Actually as Research Scholar, Electro-Optics Program, University of Dayton, Ohio.
Mexican Patent Files
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Método y dispositivo para generar luz con polarización acimutal.
Inventor: Dr. Rafael Espinosa-Luna.
Expediente MX/a/2016-005216.
Fecha de solicitud 2016-04-21.
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Método y dispositivo para generar luz con polarización radial.
Inventor: Dr. Rafael Espinosa-Luna.
Expediente MX/a/2016-005214.
Fecha de solicitud 2016-04-21.
Research Interests:
Unconventional polarized states: generation, detection, and applications.
Recent publications:
2019
- E.Muñoz-Pineda, G.Lopez-Morales y R.Espinosa-Luna. POLARIZATION PROPERTIES OF A SINGLE POLYGON OF THE CUTICLE OF THE SCARAB BEETLE C. MUTABILIS STUDIED BY MICROPOLARIMETRY. Optics Communications, Volume 434, 1 March 2019, Pages 65-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2018.10.032
2018
- J. Isamar Muro-Ríos and R. Espinosa-Luna, Imaging Mueller matrix determination of transparent, unpolarizing samples using a classically entangled polarization state, Rev. Mex. Fis. 64 (4) 407-414 (2018). ISSN: 0035-001X
2017
- Rafael Espinosa-Luna and Qiwen Zhan, Polarization and Polarizing Optical Devices, Chapter 9, Vol. 1, Fundamentals and Basic Optical Instruments, in Handbook of Optical Engineering, 2nd Edition, edited by Daniel Malacara-Hernández and Brian J. Thompson, CRC Press (2017). ISBN-13:978-1-4987-2074-8
- G. López-Morales, I. Saucedo-Orozco, R. Espinosa-Luna, Q. Zhan, and F. Villa-Villa, Polarization properties of light scattered by a metallic cylinder, Rev. Mex. Fis. 63 (4) 328-332 (2017).
- K. M. Salas-Alcántara, L. Aparicio-Ixta, I. Torres-Gómez, M. Rodríguez, G. Ramos-Ortiz, R. Espinosa-Luna, and J. L. Pichardo-Molina, Modal interferometer based on a single mechanically-induced long-period fiber grating and a nanoparticles-coated film section, Opt. Lett. 42 (9) 1780-1783 (2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.42.001780.
- R. Espinosa-Luna, G. López-Morales, V. M. Rico-Botero, E. Aguilar-Fernández, Spatial average symmetry associated to unconventional polarization, Rev. Mex. Fis. 63 (2) 205-210 (2017).
- G. López-Morales, V. M. Rico-Botero, R. Espinosa-Luna, Q. Zhan, Refractive index measurement of dielectric samples using highly focused radial polarized light, Chinese Optics Letters 15 (3) 030004, pp 1-4 (2017). INVITED PAPER. http://dx.doi.org/10.3788/COL201715.030004.
2016
2015
- Angularly-Resolved Variable Wave-Retarder Using Light Scattering from a Thin Metallic Cylinder, I. Saucedo-Orozco, R. Espinosa-Luna*, Q. Zhan, Opt. Commun. 352, 135-139 (2015).
2014
- O. J. Velarde-Escobar, K. M. Salas-Alcántara, R. Espinosa-Luna, G. Atondo-Rubio, I. Torres-Gómez, Polarimetric parameters associated to commercial optical fibers, Rev. Mex. Fis. 60 (6) 443-450 (2014).
- I. Saucedo-Orozco, G. López-Morales, R. Espinosa-Luna, Generation of unconventional polarization from light scattered by metallic cylinders under conical incidence, Opt. Lett. 39 (18) 5341-5344 (2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.005341.
- Jose Luis Vilas, Eusebio Bernabeu, Luis Miguel Sanchez-Brea, Rafael Espinosa-Luna, Circularly polarized light with high degree of circularity and low azimuthal error sensitivity, Applied Optics 53 (16), 3393 (2014).
- Karla M. Salas-Alcántara, R. Espinosa-Luna, I. Torres-Gómez, Yuri O. Barmenkov, Determination of the Mueller matrix of UV-inscribed long-period fiber grating, Applied Optics 53, 269 (2014).
- G. López-Morales, R. Espinosa-Luna, and C. Frausto-Reyes, Optical characterization of amber of Chiapas, Revista Mexicana de Física 60, 217 (2014).
