Professor Thomas Bifano
  
   
 

 

I have been a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Boston University since 1988. I direct the Boston University Photonics Center (BUPC), a core facility and academic center of excellence in photonics education, research, and technology translation. You will find our most recent annual report here. I was Chair of the Boston University Manufacturing Engineering Department from 1999-2006.

 

A special section on adaptive optics recently appeared in Nature Photonics, including:

Bifano T, “Adaptive imaging: MEMS deformable mirrors,” Nature Photonics, [5], 21-23, 2010.
 

 

My research in Mechanical Engineering focuses on modeling, design, production, and use of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) in optical applications. I am a founder and CTO of Boston Micromachines Corporation, of Cambridge, MA, a leading producer of deformable mirrors for applications in astronomy, bio-imaging, and defense.

 
 

BOSTONIA Article: Seeing into Space

Open-loop shape control for continuous microelectromechanical system deformable mirror, Applied Optics 2010

4096-element continuous face-sheet MEMS deformable mirror for high-contrast imaging, Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, 2009

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Thomas Bifano, Director, Boston University Photonics Center

Room 936, 8 Saint Mary's Street, Boston, MA 02215

Tele: 617-353-8899, Email: tgb@bu.edu, Web: bifano.bu.edu

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