Staff profile

Professor Andrew Peele (on secondment to the Australian Synchrotron)

Professor

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Physics
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-Ray Science

Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

B.Sc. LLB, Ph.D UMELB.

Area of study

Physics

Brief profile

My research interests cover a broad range of topics mainly related to uses of and research into x-ray optics.

I am a Program Manager in the new Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coherent X-ray Science. This is a 17 million dollar research project that will operate between the Universities of La Trobe, Melbourne, Swinburne, Monash and the CSIRO. The Centre combines world-class expertise in imaging, structural biology, laser science and molecular theory. Novel high-resolution imaging techniques will be developed using synchrotron sources, including the Australian synchrotron, and, ultimately, free electron lasers to determine the structures of important drug targets whose molecular structure cannot be determined with current techniques. For more information see the Centre web page at www.coecxs.org

I am also a Project Leader for the La Trobe University node of a consortium of institutions including, Deakin, Monash and Swinburne Universities and the CSIRO, which is managed by the Victorian Centre for Advanced Materials Manufacturing with 5 million dollars in funding from the Victorian State Government. Along with other instruments in the Centre for Materials and Surface Science we will install and commission a high resolution x-ray tomography system that will allow us to bridge the gap between surface analytical research to understanding the microstructure of materials.

To see what I have been doing you can look at my list of publications and presentations. Some of my active research areas are set out below. You can get more of an idea of the details by looking at possible projects. Almost all of the projects can be taken on as either 4th year or PhD projects – the goals and level of involvement required will be altered to suit. Centre related projects are asterisked.

 