2013
- Jorge García-Márquez, Rafael Espinosa-Luna, Noé Alcalá Ochoa, Víctor López, Alberto Aguilar, Enrique Noé-Arias and Yasser Alayli, Flicker in a twisted nematic SLM, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 51, 741 (2013).
2012
- J. D. Martínez-Ramírez, R. Quispe-Siccha, C. García-Segundo, F. J. González, R. Espinosa-Luna, and G. Gutiérrez-Juárez, Photoacustic Thomography System, Journal of Applied Research and Technology 10, 14 (2012).
- Karla M. Salas-Alcántara, R. Espinosa-Luna, I. Torres-Gómez, Polarimetric Mueller-Stokes Analysis of Photonic Crystal Fibers with Mechanically-Induced Long-Period Gratings, Optical Engineering 51, Art. 085005, pp. 1-8 (2012).
- R. Espinosa-Luna, E. Camps, D. Cardona, E. de la Rosa, Polarimetric characterization of pure Bismuth thin films deposited by laser ablation, Applied Optics 51, 8549 (2012).
2011
- Donato Luna-Moreno, David Moreno-Hernández, Sergio Calixto-Carrera, Rafael Espinosa-Luna, Tailored Pd-Au layer produced by conventional evaporation process for Hydrogen sensing, Optics and Lasers in Engineering 49, 693 (2011).
- Rafael Espinosa-Luna, E. Bernabeu, G. Atondo-Rubio, and S. Hinojosa-Ruíz, A simple depolarization criterion for light, Optik 122, 407 (2011).
- R. Espinosa-Luna, G. Atondo-Rubio, and S. Hinojosa-Ruíz Enhancement backscattering of light: a direct visual-desktop experience, Revista Mexicana de Física 57, 524 (2011).
2010
- R. Espinosa-Luna, G. Atondo-Rubio, E. Bernabeu, and S. Hinojosa-Ruíz, Dealing Depolarization of Light in Mueller Matrices with Scalar Metrics, Optik 121, 1058 (2010).
- R. Espinosa-Luna, G. Atondo-Rubio y O. J. Velarde-Escobar, Métrica de despolarización escalar Q(M) como criterio para identificar sistemas retardadores o desfasadores puros, Revista Mexicana de Física 56, 406 (2010).
2009
- R. Espinosa-Luna, S. Hinojosa-Ruíz y G. Atondo-Rubio Manejo e intrepretación polarimétrica de las matrices de Mueller, Revista Mexicana de Física 55 , 201 (2009).
Recently directed theses:
- Polarimetry of images using classical entanglement of light, BSc. Phys. Jacqueline Isamar Muro Ríos (MCO-CIO).Titulada como Maestra en Ciencias (Óptica) el 20/Jul/2017. Asesor: Dr. Rafael Espinosa Luna
- Polarization effects generated through the scattering of light by metallic cylinders, M. C. Izcoatl Saucedo Orozco (DCO-CIO). Titulado: 27/Feb/2017. Asesor: Dr. Rafael Espinosa Luna. Grado Obtenido: Doctor en Ciencias (Óptica).
- Spatially resolved polarimetry using conventional and unconventional polarization states, M. O. Guadalupe López Morales (DCO-CIO). Titulada: 24/Feb/2017. Asesor: Dr. Rafael Espinosa Luna. Grado Obtenido: Doctora en Ciencias (Óptica).
- Engineering of focal fields using vectorial optical fields, Ing. Fís. Jason Eduardo Gómez Jamaica (MCO-CIO). Titulado: 16/Ene/ 2017. Asesor: Dr. Rafael Espinosa Luna y Dr. Qiwen Zhan (Co-asesor, University of Dayton).
- Polarimetry employing classical entanglement of light, Ing. Fís. Eusebio Aguilar Fernández (MCO-CIO). Titulado: 22/Dic/2016. Asesor: Dr. Rafael Espinosa Luna y Dr. Qiwen Zhan (Co-asesor, University of Dayton).
- Single exposure reflectance measurements by means of multiple angles-of-incidence with conventional and unconventional polarization states of light, Fís. Víctor Manuel Rico Botero (MCO-CIO). Titulado: 12/Jul/2016. Asesor: Dr. Rafael Espinosa Luna y Dr. Qiwen Zhan (Co-asesor, University of Dayton).
Recent Research in Photonics, 2009, ISBN: 978-81-308-0348-7, pp. 1-280, Editorial Research Signpost: ressign.com. Edited by: Rafael Espinosa-Luna, Eusebio Bernabeu, and Vicente Aboites.