopy: Image Acquisition and Processing IV, San Jose, 8-14 February 1997, Proc. SPIE 2984, 85-89

  1. Sheppard CJR (1997) Interferometric measurement of refractive index profiles for thin film characterisation, European Symposium on Lasers and Optics in Manufacturing, Munich, 16-20 June 1997, invited, Proc. SPIE 3098, 442-449
  2. Sheppard CJR (1997) Image modeling in confocal reflection and transmission microscopy, Cell Vision (Journal of Analytical Morphology) 4, 221-222, Focus on Multi Dimensional Microscopy '97, Buffalo, 27-30 April, invited plenary speaker.
  3. Matsuda K, Roy M, Fekete PW, Eiju T, Sheppard CJR, O'Byrne JW (1998) A novel method for beam collimation using multiple beam shearing interferometry, SPIE Conference on Flatness, Roughness and Discrete Defects Characterization for Computer Disks, Wafers and Flat Panel Displays II, San Jose 29-30 January, Proc. SPIE 3275, 2-8
  4. Larkin KG, Sheppard CJR (1998) Direct method for phase retrieval from the intensity of cylindrical wavefronts, OSA Topical Meeting on Signal Recovery and Synthesis, Kona Surf, Hawaii, 8-12 June, OSA Technical Digest Series, Vol.11, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1998), pp.46-48
  5. Sheppard CJR (1998) Microscope image reconstruction, OSA Topical Meeting on Signal recovery and synthesis, Kona Surf, Hawaii, 8-12 June, invited, OSA Technical Digest Series, Vol.11, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1998), pp.64-65
  6. Sheppard CJR (1998) Super-resolving filters as diffractive optical elements, OSA Topical Meeting on Diffractive optics and micro-optics, Kona Surf, Hawaii, 8-12 June, OSA Technical Digest Series, Vol.10, (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 1998), pp.78-79

70.  Matsuda K, Sheppard CJR, O’Byrne JW, Roy M, Fekete PW and Eiju T (1998) A novel method for straightness measurements using a reflection confocal optical system, ISATA, Munich, Proc. Conf. Optical and Laser Metrology in the Automotive Industry and Innovative Management, D. Roller, ed., ISATA, Croydon, UK, pp.93-98

71.  Sheppard CJR and Saghafi S (1998) Gaussian beams beyond the paraxial approximation, ICO Topical Meeting on Optics for Information Infrastructure, Tianjin, China, Aug. 3-6, in: Proc. OII '98, Optics for Information Infrastructure, GG Mu, ed. J. Optoelectronics Laser (JOEL) 9, Suppl. pp. 42-44

72.  Sheppard CJR, Saghafi S (1998) High Aperture Gaussian beams, III Reunion Iberoamericana de Optica y VI Encuentro Latinoamericano de Optica, Lasers y sus Applicaciones, Cartagena, Colombia, 28 Sept.- 2 Oct., pp. 17-18, plenary, Proc. SPIE 3572, 57-61 (1999)

73.  Roy M, Cherel L and Sheppard CJR (1999) Geometric phase coherence probe microscope for surface profiling, 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, San Francisco, 2-6 August, Proc. SPIE 3749, pp.462-463

74.  Aguilar JF and Sheppard CJR (1999) Limitations of the confocal imaging algorithm in surface profiling, 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, San Francisco, 2-6 August, Proc. SPIE 3749, pp.490-491

75.  Matsuda K, Eiju T, Roy M, O'Byrne JW, Fekete PW and Sheppard CJR (1999) Sraightness measurement using a reflection confocal optical system, 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, San Francisco, 2-6 August, Proc. SPIE 3749, pp.589-490

76.  Sharma MD and Sheppard CJR (1999) Apodising filters for imaging through highly scattering media, 18th Congress of the International Commission for Optics, San Francisco, 2-6 August, Proc. SPIE 3749, pp.607-608

77.  Sheppard CJR and Török P (1999) Effects of Fresnel number in focusing and imaging, Int. Conf on Optics and Optoelectronics, Dehra Dun, India, 9-12 Dec. 1998, Proc. SPIE 3729, Optics and Optoelectronics: Theory, Devices and Applications, OP Nijhawan, AK Gupta, AK Musla and K Singh, eds. pp. 458-472

78.  Sheppard CJR (2000) Three-dimensional transfer functions, Sixth international conference on education and training in optics and photonics, Cancun, Mexico, 28-30 July 1999, invited, Proc. SPIE 3831 166-173

79.  Sheppard CJR, Roy M, Svahn (2000) Low-coherence interference microscopy at high numerical aperture, Optical sensing, imaging and manipulation for biological and biomedical applications, Photonics Taiwan, Taipei 26-28 July, Proc. SPIE 4082 57-60, invited.

