Dr. Richard L. Fork
Laser Science and Engineering Group
University of Alabama in Huntsville

Degrees

Ph. D Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1962

B.Sc Physics Principia College (summa cum laude) 1957

Teaching, Industrial Experience

Professor Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy 1990-1994

Member of Technical Staff AT&T Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ 1970-1990

Member of Technical Staff AT&T Bell Labs in Murray Hill, NJ 1962-1970

Research Assistant MIT Physics Department 1960-1962

Research Assistant IBM/MIT Computer Center 1959

Research Assistant MIT Physics Department 1957-1958

Research Lab Assistant Naval Research, Washington D.C. 1956

Consulting

Advanced Discriminating Ladar Technology Program (SMDC/BMDO) 1997

Space Based Laser (Laser Diode Component) USRA for ANSER/BMDO 1998

Patents

1. Patent number 6392791 was awarded in 2002 for compact high-energy laser design

2. Patent number 5751466 was awarded in 1998 for photonic bandgap apparatus

3. Patent number 4727533 was awarded in 1985 for a short pulse laser utilizing combined

self phase modulation, group velocity dispersion, saturable gain, and saturable

absorption.

4. Patent number 4400814 was awarded in 1981 for the colliding pulse modelocked laser

5. Patent number 3809686 was awarded in 1970 for transparent media capable of

photoinduced refractive index changes.

6. Patent number 3689264 was awarded in 1970 for a method for increasing index of

refraction in transparent bodies and its application to light guides and the like.

7. Patent number 3668663 was awarded in 1970 for optical storage devices

8. Patent number 3496488 was awarded in 1966 for a stabilized optical maser

9. Patent number 3395365 was awarded in 1965 for a frequency-stabilized laser

10.Patent number 3215841 was awarded in 1962 for a light modulator

Scientific and Professional Society Memberships (current)

Optical Society of America Fellow

American Physical Society Fellow

IEEE Member

Honors and Awards

Fellow in the American Physical Society 1964

Fellow in the Optical Society of America 1995

Outstanding Engineering Professor at UAH 1995

Laser Focus Invention of the Year 1983 “Colliding Pulse Laser” 1983

World Record Shortest Optical Pulse (1987-1997) 1987

Institutional and Professional Service (last five years)

Use of Human Subjects Committee 1999-Present

Graduate Council (UAH) 1989-1999

ECE Optoelectronic Committee 1995-Present

Faculty Representative for the Laser Safety Committee 2002-Present

Member of Center for Applied Optics 1994-Present

Masters Thesis and PhD Thesis Committees 1994-Present

Faculty Undergraduate Advisor 1994-Present

Advisor to Student Chapter of SPIE 1997

Review Papers for Journals 1994-Present

NSF Optoelectronics Review Panel 2001

PHD committee at U. of AL Birmingham 1998

Optical Science and Engineering Committee 2000-Present

Invited Talks and Session Chair at International Meetings 1994-Present

Participate in LICOS (Laboratory for Integrated Computer and 1997-1999

Electronic Systems) during formation and initial operation

Professional Development Activities (last five years)

ABET Workshop 2000

Army Research Workshop on High Energy Lasers 2002

Reviewer (Journal of Luminescence, Optics Communication, etc.) 1999-Present

Discussant and Member OSA Meetings 1999-Present

NASA Workshops on Space Solar Power 2000-Present

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