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Thomas G. Bifano
Researcher at Boston University
Publications - 184
Citations - 4917
Thomas G. Bifano is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Adaptive optics & Deformable mirror. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 179 publications receiving 4457 citations. Previous affiliations of Thomas G. Bifano include Saudi Aramco & Boston Micromachines Corporation.
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Ductile-Regime Grinding: A New Technology for Machining Brittle Materials
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Microelectromechanical deformable mirrors
TL;DR: In this paper, a new class of silicon-based deformable mirrors is described, which are capable of correcting time-varying aberrations in imaging or beam forming applications.
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Continuous-membrane surface-micromachined silicon deformable mirror
Thomas G. Bifano,Raji Krishnamoorthy Mali,John Kyle Dorton,Julie A. Perreault,Nelsimar Vandelli,Mark N. Horenstein,David A. Castanon +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the development of a new type of micromachined device designed for use in correcting optical aberrations, a nine-element continuous deformable mirror was fabricated using surface micromechining.
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Development of a MEMS microvalve array for fluid flow control
TL;DR: In this article, a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microvalve array for fluid flow control is described, which consists of a parallel array of surface-micromachined binary microvalves working cooperatively to achieve precision how control on a macroscopic level.