Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory



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Reggie Drachenberg

6/12/2019

Abstract:

Optical fibers and fiber lasers have unique properties and capabilities that make them key components that are deployed in telecommunication, manufacturing, and sensing.  An introduction to optical fibers and fiber lasers will be presented as well as an overview of optical fiber fabrication at LLNL and some examples of unique LLNL fibers.

Bio:

Reggie Drachenberg is an experimental laser physicist at LLNL in the DoD Technologies program.  Reggie is currently leading a diagnostics working group, and previously had worked for 6 years in the fiber group developing custom optical fibers for defense missions.  Reggie joined LLNL after receiving his PhD in Optics from the College of Optics and Photonics at the University of Central Florida.  His graduate research was on high power spectral beam combining of fiber lasers by thermally tuned volume Bragg gratings.