Dr. Clifford E. Headley Profile

Dr. Clifford E. Headley

Director of Engineering at Leonardo Electronics US Inc

SPIE Involvement:

Conference Program Committee | Author

Publications (22)

Proceedings Article | 12 March 2024 Presentation + Paper

Presentation + Paper

Compact-lightweight fiber-coupled diode pump source using a bar approach

Jenna Bergevin, Michael Oswald, Connor Magness, Christian Hemala, Carlos Soto, Xochitl Cooper, Mark Crowley, Clifford Headley, Steve Patterson, Prabhu Thiagarajan

Proceedings Volume 12867, 1286712 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3000081

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Fiber amplifiers, Heatsinks, Reliability, Electrooptics, Electrical conductivity, Defense and security, Absorption, Packaging, Industry

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2020 Presentation + Paper

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Passively cooled pump signal combiners at 2.1 kW for fiber laser and amplifier systems

L. Bansal, R. Sienkowski, J. Pincha, S. Rosario, C. Neale, J. Mann, C. Headley

Proceedings Volume 11260, 1126023 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2549728

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Laser systems engineering, Thermography, Fiber amplifiers, Cladding, Fiber lasers, Coating, Temperature metrology, Metals, Polymers

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Cladding pumped Yb-doped HOM power amplifier with high gain

Kazi S. Abedin, Raja Ahmad, Anthony DeSantolo, Jeffrey Nicholson, Paul Westbrook, Clifford Headley, David DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 10512, 105121E (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290523

KEYWORDS: Cladding, Amplifiers, Optical fibers, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Ytterbium, Absorption, Numerical simulations, Light wave propagation, Numerical modeling

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Polarization-maintaining performance of large effective area, higher order modes fiber in a coiled configuration

Raja Ahmad, Jeffrey Nicholson, Kazi Abedin, Paul Westbrook, Clifford Headley, Patrick Wisk, Eric Monberg, Man Yan, David DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 10512, 105121Q (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290484

KEYWORDS: Birefringence, Polarization, Waveguides, Polarizers, Surgery, Structured optical fibers, Cladding, Glasses, Fiber characterization, Near field

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Proceedings Article | 26 February 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Kilo-Watt high-power Yb fiber laser at 1117 nm

Venkatapuram Sudarshanam, Kazi Abedin, Jeffrey Nicholson, Clifford Headley, David DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 10512, 105120D (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2290333

KEYWORDS: High power fiber amplifiers, Ytterbium, Fiber lasers, Oscillators, Amplifiers, Laser resonators, High power fiber lasers, Harmonic generation

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Proceedings Article | 20 February 2018 Presentation + Paper

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Uncooled pump combiners for fiber laser and amplifier systems

L. Bansal, R. Sienkowski, C. Neale, J. Mann, C. Headley

Proceedings Volume 10513, 105130V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2289972

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Humidity, Fiber amplifiers, Optical testing, Polymers, Coating, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 11 March 2016 Paper

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Efficient pump combiner's for fiber lasers and amplifiers

L. Bansal, A. Rosales-Garcia, V. Supradeepa, T. Taunay, C. Headley

Proceedings Volume 9728, 97283C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214622

KEYWORDS: Diodes, Fiber amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Thermal efficiency, Manufacturing, Fiber couplers, Multimode fibers, Structured optical fibers, Polarization, Laser systems engineering, Absorption, Amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2015 Paper

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High power cladding mode stripper

L. Bansal, V. Supradeepa, T. Kremp, S. Sullivan, C. Headley

Proceedings Volume 9344, 93440F (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2079181

KEYWORDS: Cladding, Capillaries, Optical fibers, Signal attenuation, Glasses, Diodes, Borosilicate glass, Metals, Signal processing, Light

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2015 Paper

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A higher-order mode fiber amplifier with an axicon for output mode conversion

