Martin Richardson graduated from Imperial College, London, in Physics and gained his Ph.D from London University. He is now a Professor of Optics in the School of Optics at the University of Central Florida, and also holds similar positions in the departments of Physics and Electrical & Computer Engineering. He directs a research program on the development of new high power lasers, and their applications to dense laser plasma studies and X-ray generation in the Laser Plasma Laboratory at the Center for Research & Education in Optics & Lasers (CREOL). Since coming to North America in 1967, his career has been in the development of high power lasers and their application to laser plasma studies.
For 12 years he held positions at the NRC laboratories in Ottawa, Canada, making contributions to high power, ultrashort laser pulsed plasmas and the development of CO2 lasers and their use in laser fusion studies. In 1980 he joined the University of Rochester where he worked for nine years as group leader for experiments for the then new 24-beam OMEGA system at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.
Dr Richardson has held visiting scientific positions at the Institute for Laser Engineering (ILE) Osaka University, the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Germany, and other institutions in Australia, Canada, France and the former Soviet Union. He has published over 300 scientific articles in professional scientific journals, most on them on high power lasers and X-rays and their applications. He holds five patents, with several pending. He has chaired many international conferences including IQEC, ICHSP, and several SPIE meetings. He is a former Associate Editor of JQE, a recipient of the Schardin Medal, and a Fellow of OSA.
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"Self-channeling of femtosecond laser pulses for rapid and efficient standoff detection of energetic materials," Matthieu Baudelet, Martin C. Richardson, Michael Sigman, IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, 2009, IEEE (Waltham, MA, USA), pages 472-476, 11-12 May 2009.
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"Atmosphere Issues in Detection of Explosives and Organic Residues," Christopher G. Brown, Matthieu Baudelet, Candice Bridge, Matthew Fisher, Michael Sigman, Paul J Dagdigian, Martin C. Richardson, Proceedings of SPIE, volume 7304, pages 73041D-1, 2009.
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"Development of novel integrated bio/chemical sensor systems using chalcogenide glass materials," Laeticia Petit, Nathan Carlie, Bogdan Zdyrko, Igor Luzinov, Kathleen C. Richardson, Juejun Hu, Anuradha M. Agarwal, Lionel C. Kimerling, Troy Anderson, Martin C. Richardson, International Journal of Nanotechnology, volume 6, number 9, pages 799-815, 2009.
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"Effect of Ge and Se addition on the "near-surface" photo-response of new Ge-based chalcogenide glasses under IR femtosecond laser exposure," Laeticia Petit, Ji Yeon Choi, Troy Anderson, Remy Villeneuve, Jonathan Massera, Nathan Carlie, Michel Couzi, Martin C. Richardson, Kathleen C. Richardson, Optical Materials, volume 31, pages 965-969, 2009.
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"Latest developments in high power, tunable, CW, narrow line thulium fiber laser for deployment to the ISTEF," Vikas Sudesh , Timothy S. McComb , Robert Andrew Sims, Lawrence Shah, Martin C. Richardson, John Stryjewski, Proceedings of SPIE, volume 7325, pages 73250B-1, 2009.
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"Luminescence properties of silver zinc phosphate glasses following different irradiations," Clement Maurel, Thierry Cardinal, Matthieu Bellec, Lionel Canioni, B. Bousquet, M. Treguer, J.J. Videau, Ji Yeon Choi, Martin C. Richardson, Journal of Luminescence, Elsevier, 2009.
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"Molecular signal as a signature for detection of energetic materials in filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy," Matthew Weidman, Matthieu Baudelet, S. Fischer, Candice Bridge, Christopher G. Brown, Michael Sigman, Paul J Dagdigian, Martin C. Richardson, Proceedings of SPIE, volume 7304, pages 73041G-1, 2009.
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"Processing and characterization of new passive and active oxysulfide glasses in the Ge-Ga-Sb-S-O system ," Laeticia Petit, Jonathan Abel, Troy Anderson, Ji Yeon Choi, Virginie Nazabal, Michel Couzi, Martin C. Richardson, Clement Maurel, Thierry Cardinal, Kathleen C. Richardson, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Elsevier, 2009.
