Dr. Ronald W. Stites Profile

Dr. Ronald W. Stites

at Air Force Research Labs

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SPIE Journal Paper | 11 January 2023 Open Access

Crystal host engineering for transition metal lasers

Jonathan Evans, Sean McDaniel, Ronald Stites, Patrick Berry, Gary Cook, Thomas Harris, Kenneth Schepler

OE, Vol. 62, Issue 01, 017101, (January 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.62.1.017101

KEYWORDS: Crystals, Ions, Iron, Absorption spectrum, Transition metals, Laser crystals, Engineering, Optical engineering, Chromium, Alloys

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SPIE Journal Paper | 19 May 2021 Open Access

Re-absorption and nonradiative energy transfer in vibronic laser gain media

Jonathan Evans, Thomas Harris, Eric Turner, Martin Kimani, J. Matthew Mann, Ronald Stites, Gary Cook, Kenneth Schepler

OE, Vol. 60, Issue 05, 056103, (May 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.60.5.056103

KEYWORDS: Energy transfer, Luminescence, Ions, Optical engineering, Iron, Transition metals, Data modeling, Systems modeling, Crystals, Mid-IR

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2020 Presentation + Paper

Crystal host engineering for transition metal lasers

Jonathan Evans, Sean McDaniel, Ronald Stites, Patrick Berry, Gary Cook, Thomas Harris, Kenneth Schepler

Proceedings Volume 11259, 112590C (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2553388

KEYWORDS: Ions, Crystals, Iron, Absorption, Chromium, Laser crystals, Transition metals, Tellurium, Continuous wave operation

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Proceedings Article | 15 February 2018 Presentation + Paper

Re-absorption and nonradiative energy transfer in vibronic laser gain media

Jonathan Evans, Thomas Harris, Eric Turner, Martin Kimani, J. Matthew Mann, Ronald Stites, Gary Cook, Kenneth Schepler

Proceedings Volume 10511, 105110I (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290822

KEYWORDS: Luminescence, Energy transfer, Systems modeling, Transition metals, Crystals, Mid-IR, Infrared lasers

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Proceedings Article | 7 June 2017 Presentation

Doping transition metal ions into laser host crystals by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) (Conference Presentation)

Jacob Barnes, Ronald Stites, Gary Cook, Sean McDaniel, Douglas Krein, Shekhar Guha, John Goldsmith

Proceedings Volume 10192, 101920A (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266541

KEYWORDS: Laser crystals, Crystals, Zinc, Ions, Metals, Doping, Transition metals, Optical properties, Laser applications, Information technology

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2017 Paper

Cr:ZnSe guided wave lasers and materials

Sean McDaniel, Adam Lancaster, Ronald Stites, Fiona Thorburn, Ajoy Kar, Gary Cook

Proceedings Volume 10082, 100820D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2260670

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Waveguide lasers, Mode locking, Ions, Crystals, Chromium, Laser resonators, Laser crystals, Pulsed laser operation, Continuous wave operation

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Proceedings Article | 16 March 2016 Paper

Spectroscopic investigation of Yb,Ho,Pr:YAG as a 3 µm laser source

Ronald Stites, Thomas Harris

Proceedings Volume 9726, 97261O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2209625

KEYWORDS: Continuous wave operation, Holmium, Ions, Luminescence, Praseodymium, Crystals, Absorption, Ytterbium, YAG lasers, Laser crystals

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