Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Richard Fork received a PhD in Physics from MIT in 1962, worked as Member of Technical Staff in the Quantum Electronics Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories from 1962 to 1990, was Professor in the Physics Department of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute from 1990 to 1994 and is currently, 1994 to the present, Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of Alabama in Huntsville. He has over 150published technical papers listed on Research Gate. These include the original demonstration of laser modelocking as well asa number of the original advances in generation and application of modelocked laserpulses. Inventions include the first optical pulse of 6 femtosecond duration and the colliding pulse laser, which was the first laser operating well into the femtosecond time regime. Grant Bergstue is a PhD student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at University of Alabama in Huntsville.

Abstract

Abstract : Asteroid redirection using synchronized femtosecond pulse trains