CURRICULUM VITAE

 

 

1.         PERSONAL DETAILS

 

Date & Place of Birth:                        November 12, 1944, Baltimore, MD., USA

Family Status:                                    Married, 3 children

Citizenship:                                        Israel and U.S.A.

Date of Immigration:                          January 5, 1972

Regular Military Service:                    July-August 1975

Work Address:                                  Ben Gurion University of the Negev

                                                         Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

                                                         P.O. Box 653, Beer Sheva  84105, Israel

                                                         Tel. 972-8-6461543;  Fax 972-8-6472949

                                                         e-mail: kopeika@ee.bgu.ac.il

Home Address:                                 Sokolov 36/4, Beer Sheva  84309, Israel.  Tel. 972-8-6235052

 

 

2.           EDUCATION

 

1968 – 1972    Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

                        University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

                        Received degree of Doctor of Philosophy

                        Major in Electrical Engineering;

                        Specializing in electrooptics

 

                        Dissertation: “Millimeter Wave Detection with Glow Discharge Plasmas and its              Application to Holography”

                        Advisor:  Prof. N.H. Farhat

                        Support:  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                        Fellowship, 1968 to 1971.

 

 

1966 – 1968    Moore School of Electrical Engineering

                        University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

                        Received degree of Master of Science in Engineering

                        Major in Electrical Engineering, specializing in

                        communication theory and electrooptics.

 

                        Title of Master’s Thesis:  “Optical Speed Sensing”

                        Advisor:  Prof. J. Bordogna

                        Support:  Moore School Research Assistantship,

                        1966 to 1968.  Work on laser theory and applications.

 

1962 – 1966    Moore School of Electrical Engineering

                        University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

                        Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Major in

                        Electrical Engineering

 

 3.          EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

Sept. 1973                   Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

to present                     Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

                                    Department chairman:  8/89 – 7/91;  re-elected 8/91 – 7/93.

                                    Endowed chair:  Incumbent, Reuven and Frances Feinberg Chair in Electrooptics, from 1994.

                                    Academic rank:  Professor (1987);  previously –

                                    Associate Professor (1981); Senior Lecturer (1976) and Lecturer (1973);

                                    received tenure, 1977.

                                    Responsibilities: 

                                 Teaching:  courses include

                                    Electromagnetic fields

                                    Electromagnetic wave and ray propagation

Introduction to Electrooptics Engineering

                                    Infrared System Engineering

                                    Electrooptics Laboratory

Image Detection and Display Systems (Graduate course)

Laser Engineering and Applications (Graduate course)

Integrated Optics and Communication Applications (Graduate course)

Optical Communication

                                  Committees: 1974-1977, member of department student affairs I;  1974-75, member of departmental laboratory equipment committee;  1974-75, member of Committee of Faculty of Engineering School for implementation of the credit system; 1975-76, member of student affairs committee of Faculty of Engineering School and liason with regard to subjects taught by Physics Dept.;  1976-77, Engineering Sciences faculty representative to Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences;  1977-78, Engineering Sciences Faculty representative to Faculty of Natural Sciences; 1977-84, member of departmental graduate school committee;  1983-87, chairman of departmental publications committee; 1982-84, chairman of departmental library committee;  1982-83, member of committee of Faculty of Engineering Schools for implementation of the credit system;  1983-88, IEEE Student Counsellor; 1984-85, responsible for departmental seminars program;  1983-85, departmental representative to Israel IEEE Convention Organizing Committee;  1985-88, responsible for departmental courses in field of electromagnetic radiation engineering, and responsible for courses received from Physics Depart; 1986-87, departmental representative to Israel IEEE Convention Organizing Committee;  1987, chairman of departmental technical support committee; 1985-89, member of departmental curriculum committee;  1987-95, representative of Engineering Sciences Faculty to Natural Sciences Faculty; 1988-89, member of student affairs committee;  1989-93, member of Steering Committee of School Engineering Sciences in role as department chairman;  1994-8, member of university-wide faculty appointments and promotion committee;  1998-2000, member of university wide Executive Committee; 1998-2000, member of Appointments and Promotion Committee of  School of Engineering Sciences; 2001-2005,  member of university-wide faculty appointments and promotions committee.

1999-2005                  Founder and first Chair of Electrooptics Engineering Dept. (M.Sc. and             Ph.D. degrees).  This Unit is the first to grant graduate degrees in Electrooptics in Israel.

 

 

2004 to present            Adjunct professor at Sami Shamoon College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva.

 

Aug.1978-Aug. 1979   University of Delaware, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

 

                                    Job title:  Visiting Associate Professor (on sabbatical leave from

                                    Ben Gurion University of the Negev)

 

                                    Responsibilities:  electrooptics research and teaching “Optoelectronics”

                                    (graduate course) and “Electromagnetic Fields”.

 

Jan. 1972-Aug.1973    Ministry of Defense, Government of Israel

                                               

                                    Job title:  Head of an electrooptics group

 

                                    Responsibilities:  Setting up an electrooptics development group inside the defense industry.

 

Sept. 1969 -                 University of Pennsylvania, The Moore School of Electrical Engineering

Dec. 1971                    Philadelphia, PA.

 

                                    Job title:  NASA Fellow

 

                                    Responsibilities:  Development of sensitive, fast, electronically rugged, and economic glow discharge detector for millimeter wave radiation and its application to millimeter wave holography.

 

Sept. 1967 -                 Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Aug. 1968                    Philadelphia, PA

 

                                    Job title:  Research Assistant

                                    Responsibilities: Feasibilities of various electrooptical techniques for helicopter airspeed sensing and development of general laser radar equations for various types of targets; electromagnetic propagation through the wavelength spectrum, from 1 cm to 0.1 micrometer, with particular attention to the frequency-dependence of the scattering and absorption properties of the earth’s atmosphere; optical through millimeter wave detection technology.

 

Summer 1966               Airborne Instruments Laboratory. Melville, New York

                                    Job title:  Electrical engineer

                                    Responsibilities:  Assisted in design and development of electronic circuits for radar system.

 

  1.  PROFESSIONAL FUNCTIONS OUTSIDE UNIVERSITY

 

  1. Founding member of IRGODOM (Inter-University Research Group on Desert Optics and Meteorology), 1983 - .

  2. Member of National Committee appointed by Minister of Labor to recommend if graduates of Jerusalem College of Technology are to be recognized as engineers, 1985 – 6.

  3. Member of Technical Committee for 14th Conference of IEEE in Israel, 1983-85.

  4. Selected to membership of Israel National Committee for Radio Science (URSI), 1985 - .

  5. Membership of 6-man international 1987 W.E.K. Mees Medal Committee, 1986, of Optical Society of America.

  6. Member of Organizing Committee for 15th Conference of IEEE in Israel, 1986-87.

  7. Member of Optical Fiber Standards Committee, Israel Bureau of Standards, 1986-88.

  8. Invited by International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) to teach half day tutorials on “Imaging through the atmosphere,”  at (1) SPIE’s 31st Annual Technical Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science and Engineering, 16-21 Aug. 1987, San Diego, CA and at (2) SPIE’s 1988 Technical Symposium Southeast on Optics, Electro-Optics and Sensors, April 3-8, 1988, Orlando, FL.

  9. Invited by SPIE to teach half-day tutorial on “Optoelectronic devices in the space environment” at 1988 Orlando Symposium (with Dr. Shlomo Hava).

  10. Requested to write learning texts in Hebrew for electrooptics course at Open University.

  11. Chaired SPIE conference on Optical, Infrared and Millimeter Wave Propagation Engineering at Orlando Symposium 4-8 April, 1988.

  12. Invited by Science and Technology Corp., Hampton, VA., to teach tutorials on imaging

            through the atmosphere and on effects of mechanical vibrations on image resolution,

            11-12 April, 1988.

  1. Invited by SPIE to teach half day tutorial on effects of mechanical vibrations on image resolution and full-day tutorial on imaging through the atmosphere at SPIE’s 32nd Annual

            Symosium, 14-19 Aug., 1988, San Diego, CA.

  1. Invited by SPIE to chair Conference on “Propagation Engineering” at Orlando Symposium, March 27-31, 1989 and to teach tutorials on (1)  Imaging through the Atmosphere (full day) and (2)  Image Vibration and Motion MTFs (half-day).

  2. Invited by Optical Society of America to serve on International Activities Committee, 1989-1992.

  3. Taught special invited 3-day course on imaging through the atmosphere for Naval Air

            Development Center, Warminster, PA. April 3-5, 1989.

  1. Invited by SPIE to co-chair conference on “Propagation Engineering” at Orlando Symposium

            16-20 April 1990 and to teach tutorials on (1) Imaging through the atmosphere (full day) and

            (2) Image vibration and motion MTFS (half-day).

  1. Invited by Academic Press to write 10 page article on “Imaging through the Atmosphere” for

            Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, 1991 Yearbook, and updated versions for 2nd and 3rd editions of this encyclopedia, 1992 and 2000.

  1. Invited by SPIE to present tutorials on (1) Imaging through the atmosphere (full day) and (2)

            Image vibration and motion MTFs (half-day) at International Symposium on Optical Engineering in San Diego, 1991.

  1. Member of Technical Committee and session Chairman for 7th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel,12 – 14 Nov., 1990.

  2. Invited by SPIE to co-chair Conference on Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing in Orlando, FL. April, 1992.

  3. Program chairman, Sessions on Applications, 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel,

            Tel-Aviv 1992.

  1. Invited by SPIE to co-chair Conference on Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing II

            in Orlando, FL. April 1993.

  1. Invited by SPIE to co-chair Conference on Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III in Orlando, FL. April 1994 and to teach full day tutorial in atmospheric MTF and its

            implementation in image restoration.

  1. Chairman, International Advisory committee, 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel,

            Tel-Aviv, Oct. 1994.

  1. Invited by SPIE to co-chair Conference on Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing IV

            in Orlando, FL. April 1995.

  1. Member of Program, Organizing and International Advisory Committees for

            10th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel.

  1. Member of SPIE Publications Committee, 1996.

  2. Member of Alon Fellowship Committee, Israel Council for Higher Education, 1997.

  3. Taught half-day tutorial on effects of the atmosphere on target acquisition to RTTC,

            Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL., Feb.1997.

  1. Taught half-day tutorial on effects of image motion and vibration on target acquisition to RTTC, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL., July 1997.

  2. Taught half-day tutorial on imaging through the atmosphere at Lockheed-Martin,

            Philadelphia, PA., July 1997.

  1. Member of Program Committee of SPIE Conference on Optical Pulse and Beam

            Propagation, San Jose, CA., LASE Symposium, Jan. 1999.

  1. Member of Program and Organizing and International Advisory Committee for 11th Meeting on Electrooptics in Israel planned for Nov. 1999.

  2. Member of Program Committee for SPIE Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation II and III, San Jose, CA., LASE Symposium, Jan. 2000 and Jan. 2001.

  3. Member of Program Committees for SPIE Atmospheric Propagation I and II Conferences at Photonics West Symposia Jan. 2003 and Jan. 2004, San Jose, CA.

  4. Member of Program Committees for SPIE Symposia on Atmospheric Propagation I, II, and III in Orlando, FL., 2004, 2005, and 2006.

  5. Member of Program Committees for SPIE Conferences on Electrooptical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications in London, 2004, and Bruge, Belgium, 2005.

  6. Member of Supreme Academic Council of Holon Academic Institute of Technology since 2001.

  7. Member of Appointments and Promotions Committee of Holon Academic Institute of Technology since 2002.

  8. Member of Senate of College of Judea and Samaria since 2003.

  9.  Member of Academic Evaluation Committees for B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering Degrees set up by Council of Higher Education to evaluate suitabilities of all engineering colleges in Israel for this degree, since 2002.

  10. Member of Academic Evaluation Committee set up by Council of Higher Education to monitor B.Sc. degree program in Electrical Engineering at Bar-Ilan University, since 2003.

  11.  Member of Academic Evaluation Committee set up by Council of Higher Education to evaluate suitability of The College of Judea and Samaria to grant M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering, 2006.

 

  1. PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING

 

            Tadiran Electronic Systems Div., 1985

            IDG Ltd, 1985

            Amcor Electronic Systems, Div., 1986

            Princeton Instruments, Princeton, N.J., 1987.

            Interplating Ltd., 1994.

            Jolt Optical Communication Systems Ltd., 1994.

            U.S. Army Night Vision Laboratory 2000.

 

  1. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

  1. The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Fellow

  2. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Senior Member

  3. Laser and Electrooptics Society of Israel

  4. Optical Society of America (OSA)

  5. National Committee for Radio Science (URSI), Israel Academy of Sciences

  6. Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists

 

  1. HONORS and AWARDS

 

1982    Paper solicited for special IEEE Trans. On Electron Devices issue on LEDs and               

            photodetectors (paper no. 55 in List of Journal Publications)

 

      1984/5 Requested by Israel IEEE to be Electro-optics Session Chairman at forthcoming International IEEE Conference in Israel:  member of conference Technical Committee; Invited paper

                 

      1985   Elected as member of Israel National Committee for Radio Science (URSI)

 

      1985   Invited paper presented at SPIE 29th Annual Tech. Symp., Airborne Reconnaissance IX, 

                 San Diego, CA, Aug. 18-22

      1986   One of 6-member international 1987 C.E.K. Mees Medal Committee of Optical Society of  

                 America

1986    Invited paper presented at SPIE’s 30th Annual Tech. Symp., Airborne Reconnaissance

                  X Conf., San Diego, CA, Aug. 17-23. 

 

1987   Invited to present paper at SPIE’s 31st Annual Tech. Symp., Airborne Reconnaissance

                XI, San Diego, CA, Aug. 16-21.

 

1987         Invited to present paper at 12th International General Assembly, URSI, at session on 

           Optical Wave Propagation.

 

1987        Recipient of Window-on-Science grant by U.S. Air Force for seminars to USAF       

            laboratories.

 

1988    Invited to (1) Chair SPIE Conf. On “Optical,Infrared, and Millimeter Wave Propagation

                  Engineering” and  invited (2) to present paper in conference on “Critical Review of

                  Technology:  Modeling of the Atmosphere”, in conjunction with SPIE Technical Symp. Southeast on Optics, Electro-optics, and Sensors, Apr.3-8, Orlando FL.

 

1988   Invited by SPIE to teach half-day tutorials on imaging through the atmosphere at

           (1) SPIE’s 31st Annual Tech.Symp., San Diego, CA, Aug. 16-21, 1987

                  and at (2) SPIE Tech. Symp. Southeast, April 3-8, 1988, Orlando, FL.

 

1988        Invited by SPIE to teach a half-day tutorial on “Optoelectronic devices in the space    

            environment” at Orlando Symposium (with Dr. Shlomo Hava).

 

1988    Invited by Science and Technology Corp. to teach tutorials on “Imaging through the

                  Atmosphere”  April 11 and on “Resolution limits deriving from mechanical vibrations”

                  April 12, Hampton, VA.

