Norman A. Sanford (Fed)

Direct Research Experience 

• Atom probe tomography (APT), including extreme ultraviolet APT
• Photoconductivity and photoluminescence studies of GaN nanowires
• X-ray diffraction studies of thin film GaN and InGaN; X-ray diffraction imaging of GaN and LiNbO₃
• Linear and nonlinear optical characterization of GaN, AlGaN, LiNbO₃, and PPLN
• Rare-earth-doped waveguide lasers in silicate glass, phosphate glass, LiNbO₃, and LiTaO₃
• Integrated optical waveguides, modulators, polarization converters, SHG and sum-frequency devices, and photorefractive coupling in LiNbO₃
• Pump-probe magneto-optic studies of the ferromagnetic semiconductor CrCr₂Se₄

Professional Associations

• Member, Optical Society of America (now Optica)
• Associate Editor, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (JQE) (1999-2006)
• In collaboration with Guest Editors, co-organized JQE Special Issue on Photonic Crystals (July, 2002)
• Guest Topical Editor, JQE Special Section on LiNbO₃ optical technology (October, 1997)

Patents

Recent:

• Norman A. Sanford, Ann Chiaramonti Debay, Brian P. Gorman, David R. Diercks “Hybrid extreme ultraviolet imaging spectrometer,” U.S. Patent Number 9899197; issued February, 2018
• Norman A. Sanford, Ann Chiaramonti Debay, “Imaging spectrometer,” U.S. Patent number 10153144; issued December, 2018
• Kristine A. Bertness, Norman A. Sanford, Pavel Kabos, Thomas M. Wallis, “Tip-mounted nanowire light source instrumentation,” U.S. Patent number: 8484756; issued July, 2013

Archive:

• Sanford is first author or coauthor of 14 additional U.S. Patents

• H.B. Huntington Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1983)
• Fellow, Optical Society of America (now Optica) (1996)
• U.S. Department of Commerce Bronze Medal (1997) For development and transfer of a non-destructive method to map the uniformity of lithium niobate compatible with integrated optical manufacturing.
• R&D Magazine Micro/Nano 25 Award (2006) for Gallium Nitride Nanowire Nanolights