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FY2023

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Project Title Project Code Principal Investigator Research Category Project Type Project Status
Filamentation Sealing Using Dual-Laser Treatment 23-FS-032 Allison Browar Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Feasibility Study Final
Exploring the Cosmos: Enabling One-Thousand Times More Sensitive Spectrographs for Exoplanet Search 22-LW-020 David Erskine Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Lab-Wide Final
Robust High-Power Diodes for Next Generation Laser Systems 21-SI-002 Salmaan Baxamusa Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Strategic Initiative Final
Revisiting the Critical Physics for Passing Energetic Laser Pulses through Air 21-ERD-052 Eyal Feigenbaum Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Final
Predicting Damage Growth using Multimode Characterization and Machine Learning 22-ERD-003 Jae Hyuck Yoo Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Continuing
Additively Manufactured Neodymium-Doped Strontium-Fluoride Ceramic Gain Medium 22-ERD-021 Thomas Rudzik Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Continuing
Understanding Spectral Dependence of Laser-induced Damage Precursors in Dielectric Materials 23-ERD-006 Colin Harthcock Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Continuing
Programmable Time-Varying Spectral Encoding for Advanced Control of High-Energy, High-Power Laser Systems 21-ERD-034 Daniel Mittelberger Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Final
Laser-Induced Desorption and Redeposition in Fused Silica 23-ERD-008 Christopher Carr Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Continuing
Arbitrarily Shaped Energetic Pulses from High Energy Thulium Lasers 23-FS-054 Leily Kiani Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Feasibility Study Continuing
Ultrawide Bandgap Laser Addressable Photoconductors 22-SI-003 Lars Voss Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Strategic Initiative Continuing
Ultrafast Operation of High-Average-Power, High-Energy Thulium Lasers 21-ERD-016 Brendan Reagan Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Final
High-Fluence and Radiation-Resistant Gaseous Optics for High-Power Lasers and Inertial Fusion Energy Applications 23-FS-004 Pierre Michel Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Feasibility Study Final
Robustly Designed Optical Coatings for Cutting-Edge Science 23-FS-024 Brian Bauman Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Feasibility Study Final
Laser Amplification with Suppressed Amplified Spontaneous Emission 22-DR-004 Stephen Payne Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Disruptive Research Continuing
Glass-Engraved Meta-Optics for High-Power Lasers 21-ERD-002 Eyal Feigenbaum Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Final
High Refractive Index Adhesives for Laser Glass Cladding Applications. 23-FS-043 Justin Kerszulis Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Feasibility Study Continuing
Beam-Combined Pulsed Fiber Lasers 21-ERD-004 Charles Yu Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Final
Agile Mixing Platform Engineered for Transient Compositional Printing 22-ERD-012 Du Nguyen Lasers and Optical Science and Technology Exploratory Research Continuing
High Altitude Disturbance: An Integrated Experimental and Modeling Approach to Quantifying Turbulence and Aerosols at Hypersonic Flight Height 21-ERD-007 Sonia Wharton Earth and Atmospheric Science Exploratory Research Final