J. Nicholson, J. Fini, Anthony DeSantolo, P. Westbrook, R. Windeler, T. Kremp, C. Headley, D. DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 9344, 93441V (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077679

KEYWORDS: Axicons, Fiber amplifiers, Binary data, Optical amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Fusion splicing, Diffraction, Amplifiers, High power fiber lasers, Fiber couplers

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Proceedings Article | 4 March 2015 Paper

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2.1 kW single mode continuous wave monolithic fiber laser

Andrea Rosales-Garcia, Hideaki Tobioka, Kazi Abedin, Hao Dong, Zoltán Várallyay, Aron Szabo, Thierry Taunay, Sean Sullivan, Clifford Headley

Proceedings Volume 9344, 93441G (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2077619

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Oscillators, Fiber amplifiers, Diodes, Optical amplifiers, Raman spectroscopy, Continuous wave operation, Ytterbium, Amplifiers, Fourier transforms

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Proceedings Article | 22 March 2013 Paper

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High efficiency cascaded Raman fiber laser with output power of 204W at 1480 nm

V. Supradeepa, Jeffrey Nicholson, Clifford Headley, Man Yan, Bera Palsdottir, Dan Jakobsen

Proceedings Volume 8601, 860106 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2002620

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Fiber lasers, Quantum efficiency, Quantum cascade lasers, Optical filters, Resonators, Fiber amplifiers, Raman scattering, Ytterbium, Wavelength division multiplexing

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Proceedings Article | 27 February 2012 Paper

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Cascaded Raman fiber laser at 1480 nm with output power of 104 W

V. Supradeepa, Jeffrey Nicholson, Clifford Headley, Yin-Wen Lee, Bera Palsdottir, Dan Jakobsen

Proceedings Volume 8237, 82370J (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.908539

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Fiber lasers, Oscillators, Cladding, Amplifiers, Wavelength division multiplexing, Diodes, Ytterbium, Fiber amplifiers, Quantum cascade lasers

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2010 Paper

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SBS suppression and acoustic management for high-power narrow-linewidth fiber lasers and amplifiers

M. Mermelstein, M. Andrejco, J. Fini, C. Headley, D. DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 7580, 75801G (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847926

KEYWORDS: Acoustics, Reflectivity, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Optical fibers, Scattering, Single mode fibers, Phonons, Fiber Bragg gratings, Structured optical fibers

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 2008 Paper

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Large-mode-area Er-doped fiber chirped-pulse amplification system for high-energy sub-picosecond pulses at 1.55 µm

Tolga Yilmaz, Laurent Vaissie, Mehmetcan Akbulut, David Gaudiosi, Lowell Collura, Timothy Booth, Jayesh Jasapara, Matthew Andrejco, Andrew Yablon, Clifford Headley, David DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 6873, 68731I (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.764511

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Raman spectroscopy, Amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Laser dentistry, Bandpass filters, Optical amplifiers, Pulsed laser operation, Diffraction gratings, Picosecond phenomena

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 2008 Paper

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11.2 dB SBS gain suppression in a large mode area Yb-doped optical fiber

M. Mermelstein, M. Andrejco, J. Fini, A. Yablon, C. Headley, D. DiGiovanni, A. McCurdy

Proceedings Volume 6873, 68730N (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.770346

KEYWORDS: Acoustics, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Phonons, Scattering, Acousto-optics, Optical fibers, Light scattering, Laser scattering, Germanium

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Proceedings Article | 25 February 2008 Paper

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Measurement of bend-induced nonlinearities in large-mode-area fibers

J. Nicholson, J. Fini, A. Yablon, P. Westbrook, K. Feder, C. Headley

Proceedings Volume 6873, 687308 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.772851

KEYWORDS: Optical fibers, Raman spectroscopy, Raman scattering, Scanning probe microscopy, Fiber amplifiers, Optical amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Picosecond phenomena, Fiber Bragg gratings, Modulation

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Proceedings Article | 22 February 2008 Paper

