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| Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Phone: (301) 314-0079 |
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Patricia F. Mead
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| Description of Research | |||
| Dr. Mead's research involves laser physics: Development of solid state and fiber lasers with two-frequency orthogonally polarized output. These lasers may be used in laser ranging, differential absorption lidar, optical communication, and heterodyne interferometry systems; Optoelectronic Packaging: Development of computer software that analyzes thermal and stress fields in high power semiconductor diode laser arrays, and fiber-pigtailed optical sources. She also investigates failure mechanisms for a variety of optoelectronic components using a physics of failure approach; Fiber-Optic Sensors: Development of fiber-optic sensors for biomedical, manufacturing engineering and smart structure applications; Science Education: Portable science education experiments for middle and high school students. | |||
| Recent Papers or Publications | |||
| Mead, P. F., S. P. Bush, and C. C. Davis, "Single-Mode Operation of Diode-Pumped Nd:YAG Lasers by Pump-Beam Focusing," IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, December, 1994. Bush, S. P., P. F. Mead, and C. C. Davis, "Strain-Induced Birefringent two-Frequency Operation of Diod-Pumped Nd:YAG Lasers," IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 1992. |
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