1. DONGLIN MA
College of Optical Sciences Ph.D. Candidate
University of Arizona 520-903-8488
2333 E. Glenn St, Apt 111, AZ, 85719 donglin@optics.arizona.edu
Objective
Seeking a permanent research/engineering position focusing on optical instrumentation, illumination engineering, lens design,
optical testing, and system engineering.
Summary of skills
1. Extensive experience in in developing freeform lens for illumination
2. Strong background in lens design, including diffractive optical element (DOE) and computer generated holographic
(CGH) element
3. Hands-on experience in optical metrology
4. Broad background on optical engineering and photonics, including thin film design, grating design, and multiscale
system design
5. Proficient in optical software: LightTools, FRED, and Zemax
6. Experience in CAD software: SolidWorks and Rhino
7. Extensive experience in Matlab
Education
Sept. 2010-Aug. 2015 (expected) Ph.D. in Physics GPA: 3.75/4.0
College of Optical Science/Department of Physics, University of Arizona, USA
Sept. 2013-May. 2015 (expected) M.S. in Optical Engineering GPA: 3.75/4.0
College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona
Sept. 2006-July 2010 B.S. in Applied Physics GPA: 3.70/4.0
Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Experiences
Graduate Research Associate, Applied Optics Lab, College of Optics, University of Arizona, 10/ 2011 ~ Present, Advisor:
Dr. Rongguang Liang.
 Freeform surface design for LED illumination engineering (PhD. research project)
 Designed a freeform total internal reflective (TIR) lens for LED’s rectangular illumination by using a new
composite ray mapping method
 Developed a completely new design method called “double pole” ray mapping method to design freeform
lenses for LED’s non-rotational illumination with extremely small surface error compared to traditional
designs
 Applied the “double pole” ray mapping method to design freeform reflectors with super large acceptance
solid angle (more than hemisphere) for LED illumination
 Proposed an integral ray mapping method by combining the Fresnel TIR lens and freeform lens array together
to generate various irradiance patterns with very compact structures
 Introduced the concept of “deconvolution” into non-imaging optics design for generation of accurate
irradiance patterns with an extended source
 Panoramic objective lens system design (M.S. research project)
 Designed panoramic objective lens system with both front view and side view for endoscopic applications
 Designed, reviewed and summarized Panoramic Annular Lens (PAL) systems and their applications
 Designed, reviewed and summarized panoramic imaging reflector systems and their applications
 Compared the performance of typical panoramic optical systems such as PAL system, panoramic imaging
reflector and fish-eye lens
 Illumination systems design and instrumentation
 Dental headlight illumination system design for Johnson Dental labs, Inc. (07/2013 ~ 12/2013)
 Uniform collimated background illumination system design for optical micrometer applications. (01/2013 ~
06/2013).

2. DONGLIN MA
 Diffraction grating based multi-view 3D display backlit system design and simulation (Course project).
 Optical surface testing and optical system calibration
 Designed, fabricated, and tested computer generated holography (CGH) for null compensator application
(Maskless Lithography Tool, Veeco Dimension Microscope)
 Designed freeform laser beam shaper (LBS) for the generation of square flat top laser beam using classical
geometrical ray mapping method and fabricated LBS (Diamond Turning)
 Tested freeform laser beam shaper’s surface with a CGH compensated ZYGO interferometer (Optical
simulation, system calibration and optical alignment)
 Built a Twyman-Green interferometric system to calibrate the tool center of the Diamond Turning machine
Graduate Teaching Associate
 Optics lab instructor for graduate students, College of Optical Sciences (01/2013~12/2013)
 Lab instructor for physics lab, Physics department (08/2010~01/2013)
Workshop and other project experience
 Diamond Turning fabrication training in Moore Nanotechnology Systems, LLC. (08/2013~09/2013)
 “Machine Shop Safety Training” workshop, College of Optics (02/2014~ 04/2014 )
 “Design with Off-the-Shelf Components” workshop, College of Optics and GO Edmund optics ( 02/2014~ 04/2014)
 Course projects: “Pico-projector design”; “Parallax based distance measurement system instrumentation”.
 Other projects: “Digital fringe projection system instrumentation for 3D surface measurement”; “Non-imaging optics
tolerance analysis based on PSD scatter model in FRED software”
Publications
Peer reviewed journals:
1. Donglin Ma, Zexin Feng and Rongguang Liang, “Freeform illumination lens design using composite ray mapping”,
Appl. Opt., 54 (3), 498-503 (2015).
2. Donglin Ma, Zexin Feng and Rongguang Liang, “Deconvolution method in designing freeform lens array for
structured light illumination”, Appl. Opt., 54 (5), 1114-1117 (2015).
3. Donglin Ma, Zexin Feng and Rongguang Liang, “Tailoring freeform illumination optics in double pole coordinate
system”, Applied Optics, Vol. 54, Issue 9, pp. 2395-2399 (2015)
4. Zexin Feng , Brittany D. Froese, Chih-Yu Huang, Donglin Ma, Rongguang Liang, “Laser beam geometry
transformations using double freeform-surface optics”, submitted to Optica.
5. Donglin Ma, Zexin Feng, Rongguang Liang, “Freeform reflector construction by ray mapping method in modified
double pole coordinate system”, in preparation.
6. Donglin Ma, Chengliang Wang, Rongguang Liang, “A review of general panoramic objective lens system design”,
in preparation.
Conference presentations:
1. Donglin Ma, Rongguang Liang, “Freeform Lens for LED Dental Headlight”, 2013 OSA Renewable Energy and the
Environment Congress (Solid State and Organic Lighting).
Selected graduate level courses
Optical Design and Instrumentation I & II; Lens Design; Optical Testing; Illumination Engineering; Diffraction and
Interferometry; Optical System Engineering; Optical Specification, Fabrication and Test; Radiometry Source and Detector;
Thin Film Optics; Optical Physics and Lasers; Optical Design in Multiscale Photonic System; Polarization in Optical Design;
Advanced Lens Design; Diffractive Optical Elements-Theory, Design and Lab; Introduction to Optical Spectroscopy; Polarized
Light and Polarimetry.
Society Activities
 Referee for OSA journals: Optics Express and Applied Optics
References
 Available upon requested