Publications 2011

Invited Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

• Applied Optics to Engineering Photonics: A Retrospective
  R P Tatam
  Photonic Sensors 1 295-322 (2011)

Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications

• Multi-component strain development in superconducting magnet coils monitored using fibre Bragg grating sensors fabricated in highly linearly birefringent fibre
  E Chehura, S J Buggy, S W James, A Johnstone*, M Lakrimi**, F Domptail**, A Twin** and R P Tatam
  Smart Materials and Structures, 20 125004 (2011)
  _{* Siemens Magnet Technology Ltd, UK ** Oxford Instruments Ltd, UK}
• Refractive index sensitivity of fibre-optic long period gratings coated with SiO2 nanoparticle mesoporous thin films
  S Korposh* , S-W Lee*, S W James  and R P Tatam
  Measurement Science and Technology  22  Art. No 075208 (2011)
  _{* Kitakyushu University, Japan}
• Characterisation of optical fibre imaging bundles for swept-source OCT
  H D Ford and R P Tatam
  Applied Optics 50, 627-640 (2011)
  * selected for inclusion in the Virtual Journal for Biomedical Optics, 6, (3) (2011)
• Quantitative shearography: error reduction by using more than three measurement channels
  T O H Charrett, D Francis, and R P Tatam
  Applied Optics,  50, 134-146 (2011)

Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers

• Continuous monitoring of points in a tram network using optical fibre grating sensors,
  S J Buggy, R Carroll*, J Jaiswal**, D  Farrington**, P Kitson**, S W James and R P Tatam
  RCM 2011, The 5th IET conference on Railway Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing, 29^th-30^th November 2011, Derby, UK
  _{* Sheffield Stagecoach Supertram Ltd, UK, ** Tata Steel, UK}
• Numerical modelling of imaging fibre bundles and their application in optical coherence tomography
  A Saglem, H D Ford and R P Tatam
  Presented at the 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Ottawa, Canada, 15-19 May 2011.
  Proc. SPIE, 7753, 775350 (2011)
• Refractive index sensitivity of fibre optic long period gratings with SiO2 nanoparticle based mesoporous coatings
  S Korposh, S-W Lee, S W. James and R.P Tatam
  Presented at the 21st International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, Ottawa, Canada, 15-19 May 2011.
  Proc. SPIE 7753, 77539A (2011)
  _{* Kitakyushu University, Japan}
• Investigation of disease in stored onions using optical coherence tomography
  H D Ford, S Landahl*,  L Terry* and R P Tatam
  Presented at ISHS Postharvest Unlimited 2011, May 23-26 23011, Leavenworth, WA, USA 
  Acta Hort. 945, 247–254 (2012)
  _{* School of Health, Cranfield University}
  

Conference Presentations and Publications

• Intelligent infrastructure for rail and tramways using optical fibre sensors
  S J Buggy, S W James, R Carroll*, J Jaiswal**,S E Staines and R P Tatam
  Presented at the IET Railway young professionals' best paper competition London, 2011
  winner of best paper competition
  _{* Sheffield Stagecoach SupertramLtd, UK , ** Tata Steel, UK}
• Curved Tapered Optical Fibre Surface Pressure Sensor
  M Partridge^*, R Jarzebinksa, F Davies^*, S W James, S J Higson^* and R P Tatam
  Presented at IEEE Sensors 2011, Limerick, Ireland.
  Published in the 2011 IEEE Sensors Conference proceedings, pp 1472-1475 (2011)
  _{* School of Health, Cranfield University}
•  Frequency division multiplexed shearography
  I Bledowski, T O H Charrett, D Francis, S W James annd R P Tatam
  Presented at the IOP Optical Metrology meeting, Coventry, UK, 2011
• Speckle velocimetry for odometry measurements of autonomous robotic vehicles
  D Francis, T O H Charret and R P Tatam
  Presented at the IOP Optical Metrology meeting, Coventry, UK, 2011
• Imaging fibre bundles in optical coherence tomography
  H D Ford, A Sagelm and R P Tatam
  Presented at the 4th EOS Topical Meeting on Optical Microsystems (OµS’11) held in Capri, Italy, 26 September - 28 September 2011
• The formation of fast moving vortex rings beneath a monolayer surface
  M Partridge*, F Davis*, S Higson*, S W James, R P Tatam
  Presented at the European Conference on Organized Films 2011, Sheffield, UK.
   ^{* School of Health, Cranfield University}
• Theoretical interactions between monolayer materials and the subphase through complex hydrogen bonding
  M Partridge*, F Davis*, S Higson,* S W James, R P Tatam
  Presented at the European Conference on Organized Films 2011, Sheffield, UK
   _{* School of Health, Cranfield University}
• A VCSEL based system for on-site monitoring of low level methane emission.
  A Kannath*, J Hodgkinson, R G Gillard*, R J Riley* and R P Tatam
  Presented at the OPTO conference at Photonics West, San Francisco, 22 - 27 January 2011
  Proc SPIE 7952, 7942-14 (9pp), 2011
  _{* Geotech Ltd, UK.}
• Evaluation of a laser speckle reducer in diffuse optic cells used in tunable diode laser spectroscopy
  F Chen, J Hodgkinson and R P Tatam 
  Presented at  FLAIR 2011 (Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research) in Murnau, Germany, Sept 2011
• Laser based detection of methane for flare stack output monitoring
  A Kannath*, J Hodgkinson, R G Gillard*, R J Riley*, R P Tatam
  Presented at FLAIR 2011 (Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research) in Murnau, Germany, Sept 2011
  _{* Geotech Ltd, UK.}
• Using integrating spheres with wavelength modulation spectroscopy: effect of pathlength distribution on 2nd harmonic signals 
  J Hodgkinson*, D Masiyano, R P Tatam
  Presented at  FLAIR 2011 (Field Laser Applications in Industry and Research) in Murnau, Germany, Sept 2011
• Continuous Non-Destructive Monitoring Of In-Situ Fishplated Joints Using Optical Fibre Sensors
  S. J. Buggy, S. W. James, S. E. Staines, R. Carroll*, P. Kitson** and R.P. Tatam
  Presented at Railway Engineering-2011, 29th – 30th June 2011,  London , UK
  _{* Sheffield Stagecoach SupertramLtd Ltd, UK , ** Tata Steel, UK,}

Industry and Trade Publications

• Keeping an eye on fish plate strains
  S J Buggy, S W James, S E Staines, R Carroll^*, P Kitson^** and R P Tatam
  Railway Gazzette International, August 2011, pp.44 – 46.
  _{* Sheffield Stagecoach SupertramLtd, UK , ** Tata Steel, UK}