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Donald Phillion

1972 HERTZ FELLOW

MAKING HISTORY

Donald Phillion is a Retired Physicist who spent his career at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he worked on laser physics and ultrafast spectroscopy. Phillion earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1972, where his dissertation examined the evolution of mode-locked pulses and their application to time-resolved spectroscopy. Mode-locked lasers produce extremely short bursts of light, and his work contributed to foundational understanding of how to generate, characterize, and apply these pulses—techniques with lasting impact on ultrafast science and laser fusion research.

EDUCATION

Graduate Studies
Stanford University
Electrical Engineering

Graduate Thesis
Evolution of Mode-Locked Pulses and Their Application to Time-Resolved Spectroscopy

 

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