Dr. Shawn P. O'Connor Profile

Dr. Shawn P. O'Connor

Research Physicist at Naval Air Warfare Ctr Aircraft Div

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Publications (12)

Proceedings Article | 5 June 2014 Paper

Waveform design considerations for modulated pulse lidar

Shawn O'Connor, Robert Lee, Linda Mullen, Brandon Cochenour

Proceedings Volume 9111, 91110P (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050395

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Signal attenuation, Analog electronics, Receivers, Phase shift keying, Backscatter, Signal processing, Digital filtering, Linear filtering, Radar

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Proceedings Article | 12 March 2014 Paper

Ho-doped fiber for high energy laser applications

E. Joseph Friebele, Charles Askins, John Peele, Barbara Marcheschi Wright, Nicholas Condon, Shawn O'Connor, Christopher Brown, Steven Bowman

Proceedings Volume 8961, 896120 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2041577

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Absorption, Doping, Holmium, Silica, Laser applications, 3D modeling, Contamination, Cladding, Quantum efficiency

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SPIE Journal Paper | 3 January 2014

Underwater modulated pulse laser imaging system

Shawn O'Connor, Linda Mullen, Brandon Cochenour

OE, Vol. 53, Issue 05, 051403, (January 2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.53.5.051403

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Receivers, Imaging systems, Signal attenuation, Laser imaging, Laser systems engineering, Pulsed laser operation, Transmitters, Laser scattering, Signal to noise ratio

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SPIE Journal Paper | 16 December 2013

Suppression of forward-scattered light using high-frequency intensity modulation

Brandon Cochenour, Shawn O'Connor, Linda Mullen

OE, Vol. 53, Issue 05, 051406, (December 2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.53.5.051406

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Scattering, Light scattering, Laser scattering, Modulation transfer functions, Signal attenuation, Receivers, Backscatter, Spatial resolution, Frequency modulation

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Proceedings Article | 3 June 2013 Paper

State-of-the-art tools for next-generation underwater optical imaging systems

Linda Mullen, Shawn O'Connor, Brandon Cochenour, Fraser Dalgleish

Proceedings Volume 8724, 872402 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2018489

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Receivers, Signal attenuation, Imaging systems, Transmitters, Image enhancement, Backscatter, Optical imaging, Signal processing, Radar

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Proceedings Article | 18 March 2013 Paper

Doped sesquioxide ceramic for eye-safe solid state laser materials

Woohong Kim, Colin Baker, Catalin Florea, Jesse Frantz, Guillermo Villalobos, Brandon Shaw, Steve Bowman, Shawn O'Connor, Bryan Sadowski, Michael Hunt, Ishwar Aggalwar, Jasbinder Sanghera

Proceedings Volume 8599, 85990J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2004524

KEYWORDS: Ceramics, Holmium, Coating, Solid state lasers, Ions, Crystals, Doping, Lutetium, Transmittance, YAG lasers

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2013 Paper

Non-radiative decay of holmium-doped laser materials

Steven Bowman, Shawn O'Connor, Nicholas Condon, E. Joseph Friebele, Woohong Kim, B. Shaw, R. Quimby

Proceedings Volume 8638, 863803 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2007511

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Holmium, Absorption, Crystals, Silica, ZBLAN, YAG lasers, Laser development, Thulium, Ytterbium

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2013 Paper

Crystal fibers for high power lasers

W. Kim, C. Florea, D. Gibson, J. Peele, C. Askins, B. Shaw, S. Bowman, S. O'Connor, S. Bayya, I. Aggarwal, J. Sanghera

Proceedings Volume 8601, 86012Z (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2004632

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Optical fibers, Glasses, Laser crystals, Fiber lasers, YAG lasers, Cladding, Ceramics, High power lasers, Ions

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Proceedings Article | 8 November 2012 Paper

Single crystal fibers for high power lasers

W. Kim, C. Florea, C. Baker, D. Gibson, L. B. Shaw, S. Bowman, S. O'Connor, G. Villalobos, S. Bayya, I. Aggarwal, J. Sanghera

Proceedings Volume 8547, 85470K (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.974848

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Crystals, Fiber lasers, Laser crystals, Ceramics, Polishing, YAG lasers, Image quality, Surface finishing, High power lasers

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Proceedings Article | 11 May 2012 Paper

Laser material properties of Dy:YAG

S. O'Connor, S. Bowman, N. Condon

Proceedings Volume 8381, 83811H (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921030

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Semiconductor lasers, Gallium nitride, YAG lasers, Absorption, Luminescence, Dysprosium, Laser damage threshold, Laser resonators, Visible radiation

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Proceedings Article | 9 May 2009 Paper

Diode-pumped dysprosium laser materials

S. Bowman, N. Condon, S. O'Connor, A. Rosenberg

Proceedings Volume 7325, 732507 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.819196

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Absorption, Dysprosium, Gallium nitride, Ultraviolet radiation, YAG lasers, Luminescence, Spectroscopy, Diodes, Laser resonators

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Proceedings Article | 27 April 2005 Paper

Growth and characterization of direct mid-IR laser materials

Steven Bowman, Nicholas Condon, Shawn O'Connor, Neil Jenkins, Althea Bluiett, Joseph Ganem

Proceedings Volume 5707, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.597781

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Chlorine, Mid-IR, Erbium, Laser crystals, Absorption, Luminescence, Scattering, Lead, Laser development

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