 

1988         Invited by SPIE to teach full-day tutorial on “Imaging through the atmosphere” and half- 

            day tutorial on “Resolution limits deriving from mechanical vibrations” at SPIE 32nd

                  Annual Tech. Symp., San Diego, CA., Aug. 14-19.

 

1989         Invited by SPIE to chair SPIE Conf. On “Propagation Engineering” , March 27-31,

            Orlando, FL. And to teach tutorials on Imaging through the Atmosphere (full-day)

                  and on Image Vibrations and Motion MTFs (half-day).

 

1989        Recipient of U.S. Air Force window-on-Science grant to present seminars at various Air  

            Force Labs. In U.S.A.

 

1989    Invited by U.S. Naval Air Development Center to teach 3-day special course on Imaging  

            through the Atmosphere, April 3-5, Warminster, PA.

 

1989    Invited by Academic Press to write 10 page article on “Imaging through the Atmosphere”

                  for their Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, 1991 Yearbook.          

 

1989-92Invited  by Optical Society of America to serve on International Activities Committee.

 

1990        Invited by SPIE to co-chair conference on “Propagation Engineering,:  16-20 April,

            Orlando, FL., and to teach tutorials on imaging through the atmosphere (full-day) and

                  on image vibrations and motion MTFs (half-day).

 

1990   Invited by SPIE to present tutorials on imaging through the atmosphere (full-day) and

                on image vibrations and motion MTFs (half-day) at SPIE 34th Annual International Tech. Symp., San Diego, CA., 8-13 July.

 

1990   Invited by two publishers to author a book on Image System Engineering Principles;  

           invited by SPIE to author a book on Imaging through the Atmosphere.

 

1990   Invited by SPIE to co-chair conference on “Propagation Engineering,:  1-5 April, Orlando,

            FL., and to teach tutorials on imaging through the atmosphere (full-day) and on image    

           vibrations and motion MTFs (half-day).

 

1991        Invited by Academic Press to submit updated paper on “Imaging through the atmosphere” 

            for second edition of Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (1992).

 

1991    Invited paper solicited for Infrared Tech. XVI, SPIE Symposium, San Diego, CA.

 

1992        Chaired Electrooptics Research Proposal Evaluation Committee of Israel Ministry of  Science.

 

1992    Invited by SPIE to co-chair Fifth Conference on Propagation Engineering,  

           Orlando, FL.,April 1992.

 

1992    Recipient of U.S. Air Force Window-on-Science grant to present seminars at  

            various Air Force Labs. In U.S.A.

 

1993    Invited paper requested for book  Trends in Optical Engineering, edited by  

                 Council of  Scientific Research, India.

 

1993    Invited by SPIE to co-chair conference on Propagation Engineering and Remote Sensing 

            in Orlando, Fl., April 1993.

 

1994   Invited to co-chair SPIE Conference on Propagation Engineering and Remote    

           Sensing II in  Orlando, FL. April 1994.

 

1994    Invited by SPIE to teach full-day tutorial on Atmospheric MTF and its implementation in

                  image restoration at SPIE Symposium in Orlando, FL., April 1994.

 

1994    Recipient of U.S. Air Force Window-on-Science grant to present seminars at USAF

                  laboratories.

 

1994    Invited to chair International Advisory Committee, 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering

                  in Israel.

 

1994    Invited to serve on Program I of SPIE Conference on Propagation Engineering and 

            Remote Sensing IV in Orlando, FL., April 1995.

 

1994-5Served on Proposal Evaluation Committee of Israel Academy of Science.

 

1995    Invited to present invited paper to joint sessions of conferences on (1) Infrared     

            Imaging Systems:  Design, Analysis, Modeling and Testing IV and (2) Background  

            Characterization and Representation at SPIE Orlando Symposium.

 

1995    Invited to present paper at SPIE Conf. On Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing in San 

            Diego in July.

 

1995    Papers invited by Optical Engineering for special issue on “Optical Remote    

           Sensing and Image Processing” ,  Nov. 1995.

 

1995    Invited to present invited paper to joint session of conferences on joint session of 

            conferences on Infrared Imaging Systems:  Design, Analysis, Modeling, and

                  Testing IV and Targets and Background:  Characterization and Representation at SPIE

                  Orlando Symposium.

 

1996    Member of SPIE Publications Committee.

 

1996    Invited to present paper at SPIE Conf. On Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing in    

                  Denver.

 

1996    Awarded Window-on-Science grant by US Air Force to present seminars at USAF    

            Laboratories.

 

1997   Papers invited by Optical Engineering for special issue on “Advances in Target   

                Acquistion  Modeling,” to appear July 1998.

 

1997    Taught half-day tutorials on effects of the atmosphere on target acquisition (Feb. 997) and   

            on effects of image motion and vibration on target acquisition (July 1997) at RTTC, 

            Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL.

 

       1997   Taught half-day tutorial on imaging through the atmosphere at Lockheed-Martin,

                  Phila., PA, July 1997.

 

1997    Invited to present paper at SPIE Conf. On Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing in San  

            Diego.

 

1998    Invited to present paper at SPIE Conf. On Infrared Technology and Applications    

           XXIV in San Diego.

 

1999    Invited to serve on Program Committee for SPIE Conference on Pulse and Beam 

            Propagation, San Jose, CA. 1/99, and to present invited paper.

 

1999    Invited to present paper on optical wave propagation at 1999 URSI General Assembly   

                  in Toronto.

 

1999   Paper “Automatic target recognition during sensor motion and vibration” by O.     

           Hadar, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman in Proc. SPIE vol. 2234, pp. 326-335, 1994

           wasselected to appear in “Selected SPIE papers” for CD-ROM series vol. 6 “Automatic  

           target recognition” edited by F. Sadjadi.

 

1999    Invited to present paper on imaging in adverse media at 1999 OSA Annual Meeting in

                  Santa Clara.

 

1999    New degree program for M.Sc. degree in Electrooptics approved by Council for Higher 

           Education (authored with Prof. Z. Rozenwaks of BGU Physics Dept).  This is the first 

                 graduate degree program in Electrooptics to be offered in Israel.

 

1999   Awarded J. J. Thomson prize by IEE with Shlomi Arnon for paper published in Proc. IEE 

           in 1998.

 

1999   Invited by Academic Press to update article “Imaging through the Atmosphere”     

           for their Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology.

 

1999   Appointed Topical Editor for the topic “Atmospheric Optics” in the

                  Marcel Dekker Encyclopedia for Optical Engineering.

 

2000   SPIE FELLOW

 

2001  Awarded Glant Prize for excellence in teaching (Engineering School, BGU)

 

2002  Program Committee member for SPIE Conference Photonics for Space       

                Environments VIII  in Seattle, WA July 2002.

 

2003  Program Committee member for SPIE Conference on Atmospheric Propagation   

          VIII in San Jose Jan.  2003.

 

2003  Program Committee member for SPIE Conference Photonics for Space Environments IX                  

          in San Diego Aug. 2003.

 

2004   Program Committee member for SPIE Conference Atmospheric Propagation II in     

           San Jose, Jan. 2004.

 

2004   Program Committee member for SPIE Conference Photonics for Space     

           Environments X in  Denver, CO. Aug. 2004.

 

2004   Program Committee member for SPIE Conference on Electrooptical and Infrared    

     Systems: Technology and Applications in London, Oct. 2004

    

      2004   Awarded Window-in-Science grant by U.S. Air Force for visits to U.S. Air Force Labs.

 

      2005   Program Committee member for SPIE Conference Atmospheric Propagation 2 in

                 Orlando, March, 2005.

 

      2005   Program Committee member for SPIE Conference on Electrooptical and Infrared   

                 Systems: Technology and Applications 2 in Belgium, Sept. 2005.

 

      2006   Program Committee member for SPIE Conference Atmospheric Propagation 3 in Orlando

                 April 2006.

     

      2006   Program Committee member for SPIE Conference on Electrooptical and Infrared Systems:

                 Technology and Applications 3 in Stokholm, September 2006.

     

      2007  Program Committee member for SPIE Conference on Electrooptical and Infrared Systems:

                 Technology and Applications 4 in Naples, September 2007.

 

 

  1.  RESEARCH

 

            Although the general effort has been to do fundamental research in the various different disciplines of electrooptics so as to complement and enrich teaching of such subjects, specialization has centered in three unrelated areas.  One is interactions of electromagnetic radiation with gas discharge plasmas.  This is basic to many areas of research including gas lasers, microwave detectors and photodetectors, plasma electronics and diagnostics, laser breakdown of gases, spectroscopy and photochemistry applications such as laser isotope separation  (opto-galvanic effect) and chemical photodissociation.

            Another recent area of specialization has been the effect of atmospheric scattering on imaging through the atmosphere.  Effects of desert dust in particular are emphasized with regard to the wavelength dependence of imaging and communicating through the atmosphere.  A new area of particular interest involves prediction of image quality propagated through the atmosphere as a function of weather forecast.  The approach is that of characterizing the atmosphere with a transfer function which includes all atmospheric optic effects, and to implement it in image restoration.  The atmosphere is a very complex medium involving turbulence, scatter by aerosols, absorption, etc. and only a broad system-engineering approach can succeed in the real world.  This is what we do.

            A third area of specialization has been effects of surface phenomena on optoelectronic devices.  Methods of significantly wavelength tuning LEDs controllably and reversible by external means, as well as improving photodiode quantum efficiency significantly, have been obtained.  These efforts have contributed to the development of a new research field – optoelectronic devices in adverse and hostile environments which has been the subject of several conferences in recent years.

            A fourth area is that of system engineering concepts with which to characterize image blur resulting from mechanical vibrations and to restore image quality.

            A fifth area is optical satellite communication.  Adaptive communication techniques to overcome dispersion limitations imposed by the atmosphere as well as effects of satellite vibrations on bit error rate, have been developed.

            A sixth area is development of real time electronic techniques for restoration of line tv images at live tv frame rates.

            Primary areas of research have been :

I    Development of a general, unified theory of interaction of electromagnetic waves with plasma,     

     encompassing both long and short  wavelengths and including spectral response and non-

     linearities.  Application to novel ultraviolet radiation detectors seems most promising.

 

II  Application of this experimental and theoretical model to model high intensity laser breakdown of 

    gases using low intensity light at wavelengths where high intensity lasers do not as yet exist.

 

III.Basic experimental and theoretical work on the opto-galvanic effect used to wavelength lock 

     lasers in isotope separation.  This work was accomplished and published even before the effect  

     was given its present name and application.

 

IV.Basic work on high sensitivity detection of microwaves and millimeter waves using inexpensive 

     glow discharges as both direct detectors, and Mixers.  This is presently being applied elsewhere in 

     millimeter wave detection and in microwave spectroscopy.

 

V. Fundamental work on the electronic impedance and time response properties of plasmas .  This is  

     particularly significant to application of the opto-galvanic effect using pulsed lasers because slow 

    discharge response time reduces signal-to-noise ratio.  Appliation to near-millimeter waves seems 

    desirable and worthwhile.

 

VI.Basic work in atmospheric optics communication and imaging, including effects of background 

     radiation, turbulence, heterodyne detection, and optimization of image resolution permitted by the 

     atmosphere through selection of spectral regions.  The effects of scattering of EM waves by dust

    aerosols and water droplets  (in determining wavelength of optimum resolution and/or effective

    heterodyne detection area) are of particular interest, as are effects of weather on image quality. 

    Models have been developed with which to predict image quality through the atmosphere as

    functions of weather for visible, near infrared and thermal imaging wavelengths. 

 

VII.Development of inexpensive devices and techniques for high sensitivity sensing of near infrared 

       and visible and near ultraviolet radiation including both gas tubes and solid state devices.

 

VIII.Development of techniques for wide-ranging spectral tuning of commercial GaAs LEDs .  This

        should be particularly useful to minimize material dispersion and thus increase bandwidths in

        optical fiber communication.  In addition, methods to increase significantly photodiode quantum

       efficiency have been obtained.

 

IX   Basic research in photopreionization processes to increase the optical power of high-intensity 

       TEA lasers.

 

X.    Electrooptics applications in agriculture in cooperation with local kibbutzim including re-design

       of an inspection system to separate undesirable produce particles from those to be marketed and 

       a weed detection system designed to disperse herbicide automatically only on weeds rather than

       waste it on soil (with Prof. Ben-Yaakov and Kibbutz Nir-Oz, unpublished).

 

XI. Development of a curriculum in electrooptics at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-

       Sheva, Israel, unique to the realities of Israel.

 

XII.Basic research on optical and modulation transfer functions with which to characterize image 

       quality degradation resulting from image motion and vibration.

 

XIII.Implementation of transfer function work to restore images blurred by atmosphere and/or image

        motion and vibration.

 

XIV.Development of adaptive communication techniques to overcome dispersion limitations

        imposed by the atmosphere and satellite vibrations, especially with regard to satellite optical  

        communication.  

 

  XV. Development of techniques to restore images blurred by the atmosphere and/or image

           vibration and motion.

 

XVI.  Development of real time techniques for electronic restoration of live two dimensional tv

           images at live tv frame rates.

 

 

  1. PUBLICATIONS

 

Textbook    -    A System Engineering Approach to Imaging,  SPIE Press, 1998 (700 pages).

                        (2nd printing. April 2000)

 

 

Editor of Conference Proceedings

 

1.        W. Miller and N. S. Kopeika, eds.,  Optical, Infrared and Millimeter Wave Propagation

            Engineering,  Proc. SPIE, vol. 926, 1988.

 

2.        N. S. Kopeika and W. Miller, eds.,  Propagation Engineering, Proc. SPIE, vol. 1115, 1989.

 

3.        I. Shladov, Y. Weissman, and N. S. Kopeika, eds., 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering

            in Israel, Proc. SPIE, vol. 2426, 1995.

 

In Books  (fully reviewed)

 

1.        N.S. Kopeika, “Design of glow discharge lamps for economic real-time microwave

           holography,”  in Applications of Holography and Optical Data Processing, E. Maron, A.A.  

           Friesem, and E. Wiener-Avner, Eds., London: Pergamon Press, pp. 673-683, 1977.

 

2.        N.S. Kopeika and A.N. Seidman, “Seeing through the desert atmosphere,”  in Progress in

           Desert Research, L. Berkofsky and M.G. Wurtele, Eds., New Jersey: Rowman and Allenheld

           Publishers, pp. 310-325, 1987.

 

3.        N. Yackerson and N. S. Kopeika,  “Non-optogalvanic signal characteristic times in

            prebreakdown discharges,”  in  Gas Flow and Chemical Lasers,  S. Rosenwaks, ed., Berlin:  Springer-Verlag, pp. 392-401, 1987.

 

4.        N. S. Kopeika,  “Imaging through the atmosphere,”  1991 Yearbook of Encyclopedia of 

           Physical Science and Technology (BY INVITATION), Academic Press, pp. 261-277, 1991.

