Research
I am (and my brain is along with me) currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Minnesota. Working with Professor James Leger, I am studying applications of volume holograms.
One such application is that of spectral beam combining, through which individual laser beams of slightly different wavelengths are combined by an optical system—which in this case includes a volume hologram—to generate a single output beam. This beam ideally carries all of the power of the input beams with high beam quality at the expense of a wider output bandwidth.
Research to date was presented to my academic committee as part of my preliminary oral exam on December 10, 2008. Portions of this were also published through SPIE and presented at Photonics West on January 29, 2009.
Publications
G.B. Ingersoll and J.R. Leger. Theoretical analysis of multiplexed volume holograms for spectral beam combining. Proc. SPIE, 7195 : 71951P, 2009.
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