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All-fiber 194 W single-frequency single-mode Yb-doped master-oscillator power-amplifier

M. Mermelstein, K. Brar, M. Andrejco, A. Yablon, M. Fishteyn, C. Headley, D. DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 6873, 68730L (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.767490

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Fiber amplifiers, Numerical simulations, Shape memory alloys, Phase modulation, Reflectivity, Beryllium, Barium, Continuous wave operation

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Proceedings Article | 23 February 2006 Paper

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Progress in all-fiber components

D. DiGiovanni, A. D. Yablon, Y. Emori, C. Headley

Proceedings Volume 6102, 61021L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.661253

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Reliability, Signal attenuation, Stray light, High power fiber amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Free space optics, Fiber amplifiers, Beam shaping, Fusion splicing

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 2005 Paper

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High-pulse energy MOPA using all-fiber components

C. Headley, A. Yablon, M. Andrejco, M. Mermelstein, K. Brar, M. Fishteyn, J. Jasapara, D. DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 5709, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.591072

KEYWORDS: Cladding, Near field, Raman scattering, Neodymium, Fiber amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Multimode fibers, Single mode fibers, Amplifiers, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 22 April 2005 Paper

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Tapered fiber bundles for combining laser pumps

C. Headley, M. Fishteyn, A. Yablon, M. Andrejco, K. Brar, J. Mann, M. Mermelstein, D. DiGiovanni

Proceedings Volume 5709, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602601

KEYWORDS: Cladding, Diodes, Optical pumping, Fiber lasers, Polymers, Glasses, Polarization, Silica, Neodymium, Free space

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Proceedings Article | 11 July 2002 Paper

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Raman fiber lasers as pumps for Raman amplification

Clifford Headley, Jean-Christophe Bouteiller, Marc Mermelstein, Khush Brar, Christopher Horn

Proceedings Volume 4870, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.475529

KEYWORDS: Raman spectroscopy, Diodes, Fiber lasers, Reflectivity, Polarization, Optical fibers, Semiconductor lasers, Silica, Interference (communication), Fiber Bragg gratings

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 1991 Paper

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Intrapulse stimulated Raman scattering and ultrashort solitons in optical fibers

Clifford Headley, Govind Agrawal, A. Reardon

Proceedings Volume 1497, (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46775

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Proceedings Volume Editor (2)

SPIE Conference Volume | 2 April 2008

Fiber Lasers V: Technology, Systems, and Applications

SPIE Conference Volume | 8 February 2007

Fiber Lasers IV: Technology, Systems, and Applications

Conference Committee Involvement (20)

Fiber Lasers XXII: Technology and Systems

27 January 2025 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XXI: Technology and Systems

29 January 2024 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XX: Technology and Systems

30 January 2023 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XIX: Technology and Systems

24 January 2022 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XVIII: Technology and Systems

6 March 2021 | Online Only, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XVII: Technology and Systems

3 February 2020 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XVI: Technology and Systems

4 February 2019 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XV: Technology and Systems

29 January 2018 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XIV: Technology and Systems

30 January 2017 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XIII: Technology, Systems, and Applications

15 February 2016 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XII: Technology, Systems, and Applications

9 February 2015 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers XI: Technology, Systems, and Applications

3 February 2014 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers X: Technology, Systems, and Applications

4 February 2013 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications

23 January 2012 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers VIII: Technology, Systems, and Applications

24 January 2011 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers VII: Technology, Systems, and Applications

25 January 2010 | San Francisco, California, United States

Fiber Lasers VI: Technology, Systems, and Applications

26 January 2009 | San Jose, California, United States

Fiber Lasers V: Technology, Systems, and Applications

21 January 2008 | San Jose, California, United States

Fiber Lasers IV: Technology, Systems, and Applications

22 January 2007 | San Jose, California, United States

Fiber Lasers III: Technology, Systems, and Applications

23 January 2006 | San Jose, California, United States

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