 

5.        N. S. Kopeika,  “Imaging through the atmosphere,”  (updated)  Encyclopedia of Physical 

           Science and Technology, 2nd edition, Academic Press, vol. 7, pp. 812-828, 1992 (INVITED).

 

6.        O.Hadar, I. Dror, and N. S. Kopeika,  “Real time restoration of images degraded by image

      motion and vibration,”  in  Trends in Optical Engineering, J. Menon, editor, Council of

      Scientific Research, India, pp. 287-298, 1993  (INVITED).

 

7.        N. S. Kopeika, "Imaging through the atmosphere," (major update) Encyclopedia of Physical

     Science and Technology, 3nd edition, Academic Press, pp. 661-678, 2001 (INVITED).

 

8.        N.S.Kopeika, “Atmospheric Optics”, in Encyclopedia of Optical Engineering,

           R.G.Driggers,  ed., Marcel Dekker, pp. 98-100, 2002 (Introduction by Topical Editor).

 

9.           N.S.Kopeika, “Atmospheric blur and image restoration”, in Encyclopedia of Optical

     Engineering, Op. Cit. pp. 87-97  (INVITED).

 

10.       D. Arbel and N.S.Kopeika, “Optical processing systems”, in Encyclopedia of

           Modern Optics, R.D. Guenther, D.G.Steel, and L.Bayvel, Editors,  Elsevier, Oxford,     

           Vol. 4, pp. 69-77, 2004   (INVITED).

 

In Journals

 

11.       N.S. Kopeika and J. Bordogna, "Background noise in optical communication systems,"  Proc. IEEE, Vol. 58, pp. 1571-1577, October 1970.

 

12.       N.H. Farhat and N.S. Kopeika, "A low-cost millimeter wave glow discharge detector,"  Proc. IEEE (Correspondence),  Vol. 60, pp. 759-760, June 1972.

 

13.       N.S. Kopeika, "Millimeter Wave holography recording with glow discharge detectors,"  Int. J. Electr. Vol.  38, pp. 609-613, May 1975.

 

14.       N.S. Kopeika, "On the mechanism of glow discharge detection of microwave and millimeter wave radiation,"  Proc. IEEE (Correspondence), Vol. 63, pp. 981-982, June 1975, p. 1737, Dec. 1975.

 

15.       N.S. Kopeika and N.H. Farhat, "Video detection of millimeter waves with glow discharge tubes, part I - physical characteristics,"  IEEE Trans. on Electron. Devices, Vol. ED-22, pp. 534-540, August 1975.

 

16.       N.S. Kopeika and N.H. Farhat, "Video detection of millimeter waves with glow discharge tubes, Part II - experimental results,"  IEEE Trans. on Electron. Devices, Vol. ED-22, pp. 540-548, August 1975; Vol. ED-23, p. 1113, Sept. 1976.

 

17.       N.S. Kopeika, "Noise spectra of commercial indicator glow discharge detectors,"  Int. J. Electr. Vol. 39, pp. 209-218, August 1975.

 

18.       N.S. Kopeika, B. Galore, D. Stempler, and Y. Heimenrath, "Commercial glow discharge tubes as detectors of X-band radiation,"  IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, Vol. MTT-23, pp. 843-846, October 1975.

 

19.       N.S. Kopeika, D. Even-Zur, and I. Fishbein, "Low cost glow discharge tube microwave frequency sensor,"  Proc. IEEE  (Correspondence), Vol. 64, pp. 382-384, March 1976.

 

20.       N.S. Kopeika, and A.P. Kushelevsky, "Effects of ionizing radiation on glow discharge detectors,"  Proc. IEEE (Correspondence), Vol. 64, pp. 369-370, March 1976.

 

21.       N.S. Kopeika, and J. Rosenbaum, "Subnormal glow discharge detection of optical and microwave radiation,"  IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science, Vol. PS-4, pp. 51-61, March 1976.

 

22.       N.S. Kopeika, S. Glazer and R. Katz, "Low cost tuned filters using subnormal glow discharges," Int. J. Electr. Vol. 40, pp. 481-493, May 1976.

 

23.       N.S. Kopeika, J. Rosenbaum and R. Kastner, "Abnormal glow discharge detection of visible radiation,"  Appl. Optics, Vol. 15, pp. 1610-1615, June 1976.

 

24.       A. Lupu, N.S. Kopeika, and E. Wiener-Avner, "Signal processing scheme for reducing atmospheric modulation noise in optical communication,"  Proc. IEEE (Correspondence), Vol. 64, pp. 1116-1118, July 1976.

 

25.       N.S. Kopeika, B. Gafni, and A. Greenfeld, "Electrooptical  color sorting of agricultural particles,"  Optical Engineering,  Vol. 15, pp. 360-363, July/August 1976.

 

26.       A.P. Kushelevsky and N.S. Kopeika, "Microwave transmission properties of gamma ray irradiated glass,"  Trans. Nuclear Societies of Israel, Vol. 4, pp. 71-74, Dec. 1976.

 

27.       G. Eytan, N.S. Kopeika, R. Gellman, and A.P. Kushelevsky, "A sensitive ultraviolet radiation detector based on photoionization of excited atoms,"  Optical and Quantum Electronics  (Correspondence), Vol. 9, pp. 354-356, July 1977.

 

28.       N.S. Kopeika, R. Gellman, and A.P. Kushelevsky, "Improved detection of ultraviolet radiation with gas-filled phototubes through photoionization of excited atoms,"  Appl. Optics, Vol. 16, pp. 2470-2476, Sept. 1977.

            (This paper includes much more detail than the previous Letter |19|.)

 

29.       N.S. Kopeika, "Spectral characteristics of image quality for imaging horizontally through the atmosphere,"  Appl. Optics, Vol. 16, pp. 2422-2426, Sept. 1977; Vol. 17, p. 1162,

            April 15, 1978.

 

30.       A.P. Kushelevsky, and N.S. Kopeika, "Multiphoton ionization from excited states,"  IEEE J. Quant. Electr. (Correspondence), Vol. QE-13, pp. 737-739, Sept. 1977.

 

31.       N.S. Kopeika, "Internal signal gain in subnormal glow discharge detection of microwave radiation,"  Int. J. Electr., Vol. 43, pp. 417-427, Nov. 1977.

 

32.       N.S. Kopeika and A.P. Kushelevsky, "The role of excited atoms in UV photopreionization TEA lasers,"  IEEE J. Quant. Electr., Vol. QE-13, pp. 968-972, Dec. 1977.

 

33.       Y. Makover, O.R. Manor, and N.S. Kopeika, "Very high sensitivity heterodyne detection of X-band radiation with neon indicator lamps,"  IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Tech., Vol. MTT-26, pp. 38-41, Jan. 1978.

 

34.       N.S. Kopeika, A. Emanuel and M. Chasan, "Antenna properties of glow discharge detectors of microwave radiation,"  Int. J. Electr., Vol. 44, pp. 385-396, April 1978.

 

35.       N.S. Kopeika and G. Eytan, "Photoionization of excited atoms in gas filled photodiodes:  improved detectivity with microsecond-order risetimes,"  IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science, Vol. PS-6, pp. 1-16, March 1978.

 

36.       N.S. Kopeika, "Glow discharge detection of long wavelength electromagnetic radiation: cascade ionization process internal signal gain and temporal and spectral reponse properties,"  IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Vol. PS-6, pp. 139-157, June 1978.

 

37.       N.S. Kopeika, "A curriculum in electrooptics for electrical engineers,"  Proc. IEEE, Vol. 66, pp. 893-901, August 1978.

 

38.       G. Eytan, N.S. Kopeika, and A.P. Kushelevsky, "The effective cross section,"  IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science (Correspondence), Vol. PS-6, pp. 314-316, Sept. 1978.

 

39.       G. Eytan and N.S. Kopeika, "Spectral dependence of rise-time in gas filled phototubes:  implications concerning possible miniaturization of gas discharge detectors of electromanetic radiation,"  IEEE Trans. on Plasma Science, (Correspondence), pp. 261-265, Sept. 1978.

 

40.       A.P. Kushelevsky and N.S. Kopeika, "Atomic deexcitation effect of X-rays on gases,"  IEEE J. Quant. Electr, (Correspondence), Vol. QE-14, pp. 709-711, Oct. 1978.

 

41.       N.S. Kopeika and A.P. Kushelevsky, "Photoionization of excited atoms by low intensity light:  experimental test of the effective cross section,"  Appl. Opt., Vol. 17, pp. 3933-3937,

            Dec. 15, 1978.

 

42.       N.S. Kopeika, A.P. Kushelevsky and G. Eytan, "Photoionization of excited atoms in dc gas discharges by low intensity light and its analogy to gas breakdown with high intensity lasers,"  J. Appl. Phys., Vol. 50, pp. 11-16, Jan. 1979.

 

43.       N.S. Kopeika, Y. Makover and D. Schonbach, "I-F conversion gain of glow discharge lamps as X-band mixers for high local oscillator power levels,"  IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Tech., Vol. MTT-27, pp. 227-232, March 1979.

 

44.       N.S. Kopeika, T. Karcher, and C.S. Ih, "Gas discharge response to light; dependence of linearity on space charge for optogalvanic and excited atom-photoionization signals,"  Appl. Opt., Vol. 18, pp. 3513-3516, Oct. 15, 1979.

 

45.       K. Irwin, N.S. Kopeika, and R.G. Hunsperger, "Ultraviolet photoconductive detectors in Zn3P2," Electr. Lett., Vol. 15, p. 718, Oct. 25, 1979.

46.       C.S. Ih, N.S. Kopeika, and E. Le Det, "Characteristics of active and passive 2-D holographic        scanner imaging systems for the middle infrared,"  Appl.  Opt., Vol. 19, pp. 2401–2045,

            June 15, 1980.

 

47.       N.S. Kopeika, "The general wavelength dependence of imaging through the atmosphere,"  Appl. Optics, Vol. 20, pp. 1532-1536,  May 1, 1981.

 

48.       C.S. Ih, E. Le Det, N.S. Kopeika, "Characteristics of holographic scanners utilizing a concave auxiliary reflector,"  Appl. Optics, Vol. 20, pp. 1656-1663, May 1, 1981.

 

49.       N.S. Kopeika, S. Solomon and Y. Gencay, "The wavelength variation of visible and near IR resolution through the atmosphere:  dependence on aerosol and meteorological conditions,"  J. Opt. Soc. Amer., Vol. 71, pp. 892-901, July 1981.

 

50.       N.S. Kopeika, "Spatial frequency and wavelength-dependent effects of aerosols on atmospheric modulation transfer function,"  J. Opt. Soc. Amer. (correspondence), Vol. 72, pp. 1092-1094, Aug. 1982.

 

51.       N.S. Kopeika, "The spatial frequency dependence of scattered background light:  the atmospheric modulation transfer function resulting from aerosols,"  J. Opt. Soc. Amer., Vol. 72, pp. 548-551, May 1982.

 

52.       N.S. Kopeika, "Optogalvanic response to light:  photon energy vs. photon number,"  Appl. Optics, Vol. 21, pp. 3989-3991, Nov. 15, 1982.

 

53.       I. Hirsh, S. Hava, N.S. Kopeika, A.P. Kushelevsky, Z.B. Alfassi, H. Aharoni, and M. Polak, "Spectral-tuning and linewidth-narrowing of shallow-junction surface emitting GaAs LEds through  g-ray irradiation,"  IEEE J. Quant. Electr., Vol. QE-19, pp. 29-33, Jan. 1983.

 

54.       L.G. Kazovsky and N.S. Kopeika, "Heterodyne detection through rain, snow and turbid media:  effective receiver size at optical through millimeter wavelengths," Appl. Optics, Vol. 22, pp. 706-710, March 1, 1983.

 

55.       N.S. Kopeika, H. Aharoni, I. Hirsh, S. Hava and I. Lupo, "Wavelength tuning of GaAs LEDs through surface effects,"  IEEE Trans. on Electr. Dev., (solicited for special issue on Light-Emitting Diodes and Photodetectors), Vol. ED-30, pp. 334-347, April 1983.

 

56.       N.S. Kopeika, R. Shuker, Y. Yerachmiel, Y. Gabai and C.S. Ih, "Observation of Cooper minima in excited s-state photoionization cross sections in neon and argon,"  Phys. Rev. A, Vol. 28, pp. 1517-1527, Sept. 1983.

 

57.       N.S. Kopeika, S. Hava and I. Hirsh, "Gamma ray irradiated LEDs:  surface emission and significant wavelength tuning via surface states,"  IEEE J. Quant. Electr.  Vol. QE-20, pp. 63-71, Jan. 1984.

 

58.       N.S. Kopeika, C.S. Ih, and R.G. Hunsperger, "Observation of light detection by glass-metal seals:  their influence on measurements involving discharges as light detectors and the possibility of optical fiber light detectors,"  J. Opt. Soc. Amer. B.,  (Correspondence), Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 121-124, March 1984.

 

59.       N.S. Kopeika, S. Hava,  I. Hirsh, and E. Hazout, "Significant photodiode quantum efficiency improvement and spectral response alteration through surface effects in vacuum,"  IEEE Trans. Electr. Dev., vol. ED-31, pp. 1198-1206, Sept. 1984.

 

60.       N.S. Kopeika, "Theory of a fast sensitive submillimeter wave glow discharge detector," 

            Int. J. Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Vol. 5, pp. 1333-1348, Sept. 1984.

 

61.       N.S.Kopeika, I. Hirsh and M. Ravfogel, "Microwave point contact diode responsivity

            improvement through surface effects in vacuum,"  IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and

            Tech., Vol. MTT-32, pp. 1384-1387, 1984.

 

62.       N. S. Kopeika and J. Budner,  "Wavelength effects of soil-derived aerosols on atmospheric

            scattering coefficient," Optica Acta. (Letter), Vol. 31, pp. 1197-1201, Nov. 1984.

 

63.       I. Hirsh, S. Hava and N. S. Kopeika,  "A simple, qualitative model of surface vs. bulk effects in gamma ray irradiated pn diodes,"  J. Appl. Physics, pp. 2655-2658, Oct. 1, 1985.

 

64.       N. S. Kopeika,  "Effects of aerosols on imaging through the atmosphere:  a review of spatial-frequency and wavelength-dependent effects."  Opt. Eng., Vol. 24, pp. 707-712, July/Aug. 1985 (INVITED PAPER).

 

65.       N. Yackerson and N. S. Kopeika,  "Dynamic nonoptogalvanic signal polarity and magnitude in prebreakdown gas discharges,"  IEEE J. Quant. Electr., Vol. QE-21, pp. 1728-1735, Oct. 1985.

 

66.       N. Yackerson and N. S. Kopeika,  "Laser-triggered dynamic breakdown of gases and

            laser-induced prebreakdown signal,"  IEEE J. Quant. Electr., Vol. QE-21, pp. 1964-1972,

            Dec. 1985.

