Dr. William J. Miniscalco Profile

Dr. William J. Miniscalco

Fellow at RTX Corp

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Publications (14)

Proceedings Article | 24 August 2010 Paper

Coherent beam combining and optical space-time division multiple access

William Miniscalco, Steven Lane, Kirk Fisher, Stephanie Waite, Michael Howlett, Irl Smith

Proceedings Volume 7814, 78140S (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.859218

KEYWORDS: Phased array optics, Beam steering, Antennas, Phase shifts, Liquid crystals, Principal component analysis, Control systems, Staring arrays, Transponders, Switches

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 November 2009

Radiation testing of liquid crystal optical devices for space laser communication

Steven Lane, Jacob Brown, Megan Tremer, Craig Uber, Elizabeth Gallagher, Steven Collins, Michael Benoit, William Miniscalco

OE, Vol. 48, Issue 11, 114002, (November 2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.3265710

KEYWORDS: Liquid crystals, Electrodes, Resistance, Switching, Silicon, LCDs, Phase shifts, Molecules, Phase measurement, Optical components

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Proceedings Article | 15 February 1994 Paper

Quantitative characterization of clustering in erbium-doped silica glass fibers

Richard Quimby, William Miniscalco, Barbara Thompson

Proceedings Volume 2073, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.168592

KEYWORDS: Ions, Glasses, Silica, Luminescence, Absorption, Energy transfer, Amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Optical fibers, Fiber amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 23 March 1993 Paper

Upconversion and 980-nm excited-state absorption in erbium-doped glass

Richard Quimby, William Miniscalco, Barbara Thompson

Proceedings Volume 1789, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141145

KEYWORDS: Ions, Luminescence, Absorption, Glasses, Optical fibers, Aluminum, Fiber amplifiers, Upconversion, Sol-gels, Fiber lasers

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Proceedings Article | 23 March 1993 Paper

Comparison of Nd3+-doped glasses for amplification in the 1300-nm region

Stanley Zemon, William Miniscalco, Gary Lambert, Barbara Thompson, Mark Newhouse, Paul Tick, Leslie Button, Douglas Hall

Proceedings Volume 1789, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141146

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Optical amplifiers, Fiber amplifiers, ZBLAN, Optical communications, Silicates, Oscillators, Telecommunications, Fiber lasers, Erbium

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Proceedings Article | 23 March 1993 Paper

Analysis of Pr3+- and Nd3+-doped fiber amplifiers at 1300 nm

Bjarne Pedersen, William Miniscalco, Stanley Zemon, Richard Quimby

Proceedings Volume 1789, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141129

KEYWORDS: Fiber amplifiers, Quantum efficiency, Optical amplifiers, ZBLAN, Amplifiers, Absorption, Fiber lasers, Glasses, Telecommunications, Step index fibers

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Proceedings Article | 23 March 1993 Paper

Multiwavelength pumping of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers in the 980-nm band

Jagannath Chirravuri, Andrew Silletti, William Miniscalco, Richard Davies, Wayne Sharfin, Ta-Sheng Wei

Proceedings Volume 1789, (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.141131

KEYWORDS: Optical amplifiers, Wavelength division multiplexing, Fiber amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Multiplexing, Erbium lasers, Reliability, Absorption, Laser applications, Amplifiers

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