Contact Dr Thomas Kissinger
Areas of expertise
- Instrumentation, Sensors and Measurement Science
- Sensor Technologies
- Welding and Laser Processing
Background
Thomas is a Lecturer in Optical Instrumentation at the Centre for Engineering Photonics at Cranfield University and holder of a 5-year Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship (2018-2023) with a project entitled "Doppler-enhanced lidar system using range-resolved interferometry". Thomas is a trained physicist (Dipl.-Phys.) and electrical engineer (B.Sc) and has previously worked in the optical metrology industry. He has been with the Centre for Engineering Photonics, first as a PhD student and then as a Research Fellow since 2011. His PhD in area of range-resolved interferometric signal processing for fibre sensing applications won the 2016 Lord Kings Norton prize for the best overall PhD thesis across Cranfield University.
Current activities
Thomas's main research areas are the applications of interferometric and other optical measurement techniques to engineering problems in areas such as:
3D Imaging and Lidar
Precision Optical Interferometry and Vibrometry
Optical Fibre Sensing, in particular Fibre Optic Shape Sensing
Manufacturing Instrumentation
Optical Gas Sensing
He has recently been awarded a 5-year Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship (2018-2023), which investigates a new type of interferometric 'Doppler-enhanced' 3D imaging (lidar) system that can simultaneously measure high-quality velocity and acceleration data in addition to 3D images and could be of great benefit for many applications, including manufacturing, robotics, autonomous vehicles and healthcare.
He was a Researcher Co-Investigator on the three year Engineering and Physical Research Council (EPSRC) grant 'Novel optical instrumentation for robotic manufacturing' (2015-2018) and he is heavily involved with the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) funded project BladeSense (2015-2019). Both projects are partially based on applying the range-resolved interferometry technique developed developed during his PhD project to real-world problems in manufacturing and aerospace.Also his Royal Society Paul Instrument Fund project (2016-2019) "Self-referencing multi-surface precision interferometer" is looking to extend the usefulness of the range-reselved interferometry technique to precision optical meterology.
In addition to this he works with Oxford Instruments Nanoscience on the application of displacement and vibration measurements to their products and is collaborates with Cranfield University's Welding Engineering Research Centre on the application of novel interferometric sensors to laser based welding and additive manufacturing.
Clients
- Welding Engineering and Laser Processing Centre
- National Physical Laboratory
- Oxford Instruments PLC
- QinetiQ Group PLC
- Airbus SE
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Fröhlich T, Kissinger T & Manske E. (2024). Prozessmesstechnik und Präzisionsmesstechnik. tm - Technisches Messen, 91(5)
- Stauffenberg J, Belkner J, Dontsov D, Herzog L, Hesse S, .... (2024). Investigations on tip-based large area nanofabrication and nanometrology using a planar nanopositioning machine (NFM-100). Measurement Science and Technology, 35(8)
- Manske E, Fröhlich T & Kissinger T. (2024). Precision measurement and engineering at the 60th Ilmenau Scientific Colloquium. Measurement Science and Technology, 35(11)
- Belkner J, Leineweber J, Hein G, Barth A, Kissinger T, .... (2024). An integrated exposure and measurement tool for 5-DOF direct laser writing. EPJ Web of Conferences, 309
- Shmagun V, Vasilyan S, Rogge N, Fröhlich T & Kissinger T. (2023). Comparison of fiber interferometric sensor with a commercial interferometer for a Kibble balance velocity calibration. Measurement Science and Technology, 34(12)
- Stricklin I, Gotszalk T, Behzadirad M, Manske E, Kissinger T, .... (2023). Multipurpose active scanning probe cantilevers for near-field spectroscopy, scanning tunnel imaging, and atomic-resolution lithography. Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B, 41(4)
- Blumröder U, Köchert P, Fröhlich T, Kissinger T, Ortlepp I, .... (2023). A GPS-Referenced Wavelength Standard for High-Precision Displacement Interferometry at λ = 633 nm. Sensors, 23(3)
- Barrington J, James S, Kissinger T, Staines S, Prince S, .... (2023). Optical fibre pressure sensing using a frequency modulated laser-based signal processing technique. Measurement Science and Technology, 34(7)
- Kissinger T, James SW, Weber S, Mullaney K, Chehura E, .... (2022). Fibre-optic measurement of strain and shape on a helicopter rotor blade during a ground run: 2. Measurement of shape. Smart Materials and Structures, 31(7)
- James SW, Kissinger T, Weber S, Mullaney K & Chehura E. (2022). Fibre-optic measurement of strain and shape on a helicopter rotor blade during a ground run: 1. Measurement of strain. Smart Materials and Structures, 31(7)
- Hallam JM, Kissinger T, Charrett TOH & Tatam RP. (2022). In-process range-resolved interferometric (RRI) 3D layer height measurements for wire+ arc additive manufacturing (WAAM). Measurement Science and Technology, 33(4)
- Shmagun V, Gerhardt U, Fröhlich T, Manske E & Kissinger T. (2022). Absolute distance measurements for in-situ interferometer characterisation using range-resolved interferometry. Measurement Science and Technology, 33(12)
- Bridges A, Yacoot A, Kissinger T & Tatam RP. (2021). Multiple intensity reference interferometry for the correction of sub-fringe displacement non-linearities. Measurement Science and Technology, 33(2)
- Aime LFJ, Kissinger T, James SW, Chehura E, Verzeletti A, .... (2021). High sensitivity pressure measurement using optical fibre sensors mounted on a composite diaphragm. Optics Express, 29(3)
- Bremner J, Kissinger T, Hodgkinson J & Tatam RP. (2021). Fibre-coupled, multiplexed methane detection using range-resolved interferometry. Journal of Physics: Photonics, 3(2)
- Weber S, Kissinger T, Chehura E, Staines S, Barrington J, .... (2021). Application of fibre optic sensing systems to measure rotor blade structural dynamics. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 158(September)
- Bridges A, Yacoot A, Kissinger T, Humphreys DA & Tatam RP. (2021). Correction of periodic displacement non-linearities by two-wavelength interferometry. Measurement Science and Technology, 32(12)
- Bridges A, Yacoot A, Kissinger T & Tatam RP. (2020). Polarization-sensitive transfer matrix modeling for displacement measuring interferometry. Applied Optics, 59(25)
- Wiseman KB, Kissinger T & Tatam RP. (2020). Three-dimensional interferometric stage encoder using a single access port. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 137
- Kissinger T, Chehura E, Staines SE, James SW & Tatam RP. (2017). Dynamic fiber-optic shape sensing using fiber segment interferometry. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 36(4)
- Kissinger T, Correia RN, Charrett TOH, James SW & Tatam RP. (2016). Fibre segment interferometry for dynamic strain measurements. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34(19)
- Kissinger T, Charrett TOH & Tatam RP. (2015). Range-resolved interferometric signal processing using sinusoidal optical frequency modulation. Optics Express, 23(7)
- Kissinger T, Charrett TOH & Tatam RP. (2013). Fibre segment interferometry using code-division multiplexed optical signal processing for strain sensing applications. Measurement Science and Technology, 24(9)
- Kissinger T, Kotowicz A, Kurz O, Ginelli F & Hinrichsen H. (2005). Nonequilibrium wetting of finite samples. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2005(06)
