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Paul O. Leisher, Ph.D.
Associate
Professor of Physics and Optical Engineering
Office: DL 116
CM: 168
Phone: 812-877-8824
E-mail: leisher@rose-hulman.edu
Website: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~leisher/
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Degrees:
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B.S.,
Bradley University, 2002
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M.S.,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2005
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Ph.D.,
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2007
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Areas
of Specialization:
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Optoelectronic
devices
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Laser
physics
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Solid
state physics
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Microfabrication
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Research
Activities:
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High
power, high efficiency semiconductor lasers
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External
cavity semiconductor lasers
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Systems
of optically combined diode lasers
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Optoelectronic
device reliability
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Photonic
crystals and metamaterials
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Industrial
Experience:
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Consultant,
2011-Present
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Manager
of Advanced Technology, nLight Corporation, 2010-2011
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Senior
Device Engineer, nLight Corporation, 2008-2010
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Device
Engineer, nLight Corporation, 2007-2008
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Honors
and Awards:
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University
of Illinois Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award, 2007
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Tau
Beta Pi Honor Society
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Eta
Kappa Nu Honor Society
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Affiliations:
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IEEE
Photonics Society
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Optical
Society of America (OSA)
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SPIE
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Professional
Service:
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nConnect
Northwest (formerly Mentoring Advanced Programs for Students) volunteer
mentor for AP Statistics and AP Physics, 2008-2011.
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Journal
manuscript reviewer: OSA Optics Express, OSA Optics Letters, IEEE Photonics
Technology Letters, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, and IEEE/OSA
Journal of Display Technology
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2010
IEEE ISLC, Committee member and session chair
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2011
SPIE Photonics West, Session chair
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2011
IEEE IPC, Committee member and session chair
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2012
SPIE Photonics West, Session chair
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Sponsored
Research Programs:
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Prior
to joining the faculty at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Dr. Leisher
served as principal investigator / technical lead on over 30 government-
and industry-funded research and development programs in the area of high
power semiconductor diode lasers and total funding level of over $13M.
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Publications:
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Dr. Leisher has authored over 130 journal
articles and conference presentations/proceedings.
Selected works include:
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P. O. Leisher, A. J. Danner, J. J. Raftery, Jr., D.
F. Siriani, and K. D. Choquette, "Loss and index guiding in single
mode proton-implanted holey vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," IEEE
Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 42, no. 10, pp. 1091-1096, 2006.
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P. O. Leisher, A. J. Danner, and K. D.
Choquette, "Single mode 1.3 μm photonic crystal vertical-cavity
surface-emitting laser," IEEE Photonics Technology Letters,
vol. 18, no. 20, pp. 2156-2158, 2006.
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P. O. Leisher and
K. D. Choquette, "Photonic crystals enable single-mode vertical-cavity
surface-emitting lasers," (invited) Photonics Spectra, pp.
94-100, June 2006.
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P. O. Leisher, J. D. Sulkin, and K. D. Choquette, "Parametric
study of proton-implanted photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting
lasers," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics,
vol. 13, no. 5, 2007.
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P. O. Leisher, C. Chen, J. D. Sulkin, M. S. Alias, K.
A. Sharif, and K. D. Choquette, "High modulation bandwidth
implant-confined photonic crystal vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers," IEEE
Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 19, no. 19, 2007.
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P. Leisher, S. Patterson, W. Dong, M.
Grimshaw, S. Zhang, J. Patterson, S. Das, D. McCal, and J. Bell,
"High-power diode lasers operating at 1800-2100-nm for LADAR and
direct use IRCM applications," SPIE Defense and Security Conference,
[6952], Orlando, FL, March 2008.
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C. Chen, P. Leisher, S. Patterson, P.
Crump, Y. K. Kim, and K. Choquette, "Stabilization of Lateral Mode Transients
in High-Power Broad Area Semiconductor Lasers," Applied
Physics Letters, vol. 94, 011107, 2009.
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P. Leisher, K.
Price, S. Karlsen, D. Balsley, R. Martinsen, and S. Patterson, "High-Performance
Wavelength-Locked Diode Lasers," SPIE Photonics West, [7198], San Jose,
CA, January 2009.
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P. O. Leisher, W. Dong, M. P. Grimshaw, M. J.
DeFranza, M. A. Dubinskii, S. Patterson, "Mitigation of
voltage defect for high efficiency InP diode lasers operating at cryogenic
temperatures," IEEE
Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 22, no. 24, pp. 1829-1832, 2010.
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P. Leisher and R. Martinsen, "A Penalty-Free
Approach to Wavelength Stabilization of High Power Diode Lasers from 900 nm
to 1900 nm," IEEE
International Semiconductor Laser Conference, Kyoto, Japan, September
2010.
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P. Leisher, "High
Power Diode Laser Reliability and Lifetesting,"
(invited tutorial) IEEE Photonics 2011 Conference, Arlington, VA,
October 2011.
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This page was last updated 8/21/2012
8:29 PM
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