SCOTT EDWARD BISSON
Pilots at Trinity Hl Ln, Livermore, CA
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California A2961036
Issued Date
May 2016
Expiration Date
May 2018
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Airmen
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Authorized Aircraft Instructor
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878 Trinity Hills Ln, Livermore, CA 94550
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Apparatus And Methods For Using Achromatic Phase Matching At High Orders Of Dispersion
US Patent:
6288832, Sep 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov 5, 1998
Appl. No.:
9/187721
Inventors:
Bruce Richman - Livermore CA
Rick Trebino - Atlanta GA
Scott Bisson - Livermore CA
Erkin Sidick - San Ramon CA
Rick Trebino - Atlanta GA
Scott Bisson - Livermore CA
Erkin Sidick - San Ramon CA
International Classification:
G02F 139
US Classification:
359330
Abstract:
Achromatic phase-matching (APM) is used for efficiently multiplying the frequency of broad bandwidth light by using a nonlinear optical medium comprising a second-harmonic generation (SHG) crystal. Stationary optical elements whose configuration, properties, and arrangement have been optimized to match the dispersion characteristics of the SHG crystal to at least the second order. These elements include a plurality of prismatic elements for directing an input light beam onto the SHG crystal such that each ray wavelength is aligned to match the phase-matching angle for the crystal at each wavelength of light to at least the second order and such that every ray wavelength overlap within the crystal.
Tunable Light Source For Use In Photoacoustic Spectrometers
US Patent:
6975402, Dec 13, 2005
Filed:
Nov 19, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/300421
Inventors:
Scott E. Bisson - Livermore CA, US
Thomas J. Kulp - Livermore CA, US
Karla M. Armstrong - Livermore CA, US
Thomas J. Kulp - Livermore CA, US
Karla M. Armstrong - Livermore CA, US
Assignee:
Sandia National Laboratories - Livermore CA
International Classification:
G01N021/00
US Classification:
356432
Abstract:
The present invention provides a photoacoustic spectrometer that is field portable and capable of speciating complex organic molecules in the gas phase. The spectrometer has a tunable light source that has the ability to resolve the fine structure of these molecules over a large wavelength range. The inventive light source includes an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) having combined fine and coarse tuning. By pumping the OPO with the output from a doped-fiber optical amplifier pumped by a diode seed laser, the inventive spectrometer is able to speciate mixtures having parts per billion of organic compounds, with a light source that has a high efficiency and small size, allowing for portability. In an alternative embodiment, the spectrometer is scanned by controlling the laser wavelength, thus resulting in an even more compact and efficient design.
Achromatic Phase-Matching Second Harmonic Generation For A Tunable Laser
US Patent:
5710658, Jan 20, 1998
Filed:
Dec 13, 1995
Appl. No.:
8/574607
Inventors:
Alexander Gerson Jacobson - Danville CA
Scott Bisson - Livermore CA
Rick Trebino - Livermore CA
Scott Bisson - Livermore CA
Rick Trebino - Livermore CA
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation - Albuquerque NM
International Classification:
G02F 137
US Classification:
359328
Abstract:
An optical system uses a nonlinear optical medium to alter the frequency of a relatively narrow band light source tunable over a plurality of different frequencies using an optical system for passively directing light to the nonlinear medium at a correct phase matching angle. In this manner, the light from the tunable light source can be efficiently frequency-doubled or frequency-tripled without the need of moving parts. An all prism design provides a system of optimal efficiency.