Recent publications

  • K. D. Vora, B. Lochel, E. C. Harvey, J. P. Hayes, A. G. Peele, “AFM measured surface roughness of SU-8 structures produced by Deep X-ray Lithography,” J. Micromech. Microeng., Accepted (2006)
  • G. J. Williams, H. M. Quiney, B. B. Dhal, C. Q. Tran, A. G. Peele, D. Paterson and M. D. de Jonge, “Fresnel coherent diffractive imaging,” Phys. Rev. Lett., Accepted (2006)
  • K. D. Vora, B-Y. Shew, E. C. Harvey, J. P. Hayes, A. G. Peele, “Fabrication of support structures to prevent stiction in high aspect ratio structures,” Microsyst. Technol., Accepted (2006)
  • A. G. Peele, K. D. Vora, B-Y. Shew, B. Loechl, E. C. Harvey, J. P. Hayes, “Production issues for high aspect ratio Lobster-eye optics using LIGA,” Microsyst. Technol., Accepted (2006)
  • B. D. Arhatari, A. G. Peele, K. A. Nugent, and F. De Carlo, “Quality of the reconstruction in x-ray phase contrast tomography,” Rev. Sci. Instrum., 77, 063709 (2006)
  • B. B. Dhal , A. G. Peele, P. J. McMahon, F. De Carlo and K. A. Nugent “Bending Magnet source: A radiation source for X-ray Phase Contrast Tomography,” Rad. Phys. Chem., Accepted (2006)
  •   A. G. Peele, H. M. Quiney, B. B. Dhal, A. P. Mancuso, B. D. Arhatari and K. A. Nugent, “New Opportunities in X-Ray Tomography,” Rad. Phys. Chem., Accepted (2006)
  • J. Thornton, B. D. Arhatari, A. G. Peele and K. A. Nugent, “Optimising visibility for the neutron radiography of titanium and nickel gas turbine components,” Physica B, Accepted (2006)
  • C. Q. Tran, A. P. Mancuso, B. B. Dhal, K. A. Nugent, A. G. Peele, Z. Cai, D. Paterson, “Phase-space reconstruction of focused x-ray fields,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 1779 – 1786 (2006)
  • H. M Quiney, A. G. Peele, Z. Cai, D. Paterson and K. A. Nugent, “Diffractive Imaging of Highly Focussed X-Ray Fields,” Nature Physics, 2, 101-104 (2006)
  • B. D. Arhatari, K. A. Nugent, A. G. Peele, J. Thornton, “Phase Contrast Radiography II: Imaging of Complex Objects,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. Accepted (2005)
  • A. G. Peele, F. DeCarlo, P.J. McMahon, B. B. Dhal and K. A. Nugent, "X-ray phase contrast tomography with a bending magnet source", Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 083707 (2005)
  • H. M. Quiney, K. A. Nugent, A. G. Peele “Iterative image reconstruction algorithms using wavefront intensity and phase variation,” Optics. Lett., 30, 1638-1640 (2005)
  • C Q Tran, A G Peele, A Mancuso, D Paterson, I McNulty, A Roberts and K A Nugent, “Correlations in Synchrotron Beams Measured Using Phase-Space Tomography,” Proceedings of the 16th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, ISBN: 0-9598064-8-2, p 225-226 (2005)
  • K. A. Nugent, A. G. Peele, H. M. Quiney, “Diffraction with Wavefront Curvature: A Path to Unique Phase Recovery,” Acta Cryst. A61, 373 – 381(2005).
  • K. D. Vora, B. Y. Shew, E. C. Harvey, J. P. Hayes and A. G. Peele, “Specification of mechanical support structures to prevent SU-8 stiction in high aspect ratio structures,” J. Micromech.. Microeng.15, 978-983 (2005)
  • A.G. Peele, K.D. Vora, E. Harvey, R.L. Barber and C.G. Chen, “X-ray Lithography – An Australian Perspective,” Proceedings of the 16th Australian Institute of Physics Congress, ISBN: 0-9598064-8-2, p 115-119 (2005)
  • C.Q. Tran, A.G. Peele, A. Roberts, K.A. Nugent, D. Paterson, I. McNulty, “X-ray Imaging: a Generalized Approach Using Phase-Space Tomography,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 22, 1691-1700 (2005).
  • C.Q. Tran, A.G. Peele, D. Paterson, A. Roberts, I. McNulty and K.A. Nugent,, “Phase-Space Density Measurement of Interfering X-rays,” J. Electron Spect. and Rel. Phen., 144-147, 947-951 (2005)
  • C.Q. Tran, A.G. Peele, D. Paterson, A. Roberts, I. McNulty and K.A. Nugent,, “Synchrotron Beam Coherence: A Spatially Resolved Measurement,” Opt. Lett.30, 204-206 (2005)
  • A. G. Peele, B. Y. Shew, K. D. Vora, H. C. Li, “Overcoming SU-8 stiction in high aspect ratio structures,” J. Microstruct. Technol. 11, 221-224 (2005).
  • A. G. Peele, A. P. Mancuso, C. Q. Tran, D. Paterson, I. McNulty, J. P. Hayes, K. A. Nugent, “Phase Retrieval from Coherent Soft X-ray Optics,” J. Electron Spect. and Rel. Phen., 144-147, 1171-1173 (2005)
  • B. Arhatari, A. P. Mancuso, A. G. Peele, K. A. Nugent, “Phase Contrast Radiography: Image Modelling and Optimization,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 5271-5276 (2004)
  • A. G. Peele and K. A. Nugent, “Phase Measurement Using X-rays (invited),” Rev. Sci. Instrum, 75, 3382-3386 (2004)
  • L. D. Turner, B. B. Dhal, J. P. Hayes,A. P. Mancuso, K. A. Nugent, D. Paterson, R. E. Scholten, C. Q. Tran, A. G. Peele, “X-ray phase imaging: Demonstration of extended conditions with homogeneous objects,” Optics Express, 12, 2960-2965 (2004).
  •  A. G. Peele, K. A. Nugent, A. P. Mancuso, D. Paterson, I. McNulty, J. P. Hayes, “X-Ray Vortices:Theory and Experiment,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. A, 21, 1575-1584 (2004)
  • A. G. Peele and K. A. Nugent, “X-Ray Vortex Beams: A Theoretical Analysis,” Optics Express, 11, 2315-2322 (2003)
  • K.A.Nugent, A.G.Peele, H.N.Chapman and A.P.Mancuso, “Unique Phase Recovery for Non-Periodic Objects,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, 203902 (2003)
  • P.J.McMahon, A.G.Peele, D.Paterson, K.A.Nugent, A.Snigirev, T.Weitkamp, C.Rau, “X-Ray Tomographic Imaging of the Complex Refractive Index,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 83, 1480-1482 (2003)
  • T. H. K. Irving, A. G. Peele, K. A. Nugent, “Lobster-eye X-ray Optic Analysis - A New Approach I. Metrology,” Appl. Opt. 42, 2422-2430 (2003)
  • P. J. McMahon, A. G. Peele, D. Paterson, J. Lin, T. H. K Irving, I. McNulty, K. A. Nugent, “Quantitative X-ray phase tomography with sub-micron resolution”, Opt. Commun. 217, 53-58 (2003).
  • J. J. A. Lin, D. Paterson, A. G. Peele, P. J. McMahon, C. T. Chantler, K. A. Nugent, B. Lai, N. Moldovan, Z. Cai, D. C. Mancini, I. McNulty, “Measurement of the spatial coherence function of undulator radiation using a phase mask” Phys. Rev. Lett., 90, 074801 (2003).
  • A. G. Peele, P. J. McMahon, D. Paterson, C. Q. Tran, A. Mancuso, K. A. Nugent, J. P. Hayes, E. Harvey, B. Lai I. McNulty “Observation of an X-ray Vortex”, Opt. Lett. 27, 1752-1754 (2002).
  • A. G. Peele, C. T. Chantler, D. Paterson, P. J. McMahon, T. H. K. Irving, J. J. A. Lin, K. A. Nugent, I. McNulty, A. N. Brunton, “Measurement of Mass Absorption Coefficients in Air by Application of Detector Linearity Tests” Phys Rev A, 66, 042702 (2002).
  • A. G. Peele, T. H. K. Irving, K. A. Nugent, D. C. Mancini, N. Moldovan, T. R. Christenson, “Production issues for high aspect ratio Lobster-eye optics using LIGA,” J. Microsyst. Technol., 9, 55-60 (2002).