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  1. Repeatability analysis of one-dimensional angular-measurement-based stitching interferometry

    Article • Optics Express, July 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  2. MIRAS: The Infrared Synchrotron Radiation Beamline at ALBA

    Article • Synchrotron Radiation News, July 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  3. Development of a hard x-ray split-delay system at the Linac Coherent Light Source

    Article • June 2017, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  4. Optimizing x-ray mirror thermal performance using variable length cooling for second generation FELs

    Article • October 2016, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  5. Nanometer figure correction of x-ray mirrors using multiple spring actuators

    Article • October 2016, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  6. Design and performance of BOREAS, the beamline for resonant X-ray absorption and scattering experiments at the ALBA synchrotron light source

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, October 2016, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Josep Nicolas, Alessandro Barla

  7. Nanometer accuracy with continuous scans at the ALBA-NOM

    Article • September 2016, SPIE

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  8. Ray-tracing as a tool for efficient specification of beamline optical components

    Article • September 2016, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  9. Optical pseudomotors for soft x-ray beamlines

    Article • Review of Scientific Instruments, May 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  10. A new UHV micro positioning system for high load

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  11. A general view of IDs to be installed at ALBA for second and third phase beam-lines

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Physics

    Dr Josep Nicolas, Dr Judith Juanhuix

  12. MISTRAL: a transmission soft X-ray microscopy beamline for cryo nano-tomography of biological samples and magnetic domains imaging

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, June 2015, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  13. The ALBA spectroscopic LEEM-PEEM experimental station: layout and performance

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, April 2015, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  14. New developments and operation of the MX beamline XALOC at ALBA synchrotron

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances, August 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Judith Juanhuix, Dr Josep Nicolas

  15. Developments in optics and performance at BL13-XALOC, the macromolecular crystallography beamline at the Alba Synchrotron

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, May 2014, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Judith Juanhuix, Dr Josep Nicolas

  16. Non Ripple-Effect Discrete Fourier Integration Method

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  17. Uses of spatial light modulators for colour optical processing

    Article • September 2013, SPIE

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  18. The Alba ray tracing code: ART

    Article • September 2013, SPIE

    Dr Judith Juanhuix, Dr Josep Nicolas

  19. Error compensation for the calibration of mechanical mirror benders

    Article • September 2013, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  20. Modulation of intensity in defocused beams

    Article • September 2013, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  21. Optimization of the soft x-ray transmission microscopy beamline at the ALBA light source

    Article • September 2013, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  22. Experiment-led precision optical design and mechanics for beamline optimization

    Article • SPIE Newsroom, July 2013, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  23. Characterization of the error budget of Alba-NOM

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  24. Editorial

    Article • Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, May 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  25. Status and Developments of BL13-XALOC, the macromolecular crystallography beamline at Alba

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, March 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Judith Juanhuix, Dr Josep Nicolas

  26. Focusing and defocusing using mechanically corrected mirrors at the MX beamline at Alba

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, March 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Judith Juanhuix, Dr Josep Nicolas

  27. Near Ambient Pressure XPS at ALBA

    Article • Journal of Physics Conference Series, March 2013, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  28. New method to improve the accuracy in a sequential lateral shearing interferometer

    Article • Optical Engineering, November 2011, SPIE

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  29. A flexible macromolecular crystallography beamline at the ALBA synchrotron

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography, August 2011, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Judith Juanhuix, Dr Josep Nicolas

  30. Stability of mirror chambers and mechanics: an example of the improvement of vibrational behaviour

    Article • Diamond Light Source Proceedings, October 2010, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Judith Juanhuix, Dr Josep Nicolas

  31. Verification of LCR meters by means of a 4TP 100 Ω Linearity Test Standard over the frequency range 100 HZ to 1 MHZ

    Article • June 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  32. Methods to improve the accuracy of the surface reconstruction with a Fizeau interferometer

    Article • August 2009, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  33. A soft X-ray beamline for transmission X-ray microscopy at ALBA

    Article • Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, June 2009, International Union of Crystallography

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  34. Analysis of the positioning error on lateral shearing surface reconstruction with a Fizeau interferometer

    Article • June 2009, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  35. Training physics degree students in a research optics laboratory

    Article • June 2009, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  36. Training Physics degree students in a research optics laboratory

    Article • January 2009, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  37. Encoding 3D correlation in an optical processor

    Article • Optics Communications, December 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  38. Operation of liquid-crystal displays for optical computing

    Article • August 2005, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  39. Correction of aberrations in an optical correlator by using it as a point diffraction interferometer

    Article • September 2004, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  40. Diffraction efficiency of phase-only diffractive elements displayed onto twisted nematic liquid crystal displays

    Article • September 2004, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  41. Elliptic light polarization modulation of liquid crystal panels

    Article • November 2003, SPIE

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  42. Filtering tests for the alignment of a convergent correlator

    Article • November 2003, SPIE

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  43. Review of operating modes for twisted nematic liquid crystal displays for applications in optical image processing

    Article • November 2003, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  44. Evaluation and correction of aberrations in an optical correlator by phase-shifting interferometry

    Article • Optics Letters, July 2003, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  45. Multichannel optical correlator for texture classification

    Article • Optical Engineering, July 2003, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  46. Complex encoding of rotation-invariant filters onto a single phase-only spatial light modulator

    Article • Applied Optics, April 2003, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  47. Phase-only filtering on the three-dimensional Fourier spectrum of color images

    Article • Applied Optics, March 2003, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  48. Rotation invariant color pattern recognition by use of a three-dimensional Fourier transform

    Article • Applied Optics, March 2003, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  49. Programmable wave plates using a twisted nematic liquid crystal display

    Article • Optical Engineering, December 2002, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  50. Optical encoding of color three-dimensional correlation

    Article • Optics Communications, August 2002, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  51. Phasor analysis of eigenvectors generated in liquid-crystal displays

    Article • Applied Optics, August 2002, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  52. Phase and amplitude modulation of elliptic polarization states by nonabsorbing anisotropic elements: application to liquid-crystal devices

    Article • Journal of the Optical Society of America A, May 2002, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  53. Convergent optical correlator alignment based on frequency filtering

    Article • Applied Optics, March 2002, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  54. Characterization of the Liquid Crystal Display Modulation. Optimization for Some Applications

    Article • Acta Physica Polonica A, January 2002, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  55. 3D filter design for color pattern recognition

    Article • November 2001, SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas

  56. Parallel multichannel optical correlator for frequency subband decomposition

    Article • August 2001, SPIE

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  57. Real-time correlator with liquid crystal panels: modulation optimization

    Article • August 2001, SPIE

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  58. Colour pattern recognition by three-dimensional correlation

    Article • Optics Communications, October 2000, Elsevier

    Professor Juan Campos, Dr Josep Nicolas

  59. Optical Encoding of 3D Correlation for Color Pattern Recognition

    Article • SPIE

    Dr Josep Nicolas