 

67.       S. Hava and N. S. Kopeika,  "Long wavelength bulk absorption cutoffs in GaAs light-emitting diodes exhibiting vacuum and gamma-irradiation emission wavelength tunability,"  IEEE Trans. Electr. Dev., Vol. ED-33, pp. 224-226, Feb. 1986.

 

68.       N. S. Kopeika, A. N. Seidman, I. Dinstein, C. Tarnasha, R. Amir, and Y. Biton,  "How

            weather affects seeing through the atmosphere,"  Opt. Eng., Vol. 25, pp. 205-212, March

            1986.  (INVITED PAPER).

 

69.       D. Wulich and N. S. Kopeika,  "Image resolution limits resulting from mechanical vibrations,"  Opt. Eng., Vol. 26, pp. 529-533, June 1987.

 

70.       S. Hava and N. S. Kopeika,  "Short wavelength responsivity improvement and long wavelength responsivity degradation in photodiodes as a result of gamma irradation,"

            Opt. Eng., vol. 26, pp. 959-962, Sept. 1987.  (INVITED PAPER).

 

71.       N. S. Kopeika,  "Imaging through the atmosphere for airborne reconnaissance," Opt. Eng.,

            Vol. 26, pp. 1146-1154, Nov. 1987.

 

72.       I. Dinstein, H. Zoabi, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of effects of weather on image

            quality:  preliminary results of model validation,"  Appl. Optics,  Vol. 27, pp. 2539-2545, 15 June 1988 (solicited for special issue on propagation and scattering in the atmosphere).

 

73.       N. S. Kopeika, I. Kogan, R. Israeli, I. Dinstein,  "Prediction of image propagation quality through the atmosphere:  the dependence of atmospheric modulation transfer function on

            weather,"  Optical Engineering  (BY INVITATION), vol. 29, pp. 1427-1438, Dec. 1990.

 

74.       S. Rudoler, O. Hadar, M. Fisher and N. S. Kopeika,  "Image resolution limits resulting from mechanical vibrations.  Part II:  experiment," Optical Engineering, vol. 30, pp. 577-589,

            May 1991.

 

75.       A. Shushan, Y. Meninberg, I. Levy, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of thermal image quality as a function of weather forecast,"  Optical Engineering, vol. 30, pp. 1709-1715, Nov.1991 (special issue on infrared imaging, INVITED PAPER).

 

76.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Forecasting optical turbulence strength on the basis of macroscale meteorology and aerosols:  models and validation,"   Optical Engineering,

            vol. 31, pp. 200-212, Feb. 1992.

 

77.       O. Hadar, M. Fisher, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Image resolution limits resulting from mechanical vibrations, part III:  numerical calculation of modulation transfer functions,"  Optical Engineering, vol. 31, pp. 581-589, March 1992.

 

78.       I. Dror and N. S. Kopeika,  ""Aerosol and turbulence MTFs:  comparison measurements in the open atmosphere,"   Opt. Lett., vol. 17, pp. 1532-1534, 15 Nov. 1992.

 

79.       N. S. Kopeika, "On the relationship of number of students to academic level,"  IEEE Trans. on Education, vol. 35, pp. 294-295, Nov. 1992.

 

80.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Imaging through the atmosphere:  practical instrumentation-based theory and verification of aerosol MTF,"   J. Opt. Soc.Amer.A., vol. 10, pp. 172-179, Jan. 1993.

 

81.       D. Sadot, A. Dvir, I. Bergel, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Restoration of thermal images distorted by the atmosphere, based upon measured and theoretical atmospheric modulation transfer function," Opt. Eng., vol. 33, pp. 44-53, Jan. 1994 (special issue on Infrared Technology I).

 

82.       O. Hadar, I. Dror, N. S. Kopeika,  "Image resolution limits from mechanical vibrations, part 4:  real-time numerical calculation of optical transfer function and experimental verification,"  Opt. Eng., vol. 33, pp. 566-578, Feb. 1994.

 

83.       D. Sadot, G. Kitron, N. Kitron, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Thermal imaging through the atmosphere:  atmospheric MTF theory and verification,"   Opt. Eng., vol. 33, pp. 880-887,

            March 1994 .

 

84.       D. Sadot, D. Shemtov, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Theoretical and experimental investigation of image quality through an inhomogeneous turbulent medium,"  Waves in Random Media,

            vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 177-189, April 1994.

 

85.       M. Cohen and N. S. Kopeika,  "A near UV envelope detector in the prebreadkown regime based on photoionization of excited gas atoms," Measurement Science and Technology,

            vol. 5, pp. 540-547, May 1994.

 

86.       S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika,  "Effects of particulates on reliability of optical communication in space and an adaptive method to minimize such effects,"   Appl. Optics,  vol. 33, no. 21, pp. 4930-4937, 20 July, 1994.

 

87.       M. Cohen and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prebreakdown gas tube detector of near UV radiation based on photoionization of excited states:  time response to short N2 laser pulses,"  Int. J. Electr., vol. 77, pp. 117-126, July 1994.

 

88.       S. Arnon, D. Sadot, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Analysis of optical pulse distortion through clouds for satellite to earth adaptive optical communication,"  J. Mod. Opt., vol. 41, pp. 1591-1606, Aug. 1994.

89.       O. Hadar, N. S. Kopeika, and S.R. Rotman,  "Target acquisition modeling of forward motion  considerations for airborne reconnaissance over hostile territory,"  Opt. Eng. vol. 33, pp. 3106-3117, Sept. 1994.

 

90.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Effects of absorption on image quality through a particulate medium,"  Appl. Optics, vol. 33, no. 30, pp. 7107-7111, 20 Oct., 1994.

 

91.       S.Arnon, D. Sadot, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Simple mathematical models for temporal, spatial, angular characteristics of light propagating through the atmosphere for space optical communication:  Monte Carlo simulations,"   J. Mod. Opt., vol. 41, pp. 1955-1972,

            Oct. 1994.

 

92.       D. Sadot, A. Melamed, N. Dinur, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Effects of aerosol forward scatter on long and short exposure atmospheric coherence diameter," Waves in Random Media, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 487-498, Oct. 1994.

 

93.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Effects of aerosol forward scatter of infrared and visible light on atmospheric coherence diameter:  theory and validation,"  Opt. Eng., vol. 34, pp. 261-268, Jan. 1995.

 

94.       D. Sadot, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Comparison between high-resolution restoration techniques of atmosphericaly distorted images,"   Opt. Eng., vol. 34, pp. 144-153, Jan. 1995.

 

95.       S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika,  "Free space optical communication:  analysis of spatial widening of optical pulses for propagation through clouds,"  Opt. Eng., vol. 34, pp. 511-516, Feb. 1995.

 

96.       S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika,  "Free space optical communication:  detector array aperture for optical communication through thin clouds,"  Opt. Eng., vol. 34, pp. 517-521, Feb. 1995.

 

97.       D. Sadot, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  "Incorporation of atmospheric blurring effects in target acquisition modeling," Infrared Physics and Technology, vol. 36, pp. 551-564,

            Feb. 1995.

 

98.       D. Sadot, G. Lorman, R. Lapardon, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Restoration of thermal images

            distorted by the atmosphere using predicted atmospheric modulation transfer function,"

             Infrared Physics and Technology, vol. 36, pp. 565-576, Feb. 1995.

 

99.       O. Hadar, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Thermal imaging target acquisition probabilities in the presence of vibrations,"   Infrared Physics and Technology, vol. 36,

            pp. 691-702, March 1995.

 

100.     J. Gottlieb, B. Fogel, I. Dror, Z. Y. Offer, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of airborne

            particle statistics according to weather forecast:  concentration and scattering area,"

            Opt. Eng., vol. 34, pp. 1208-1218, April 1995.

 

101.     I. Dror and N. S. Kopeika,  "Experimental comparison of turbulence MTF and aerosol MTF through the open atmosphere,"   J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, vol. 12, pp. 970-980, May 1995.

 

102.     N. S. Kopeika and D. Sadot ,  "Imaging through the atmosphere:  practical

            instrumentation-based theory and verification of aerosol MTF:  reply to Comment," 

             J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A, vol. 12, pp. 1017-1023, May 1995.

 

103.     D. Sadot, R. Rosenfeld, G. Shuker, and N. S. Kopeika,  "High resolution restoration of images distorted by the atmosphere, based upon average atmospheric MTF," Opt. Eng.,

            vol. 34, pp. 1799-1807, June 1995.

 

104.     S. R. Rotman, E. S. Gordon, O. Hadar, N. S. Kopeika, V. George, and M. L. Kowalczyk,  "Modeling human search and target acquisition performance," Infrared Physics and Technology, vol. 36, pp. 1025-1033, Oct. 1995.

 

105.     O. Hadar, A. Kuntsevitsky, M. Wasserblat, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,

            "Automatic target recognition during sensor motion and vibration,"  Opt. Eng., vol. 34, pp. 3062-3068, Oct. 1995.

 

106.     D. Sadot, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  "Target acquisition modeling for contrast-limited imaging:  effects of atmospheric blur and image restoration," J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A., vol. 12, pp. 2401-2414, Nov.1995.

 

107.     D. Sadot, S. Shamriz, I. Sasson, I. Dror, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of overall atmospheric MTF with standard weather parameters:  comparison with measurements with two imaging systems,"  Opt. Eng., vol. 34, pp. 3239-3248, Nov. 1995. (INVITED PAPER)

 

108.     I. Dror, S. Atar, S. Grossman, and N. S. Kopeika,  "An accurate method for prediction

            of atmospheric transmission according to weather,"   Opt. Eng., vol. 35, pp. 2548-2555, Sept. 1996.

 

109.     S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika, "Probing and monitoring of aerosol and atmospheric clouds

            via an electrooptic oscillator,"  Appl. Opt., vol. 35, pp. 5427-5434, Sept. 1996.

 

110.     S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika,  "The performance limitations of free space optical communication networks due to vibrations:  analog case,"  Opt. Eng., vol. 36, pp. 175-182, Jan. 1997.

 

111.     A. Stern and N. S. Kopeika,  "Analytical method to calculate optical transfer functions for image motion and vibrations using moments,"  J. Opt. Soc. Amer A., vol. 14, pp. 388-396, Feb. 1997.

 

112.     S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika,  "Adaptive optical transmitter and receiver for space communication through thin clouds,"   Appl. Opt., vol. 36 (9), pp. 1987-1993, 20 March 1997.

 

113.     O. Hadar, S. Adar, A. Cotter, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Restoration of images degraded by extreme mechanical vibrations,"  Optics and Laser Technology,  vol. 29, pp. 171-177, June 1997.

 

114.     O. Hadar, A. Mandelblatt, R. Sabath, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman, "Influence of sensor motion on infrared target acquisition," Infrared Physics and Technology, vol. 38, pp. 373-382, June 1997.

 

115.     S. Arnon, S. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika, "Beamwidth and transmitter power adaptive to tracking system performance for free space optical communication," Appl. Opt., vol. 36, pp. 6095-6101, Aug. 1997.

 

116.     Y. Yitzhaky and N. S. Kopeika,  "Identification of blur parameters from motion-blurred images,"  CVGIP: Graphical Models and Image Processing, vol. 59 (5), pp. 321-332, Sept. 1997.

 

117.     S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika, "Free space optical communication satellite networks - vibration

            effects,"  Proc. IEEE.  (Special issue on Communications in the 21st Century), vol. 85, pp. 1646-1661, Oct. 1997.

 

118.     Y. Yitzhaky, I. Dror, and N. S. Kopeika, "Restoration of atmospherically-blurred images according to weather-predicted atmospheric modulation transfer function," Opt. Eng.,

            vol. 36, pp. 3064-3072, Nov. 1997.

 

 

 

119.     S. Arnon, S. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika, "The performance limitations of free space optical communication satellite networks due to vibrations: direct detection digital mode," Opt. Eng., vol. 36, pp. 3148-3157, Nov. 1997.

 

120.     S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika, "Adaptive suboptimum detection of optical PPM signals with detection matrix and centroid tracking,"  J. Opt. Soc. Amer. A., vol. 15, pp. 443-448, Feb. 1998.

 

121.     S. Arnon, S. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Optimum transmitter optics aperture for satellite optical communication,"  IEEE Trans. Aerospace Electr., vol. 34, pp. 590-596, April 1998.

 

122.     S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika, "Free space satellite optical communication:  adaptive

            information bandwidth to maintain bit error rate during periods of high satellite vibration amplitudes,"  IEE Proc. - Optoelectronics, vol. 145, pp. 109-115, April, 1998.

 

123.     Y. Yitzhaki, I. Mor, A. Lantzman, and N. S. Kopeika, "A direct method for restoration of motion-blurred images,"  J. Opt. Soc. Am. A., vol. 15, pp. 1512-1519, June, 1998.

 

 

124.     R. Melamed, Y. Yitzhaky, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman, "Experimental comparison of three target acquisition models,"  Optical Engineering. (INVITED PAPER  for special issue on Advances in Target Acquistion Modeling), vol. 38, pp. 1902-1913, July 1998.

 

125.     R. Succary, M. Maltz, O. Hadar, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika, "Relative effects of distortion and noise on target acquisition:  the advisability of image restoration," Optical Engineering  (INVITED PAPER for special issue on Advances in Target Acquistion Modeling), pp. 1914-1922, July 1998.

 

126.    O. Hadar, S. R. Rotman, N. S. Kopeika, and M. Kowalczyk, "Incorporating the entire modulation transfer function into an infrared target acquisition model," IR Phys. and Tech., vol. 39, pp. 307-314, August 1998.

 

127.     I. Dror, A. Sandrov, and N. S. Kopeika, "Experimental investigation of the influence of the relative location of scattering media on image quality: the shower curtain effect,"  Appl. Opt., vol. 37, pp. 6495-6499, 20 Sept. 1998.

 

128.     S. Arnon, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  "Performance limitations of free space optical communication satellite networks due to vibrations:  heterodyne detection," Appl. Opt.,  vol. 37, pp. 6366-6374, 20 Sept. 1998.

 

129.     A. Stern and N. S. Kopeika, "General restoration filter for vibrated image restoration," 

            Appl. Opt., vol. 37 (32), pp. 7596-7603, 10 Nov., 1998.

 

130.     N. S. Kopeika, I. Dror, and D. Sadot, "The causes of atmospheric blur:  comment on 'Atmospheric scattering effect on spatial resolution of imaging systems,'"  J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, vol. 15, pp. 3097-3106, Dec. 1998.

 

131.     A. Stern and N. S. Kopeika, "Motion distorted composite frame restoration,"  Appl. Opt.,

            vol. 38, pp. 757-765, 10 Feb., 1999.

 

132.     S. Arnon, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika, "Bandwidth maximization for satellite laser communication," IEEE Trans. Aerospace and Electr., vol. 35, pp. 675-682, April 1999.

