Colin Bradley, University of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Systems design manufacturing machine vision instrumentation and sensor technology

Latest papers

Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Gas Sensing.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020
Monitoring of Carbon Dioxide Using Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
Tapered Fiber-Optic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Ultra-High Sensitivity Measurement of Refractive Index.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019 · senior author

All 12 publications

Latest funding

NSERC CREATE in New Technologies for Canadian Observatories
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$1,650,000
Adaptive Optics for Advanced Astrophysical Instrumentation
NSERC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$210,000
Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle
NSERC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$13,487,000

All 20 grants and awards

12 publications.

01

Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Gas Sensing.

Nazeri K, Ahmed F, Ahsani V, Joe HE, Bradley C, Toyserkani E, Jun MBG

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2020

DOI: 10.3390/s20102807 PMID: 32429091

02

Monitoring of Carbon Dioxide Using Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer.

Ahmed F, Ahsani V, Nazeri K, Marzband E, Bradley C, Toyserkani E, Jun MBG

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019

DOI: 10.3390/s19153357 PMID: 31370157

03

Tapered Fiber-Optic Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Ultra-High Sensitivity Measurement of Refractive Index.

Ahsani V, Ahmed F, Jun MBG, Bradley C

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2019Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s19071652 PMID: 30959916

04

Fast iterative algorithm (FIA) for controlling MEMS deformable mirrors: principle and laboratory demonstration.

Blain C, Guyon O, Bradley C, Lardière O

Optics express2011

DOI: 10.1364/oe.19.021271 PMID: 22108979

05

Closed-loop control of a woofer-tweeter adaptive optics system using wavelet-based phase reconstruction.

Hampton PJ, Agathoklis P, Conan R, Bradley C

Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics, image science, and vision2010Senior author

DOI: 10.1364/josaa.27.00a145 PMID: 21045876

06

Open-loop control demonstration of micro-electro-mechanical-system MEMS deformable mirror.

Blain C, Conan R, Bradley C, Guyon O

Optics express2010

DOI: 10.1364/oe.18.005433 PMID: 20389560

07

Wavefront reconstruction over a circular aperture using gradient data extrapolated via the mirror equations.

Hampton PJ, Agathoklis P, Bradley C

Applied optics2009Senior author

DOI: 10.1364/ao.48.004018 PMID: 19593356

08

Calibration and testing with real turbulence of a pyramid sensor employing static modulation.

LeDue J, Jolissaint L, Véran JP, Bradley C

Optics express2009Senior author

DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.007186 PMID: 19399094

09

Experimental assessment of the matched filter for laser guide star wavefront sensing.

Conan R, Lardière O, Herriot G, Bradley C, Jackson K

Applied optics2009

DOI: 10.1364/ao.48.001198 PMID: 23567582

10

A laser guide star wavefront sensor bench demonstrator for TMT.

Lardiere O, Conan R, Bradley C, Jackson K, Herriot G

Optics express2008

DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.005527 PMID: 18542656

NSERC CREATE in New Technologies for Canadian Observatories

Co-investigatorNSERC2017Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Venn, Kimberley KA

$1,650,000

Adaptive Optics for Advanced Astrophysical Instrumentation

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bradley, Colin

$210,000

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Co-investigatorNSERC2012Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$13,487,000

Adaptive optics for advanced astrophysical instrumentation

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bradley, Colin

$205,000

Automobile of the 21st Century/L'automobile du XXIe siècle

Co-investigatorNSERC2008Networks of Centres of Excellence

Principal investigators: Frise, Peter

$17,400,000

Advanced Instrumentation for Astronomy

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Bradley, Colin

$70,500

VENUS: Victoria experimental network under the sea

Co-investigatorNSERC2007Major Resources Support Program - Infrastructure

Principal investigators: Tunnicliffe, Verena

$2,045,790

Adaptive optics test bed

Principal investigatorNSERC2006Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Bradley, Colin

$47,713

Development of a new gene transfer technology: robotic single-cell electroporator

Co-investigatorNSERC2005Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Park, Edward

$84,290

Advanced technology for astronomy

Principal investigatorNSERC2003National Research Council / NSERC Research Partnership

Principal investigators: Bradley, Colin

$265,080

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Ehsan Toyserkani

Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics

2 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Systems design Dear Professor Bradley, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Hollow-Core Photonic Crystal Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Gas Sensing." (2020), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]