Education
Ph.D. 1971, Physics, California Technical Institute
M.S. 1967, Electrical Engineering, California Technical Institute
B.S. 1966, Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research Interests
Dr. Casperson's principal research interests concern lasers and optical systems, and he has over 200 research publications with emphasis on laser-related devices, techniques, and phenomena. Long term interests include high gain media, propagation, scattering, waveguides, and resonators. Several recent studies have involved laser dynamics including the evolution and applications of ultrashort and few-cycle pulsations and the spontaneous instabilities of laser systems. Other work has led to new classes of electromagnetic modes and the development of general methods for the analysis of beam propagation. These programs tend to be about equally divided between theory and experiment, and most of them have the active participation of students. Dr. Casperson's interests also extend beyond lasers and optics, and he has written on several other topics.
Selected Publications
P. Chenkosol and L. W. Casperson, "Spontaneous Coherent Pulsations in 3.39 mm He-Ne Standing-Wave Laser Oscillators," submitted for publication.
A. Al-Rabadi, L. W. Casperson, and M. Perkowski, "Multiple-Valued Quantum Computing," submitted for publication.
L. W. Casperson, "Recurring Beams in Hollow Metal Waveguides: The Paraxial Approximation," Applied Optics, to be published.
L. W. Casperson, "Forces on Permeable Conductors in Magnetic Fields," American Journal of Physics, vol. 70, no. 2, pp 163 - 168, February 2002.
M. Ghita and L. W. Casperson, "Gaussian Beams in Hollow Metal Waveguides: Experiment," submitted for publication, Applied Optics, vol. 40, no. 30, pp. 5459 - 5462, 20 October 2001.
L. W. Casperson, "How do You Spell Gouy?," (Letter), Optics and Photonics News, vol. 11, no. 9, p. 4, September 2000.
Lee Casperson Professor Emeritus