 

134.     A. Stern and N. S. Kopeika,  "Optical transfer function analysis of images blurred by non-harmonic vibations characterized by their power spectrum density,"   J. Opt. Soc. Am. A.,

            vol. 16, pp. 2200-2208, Sept. 1999.

 

135.     N. S. Kopeika,  "Comment on 'Myopic deconvolution of adaptive optics images by use of object and point-spread function power spectra',"  Appl. Opt., vol. 39, pp. 2412-2414,

            May 2000.

 

136.     Y. Yitzhaky and N. S. Kopeika, "Restoration of an image degraded by vibrations using only a single frame," Opt. Eng, vol. 39, pp. 2083-2092, Aug. 2000.

 

137.     A. Stern, E. Kempner, A. Shukrun, and N. S. Kopeika, "Restoration and resolution enhancement of a single imge from a vibration distorted image sequence," Opt. Eng.,

            vol. 39, pp. 2451-2457, Sept. 2000.

 

138.     B. Lichterov and N. S. Kopeika,  "Mixed signal architecture for real time two dimensional live TV image restoration,"  Real Time Imaging, vol. 7 (2), pp. 183-194, April 2001.

 

139.     D. Arbel, O. Hadar, and N. S. Kopeika, "Medical image restoration of dynamic lungs using optical transfer function of lung motion," J. Biomed. Optics, vol. 6 (2), pp. 193-199,

            April 2001.

 

140.     A. Stern, E. Fisher, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Influence of severe vibrations on the visual perception of video sequences," Opt. Eng., vol. 40, pp. 964-970, June 2001.

 

141.     K. Krapels, R. Driggers, R. Vollmerhausen, N. S. Kopeika, and C. Halford,  "Linear shift invariance of the atmospheric turbulence modulation transfer function for infrared target acquisition models," Opt. Eng., vol. 40, pp. 1906-1913, Sept. 2001.

 

142.     A. Stern, Y. Porat, A. Ben-Dor, and N. S. Kopeika, “Enhanced-resolution image restoration from a sequence of low-frequency vibrated images using convex projections,” Appl. Opt.,

            vol. 40 (26), pp. 4706-4715, 10 Sept., 2001 (featured on Applied Optics cover).

 

143.     A. Stern, I. Kruchakov, E. Yoavi, and N. S. Kopeika, "Recognition of motion blurred images using the method of moments,"  Appl. Opt., vol. 41, pp. 2164-2171, 10 April, 2002.

 

144.     E. Goldbraikh and N. S. Kopeika, "Changes in modulation transfer function and optical resolution in helical turbulent media," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A., vol. 19, pp. 1774-1778, Sept. 2002.

 

145.     B. Likhterov and N. S. Kopeika, "Differential sensing of vibrations for high quality restoration of motion-blurred images," Opt. Eng. , vol. 41, pp. 2970-2974, Nov. 2002.

 

146.     S. Raiter, O. Hadar, and N. S. Kopeika, "The influence of motion sensor error on image restoration from vibrations and motion," Opt. Eng., vol. 41, pp. 3276-3282, Dec. 2002.

 

147.      I. Taig, A. Vandera, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  “Effects of image restoration on

       target acquisition,” Opt. Eng., vol. 42, pp. 534-540, Feb. 2003;  also selected for Virtual J.

       Biolog. Phys. Res., vol. 5, issue 3, Feb. 1, 2003.

 

148.     B. Likhterov and N.S. Kopeika, “Hardware efficient technique for minimizing startup

            transients in direct form II digital filters,” Int. J. Electr., vol. 90, pp.471-479, July, 2003.

 

149.     D. Arbel, O. Hadar, S. Greenberg, and N. S. Kopeika, “Criteria for satellite image restoration success,” Opt. Eng., vol. 42, pp. 2607-2613, Sept. 2003.

 

150.     S. Raiter, O. Hadar, A. Stern, and N. S. Kopeika, "Image restoration from camera vibration and object motion blur in infrared staggered TDI systems," Opt. Eng., vol. 42, pp. 3253-3264, Nov. 2003.

 

151.     S. Arnon, N.S.Kopeika, D. Kedar, A. Zilberman, D. Arbel, A. Livne, M. Guelman, M. Orenstain, H. Michalik, and A. Ginati, "The performance limitation of laser satellite communication due to vibrations and atmospheric turbulence:  downlink scenario," Int. J. Satellite Networks, vol. 21, pp. 561-573, Nov.- Dec., 2003.

 

152.    D. Arbel and N. S. Kopeika, "The causes of atmospheric blur:  restoration of remote sensing 

           imagery," submitted to Int. J. Rem. Sensing.

 

153.    K. Buskila, S. Towito, E. Shmuel, R. Levi, N. Kopeika, K. Krapels, R. Driggers,

           R.Vollmerhausen, and C. Halford, “Atmospheric modulation transfer function in the     

           infrared”,  Applied Optics, vol. 43, pp. 471-482, 10 Jan. 2004.

 

154.     D. Arbel, E. Cohen, M. Citroen, N. S. Kopeika, D. Blumberg, "Landsat TM satellite image restoration using Kalman filters," Photogrametric Engineering and Remote Sensing, vol. 70, pp. 91-100, Jan. 2004.

 

155.     B. Likhterov and N. S. Kopeika, "Motion-blurred image restoration using modified inverse all-pole filters," J. Electr. Imaging, vol. 13, pp.257-263, April, 2004.

 

156.     S. Bendersky, N. S. Kopeika, and N. Blaunstein, "Effects of attenuation of 1.064 µm optical waves by water vapor aerosols and fog in horizontal atmospheric communication links," Opt. Eng., vol. 43, pp. 539-552, March 2004.

 

157.     S. Bendersky, N. S. Kopeika, N. Blaunstein, " Atmospheric optical turbulence over land in Middle East coastal environments: prediction modeling and measurements”, Applied Optics,

            vol. 43, pp. 4070-4079, 10 July, 2004.

 

158.    G. Hochman, Y. Yitzhaky, N.S.Kopeika, Y.Lauber, M.Citroen, and A.Stern, “Restoration of images captured by a staggered TDI  camera in the presence of mechanical vibrations”, Applied Optics, vol. 43, pp. 4345-4354, August 2004.

 

159.     E. Golbraikh and N.S. Kopeika, “Behavior of the structural function of the refraction coefficient in different turbulent fields”, Applied Optics,  vol. 43, pp. 6151-6156, 20 November, 2004.

 

160.     E. Golbraikh and N.S.Kopeika, “Turbulence strength parameter in laboratory and natural optical experiments in non-Kolmogorov cases,” Optics Communications, vol. 242, pp. 333-338, 8 Dec., 2004.

 

161.     S. Bendersky, N.S.Kopeika, and N. Blaunstein, “Middle East measurements of concentrations and size distribution of aerosol particles for coastal zones,” Optical Engineering, vol. 44, pp. 106003-106013, Oct. 2005.

 

162.      Y. Shamir, V. Zajdman, and N.S. Kopeika, “Irradiance patterns from a practical corner cube reflector,” submitted to Optical Engineering.

 

163.      A. Avrin, A. Stern, and N.S.Kopeika, ”Registration of motion distorted interlaced images captured by scanning vector imaging sensor,” Applied Optics, vol. 45, pp.5950-5959, 10 Aug. 2006.

 

164.    E. Golbraikh, H. Branover, A. Zilberman, and N.S.Kopeika, “Non-Kolmogorov atmospheric turbulence and optical signal propagation”,  Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics, vol. 13, pp.297-301, 2006.

 

165.    O. David, N.S.Kopeika, and B. Weizer, “Range-gated active night vision system for automobiles”,  Applied Optics, vol. 45, pp. 7248-7254, 1 Oct. 2006.

 

166.    A. Tiker, N. Yarkoni, N. Blaunstein, A. Zilberman, and N.S.Kopeika, “Prediction of data stream parameters in atmospheric turbulent wireless communication links”, Applied Optics, vol. 46, in press [Jan. 2007].

 

167.    A. Zilberman and N.S.Kopeika, “Laser beam wander in the atmosphere: implications for Cn2

           vertical profile sensing with imaging LIDAR”, submitted to Applied Optics.

 

168.   M. Citroen, Y. Lauber, and N.S.Kopeika, “Visibility calculation for atmospheric correction of hyperspectral images”, submitted to Remote Sensing of the Environment.

 

 

10.       CONFERENCES

 

(a)        INVITED PAPERS

 

1.         N.S. Kopeika, "Fourier optics and its application to atmospheric optics for the design of surveillance systems,"  14th Conv. Inst. Electr-and Electr. Eng. (IEEE) in Israel, March 26-28, 1985, Tel Aviv.

 

2.         N.S. Kopeika, and D. Wulich, "Image resolution limits resulting from mechanical vibrations,"  Airborne Reconnaissance, IX, SPIE 29th Annual Tech. Symp. Aug. 18-23, 1985, San Diego, CA, Published in Airborne Reconnaissance IX, F.R. La Gesse and P. Henkel, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 561, pp. 4-12, 1985.

 

3.         N.S. Kopeika, "Imaging through the atmosphere for airborne reconnaissance," Airborne Reconnaissance X, SPIE 30th Annual Tech. Symp. Aug. 17-22, 1986, San Diego, CA.

            Published in Airborne Reconnaissance X,  P. Henkel and F. R. La Gesse, eds. Proc. SPIE

            vol. 694, pp. 132-139, 1987.

 

4.         I. Dinstein, H. Zoabi, and N.S. Kopeika, "Advance prediction of effects of atmosphere on image quality,"  presented at Airborne Reconnaissance XI, SPIE 31st Annual Tech. Symp., Aug. 16-21, 1987, San Diego, CA.  Published in Airborne Reconnaissance XI, 

            F. R. La Gesse, P. Henkel, and W. Schuster, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 833, pp. 115-122, 1988.

 

5.         N.S. Kopeika, "Propagation of Spatial Coherence and image quality through the desert atmosphere,"  presented at 12th International General  Assembly of International Society for Radio Engineering (URSI), Aug. 24-Sept. 4, 1987, Tel Aviv.

 

6.         N.S. Kopeika, "An overview of imaging through the atmosphere,"  presented at SPIE Conf. Critical Review of Technology:  Modeling of the Atmosphere, SPIE Tech. Symp. Southeast, April 3-8, 1988, Orlando, FL.  Published in Critical Review of Technology:  Modeling of the Atmosphere,  L. Rothman, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 928, pp. 366-385, 1988.

 

7.         D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Thermal imaging atmospheric effects and image restoration," Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing II, M. S. Scholl, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2268, pp. 366-385, 1994.

 

8.         N. S. Kopeika, D. Sadot, and O. Hadar,  "Contrast-limited target acquisition:  atmospheric

            and motion effects,"  joint session of Infrared Imaging Systems:  Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing IV and Targets and Backgrounds:  Characterization and Representation, Proc. SPIE, W. R. Watkins and D. Clement, eds. vol. 2469, pp. 550-567, 1995.

 

9.         N. S. Kopeika, T. Sheayik, Z. Givati, N. Corse, I. Dror, and D. Sadot, "Restoration of satellite images based on atmospheric MTF," Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing IV, M. S. Scholl and B. Andresen, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2817, pp. 106-117, 1996.

 

10.       S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika, "Free space optical communication satellite networks - vibration effects and solutions," in Advancement of Photonics for Space, SPIE Critical Review, E. W. Taylor, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. CR66, pp. 184-211, 1997.

 

11.       N. S. Kopeika, "Causes of atmospheric blur in remote sensing:  a system engineering approach to imaging," in Infrared Spaceborne Remote Sensing VI, M. S. Scholl and B. Andresen, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 3437, 1998, in press. (INVITED)

 

12.       N. S. Kopeika, R. Melamed, and Y. Yitzhaky, "The role of the atmosphere in target acquisition:  models versus experiment," in Infrared Technology and Applications XXIV,

            B. F. Andresen and M. S. Scholl, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 3436, 1998, in press. (INVITED)

 

13.       N. S. Kopeika,  "Imaging through the atmosphere:  an overview,"  in Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation, Y. Band, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3609, in press.

 

14.       N. S. Kopeika, "The causes of blur in imaging through the atmosphere:  a system engineering approach to imaging," invited for 1999 URSI General Assembly in Toronto.

 

15.       N. S. Kopeika,  "Imaging in adverse media,"  invited for 1999 Optical Society of America Annual Meeting in Santa Clara, Sept. 1999.

 

16.       N. S. Kopeika,  "Effects of aerosols on image blur,"  in "Research Workshop on the Interactions between Chemistry, Physics, and Dynamics in the Troposphere," Minerva Science Foundation, Germany, in Nazareth, Israel, Oct. 1999.

 

(b)        CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

 

1.         R.S. Berkowitz, H. Gershman, J. Jastrzembski and N.S. Kopeika, "Evaluation of multipurpose radar systems for army and helicopter sensing needs," 

            presented at the Symposium on Aviation Electronics,

            Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey, March 7-9, 1968.

 

2.         N.S. Kopeika and N.H. Farhat, "An economical, fast, and sensitive millimeter wave video detector,"  presented at the European Conference on Electrotechnics, Eurocon 1974, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April 22-26, 1974.  pp. C7-6(1)-Ct-6(2) in Conference Digest.

 

3.         N.S. Kopeika, "The applicability of glow discharge plasma theory to the TRJ250 glow tube for millimeter wave detector applications,"  Proc. 1st Symp. Joint Chapter of Microwaves, Antennas, and Electron Devices, IEEE-Israel Section, April 2-3,  1974, Herzlia, Israel, pp. 65-69.

 

4.         N.S. Kopeika, "The effects of individual gas type and pressure in low discharge millimeter wave detector applications,"  Proc. 1st Symp. Joint Chapter of Microwaves, Antennas and Electron Devices, IEEE-Israel Section, Herzlia, Israel, April 2-3, 1984, pp. 70-77.

 

5.         N.S. Kopeika, "The influence of external electrodes in millimeter wave video detection with glow discharge plasmas,"  Dec. 2-4, 1974, San Diego, CA, 1974 IEEE National Telecommunications Record, pp. 1069-1073.

 

6.         N.S. Kopeika, B. Galore, and D. Stempler and Y. Heimenrath, "Commercial glow discharge indicator lamps as detectors of X-band radiation,"  Ninth Convention of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in Israel, April 21-24, 1975, Tel Aviv.

 

7.         N.S. Kopeika, "Temporal and spectral response properties of glow discharge detectors of microwave radiation,"  Tel Aviv, Apri. 28, 1976, Proc. 2nd Bi-annual Symposium of IEEE-Israeli Section, Joint Chapters S-AP/MTT and G-Ed/PHP.

 

8.         N.S. Kopeika, T. Karcher, E. Schmitt, and C.S. Ih, "An inexpensive and sensitive gas discharge detector of near uv radiation,"  1979 IEEE Intl. Conf. on Plasma Sci.,Montreal, Canada, June 4-6, 1979.

