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Richard Smith

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Electronic engineer, specialities: optics, microscopy, femtoseconds lasers, ps ultrasonics. I completed my PhD in Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2006 at the UoN. My early work focused on optical metrology and signal processing techniques to enable precise measurements to be made below the optical diffraction limit. I have been developing several picosecond ultrasonic systems at UoN, and have successfully developed a parallel detection scheme that has increased the data acquisition rate by over an order of magnitude compared with the traditional detector approach. Current research themes are developing instrumentation to provide true orientation imaging of material microstructure in primarily aerospace materials, and developing high frequency ultrasonic transducers for biological applications.

Location: Biology Building B18 or lab B5 and SIOS main office, ASOPS lab

Email: Richard.j.smith@nottingham.ac.uk

Phone: (0115) 9515556 (office)

Research Projects

MRC DPFS Label-free, ultra-sensitive, high-throughput screening for early detection and monitoring of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

SRAS for materials characterisation

Nanoscale Ultrasonic Transducers

Exotic Ultrasonics for the real world

Awards

Winner of best contributed paper at the Rank Prize Funds mini symposia on 'optical aspects of NDT' 19-22nd May 2008, for my talk entitled ‘Parallel ultrafast ultrasonics’.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Arca, Ahmet, Aylott, Jon, Marques, Leonel, Clark, Matt, Somekh, Mike, Smith, Richard, Sharples, Steve, Stratoudaki, Teti, Chen, Xuesheng - CHOTs optical transducers
Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation 26(3-4):353--366,2011
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10589759.2011.573555
Bibtex<div>Author : Arca, Ahmet, Aylott, Jon, Marques, Leonel, Clark, Matt, Somekh, Mike, Smith, Richard, Sharples, Steve, Stratoudaki, Teti, Chen, Xuesheng
Title : CHOTs optical transducers
In : Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation -
Address :
Date : 2011
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A Arca, T Stratoudaki, R Smith, M Clark, M G Somekh - Evanescent CHOTs for the optical generation and detection of ultrahigh frequency {SAWs}
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 269:012012,2011
http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/269/1/012012
Bibtex<div>Author : A Arca, T Stratoudaki, R Smith, M Clark, M G Somekh
Title : Evanescent CHOTs for the optical generation and detection of ultrahigh frequency {SAWs}
In : Journal of Physics: Conference Series -
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Date : 2011
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R Smith, A Arca, X Chen, L Marques, M Clark, J Aylott, M Somekh - Design and fabrication of ultrasonic transducers with nanoscale dimensions
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 278:012035,2011
http://iopscience.iop.org/1742-6596/278/1/012035
Bibtex<div>Author : R Smith, A Arca, X Chen, L Marques, M Clark, J Aylott, M Somekh
Title : Design and fabrication of ultrasonic transducers with nanoscale dimensions
In : Journal of Physics: Conference Series -
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Date : 2011
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R J Smith, R A Light, N Johnston, S Sharples, M C Pitter, M G Somekh - Parallel detection in laser ultrasonics
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 214:012006,2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/214/1/012006
Bibtex<div>Author : R J Smith, R A Light, N Johnston, S Sharples, M C Pitter, M G Somekh
Title : Parallel detection in laser ultrasonics
In : Journal of Physics: Conference Series -
Address :
Date : 2010
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Richard J. Smith, Roger A. Light, Steve D. Sharples, Nicholas S. Johnston, Mark C. Pitter, Mike G. Somekh - Multichannel, time-resolved picosecond laser ultrasound imaging and spectroscopy with custom complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor detector
Review of Scientific Instruments 81(2):024901,2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3298606
Bibtex<div>Author : Richard J. Smith, Roger A. Light, Steve D. Sharples, Nicholas S. Johnston, Mark C. Pitter, Mike G. Somekh
Title : Multichannel, time-resolved picosecond laser ultrasound imaging and spectroscopy with custom complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor detector
In : Review of Scientific Instruments -
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Date : 2010
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R J Smith, M G Somekh, S D Sharples, M C Pitter, I Harrison - Parallel detection of low modulation depth signals: application to picosecond ultrasonics
Measurement Science and Technology 19(5):055301,2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/19/5/055301
Bibtex<div>Author : R J Smith, M G Somekh, S D Sharples, M C Pitter, I Harrison
Title : Parallel detection of low modulation depth signals: application to picosecond ultrasonics
In : Measurement Science and Technology -
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Date : 2008
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RJ Smith, CW See, MG Somekh - Use of artificial neural networks on optical track width measurements
APPLIED OPTICS 46(22):4857--4866,2007
Bibtex<div>Author : RJ Smith, CW See, MG Somekh
Title : Use of artificial neural networks on optical track width measurements
In : APPLIED OPTICS -
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Date : 2007
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R J Smith, C W See, M G Somekh - Optical track width measurements below 100 nm using artificial neural networks
Measurement Science and Technology 16(12):2397--2404,2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/16/12/001
Bibtex<div>Author : R J Smith, C W See, M G Somekh
Title : Optical track width measurements below 100 nm using artificial neural networks
In : Measurement Science and Technology -
Address :
Date : 2005
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Non Peer Review Papers

