Rebecca Ingle, Ph.D

Feature Writer

Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, M.Chem. Chemistry

Dr. Rebecca Ingle is a researcher in the field of ultrafast spectroscopy, where she specializes in using X-ray and optical spectroscopies to track precisely what happens during light-triggered chemical reactions. Her enthusiasm for science communication led to her starting as a science writer during her undergraduate, and since then she has contributed to numerous magazines, blogs, and newspapers. She particularly loves writing about all things lasers and optics.

Articles from Rebecca

What is Metalens Technology and How Could it Revolutionize Optics?

Metalenses are flat lenses that use metasurfaces to focus light. The metasurfaces are a series of artificial antennae that manipulate the optical response of the incident light, including its amplitude phase and polarization.

26 May 2022

The Use of Lasers in Micrometers

The advantages of laser scan micrometers are their accuracy, fast scan speeds and relative ease of operation. Laser micrometers can be used for object sizing and as helpful auxiliary tools in measurement – such as measuring the displacement of delay stages more precisely.

25 May 2022

Analyzing Cannabinoids Using Mass Spectrometry

The mass spectrometry techniques used to analyze cannabinoid profiles and concentrations are often hyphenated methods such as liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS).

16 May 2022

Applications of X-Ray Fluorescence in Robotics

As long as the X-ray source can generate sufficiently high energy photons to excite or ionize the core electrons in an element of interest, X-ray fluorescence can be used to measure any element. This is advantageous for robotics applications in mining and geology, where it may be desirable for the robot to detect the presence of previously unexpected elements.

29 Apr 2022

The Role of Camera Sensors for Machine Vision Applications

Camera sensors are light-sensitive detectors that convert the incident photons into an electrical signal that can be read out by a digital device. Most cameras make use of 2D array detectors and choosing the right sensor type for a given application is often a trade-off between cost, desired final image resolution and the necessary read-out speed.

29 Apr 2022

Advancing Cell Structure Understanding with Cryo-SR/EM Imaging

Cryo-EM is a significant development in biological imaging and relies on flash-freezing a sample for imaging, rather than requiring high-quality crystalline samples that can be challenging to grow.

29 Apr 2022

Using Atomic Force Microscopy for Geology Characterization

Compatibility with a diverse range of material types has made atomic force microscopy a very popular technique in materials science. Recently, atomic force microscopy has become increasingly popular for geological characterization applications.

28 Apr 2022

An Overview of Spectroscopic Techniques in Industrial Automation

The addition of spectroscopy to machine vision systems makes them even more effective. While a combination of machine learning analysis and visible light cameras can be used to inspect defects or check size tolerances in a manufacturing process, spectroscopic methods provide new dimensions of information for quality control and product performance assessment.

28 Apr 2022

How Measuring Electronic States Rather Than Vibrations Affects the Raman Spectroscopy You Can Perform

In a Raman spectroscopy experiment, a sample is irradiated with a given wavelength of light and the intensity and energy of the inelastically scattered radiation are measured. The energy difference between the incident radiation and scattered radiation gives information about the energy levels in the system.

28 Apr 2022

Applications of Resonance Raman Spectroscopy

Within resonance Raman spectroscopy, energy of the incident photon is tuned to a specific resonance in the species of interest. One of the key advantages of resonance Raman spectroscopy versus non-resonant Raman variants is the enhancement in the Raman signal intensity on-resonance.

26 Apr 2022