 

9.         N.S. Kopeika, T. Karcher, and C.S. Ih, "Effects of space charge on the 'effective cross section'"  14th Intl. Conf. on Phenomena in Ionized Gases, Grenoble, Frances, July 9-13, 1979.

 

10.       N.S. Kopeika, S. Solomon, and Y. Gencay, "Spectral effects of desert dust upon imaging through the atmosphere,"  Conf. on Lasers and Electrooptics  (CLEO '81), Washington, D.C., June 10-12, 1981; Tech. Digest, pp. 158-159, (also, IEEE J. Quant. Electr. Vol. QE-17, pp. 158-159, Dec. 1981, part 2.).

 

11.       N.S. Kopeika, I. Hirsh, S.  Hava, and H. Aharoni, "Horizontal tunneling and surface band bending:  an external technique for wavelength tuning of surface-emitting LEDs,"  SPIE 25th Annual Tech. Symp., Aug. 24-28, 1981, San Diego, CA.

 

12.       L.G. Kazovsky and N.S. Kopeika, "The turbulent scattering channel:  effective heteodyne receiver size for optical through millimeter wavelengths,"  IEEE Intl. Conf. on Communications (ICC '82), Philadelphia, PA., June 15-17, 1982.

 

13.       N.S. Kopeika, "Effects of aerosols on imaging through the atmosphere:  spatial frequency and           wavelength dependent effects,"  Airborne Reconnaissance VI, SPIE 26th Annual Tech. Symp., Aug. 24-27, 1982, San Diego, CA, published in Airborne Reconnaissance VI, P. Hankel and F.R. LaGesse, Eds., Proc. SPIE, Vol. 354, pp. 150-158, 1982.

 

14.       N.S. Kopeika, I. Hirsh and E. Hazout, "Photodiode quantum efficiency improvement through vacuum surface effects,"  Infrared Technology IX, SPIE 27th Annual Tech. Symp., 21-26, 1983, San Diego, CA, published in Infrared Technology IX, I.J. Spiro, R.A. Mollicone, eds., Proc. SPIE, Vol. 430, pp. 183-190, 1983.

 

15.       N.S. Kopeika, S. Hava and I. Hirsh, "Gamma ray irradiated LEDs in vacuum:  surface emission and significant wavelength tuning via surface states,"  Infrared Technology IX, ibid, pp. 335-341.

 

16.       N.S. Kopeika, A. Seidman, I. Dinstein, C. Tarnasha, R. Amir and Y. Biton, "Effects of weather on seeing through the atmosphere,"  Airborne Reconnaissance VIII, SPIE 28th Annual Tech. Symp., Aug. 21-24, 1984, San Diego, CA, published in Airborne Reconnaissance VIII, P.  Hankel and F.R. LaGesse, eds., Proc. SPIE, Vol. 496, pp. 153-161, 1984.

 

17.       N.S. Kopeika, S. Hava and O. Meroham, "Short wavelength responsivitiy improvement  and long wavelength responsivity degradation in photodiodes as a result of gamma irradiation,"  Infrared Tech. XI, SPIE 29th Annual Tech. Symp., San Diego, CA, Aug. 18-23, 1985.

 

18.       S. Hava, and N.S. Kopeika, "Improvement in UV responsivity of thin-film Zn3P2 under vacuum surface operation,"  Ultraviolet Technology, SPIE 30th Annual Tech. Symp., San Diego, CA., Aug. 17-22, 1985, published in Ultraviolet Technology, R.E. Huffman, ed., Proc. SPIE, Vol. 687, pp. 58-61, 1986.

 

19.       S. Hava and N.S. Kopeika, "Space as an adverse environment:  vacuum surface and gamma ray irradiation effects on LEDs and photodiodes,"  presented at Fiber Optics in Adverse Environments III, SPIE, 1986, Symp. on Fiber Optics, Optoelectronics, and Laser Applications in Science and Eng., Sept 14-26, 1986, Cambridge, MA, published in Fiber Optics in Adverse Environments III , R.A. Greenwell, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 721, pp. 2-5,

            1987 (SOLICITED).

 

20.       N. S. Kopeika,  "Advance prediction of effects of atmosphere on image quality," in Airborne Reconnaissance XI, F. R. La Gesse, P. Henkel, and W. S. Schurter, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 833, 1987.

 

21.       N. S. Kopeika and I. Dinstein, "Prediction of effects of weather on image quality propagated through the atmosphere," in Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave Propagation Engineering, W. B. Miller and N. S. Kopeika, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 926, pp. 180-184, 1988.

 

22.       N. S. Kopeika, I. Kogan, R. Israeli and I. Dinstein,  "Prediction of image quality through

            the desert atmosphere,"  The Sixth Meeting in Israel on Optical Engineering, Proc. SPIE,

            vol. 1038, R. Finkler, ed., pp. 555-568,  1989 (SOLICITED).

 

23.       N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of image quality through the atmosphere according to weather

            forecast,"  Propagation Engineering, Proc. SPIE, vol. 1115, N. S. Kopeika and W. Miller,

            eds., pp. 266-277, 1989.

 

24.       M. Fisher, O. Hadar, S. Rudoler, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Numerical calculation of modulation transfer functions for low frequency mechanical vibrations,"  Airborne Reconnaissance IV,

            Prof. SPIE, vol. 1342, 1990.

 

25.       O. Hadar, M. Fisher, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Numerical calculation of vibrational motion modulation transfer functions,"  in  Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing V, M. K. Masten and L. A. Sockum, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 1482, 1991.

 

26.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Forecasting optical turbulence strength:  effects of macroscale meteorology and aerosols,"  presented in  Propagation Engineering:  Fourth in a Series,  SPIE International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing,  Orlando, FL., 1-5 April, 1991, Proc. SPIE, vol. 1487, L. Bissonnette and W. Miller, eds.,

            pp. 40-50,  1991.

 

27.       J. Gottlieb and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of atmospheric aerosol statistics as a function of weather forecast,"   presented in Propagation Engineering:  Fourth in a Series, ibid., pp. 184-191.

 

28.       A. Shushan, Y. Meninberg, I. Levy, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of thermal image quality through the atmosphere as a function of weather forecast,"  Propagation Engineering:  Fourth in a Series, ibid., pp. 300-311

 

29.       I. Dror and N. S. Kopeika,  "Cutoffs of overall atmospheric MTF,"  Propagation Engineering:  Fourth in a Series, ibid., pp. 192-202.

 

30.       O. Hadar, I. Dror, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Numerical calculation of image motion and vibration

            modulation transfer function - a new method,"  presented in Optomechanics and Dimensional Stability,  R. A. Paquin and D. Vukobratovich, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 1533, pp. 61-74, 1991.

 

31.       O. Hadar and N. S. Kopeika,  "Numerical calculation of MTF for image motion:  experimental verification,"  presented at SPIE Conference on Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing, Orlando, FL., April 1992, M. K. Masten and L. A. Stockum, eds., Prof. SPIE, vol. 1697, pp. 183-197, 1992.

 

32.       M. Fisher and N. S. Kopeika,  "Restoration of images degraded by motion and atmospheric turbulence,"   presented at SPIE Conference on Visual Information Processing, Orlando, FL., April 1992, Huck, F. O., and Juday, R. D., eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 1705, pp. 195-202, 1992.

 

33.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Effect of aerosol forward scatter on atmospheric coherence diameter:  theory and validation,"   presented at SPIE Conference on Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing, Orlando, FL., April 1992, A. Kohnle and W. B. Miller, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 1688, pp. 728-736, 1992.

 

34.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Practical model for aerosol MTF,"   presented at SPIE Conference on Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing, Orlando, FL., April 1992, A. Kohnle and W. B.Miller, eds., Op. Cit., pp. 47-61.

 

35.       I. Dror and N. S. Kopeika,  "Comparison of turbulence MTF and aerosol MTF,"   presented at SPIE Conference on Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing,  Orlando, FL., April 1992, A. Kohnle and W. B. Miller, eds., Opt. Cit., pp. 716-727.

 

36.       I. Dror and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of particulate size distribution according to weather parameters",presented at SPIE Conference on Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing,  Orlando, FL., April 1992, A. Kohnle and W. B. Miller, eds., Op. cit., pp. 123-131.

 

37.       I. Dror, S. Atar, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of atmospheric extinction coefficient and comparison of transmission measurement methods:  black target contrast vs. aerosol scattering calculations,"  in Characterization, Propagation, and Simulation of Sources and Backgrounds, W. R. Watkins and D. Clement, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 1967, pp. 331-343, 1993.

 

38.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Thermal imaging through the atmosphere:  atmospheric MTF theory and measurement,"  in Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing, A. Kohnle and W. B. Miller, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 1968, pp. 59-69, 1993.

 

39.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Experimental investigation of image quality through an inhomogeneous turbulent medium,"  in Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing, Op. Cit., pp. 365-374.

 

40.       O. Hadar, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  "Motion considerations for airborne reconnaissance of a target over hostile territory,"  in Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VII, M. K. Masten and L. A. Stockum, eds. Proc. SPIE, vol. 1950, pp. 115-128, 1993.

 

41.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Effects of aerosol forward scatter of infrared and visible light on atmospheric coherence diameter:  theory and validation," in 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, Optical Engineering and Remote Sensing, M. Oron, I. Shladov and Y. Weissman, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 1971, pp. 24-34, 1992.

 

42.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Aerosol scattering and absorption modulation transfer function," in 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, Optical Engineering and Remote Sensing, Op. Cit., pp. 102-118.

 

43.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Thermal imaging through the atmosphere:  atmospheric MTF theory and verification," in 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, Optical Engineering and Remote Sensing, Op. Cit., pp. 109-126.

 

44.       O. Hadar, I. Dror, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Real-time numerical calculation of optical transfer function for image motion and vibration:  experimental verification," in 8th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, Optical Engineering and Remote Sensing, Op. Cit., pp. 412-435.

 

45.       D. Sadot, A. Dvir, I. Bergel, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Restoration of thermal images distorted by the atmosphere, based upon measured and theoretical atmospheric modulation transfer function," in Infrared Technology XIX, B. Andresen and F. D. Shepherd, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2020, pp. 458-471, 1993.

 

46.       S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika,  "Adaptive optical transmitter and receiver for space communication through clouds,"  in Photonics for Space Environments II, E. W. Taylor, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2215, pp. 46-57, 1994.

 

47.       O. Hadar, Z. Adar, A. Cotter, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Restoration of images degraded by mechanical vibrations,"  in Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing VIII,  M. K. Masten and L. A. Stockum, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2221, pp. 375-383, 1994.

 

48.       I. Dror and N. S. Kopeika,  "Statistical model for aerosol size-distribution parameters according to weather,"  in Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III, W. A. Flood and W. B. Miller, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2222, pp. 375-383, 1994.

 

49.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika, "Long and short exposure atmospheric coherence diamter:  experimental investigation in the visible and thermal IR,"  in Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III,  Op. Cit., pp. 499-510.

 

50.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Restoration of visible images distorted by the atmosphere based upon measured and theoretical atmospheric modulation transfer function,"  in Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III, Op. Cit.

 

51.      D. Sadot, A. Dvir, I. Bergel, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Restoration of thermal images distorted by   

           the atmosphere, based upon measured and theoretical atmospheric modulation transfer

           function,"  in Infrared Imaging Systems:  Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing V,  G. C.

           Holst, ed., Proc. SPIE vol. 2224, 1994.

 

52.       O. Hadar, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  "Target acquisition probabilities for image motion and vibration,"  in Infrared Imaging Systems:  Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing V, Op. Cit., pp. 108-120.

 

53.       D. Sadot, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman, "Incorporating atmospheric blurring effects in target acquisition modeling,"  in Infrared Imaging Systems:  Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing V, Op. Cit., pp. 95-107.

 

54.       O. Hadar, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  "Automatic target recognition during image motion and vibrations,"  in Automatic Object Recognition IV, Proc. SPIE vol 2234, pp. 326-336, 1994.

 

55.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "Active measurement of atmospheric transmittance using a CO2

            laser;  in Infrared Technology XX, B. F. Andreson, ed., Proc. SPIE vol. 2269, 1994.

 

56.       O. Hadar, A. Mendelblat, R. Sabat, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  "Influence of sensor

            motion on target acquisition,"  in  Airborne Reconnaissance XVIII,  W. G. Fishell, P. A. Henkel, and A. C. Crane, Jr., eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 2272, pp. 263-274, 1994.

 

57.       N. S. Kopeika, J. Peleg, M. Cohen, and A. Abromovitch,  "Sensitive gas tube near uv

            photon-counting detector based on excited-state photoionization,"  in  X-ray and UV detectors,  R. B. Hoover and M. W. Tate, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 2278, pp. 118-126. 1994.

 

58.       D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika,  "High-resolution real-time restoration of atmospherically

            distorted infrared images,"  in Image Reconstruction and Restoration, T. J. Schultz and D. L. Snyder, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 2302, pp. 54-61, 1994.

 

59.       D. Sadot, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  "Incorporation of atmospheric blurring effects in target acquisition modeling for visible and near infrared images,"  Ground Target Modeling & Validation Conf., Aug. 23-25, Houghton, MI., pp. 125-134, 1994.

 

60.       O. Hadar, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman, "Target acquisition probabilities for image motion and vibration,"  Ground Target Modeling & Validation Conf.,  Aug. 23-25, Houghton, MI., pp. 107-116, 1994.

 

61.       I. Dror and N. S. Kopeika,  "Statistical models for desert aerosol size distributions and comparison to MODTRAN models,"  in Beam Control Diagnostics, Standards and Propagation, L. Austin, A.  Giesen, D. H. Leslie, and H. Weichel, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 2375, pp. 61-71, 1995.

 

62.       D. Sadot, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman, "Effects of atmospheric blur and image restoration on target acquisition range and probability," in 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, I. Shladov, Y. Weissman, and N. S. Kopeika, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2426, pp. 85-94, 1995.

 

63.       O. Hadar, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman, "Quantitative evaluation of target acquisition capability when restoring images blurred by sensor motion," in 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, Op. Cit., pp. 115-127.

 

64.       I. Dror and N. S. Kopeika,  "Statistical model for aerosol size distribution parameters according to weather parameters," in 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, Op. Cit., pp. 134-143.

 

65.       S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika,  "Effect of particulates on performance of space optical communication and an adaptive method to minimize such effects," in 9th Meeting on Optical Engineering in Israel, Op. Cit., pp. 567-577.

 

66.       O. Hadar, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman,  "Image motion restoration from sequence of images,"  in Acquisition, Tracking and Pointing IX, M. K. Masten and L. A. Stockum, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 2468, pp. 172-183, 1995.