80.  Gauderon R, Lukins PB, Sheppard CJR (2000) Simultaneous multichannel nonlinear imaging: combined two-photon excited fluorescence and second-harmonic generation microscopy, Optical sensing, imaging and manipulation for biological and biomedical applications, Photonics Taiwan, Taipei 26-28 July, Proc. SPIE 4082 115-118

81.  Roy M, Svahn P, Sheppard CJR (2000) Geometric phase low-coherence interference microscopy at high numerical aperture, International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, Calcutta, India, 18-20 December, Proceedings, Vol.2, SK Lahiri et al. eds. Allied Publishers, New Delhi, pp.560-562 ISBN 81-7764-103-4, also selected for Photonics 2000, Proc. SPIE 4417, 529-532, ISBN 0-8194-4124-4.

  1. Saghafi S, Sheppard CJR (2000) Correspondence between standard and elegant Hermite-Gaussian beammodes, PIERS 2000, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5-14 July

83.  Sheppard CJR, Larkin KG (2001) Wigner function and ambiguity function for non-paraxial three-dimensional wavefields, Optical Processing and Computing: A Tribute to Adolf Lohmann, Orlando, 17 April, SPIE Invitational Conference, Proc. SPIE 4392, 99-103

84.  Sheppard, Sharma MD (2002) Spatial frequency content of ultrashort pulsed beams, PIERS 2002, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1-5 July, invited, Proceedings, p.303

85.  Sheppard CJR, Larkin KG (2002) Information capacity and resolution in three-dimensional imaging, ICO 19, Optics for the Quality of Life, Firenze, Italy, 25-31 August, Proc. SPIE 4829, 223-224

86.  Sharma MD, McOrist J, Sheppard CJR, Matsuda K (2002) Using an optically-addressable liquid crystal spatial light modulator to generate phase only filters, ICO 19, Optics for the Quality of Life, Firenze, Italy, 25-31 August, Proc. SPIE 4829, 321-225

87.  Matsuda M, Bold GT, Barnes TH, Grover CP, Sheppard CJR (2002) Phase difference amplification using LCSLM and multiple-beam-interference, ICO 19, Optics for the Quality of Life, Firenze, Italy, 25-31 August, Proc. SPIE 4829, 861-862

88.  Cox GC, Kable E, Sheppard CJR, Xu P (2002) Resolution in second harmonic generation microscopy, 15th Int. Congress on Electron Microscopy, Durban, South Africa, 1-6 September, Proc. ICEM-15, 2, 331-332

89.  Sheppard CJR (2002) Three-dimensional microscopic imaging, 15th Int. Congress on Electron Microscopy, Durban, South Africa, 1-6 September, Proc. ICEM-15, 3, 335-336

90.  Matsuda K, Bold GT, Barnes TH, Grover CP, Sheppard CJR (2002) Near real-time phase difference amplification, Applications of Photonic Technology 5, Photonics West, RA Lessard, GA Lampropoulos and GW Schinn, eds. Proc. SPIE 4833, 362-367

91.  Sheppard CJR, Moore P, Roy M, Sharma MD (2002) Proposed spectral distribution for a Gaussian pulse beam, Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Conference, Sydney, 8-11 July, 1-3, ISBN 0-9598064-4-X, refereed

92.  Roy M, Moore P, Sheppard CJR, Hariharan P (2002) Investigation of the effect of surface film in white-light interference microscopes, Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Conference, Sydney, 8-11 July, 301-303, ISBN 0-9598064-4-X, refereed

93.  Cox G, Xu P, Sheppard CJR, Ramshaw J (2003) Characterization of the Second Harmonic Signal from Collagen, San Jose. Proc. SPIE 4963, 32-40

94.  Sheppard CJR (2004) Speckle and the imaging of surface roughness, Proceedings of International Conference on Laser Applications and Optical Metrology, ed. Chandra Sekhar and D. S. Mehta, Anamaya, New Delhi, (IIT Delhi, 1-4 December 2003), pp. 39-43

95.  Roy M, Sheppard CJR, Hariharan P (2004) Phase modulation for the low-coherence interference microscopy using a ferro-electric liquid crystal, Proceedings of International Conference on Laser Applications and Optical Metrology, ed. Chandra Sekhar and D. S. Mehta, Anamaya, New Delhi,  (IIT Delhi, 1-4 December 2003), pp. 237-240

96.  Roy M, Matsuda K, Eiju T, O'Byrne JW and Sheppard CJR (2004) A reflection confocal optical system for straightness measurements, Proceedings of International Conference on Laser Applications and Optical Metrology, ed. Chandra Sekhar and D. S. Mehta, Anamaya, New Delhi,  (IIT Delhi, 1-4 December 2003), pp. 499-502