Dr. Christina C. C. Willis Profile

Dr. Christina C. C. Willis

Senior Legislative Affairs Specialist

SPIE Involvement:

Engineering, Science, and Technology Policy Committee | Author | Leadership Workshop Facilitator | Career Panelist | Special Event Speaker

Area of Expertise:

Fiber Lasers , Laser Development , Solid State Lasers

Publications (14)

Proceedings Article | 3 October 2022 Presentation

Enabling technologies for cold atom quantum systems (Conference Presentation)

Christina C. Willis

Proceedings Volume PC12238, PC122380A (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633510

KEYWORDS: Chemical species, States of matter, Sensors, Space sensors, Information science

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SPIE Press Book | 20 January 2020

Sustainable Networking for Scientists and Engineers

Christina Willis

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Sustainable Networking for Scientists and Engineers

Proceedings Article | 17 February 2017 Paper

Novel pump head design for high energy 1064 nm oscillator amplifier system for lidar applications

Christina C. Willis, Greg Witt, Nigel Martin, Michael Albert, Charles Culpepper, Ralph Burnham

Proceedings Volume 10082, 100820W (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2253038

KEYWORDS: Oscillators, Amplifiers, Head, LIDAR, Nd:YAG lasers, Laser sources, Laser applications, Laser systems engineering, Composites, Gold, Diodes, Optical amplifiers, Absorption, Q switching, Optical pumping

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2015 Paper

Multi-wavelength high efficiency laser system for lidar applications

Christina Willis, Charles Culpepper, Ralph Burnham

Proceedings Volume 9612, 96120I (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2191727

KEYWORDS: Amplifiers, Crystals, Optical parametric oscillators, LIDAR, Ceramics, Energy efficiency, Laser applications, Oscillators, Ferroelectric materials, Nonlinear optics

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Proceedings Article | 18 March 2013 Paper

Thermo-optic quality assessment of doped optical ceramics

Christina C. Willis, Joshua Bradford, Emily Maddox, Lawrence Shah, Martin Richardson

Proceedings Volume 8599, 85990Z (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2004360

KEYWORDS: Ceramics, Crystals, Thermography, Wavefront sensors, Laser applications, Thermal optics, Diagnostics, Absorption, Diodes, High power lasers

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Proceedings Article | 9 March 2013 Paper

Silicon backside machining using a nanosecond 2-µm Tm:fiber laser

Lawrence Shah, Tobias Bonhoff, Thomas Ferhat, Ashraf El-Sherif, Mark Ramme, Christina C. Willis, Matthieu Baudelet, Pankaj Kadwani, Christian Gaida, Martin Gebhardt, Ilya Mingareev, Martin Richardson

Proceedings Volume 8612, 861207 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2004878

KEYWORDS: Silicon, Semiconductor lasers, Semiconducting wafers, Oscillators, Laser ablation, Pulsed laser operation, Laser damage threshold, Laser applications, Laser systems engineering, Optical parametric oscillators

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2012 Paper

Integrated 100 W thulium fiber MOPA system

Lawrence Shah, R. Andrew Sims, Pankaj Kadwani, Christina C. Willis, Joshua Bradford, Zachary Roth, Aaron Pung, Menelous Poutous, Eric Johnson, Martin Richardson

Proceedings Volume 8381, 83810Z (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925411

KEYWORDS: Phase modulation, Oscillators, Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Polarization, Optical isolators, Thulium, System integration, Amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 16 February 2012 Paper

Integrated 100-W polarized narrow linewidth thulium fiber MOPA system

Lawrence Shah, R. Andrew Sims, Pankaj Kadwani, Christina C. Willis, Joshua Bradford, Zachary Roth, Aaron Pung, Menelaos Poutous, Eric Johnson, Martin Richardson

Proceedings Volume 8237, 82371M (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.909292

KEYWORDS: Oscillators, Phase modulation, Optical amplifiers, Polarization, Diodes, Amplifiers, Thulium, Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, High power fiber amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 26 May 2011 Paper

Monolithic narrow linewidth polarization-maintaining thulium fiber laser using femtosecond laser written fiber Bragg gratings

Christina C. Willis, Joshua Bradford, R. Andrew Sims, Lawrence Shah, Martin Richardson, Jens Thomas, Ria Becker, Christian Voigtländer, Andreas Tünnermann, Stefan Nolte

Proceedings Volume 8039, 80390H (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.885989

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Polarization, Fiber lasers, Reflectivity, YAG lasers, Femtosecond phenomena, Laser systems engineering, Optical components, Optical fibers, Phase modulation

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Proceedings Article | 11 February 2011 Paper

All-fiber single-mode PM thulium fiber lasers using femtosecond laser written fiber Bragg gratings

Christina C. Willis, Joshua Bradford, R. Andrew Sims, Lawrence Shah, Martin Richardson, Jens Thomas, Ria Becker, Christian Voigtländer, Andreas Tünnermann, Stefan Nolte

Proceedings Volume 7914, 79140I (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.877795

KEYWORDS: Fiber Bragg gratings, Fiber lasers, Polarization, Phase modulation, YAG lasers, Thulium, Continuous wave operation, Femtosecond phenomena, Laser systems engineering, Birefringence

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Proceedings Article | 10 February 2011 Paper

Atmospheric absorption spectroscopy using Tm: fiber sources around two microns

Pankaj Kadwani, Jeffrey Chia, Faleh Altal, Robert Sims, Christina Willis, Lawrence Shah, Dennis Killinger, Martin Richardson

Proceedings Volume 7924, 79240L (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875167

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Carbon dioxide, Absorption, Superluminescent sources, Thulium, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Absorption spectroscopy, Oscillators, Optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2010 Paper

Atmospheric propagation testing with a high power, tunable thulium fiber laser system

Timothy McComb, Lawrence Shah, R. Andrew Sims, Christina C. Willis, Pankaj Kadwani, Vikas Sudesh, Martin Richardson

Proceedings Volume 7578, 75781G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842378

KEYWORDS: Atmospheric propagation, Fiber lasers, Thulium, Molybdenum, Laser systems engineering, Optical amplifiers, Quantum efficiency, YAG lasers, Oscillators, Atmospheric modeling

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2010 Paper

Spectral beam combining of thulium fiber laser systems

R. Andrew Sims, Christina C. Willis, Pankaj Kadwani, Timothy McComb, Lawrence Shah, Vikas Sudesh, Zachary Roth, Menelaos Poutous, Eric Johnson, Martin Richardson

Proceedings Volume 7580, 75801Q (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.842500

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Diffraction gratings, Oscillators, Laser systems engineering, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, YAG lasers, Thulium, Silica, Metals

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2010 Paper

High-energy Q-switched Tm3+-doped polarization maintaining silica fiber laser

Christina C. Willis, Lawrence Shah, Matthieu Baudelet, Pankaj Kadwani, Timothy McComb, R. Andrews Sims, Vikas Sudesh, Martin Richardson

Proceedings Volume 7580, 758003 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.843003

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy, Q switched lasers, Copper, Mirrors, Polarization, YAG lasers, Thulium, Laser systems engineering, Fiber Bragg gratings

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