 

67.       Y. Yitzhaky and N. S. Kopeika,  "Identification of blur extent from motion-blurred images,"  in Infrared Imaging systems:  Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing VI, G. C. Holst, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2470, 1995.

 

68.       D. Sadot, I. Dror, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Prediction of overall atmospheric MTF with standard weather parameters:  comparison with measurements with two imaging systems,"  in Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing IV, C. Dainty, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2471, pp. 122-134, 1995.

 

69.       S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika, "Free-space optical communication:  detector array aperture for optical communication through thin clouds," in Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing IV, Op. Cit. pp. 112-121, 1995.

 

70.       D. Arbel and N. S. Kopeika,  "Medical image resoration of dynamic lungs using motion OTF,"  in Applications of Digital Image Processing XVIII, H. G. Tescher, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2564, pp. 535-547, 1995.

 

71.       S. Arnon, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika, "Beamwidth and transmitter power adaptive to tracking system performance for free space optical communication," in Space Guidance, Control, and Tracking III, M. A. Vander Does, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2810, pp. 176-187, 1996.

 

72.       S. Arnon, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika, "Optimum transmitter optics aperture for free space satellite optical communication as a function of tracking system performance," in Photonics for Space Environments IV, E. W. Taylor, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2811, pp. 252-263, 1996.

 

73.       A. Stern and N. S. Kopeika, "Analytical evaluation of image motion MTF and implementation in image restoration," in Digital Image Recovery and Synthesis III, P. S. Idell and T. J. Schulz, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2827, pp. 191-202, 1996.

 

74.       I. Dror, A. Sandrov, and N. S. Kopeika, "Experimental investigation of the influence of inhomogeneous scattering media on image quality: the shower curtain effect," in Image Propagation Through the Atmosphere," J. C. Dainty and L. R. Bissonnette, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2828, pp. 342-352, 1996.

 

75.       Y. Yitzhaki, I. Dror, and N. S. Kopeika, "Restoration of atmospherically blurred images according to weather predicted atmospheric MTF," in Image Propagation Through the Atmosphere, Op. Cit., pp. 386-396.

 

76.       O. Hadar, N. Corse, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika, "Contrast versus noise effects on image quality," in Airborne Reconnaissance XX, W. G. Fishell, A. A. Andraitis, A. C. Crane, Jr., and M. S. Fagan, eds., Proc SPIE, vol. 2829, 1996, in press.

 

77.       Y. Yitzhaki and N. S. Kopeika, "Identification of blur parameters from motion-blurred images," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XIX, A. G. Tescher, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 2847, pp. 270-280, 1996.

 

78.       O. Hadar, N. Corse, R. Khalif, Y. Neumann, S. R. Rotman, N. S. Kopeika, and M. L. Kowalczyk, "Image restoration for target detection - will it help?" Ground Target Modeling and Validation Conference, Aug. 20-22, 1996, Houghton, MI., pp. 209-220, 1996.

 

79.       S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika, "Performance limitations of free space optical commnication satellite networks due to vibrations:  heterodyne detection," in Photonics for Space Enfironments V, E. W. Taylor, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3124, 1997.

 

80.       S. Arnon and N. S. Kopeika, "Adaptive suboptimum detection of optical PPM signal with detector matrix and centroid tracking," in Photonics for Space Enfironments V, Op. Cit.

 

81.       N. S. Kopeika, "Aerosol MTF: an overview," in Propagation and Imaging through the Atmosphere, L. R. Bissonnette and C. Dainty, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3125, 1997, pp. 214-225.

 

82.       R. Melamed, I. Yitzhaki, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman, "Expermimental comparison of three target acquisition models," in Airborne Reconnaissance XXI, W. G. Fishel, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3128, 1997.

 

83.       R. Succary, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika,  "New quantitative means of characterizing the advisability of image restoration," in Airborne Reconnaissance XXI, Op. Cit.

 

84.       B. Lichterov and N. S. Kopeika, "Real-tiome two-dimensional electronic image filtering," in Algorithms, Devices, and Systems for Optical Information Processing, B. Javidi and D. Psaltis, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3159, 1997.

 

85.       Y. Yitzhaki and N. S. Kopeika,  "Restoration of images blurred by motion," in Applications of Digital Imaging Processing XX, A. G. Tescher, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3164, 1997.

 

86.       A. Stern and N. S. Kopeika,  "General restoration filter for vibrated image restoration," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XX, Op. Cit., pp. 38-48, 1997.

 

87.       N. S. Kopeika, "Causes of blur in imaging through the atmosphere: a system engineering approach to imaging," in Propagation and Imaging through the Atmosphere II, L. R. Bissonnette, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3433, pp. 320-331, 1998.

 

88.       D. Arbel, N. S. Kopeika, and A. Karnieli, "Imaging vertically through the atmosphere: restoration of satellite images based on atmospheric and stratospheric MTF evaluation," in Propagation and Imaging through the Atmosphere II, Op. Cit., pp. 250-261.

 

89.       Y. Yitzhaki and N. S. Kopeika, "Comparison of direct methods of motion blurred image restoration," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XXI, A. G. Tescher, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3460, in press.

 

90.       A.S Stern and N. S. Kopeika, "Motion-distorted composite frame restoration," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XXI, Op. Cit., pp. 895-905.

 

91.       A. Stern, E. Kempner, A. Shukrun, and N. S. Kopeika, "Restoration and resolution enhancement of a single image from a vibration distorted imate sequence," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XXII, A. G. Tescher, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3808, pp. 224-233, 1999.

 

92.       M. Scheinfeld, N. S. Kopeika, and R. Melamed, "Acquisition system for microsatellite laser communication in space," in Free Space Laser Communication Technologies XII, G. S. Mescherle, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 3932, pp. 166-175, 2000.

 

93.       A. Stern, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika,  "Effect of video sequence vibration on target acquisition," in Infrared Technology and Applications XXVI, B. F. Andresen, G. F. Fulop, and M. Stronik, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4130, in press.

 

94.       Y. Yitzhaki, A. Stern, and N. S. Kopeika, "Restoration of non-linear motion-distorted composite frame," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XXIII, A. G. Tescher, ed. in Proc. SPIE, vol. 4115, pp. 58-67, 2000.

 

95.       A. Zilberman and N. S. Kopeika,  "Influence of aerosols and optical turbulence strength on laser beam widening in the atmosphere," in Propagation and Imaging through the Atmosphere IV, M. C. Roggemann, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4125, in press.

 

96.       D. Arbel and N. S. Kopeika,  "Criteria for satellite image restoration success," in Advanced Signal Processing Algorithms, Architectures, and Implementations X, F. T. Luk, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4116, pp. 417-428, 2000.

 

97.       D. Arbel and N. S. Kopeika,  "Satellite image restoration based on atmospheric MTF evaluation," at FLINS 2000 Conf. on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing in Nuclear Science and Engineering, World Scientific, pp. 239-246, 2000.

 

98.       N. S. Kopeika and A. Zilberman, “Measured profiles of aerosols and turbulence for elevations of 2 - 20 km and consequences on widening of laser beams,” in Optical Pulse and Beam Propagation III, Y. B. Band, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4271, in press.

 

99.       O. Hadar, S. Riter, I. Dror, and N. S. Kopeika, “Influence of motion sensor error on image restoration from vibrations and motion,” in Sensors, Cameras, and Applications for Digital Photography III, N. Sampat and J. Canosa, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4306, 2001, in press.

 

100.     I. Taig, A. Vander, N. S. Kopeika, and S. R. Rotman, “Effects of image restoration on target acquisition,” in Targets and Backgrounds VII; Characterization and Representation, W. R. Watkins and D. Clement, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4370, 2001, in press.

 

101.     N. Streit, T. Hot, S. R. Rotman, and N. S. Kopeika, “Effect of sampling on target acquisition,” in Infrared Imaging Systems: Design, Analysis, Modeling, and Testing XII,

            G. C. Holst, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4372, pp. 46-50, 2001.

 

102.     A. Ziberman, N. S. Kopeika, and Y. Sorani, “Laser beam widening as a function of elevation in the atmosphere for horizontal propagation,” in Laser Weapons Technology II,

            W. E. Thompson and P. H. Merritt, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4376, 2001, in press.

 

103.     A. Saksonov, S. Arnon, and N. S. Kopeika, “Vibration noise control in laser satellite communication,” in Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XV, M. K. Masten and L. A. Stockum, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4365, pp. 188-194, 2001.

 

104.     M. Scheinfeld, N. S. Kopeika, and S. Arnon, “Acquisition time calculation and influence of vibrations for microsatellite laser communication in space,” in Acquisition, Tracking, and Pointing XV, Op. Cit., pp. 195-205.

 

105.     A. Stern and N. S. Kopeika, “Stabilization, restoration, and resolution enhancement of a video sequence captured by a moving and vibrating platform,” in Applications of Digital Image Processing, A. Tescher, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4472, 2001.

 

106.     D. Arbel and N. S. Kopeika, "Satellite image restoration filter comparison," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XXV, A. G. Tescher, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4790, 2002.

 

107.     B. Likhterov and N. S. Kopeika, "Motion-blurred image restoration using modified inverse all-pole filters," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XXV, Opt. Cit.

 

108.     A. Zilberman and N. S. Kopeika, "Characterization of atmospheric aerosols and turbulence at different elevations from lidar measurements," in Free Space Laser Communication and Laser Illumination II, J. C. Ricklin and D. G. Voelz, eds., Proc. SPIE, vol. 4821, 2002.

 

109.     A. Zilberman, E. Golbraikh, and N. S. Kopeika, "Validity of the Kolmogorov turbulence at higher elevations," in Free Space Laser Comm. and Active Laser Illumination III, D. G. Voelz and J. Ricklin, eds. Proc. SPIE vol. 5160, pp.397-405, 2003.

 

110.     Y. Yitzhaky, G. Hochman, and N. S. Kopeika, "Restoration of images captured by staggered TDI sensors in the presence of vibrations," in Applications of Digital Image Processing XXVI, A. G. Tescher, ed., Proc. SPIE, vol. 5303, 2003.

 

111.     S. Bendersky, N. S. Kopeika, and N.  Blaunstein, "Aerosol models for Middle Eastern coastal zones: a modified NAM model," in Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XVI, G.S. Mecherle, C. Y. Young, and J. S. Stryjewski, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 5338, 2004, pp. 276-287.

 

112.     A. Zilberman and N. S. Kopeika," LIDAR measurements of atmospheric turbulence vertical profiles," in Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XVI, Opt. Cit., pp.288-297.

 

113.     A. Zilberman, E. Goldbraikh, and N. S. Kopeika, “Validity of Kolmogorov turbulence at higher elevations”, in Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XVI , Op. Cit., pp. 298- 305.

 

114.    S. Bendersky,  N.Kopeika, and N.Blaunstein, “Prediction and modeling of line-of-sight   

           bending near ground level for long atmospheric paths,” in Target in-the-Loop: Atmospheric  

           Tracking, Imaging, and Compensation, M.T. Valley and M.A. Vorontsov, eds., Proc. SPIE

           vol. 5552, 2004, pp.29-40.

 

115.    S. Bendersky, E. Lilos, N.S.Kopeika, and N.Blaunstein,  “Modeling and measurements of 

           near- ground atmospheric optical turbulence according to weather for Middle East

           environments,” in Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications,

           R.G.Driggers and D.A.Huckridge, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 5612, pp. 350-361, 2004.

 

116.    A. Zilberman and N.S.Kopeika, “Atmospheric turbulence at different elevations:

           consequences  on laser-beam wander and widening at target,” Op. Cit, pp. 338-349.

 

117.    A. Zilberman and N.S.Kopeika, “Middle East model of vertical turbulence profile,” in                   

           Atmospheric Propagation 2, C.Y.Young and G.C.Gilbreath, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 5793, pp.

           89-97, 2005.

 

118.     A. Zilberman and N.S.Kopeika, “Aerosol size distribution variance at different elevations,”

            Op. Cit. pp. 98-105, 2005.

 

119,     S. Bendersky, N.S.Kopeika, and N. Blaunstein, “Influence of sea-breeze winds on aerosol

            particle concentration and size distribution for for up to 50 km overland distances in The

            Middle East”, Op. Cit., pp. 185-196.

 

120.     A. Zilberman and N.S.Kopeika, “Aerosol and turbulence characterization at different heights   

            in semi-arid regions,” in Atmospheric Optical Modeling, measurement, and Simulation, S.M.

            Doss-Hamel and A kohnle, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 5891, pp. 58910E-1 – 58910E-12, 2005.

 

121.    A. Zilberman, E. Golbraikh, and N.S.Kopeika, “Lidar studies of aerosols and non- 

           Kolmogorov turbulence in the Mediterranean troposphere,” in Electro-Optical and Infrared         

           Systems: Technology and Applications ll, R.G. Driggers and D.A. Huckridge, eds., Proc.SPIE  

           vol. 5987, pp. 598702-1 – 598702-12, 2005.

 

122.    S. Bendersky, N.Kopeika, and N. Blaunstein,” Aerosol particle concentration and size       

           distribution measurements and modeling in the urban environment for semi-arid and rainy   

           atmospheric conditions," in Atmospheric Optical Modeling, Measurement, and Simulation II,    

           S. M. Hammel, and A. Kohnle, Eds.,Proc. SPIE vol. 6303, 63030J (12 pages), 2006.

 

123.    S. Bendersky, N. Kopeika, and N. Blaunstein, “Middle East desert aerosol size 

           distribution measurements and modeling in urban, coastal, and continental  

           regions,” in Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications

           III, R. G. Driggers and D. A. Huckridge, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 6395, pp.63950J-1 –

           63950J-12.

 

124.   S. Bendersky, N. Kopeika, and N. Blaunstein, “Aerosol size distribution  

          measurements and modeling in urban environments for rainy atmospheric

          conditions,” in Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and

          Applications III, R. G. Driggers and D. A. Huckridge, eds., Proc. SPIE vol. 6395,

          pp. 63950K-1 – 63950K-12.

 

 

11.       SEMINARS AT UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS (Recent)

 

1985                "Seeing through the Atmosphere" at

                        1.         NOAA, Boulder, CO.

                        2.         Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, N.M.

                        3.         Grumman Aerospace, Bethpage, N.Y.

                        4.         U.S. Army Atmospheric Science Lab., White Sands Missile Command,

                                    New Mexico

                       

                        "Proposed new technique for submillimeter wave detector" at

                        1.         U.S. Army Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey

                        2.         U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL

 

                        "Optoelectronic devices in vacuum" at

                        1.         National Bureau of Standards (NBS), Gaithersburg, Maryland.

 

1986                "Seeing through the atmosphere" at

                        1.         National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ

                        2.         Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego, CA

                        3.         Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA

                        4.         Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA

                        5.         Oregon Graduate Center, Beaverton, CA

                        6.         University of Washington, Dept. EE, Seattle, WA.

                        7.         Battelle Laboratories, Columbus, OH

                        8.         Univ. Alabama at Huntsville, Dept. EE, Huntsville, AL. 

 

1987    "Seeing through the atmosphere" at

                        1.         U.S. Air Force Geophysics Lab., Cambridge, MA.

                        2.         U.S. Air Force Avionics Lab., Cambridge, MA.

                        3.         Pennsylvania State University, Dept. Meteorology, College Station, PA.

 

1988                "Surface effects on optoeletronic devices" at

                        Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C.

