Lasers & Lamps

Lasers

  • Invented world performance record setting ring laser gyroscope (NED)
  • Provided design support and technology assessment for seeker proposal. (SEA '99-)
  • Provided design support for diode pumped solid state lasers. (LPM '97)
  • Provided design support for medical laser development. (Nova '97)
  • Analyzed and helped select precision pointing and tracking gyros, cameras, and industrial lasers. (JEACRC '92-)
  • Developed Nd:YAG and Er:YAG laser system for medical and dental applications, and put them into production. (PLS '95)
  • Supported development of Advanced medical Ho:YAG laser. (Jmed '93)
  • Designed the solid etalon tuner for a commercial argon ion laser, including development of the electronic temperature controller. (ALC '90)
  • Found source of output degradation of Helium-Neon lasers and identified solution which made a profit of $250,000 per year. (A '85)
  • Identified the technical issues for using excimer lasers in a production environment performing material processing. (AE '85)
  • Trouble shooting CO2 waveguide TE laser. (RI '74)

 

Lamps

  • Performed vendor and technology assessment, installation, and test support for illumination systems development. (RSLI '97-'98)
  • Analyzed lightguide illumination systems. (WC '95)
  • Solved various arc lamp problems leading to higher performance, better productivity, and higher profit margins.
  • Identified the source of output degradation of arc lamps. (iii - '79)