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Robert Dahlgren Portfolio

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most recent version may be always be found
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Robert Dahlgren
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▼ Projects       ▼ Publications       ▼ Patents       ▼ Awards       ▼ Recommendations       ▼ Activities       ▼ Testimonials

Projects and Experience

IMG PROJECT                                                                                 PERFORMED AT CIRCA
Photolithography U. Minnesota/Honeywell 1979
Optical Switches U. Minnesota/Honeywell 1980
Ring Laser Gyroscope U. Minnesota/Honeywell 1981
Fiber Gyroscope Testing U. Minnesota/Honeywell 1982
Laser Ablated Fiber U. Minnesota/Honeywell 1983
Metrology of HDDs Control Data/Seagate 1984
Fiber Optic Test Station Sperry Aerospace 1985
2.2 km Fiber Optic Gyroscope Sperry Aerospace 1986
CNC Groove Generator MIT/Draper 1988
Coupler Showing Newton's Rings MIT/Draper 1988
Optical Contact Bonding Fixture MIT/Draper 1988
Fiber Squeezer with Voice Coil MIT/Draper 1988
Polishing Room MIT/Draper 1988
Nd:YAG Laser MIT/Draper 1989
Quadropole Fiber Winding MIT/Draper 1989
Record-Breaking Resonator MIT/Draper 1989
PM Coupler Fabrication MIT/Draper 1990
Splice Recoating System MIT/Draper 1990
Resonant Fiber Optic Gyroscope MIT/Draper 1991
Modeling and Simulation MIT/Draper 1992
Radiation Testing MIT/Draper 1992
Gigabit Optical Transceiver Fujikura Technology 1992
Imaging Fiber Applications Fujikura Technology 1993
Gigabit Link Module Fujikura Technology 1994
Gigabit Interface Converter Fujikura Technology 1996
EMI Testing SJSU 1996
Production Transceiver Tester Fujikura Technology 1998
Web Page Design Silicon Valley Photonics 1999
Acousto-Optic Frequency Shifter Silicon Valley Photonics Client 2000
Standards Committees Silicon Valley Photonics 2000
Datacomm Integrated Circuits Silicon Valley Photonics Client 2000
Photonic Crystal Device Silicon Valley Photonics Client 2001
Medical Technology Silicon Valley Photonics Client 2002
Surveying Equipment Silicon Valley Photonics Client 2003
Web Page Design SBIR'04 Workshop 2004
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Sample Publications:

IMG AUTHOR(S) TITLE PUBLICATION DATE DETAILS
FILE
R. Dahlgren "Fail-Safe Fiber Optic Repeater Demonstrated in Joint Project" Spotlight 1982 V11, N9 PDF
251K
J. Christensen
R. Dahlgren
"Ablated Single-Mode Fiber Polarizer" University of Minnesota 1983   PDF
882K
R. Dahlgren "Lapped Polarization-Maintaining Fiber Resonator" Optical Fiber Sensors (New Orleans) 1988 P29-37 PDF
474K
R. Dahlgren
O. Laznicka
"Ultra-High Finesse PM Fiber Resonator" Proc. SPIE, V1169 (Boston) 1989 P382-387 PDF
273K
R. Dahlgren
B. Harris
"Measurement of Radiation Effects on Refractive Index of PANDA High-Birefringence Fibers" Proc. HEART (Monterey) 1990   PDF
L. Wilk
R. Dahlgren
"Wide Dynamic Range Fiber-Optic Alignment Transfer Device" Proc. ACS, (Cincinnati) 1991 P609-625 PDF
R. Dahlgren
R. Sutherland
"Single-Polarization Fiber-Optic Resonator for Gyro Applications" Proc. SPIE, V1585 (Boston) 1991 P128-135 PDF
R. Dahlgren
R. Sutherland
"Polished Coupler and Resonator Fabrication" Proc. SPIE, V1795 (Boston) 1992 P60-68 PDF
R. Dahlgren
N. Katis
"Computer-Controlled Technique for Cutting Curved Grooves in Polished Fiber-Optic Coupler Substrates" Photonics Technology Letters 1993 V5, N10
P1227-1230
PDF
R. Dahlgren
R. Carroll
"Theoretical Comparison of Low- and High-Splitting Ratio Resonators" Proc. SPIE, V2070 (Boston) 1993 P283-292 PDF
R. Claus
R. Crotts
"Performance of Miniaturized Optical Fiber Interconnects Between Sensor-Embedded Composite Panels" Proc. SPIE, V2072 (Boston) 1993 P226-233 PDF
R. Yamauchi
K. Himeno
"Specialty Fibers for Sensors and Sensor Components" Proc. SPIE, V2292 (Boston) 1994 P328-339 PDF
R. Dahlgren "Standards-Based Transceivers Simplify Gigabit/Second Datacom Link Design" Fiber Optic Product News Sec.
1997
P35-37 PDF
A. Iguchi
K. Tobita
"Short-Wavelength Optical Transceiver using VCSEL" Fujikura Technology Review 1999   PDF
R. Dahlgren
R. Taborek
"Multilevel Analog Signaling Techniques for 10 Gigabit Ethernet" IEEE 802.3 (Montreal) 1999   PDF
1118K
R. Dahlgren "Noise in Fiber Optic Links" SJSU Term Paper 2000   PDF
105K
R. Dahlgren
Z. Pantic-Tanner
"Electromagnetic Emission from 'Dielectric' Optical Fiber Cables" PhoPack (Stanford) 2002 P72-80 PDF
724K
V. Yankov
S. Babin
"Photonic Bandgap Quasi-Crystals for Integrated WDM Devices" Proc. SPIE, V4989 (San Jose) 2003   PDF
1185K
R. Dahlgren "Optical Gyroscopes: Sensing Rotation Without Moving Parts" SCV LEOS (Santa Clara) 2003   PDF
V. Yankov
S. Babin
"Planar digital Holographic Multiplexer/demultiplexer with Discrete Dispersion" Proc. SPIE, V5246 (Orlando) 2003   PDF
638K
P. Griffiths
E. El-Kareh
"Grass-Roots Examination of Resources to Leverage for a Robust Outreach Program" ETOP (Tucson) 2003   PDF
13K
H. Black
J. Becker
"What national societies can do for outreach programs, science educators, & K-12 students" ETOP (Tucson) 2003   PDF
10K
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Patent Excerpts