                       

                        "Imaging through the atmosphere" at

                        1.         Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C.

                        2.         State University New York, Lab. for Planetary and Atmospheric Research,

                                    Stony Brook, N.Y.

                        3.         George Washington University, Dept. EE, Washington, D.C.

                        4.         Los Alamos Natl. Lab., Los Alamos, N.M.

                        5.         U.S. Army Atmospheric Sciences Lab., White Sands Missile Range, N.M.

 

1990                "Imaging through the atmosphere"  at

                        1.  U.S. Air Force Geophysics Lab., Cambridge, MA.

                        2.  U.S. Air Force Avionics Lab., Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH.

                        3.  Dept. Electr. Eng., Univ. Washington, Seattle, WA.

                        4.  Dept. Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA.

                        5.  Dept. Physics, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA.

                        6.  NOAA,  Boulder, CO.

 

1992                "Imaging through the atmosphere" and "image motion and vibration MTF's" at

                        1.         Env. Res. Inst. Michigan

                        2.         University of Alabama at Huntsville

                        3.         Avionics Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB

                        4.         Kirtland AFB

                        5.         Eglin AFB

                        6.         SPAR Aerospace

 

1993                "Imaging through the atmosphere and effects on target acquisition" at

                        1.         Eglin AFB

                        2.         Phillips Lab. at Hanscom AFB

                        3.         Rome Lab.    "        "           "

                        4.         Phillips Lab. at Kirtland AFB

 

1994                "Image restoration of atmospherically-blurred and/or motion blurred images" at

                        1.         Naval Research Lab, Washington, D.C.

                        2.         NOAA, Boulder, CO.

                        3.         Eglin AFB

                        4.         Wright-Patterson AFB

                        5.         U.S. Army Tank Command

 

1995                "Effects of image restoration on target acquisition" at

                        Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), Alexandria, VA.

 

1996                "Imaging through the atmosphere from satellites: image restoration based on       atmospheric MTF" at

                        1.         Phillips Lab at Kirtland AFB

                        2.         Wright-Patterson AFB

                        3.         BMDO

                        4.         Rome Lab at Hanscom AFB

 

1997    "Effects of the atmosphere on target acquisition" at

                        1.         Army Research Lab, Adelphi, MD.

                        2.         Office of Naval Research, Alexandria, VA.

                        3.         Amtec Corp. and U.S. Army Redstone Tech. Test Ctr., Huntsville, AL.

 

                        "Restoration of satellite images from atmospheric degradation"

                        1.         South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D.

                        2.         Rutgers University, Newark, N.J.

                        3.         NASA Goddard Space Ctr., Greenbelt, MD.

 

1998                "System engineering approach to imaging through the atmosphere" at

                        1.         Wright-Patterson AFP

                        2.         Geophysics Lab, Hanscom AFB

                        3.         Kirtland AAFB

 

                        "Atmospheric effects on target acquisition"

                        Rome Lab, Hanscom AFB

 

2000                "Imaging in adverse environments" at

                        Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, CN.

 

2003               “Atmospheric effects on optical wireless communication”, Univ. of Maryland, Jan. 28.

 

2004                               “ LIDAR measurements of vertical turbulence and aerosol profiles” at

                      Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton., OH

 

 

12.  PATENTS

 

1.         N.S. Kopeika and N.H. Farhat, "Glow dischage millimeter wave detector and methods of biasing same,"  University of Pennsylvania, USA Patent No. 3790895, Feb. 5, 1974.

 

2.         N.S. Kopeika, "Optical radiation detector and process for detecting optical radiation,"  Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Israel Patent No. 48946, Feb. 1, 1976.

 

3.         N.S. Kopeika, A. Kushelevsky and G. Eytan, "Method and arrangement for enhancing the detection of radiation,"  Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Patent No. 52355,

            June 21, 1977.

 

4.         N.S. Kopeika, S. Hava, H. Aharoni and A. Kushelevsky, "A Method for changing the maximum emission wavelength of semiconductor devices,"  Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Patent No. 55580, Sept. 17, 1978.

 

5.         N.S. Kopeika, S. Hava, H. Aharoni, and A. Kushelevsky, "A Method for changing the maximum emission wavelength of semiconductor devices,"  Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Patent No. 55581, Sept. 17, 1978.

 

6.         N.S. Kopeika, Y. Livnat, and B. Promovitz, "Selective spraying device,"  Ben Gurion University of the Negev, and Kibbutz Nir-Oz, Israel Patent No. 54068, Jan. 31, 1985.

 

7.         D. Sadot and N. S. Kopeika, "Method and apparatus for the restoration of images disturbed by the atmosphere," Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, USA Patent No. 5, 841, 911, Nov. 4, 1998.

 

8.         O. Hadar and N. S. Kopeika, "Method and apparatus for the restoration of images degraded by mechanical vibrations,"  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, USA Patent No. 5, 790, 709, Aug. 4, 1998.

 

9.         B. Likhterov and N. S. Kopeika, "Real-time two-dimensional filtering of video signals,"

            Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, USA Patent No. 6, 111, 992, Aug. 29, 2000.

 

13.       REPORTS     

 

1.         Progress under the Pennsylvania-Princeton Army Avionics Research Program Second Annual Report"  United States Army Technical Report ECOM-02411-3, November 1968,

            limited distribution (Radar Systems Section):

            "Optical air and ground speed sensing"

            "Atmospheric propagation of electromagnetic radiation in the spectral region 1 cm to 0.1 micrometer wavelength" 

            "Laser radar design equations"

            "Computer program for laser radar design"

 

2.         AD 740 228, "Millimeter wave image conversion task, final technical report, Pennsylvania-Princeton army avionics research program,"

            Research and Development Technical Report ECOM-02411-28, Moore School Report 72-10, November 1971, unlimited distribution:

            "The glow discharge as a millimeter wave detector"

 

3.         N.S. Kopeika, "Millimeter Wave Technology and Police Applications, 1974, written under grant from Israel Police Force.

 

4.         N.S. Kopeika, "An introduction to linear systems in electrooptics,"  Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Dept. of Electrical Engineering (teaching text) 1974.

 

5.         A. Zahavi, A. Bar-Cohen and N.S. Kopeika, Ministry of Defence, 1976 (classified).

 

6.         N.S. Kopeika, E. Steiner, D. Greenberg, and S. Fishman, "Development of compact    

            multi-channel optical communication system, Final Report,"  National Council for  

            Research and Development, 1977.

 

 

14.       RESEARCH GRANTS

 

1973-74           Grant from Israel Police Force for study and recommendations regarding police applications of millimeter waves (400 IL).

 

1974-75           Grant from Batsheva de Rothschild Fund for use in research into glow discharge detection of infrared radiation (7500 IL).

 

1975-78           Grant from National Council for Research and Development to provide equipment needed for research and development of glow discharge detector of infrared energy (150,000 IL).

 

1975-76           Grant from Ministry of Defense for theoretical research regarding airborne infrared countermeasures (Prof. Zahave, Dept. Mech. Eng., principal investigator).

 

1976-77           Grant from National Council for Research and Development for development of multi-channel optical communication systems in cooperation with Israel Motorola

                        (35,000 IL).

 

1980                Grant from Ben-Gurion University Research Committee for purchase of

                        nitrogen and dye lasers ($20,000).

 

1981-82           Grant from Ministry of Defense for microwave holography work ($7,000).

 

1985-88           Grant from Israeli company for work in detection of UV radiation ($75,000).

 

1986                Grant from U.S. Air Force for research in atmospheric optics ($4,000).

 

1988                Grant from Planning and Grants Comm. for Israeli  Universities (V'tat) for

                        purchase of thermal imaging equipment ($192,000), with Dr. R. Mazar and

                        Dr. S. Hava.

 

1990                Grant from Ben-Gurion Prototype Fund and Israeli company to produce prototype

                        UV detectors (publishing forbidden).

 

1991                Grant from National Council for Research and Development for research in

                        imaging through the atmosphere ($26,000 for first year) (journal papers 71, 72).

 

1991                Educational Grant from SPIE ($1600).

 

1992                Grant from National Council for Research and Development for research in

                        imaging through the atmosphere ($20,000 for second year) (journal papers 71, 72).

 

1992                Grant from Israel Military Industries for research on predicting visibility range ($1500 for 4th year student project).

 

1992                Grant from Noga Lite for research on target acquisition ranges for SLS near infrared night vision systems ($1500 for 4th year student project).

 

1993                Grant from U.S. Air Force on imaging laser radar research ($25,000).

 

1993                Grant from National Council for Research and Development for research on imaging through the atmosphere ($12,000 for third year).

 

1993                Grant from National Council for Research and Development for research on effects of image motion and vibration on target acquisition and on methods of image restoration ($27,000 with Prof. S. R. Rotman).

 

1994                Continuation of above, $27,000 for second year.

 

1995                Continuation of above, $27,000 for third year. 

 

1996                Grant from Israeli Ministry of Defense for preliminary work concerning target acquisition ($10,000).

 

1997-99           Grant from U.S. Air Force for research in stratospheric optics ($150,000). 

 

1998                Grant from Wolfson Foundation for modern thermal imaging lab, with S. R. Rotman, J. Rosen, S. Hava, and R. Mazar ($400,000).

 

1999-2004       Grant from DIP (German-Israel Committee for future-oriented research) for research on wideband laser satellite communication, with groups from the Technion and Bremen University (about $400,000 for BGU).      

 

2001-2002       Grant from Ministry of Defense for research in atmospheric optics (about $25,000).

 

2001-2003       Grant from Ministry of Trade and Commerce for research in effects of vibrations on                   thermal imagers, with ELOP (about $120,000).

 

2001-2002       Grant from Ministry of Defense for research in meteorlogical optics (about $25,000).

 

2002-2003       Grant from Ministry of Defense for research in atmospheric effects on target                              acquisition (about $22,000).

 

2002-2004       Grant from Ministry of Defense for research in meteorological optics (about $22,000).

 

2004-2005       Grant from Nesstech for research in biomedical imaging (about $30,000).

 

2005-2007       Grant from Ministry of Trade and Commerce with Elbit, Ltd., for research into       

                        imaging to improve automotive safety (about $140,000).

 

2005-2006       Grant from U.S. Army for research in the sensitivity of commercial glow discharge

                         indicator lamps as inexpensive sensitive detectors of terahertz radiation ($40,000).

 

2006-2009       Grant from Israel Science Foundation for research on the vertical profile of optical

                         turbulence (about $102,000).

 

 

15.    RESEARCH STUDENTS

 

Giora Eytan, M.Sc., BGU, 1977.

Shlomo Hava, M.Sc., BGU, 1978.

Israel Hirsh, M.Sc., BGU, 1980.

Noemy Yackerson, Ph.D. BGU, 1987.

Yehudah Bar-Shimol, M.Sc. BGU, 1990.

Moshe Cohen, M.Sc. BGU. 1990.

A. Abromovitch, M.Sc., BGU,1991.

Y. Levi, M.Sc., BGU,1991.

D. Sadot,  M.Sc., BGU, 1992.

I. Dror, M.Sc., BGU, 1992.

B. Fogel, M.Sc., BGU, 1993.

O. Hadar, M.Sc., BGU,1993.

S. Arnon,  M.Sc., BGU, 1994.

D. Sadot, Ph.D., BGU (recipient of Clore Fellowship in nation-wide competition), 1994.

Y. Yitzhaki, M.Sc., BGU, 1995

P. Kasten, M.Sc., BGU, 1995.

I. Hirsh, Ph.D., BGU, 1995.

J. Gottlieb, M.Sc., BGU, 1996.           

D. Arbel, M.Sc. BGU, 1997.

A. Stern, M.Sc., BGU, 1997.

O. Hadar, Ph.D., BGU, 1998          (recipient of Clore Fellowship in nation-wide competition).

S. Arnon, Ph.D., BGU, 1999          (   "     "    "  Eshkol       "          "     "        "      "        "     ).

M. Raviv, M.Sc., BGU, 1999.

B. Lichterov, M.Sc., BGU, 1998     (awarded Eshkol Fellowship in nation-wide competition).

Y. Yitzhaki, Ph.D., BGU, 2001       (recipient of Eshkol Fellowship in nation-wide competition).

A. Stern, Ph.D., BGU, 2002.  

B. Lichterov, Ph.D. 2004                (   "        "       "             "           "     "        "          ").           

I. Dror, Ph.D., work in progress.         

D. Arbel, Ph.D., BGU, 2003.

A. Zilberman, Ph.D., work in progress.

S. Riter, M.Sc., BGU, 2003.

M. Scheinfeld, M.Sc. BGU, 2005.

D. Malabdany, M.Sc., BGU, 2003.

S. Bendersky, M.Sc. BGU, 2003.

G. Hochman, M. Sc., BGU, 2003.

A. Zilberman, M.Sc., BGU, 2004.

A. Margulis, M.Sc., BGU, 2004.

O. Chaik, M.Sc., work in progress.

A. Raisenson, M. Sc., BGU, 2005.

E. Weiss, M.Sc., BGU, 2005.

Y. Aron, M.Sc., BGU, 2005.

A. Avrin, M.Sc., BGU, 2005.

B. Milgrom, MSc., BGU, 2005.

M. Citroen, M.Sc., BGU, 2006.

Y. Shamir, M.Sc., BGU, 2005.

Z. Porat, M.Sc.., BGU, 2006.

E. Cohen, M.Sc., BGU, 2006.

A. Zilberman, Ph.D., dissertation submitted.

Y. Lauber, M.Sc., BGU, 2006.

Y. Lauber, Ph.D., work in progress.

O. David, Ph.D. dissertation submitted.

S. Bendersky, Ph.D., work in progress.

N. Yarkoni, Ph.D., work in progress.

 

16.    PRESENT ACTIVITIES

 

1.         Predicting aerosol size distribution according to weather.

 

2.         Effects of atmospheric blur on target acquisition rates and probabilities.

 

3.         Effects of image motion and vibration blur on target acquisition rates and probabilities.

 

4.         Effects of particulate light scatter on optical space communication and use of adaptive receivers to permit reliable communication.

 

5.         Effects of vibrations on optical space communication and use of adaptive receivers to permit reliable communication.

 

6.                  Development of  Middle Eastern atmosphere vertical profiles of turbulence and aerosols.

 

7.         Adaptive restoration of vibration-blurred and atmospherically-blurred images.

 

8.         Research into the feasibility of developing inexpensixe glow discharge indicator lamp

            focal plane arrays for terahertz imaging cameras.