Roger A. Light, Richard J. Smith, Nicholas S. Johnston, Steve D. Sharples, Michael G. Somekh, Mark C. Pitter - Highly parallel CMOS lock-in optical sensor array for hyperspectral recording in scanned imaging systems
pp. 75700U--75700U-10, San Francisco, California, {USA},2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.842083
Bibtex<div>Author : Roger A. Light, Richard J. Smith, Nicholas S. Johnston, Steve D. Sharples, Michael G. Somekh, Mark C. Pitter
Title : Highly parallel CMOS lock-in optical sensor array for hyperspectral recording in scanned imaging systems
In : -
Address : San Francisco, California, {USA}
Date : 2010
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Ahmet Arca, Theodosia Stratoudaki, Richard J Smith, Matt Clark, Mike Somekh - Evanescent CHOTs for the optical generation and detection of ultra-high frequency SAWs
2009 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium pp. 2213 - 2216,2009
Bibtex
Author : Ahmet Arca, Theodosia Stratoudaki, Richard J Smith, Matt Clark, Mike Somekh
Title : Evanescent CHOTs for the optical generation and detection of ultra-high frequency SAWs
In : 2009 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium -
Address :
Date : 2009

Richard Smith, Mike Somekh, Steve Sharples, Mark Pitter, Roger Light, Nicholas Johnston - Parallel detection in picosecond ultrasonics with both commercial and custom array detection
1st International Symposium on Laser Ultrasonics: Science, Technology and Applications ,2008
http://www.ndt.net/article/laser-ut2008/toc.php
Bibtex
Author : Richard Smith, Mike Somekh, Steve Sharples, Mark Pitter, Roger Light, Nicholas Johnston
Title : Parallel detection in picosecond ultrasonics with both commercial and custom array detection
In : 1st International Symposium on Laser Ultrasonics: Science, Technology and Applications -
Address :
Date : 2008

Chung W. See, Richard J. Smith, Michael G. Somekh - Line width measurement below 60 nm using an optical interferometer and artificial neural network
Proceedings of SPIE pp. 65181F--65181F-11, San Jose, {CA,} {USA},2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.712278
Bibtex
Author : Chung W. See, Richard J. Smith, Michael G. Somekh
Title : Line width measurement below 60 nm using an optical interferometer and artificial neural network
In : Proceedings of SPIE -
Address : San Jose, {CA,} {USA}
Date : 2007

Richard J. Smith, Chung W. See, Michael G. Somekh - Sub-0.1 ?m optical track width measurement
Proceedings of SPIE pp. 58580M--58580M-8, Munich, Germany,2005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.611999
Bibtex
Author : Richard J. Smith, Chung W. See, Michael G. Somekh
Title : Sub-0.1 ?m optical track width measurement
In : Proceedings of SPIE -
Address : Munich, Germany
Date : 2005

Posters

Richard Smith - Set for Britain 2011 London
Technical Report - Poster, The University of Nottingham ,2011
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : Set for Britain 2011 London
In : Technical Report - Poster, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2011

Richard Smith - LU2008 2008 Montreal
Technical Report - Poster, The University of Nottingham ,2008
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : LU2008 2008 Montreal
In : Technical Report - Poster, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2008

Richard Smith - Frontiers in interface Physics 2010
Technical Report - Poster, The University of Nottingham ,2010
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : Frontiers in interface Physics 2010
In : Technical Report - Poster, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2010

Talks

Richard Smith - AFPAC 2011 Frejus
Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham ,2011
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : AFPAC 2011 Frejus
In : Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2011

Richard Smith - LU2010 2010 Bordeaux
Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham ,2010
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : LU2010 2010 Bordeaux
In : Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2010

Richard Smith - IOP 2009 Coventry
Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham ,2009
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : IOP 2009 Coventry
In : Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2009

Richard Smith - RCNDE ESR 2009 Warwick
Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham ,2009
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : RCNDE ESR 2009 Warwick
In : Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2009

Richard Smith - Rank Prize Funds 2008 Grasmere
Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham ,2008
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : Rank Prize Funds 2008 Grasmere
In : Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2008

Richard Smith - Acoustics 08 2008 Paris
Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham ,2008
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : Acoustics 08 2008 Paris
In : Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2008

Richard Smith - SPIE Metrology 2005 Munich
Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham ,2005
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Author : Richard Smith
Title : SPIE Metrology 2005 Munich
In : Technical Report - Talk, The University of Nottingham -
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Date : 2005