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"Stand-off detection of organic samples using filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy," James Martin, Matthieu Baudelet, Matthew Weidman, Matthew Fisher, Candice Bridge, Christopher G. Brown, Michael Sigman, Paul J Dagdigian, Martin C. Richardson, Proceedings of SPIE, volume 7306, pages 73060Z-1, 2009.
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"Thermodynamic and spectroscopic properties of Nd:YAG-CO2 Double-Pulse Laser-Induced Plasma of Iron," Matthew Weidman, Santiago Palanco, Matthieu Baudelet, Martin C. Richardson, Spectrochimica Acta Part B, Elsevier, 2009.
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"High Repetition-Rate, Narrow Linewidth and Spatially Controlled Operation of a Q-Switched Nd:YVO4 Laser," Michaël Hemmer, Martin C. Richardson, SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing (Orlando, FL, USA, 2009), April 2010.
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"Trace Detection in Ceramics, Organic and Biological Samples by Microwave-assisted Laser-induced Plasma Spectroscopy," Matthieu Baudelet, Yuan Liu, Martin C. Richardson, Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Orlando, FL, USA, 2010), 4 March 2010.
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"Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy of Organic Materials with a Mid-IR Thulium-fiber-laser Nanosecond Pulse at 2 μm," Matthieu Baudelet, Lawrence Shah, Martin C. Richardson, Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Orlando, FL, USA, 2010), 2 March 2010.
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"Substrate Independent Discrimination of Organic and Explosive Materials Via Target Factor Analysis of Their Molecular Optical Signature," Caitlin Rinke, Christopher G. Brown, Douglas Clark, Matthieu Baudelet, Martin C. Richardson, Michael Sigman, Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Orlando, FL, USA, 2010), 1 March 2010.
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"Nd:YAG-CO2 Double-Pulse Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy for Explosive Detection," Matthew Weidman, Matthieu Baudelet, Michael Sigman, Paul J Dagdigian, Martin C. Richardson, Laser Application to Chemical Security and Environmental Analysis, OSA (San Diego, CA, USA), 3 February 2010.
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"Tm-Fiber 2 µm Laser for Laser-Induced Plasma Spectroscopy of Organic and Biological Materials," Matthieu Baudelet, Christina C. C. Willis, Lawrence Shah, Martin C. Richardson, Laser Application to Chemical Security and Environmental Analysis, OSA (San Diego, CA, USA), 3 February 2010.
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"Dynamic Multimode Analysis of High-Power Lasers with
Super-Gaussian Beam Profile using Precombined Gaussian
Modes," Matthias Wohlmuth, Konrad Altmann, Michaël Hemmer, Mario Goehre, Christoph Pflaum, Martin C. Richardson, Advanced Solid-State Photonics Topical Meeting, OSA (San Diego, CA, USA, 2010), 31 January-3 February 2010.
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"High Performances in Continuous-Wave and Q-Switch Operation of a Narrow Linewidth Nd:YVO4 Oscillator Using a Volume Bragg Grating," Michaël Hemmer, Martin C. Richardson, Advanced Solid-State Photonics Topical Meeting, OSA (San Diego, CA, USA, 2010), number 336, 31 January-3 February 2010.
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"Multi-kHz multi-mJ phase stabilized OPCPA amplifier system," Michaël Hemmer, Andreas Vaupel, Benjamin Webb, Martin C. Richardson, Photonics West LASE (San Francisco, CA, USA), 23-28 January 2010.
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"Spectral Beam Combining Tm Fiber Laser Systems," Robert Andrew Sims, Christina C. C. Willis, Pankaj Kadwani, Timothy S. McComb , Lawrence Shah, Vikas Sudesh , Zachary Roth, Menelaos Poutous, Eric Johnson, Martin C. Richardson, Photonics West LASE (San Fransisco, CA, USA), 23-28 January 2010.
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