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Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1987
Adviser(s)
Angel, J. Roger P.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optics for Large Telescope
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2016
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2022
Adviser(s)
Cvijetic, Milorad, Peyghambarian, Nasser
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Fluoride fiber lasers
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Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2005
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2010
Adviser(s)
Peyghambarian, Nasser, Sasián, José
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Design, Modeling and Testing of Optical Surfaces in Illumination Optics
Full Name
Employer
AT&T
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1988
Adviser(s)
Gibbs, Hyatt M.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optical Computing Using Interference Filters as Nonlinear Optical Logic Gates and Holographic Optical Elements as Optical Interconnects
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Employer
UC Berkeley
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1990
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1993
Adviser(s)
Milster, Thomas D.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Differential Wax-Wane Focus Servo Technique Applied to Optical Recording Systems
Full Name
Job Title
Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2005
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2008
Adviser(s)
Honkanen, Seppo, Kueppers, Franko
Full Name
Employer
Melles-Groit
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1988
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1990
Adviser(s)
Macleod, Angus H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
An Optical Probe of Thin Film and Surface Contamination Based on Surface Plasmon Resonance
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 2024
Adviser(s)
Takashima, Yuzuru
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 2009
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer II; 2012
Adviser(s)
Moloney, Jerome V.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
High Power Optically Pumped Semiconductor Lasers for Near Infrared Wavelengths
Full Name
Employer
Facebook Reality Lab
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2020
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2021
Adviser(s)
Hua, Hong
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Methods of enhancing performance in integral imaging based light field head mounted displays
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1981
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1983
Adviser(s)
Wolfe, William L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Comparisons of BRDF Theories with Experiment
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Fall; 2008
Adviser(s)
Tyo, Scott J.
Full Name
Employer
Sandia Nat'l Lab
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1986
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1988
Adviser(s)
Gibbs, Hyatt M.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Fabrication, Experimental Investigation and Computer Modelling of Gallium Arsenide Nonlinear Optical Devices
Full Name
Employer
Motorola
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1989
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1992
Adviser(s)
Gibson, Ursula J.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Silicon Preparation Techniques for Nucleation and Growth Studies of Zinc Sulfide Deposited by Atomic Layer Epitaxy
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Employer
Air Force
Job Title
Scientist
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 1993
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Spring; 1995
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (3)
PhD; Spring; 1999
Adviser(s)
Peyghambarian, Nasser
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
MS - Fluorescence Properties of Novel Silylated Dyes in a Sol-Gel Matrix
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 2
PhD - Explanation and Prediction of Curious Experimental Results in Lasers and Nonlinear Optics
Full Name
Employer
Microsoft
Job Title
Principle Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1990
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1991
Adviser(s)
Meystre, Pierre
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Direct Overwrite in Magneto-optical Recording
Full Name
Employer
Air Force Research Laboratory
Job Title
Research Physicist
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 2023
Adviser(s)
Jones, Jason R.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Dual-Comb Spectroscopy of Laser-Produced Plasmas
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Job Title
Associate Research Staff
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2003
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2008
Adviser(s)
Anderson, Brian P., Kippelen, Bernard
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Spontaneous Formation of Quantized Vortices in Bose-Einstein Condensates
Full Name
Employer
EO Vista
Job Title
President
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1987
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 1989
Adviser(s)
Wolfe, William L.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Small-Angle Scatter Measurement
Full Name
Employer
Smith College Physics Dept
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Fall; 1984
Adviser(s)
Gibbs, Hyatt M.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Optical Bistability in ZnS and ZnSe Thin-Film Interference Filters and in GaAs and CuCl Etalons
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2013
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Spring; 2016
Adviser(s)
Barton, Jennifer K.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
PhD - Structural and Functional Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging of the Colon
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Employer
Harris Inc (Formerly Exelis, ITT, Kodak)
Job Title
Deputy Test Director
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Summer II; 1999
Adviser(s)
Wyant, James C.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Phase-Shifting Imaging Ellipsometer
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 2002
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 2004
Adviser(s)
Honkanen, Seppo, Peyghambarian, Nasser
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Modeling and Analysis of Ion-Exchanged Photonic Devices
Full Name
Employer
ERIM International, Inc.
Job Title
Chief Engineer, SRS Engineering
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1984
Adviser(s)
Macleod, Angus H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Microstructure Related Properties of Optical Thin Films
Full Name
Job Title
Optical Engineer
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2010
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Spring; 2013
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (3)
PhD; Fall; 2015
Adviser(s)
Angel, J. Roger P.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Freeform Solar Concentrating Optics
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Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Fall; 1990
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 1994
Adviser(s)
Barrett, Harrison H.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
SPECT Reconstruction Directly from Photomultiplier Tube Signals
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Employer
Sandia National Laboratories
Job Title
Licensing Executive and Distinguished Member Tech Staff
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1992
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Summer; 1997
Adviser(s)
Dereniak, Eustace L.
Full Name
Job Title
Post Doc
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
MS; Spring; 1992
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
PhD; Fall; 1994
Adviser(s)
Stegeman, George I.
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
BS; Spring; 2008
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (2)
MS; Fall; 2010
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (3)
PhD; Fall; 2012
Adviser(s)
Dallas, William J., Wyant, James C.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
Pixelated Mask Polarization Based Spatial Carrier Interference Microscopy
Full Name
Degree, Semester & Year Graduated (1)
PhD; Spring; 1984
Adviser(s)
Slater, Philip N.
Report/Thesis/Dissertation Title 1
CO2 Laser Radar for Monitoring Atmospheric Transmission and the Atmospheric Aerosol