IMG PATENT NO. TITLE DATE
4,624,564 Calibration Standards for Flying Height Testers 11-25-1986
Trade Secret Optical Fiber Coupler Fusion Furnace 06-29-1987
4,883,337 Low Strain Optical Fiber Coil 11-28-1989
4,991,922 Optical Fiber Coupler and Method 02-12-1991
5,022,735 Fiber Splice Coating System 06-11-1991
5,042,896 Polarization Device 08-27-1991
5,078,465 Fused Coupler and Method of Alignment 01-07-1992
5,166,940 Fiber Laser and Method of Making Same 11-24-1992
5,170,450 Dual-Core Fiber Launching Coupler 12-08-1992
Classified Fused PM Fiber Single-Polarization Resonator 10-08-1992
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Awards and Appointments

IMG AWARD AWARDED BY YEAR
Alpha Award Honeywell 1986
Patent Award Control Data 1986
Industrial Review Board US Air Force 1992
Exemplary Engineering Award Fujikura 1995
3rd Place Indian Ground-Level Thunder 1996
3rd Millennium Award IEEE 2000
Best Paper Award San Jose State University 2001
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Letters of Recommendation

IMGWRITTEN BY COMPANY YEAR
Dr. Gordon Mitchell Honeywell 1983
Dr. James Mao Control Data 1985
Richard Jones Draper Lab 1991
Michael Sapuppo Draper Lab 1992
Dr. Takao Shiota Fujikura 1993
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Professional Activities:

SOCIETY ACTIVITY DETAILS YEAR(S)
CPMT Program Committee PhoPack Conference 2001-2002
CPMT Vice-Chair, Program Committee PhoPack Conference 2003
IEEE Voting Member 802.3 (Ethernet) Standard Committee 1998-2002
LEOS Program Committee Annual Meeting 1993-1996
LEOS Vice-Chair Boston Chapter 1992
LEOS Vice-Chair, Chair Santa Clara Valley Chapter 1996-1999
OSA Reviewer JOSA, PTL, JLWT 1994-1995
OSNC Board Member Optical Society of Northern California (OSA) 2003-present
SPIE Program Committee Optical Devices for Fiber Communications IV San Jose 2003
SPIE Executive Organizing Committee Photonics Fabrication Europe Brugge 2002
SPIE Co-Chairman Fiber-Based Component Fabrication and Connectorization Brugge 2002
SPIE Program Committee Photonics Manufacturing and Automation Forum San Jose 2002
SPIE Program Committee Optical Devices for Fiber Communications III San Jose 2002
SPIE Program Committee Active & Passive Optical Components for WDM Communications Denver 2001
SPIE Co-Chair Fiber-Optic Materials and Components San Diego 1994
SPIE Co-Chair Components for Fiber-Optic Applications VII Boston 1992
SPIE Co-Chair Fiber Optic Components and Reliability Boston 1991
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Testimonials

Testimonials

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